Sweet7 - to buy or not to buy?

I'm struggling on this. I really don't want to spend the money on something that I'm not going to enjoy. But it's now a matter of conscience - having downloaded Sweet7, the new version, I ought to pay for it. Besides, a portion of the royalties will go to Keisha, who has some song-writing credits, I believe.

The album's getting uniformly bad reviews. That's no surprise. Catfights and Spotlights had mixed reviews - even though it was an authentic Sugababes album. There's a clutch of reviewers who've never liked the band and cannot be bothered to listen properly.

Happy Christmases from the Babes past and present

Here are the Sugababes on Christmas Day this year...



An interesting performance as you can see Jade taking over the "soul" role from Keisha. However the quality of the vocals is different.

And here they are three years ago doing White Christmas on the Charlotte Church show...

About A Girl - new video

Here's the video of About a Girl. Actually it's the best video that's been made with the band for a long time. It pays tribute to the classic hip hop scenario. The song isn't too bad in spite of the American intonations, jettisoning what little that was left of the band's distinctive sound. It all could have been so good...

The new Sugababe?

This is Jade Ewan, said to have been recruited as the new Sugababe, with a new single of her own just out. She did well for Britain in the Eurovision song contest with a poor song It's My Time. But I liked her when she was selected and she'll make the babes into a kind of female super-group. The only pity is that one of the band's unique features has been a unique kind of cosmopolitanism, drawing on vocal genes from different corners of the globe.

Rock bands always changed line-ups routinely so why on earth can't a talented female vocal group like this!