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2009 studio album by The Saturdays

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::summary 2009 studio album by The Saturdays ::

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nameWordshaker
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artistThe Saturdays
coverThe Saturdays Wordshaker (Album Cover).jpg
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released12 October 2009
recorded2008; March–July 2009
studio
genre
length43:04
prev_titleChasing Lights
prev_year2008
next_titleHeadlines!
next_year2010
misc{{Singles
nameWordshaker
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single1Forever Is Over
single1date5 October 2009
single2Ego
single2date4 January 2010
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| name = Wordshaker | type = Studio | artist = The Saturdays | cover = The Saturdays Wordshaker (Album Cover).jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = 12 October 2009 | recorded = 2008; March–July 2009 | studio = | genre = | length = 43:04 | label =

  • Fascination
  • Polydor | producer =
  • Louis Biancaniello
  • Chris Braide
  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • David Eriksen
  • Thomas Eriksen
  • Oliver Goldstein
  • Quiz & Larossi
  • Steve Mac
  • Per Magnusson
  • Michael Mani
  • Jordan Omley
  • Justin Trugman
  • Sam Watters
  • Pär Westerlund | prev_title = Chasing Lights | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Headlines! | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = Wordshaker | type = studio | single1 = Forever Is Over | single1date = 5 October 2009 | single2 = Ego | single2date = 4 January 2010 Wordshaker is the second studio album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, released on 12 October 2009 through Fascination Records. It is the group's first album to feature a song where they are credited as writers. Upon release the album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, but the following week fell out of the top 30. In August 2010, the album was removed from digital music platforms, due to their EP Headlines! being released featuring some of the same material. In August 2018, the album returned to digital music platforms following a request to the label by the Pop Music Activism Twitter account.

The album was preceded by the lead single "Forever Is Over", written by James Bourne and produced by The Runaways. The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "Ego" was released on 4 January 2010 and it equalled the album's success by reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

Background and production

The group started working on the album in early March 2009 whilst they performed their first headline shows, The Work Tour. Two songs from the recording sessions "One Shot" and "Wordshaker" were part of the setlist and appeared on the album. The track list for the album contains the song "Not Good Enough", which was originally recorded during the Chasing Lights sessions but was later remixed for inclusion on Wordshaker. The official cover was revealed in a special mailer to fans on the group's official form/website on 23 September 2009.

The majority of the album (seven 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. 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.

Promotion

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

On 26 September the group were interviewed on T4 where they introduced the music video for new single "Forever Is Over". Additionally on 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. 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".

With the release of "Ego", promotion for the album was furthered over the Christmas period, as the group appeared on GMTV, Blue Peter, Alan Carr: Chatty Man and the Christmas edition of Top of the Pops, as well as a T4 special filmed at an exclusive concert held for competition winners at the London Forum, as part of the group's promotional tie in with the Impulse range of body fragrances. Additionally, the album track "Lose Control" came to prominence when featured on the soundtrack to the film St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, released by the group's record label Fascination.

Reception

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Wordshaker generated generally favourable reviews amongst critics upon its release. AllMusic's Matthew Chisling awarded the album three out of five stars, praising the girls and the album for "combining aggressive basslines and vocals that are a pinch of prowess". Chisling's praised tracks like "Open Up", "Lose Control" and "Not Good Enough" for their "catchiness [that] can't be denied". However he criticised "Forever Is Over" and "One Shot" for being "unoriginal" and for being "too Americanized".

David Balls of Digital Spy said that "If anything, the girls are showing even more confidence this time around", Praising 'One Shot' and 'Wordshaker' for both combining "grinding basslines with lethal pop hooks". However he was less impressed with the ballads criticising and calling them a "curse" on the album. As a whole he called the album "fresh-sounding" and that it "should take the group one step closer to household names". He went on to give the album three out of five stars.

Michael Cragg from musicOMH called the album as a whole an "enjoyable blast of well-crafted pop" with "throbbing synths" that's "joyful". The only critique Cragg had was that "The Saturdays have yet to master – the ballad" stating they "bludgeon most of the slower songs to death." but when they stick to having fun its very "enjoyable". Cragg went on to give the album three out of five stars.

