About
"Out of Control" is Girls Aloud's sixth studio album. It was released 3 November 2008 on the Fascination label.
Tracklisting
- "The Promise" 4:03
- "The Loving Kind" 3:54
- "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time" 4:29
- "Love Is the Key" 4:17
- "Turn to Stone" 4:25
- "Untouchable" 6:42
- "Fix Me Up" 4:26
- "Love Is Pain" 3:32
- "Miss You Bow Wow" 4:11
- "Revolution in the Head" 4:31
- "Live in the Country" 4:27
- "We Wanna Party" 3:54
Singles
- The Promise
- The Loving Kind
- Untouchable
B-sides
- She
- Memory of You
- It's Your Dynamite
Reviews
And when they do try and branch out, it's always the tiniest of steps: the Pet Shop Boys collaboration "The Loving Kind" – itself virtually a tribute to Xenomania's trademark stomp-beats; the drum'n'bass beats of "Live in the Country"; the fragments of insects and choir that open the latter track and "Love is the Key", respectively – these would never be considered innovative developments by any other group. As for the much-lauded single "The Promise", its flatulent arrangement and empty solo vocal spots sounds arch, ungainly and over-reached. So perhaps the girls are sensible to settle for stomp-a-matic fillers like "Untouchable" and "Love is the Key", the least irritating track here. - The Independent
But Out Of Control is much more than a bag of quirky production tricks. 'The Loving Kind', that Pet Shop Boys collaboration, brilliantly captures what it feels like to date someone who isn't quite convinced you're The One. "I'll do anything to change your mind", the girls sing, while Xenomania push the same sad/euphoric buttons as they did on last year's 'Call The Shots' single. 'Rolling Back The Rivers' and 'Untouchable' are just as affecting, while 'Miss You Bow Bow' is plain thrilling and current single 'The Promise' grows more charming with every listen. Out Of Control doesn't quite escape the blight of filler - 'Love Is Pain' is probably one electrodisco romp too many, and 'Revolution In My Head' is kooky-annoying rather than kooky-fun - but mostly it's an absolute delight. The music here is smart, adventurous, emotionally resonant and often very, very catchy, making Out Of Control Girls Aloud's fourth terrific album in a row. How many groups, working in any musical genre, from any type of background, can say that? - Digital Spy
For most pop acts, four brilliant songs would mean job done, but the problem for Girls Aloud is that they have proven themselves better than that. Their best albums are like piñatas: crack them open and surprising goodies spilled out. Out of Control is more of a lucky dip, with scintillating trinkets and humdrum knick-knacks. Having raised the manufactured pop bar so spectacularly, any failure to clear it can't help but disappoint. - The Guardian
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