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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Well, it's only sort of linked to Hallowe'en because a) it's scary how unsuccessful they were and b) they had a song that was so cartoonish, it would've made Scooby Doo blush. And yet I loved them unreservedly. Possibly because when they supported Steps, and sang Land Of Make Believe i changed the words to "Not for all the tea in china or a look at Ruth's vagina" getting me glares from Ruth and a disgruntled parent next to me... or maybe it's because Sam Bloom was quite hot in a cheeky scamp sort of way. Whatever, it was, All*Stars were the ITV answer to BBC's S Club franchise. And by rights, if you ignore the all too bubble gum first single Best Friends, they should have been much bigger than they were. Things That Go Bump In The Night was a perfect 'tweener pop single with some great Xenomania remixes; how could people not love the brilliant choice of cover Land Of Make Believe, which as it was released in January, warmed up those cool winter months - and then of course there was the gorgeous Cathy Dennis-penned ballad Back When, which stiffed in the charts and spelled the end of their career. Of course, they weren't original and their songs weren't particularly groundbreaking, but they were a lot of fun and sometimes the chart needs that. The real crime is that their best song Love Is was never given a chance to shine...
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LINK: Buy Allstars only album
MP3: Allstars - Back When
MP3: Allstars - Love Is
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