Its been three years, two albums and an EP since the Saturdays stormed into our lives in 2008. Now, fresh off a consistent top ten chart run (bar Ego, Work and My Heart Takes Over), Una, Frankie, Mollie, Vanessa and Rochelle are back with their fourth studio offering 'On Your Radar'.
Two weeks on since it's release, the numbers and critical opinions are in...what's the verdict? Unfortunately the 14 track collection will drop off anyone's radar in a matter of plays. Here's why.
What the album lacks is big name producers, features and all round musicality. Yes it contains a few gems from Xenomania and Spacecowboy but overall the Saturdays have lost their 'sound' fans have become accustomed to from the previous LPs of Chasing Lights, Wordshaker and mini EP Headlines, with the techno, dubstep and electronic influences taking over. Leaving vocals often unrecognizable, barely even sounding like a fully fledged group.
So what's good? Commercially successful 'Notorious' and club hit 'All Fired Up' are no doubt the best tracks on offer, not surprisingly the albums' two lead singles. The third single to come from the LP, power ballad 'My Heart Takes Over' is another good track from the girls with Last Call landing a close second in the ballad front penned by Una and Lucie Silvas. Non-single standout track award goes to 'Promise Me', a dance-pop number that by all means necessary should be the final single from this era. The track was co-written by the Sats and produced by the UK's very own Tracklacers.
What's not so good? Sadly, everything else. 'Faster', 'Get Ready, Get Set', 'White Lies' are all extremely bland lacking the energy, emotion, and all round girl power/fun the Sats naturally represent. 'Do What You Want With Me', 'For Myself' and 'Wish I Didn't Know' fall to the same disappointing standard with the album's only feature, the Travie McCoy assisted 'The Way You Watch Me' barely being tagged as 'filler'. A major disappointment for any Saturdays fan, myself included.
'On Your Radar' charted outside the top ten on its week of release landing the number 23 spot and is thus the girls' lowest charting album to date. The Saturdays perform at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on Sunday December 18.
Two weeks on since it's release, the numbers and critical opinions are in...what's the verdict? Unfortunately the 14 track collection will drop off anyone's radar in a matter of plays. Here's why.
What the album lacks is big name producers, features and all round musicality. Yes it contains a few gems from Xenomania and Spacecowboy but overall the Saturdays have lost their 'sound' fans have become accustomed to from the previous LPs of Chasing Lights, Wordshaker and mini EP Headlines, with the techno, dubstep and electronic influences taking over. Leaving vocals often unrecognizable, barely even sounding like a fully fledged group.
So what's good? Commercially successful 'Notorious' and club hit 'All Fired Up' are no doubt the best tracks on offer, not surprisingly the albums' two lead singles. The third single to come from the LP, power ballad 'My Heart Takes Over' is another good track from the girls with Last Call landing a close second in the ballad front penned by Una and Lucie Silvas. Non-single standout track award goes to 'Promise Me', a dance-pop number that by all means necessary should be the final single from this era. The track was co-written by the Sats and produced by the UK's very own Tracklacers.
What's not so good? Sadly, everything else. 'Faster', 'Get Ready, Get Set', 'White Lies' are all extremely bland lacking the energy, emotion, and all round girl power/fun the Sats naturally represent. 'Do What You Want With Me', 'For Myself' and 'Wish I Didn't Know' fall to the same disappointing standard with the album's only feature, the Travie McCoy assisted 'The Way You Watch Me' barely being tagged as 'filler'. A major disappointment for any Saturdays fan, myself included.
'On Your Radar' charted outside the top ten on its week of release landing the number 23 spot and is thus the girls' lowest charting album to date. The Saturdays perform at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on Sunday December 18.
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