Product Description

This is the third album from Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Heidi Range and it follows their hugely successful 2002 release 'Angels With Dirty Faces'. 'Three' sees the Sugababesbuild on their distinctive urban sound, with the help of Dallas Austin who has previously worked with Duran Duran and Gwen Stefani. The single 'Hole In The Head' is also featured.

Track Listing

1. Hole In The Head
2. Whatever Makes You Happy
3. Caught In A Moment
4. Situation's Heavy
5. Million Different Ways
6. Twisted
7. We Could Have It All
8. Conversation's Over
9. In The Middle
10. Too Lost In You
11. Nasty Ghetto
12. Buster
13. Sometimes
14. Maya

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1561 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 57 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The lyrics "It's about the music, not about the face" hardly represent a breakthrough in political pop theorising. But when the Sugababes sing them on "Whatever Makes You Happy" (the second track on Three, a rather literal title for the group's third album), it's difficult to suspend one's incredulity. After all, while multi-racial dolly mixtures Mutya Buena, Heidi Range and Keisha Buchanan hardly resemble abominable gargolyes, their relatively indignant demeanour (coupled with the lingering durability of classic hits like "Freak Like Me" and "Overload") has been welcomed as an antidote to the abidingly glossy transience of banal girlie pop.

Frankly, the Sugababes are better at making music (with a little cowriting assistance from a coterie of professionals) than pulling faces and "keeping it street". This album, therefore, could have been fatally undermined by getting too dangerous ("Nasty Ghetto" is all hammy, bluesy, back-street melodrama copenned with Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes) or by such lapses into working-class ingratiation as "Don't wanna spend my time in the VIP / Gotta meet someone who doesn't need publicity". However, the electronic ska of "Hole in the Head", the soothing balladry of "Caught in the Moment" (reminiscent of Neneh Cherry at her most chilled) or the insistent drum loops, ominously squawking melodica and dervish groove of "Situation's Heavy" are powerful enough to sway any cynic while the cheeky R&B of "Buster" (nightclub lothario atttempts to entice some less-than-gullible filly into a cab and back to his pad for the proverbial cappuccino) amuses no end. They'll be back for a fourth album, which is more than can be said for many of their peers. --Kevin Maidment

Customer Reviews

It's a pity I can't give them more stars!!!
Their songs and albums are getting better and better... and better. Very GOOD ballads and GOOD pop songs that sticks in your head for a long, long time.
Hole in the head is of cours the hit single, followed by the love-ballad Too lost in you, which really gets you too lost in that song, I also like the cheeky In the Middle single and not to forget the pretty ballad Caught in a moment.

Again the Sugababes delievers a well produced album. Its Worth it!

the brilliant 3rd album
this
is
a
brilliant,
mature
and
inventive
album
and
there
isn't
a
filler
on
it!
these
girls
have
staying
power.

Another inconsistent album from the Sugababes... some great tracks, some filler
The Sugababes have recorded some great pop songs (if you don't agree, why read this review?..). However they've yet to put out a really great album. Each of their albums has had some great material on it, but besides the singles and a few others per album, each of their albums has had 'filler' on it- some mediocre songs that are performed averagely, as if they knew as they were recording it that it wasn't so good.

So on this album you get some great singles ("Hold In The Head", the Moguai-sampling "In The Middle" and fantastic ballad "Too Lost In You" with its wonderful Rob Dougan string arrangement), a few other decent songs ("Maya" is an unusual-sounding slow number, "Situation's Heavy" is pretty good), and unfortunately some weak urban-lite such as "Buster" and "Conversation's Over".

It's that inconsistency that means that, as yet, the "Greatest Hits" is a better listen than the individual albums.

So, not too bad, but far from perfect.