Singles

"Forever Is Over" was written by Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Kahmarl Gordon, James Bourne, and produced by Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello. It was released as the lead single from Wordshaker on 5 October 2009 and peaked at number two. "Ego" was written and produced by Steve Mac, and co-written by Ina Wroldsen. An electropop track, it was the second and final single released from Wordshaker. The song was added to mainstream radio on 25 November 2009. A superhero-themed music video, directed by Richard A. Moore, was released on 17 November 2009 and the single itself was released on 4 January 2010.

Track listing

| headline = Wordshaker track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Forever Is Over | length1 = 3:40 | music1 = {{flat list|

  • Sam Watters
  • Louis Biancaniello
  • James Bourne}} | extra1 = {{flat list|
  • Biancaniello
  • Watters}} | title2 = Here Standing | length2 = 3:36 | music2 = {{flat list|
  • Jordan Omley
  • Michael Mani
  • Nina Woodford}} | extra2 = {{flat list|
  • Mani
  • Omley}} | title3 = Ego | length3 = 2:59 | music3 = {{flat list|
  • Steve Mac
  • Ina Wroldsen}} | extra3 = Mac | title4 = No One | length4 = 3:18 | music4 = {{flat list|
  • Wroldsen
  • David Eriksen}} | extra4 = {{flat list|
  • D. Eriksen
  • Thomas Eriksen}} | title5 = One Shot | length5 = 3:31 | music5 = {{flat list|
  • Wroldsen
  • David Kreuger
  • Per Magnusson}} | extra5 = Magnusson | title6 = Wordshaker | length6 = 3:30 | music6 = {{flat list|
  • Wroldsen
  • D. Eriksen}} | extra6 = D. Eriksen | title7 = Denial | length7 = 3:53 | music7 = {{flat list|
  • Chris Braide
  • Wroldsen}} | extra7 = Braide | title8 = Open Up | length8 = 3:52 | music8 = {{flat list|
  • Wroldsen
  • Kreuger
  • Magnusson}} | extra8 = Magnusson | title9 = Lose Control | length9 = 3:19 | music9 = {{flat list|
  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • Pär Westerlund}} | extra9 = {{flat list|
  • Elofsson
  • Westerlund}} | title10 = Not Good Enough | length10 = 3:40 | music10 = {{flat list|
  • Wroldsen
  • Josef Larossi}} | extra10 = Quiz & Larossi | title11 = Deeper | length11 = 4:05 | music11 = {{flat list|
  • Una Healy
  • Mollie King
  • Frankie Sandford
  • Rochelle Humes
  • Vanessa White
  • Wroldsen}} | extra11 = {{flat list|
  • Justin Trugman
  • Oliver Goldstein}} | title12 = 2 am | length12 = 4:08 | music12 = {{flat list|
  • Andreas Romdhane
  • Larossi
  • Wroldsen}} | extra12 = Quiz & Larossi | total_length = 43:04

Credits

Credits adapted from album booklet and liner.

Recording Locations

  • California

  • England

    • Corby: Untouchable Sound Studios
    • London: Twenty One Studios, Strongroom, Odd Bob Studios, Britannia Row, Sarm Studies, Rokstone Studios (audio engineering only), 360 Mastering (audio mastering only)

  • Italy

    • Trieste: Eccentric Records (audio mixing only)

  • Sweden

  • Norway

    • Oslo: Stereo Sound

  • Virginia

    • Virginia Beach: MixStar Studios (audio mixing only)

