It's All About the Stragglers

The album was recorded on a small budget in the empty production studios near Fareham of the Ocean Radio Group, then owned by Capital Radio. One of those stations was Power FM where the band also hosted a weekend dance show and headlined the 2000 day festival Power in the Park. {{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,394985,00.html|title=Pop CD of the week: Artful Dodger | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk|website=www.theguardian.com}}

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = B

|rev4 = The Province

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|rev5 = Rolling Stone

|rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Walters |first1=Barry |title=Sincere/It's All About the Strugglers |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Apr 26, 2001 |issue=867 |pages=59–60}}

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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."{{cite web |title=Artful Dodger: It's All About The Stragglers |url=https://www.avclub.com/artful-dodger-its-all-about-the-stragglers-1798197009 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=8 June 2021}} Exclaim! thought that "Craig David effortlessly commands the pulsing groove of 'Whatcha Gonna Do'."{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/artful_dodger-its_all_about_stragglers|title=Artful Dodger It's All About The Stragglers | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}} Billboard called It's All About the Stragglers an "R&B-conscious, club-rooted, classically arranged album."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78261/its-all-about-the-stragglers/|title=It's All About the Stragglers|magazine=Billboard}} 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."{{cite news |last1=Cawn |first1=Brad |title=RECORDINGS |work=Chicago Tribune |date=24 June 2001 |location=ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT |page=7}}

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

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