Thinking It Over (album)
2002 album by Liberty X
Thinking It Over is the debut studio album by British-Irish pop group Liberty X. Released on 27 May 2002 through V2 Records on the back of their success on the ITV television talent show, Popstars, the album was recorded in the year following the series' finale, where the band became runners-up to Hear'Say. Liberty X band members worked with a variety of producers on the album, including Pete Devereux, K-Gee, Goldust, The Wideboys, and Mushtaq.
Originally titled—and released in Japan as—To Those Who Wait, it was released in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2002 under its new title and became the biggest selling album of the band's career, selling nearly 750,000 copies. Five singles were released from the album: "Thinking It Over", "Doin' It", "Just a Little", "Got to Have Your Love" and "Holding On for You". "Just a Little" became Liberty X's only number-one single and won a BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2003.
Background
The band began recording the album under their original name, Liberty, just two weeks after the finale of Popstars. The album's production was overseen by Steve Duberry, while the band co-wrote several songs with writer and producer Tim Laws. The album's lead single, "Thinking It Over", was released on 24 September 2001, to worldwide success, charting high in the United Kingdom, Japan and Europe. Due to its success, the band's record label decided to push the release of the album, then entitled To Those Who Wait, forward by three months, due to be released just four weeks later on 22 October. However, shortly after the announcement, it was revealed the band had become entangled in a legal dispute with a band of the same name, who claimed that the current group did not have the right to use the name Liberty, as it was already being used by another artist.
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