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''Soundboy Rock'' is the fifth studio album by English
electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...
duo
Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", " I See You Baby" and " Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of w ...
, released on 4 May 2007 by Columbia Records.


Content

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. The song "From the Rooftops" contains an uncredited sample of Jesus Loves You's 1989 single, "After the Love" (written by
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and Jon Moss).


Release

The album was released on 4 May 2007 on CD, vinyl and also as a limited CD package with two bonus tracks (listed below). The first single from the album, "Get Down", was released prior to the album's release on 23 April 2007. The second single, "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)", followed in July. The two singles reached, respectively, numbers 8 and 9 on the
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, the duo's highest chart positions ever. The third single, "Love Sweet Sound", was released in late 2007.


Critical reception

Although the duo claimed the album was their best, the reviews were not always positive. In a three-star review for '' Slant Magazine'', Dave Hughes criticised Groove Armada's lack of innovation, but praised the level of execution on the record. His observed that the album "manages to be familiar without being boring" concluding that "though it fails to inspire, it also, happily, fails to annoy." John Burghess of ''
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'' was of a similar opinion calling the album "derivative, but sparky and well-executed." Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Tom Ewing agreed with the duo's claim that ''Soundboy Rock'' was their best offering, but commented that their creative limitations were also obvious. He noted that every track missed a "killer idea that would make it vital." Two tracks did stand out for him, however: the first single, "Get Down," and the follow-up, "Song 4 Mutya," which he called inspired. A very positive review came from Gemma Padley of ''
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''. She described the album as eclectic and unpredictable, with every track representing a different genre as breakbeat, electropop,
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, electro-reggae and
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. Despite this, she commented, the album maintains continuity.


Track listing

# "Hasta Luego Mr. Fab (Interlude)" (
Andy Cato Andrew Derek Cocup Sr. (born 7 June 1973), known professionally as Andy Cato, is an English musician, record producer and DJ who is currently one half of the electronic music band Groove Armada, the other half being Tom Findlay. He was also inv ...
, Tom Findlay) – 1:01 # "
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" (featuring Stush) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Julie McAlpine) – 3:53 # "The Things That We Could Share" (featuring Simon Lord) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Simon Lord) – 3:59 # "Save My Soul" (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay) – 4:24 # "What's Your Version?" (featuring Jeb Loy Nichols) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Tim Hutton) – 3:48 # "Paris" (featuring Candi Staton) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Candi Staton) – 5:38 # "Love Sweet Sound" (featuring Candi Staton) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Candi Staton) – 4:37 # "The Girls Say" (featuring Rhymefest &
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) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Tim Hutton, Jack Splash) – 4:03 # "Lightsonic" (featuring M.A.D) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Mike Daniels) – 6:55 # "Soundboy Rock" (featuring M.A.D) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Mike Daniels) – 3:55 # "Drop That Thing" (featuring
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& Stush) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Jack Splash, Julie McAlpine) – 3:06 # " Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" (featuring
Mutya Buena Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena (born 21 May 1985) is an English singer and songwriter who rose to fame as a member of girl group the Sugababes. With the Sugababes, Buena had four UK number one singles, an additional six top-ten hits and three multi-p ...
) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Tim Hutton,
Karen Poole Karen Ann Poole (born 8 January 1971) is an English singer and songwriter. Poole has had over 35 Top 20 UK hits as a songwriter. Biography Karen was born in Chadwell Heath, London, England, and is the daughter of 1960s vocalist Brian Poole, le ...
) – 4:11 # "From the Rooftops" (featuring Jack McManus) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Jack McManus,
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) – 4:50 # "See What You Get" (featuring Alan Donohoe) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Alan Donohoe) – 4:35 # "What's Your Version?" (Reprise) (featuring Jeb Loy Nichols) (Andy Cato, Tom Findlay, Tim Hutton, Jeb Loy Nichols) – 2:09 # "Feel the Same" (featuring
Angie Stone Angela Laverne Brown (born December 18, 1961) known professionally as Angie Stone, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence. In the early 1990s ...
) (limited edition bonus track) – 3:56 # "Hands Up" (featuring
Mistah Fab Stanley Petey Cox (born January 23, 1982), better known by his stage name Mistah F.A.B. (backronym for Money Is Something To Always Have–Forever After Bread), is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, community organizer and activist. ...
) (limited edition bonus track) – 4:07 # "Breakers" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:56


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References

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