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There's Something Going On

{{for|the song by Anni-Frid Lyngstad|I Know There's Something Going On}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = There's Something Going On

| type = studio

| artist = Babybird

| cover = Babybird - There's Something Going On.png

| alt =

| released = 24 August 1998

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Indie

| length = 51:28

| label = Echo{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2325|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958 |via=Google Books}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Ugly Beautiful

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Bugged

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Singles

| name = There's Something Going On

| type = studio

| single1 = Bad Old Man

| single1date = 27 April 1998

| single2 = If You'll Be Mine

| single2date = 10 August 1998

| single3 = Back Together

| single3date = 15 February 1999

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r373983|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-38-353882|title=There's Something Going On|work=NME|date=12 September 2005}}

}}

There's Something Going On is the second studio album by the rock band Babybird, released in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/babybird-mn0000073668/biography|title=Babybird Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA54|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=October 30, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050 |via=Google Books}} Unlike the band's previous album, Ugly Beautiful, only one of the tracks is an alternative version of an original recording made by lead singer, Stephen Jones, before the band was formed. The original version of "I Was Never Here" can be heard on Fatherhood.

The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

The Irish Times wrote that "Baby Bird's mix of sweet pop and sour grapes is not always palatable, but sometimes it's a welcome tonic for jaded Britpoppers."{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rock-pop-1.187323|title=Rock/Pop|first=Joe|last=Jackson|newspaper=The Irish Times}} Spin deemed it "bittersweetly twisted."{{cite journal |last1=Brod |first1=Doug |title=Unsung |journal=Spin |date=Aug 2009 |volume=25 |issue=8 |page=68}}

The album was voted No. 14 in NME's albums of the year for 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1998.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629131401/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/1998.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 June 2006|title=Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1998...|website=www.rocklistmusic.co.uk}}

Track listing

  1. "Bad Old Man" – 4:35
  2. "If You'll Be Mine" – 4:40
  3. "Back Together" – 4:26
  4. "I Was Never Here" – 5:06
  5. "First Man on the Sun" – 3:44
  6. "You Will Always Love Me" – 3:56
  7. "The Life" – 5:17
  8. "All Men Are Evil" – 4:01
  9. "Take Me Back" – 6:05
  10. "It's Not Funny Anymore" – 7:10
  11. "There's Something Going On" – 2:28

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for There's Something Going On

! scope="col"| Chart (1998)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|UK2|28|date=19980830|rowheader=true|access-date=23 February 2023|refname=OCC}}

References

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Category:Babybird albums

Category:1998 albums

Category:The Echo Label albums