Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten album)

Feels So Good is the second studio album by girl group Atomic Kitten and the first full original album featuring Jenny Frost. The style of the album is both comparable and different from the first album as it has upbeat dance songs, but consists mainly of pop ballads and midtempos. As with debut album Right Now, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members and Atomic Kitten founders, Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw – who parted ways with the group during recording – made multiple songwriting contributions.

Feels So Good
Studio album by Atomic Kitten
Released	9 September 2002
Recorded	September 2001 – April 2002
Studio	Various Metropolis Studios Wise Buddha Music Studios The Motor Museum Studio
Genre	Pop dance pop
Length	51:40
Label	Virgin
Producer	Hugh Goldsmith (exec.)
Atomic Kitten chronology
Right Now (2000) Feels So Good (2002) Atomic Kitten (2003)
Singles from Feels So Good
"It's OK!" Released: 20 May 2002 "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" Released: 26 August 2002 "The Last Goodbye/Be with You" Released: 25 November 2002 "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" Released: 31 March 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	6/10[2]
Andrew Lynch	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	3/10[5]

The album received mixed reviews, but fared well on the charts, reaching number one and selling 80,000 in its first week with the single "The Tide Is High" having been number one the week before, selling 145,000 copies.[6] Atomic Kitten became only the second girl band to have the number-one single and album at the same time after the Spice Girls. Following the release of the single "The Last Goodbye"/"Be with You", the album climbed back to the top ten in for two weeks. The album was certified double platinum (862,000 sales)[7] and the album was certified Platinum by the IFPI for selling more than one million copies in Europe.[8] The album was further promoted with the simultaneous release of the book Atomic Kitten: So Good, So Far by Ian McLeish, in which the girl group gave an insight look into their early career.

Background

Following the success of their debut album Right Now, Atomic Kitten returned to the studio in the fall of 2001 to begin work on their second album. Once again, the group teamed up with OMD members and Atomic Kitten founders, Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw, who wrote the majority of tracks on Right Now. The first recordings from the album were the songs "Walking on the Water", "The Moment You Leave Me", and "No One Loves You (Like I Love You)", all of which were featured on the album. The songwriting and production agreement with McCluskey and Kershaw was an increasing source of tension within the group, and the pair departed during the recording of the album. McCluskey spoke of dissension between himself and the record company, whose "formula" demanded "'Whole Again', 'Whole Again' and more fucking 'Whole Again'"; he was essentially dismissed and legally prohibited from contacting the band,[9] before exiting the "very dirty" business of "manufactured pop".

After releasing a cover version of "Eternal Flame" on the previous album, Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles was asked to write a track for the album called "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt". The girls teamed up with Rob Davis for the songwriting and production of several songs and as a result, Kylie Minogue with whom he frequently collaborated, donated the song "Feels So Good" to the album. Out of gratitude and because they felt it was a great title, the group decided to name the album after that song.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"It's OK!"	Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Hallgeir Rustan Tor Erik Hermansen	Stargate	3:16
2.	"Love Won't Wait"	Davis Alex von Soos	Davis Ash Howes^[a] Martin Harrington^[a]	3:29
3.	"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"	John Holt Howard Barrett Tyrone Evans Bill Padley Jem Godfrey	Padley Godfrey Carrie Grant^[b]	3:25
4.	"Feels So Good"	Kylie Minogue Steve Anderson	Anderson	3:30
5.	"Walking on the Water"	Andy McCluskey Stuart Kershaw	McCluskey Kershaw Lukas Burton^[a]	4:00
6.	"The Moment You Leave Me"	McCluskey Kershaw Liz McClarnon	McCluskey Kershaw	3:28
7.	"The Last Goodbye"	Espen Lind Amund Bjorklund Eriksen Rustan Hermansen Daniel Poku	Stargate	3:07
8.	"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly Susanna Hoffs	Padley Godfrey Grant^[b]	3:30
9.	"Softer the Touch"	Simon Tauber	Ian Masterson Terry Ronald	3:53
10.	"The Way That You Are"	Hamilton Ciaron Bell	Bell Hamilton Tim Orford Martin O'Shea	3:17
11.	"Baby Don't U Hurt Me"	Tom Nichols Ben Chapman Jenny Frost	Nichols Chapman	2:44
12.	"So Hot"	Nichols Chapman Frost	Nichols Chapman	3:22
13.	"Maybe I'm Right"	Davis McClarnon	Davis	3:31
14.	"No One Loves You (Like I Love You)"	McCluskey Kershaw	McCluskey Kershaw Sebastian Morawietz^[c]	4:00

Argentinian edition[10] / Special edition CD1[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's OK!"	Storleer Eriksen, Rustan, Hermansen	3:16
2.	"Love Won't Wait"	Davis, Von Soos	3:29
3.	"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"	Holt, Evans, Barrett, Padley, Godfrey	3:25
4.	"Feels So Good"	Minogue, Anderson	3:30
5.	"Walking on the Water"	McCluskey, Kershaw	4:00
6.	"Be with You"	Carmen, Foster, Wilson, Lynne	3:39
7.	"The Moment You Leave Me"	McCluskey, Kershaw, McClarnon	3:28
8.	"The Last Goodbye"	Lind, Bjorklund, Storleer Eriksen, Rustan, Hermansen, Poku	3:07
9.	"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt"	Steinberg, Kelly, Hoffs	3:28
10.	"Softer the Touch"	Tauber	3:53
11.	"The Way That You Are"	Hamilton, Bell	3:17
12.	"Baby Don't U Hurt Me"	Nichols, Chapman, Frost	2:44
13.	"So Hot"	Nichols, Chapman, Frost	3:22
14.	"Maybe I'm Right"	Davis, McClarnon	3:31
15.	"No One Loves You (Like I Love You)"	McCluskey, Kershaw	4:00
16.	"Whole Again" (previously unreleased mix)	McCluskey, Kershaw, Padley, Godfrey	3:06

Special edition bonus AVCD[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's OK!" (Video)	3:16
2.	"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Video)	3:25
3.	"Be with You" (Video)	3:40
4.	"The Last Goodbye" (Video)	3:07
5.	"Whole Again" (Video)	3:16
6.	"Eternal Flame" (Video)	3:16
7.	"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brother Edit)
8.	"It's OK!" (M*A*S*H* Radio Mix)
9.	"The Last Goodbye" (Soda Club Mix)
10.	"Be with You" (extended mix)	4:35
11.	"Whole Again" (Whirlwind Mix)
12.	"Eternal Flame" (album version)	3:35

Notes and sample credits

• ^{^[a]} denotes additional producer
• ^{^[b]} denotes vocal producer
• ^{^[c]} denotes co-producer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 21 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 12 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 6 European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)[17] 5 French Albums (SNEP)[18] 74 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20] 20 Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 15 Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 7 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] 61 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[29] 56 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] 87 UK Albums (OCC)[31] 20 Chart (2003) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] 78 UK Albums (OCC)[33] 157

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[34]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[35]	Gold	15,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[36]	Gold	150,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[37]	Gold	40,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[38]	Platinum	15,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[39]	Gold	20,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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External links

• Feels So Good at Discogs (list of releases)