Busted (2002 album)

Busted
Studio album by Busted
Released 30 September 2002 (2002-09-30) (UK)
Recorded 2002
Genre Pop punk
Length 44:26
Label Universal Island Records
Producer Steve Robson
Busted chronology
Busted
(2002)		 A Present for Everyone
(2003)
Japanese cover
Singles from Busted
  1. "What I Go to School For"
    Released: 16 September 2002 (2002-09-16)
  2. "Year 3000"
    Released: 20 January 2003 (2003-01-20)
  3. "You Said No"
    Released: 21 April 2003 (2003-04-21) (UK Only)
  4. "Hurra Hurra Die Schule Brennt"
    Released: 21 April 2003 (2003-04-21) (Europe Only)
  5. "Sleeping with the Light On"
    Released: 11 August 2003 (2003-08-11)

Busted is the self-titled debut studio album by English pop punk boy band Busted. It was released in the UK in September 2002 and peaked at #2 the following January after the success of second single "Year 3000", which reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Background

The first single released from the album was "What I Go to School For", which reached #3. This was followed by "Year 3000", which reached #2, "You Said No" and "Sleeping with the Light On". Both "You Said No" and "Sleeping with the Light On" peaked at #1. A European only single, "Hurra Hurra Die Schule Brennt", was released on the same date as You Said No was released in the UK. Busted was the 8th best-selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album has been certified as 3x Platinum in the UK and is currently the seventeenth biggest-selling boyband record ever in the UK.[1] The album spent 77 weeks on the UK Top 75 Albums chart.[2] Six tracks were co-written with John McLaughlin and Steve Robson. The other remaining songs were written by the band themselves.[3] who often collaborate with each other.[4] Both "What I Go to School For" and "Year 3000" were covered by the Jonas Brothers, and released on their 2006 album It's About Time.

Reception

Allmusic states: "[Busted] slide smoothly between... dull teen pop ballads with the sickeningly overwrought vocals typical of the genre... and relatively more creative stuff that punches up the formula with pop-ternative production and smirking, yet still squeaky clean lyrical witticisms. At best it's BBMak with better cheekbones; at worst, Busted is a neutered Sum 41".[3] On bbc.co.uk Jacqueline Hodges wrote: "Think a younger, British Wheatus or Blink-182 junior and you will be along the right lines. Their cheeky and geeky Green Day-type lyrics... are endearingly refreshing in these days of Gareth Gates and Ronan Keating mush".[5] Q was more positive, Dan Stubbs writing: "Tales of copping off, time travel and a five-fingered fantasy about a schoolteacher with a nice bottom are delivered through inspired one-liners and clever gimmicks".[6]

Track listing

Standard European Edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "What I Go To School For"   Simpson, Bourne, McLaughlin, Willis, Rashman, Robson 3:30
2. "Crash & Burn"   Simpson, Bourne, McLaughlin, Jay, Robson 2:47
3. "Britney"   Bourne, McLaughlin, Robson 3:30
4. "Losing You"   Simpson, Bourne, McLaughlin, Jay, Robson 3:54
5. "Year 3000"   Simpson, Bourne, Jay, Robson 3:17
6. "Psycho Girl"   Bourne 3:51
7. "All The Way"   Simpson, Bourne, Jay 2:26
8. "Sleeping With The Light On"   Bourne, Jay 3:38
9. "Dawson's Geek"   Simpson, Bourne, Jay 2:27
10. "Without You"   Simpson, Robson 4:09
11. "Loser Kid"   Simpson, Bourne, Jay 3:48
Total length:
 44:26

Chart History

Album Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
Position
Austrian Albums Chart 19
Danish Albums Chart 9
Dutch Albums Chart 51
European Top 100 Albums 92
French Albums Chart 57
German Albums Chart 43
Irish Albums Chart 9
Swiss Albums Chart 88
UK Albums Chart 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 8

See also

References

  1. ^ "British album certifications – Busted – Busted". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2010.  Enter Busted in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  2. ^ "Busted". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=35439. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Loftus, Johnny. "Busted > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  4. ^ "John McLaughlin: Songwriter". The Writers. windsweptpacific.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020614162348/http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_mclaughlin.asp. 
  5. ^ Hodges, Jacqueline (20 November 2002). "Busted Review". BBC Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/n4gb/. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  6. ^ Stubbs, Dan, Busted, review, Q, December 2002.
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