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In approaching Sugababes' sixth studio album, Island co-president and A&R for the trio Darcus Beese made a conscious decision to reduce the number of writers and producers involved, instead looking for a handful of names that would bring a coherent shine to one of the fastest-made albums for the group to date.
Beese, who alongside the group's management at Crown Music has played a key role in shaping their albums since they signed to Island in 2002, says the decision to release a new album in 2008 meant turning it around in record time.
"The girls didn't think they were going to make a new album this year so the process had to be really quick. Because of that, I stuck my flag in the ground at the involvement of one person in particular, who I saw as someone who could anchor the heart of the record, and then build the rest around it," says Beese.
That person was Swedish writer and producer Klas Ahlund, former guitarist with the Teddybears and a co-writer, ...