Angels with Dirty Faces (Sugababes album)

Angels with Dirty Faces is the second studio album by British girl group Sugababes. It was released by Island Records in the UK on 26 August 2002 and in most European territories by September 2002. The album marked the band's debut on the Island label following their split with London Records in 2001 and was their first regular release to be recorded under the second line-up, including new member Heidi Range, who replaced founding member Siobhán Donaghy.

Angels with Dirty Faces
Studio album by Sugababes
Released	26 August 2002 (2002-08-26)
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Pop electronica R&B
Length	41:30
Label	Island
Producer	Lucas Secon Bloodshy & Avant Robin Boult Robbie Bronnimann Craigie Dodds Fredro Howard Jones Jony Rockstar Ron Tom Jeremy Wheatley Richard X Xenomania
Sugababes chronology
One Touch (2000) Angels with Dirty Faces (2002) Three (2003)
Singles from Angels with Dirty Faces
"Freak Like Me" Released: 22 April 2002 "Round Round" Released: 12 August 2002 "Stronger" / "Angels with Dirty Faces" Released: 11 November 2002 "Shape" Released: 10 March 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	10/10[2]
The Guardian	[3]
NME	[4]
Yahoo! Music	8/10[5]

The album features production from Lucas Secon and Xenomania and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, achieving triple platinum status.

Production and release

Shortly after the release of the final single from the band's debut album, One Touch, group member and co-founder Siobhán Donaghy left because of personal differences within the band. She was officially replaced by new member, Heidi Range during 2001. After being dropped by their former label, London Records, the band began to search for a new record label. Having already started writing material for the band's second studio album, they eventually signed with Island Records.

The album was eventually released domestically on 26 August 2002, to much anticipation, following the success of the first two singles to be lifted from the album "Freak like Me" and "Round Round", both of which peaked at number 1 in the UK. The album received favourable reviews from critics, with AllMusic awarding it a 3.5/5 stars.

Almost a month after the album's UK release, it was released across Europe and in New Zealand in September 2002, where it gained considerable success. The album received a Platinum Europe Award by the IFPI in recognition of European sales in excess of one million copies.

The album will be released on Vinyl for the very first time in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2024 part of National Album Day.^[6]

Chart performance

Angels with Dirty Faces served as a commercial breakthrough for the group, and majorly outperformed their previous album One Touch with the highest position in the UK Albums Chart of number two; it stayed in the charts for forty weeks. "Freak like Me", which samples Gary Numan's "Are 'Friends' Electric?", was the first released single and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one. "Round Round", produced by Xenomania, was the second released single and also debuted on the UK chart at number one. The third single released was a double A-side release of "Stronger" and "Angels with Dirty Faces", which reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The last single, "Shape", which samples Sting's single "Shape of My Heart", was the only one from the album not to achieve a position in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart; it entered at number eleven. The song, however, did reach the top ten in Poland (number one), Ireland (number nine) and the Netherlands (number ten).

Track listing

Angels with Dirty Faces track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freak Like Me"	Eugene Hanes Marc Valentine Loren Hill William Collins George Clinton Gary Numan	Richard X Jeremy Wheatley[a]	3:17
2.	"Blue"	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range Howard Jones Robbie Bronniman Robin Boult	Jones Bronniman Boult Wheatley[a]	3:56
3.	"Round Round"	Brian Higgins Miranda Cooper Lisa Cowling Nick Coler Buchanan Buena Range Florian Pflueger Felix Stecher Robin Hofmann Rino Spadavecchia Richard Baxter (uncredited) Jerry Ross (uncredited)	Kevin Bacon Jonathan Quarmby Wheatley[a]	3:57
4.	"Stronger"	Jony Lipsey Marius De Vries Felix Howard Buchanan Buena Range	Jony Rockstar	4:00
5.	"Supernatural"	Christian Karlsson Pontus Winnberg Michelle Bell	Bloodshy & Avant	3:37
6.	"Angels with Dirty Faces"	Higgins Bob Bradley Tim Powell Cooper Matthew Del Gray Buchanan Buena Range	Higgins Bradley Powell Gifford Noel	3:48
7.	"Virgin Sexy"	Buchanan Buena Range Lucas Secon Mary-Ann Morgan	Secon	3:45
8.	"Shape"	Sting Dominic Miller Craigie Dodds	Dodds Bacon[a] Quarmby[a]	4:14
9.	"Just Don't Need This" (UK & Japan bonus track)	Lipsey Howard Jeremy Shaw Buchanan Buena Range	Rockstar	3:32
10.	"No Man No Cry" (UK & Japan bonus track)	Dodds Buchanan Buena Range	Dodds	3:34
11.	"Switch"	Howard Frederick Odesjo Henrick Jonback Nina Woodford Buchanan Buena Range	Fredro	3:37
12.	"More Than a Million Miles"	Secon Morgan Buchanan Buena Range	Secon	3:24
13.	"Breathe Easy" (acoustic jam)	Dodds Buchanan Buena Range	Dodds	3:59
14.	"Round Round" (alternative mix) (UK & Japan bonus track)	Higgins Cooper Cowling Coler Buchanan Buena Range Pflueger Stecher Hofmann Spadavecchia Baxter (uncredited) Ross (uncredited)	Higgins Powell	6:07

Notes and sample credits

• ^{^[a]} denotes additional producer
• "Freak like Me" contains an interpolation from "Are Friends Electric?" performed by Tubeway Army and a cover song of the same name by Adina Howard.
• "Round Round" contains a sample from "Tango Forte" by German production team Dublex Inc., which itself is based around an unaccredited sample of "Whatever Lola Wants", performed by Les Baxter.^[7]
• "Shape" samples from "Shape of My Heart" performed by Sting.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Angels with Dirty Faces Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 120 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 15 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 48 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 37 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 12 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 32 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 13 Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 3 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 178 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 21 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 49 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 2 European Albums (Eurotipsheet)[23] 11

Year-end charts 2002 year-end chart performance for Angels with Dirty Faces Chart (2002) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 100 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 25 2003 year-end chart performance for Angels with Dirty Faces Chart (2003) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 50 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 54

Certifications

Certifications for Angels with Dirty Faces

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[28]	Gold	40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	3× Platinum	929,000[31]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[32]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

The Lost Tapes release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Edition(s)	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	26 August 2002	CD	Standard	Island Records	[33]
	19 October 2024	LP	Standard		[6]

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