One Touch [Import]

Sugababes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: London Import
• ASIN: B0000540G7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,602 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overload

2. One Foot In

3. Same Old Story

4. Just Let It Go

5. Look At Me

6. Soul Sound

7. One Touch

8. Lush Life

9. Real Thing

10. New Year

11. Promises

12. Run For Cover

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

British girl groups tend to offer fare that's a lot more pop and less R&B-based (as well as a lot less sexually aggressive) than their U.S. equivalents, and the Sugababes (16-year-olds Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy, and Mutya Buena) follow that rule of thumb. The fast-paced opener "Overload" is fab but also deceiving, as most of the album then ambles along at a leisurely pace, alternating between ballads and lighthearted medium-paced tempos. The 'babes are least convincing on sub-Destiny's Child numbers like "Same Old Story," but overall the songs are easy-going and sweet natured. Still, the girls may want to speed things up a bit more in the future because when they do--as on "Overload" and "Real Thing," which recycles all manners of pop clichés in a deliciously breezy way--they rule the teen-pop roost. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Touch, One More Listen, December 8, 2000

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"steve_stripped" - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Touch (Audio CD)

The Sugababes' Debut Album "One Touch" Displays a high degree of maturity in the voices of the trio, average age of 16. The album opens with debut single "Overload" - a classic, yet original, pop song, sung with such insincerity, it becomes lozenged into your brain. The albums picks up from the debut single, with "One Foot In," "Same Old Story," "Just Let Go" and "Look At Me." These tracks demonstrate clearly just why the Sugababes are being compared to All Saints. The album goes slightly down hill for "Soul Sound" and "One Touch," but re-gains the classic pop in "Lush Life." "Real Thing" is guitar-R'n'B-pop at it's best, but the Sugababes slow it down a little for their Christmas Ballad "New Year" afterwards. "Promises" - the penultimate track - is quite bittersweet - when looking at the group's ages. The end - "Run For Cover" is the stand out track on the entire album. You can hear many different styles incorporated into the song - a revengeful, heartfelt song. All in all, if this track-by-track listing does not convince you to spend out the money on this wonderful CD, nothing will let you release the hand from your credit card.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally - a British girl band with promise, December 12, 2001

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Mr. B. G. Fowler "ben1283" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Touch (Audio CD)

Being British, I know only too well the dross that we churn out each year. Throughout the course of this, there have only been three girl groups in the 90's that have had any potential - Eternal, Alisha's Attic and the Sugababes. The Sugababes are a reasonably recent group that stormed the pop charts with their debut single 'Overload'. The three girls have fantastic vocals, and blend good harmonies to create their own unique sound. This certainly went a long way to get them noticed by critics, who raved about their debut album.

Although 'Overload' is undoubtedly the best track, there are some other highly enjoyable songs here too such as 'Run For Cover' and 'Real Thing'. Of the slower tracks, the girls thankfully stick to less slushy lyrics and go for sultry and laid back, 'Soul Sound' being good proof of this. Last Christmas Sugababes daringly released a Christmas single 'New Year'. Unfortunately it only made it to Number 12, although this was to be expected alongside strong competition. However, it remains one of the best seasonal songs I've heard in a long time, managing to slip the word 'Christmas' in without sounding cheesy. With a funky style and husky vocals, hopefully this band will go far.

Earlier this year though, band member Siobhan left the group and was replaced by another member. Although Siobhan will be sorely missed, I look forward to a second album soon.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerfully Individual, April 24, 2001

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Eric Anderson (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Touch (Audio CD)

The Sugababes are a wonderful, cool & sexy alternative to the high profile and legendary Spice Girls. No comparison between them or the All Saints is really necessary; these girls deserve to be in a category of their own. While their dark high-heeled sex kitten image may raise more than a few eyebrows, their music shows a sharp maturity. The singles they have released are some of the best tracks on the album, but I doubt anyone will be disappointed by the high versatility of the other songs and their striking catchy quality. The songs, which work so well together, maintain a steady theme of the twists and turns of a budding teenage life all wonderfully controlled by poetic lyrics. Since I was lucky enough to see them live, I've been haunted by their beautiful voices, so strong and widely ranged for girls their age. They aren't kidding when they pronounce in New Year "I'm older than my years, drowning in my tears." The songs, mostly focusing on love and relationships, give a deep look at the complex way which teenagers must grow up today with a media saturated with sex images and youthful seduction. Rather than give a particular commentary on the subject there is a staunch attitude of independence that marks the music. The feisty tone of the songs builds the trio of girls into a daunting group of individuals, ready to deflect any derogatory images that might be projected onto them.