Scouting for Girls (album)

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Scouting for Girls
Studio album by Scouting for Girls
Released	17 September 2007
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Epic
Producer	Andy Green
Professional reviews
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Singles from Scouting for Girls
"She's So Lovely" Released: August 27, 2007 "Elvis Ain't Dead" Released: December 17, 2007 "Heartbeat" Released: April 7, 2008 "The Mountains of Navaho" Released: TBA

Scouting for Girls is the eponymous debut album by British pop rock group Scouting For Girls. It was released on September 17, 2007 and has sold 300,000 copies, as of January 2008, achieving platinum status. It contains the hit singles "She's So Lovely" and "Elvis Ain't Dead" as well as their song "It's Not About You", which was only released as a limited-copy EP in June 2007. The album had a 2 week run as the UK Album Chart 'Number 1 album' on 20th January 2008 after taking over from Amy MacDonald's debut album "This Is The Life". It was replaced on February 3 2008 by another debut album, this time "19" by Adele.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Chart positions 2.1 Singles 3 Personnel 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Keep on Walking" - 3:37
2. "She's So Lovely" - 3:43
3. "It's Not About You" - 4:12
4. "The Airplane Song" - 4:20
5. "Heartbeat" - 2:55
6. "Elvis Ain't Dead" - 3:49
7. "I'm Not Over You" - 3:24
8. "I Need a Holiday" - 3:21
9. "The Mountains of Navaho" - 3:21
10. "James Bond" - 3:15
11. "Michaela Strachan You Broke My Heart (When I Was 12)" - 3:27 1
12. "Sob Story" - 3:17 2

• 1 a hidden bonus track, which talks about the band's love for TV presenter Michaela Strachan when they were younger.
• 2 iTunes bonus track

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Peak position UK Top 75 1[1] Irish Album Chart 12 United World Chart 32 [edit] Singles Year Song UK singles UK Download Chart Irish Singles Chart 2007 "She's So Lovely"[2] 7 6 1 2007 "Elvis Ain't Dead"[3] 8 17 21 2008 "Heartbeat" 10 - - [edit] Personnel Performance credits Vocals: Greg Churchouse, Peter Ellard, Roy Stride Guitar: Greg Churchouse, Roy Stride Bass: Greg Churchouse Percussion: Peter Ellard Piano: Roy Stride Horn: Martin Owen Trumpet: James McMillan Technical credits Engineering: Julian Wilmott, Andy Green Production: Andy Green Programming: Andy Green Mixing: Andy Green Mastering: Ted Jenson Preceded by This Is The Life by Amy McDonald UK number-one album 20 January 2008-3 February 2008 Succeeded by 19 by Adele [edit] References ^ Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls - Music Charts ^ Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely - Music Charts ^ Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead - Music Charts [edit] External links Official site Scouting for Girls' Official myspace  This article about a 2000s pop rock album is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.