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Wordshaker is the second studio album by British girlgroup The Saturdays which was released on 12 October 2009 through Fascination Records.[1] It is the group's first album to feature at least one song that was co-written by them. The album peaked at #9 in the UK Albums Chart, which is the highest debut from the girls since they debuted at #11 with their first album.

The album's lead single, "Forever Is Over" was written by James Bourne and produced by The Runaways. It premiered on 23 August 2009 on BBC Radio 1's Switch and was fully released on 5 October 2009. [2]Ego is confirmed to be their second single with Wordshakeras the third.Rochelle Wisemansaid on her twitter page that One Shotwas going to be the fourth single from the album.

Background and production

The group started work on their second album in early March 2009 whilst the group performed their first headline shows, The Work Tour. Two songs from the recording sessions "One Shot" and "Wordshaker" were part of the setlist and will appear on the album. [3] The official cover was revealed in a special mailer to fans on the group's official form/website on 23 September 2009.[4]

The majority of the album (7 songs) were written/co-written by Norwegian songwriter Ina Wroldsen who has written previously for the group as well as working with The Pussycat Dolls, Pixie Lott and Leona Lewis.[5] Additionally the album features one song called "Deeper" which accredits every member of the group as a writer. Additionally it was revealed that the song "Forever Is Over" (later chosen to be the first single) was in fact written for Kelly Clarkson to record for her album. However during a visit to the record label's HQ The Saturdays heard the song and requested the song's writer James Bourne to let them record it instead.[6]

Promotion

The news section on the group's official website indicated that through September and October of 2009, the girls can be seen on many TV shows as they promote the album.[7].

On 26 September the group were interviewed on T4 where they introduced the music video for new single "Forever Is Over". Additionally on the 28 September the group appeared on daytime chatshow the Paul O'Grady Show for the first live performance of the single and an informal interview. They did the same on ITV1's daytime show This Morning on 6 October.[7] On 12 October they appeared on the new season of The Alan Titchmarsh Show for a chat and performance before a scheduled appearance at the Hollyoaks Music Festival on 17 October to perform "Forever Is Over" and the title song "Wordshaker".[7]

Critical reception

David Balls of Digital Spy said that "If anything, the girls are showing even more confidence this time around. 'One Shot' and 'Wordshaker', both of which combine grinding basslines with lethal pop hooks, make it quite clear that misbehaving boys will be punished. Then there's the cracking 'Ego', on which an over-confident male is calmly advised to "have a sit down with his ego". The album's obligatory smattering of ballads do go some way to warming the cockles. 'Here Standing', which has Christmas single written all over it, is a big powerful smacker of a love song topped off with massive stadium drums, while 'No One' and 'Denial' show the girls can be vulnerable as well as vixens. However '2am' is bog-standard girlband fodder and 'Deeper', the only track they co-wrote, suggests their songwriters needn't head down the job centre - but it hits the target more often that not. Though not quite as impressive as their debut, this is still a confident, fresh-sounding album."[8]

Track listing

Tracklisting was confirmed in September 2009 by Play.com[9] and Pop Justice.[10]

  1. "Forever Is Over" (Writers: Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, James Bourne)(Producers: Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters) — 3:41
  2. "Here Standing" (Writers: Jordan Omley, Michael Mani, Nina Woodford) (Producers: Mani, Omley) — 3:36
  3. "Ego" (Writers: Steve Mac, Ina Wroldsen) (Producer: Mac) — 2:59
  4. "No One" (Writers: Wroldsen, David Eriksen[11]) (Producers: David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen) — 3:18
  5. "One Shot" (Writers: Wroldsen, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson[12]) (Producer: Magnusson) — 3:31
  6. "Wordshaker" (Writers: Wroldsen, David Eriksen[13]) (Producer: David Eriksen) — 3:30
  7. "Denial" (Writers: Chris Braide, Wroldsen[14]) (Producer: Braide) — 3:53
  8. "Open Up" (Writers: Wroldsen, Kreuger, Magnusson[15]) (Producer: Magnusson) — 3:52
  9. "Lose Control" (Writers: Jörgen Elofsson, Pär Westerlund) (Producers: Elofsson, Westerlund) — 3:19
  10. "Not Good Enough" (Writers: Wroldsen, Josef Larossi[16]) (Producers: Quiz, Larossi) — 3:40
  11. "Deeper" (Writers: Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White, Rochelle Wiseman, Wroldsen[17]) (Producers: Justin Trugman, Oliver Goldstein) — 4:05
  12. "2 a.m." (Andreas Romdhane, Larossi, Wroldsen[18]) (Producers: Quiz, Larossi) — 4:08
iTunes pre-order bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Chasing Lights" (Live from iTunes Festival 2009)4:03
14."Wordshaker" (Live from iTunes Festival 2009)3:32
15."One Shot" (Live from iTunes Festival 2009)3:35
HMV exclusive bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Forever Is Over" (Manhattan Clique Edit)6:20

Charts and certifications

The album debuted at #36 on the Irish Albums Chart. In its second week, it dropped to #91[19]. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom "Wordshaker" debuted at #9, selling 15,000 units, also equaling the peak position of their debut album "Chasing Lights". In its second week, it dropped 31 places to #40. On its third week, the album dropped out of the Top 40 to #57.


Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart 36
UK Albums Chart[20] 9

Release history

Country Format Date Label Catalogue
Ireland[21] CD, Digital download 9 October 2009 Polydor Records 2719617
United Kingdom[22][23] 12 October 2009 Fascination Records

References

  1. ^ "Twitter / fascination records: The new Saturdays album ha". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  2. ^ "The Saturdays". The Saturdays. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ^ "News, A star review from Brum". The Saturdays. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  4. ^ "Wordshaker: Revealed (Mailer - 23.09.09) - The Saturdays Official Forum". Thesaturdays.forums.umusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  5. ^ "Nettwerk: Official Profile for Ina Wroldsen". Nettwerk.com. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  6. ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17156
  7. ^ a b c "The Saturdays, coming to a screen near you!". Saturdays.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  8. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a179801/the-saturdays-wordshaker.html
  9. ^ "(UK) : The Saturdays - Wordshaker : CD - Free Delivery". Play.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  10. ^ "The Saturdays' 'Wordshaker': a first-impressions sort of review". Popjustice. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  11. ^ "NO ONE (Legal Title), BMI Work #10206908". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  12. ^ "ONE SHOT (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167551". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  13. ^ "WORDSHAKER (Legal Title), BMI Work #10239907". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  14. ^ "DENIAL (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167571". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  15. ^ "OPEN UP (Legal Title), BMI Work #10815404". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  16. ^ "NOT GOOD ENOUGH (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167542". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  17. ^ "DEEPER (Legal Title), BMI Work #10305950". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  18. ^ "Baby Baby/2 AM(Legal Title), BMI Work #10167582". BMI. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  19. ^ Irish Albums Chart
  20. ^ UK Top 10 album
  21. ^ Buy Wordshaker from Shopireland ShopIreland. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  22. ^ Buy CD Wordshaker from Amazon Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  23. ^ Buy Download Wordshaker from Amazon Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
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