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'''''Thinking It Over''''' is the debut [[studio album]] released by British [[pop music|pop]] group [[Liberty X]], on May 27, 2002. The album was released on the back of their success on television talent show, ''[[Popstars (UK)|Popstars]]'', and was recorded in the year following the series' finale, where the band became runners-up to [[Hear'Say]]. |
'''''Thinking It Over''''' is the debut [[studio album]] released by British [[pop music|pop]] group [[Liberty X]], on May 27, 2002. The album was released on the back of their success on television talent show, ''[[Popstars (UK)|Popstars]]'', and was recorded in the year following the series' finale, where the band became runners-up to [[Hear'Say]]. The album became the biggest selling release of the band's career, selling nearly 750,000 copies. |
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==Background== |
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The band began recording the album under their original name, ''Liberty'', just two weeks after the finale of ''[[Popstars (UK)|Popstars]]''. The album's production was overseen by Steve Duberry, while the band co-wrote several songs with writer and producer Tim Laws. The album's lead single, "[[Thinking It Over (song)|Thinking It Over]]", was released on September 24, 2001, to worldwide success, charting high in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Japan]] and [[Europe]]. Due to it's unprecedented success, the band's record label decided to push the release of the album, then entitled ''To Those Who Wait'', forward by three months, due to be released just four weeks later on October 22. However, shortly after the announcement, it was revealed the band had become entangled in a legal dispute with a band of the same name, who claimed that the current group did not have the right to use the name ''Liberty'', as it was already being used by another artist. Thus, this prevented the album being released in the [[United Kingdom]] as planned. |
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The bonus disc edition of the album was released in 2003. In came in a gold slipcase, and featured a bonus disc of remixes and videos. The Japanese edition of the album was released in 2001. It was released under the band's original name, Liberty, and was titled "To Those Who Wait". The Chinese edition of the album features four bonus tracks. |
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However, as the lawsuit didn't cover international territory, the Japanese side of the band's record label made the decision to go ahead with the album's release as planned, making ''To Those Who Wait'' available from October 22, 2001. The album contained fourteen tracks. Whilst still entangled in the lawsuit, the band released their second single, "[[Doin' It (Liberty X song)|Doin' It]]", on December 10, 2001. It failed to achieve the chart success of it's predecessor, but still charted highly in the [[United Kingdom]]. On February 18, 2002, the lawsuit was settled, with the current group instead changing their name to ''Liberty X''. It was then decided that the album would revamped for the British market, and the band returned to the studio to record new material. Three new songs were recorded, the first of which, "[[Just a Little]]", was released as the band's third single on May 13, 2002. Just a day later, the tracklisting for the British version of the album was revealed, which contained the three new songs, but removed "Greed" and "Never Meant to Say Goodbye" from the original edition, as they had already been issued as B-sides in the country, and also removed "Practice What You Preach" altogether, meaning it remains unreleased in the country. The album's title was also changed, this time being released under the alias of ''Thinking it Over''. The album was finally released in the UK on May 27, 2002. |
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The second of the new songs, "[[Got to Have Your Love]]", was released as the band's fourth single on September 9, 2002, to moderate success. It also became the band's first cover version to be released as a single. "[[Holding On for You|Holding on For You]]" was released as the album's fifth and final single on December 2, 2002, followed a week later by a re-release of the album, containing a bonus disc of seven remixes and three music videos, all contained in a gold slipcase. In December 2002, the album was also released in [[China]], reinstating "Never Meant to Say Goodbye", as well as adding two bonus remixes, and the B-side track "Breathe" to the end of the album, making a total of eighteen tracks. The band revealed in an interview in April 2003 that "[[Wanting Me Tonight]]" was originally due to be released as the album's third single, but "Just a Little" was released instead, at the request of the record company. The single remix of "Wanting Me Tonight" instead appears as a B-side on the "Just a Little" physical single release. |
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==Track listing== |
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Thinking It Over is the debut studio album released by British pop group Liberty X, on May 27, 2002. The album was released on the back of their success on television talent show, Popstars, and was recorded in the year following the series' finale, where the band became runners-up to Hear'Say. The album became the biggest selling release of the band's career, selling nearly 750,000 copies.
