albums and tracks

Editor's rating

Those who keep a close eye on The Saturdays will know 'Issues' as the song that saw the perky five-piece dragged into the knife crime furore.

Less avid fans, don't worry - the girls aren't moving into social commentary. Instead they had to alter the line, "Can't decide if I should slap you or kiss you" after some cloth-eared types misheard the "slap" as a "stab".

One suitably inoffensive rewording later ('leave you or kiss you'), this minor drama remains the most interesting thing about the track.

It's a straight-up, warble-your-heart-out ballad, lacking the poppy punch of their livelier efforts and the vocal skills of other songstresses in the charts. Lyrically it's even less exciting. Perhaps they should think about social commentary after all.