'' is the third
Album by
British all-girl
Pop group
Girls Aloud . It was released by
Polydor Records on
December 5 2005 in the
United Kingdom . The album was produced by the production team of
Brian Higgins and
Xenomania . Upon its debut,
Critic al reception was generally positive, with ''
The Guardian '', ''
NME '', and ''
Top Of The Pops '' including it on their ''best of'' year-end album charts. ''Chemistry'' became the group's first album to miss the top ten on the UK albums chart peaking at number eleven. Still it sold exceptionally well in the first few weeks and went on to be certified
Platinum - outselling the girl's debut. In
Australia and
New Zealand , the album was released on
February 20 2006 ; however, it failed to generate much interest.
It was rumoured that Girls Aloud would release a fifth single from ''Chemistry'', the second track on the album, "Models", and appeared in release schedules for a
15 May release. Originally Coyle said it would be the next single (in an interview with ''The Sun'' newspaper), but Tweedy contradicted Coyle's previous statement by claiming in another interview that there would be no further releases from ''Chemistry''. "Models" went on to be included as an extra track on the "
Something Kinda Ooooh " single.
- "Singapore", a track recorded during the album sessions that was not picked for the final album is now available on '''' compilation limited edition bonus disc.
''Chemistry'' debuted at #11 on the UK albums chart, where it sold 81,962 copies in its first week, just over 200 copies behind the album in the tenth position. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK (selling 351,696 copies), where after seven weeks, it descended from the Top 75. It has since recharted for a total of ten inconsecutive weeks.
In
Ireland it debuted at #34, going on to peak at number #31 four weeks later. The lack of success of the album there led to the lack of an Irish leg for the group's
Chemistry Tour 2006 .
