Swings and Roundabouts

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Swings and Roundabouts
Studio album by
Shanks & Bigfoot
Released31 July 2000
Recorded1998–2000
GenreUK garage, dance, R&B
LabelJive
Pepper Records[1]
ProducerSteven Meade, Danny Langsman[2]
Shanks & Bigfoot chronology
Swings and Roundabouts
(2000) 		Ayia Napa – The Album
(2000)
Singles from Swings and Roundabouts
  1. "Sweet Like Chocolate"
    Released: 17 May 1999
  2. "Sing-A-Long"
    Released: 17 July 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
NME[3]
The Times4/10[4]

Swings and Roundabouts is the only album by the British dance duo Shanks & Bigfoot.[5] The album was released on 31 July 2000 but failed to break the UK top 75 despite the success of its two singles. It is best known for the 1999 hit single "Sweet Like Chocolate", which reached No. 1 in the UK as well as being a top 10 hit in Australia and New Zealand.[6]

Released a year after the runaway success of "Sweet Like Chocolate", the follow-up single "Sing-A-Long" failed to meet popular expectation, reaching No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. The majority of the female vocals for the album were provided by Terri Walker.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 378.
  3. ^ "Swings & Roundabouts". 12 September 2005.
  4. ^ Mellor, Rupert (29 July 2000). "New album releases". The Times. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Shanks & Bigfoot | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Sweet Like Chocolate". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  7. ^ Perry, Tim (29 July 2000). "Album Reviews". The Independent. Features. p. 37.