Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud, or The Almighty Aloud, as they have been dubbed, are, simply put, the most interesting pop music you will ever hear.Maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but if so it is truly slight. A properly compiled and sequenced Girls Aloud greatest hits compilation would stand proudly alongside Madonna's The Immaculate Collection and ABBA's Gold as doucments of what pop at it's absolute finest sounds like. That they are no longer creating music is cause for a unique anguish, but take comfort in the five albums with which we have been blessed despite our utter lack of worthiness.

I couldn't possibly say everything that needs to be said about this group in this space. This is merely a brief introduction that will be subject to continuous cultivation. Please allow me to highlight one of the most important features of Girls Aloud while presenting some examples of their best work. That's all I have the time to give right now, but I hope you'll come back for more

Girls Aloud are muses with a gift for posing. Something like 90% of their discography was written and produced by the same production team: Xenomania. The process of creating Girls Aloud albums is fascinating. The Girls, individually, sit down with Brian Higgins, who spearheads Xenomania, and tell him their lives, their thoughts, and their feelings in the time they have lived since their previous album was released. He then takes the kaleidoscopic emotions of five famous young women and write songs. Such songs. Songs the likes of which you have never heard.

The songs which Girls Aloud inspire and perform challenge what pop can and should be. When you listen to them you will notice how bizarre they often are. You may ask yourself why Chicago Electric Blues Riffs are rubbing shoulders with cascading europop beats. You might wonder why no other pop groups are making electropunk stompers, or mixing drum'n'bass beats with surf guitar and/or farm noises. You might also wonder if they stole an intro or two from Freddie Mercury's cutting room floor because, hey, he wasn't using them. You may notice the strange, inane, stupid, brilliant lyrics. "I can't speak French, so I let the funky music do the talking." What? That's so ridiculous. Give me more.