Name: Sound Of The Underground (20th Anniversary Edition)
Brand: Girls Aloud

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

5516909

Colour

Green

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r27380865]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0602455169099

Total Cap

Green LP

Artist

Girls Aloud

Genre GB

Label GB

Polydor

Girls Aloud were a British girl group formed in 2002 on the talent show Popstars: The Rivals. Consisting of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, they achieved great success with 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles (including four number ones) and two UK number one albums. They were nominated for four BRIT Awards and won Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise". In March 2013, shortly after their final concert, the group announced their breakup on Twitter.
In August 2020, Sarah Harding revealed she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer that had spread throughout her body. Despite doctors' prognosis that she would not see another Christmas, she fought bravely until September 5th, 2021 when she peacefully passed away.

Newest Listed Items

20 years ago, Girls Aloud were already setting the pop world alight. Having successfully walked away as the clear winners of ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ at the end of 2002, they rocketed straight to the top of the singles chart with their edgy, avant-garde debut single ‘Sound Of The Underground’, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks. Produced by Brian Higgins’s Xenomania production team, the track’s compelling mix of surf guitar, UK-garage beats and girl-group vocals saw the track become an instant classic, straddling the UK year-end bestsellers for both 2002 and 2003 and ultimately becoming one of THE songs to define the entire decade. The track also opened the doors on what would become the most successful pop career of the 2000s, as well as setting Girls Aloud on course to become the most successful girl group of the 21stcentury. In the space of the decade following its release, Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah became household names and between them sold 4.3M singles and 4M albums in the UK alone, following ‘Sound Of The Underground’ with a further 21 Top 10 singles, of which 3 also reached Number 1.

When it arrived in the summer of 2003, the band’s debut album of the same name just fueled the phenomenon. With its inclusion of two more Top 3 hits, ‘No Good Advice’ and ‘Life Got Cold’, the 13-track CD was certified platinum by the BPI within five months. Packed with sonically adventurous, perfectly pitched pop songs, Sound Of The Underground even saw a reissue with a different sleeve and enhanced tracklisting, whereupon it charted all over again.

But surprisingly, until now, none of Girls Aloud’s 5 smash studio albums, nor either of their hits collections, has seen a release on vinyl. That all changes with three 20th&nbsp;anniversary versions of Sound Of The Underground. The original incarnation of the album gets its vinyl debut on green vinyl with enhanced artwork and full album lyrics. Meanwhile for CD, the album is treated to a full deluxe makeover, bringing in rarities, remixes, B-sides, the band’s cover of ‘Jump’ from ‘Love Actually’ plus ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ and ‘Grease’, their two contributions to the poptastic ‘Greasemania’ project. It also includes a special 2022 Xenomania-produced remix of the title track ‘Sound of The Underground’, released as a 7” charity single in memory of the band’s Sarah Harding. The CD format also features extensive sleeve notes by respected pop journalist Nick Levine.

To create these special editions of ‘Sound Of The Underground’ UMR has worked closely with Polydor and the band’s Fascination management team to curate three products that finally do justice to one of the all-time pop classics. As the campaign went at the time… “Buy Girls. Bye Boys!”

Sound Of The Underground (20th Anniversary Edition) 

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