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An Awesome Record

A Music Fan | Tempe, AZ | 05/02/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"My Song-by-Song Review:



1. Freak Like Me (8/10) The first single from AWDF, and it's got an awesome vibe to it. The only problem was, it was very overplayed and by the time I got the record I wanted to hear the new stuff.



2. Blue (8/10) This song has catchy vocals but the droning background music kindof puts me off.



3. Round Round (9/10) The second single from AWDF. This song is fantastic for dancing and the vocals are mesmerizing! After you give it a few listens you'll be playing it non stop.



4. Stronger (9/10) The standout ballad of the record. This song deserves to be number one. The girls show off their talents and put them into a wonderful piece. Oh, it's also the third single from this album.



5. Supernatural (6/10) My least favorite from the album. It reminded me of Britney Spears and I thought that this was supposed to be the opposite.



6. Angels With Dirty Faces (7/10) This song was released with Stronger as the third single, and the video featured the Powerpuff Girls. I think the video ruined it for me. If you listen to it, not with the video, this song isn't half bad, but it isn't one of my favorites.



7. Virgin Sexy (6/10) HM... this ones a split decision. Heidi's verses and the chorus are awful, but Mutya's bridge makes up for it.



8. Shape (9/10) The fourth single from AWDF features Sting, and it couldn't be better. It's a simplistic midtempo song with great beats and great vocals.



9. Switch (7/10) See "Supernatural".



10. More Than A Million Miles (9/10) Another power ballad. It mixes slow vocals with an uptempo background and it creates a beautiful song.



11. Breathe Easy (Acoustic) (10/10) The highlight of the album. This song is so beautiful. Mutya's voice is so lush and this song showcases it. I would buy the album just for this song, Stronger and Shape.



Hope this helps you decide to buy this album."

Don't let these BABES pass you by, America!

Adam Teak Lagowski | Ontario, Canada | 04/07/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The UK's finest! These days, girl groups (both British & American) seem to be a dime a dozen. The Sugababes, however, are miles ahead of the competition. Their music is highly sophisticated pop with a healthy dose of r&b. It's absolutely awesome to say the least. If you liked All Saints, you'll love Sugababes. These girls, like Atomic Kitten & Mis-Teeq, deserve to have success in North America. The States, however, is so massive that many overseas music acts are afraid to even attempt to crack the American market. Will Sugababes ever truly attempt to break America? Hard to tell. Personally, I think their music is universal. 'Round Round' 'Freak Like Me' and 'Shape' are all radio friendly to say the least. 'Stronger' is a beautiful ballad that is simply heaven to listen to. With the right amount of promotion, I think Americans would fall in love with Sugababes! With music this infectious, it's difficult not to. Good job girls!"

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Craobh Rua | N. Ireland | 12/03/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

""Angels with Dirty Faces" is the Sugababes' second album and was released in 2002. Their first album, "One Touch", had been released two years previously - it featured some excellent songs and showed a great deal of promise. However, things didn't go entirely to plan - having bizarrely lost their record deal with London Records, they also lost a member wjen Siobhan Donaghy quit the band during a tour of the Far East. (Siobhan has since released a solo album called "Revolution In Me" - like "One Touch", on London. There are rumours of a second one on a different label).



The album opens with its lead single, "Freak Like Me" - featuring a sample of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric ?", the song gave the group its first UK number one. Not only is it just about the best song on the album, it's easily one of the best pop songs of recent years. "Shape" , one of the other singles, is also an outstanding song and would be the highlight of many other albums. It also is built around a sample - in this case, Sting's "Shape of my Heart". The moods of the two songs are very different however - "Shape" is a much gentler affair then "Freak Like Me". (This wouldn't be too much of a surprise to anyone who's old enough to remember the two songs that were sampled).



A couple of the album's tracks also turned up on some film soundtracks. "Round Round", which gave the girls their second UK chart topper, was included on the soundtrack to "The Guru". The album's title track, used on the soundtrack to the Powderpuff Girls movie, was released as a double-A side with "Stronger". For me, "Angels with Dirty Faces" was stronger than "Stronger". Its totally animated video was also much better, featuring Powderpuff Sugababes singing, dancing and generally saving the world.



Overall, the album's got a slight urban feel to it, rather than an out-and-out pop album. "Breathe Easy" is noticable because it's so different to the rest of the album - for many, it would've been the obvious ballad-type single. ("No Man No Cry", however, is not a reggae song). "Virgin Sexy" and "Supernatural" and two other very good tracks. Unusually, it would seem, for an all-girl singing trio each Sugababe can actually sing - it's not one lead singer and two backing singers. On each track, each member takes a stint on lead vocals. This is an excellent album and, if their subsequent singles are anything to go by, better than anything they've released since."