It’s formally time to deck the halls, as a result of the nation’s favorite pop princesses, Ladies Aloud, are serving up a stunning dose of nostalgia (and loads of glitter) with the long-awaited re-release of their festive mini-album “Christmas ’Spherical At Ours” — this time as a totally fledged standalone document.
Initially tucked away as a bonus disc with their 2005 album ‘Chemistry’, the sparkly vacation assortment has turn into a fan-favourite over time — full of traditional covers, cheeky appeal, and that unmistakable Xenomania pop magic!
Now, twenty years later, it’s lastly getting the star therapy it deserves, full with a remaster, a brand-new remix (‘Not Tonight Santa – Christmas Social gathering Combine’), and even a stunning pink vinyl version that’s nearly assured to match your Christmas décor.
The album’s track-list can solely be described as a stocking filled with pop treats: ‘Merry Xmas All people’, ‘I Want It Might Be Christmas On a regular basis’, and the delightfully flirty authentic ‘Not Tonight Santa’.
To make issues even merrier, the re-issue comes with unseen photographs, up to date sleeve notes, and that gloriously kitschy Nineteen Fifties-inspired paintings that made the unique such a cult favorite.
The album’s focus observe ‘Not Tonight Santa’ will likely be accompanied by an cute festive video that includes beforehand unseen footage of all 5 of the ladies from the Ladies Aloud Christmas archive.
Wanting again on the origins of the albums conception, every of the ladies mirror in their very own means saying…
“Simply as we had been including the ending touches to what would turn into our ‘Chemistry’ album, our producer Brian Higgins had a wildcard final minute thought. Because the album had been scheduled for a December launch, how about we document some bonus Christmas tracks? Our document label beloved the thought however went one step additional and advised we document an entire Christmas album which may very well be packaged with the primary album as a strictly restricted version deluxe format.” — Kimberley
“We determined to document 4 traditional Christmas covers – and the Xenomania crew had been going to jot down 4 brand-new authentic Ladies Aloud Christmas songs. There was just one difficulty – time. We had one week for the remaining new songs to be written and to document all the pieces. Everybody went into festive overdrive. Whereas we had been recording the Christmas covers within the Xenomania studio (we picked ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ as a result of it was within the film Imply Ladies), Miranda Cooper and Lisa Cowling spent a weekend in Devon writing lyrics to the 4 model new Christmas songs.” — Nicola
“The brand new songs had been all extremely kitsch and generally ridiculous. The album was all the time meant to be known as “Christmas ‘Spherical At Ours” – that’s why the Christmas TV advert was themed ‘At residence with Ladies Aloud’, but it surely was determined it was too complicated to offer it a reputation of its personal, as it could solely ever be accessible as a part of the ‘Chemistry’ album. Till now that’s.” — Cheryl
“The day we photographed the entrance sleeve was the identical day we had been photographed for the primary ‘Chemistry’ sleeve. After we walked into the photograph studio it was like strolling on to a movie set – the kitchen scene you see on the entrance of the album was a set construct and it seemed so spectacular, like one thing from a Nineteen Fifties Hollywood film. Should you’d advised us then than a few years later the chosen picture from the day can be celebrated by the Nationwide Portrait Gallery (which it did in Christmas 2023) we’d by no means have believed you!” — Nadine
“Christmas ‘Spherical At Ours” is accessible to obtain / stream now! CD and vinyl editions will likely be launched November 14th and can be found to pre-order right here.
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