Change (album)
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October 8, 2007 |
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2007 |
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CD, download |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
43:25 |
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occupation |
Amelle Berrabah Keisha Buchanan Heidi Range |
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Dallas Austin, Deekay, Dr. Luke, Novel, Jony Rockstar, Flex Turner, Xenomania |
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Change ( German:, currency change ) is the fifth studio album of the British girl group Sugababes and the first album with new member Amelle Berrabah , the founding member Mutya Buena replaced.
Although the album could not build on the success of its predecessor Taller in More Ways internationally , it became the second number one album in a row in Great Britain, where it was also awarded platinum .
Background information
In early 2007 the Sugababes went back to the studio to work with American producers on their fifth studio album.
On August 30, 2007, the group performed on The Album Chart Show . There the first single About You Now premiered and the band confirmed the album title. At the same time, the Sugababes also presented the songs Denial and Change .
The French version is a greatest hits compilation because Overloaded: The Singles Collection was not published there. In addition to the original track list from Overloaded: The Singles Collection, it contains Change's three singles.
reception
Change was largely received positively. Matthias Reichel from cdstarts.de described the album as "a fine snack, served by the Champions League of Pop Producers":
“There are small surprises like the first single About You Now , which is not immediately recognizable as a typical Sugababes song - as it is on the album, for example. This is the case, for example, with Never Gonna Dance Again , Denial and Undignified - or with My Love Is Pink , which as an electrified dance track creates a good atmosphere. The Sugababes do not succeed in a style change, which the album title Change is supposed to suggest, but a modern, wholesome hit mix. "
Track list
- "About You Now" (Cathy Denis, Lukasz Gottwald) - 3:32
- "Never Gonna Dance Again" (Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling, Nick Coler) - 3:43
- "Denial" (Range, Buchanan, Amelle Berrabah, Flex Turner, Elliot Malloy, Vanessa Brown) - 3:11
- "My Love Is Pink" (Buchanan, Range, Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Cowling, Coler) - 3:44
- "Change" (Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Niara Scarlett, Range, Buchanan, Berrabah) - 3:37
- "Back When" (Dallas Austin, Gary White) - 3:56
- "Surprise" (Dennis, Gottwald) - 3:05
- "Back Down" (Alonzo Stevenson, Tony Reyes, Buchanan, Range, Berrabah) - 3:50
- "Mended by You" (Range, Buchanan, Jony Lipsey, Karen Poole, Jeremy Shaw) - 3:34
- "3 Spoons of Sugar" (Buchanan, Range, Berrabah, Lipsey, Poole, Shaw) - 3:50 [UK Bonus Track]
- "Open the Door" (Buchanan, Range, Dennis, Gottwald) - 3:16
- "Undignified" (Tom Nichols, Turner, Range, Buchanan, Berrabah) - 3:45
Chart successes
The album's first single, About You Now , was released on October 1, 2007. The Sugababes reached number 1 in the UK charts and number 4 in the singles charts in Germany. The single was # 1 in the UK for four weeks, surpassing Push the Button (3 weeks). The Sugababes were at number 1 in the single, album and download charts at the same time and are so far the only female artists to have made it twice (previously with Push the Button and the album Taller in More Ways ).
The follow-up single Change reached number 13 in Great Britain. In Germany the song reached number 32. The song Denial was the last single from Change . While it reached number 15 in the UK Top 40, the song landed at number 11 in Germany, at number 14 in Switzerland and at number 4 in Austria.
tour
The Change tour was the band's fourth tour. The tour began with two live concerts in Brentwood on March 12 and March 13, 2008 and ended on May 1, 2008 in Derby . The Sugababes played a shortened version of the tour at the 2008 V Festival and at Liverpool Summer Pops. The Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi appeared in the opening act at the first nine of the total of 30 concerts.
The tour took place exclusively in England (27 concerts), Scotland (2 concerts) and Wales (1 concert).
Set list
part One
part two
Part three
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Part four
Part five
Part six: encore
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Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ a b chart successes:
- Sugababes in the German charts at OfficialCharts.de
- Sugababes in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- Sugababes in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- Sugababes in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ^ Sugababes - Change Award Tracker on the British Phonographic Industry website
- ^ Matthias Reichel: Review: Sugababes Change . In: CDStarts.de. October 9, 2007, accessed October 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: "Gabriella Cilmi on tour with the Babes". Sugababes.com. March 10, 2008.