Whole Lotta History

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Girls Aloud

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"Whole Lotta History" was the last release to be taken off Girls Aloud's 3rd album Chemistry. It did quite well for a fourth release off an album, reaching #6. It was accompanied with 2CDs, and this is the CD2. It also has a really cool cover, the girls look like they're in a movie.

This CD has a good lineup, which I will rundown here:

01. Whole Lotta History [Ash Howes Mix]

Otherwise known as the radio edit, this is slightly different to the one on Chemistry. It has more instruments in the background and the vocals have been fine tuned and are more clear. But this track is gorgeous, one of GA's best ballads. Each girl gets a part to sing and Kimberley opens the song beautifully. This version features the chorus sung by all the girls as opposed to just Nadine. With sweeping instrumentals and great vocals, this is a beautiful song. (5/5)

02. Whole Lotta History [Whole Lotta Lamezma Mix]

Creatively titled, the girls pull in their resident remixer, Tony Lamezma to turn the ballad into a dance song. And he doesn't mangle it into a club track. It gives it more oomph and generally makes it better. (5/5)

03. Teenage Dirtbag [Live at the Hammersmith Apollo]

The CD says this song is from the Carling Apollo, but the DVD of the tour says the Hammersmith Apollo. But anyway, the girls bravely tackled a Wheatus cover on the tour and this is the result. I have to say the studio version the girls made for the Radio 1 album is better, but this has a lot of heart - the crowd's cheering, the girls' live vocals and the band playing in the background. The girls make the song their own and get to rock out a bit. (5/5)

04. Whole Lotta History [Video]

The video for WLH was GA's first video that wasn't filmed in a studio. They went to Paris to film it and the result is beautiful. The girls look stunning (especially Kimberley) and the whole feel of the video is very melancholy (except for one segment where Kim starts laughing and it's on camera). Great video but we could have used more shots of Paris. (4/5)

There is also a karaoke version of the video without vocals so you can sing along and a game, which isn't that fun.

But overall, this is a high quality single with lots of good stuff. More people should have bought this! 5 stars.