Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)
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Released | 10 November 2003 | |||
Recorded | September 2002 – April 2003 | |||
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Length | 52:37 | |||
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Singles from Ladies Night | ||||
(Released with The Last Goodbye as a double A side. |
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Ladies Night is the third and final studio album by English girl group Atomic Kitten released on 10 November 2003. "If You Come to Me" was released as the lead single from the album on 27 October 2003, followed by the second single "Ladies' Night" featuring Kool & the Gang, which was released on 15 December 2003. The third and final single "Someone like Me" was released on 29 March 2004 and was the group's official last single following the announcement of their indefinite hiatus.
"Be with You" is featured on the album but not listed as a single due to being released a year earlier as a double A-side single alongside "The Last Goodbye", which was featured on the group's second album "Feels So Good". The album achieved double platinum status in the UK in 2003.
Background[]
In April 2003, the album Atomic Kitten was released in the United States, which consisted of tracks from their first two albums. The album was commercially unsuccessful, although single "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney Channel Original Movie The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003). Following this, the group opted to focus solely on the European, Oceanian, South African and Asian markets and began work on their third album.[3]
Before recording started, American R&B group Kool & the Gang approached the group about a collaboration for their album of duets, The Hits: Reloaded (2004). Kool & the Gang wanted to record an updated version of their hit "Ladies Night" and were looking for a girl group to sing the lyrics. Atomic Kitten liked the idea and inquired whether they could use it for their next album which was subsequently named Ladies Night in honour of this collaboration.[4] Atomic Kitten spent late 2002 and early 2003 in the studio recording their third studio album. Up until the recording of Ladies Night, the group mainly relied on songwriters, though they had occasionally co-written songs featured on their albums. While recording Ladies Night, they decided to be directly involved in the creation of eight of the fifteen songs.[4][5]
Chart performance[]
Ladies Night debuted and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart, selling 48,000 copies in its first week of release.[6] It was a considerable decline from the band's previous two studio albums Right Now (2000) and Feels So Good (2002), both of which had been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and became number-one hits.[7] A steady seller, Ladies Night was however certified platinum by the BPI for the shipment of over 550,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[8]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ladies Night" (featuring Kool & the Gang) |
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| 3:08 |
2. | "Be with You" |
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| 3:38 |
3. | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" |
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| 3:43 |
4. | "If You Come to Me" |
| 3:46 | |
5. | "Believer" |
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| 3:46 |
6. | "Everything Goes Around" |
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| 3:06 |
7. | "Somebody like You" |
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| 3:57 |
8. | "Nothing in the World" |
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| 3:59 |
9. | "Always Be My Baby" |
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| 3:20 |
10. | "I Won't Be There" |
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| 3:53 |
11. | "Never Get Over You" |
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| 3:57 |
12. | "Don't You Know" |
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| 3:24 |
13. | "Loving You" |
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| 3:11 |
14. | "Don't Let Me Down" |
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| 3:40 |
15. | "Someone like Me" |
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| 2:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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16. | "Eternal Flame" (single version) |
| 3:15 | |
17. | "Whole Again" (2001 version) |
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| 3:05 |
18. | "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" | Holt, Evans, Barrett, Padley, Godfrey | 3:28 | |
19. | "Good Times" |
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| 3:32 |
Notes and sample credits
- ^[a] denotes co-producer
- ^[b] denotes additional producer
- "Be with You" contains a sample from "Last Train to London" performed by Electric Light Orchestra.
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
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Year-end charts[]
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Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[22] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] | Gold | 15,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References[]
- ^ Jon O'Brien (2 December 2003). "Ladies Night - Atomic Kitten | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 11 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ridgway, Josh (10 January 2004). "The Arkansas Traveler online: Atomic Kitten: what America is missing". Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ladies Night interview". CBBC News. Retrieved 29 July 2006.
- ^ CBBC Full interview: Atomic Kitten (Accessed: 26 September 2006)
- ^ "Dido, Britney Rule European Charts". Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "British album certifications – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night". British Phonographic Industry.
- ^ "Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 25 February 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Atomic Kitten Blasts Onto European Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Atomic Kitten". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Atomic Kitten | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "2003 UK Albums Chart" (PDF). ChartsPlus. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night". Recorded Music NZ.
External links[]
- Ladies Night at Discogs (list of releases)
- 2003 albums
- Atomic Kitten albums
- Albums produced by Stargate
- Albums produced by Ash Howes
- Albums produced by Richard Stannard