Taller in More Ways

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Taller in More Ways
Studio album by Sugababes
Publication (s)	October 31, 2005
admission	2005
Label (s)	Iceland
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Pop , R&B , electro-pop
Title (number)	12 + 1
running time	45:35
occupation	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena / Amelle Berrabah Heidi Range
production	Dallas Austin , Cameron McVey, Jony Rockstar, Guy Sigsworth , Xenomania
chronology Three (2003) Taller in More Ways Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006)

Taller in More Ways (German: In several respects greater ) is the fourth album of the British girl group Sugababes . It was released on October 31, 2005. The album was produced by Dallas Austin and Guy Sigsworth . The title of the album was inspired by a line of text from the second single, Ugly .

The lead single of the album Push the Button was an international success. The album has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the UK alone.

Background information

In 2008 Keisha Buchanan announced in an interview with Mirror.co.uk that Mutya Buena was not involved in the songwriting at all during the production phase , unlike before. Nevertheless, she is named as a co-author of 8 songs on the album. The reason for this was the band's policy of "dividing everything by three". On December 21, 2005, Buena finally announced that she was leaving the band because she had plans for a solo career. She was replaced by Amelle Berrabah . Then the label decided to re-release the album. For this, Berrabah re-recorded Buena's vocal tracks for the songs Gotta Be You , Follow me Home and Red Dress . In addition, a new song called Now You're Gone was recorded.

Track list

1. " Push the Button " (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Dallas Austin) - 3:39
2. "Gotta Be You" (Christopher Stewart, P. Magnet, Terius Nash, Dallas Austin) - 3:40
3. "Follow Me Home" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Jony Lipsey, Karen Poole, Jeremy Shaw, Jony Rockstar) - 3:58
4. "Joy Division" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Lipsey, Cameron McVey, Rockstar) - 3:59
5. "Red Dress" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Xenomania) - 3:38
6. "Ugly" (Austin) - 3:51
7. "It Ain't Easy" (Austin) - 3:05
8. "Bruised" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Guy Sigsworth, Cathy Dennis) - 3:04
9. " Obsession " (Holly Knight, Michael Des Barres, Austin) - 3:52
10. "Ace Reject" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Xenomania) - 4:15
11. "Better" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Peter Biker, Karsten Dahlgaard, C. Thorpe) [UK Bonus] - 3:44
12. "2 Hearts" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Lipsey, McVey, Rockstar) - 4:52
13. "Now You're Gone" (Amelle Berrabah, Buchanan, Range, Tim Hawes, Niara Scarlett, Pete Kirtley) - 3:55 [New Version]

criticism

“The target will also be met this year. The Sugababes again deliver four potential hit singles, garnish them with some filler material, of which a maximum of three songs fall through the quality grid, and a sympathetic pop album is finished, of which the listener should not have excessive expectations. Then he is offered almost three quarters of an hour, which is known as 'popcorn cinema' in films. And who really wants to rant about it? "

- Matthias Reichel, CDStarts.de :

Charts

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	11 (26 weeks)	26th
Austria (Ö3)	5 (18 weeks)	18th
Switzerland (IFPI)	6th (29 weeks)	29
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (38 weeks)	38

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2005	Push the Button Taller in More Ways	DE2 (25 weeks) DE	AT1 (26 weeks) AT	CH3 (37 weeks) CH	UK1 (23 weeks) UK	First published: September 26, 2005
	Ugly Taller in More Ways	DE26 (13 weeks) DE	AT14 (15 weeks) AT	CH19 (19 weeks) CH	UK3 (20 weeks) UK	First published: December 5, 2005
2006	Red Dress Taller in More Ways	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	AT41 (11 weeks) AT	CH31 (12 weeks) CH	UK4 (12 weeks) UK	First published: March 6, 2006
	Follow Me Home Taller in More Ways	-	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	First published: June 5, 2006

Push the button

→ Main article : Push the button

Ugly

"Ugly"
Released	December 5, 2005
B side	"Come Together" "Future Shock!"
Recorded	2005
genre	Acoustic pop
Playing time	3:50
Label	Iceland
Songwriter	Dallas Austin
Producers	Dallas Austin

Background information

The second single from the album, Ugly (German: ugly ), is an acoustic pop song about self-confidence and the equality of every human being. It was released on December 5, 2005. Moreover, it is Ugly announced the last single with Mutya Buena, which just two weeks after the release of their exit from the band.

