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THE MUSIC OF BRITANNIA HIGH MAY BE PURE POP, but in approaching the songwriting process head of A&R Colin Barlow looked to the spirit of Motown's songwriting camps for inspiration.
Keen to inject a sense of competitive spirit into the project, Barlow - alongside the project's creative songwriting core of Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy - assembled a cast list of writers at Real World Studios in Bath, where they spent the best part of a month working independently, collaborating and sharing the results.
The cast list of writers reads like a Who's Who of the Polydor Records roster, with new talent such as Bryn Christopher and Gary Go rubbing shoulders with James Bourne (formerly of Son Of Dork/Busted), Gary Barlow and Mark Owen. Elsewhere, songwriting chart-toppers such as Eg White, Chris Braide, Martin Terefe, Eliot Kennedy and Ina Wroldsen complete the line-up.
Sony/ATV is the dominant publisher on the album, with a share of 13 of the album's 18 tracks, via writers such as Barlow, Kennedy, Chris Braide and Martin Terefe.
Sony/ATV head of A&R Ian Ramage says the writing process was designed to get the best out ...