Chemistry (album)

Encyclopedia : C : CH : CHE : Chemistry (album)

---

Chemistry is the third album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by Polydor Records on December 5 2005 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Upon its debut, critical reception was generally positive, with The Guardian, NME, and Top Of The Pops including it on their best of year-end album charts. Chemistry became the group's first album to miss the top ten on the UK albums chart peaking at number eleven. Still it sold expectionally well in the first few weeks and went on to be certified platinum. In Australia and New Zealand, the album was released on February 20 2006; however, it failed to generate much interest.

Track listing

1. "Intro" (Xenomania) – 0:42
2. "Models" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/T. Powell/N. Coler/L. Cowling/M. Boyle) – 3:27
3. "Biology" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/L. Cowling/T. Powell/G. Sommerville) – 3:36
4. "Wild Horses" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/N. Coler/S. Lee./L. Cowling/M. Boyle) – 3:24
5. "See the Day" (D. Lee) – 4:30
6. "Watch Me Go" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/T. Powell/J. Chasez/S. Lee./L. Cowling) – 4:06
7. "Waiting" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/T. Larcombe/S. Lee./L. Cowling/P. Woods) – 4:15
8. "Whole Lotta History" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/T. Larcombe/S. Lee./L. Cowling/G. Sommerville/Xenomania) – 3:49
9. "Long Hot Summer" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/T. Larcombe/S. Lee./L. Cowling/G. Sommerville/M. Boyle) – 3:54
10. "Swinging London Town" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/M. Gray/T. Powell) – 4:04
11. "It's Magic" (Girls Aloud/Xenomania) – 3:54

Australian edition track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:42
2. "Models" – 3:27
3. "Biology" – 3:36
4. "Wild Horses" – 3:24
5. "See the Day" – 4:30
6. "The Show" (B. Higgins/J. Shave/L. Cowling/M. Cooper/T. Powell/Xenomania) – 3:38
7. "Watch Me Go" – 4:06
8. "Waiting" – 4:15
9. "Whole Lotta History" – 3:49
10. "Long Hot Summer" – 3:54
11. "Swinging London Town" – 4:04
12. "It's Magic" – 3:54
13. "I'll Stand By You" (C. Hynde/T. Kelly/W. Steinberg) – 3:45

Christmas bonus disc

In the United Kingdom a special editon of Chemistry was released with a bonus Christmas disc and an alternate album cover.

1. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" (R. Wood) – 4:03
2. "I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas in a Nutshell)" (Xenomania) – 3:37
3. "Jingle Bell Rock" (J.C. Beal/J.R. Boothe) – 1:59
4. "Not Tonight Santa" (Xenomania) – 2:22
5. "White Christmas" (I. Berlin) – 2:59
6. "Count the Days" (Xenomania) – 3:57
7. "Christmas Round at Ours" (Xenomania) – 4:04
8. "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Holder & Lea) – 3:42

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the United Kingdom editon of Chemistry.

1. "No Regrets" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/M. Gray) – 3:23
2. "Racy Lacey" (M. Cooper/B. Higgins/M. Gray) – 3:06

Chart performance

Chemistry debuted at number eleven on the UK albums chart, where it sold 82,000 copies in its first week, 231 copies behind the album in the tenth position. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK (selling in excess of 330,000 copies), where after seven weeks, it descended from the top-seventy-five. It has since recharted for a total of ten non-consecutive weeks.

In Ireland it debuted at number thirty-four, before peaking at number thirty-one four weeks later. The lack of success led to the lack of an Irish leg for the groups' 'Chemistry Tour 2006'.

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	11
Irish Albums Chart	31

Chart trajectories

UK albums chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08 (re)	09	10
Chart position	11	20	17	29	39	56	55	66 (re)	61	71

Irish albums chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06
Chart position	34	36	33	31	51	67

References

External links

• [GirlsAloud.co.uk] — official website.

Girls Aloud

Nadine Coyle - Cheryl Tweedy - Nicola Roberts - Kimberley Walsh - Sarah Harding

Discography

Studio albums: Sound of the Underground - What Will the Neighbours Say? - Chemistry

Singles: "Sound of the Underground" - "No Good Advice" - "Life Got Cold" - "Jump" - "The Show" - "Love Machine" - "I'll Stand By You" - "Wake Me Up" - "Long Hot Summer" - "Biology" - "See The Day" - "Whole Lotta History"

Television & DVD

Popstars: The Rivals -

Related articles

Fascination Records - Polydor Records - Xenomania

 

---

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

?