McFly's First Musical Outing

After the success of Busted in 2003, McFly emerged with a number one single in the form of '5 Colours In Her Hair' early in 2004. Busted had paved the way for similar bands to make a success of themselves and McFly took full advantage of this fact - or rather Universal Island Records did. Busted, McFly, and V were all a part of the same scene, and in fact Busted were used as the basis to launch the careers of McFly and V through having these two artists support Busted on their 2004 Arena Tour. The career of the band V was short-lived, and with Busted having split up early in 2005; McFly remain to be the only of the three bands still going today.

From '5 Colours In Her Hair', the band push on to second single 'Obviously'; a track which saw the band hit the number one spot for the second time with only the two singles to their name at the time. Although the track only stayed at the top of the charts for one week before being replaced by Usher's 'Burn', it is still a strong single with the band once again showing themselves to be capable of penning extremely catchy pop music here. The track is easy to sing along to, something I can guiltily admit to having done many a time. Strangely enough, having opened the album with their two number one singles; the band then continue the album with another two singles, leaving the last nine tracks on the album as albums tracks only. It is unusual for bands to place all of their singles at the beginning of an album, however strangely enough it actually works surprisingly well here.

Throughout the album, there is a very much Beach Boys sound which prevails a lot of the time, and tracks such as 'Saturday Night', 'Surfer Babe', and 'Down By The Lake' showcase this perfectly. All three tracks sound strangely familiar, and the source of the similarity is most definitely rooted in the fact that the Beach Boys released tracks of surprising similarity. It is hard to listen to these tracks without thinking of the Beach Boys surfing themed music, and in my opinion this is no bad thing. McFly perform the tracks well, pulling off songs which are fun to listen to and would be fantastic to dance to. A real summer themed album - 'Room on the 3rd Floor' is full of tracks which would provide excellent listening at a pool party, and is full of perfect anthems for a fun filled thrill ride of a summer. Even when its not summer, the album is excellent to listen to for reminding you of warmer times and sunnier climes.

Containing four top five singles and a whole lot more that could easily have featured in the Official UK Top 40; 'Room on the 3rd Floor' is an excellent album from a band who were all extremely young at the time of release, with youngest member Dougie Poynter only having recently turned sixteen at the time. I feel that what was accomplished in 'Room on the 3rd Floor' was incredible from four such young people, and although it is by no means one of my favourite albums is still one I would hold in high regard. The album I find impossible to ever tire of, and with such a bouncy appeal I feel it would be incredibly hard to ever dislike. Having now released three studio albums and interestingly enough a 'Greatest Hits' album also, it would seem that McFly are still going strong as a band and with seven number one singles behind them; their popularity is seemingly greater than ever. To conclude, 'Room on the 3rd Floor' is an exceptionally well rounded album from the band which shows almighty strength and promise from an at the time incredibly young McFly.