The music video takes place in a warehouse, where people of different ages, backgrounds and skin colors present their talents as if at a casting. People hold signs with the lyrics of the song and the album title. At the end of the video, the people's signs form the sentence “Don't be afraid to be YOU.” (German: Don't be afraid to be YOU . )

Track list

#	title	Playing time
1.	Ugly	3:02
2.	Come together	3:52
2.	Future Shock!	4:05

Red dress

"Red Dress"
Released	March 22, 2006
B side	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" "Obsession"
genre	Dance-Pop , R&B
Playing time	3:39
Label	Iceland
Songwriter	Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Mutya Buena, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Lisa Cowling, Nick Coler, Robert Bradley, Tim Powell, Shawn Mahan
Producers	Brian Higgins, Xenomania

Background information

The third single from the album, Red Dress (German: Rotes Kleid ) was released on March 22, 2006 in Germany. It is the first release with the new band member Amelle Berrabah and was placed at number 4 in the UK single charts. The song samples the piece Landslide by the American singer Tony Clark. The British version of the single contains the Arctic Monkeys cover I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor as the B-side , while the German version only contains remixes and the video.

The music video for the song was shot by Tim Royes and shows the band members in red dresses on a catwalk.

Track list

#	title	Playing time
1.	Red dress	3:39
2.	I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor	2:46

Follow Me Home

"Follow Me Home"
Released	June 5, 2006
B side	"Living for the Weekend"
genre	pop
Playing time	3:58
Label	Iceland
Songwriter	Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Jonathan Lipsey, Karen Poole, Heidi Range, J. Shaw
Producers	Jony rock star
Music video
Follow Me Home Sugababes.de

Background information

The fourth and final single, Follow Me Home (German: Follow me home ), was released on June 5, 2006 exclusively in the UK. It became the Sugababes' worst-selling single.

The music video was shot in the Czech Republic and premiered on April 30, 2006. The video is set in Warsaw during the Cold War and shows the band members extracting secrets from high-ranking military members. The singers wear clothes from the 60s and 70s. The video was filmed in a hotel built especially for communist leaders.

Track list

#	title	Playing time
1.	Follow Me Home	3:58
2.	Living for the weekend	3:24

Taller in More Ways Tour

With the release of the new album, the Sugababes announced a new tour, which started on March 17th, 2006 in Sheffield and ended on April 10th in London. The tour took place exclusively in England (14 concerts), Scotland (1 concert) and Wales (1 concert).

Set list

Part 1

• "Round Round"
• "Freak Like Me"
• "It Ain't Easy"
• "Gotta Be You"

Part 2

• "Shape / Stronger"
• "Too Lost In You"
• "Run For Cover"
• "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

part 3

• "Overload"
• "Obsession"
• "Caught In A Moment"

Part 4

• "Ugly"
• "Follow Me Home" ¹
• "Hole in the Head"

Encore

• "Red Dress"
• "Push The Button"

¹ Follow Me Home was added to the tour's repertoire on March 21, 2006 after Keisha Buchanan announced that it would be the next single from the album.

Web links

• CD review on cdstarts.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.musicweek.com/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=related&hl=en-GB&v=Ytx3WAo4Vos , The Daily Mirror on Youtube, October 6, 2008
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/kultur/musik/Amelle-Berrabah-ist-das-dritte-Sugababe_aid_167425.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ K. Ross Hoffman: Taller in More Ways Review Microsoft.com
6. ↑ http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/86742-Taller-In-More-Ways.html
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
8. ↑ http://www.mopo.de/news/musik-mutya-buena-verlaesst-die-sugababes,5066732,5923186.html
9. ↑ http://i49.tinypic.com/k99vgm.jpg
10. ↑ http://xenomania.freehostia.com/songs/sugababes/reddress.html
11. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1II/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319702062&sr=1-3
12. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/Red-Dress-Sugababes/dp/B000EGD1UQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319702062&sr=1-2
13. ↑ http://www.popjustice.com/forum/index.php?topic=6446.0
14. ↑ http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=516
15. ↑ Sugababes' video - Follow Me Home ( Memento from August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/sugababes/21359