Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It

I wonder if Xenomania did this new version too. Does anybody know if the production/writing credits have been released.

I can't judge "Crazy Boys" on the clip. People I trust say it's amazing, so it probably is. I think "I Will Be There" sounds amazing just from the clip, though. "Every Little Thing", hmm, well I'd be more impressed by reheated "Chain Reaction"s in 2005 if it hadn't been for a trio of Bosnian lasses doing it better, but pretty good. I have a feeling I'll probably skip "Je m'appelle", and many others will skip the floaty trip-hop-lite "Secret Garden" but I actually quite like that.

Releasing "So Good" as the second single when "Funny How" was lying around seems baffling in hindsight, actually. "I Said Never Again" makes perfect sense, and the video looks great.

I'm just wondering if the things perceived as lesser lights are being sold short by the clips, because "It's All About Me", well, it doesn't seem like a very representative bit as the bit you WANT to hear surely comes after where the clip cuts off.

Rachel promos have been sent out, surprised it's not up everywhere.

http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1Y7AF0O0GI78U2FW1PHIKX8G4F

BEST THING ABOUT CRAZY BOYS - the "forever and ever" bit in the backing vocals which I take as a vague reference to "Glory Box" by Portishead, even though it isn't.

also Edward O.: king among men.

The early reports (not necesarily on here) had me thinking that Rachel speeded up the song to the point that it's some sort of ill-advisedly hysterical stomper. But it's only a little faster, really. The new tempo isn't bad -- as wonderful as the original was, it was probably a bit too subtle to be a properly poptastic tune. Rachel's feels a bit more like it's trying to be fabulous. The way the music bursts forth as we go into the chorus is quite nice and in that spirit.

I'm not a big fan of the electroclashy riff that starts the song, though. Given that it's on the same album as "So Good," I think we are running the risk of having the production seem a bit limited ("NGATG" a bit too sonically close to "So Good," "ISNA(BHWA)" = a faster "Some Girls"). But in and of itself, the track is quite good. I'm pleased!

I can't defend the guitar solo, though. It should have been replaced by swooshing sounds, and then a final chorus with even more multiply-tracked backing vocals. Possibly. And I do miss the little faux-Eastern plonk-plonk sounds from Alexis's version.

if there's any chance of anyone doing that for me, too, that'd be great - tobygee at gmail.

gmail anyone pretty please?

Here it is, hope it holds:
Rachel Stevens - Crazy Boys

The two songs that sound like they might be standouts, "I Will Be There" and "Funny How" remain elusive.

5 singles? No. This labour of love from 19 is doomed to go down.

YSI? Please?

It's in that list of Guardian 1000 albums today. Canonical!

lol 2005

-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Passantino on GA at DiS OTM

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I DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE NUMBERS!!!

(OK, I do really) (sort of)

I make sexytime!

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^^^ haaaaaa

Kuyt and Babel morelike

i don't know who they are : /

Still stands up.

I wonder what happened to her?

Rachel is currently back in the studio recording her third solo album and she's not interested in much else it seems. She told the Daily Express: "I have never been too tempted to do those reality shows such as I'm A Celebrity. It's not really my thing. I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I can feel proud of."Not much is known at this point in time but of her new album she says: “I’m not turning my back on pop. It’s going to be a good quality pop album to dance to in your bedroom.”[citation needed]

if 'Don't Stop' is good then this will be too

Strangely, I'm not really looking forward to this happening because I'm sure she'd want to "do things differently this time".

Like, promote it properly?

I hope she calls the album 'Citation Needed'.

I miss Rachel Stevens.

She looks like Stifler's mum now right?

People just don't like Rachel Stevens, as a personality or as a pop star, she's seen as a lads mag staple who blokes don't want to listen to and girls just don't like. She's fine as one of S Club but regardless of the quality of the album it just isn't going to sell.

Rachel Stevens/personality: oxymoron

Is she really working on a new album? I haven't heard any legit news sources say so. I would love to hear more from her but there's just about no way it will be as good as CAGI, and since CAGI was a "failure" anyhow I doubt she'll attempt to replicate it...I'm thinking Timbaland/Dallas Austin/etc (or lower-rent varieties thereof).

it's the musician's version of actors' 'resting'

as good as CAGI was at the time it's really not an album I return to ever.

"Although I would love to do more singing at some point, it's not the right time for me to get back into it at the moment," she said.

"I'm throwing myself into acting and focusing on that.

"I just turned 30 in April and, when you get to 30, you get a sense of who you are and a new-found confidence."

http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/

RSO Closing...
by Steve on Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:05 pm

This is just to say that RSO is closing for good. Its been on and offline several times these last two years. I have decided to keep it open because I honestly thought Rachel would have done something. But everytime I bring it back and spend time refreshing the site nothing ever happens with. Hits are extremely low despite good search engine rankings and few people post on the forums. I have lost all interest in Rachel's career and have not been following it for some time and wouldn't really call myself a fan anymore. I have no reason to spend the money keeping the site and forums alive and will be closing it as soon as the current months hosting has expired whenever that is.

eep

SO Closing...
by Steve on Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:05 pm

This is just to say that RSO is closing for good. Its been on and offline several times these last two years. I have decided to keep it open because I honestly thought Rachel would have done something. But everytime I bring it back and spend time refreshing the site nothing ever happens with. Hits are extremely low despite good search engine rankings and few people post on the forums. I have lost all interest in Rachel's career and have not been following it for some time and wouldn't really call myself a fan anymore. I have no reason to spend the money keeping the site and forums alive and will be closing it as soon as the current months hosting has expired whenever that is.

That is what it sounds like when doves cry.

every single thing she ever did (or near as dammit) is on Spotify (UK @ least); seven singles and all their attendant B sides, remixes and both albums.

Still love Come and Get It.

ditto, it will never not own

agreed.

Still stands up.

I wonder what happened to her?

― piscesx, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 19:06 (3 years ago)

totally.

this album = perfect pop.

agreed... probably my favourite pop album of the last 10 years... at least the one i play the most in the car...

Was anyone here aware of this demo from the CAGI sessions but that only leaked, like 5 years ago? It's good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYljQrb1PU

Apparently one of the tracks she recorded with Richard X.

I'm now realizing that people already knew about the existence of it around the time the album was released. Wow, it's been so long!

"Every Little Thing" still sounds like the most perfect distillation of T.Rex I've heard in my life.

I came across this the other month looking for inspiration for something to listen to and still loved it. It really is the great lost British pop album.

otm i should revisit. heard some girls poolside recently & it sounded amazing still

no need to revisit.
its a regular playlister.
i love love love this album.

there's a story on the wiki page for "some girls" that claims warp records tried to get richard x to give it to geri halliwell instead of rachel stevens

as best as i can tell someone muddled a bunch of different stories into one there but i'm going to believe it's real 100%

I want a book-length oral history of this record

Annie's "Me Plus One" is about Geri locking herself in a car because Richard X wouldn't let her sing "Some Girls"

Geri and Rich both otm tbh

Feel like this album is ripe for rediscovery by the zoomers. Come on Pitchfork, let’s see a Sunday review. The ball’s in your court.

Still a masterpiece

She did a small solo set at Mighty Hoopla this year, was trailed as her only performance of CAGI material.

Seemed to have gone down well so maybe she can be persuaded to do other shows.

just today noticed the similarity between So Good and elements of 'Passion' by The Flirts. The bassline obv but also the little synth fillips that start up in the second verse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcpj1j31jWc

or of course the Moreno J remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPj9_FqyMKk