There's really no way to sugarcoat this one, kids. Same Difference debuted at the lackluster position of #13 on the U.K. singles chart last week with first single "We R One." But while some might have been thinking, Oh, they're more of an album act than a single act, anyway, those folks had best get their heads out of their derriere.
Monday the pop duo's album Pop saw a U.K. release, and as of Friday evening, it's at #53 on the British iTunes store. The good news is that on Amazon UK it's at....#48. Eeeek!My own copy of Same Difference's Pop arrived today—along with Take That's The Circus, an entirely different story, sales-wise—and I had no idea how much of a hand Jörgen Elofsson and Dave Kreuger, the Swedes behind Britney Spears' "Sometimes" and Gareth Gates' "Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)," had in the album.
And that much-touted Mike Stock/Pete Waterman-produced cover of Kylie Minogue's "Turn It Into Love"? Yeah, Mike Stock had no involvement.
Still, Pop is a decent pop album. Unfortunately, it was just released about 10 years too late.