Track Listing

1. Keep On Walking
2. She's So Lovely
3. It's Not About You
4. Airplane SOng
5. Heartbeat
6. Elvis Ain't Dead
7. I'm Not Over You
8. I Need A Holiday
9. Mountains Of Navaho
10. James Bond

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #998 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
This is the self-titled debut by the piano-led indie-pop trio, Scouting For Girls. Catchy, clever melodies and lyrics that recount tales of being young and finding your way in life provide the base for what is an accomplished, feel-good album, full of handclaps and fantastic backing vocal work. Thesingle, 'She's So Lovely' is included.

Customer Reviews

Scouting for fun?
If you are looking for the next Mercury Prize winning album then keep on scouting, I doubt this album will be winning any prestigious awards any time soon. However it may yet win a place in your car stereo or mp3 player.
With it's insistant pop piano and rythmic drumming, the songs on display here make for great summer bounce along listening. Although not quite reaching the heights of single 'Its not about you', the majority of tracks contain enough glorious harmonies and irritatingly catchy choruses to entertain the ears and keep the foot tapping. If like me you are a bit of a sucker for hand claps, a shaking tamborine and dustings of oohs and lalas, then this might be right up your alley.
There isn't a huge variety on display here, with the same formula being worked throughout. Chances are though that if you like either of the singles then you won't mind this too much.
It's the kind of record that is ideal for summer listening whilst driving, having a bbq or out for a run. Nowadays people are getting hung up on introspective songwriting and dismissing artists like Scouting for Girls as throw away pop. Well, I for one enjoy a well structured song that begs me to sing along to or turn the volume up just that little bit! So if you aren't precious about music and want to put some fun back into your record collection then give this a spin.

Music is supposed to be fun
If music is supposed to be fun then this album hits the spot. My daughter got it for Christmas and I just had a listen now and had to hear it all the way through. I take serious issue with some of the negative reviews here which I feel are missing the point of this music completely. If you are unable to rise above your dislike for this "genre" you should just not comment on it. I can understand people who prefer to listen to music on an intellectual level giving this a less than excellent review but this is supposed to be fun not modern jazz or Mozart so quit the music snobbery! I hope I myself can stear clear of "genreist" comments and stick to the important thing; does this album get you going? Yes.
I am a piano player in a band myself and find this piano driven good time music absolutely infectious and catchy. Other than this according to "genreists" (of which there are too many!) I should not be qualified to comment as I am a boogie woogie and blues fan and an old fogie too! I have always believed that music should have no barriers to age and if its good you want to join in and dance or tap your foot whatever your status musically.
I found the songs on this album catchy witty and well written with excellent rythmic and melodic structure. It is pathetic to expect something totally original in order to give a good review, perhaps it should be for a 5 star but I am giving it 5 because I enjoyed it too much to quibble about orginality. I have also had the benefit of seeing this band live albeit on my daughter's video and I was not suprised at how well these songs went down with the young audience, having had a similar effect on me. These beguiling and deceptively witty songs are definately a breath of fresh air and I for one am happy that the charismatic and talented Roy Stride has penned these songs because today he made my world a better place!

The Music Industry Strikes Back!
In recent years, the music industry has inevitably been hit hard by the rise in popularity of illegal downloading of music. We know that we can get our favourite music for free and we can be safe in the thought that only the suited music execs are suffering.

However, I'm afraid they are always one step ahead of us consumers, and the 'fat cats' at the top of Sony BMG have devised a plan of such evil ingenuity we must all bow before them. Yes, they are getting their revenge in the form of Scouting for Girls, a band so unspeakably awful, that hearing them makes anyone with sense question whether music is worth the effort. "Hi, radio stations- play this! You know there are people who'll like anything if they hear it enough."

I have a friend who is deaf. Everytime I hear Scouting for Girls, I remind her how lucky she is. (Of course, she can't hear me.)