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"Sound of the Underground" is Girls Aloud's debut album. It was released 26 May 2003 on Polydor.

Tracklisting

1. "Sound of the Underground" 3:41
2. "No Good Advice" 3:48
3. "Some Kind of Miracle" 3:09
4. "All I Need (All I Don't)" 3:38
5. "Life Got Cold" 3:57
6. "Mars Attack" 3:28
7. "Stop" 3:35
8. "Girls Allowed" 3:26
9. "Forever and a Night" 3:17
10. "Love/Hate" 4:40
11. "Boogie Down Love" 3:22
12. "Don't Want You Back" 3:19
13. "White Lies" 3:06
14. "Love Bomb" 2:55
15. "Everything You Ever Wanted" 2:53

Tracklisting

1. "Sound of the Underground" 3:41
2. "No Good Advice" 3:48
3. "Life Got Cold" 3:57
4. "Jump" 3:39
5. "Some Kind of Miracle" 3:19
6. "All I Need (All I Don't)" 3:38
7. "Mars Attack" 3:28
8. "You Freak Me Out"
9. "Girls Allowed" 3:26
10. "Forever and a Night" 3:17
11. "Love/Hate" 4:40
12. "Boogie Down Love" 3:22
13. "Stop" 3:35
14. "White Lies" 3:06
15. "Girls on Film" 3:42

Singles

• Sound of the Underground
• No Good Advice
• Life Got Cold

B-sides

• Stay Another Day
• On a Round
• Lights, Music, Camera, Action

Reviews

As well as the titular Link Wray meets Transvision Vamp Christmas Number One and recent No 2, bratty 'My Sharona' relation 'No Good Advice', there are at least four other hits lurking here. 'Some Kind Of Miracle' is a 21st century Bangles, 'All I Need (All I Don't)' a disco-funk workout with traces of Cameo and 'Bedtime Stories' vintage Madonna, while 'Mars Attacks', written by '80s pop uber-babe Betty Boo, is hip hop-referencing surf punk. 'Stop' starts like the Skids' 'Into The Valley' but gets sultry instead of surreal, 'Boogie Down Love' mixes the hook of Blondie's 'Call Me' with the bells from 'Rapture', and one of the ballads is likely to be rolled out to compete with next year's reality TV crop at Christmas. - Yahoo Music UK & Ireland

At 15 tracks long, Sound Of The Underground does seem drag on towards the end but don't let that detract you from the fact that this really is an impressive debut.Only time will tell if they are set to take the mantle as the new Spice Girls or slip rapidly down pops dumper as the new Hear'Say. But their debut album is sure to shut up at least some of their cynics, myself included. - BBC Music

Girls Aloud's debut single, now the title track of their album, proved a first: it was a reality pop record that didn't make you want to do physical harm to everyone involved in its manufacture. Sound of the Underground featured Fatboy Slim dynamics and an irresistible chorus. Dribbly ballads and woeful rapping aside, the album is similarly jolly, laden with spiky guitars, zippy beats and lyrics curiously insistent upon Girls Aloud's musical credibility and autonomy of thought: apparently, they "don't need no good advice". Frankly, even their tiniest fan knows Girls Aloud are no more the sound of the underground than they are the sound of 12th-century liturgical plainchant, and that their every waking hour is spent receiving advice from managers, PRs, stylists etc. So it's hard to hear this stuff without picturing the lyricist winking at you and tapping the side of their nose - but that rather adds to the fun. - The Guardian

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Camilla - website Denmark: Favourite Song: Sound Of The Underground, Don't Want You Back, White Lies

Caroline-Anne - website Germany: Favourite Song: Sound Of The Underground

Gill - website United States: Favourite Song: Everything You Ever Wanted

LINDSAY^_^ - website United States: Favourite Song: ALL OF THEM

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Maz - website England: Favourite Song: Some Kind of Miracle

Sydney - website United States: Favourite Song: whole lotta history

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