Background
The band began recording the album under their original name, Liberty, just two weeks after the finale of Popstars. The album's production was overseen by Steve Duberry, while the band co-wrote several songs with writer and producer Tim Laws. The album's lead single, "Thinking It Over", was released on September 24, 2001, to worldwide success, charting high in the United Kingdom, Japan and Europe. Due to it's unprecedented success, the band's record label decided to push the release of the album, then entitled To Those Who Wait, forward by three months, due to be released just four weeks later on October 22. However, shortly after the announcement, it was revealed the band had become entangled in a legal dispute with a band of the same name, who claimed that the current group did not have the right to use the name Liberty, as it was already being used by another artist. Thus, this prevented the album being released in the United Kingdom as planned.
However, as the lawsuit didn't cover international territory, the Japanese side of the band's record label made the decision to go ahead with the album's release as planned, making To Those Who Wait available from October 22, 2001. The album contained fourteen tracks. Whilst still entangled in the lawsuit, the band released their second single, "Doin' It", on December 10, 2001. It failed to achieve the chart success of it's predecessor, but still charted highly in the United Kingdom. On February 18, 2002, the lawsuit was settled, with the current group instead changing their name to Liberty X. It was then decided that the album would revamped for the British market, and the band returned to the studio to record new material. Three new songs were recorded, the first of which, "Just a Little", was released as the band's third single on May 13, 2002. Just a day later, the tracklisting for the British version of the album was revealed, which contained the three new songs, but removed "Greed" and "Never Meant to Say Goodbye" from the original edition, as they had already been issued as B-sides in the country, and also removed "Practice What You Preach" altogether, meaning it remains unreleased in the country. The album's title was also changed, this time being released under the alias of Thinking it Over. The album was finally released in the UK on May 27, 2002.
The second of the new songs, "Got to Have Your Love", was released as the band's fourth single on September 9, 2002, to moderate success. It also became the band's first cover version to be released as a single. "Holding on For You" was released as the album's fifth and final single on December 2, 2002, followed a week later by a re-release of the album, containing a bonus disc of seven remixes and three music videos, all contained in a gold slipcase. In December 2002, the album was also released in China, reinstating "Never Meant to Say Goodbye", as well as adding two bonus remixes, and the B-side track "Breathe" to the end of the album, making a total of eighteen tracks. The band revealed in an interview in April 2003 that "Wanting Me Tonight" was originally due to be released as the album's third single, but "Just a Little" was released instead, at the request of the record company. The single remix of "Wanting Me Tonight" instead appears as a B-side on the "Just a Little" physical single release.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thinking It Over" | Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Stephen Hart, Mary Applegate, Jim Sullivan, Eddie Craig, Pete Devereux | Pete Devereux and The Wideboys | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Just A Little" | Michelle Escoffery, George Hammond Hagan, John Hammond Hagan | The BigPockets | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Doin' It" | Stephen Duberry, Steve Hart, John McLaughlin | Stephen Duberry and John McLaughlin | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Wanting Me Tonight" | Michelle Escoffery, Karl Gordon, Jessica Taylor, Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young | K-Gee | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Got To Have Your Love" | Bryce Wilson, Kirk Khaleel, Johnny Rodriguez | Rod Gammons | 3:55 |
| 6. | "No Clouds" | Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Mushtaq Uddin | Mushtaq | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Everyday" | Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jon O’Mahony, Nick Keynes, Michael Harwood | Goldust | 4:49 |
| 8. | "Saturday" | Michelle Escoffery, Mushtaq Uddin | Tim Laws | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Holding on For You" | Martin Prime, Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell | Tim Laws | 3:30 |
| 10. | "I Got What You Want" | Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Alan Glass, David Brant, Maryanne Morgan | David Brant | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Feel The Rush" | Henrik Andersson, Martin Ankelius, John McLaughlin | John McLaughlin and Stephen Duberry | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Right Here Right Now" | Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Stephen Hart, Michael Harwood, Nick Keynes, Jon O’Mahony, Andrea Remanda | Goldust | 4:21 |
