X (Liberty X album)

X is the third and final studio album to be released by British-Irish pop group Liberty X, released on 10 October 2005. The album was the band's first release on the Virgin Records label, after being dropped from V2 Records in 2004. The album was released two years after their previous album, Being Somebody. The album was the least successful of their three studio albums, only peaking at #27 on the UK Albums Chart and selling less than 50,000 copies.

X
Studio album by Liberty X
Released	10 October 2005 ([UK)
Recorded	April–August 2005 London, England
Genre	Pop dance R&B
Length	53:14
Label	Virgin
Producer	Johnny Douglas, Peter Byker, Delgado, Tony Lundon, Jud Mahoney, Lucas Secon, Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Goldust, Richard X, Rod Gammons, Tim Laws, TheBigPockets
Liberty X chronology
Being Somebody (2003) X (2005)
Singles from X
"Song 4 Lovers" Released: 26 September 2005 "A Night to Remember" Released: 14 November 2005 "X" Released: 19 June 2006

Background

After being dropped from the V2 Records label, the band were quick to sign a record deal with rival label Virgin Records, and began recording their third studio album in April 2005. The label decided the band should experiment with their sound, and thus, enlisted the help of their long-time collaborators Goldust and Lucas Secon, as well as working with new collaborators, including Jud Mahoney, Pete "Boxsta" Martin and Johnny Douglas. The band also enlisted the help of rapper Rev Run, who feature on two of the album's ten new tracks. The band also decided to spice up four of their old classic hits, of which new mixes appear on the end of the album. The album's first single, "Song 4 Lovers", featuring Rev Run, was written and produced by band member Tony Lundon. For the track, Lundon experimented with the Gospel and Soul areas of pop, as well as venturing into hip-hop with the feature of Rev Run on the track.

The album's second single, "A Night to Remember", a cover of the Shalamar original, was released on 14 November 2005, as the official Children in Need single of the year. It was also backed with another cover of a disco track, "Everybody Dance" written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Neither "A Night to Remember" nor "Everybody Dance" feature on the original edition of the album, they are only listed as the album's second single due to their inclusion on the Xtra Edition. From January 2006, the band began touring the album on a small, theatre tour across the United Kingdom. Once the tour was complete, the band returned to film a music video for the track "X", which was released as the album's third and final single on 19 June 2006. Despite the release of a new single and a re-issue of the album entitled the Xtra Edition released two weeks later featuring "A Night to Remember" and "Everybody Dance", the album only managed to peak at #27, and the band were dropped from the label shortly after. An Australian edition of the album, packaged with a bonus DVD containing several of the band's music videos, became the band's last ever official release anywhere in the world. "It's OK" and "Everybody Dance" were omitted from certain versions of the album for contractual reasons.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"X"	Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor, Johnny Douglas	Johnny Douglas	3:29
2.	"It's OK"	Tony Lundon, Delgado, Peter Byker	Delgado, Peter Byker	3:42
3.	"Song 4 Lovers"	Tony Lundon, Rev Run	Tony Lundon	4:16
4.	"Then There Was You"	Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Jud Mahoney	Jud Mahoney	4:49
5.	"Shotgun"	Lucas Secon, Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Kevin Simm	Lucas Secon	3:14
6.	"Yo DJ"	Jud Mahoney, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor	Jud Mahoney	3:19
7.	"In My Bed"	Lucas Secon, Kelli Young, Jessica Taylor, Kevin Simm	Lucas Secon	3:37
8.	"Dirty Cash"	Pete Martin, Tony Lundon	Pete Martin	3:36
9.	"Move Ya Body"	Jud Mahoney, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young	Jud Mahoney	3:21
10.	"Divine Intervention"	Michael Harwood, Tony Lundon	Goldust	3:46
11.	"Being Nobody" (featuring Richard X) ('X' Mix)	Phil Oakey, Ian Marsh, Martyn Ware, David Wolinski	Richard X	3:36
12.	"Got to Have Your Love" ('X' Mix)	Bryce Wilson, Kirk Khaleel, Johnny Rodriguez	Rod Gammons	3:52
13.	"Holding On for You" ('X' Mix)	Martin Prime, Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Tim Laws, Frazer Hurrell	Tim Laws	3:26
14.	"Just a Little" ('X' Mix)	Michelle Escoffery, George Hammond Hagan, John Hammond Hagan	The BigPockets	3:55

Xtra edition bonus tracks[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"A Night to Remember"	Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers	Rod Gammons	5:04
12.	"Everybody Dance"	Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young	Tony Lundon	5:01

Australian deluxe edition bonus DVD[2]

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"A Night to Remember"	Alex Hemming
2.	"Song 4 Lovers"	Bill Schacht
3.	"Being Nobody"	Paul Gore
4.	"Got to Have Your Love"	Alex Hemming
5.	"Holding On for You"	Katie Bell
6.	"Just a Little"	Alex Hemming

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Irish Albums Chart[3]	49
Scottish Albums Chart[4]	40
UK Albums Chart[5]	27

Release history

Regions	Dates	Format(s)	Label(s)
Ireland	7 October 2005	CD, digital download	Virgin
United Kingdom	10 October 2005
	3 July 2006	CD, digital download (Xtra edition)
Australia	14 August 2006	CD+DVD

References

1. Liberty X X UK CD album (CDLP) (343750) Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2. Liberty X X Australia 2-disc CD/DVD set (354694) Archived 6 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Irish Charts > Liberty X". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
4. "Scottish Charts > Liberty X". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
5. "UK Charts > Liberty X". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2010.