Scouting for Girls (album)
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| Studio album by Scouting for Girls | ||||
| Released | 17 September 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Andy Green | |||
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Scouting for Girls is the eponymous debut album by London-based indie pop group Scouting For Girls. It was released on 17 September 2007 and has sold over 700,000 copies, as of 31 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 two-week run as the UK Album Chart 'Number 1 album' on 20 January 2008 after taking over from Amy Macdonald's debut album This Is The Life. It was replaced on 3 February 2008 by Adele's debut album 19.
All tracks written by Roy Stride.
All tracks written by Roy Stride.
When it was first released in September 2007, Scouting for Girls debuted at No.12. The next week it fell down 8 places and then fell out of the top 40 in October 2007. It started to climb back up the chart in January 2008 until it reached its new peak of No.4 on 13 January. The next week it climbed to No.1 after 18 weeks of falling and climbing then it remained there for two weeks.
On 28 December 2008, it was announced as the 10th biggest selling album of 2008 after 60 weeks on the chart. The album has sold 952,303 copies as of October 2015.
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