During an interview with Digital Spy, group member Amelle Berrabah stated that "Thank You for the Heartbreak" is amongst the tracks on the album that the Sugababes enjoy, and later named it a potential single from the album. David Balls of Digital Spy described it as a "snappy electropop number", and noted its potential to "have slotted quite nicely" onto Sugababes' fifth studio album, Change (2007). "Thank You for the Heartbreak" is an electropop song with a 1980s electro influence. Buchanan was replaced by Jade Ewen, who immediately began recording her vocals over Buchanan's in preparation for the album's release. On 21 September 2009, it was announced that Buchanan had left the band, although she stated via her Twitter account that it was not her decision to leave. Buchanan, however, denied any drama within the group and insisted that Berrabah would remain a member "for the moment". Īfter the release of the album's first single " Get Sexy" and just two months before its projected November 2009 release, it was reported by the media that Amelle Berrabah had quit the group. I think the one thing we wanted to do was come back with something different." She also admitted the girls had become "complacent" around the time of Catfights and Spotlights but they also said that they are very proud of that album. Buchanan told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, the album has "definitely got the British feel throughout the album - we've not gone away and gone 'All American' on our fans." Buchanan continued, "I think it's given us a fresh energy again. Keisha Buchanan compared the song to Rihanna's " Hate That I Love You" and " Take a Bow". One of the album's tracks, "No More You", was written by Ne-Yo. The group primarily worked with RedOne, Ryan Tedder, Stargate, Fernando Garibay, up-and-coming production team the Smeezingtons (Phillip Lawrence and Bruno Mars). The album was recorded by Sugababes mostly in Los Angeles and New York but as a producer liked them so much they did a couple of sessions in London. Prior to the album's creation, Sugababes signed a US record deal with Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. Promotion for the album ended after the release of the final single so that the group could begin work on a new album, but they split after they released its intended single, " Freedom". Three top-ten singles were generated from the album, including the lead single " Get Sexy", which peaked at number two in the UK, while " About a Girl" and " Wear My Kiss" peaked at number eight and seven, respectively. Sweet 7 peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 35 in Ireland, becoming the group's second-lowest charting album to date in those countries.
The negative reviews stemmed to the originality of the image due to the loss of Buchanan, as well as a lack of an identifiable sound and soul from the project.
Despite the high-profile input, Sweet 7 was negatively received by critics, and was awarded a 39 out of 100 according to aggregated reviews at Metacritic.
The involvement of Roc Nation's in-house producers gave the album a strong electro and dance-pop sound due to work from US producers and writers, mainly Fernando Garibay, Stargate and The Smeezingtons. The album was produced by and tipped for a United States release with Jay-Z's entertainment company Roc Nation, but this was later disputed by the group which claimed that Roc Nation was only signed to serve as A&R, as well as to produce Sweet 7. As a result, this is the only album that features none of the original members. As a result of the group line-up change, Sweet 7 was re-recorded to feature the vocals of new member Ewen and for the removal of former member Buchanan's vocals. Sweet 7 is the only album released since the controversial departure of Keisha Buchanan, who was replaced by Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entrant Jade Ewen in September 2009. Production for the album began in April 2009 and was completed in January 2010. Sweet 7 is the seventh studio album by British girl group Sugababes, released on 15 March 2010 by Island Records.
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