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Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)

2003 album by Atomic Kitten

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ3280070 ↗
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Ladies Night is the third and final studio album by English girl group Atomic Kitten. It was released by Innocent Records and Virgin Records on 10 November 2003 in the United Kingdom. Named after the same-titled 1979 song by American band Kool & the Gang, the trio reteamed with producers Ash Howes and Martin Harrington, both of whom had contributed to their previous album Feels So Good (2002), to work with them on the majority of the album, while additional production was provided by Ciaron Bell, Julian Gallagher, and Steve Robson, Richard "Biff" Stannard and The True North Music Company. Written and recorded in a time span of seven months, the band co-wrote on eight songs of the album's standard version, with Jenny Frost and Liz McClarnon each credited as songwriters on three tracks, while Natasha Hamilton co-wrote two.

Upon its release, Ladies Night earned largely mixed reviews from music critics many of whom noted a progression from the band's early material but found that the album lacked creativity and variety. It debuted and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart, becoming their third consecutive top five album, and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) within its first three weeks of release. Elsewhere, the album reached the top ten in Austria, New Zealand, and Scotland. Ladies Night was preceded by lead single "If You Come to Me," which became a top ten in several countries, while later singles include a cover version of "Ladies Night." The third and final single "Someone like Me" was released on 29 March 2004 and became the group's official last single following the announcement of their indefinite hiatus.

Background

In April 2003, the compilation album Atomic Kitten was released in the United States, which consisted of tracks from their first two albums Right Now (2000) and Feels So Good (2002). It was commercially unsuccessful, although single "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney Channel Original Movie The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).

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Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 1979, 2002, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003. The account is most persuasive where Ladies, Night and Atomic can be independently traced.
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