| 13. | "Dream About It" | Kevin Simm, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell | Tim Laws and Frazer Hurrell | 3:47 |
| 14. | "Never Give Up" | Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young | Goldust | 1:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thinking It Over" (Pete Devereux & The Wideboys Club Vocal Remix) | Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Stephen Hart, Mary Applegate, Jim Sullivan, Eddie Craig, Pete Devereux | Pete Devereux and The Wideboys | |
| 2. | "Doin' It" (The Wideboys Club Mix) | Stephen Duberry, Steve Hart, John McLaughlin | Stephen Duberry, John McLaughlin, The Wideboys | |
| 3. | "Doin' It" (Blacksmith R&B Rub) | Stephen Duberry, Steve Hart, John McLaughlin | Stephen Duberry, John McLaughlin, Blacksmith | |
| 4. | "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full Vocal Mix) | Michelle Escoffery, Karl Gordon, Jessica Taylor, Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young | K-Gee, Wookie | |
| 5. | "Just A Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock Club Mix) | Michelle Escoffery, George Hammond Hagan, John Hammond Hagan | The BigPockets, Bump & Flex | |
| 6. | "Got To Have Your Love" (Jam & Faces Vamp Mix) | Bryce Wilson, Kirk Khaleel, Johnny Rodriguez | Rod Gammons, Jam & Faces | |
| 7. | "Got To Have Your Love" (Kurtis Matronik's 3 Way Action Mix) | Bryce Wilson, Kirk Khaleel, Johnny Rodriguez | Rod Gammons, Kurtis Matronik | |
| 8. | "Got To Have Your Love" (Video) | |||
| 9. | "Just A Little" (Video) | |||
| 10. | "Thinking It Over" (Video) |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Never Meant to Say Goodbye" | Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor | Goldust | 4:45 |
| 16. | "Thinking It Over" (Pete Devereux & The Wideboys Club Vocal Remix) | Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Stephen Hart, Mary Applegate, Jim Sullivan, Eddie Craig, Pete Devereux | Pete Devereux and The Wideboys | |
| 17. | "Just A Little" (Almighty Mix) | Michelle Escoffery, George Hammond Hagan, John Hammond Hagan | The BigPockets, Almighty | |
| 18. | "Breathe" | Tony Lundon | K-Gee | 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thinking It Over" | Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Stephen Hart, Mary Applegate, Jim Sullivan, Eddie Craig, Pete Devereux | Pete Devereux and The Wideboys | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Doin' It" | Stephen Duberry, Steve Hart, John McLaughlin | Stephen Duberry and John McLaughlin | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Wanting Me Tonight" | Michelle Escoffery, Karl Gordon, Jessica Taylor, Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young | K-Gee | 4:28 |
| 4. | "No Clouds" | Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Mushtaq Uddin | Mushtaq | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Everyday" | Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jon O’Mahony, Nick Keynes, Michael Harwood | Goldust | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Saturday" | Michelle Escoffery, Mushtaq Uddin | Tim Laws | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Holding on For You" | Martin Prime, Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell | Tim Laws | 3:30 |
| 8. | "I Got What You Want" | Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Alan Glass, David Brant, Maryanne Morgan | David Brant | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Practise What You Preach" | Jessica Taylor, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young | Tim Laws | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Greed" | Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Stephen Hart, Michael Harwood, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell | Tim Laws | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Right Here Right Now" | Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Stephen Hart, Michael Harwood, Nick Keynes, Jon O’Mahony, Andrea Remanda | Goldust | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Dream About It" | Kevin Simm, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell | Tim Laws and Frazer Hurrell | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Never Give Up" | Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young | Goldust | 1:30 |
| 14. | "Never Meant to Say Goodbye" | Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor | Goldust | 4:45 |
References
- ^ "Liberty X Thinking It Over UK DOUBLE CD (223841)". Eil.com. 2002-09-17. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Liberty X::"Thinking It Over"::Rare Chinese Edition::Cd | Ebay". Cgi.ebay.co.uk. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Liberty X To Those Who Wait Japan Promo CD ALBUM (208786)". Eil.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.