It's All About the Stragglers

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It's All About the Stragglers
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Studio album by
Artful Dodger
Released20 November 2000
Recorded1998–2000
Genre
Length51:20
Label
Producer
  • Artuful Dodger
  • Crash & Burn [4]
Singles from It's All About the Stragglers
  1. "What You Gonna Do"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Movin' Too Fast"
    Released: 26 July 1999
  3. "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"
    Released: 29 November 1999
  4. "Woman Trouble"
    Released: 3 July 2000
  5. "Please Don't Turn Me On"
    Released: 13 November 2000
  6. "Think About Me"
    Released: 2001
  7. "It Ain't Enough"
    Released: 2001
  8. "TwentyFourSeven"
    Released: 3 September 2001 (version featuring Melanie Blatt)

It's All About the Stragglers is the only studio album by the English garage duo Artful Dodger, [5] released on 20 November 2000 by London Records. The album contains eight different vocalists, including Craig David. [6]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded on a small budget in the empty production studios of the Ocean Radio Group near Fareham, Hampshire, then owned by Capital Radio. One of those stations in the group was Power FM where the band also hosted a weekend dance show and headlined the 2000 day festival Power in the Park. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly B [9]
The Province Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Sun-Herald 4/10 [12]

The A.V. Club wrote: "Artful Dodger has always represented the lighter side of two-step, but without other artists' tracks to counter its airy levity, It's All About The Stragglers is a middling effort that makes for a less-than-thrilling introduction to an otherwise thrilling genre." [13] Exclaim! thought that "Craig David effortlessly commands the pulsing groove of 'Whatcha Gonna Do'." [14] Billboard called It's All About the Stragglers an "R&B-conscious, club-rooted, classically arranged album." [15] The Chicago Tribune opined that "chances are that teens will be befuddled by the studio geekery and dance experts will scoff at its conscious fluffiness, but tunes like 'Think about Me' are an apt reminder that not all contemporary pop has to be a guilty pleasure to be fun." [16]

Track listing

UK CD version

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Think About Me" (featuring Michelle Escoffery)
4:36
2."Re-Rewind" (featuring Craig David)
  • Hill
  • David
4:03
3."Outrageous" (featuring Lynn Eden)
  • Hill
  • Eden
  • Pete Devereux
4:15
4."Please Don't Turn Me On" (featuring Lifford)
3:43
5."TwentyFourSeven" (featuring Nicole)
  • Hill
  • Escoffery
3:49
6."Something" (featuring Lifford)
  • Hill
  • David
  • Devereux
  • Neil Kerr
4:19
7."Movin' Too Fast" (with Romina Johnson)
  • Johnson
  • Ingo Peter Schwartz
  • Fabio Raponi
3:56
8."R U Ready" (featuring MC Alistair)
  • Hill
  • David
  • Devereux
  • Alistair Julius
4:39
9."I Can't Give It Up" (featuring Nadia)
  • Hill
  • Justin Oliver
  • Tony Brady
  • Leo
4:03
10."Woman Trouble" (with Robbie Craig featuring Craig David)
  • Hill
  • David
  • Devereux
  • Craig
4:02
11."What You Gonna Do?" (featuring Craig David)
  • Hill
  • David
  • Devereux
4:01
12."We Should Get Together" (featuring Nadia)
  • Oliver
  • Brady
  • Leo
4:04

Bonus track

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
99."Woman Trouble" (original version; with Robbie Craig featuring Craig David)
  • Hill
  • David
  • Devereux
  • Craig
5:28


US version

  1. "Think About Me" (featuring Michelle Escoffery) – 4:35
  2. "Re-Rewind" (Radio Edit) (featuring Craig David) – 4:02
  3. "Outrageous" (featuring Lynn Eden) – 4:14
  4. "Please Don't Turn Me On" (Radio Edit) (featuring Lifford) – 3:43
  5. "TwentyFourSeven" (Radio Version) (featuring Melanie Blatt) – 3:48
  6. "Something" (featuring Lifford) – 4:18
  7. "Movin' Too Fast" (featuring Romina Johnson) – 3:54
  8. "R U Ready" (featuring MC Alistair) – 4:39
  9. "I Can't Give It Up" (featuring Nadia) – 4:03
  10. "Woman Trouble" (Radio Edit) (featuring Robbie Craig and Craig David) – 4:00
  11. "What You Gonna Do?" (featuring Craig David) – 4:00
  12. "It Ain't Enough" (Radio Edit) (with Dreem Teem featuring MZ May and MC Alistair) – 3:41
  13. "We Should Get Together" (featuring Nadia) – 4:06
  14. "Think About Me" (Artful Dodger 3 Step Mix) – 5:29
  15. "Please Don't Turn Me On" (Artful Dodger UK Garage Remix) – 5:44

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. [4]

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 "It's All About the Stragglers The Artful Dodger". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Gribbins, Keith. "Artful Dodger". Cleveland Scene.
  3. ↑ Osbaum, Stacy. "Music". Wired– via www.wired.com.
  4. 1 2 It's All About the Stragglers (liner notes). Artful Dodger. London. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "The Artful Dodger | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Two-Step Garage". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 9 January 2001 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Pop CD of the week: Artful Dodger | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 260.
  9. ↑ "It's All About the Stragglers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Derdeyn, Stuart (2 October 2001). "Quick Spins". The Province. p. B11.
  11. ↑ Walters, Barry (26 April 2001). "Sincere/It's All About the Strugglers". Rolling Stone. No. 867. pp. 59–60.
  12. ↑ Holmes, Peter (21 January 2001). "SPINS". The Sun-Herald. Metro. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "Artful Dodger: It's All About The Stragglers". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Artful Dodger It's All About The Stragglers | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  15. ↑ "It's All About the Stragglers". Billboard.
  16. ↑ Cawn, Brad (24 June 2001). "RECORDINGS". Chicago Tribune. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. p. 7.
  17. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 19.
  18. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  20. ↑ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  21. ↑ "The Official UK Albums Chart 2001" (PDF). UKChartsPlus . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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