Battleground

Billed as a throwback to the boyband era of the 90s, The Wanted are an energetic outfit of four British and one Irish musician that makes great music. The opener, "Glad You Came," is a driving love song with the catchy chorus, "The sun goes down, The stars come out & all that counts is here & now, My universe will never be the same." The second track mines similar territory, a pumping energetic love song, "When your lips touch mine, it's the kiss of life; I know that it's a little bit frightening; We might as well be playing with lightning." "I Want It All" slows the pace with strong soaring vocals, "I'd do anything to see you through & if I fall my heart holds on to you." "Lie to Me" acknowledges the rewards of duplicity with a great feel-slow-but-sounds-fast beat and aching vocals, "Smiling like there's nothing wrong; You're good at smiling; so keep it plastered on until the morning." The set concludes with a sparkling track, "Gold Forever." "Battleground" succeeds because of the strength of the material and the strong vocals. Enjoy!

Great music

I absolutely loved this CD no problems delivering excellent condition

I didn’t get it!

It was exactly what it described. The young lady I bought it for really loved it.

I love them! I was soooo excited to get this in the mail because it's not released in the U.S.

I bought this for my daughter who is 17. This is her favorite band. The CD arrived in excellent condition and sooner than we expected. Great experience!

I did not receive the correct cd

I loved it, it is a brilliant album

excellent product

love it

I was very surprised when I first heard The Wanted's debut album, full of eclectic sounds and clever lyrics the album was a smash hit, they had something different and werent just doing generic boyband trash, this album seem's like an extention of that but also seem's like a step back, the single's they released have seemed more like the generic trash that other bands have been doing, having said that they're very catchy and have great instrumentals, another problem I have is that a lot of lead vocals are given to the weaker singers in the band, which seem's a bit odd when there are stronger singers in the band, one thing they do very well is put in rather sexualised lyrics, no doubt used to entice the younger generation into a sexual frenzy to be more inclined to buy the music, but they do it well so I cant complain, i'll run through each track on the deluxe version to give more of an overview of the album:Track one - Glad You Came, a great dancey song with good vocals and was a number one hit, most people will have heard this song by now, 9/10.Track two - Lightning, another dancey song with a nice build up to the chorus, not as good as Glad You Came but still very good, 8/10.Track three - Warzone, a cool ballad with interesting sounding dubstep elements that make it seem quite unique, 9/10.Track four - Invincible, quite a haunting dance song with creepy vocals, the vocals are interesting and it has a very interesting backing track, 9/10.Track five - Last To Know, a rock-ish power ballad with cool grungy sounds, and a very catchy chorus, also showcases vocals quite well, 8/10.Track six - I'll Be Your Strength, this is my favourite off the album, a nice ballad that slowly develops into a full on dance track! Great vocals and delivers a good message about love, 10/10.Track seven - Rocket, a very intersting mid-tempo with great lyrics and an interesting beat, 9/10.Track eight - I Want It All, not my favourite on the album, but only because I dont enjoy guitar ballads, other than that its a nice song but again, its not what I enjoy in music, 5/10.Track nine - The Weekend, kind of a generic, trashy club-ish track, again not my favourite, sounds like something JLS would do, very synthy though, 6/10.Track ten - Lie To Me, a pop/rock ballad about heartbreak, not great in my opinion, sounds like a Take That demo, 4/10.Track eleven - Gold Forever, 2011's comic relief track, has a nice build up to some smashing synthy instrumental and delivers a nice vocal, 8/10.Track twelve - Dagger, a really nice mid-tempo ballad about heartbreak - again, but its still a nice feel good song, 7/10.Track thirteen - Rock Your Body, some cheesy lyrics but a nice dancey song with great orchestral backing, 7/10.Track fourteen - Turn It Off, a kind of disco-club track, its good but it doesnt really suit them, they're trying to be to sexy and it doesnt suit them, 7/10.Track fifteen - Where I Belong, a quite epic piano dance ballad, the song is great, but the main problem with this is that Siva sings the entire song by himself, but he is by far the weakest singer and its kind of cringey listening to his voice for an entire 4 minutes, the whole point of a band is that the other members are there to pick up the slack for the weaker singers, but it doesnt translate in this one, 8/10.Overall the album is very good, The Wanted havent found their sound yet or that particular genre that makes them sound great, the songs are good, but there is such a mixture its hard to tell whether they're being marketed as a dance group, a pop group or an indie group etc.Overall I give the album 8/10, The Wanted are definitely the best boyband around at the moment, no where near as generic as JLS and not as cringey as One Direction.