Personnel

Vocals

Musicians and technicians

  • Dick Beetham - mastering engineer
  • Louis Biancaniello - audio mixing, keyboard programming (track 1), record producer (track 1)
  • James Bourne - guitar
  • David Eriksen - record producer (track 4), drums, keyboards, programmer, audio mixing
  • Thomas Eriksen - record producer (track 4), additional keyboards, additional record producer (track 4)
  • Serban Ghenea - audio mixing
  • John Hanes - audio engineer
  • Paul Lamalfa - assistant recording engineer
  • Chris Laws - audio engineer, programmer
  • Steve Mac - record producer (track 3), keyboards, vocal arrangement
  • Mike Manny - record producer (track 2), keyboards, audio mixing, programmin
  • Jordan Omley - record producer (track 2), audio mixing
  • Daniel Pursey - percussion
  • Tim Roberts - assistant audio mixing
  • Sam Watters - audio mixing, record producer (track 1)
  • Ina Wroldsen - record producer (track 4), vocal arrangement

Charts

The album debuted at number 36 on the Irish Albums Chart but fell to 91 in the second week. Meanwhile, on the UK Albums Chart it debuted at number 9, equalling the peak position of their debut album Chasing Lights.

::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Wordshaker''"] | Chart (2009) | Peak position | Irish Albums Chart | |---|---|---| | 36 | | | ::

Certifications

::data[format=table title="Certifications for ''Wordshaker''"]

CountryProviderCertificationUnited Kingdom
BPISilver
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Release history

::data[format=table title="Release history and formats for ''Wordshaker''"]

CountryFormatDateLabelIrelandUnited KingdomVarious
CD, digital download9 October 2009Polydor
12 October 2009Fascination
Digital download, streaming10 August 2018Universal Music Catalogue
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References

References

  1. (10 August 2018). "POP ACTIVISM ALERT! After an eight year absence, WORDSHAKER by The Saturdays is now back on digital platforms worldwide. With thanks to our friends at @UMusicuk who put it online after we asked them. Share the news and get streaming!".
  2. (October 2010). "News, A star review from Brum". The Saturdays.
  3. "Wordshaker: Revealed (Mailer – 23.09.09) – The Saturdays Official Forum". Thesaturdays.forums.umusic.co.uk.
  4. "Nettwerk: Official Profile for Ina Wroldsen". Nettwerk.com.
  5. (6 October 2009). "Forever Is Over by The Saturdays Songfacts". Songfacts.com.
  6. (October 2010). "The Saturdays, coming to a screen near you!". Saturdays.co.uk.
  7. Chisling, Matthew. (August 2021). "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review".
  8. Balls, David. (October 2009). "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review".
  9. Cragg, Michael. "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review".
  10. (23 October 2009). "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review".
  11. "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review". [[OK!]].
  12. Gennoe, Dan. "The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review".
  13. "The Saturdays Forever Is Over from new album Wordshaker".
  14. "NO ONE (Legal Title), BMI Work #10206908". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  15. "ONE SHOT (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167551". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  16. "WORDSHAKER (Legal Title), BMI Work #10239907". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  17. "DENIAL (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167571". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  18. "OPEN UP (Legal Title), BMI Work #10815404". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  19. "NOT GOOD ENOUGH (Legal Title), BMI Work #10167542". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  20. "DEEPER (Legal Title), BMI Work #10305950". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  21. "Baby Baby/2 AM(Legal Title), BMI Work #10167582". [[Broadcast Music Incorporated.
  22. the Saturdays. 2009. '''''Wordshaker'''''. [Album Liner Notes]]. [[Fascination Records]] ([[Polydor Records]]). Catalogue Number: 2719617
  23. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229151954/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=42 Irish Albums Chart week 42] ''Chart-Track''. Retrieved: 2010-08-12.
  24. "Certified Awards Search". [[British Phonographic Industry]].
  25. [http://www.shopireland.ie/music/detail/B002PCKX9O/wordshaker-/ Buy ''Wordshaker'' from Shopireland] ''ShopIreland''. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  26. [http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=7434918519923395266&pGroupID=0&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=Wordshaker&btnSubmitSearch.x=0&btnSubmitSearch.y=0 Wordshaker HMV online] [[HMV]]. Retrieved: 2010-08-12.
  27. Amazon]]. Retrieved: 2018-08-13.

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