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, released on 7 August 2006, a week after the release of their debut single "

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". It features, amongst others, tracks featured in Frank's show ''

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'' on

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's T4. The album was recorded in

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in 2005. Seven of the tracks are co-written by Frank, alongside

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and

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, who also produced it. Tracks one and five were also covers of Xenomania's "vanity act"

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. The album was released in summer 2006, reaching a disappointing No. 110 on the UK Albums Chart. The album sold less than 900 copies in the UK and the group were subsequently dropped from their record label and split up.

Track listing

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, Niara Scarlett, Giselle Sommerville, Lisa Cowling, Nick Coler) – 3:23 # "Complicated" (Cooper, Higgins, Scarlett, Sommerville, Cowling, Jon Shave) – 3:54 # "Closer to Me" (Cooper, Higgins, Sommerville, Coler) – 3:59 # "Don't Wait Up" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Coler) – 3:54 # "Money in My Pocket" (Cooper, Higgins, Scarlett, Sommerville, Cowling, Tim Powell) – 3:54 # "If the Devil's Got Your Gold" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Tim "Rolf" Larcombe) – 4:58 # "Turn It Up" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Larcombe, Shawn Lee) – 3:58 # "All I Ever Do" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Coler, Powell, Paul Woods) – 3:58 # "Silence" (Cooper, Higgins, Larcombe, Yusra Maru'e) – 3:14 # "Never Left a Girl" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Larcombe) – 4:05 # "Wake Up" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Coler) – 3:55 # "Palm of Your Hand" (Frank, Cooper, Higgins, Coler, Powell, Lee) – 3:59

Personnel

*Lauren Blake – vocals *Bryony Afferson – guitar *Helena Dowling – keyboards *Hayley Angel Wardle – drums

References

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