It's All About the Stragglers

It's All About the Stragglers is the only studio album by the English garage duo Artful Dodger,^[5] released on 20 November 2000 by London Records. The album contains eight different vocalists, including Craig David.^[6]

It's All About the Stragglers
Studio album by Artful Dodger
Released	20 November 2000
Recorded	1998–2000
Genre	UK garage 2-step[1][2]
Length	51:20
Label	London Sire[3]
Producer	Artuful Dodger Crash & Burn[4]
Singles from It's All About the Stragglers
"What You Gonna Do" Released: 1998 "Movin' Too Fast" Released: 26 July 1999 "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)" Released: 29 November 1999 "Woman Trouble" Released: 3 July 2000 "Please Don't Turn Me On" Released: 13 November 2000 "Think About Me" Released: 2001 "It Ain't Enough" Released: 2001 "TwentyFourSeven" Released: 3 September 2001 (version featuring Melanie Blatt)

Production

The album was recorded on a small budget in the empty production studios of the Ocean Radio Group near Fareham, Hampshire, then owned by Capital Radio. One of those stations in the group was Power FM where the band also hosted a weekend dance show and headlined the 2000 day festival Power in the Park. ^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B[9]
The Province	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
The Sun-Herald	4/10[12]

The A.V. Club wrote: "Artful Dodger has always represented the lighter side of two-step, but without other artists' tracks to counter its airy levity, It's All About The Stragglers is a middling effort that makes for a less-than-thrilling introduction to an otherwise thrilling genre."^[13] Exclaim! thought that "Craig David effortlessly commands the pulsing groove of 'Whatcha Gonna Do'."^[14] Billboard called It's All About the Stragglers an "R&B-conscious, club-rooted, classically arranged album."^[15] The Chicago Tribune opined that "chances are that teens will be befuddled by the studio geekery and dance experts will scoff at its conscious fluffiness, but tunes like 'Think about Me' are an apt reminder that not all contemporary pop has to be a guilty pleasure to be fun."^[16]

Track listing

UK CD version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Think About Me" (featuring Michelle Escoffery)	Mark Hill Escoffery	4:36
2.	"Re-Rewind" (featuring Craig David)	Hill David	4:03
3.	"Outrageous" (featuring Lynn Eden)	Hill Eden Pete Devereux	4:15
4.	"Please Don't Turn Me On" (featuring Lifford)	Hill Conner Reeves	3:43
5.	"TwentyFourSeven" (featuring Nicole)	Hill Escoffery	3:49
6.	"Something" (featuring Lifford)	Hill David Devereux Neil Kerr	4:19
7.	"Movin' Too Fast" (with Romina Johnson)	Johnson Ingo Peter Schwartz Fabio Raponi	3:56
8.	"R U Ready" (featuring MC Alistair)	Hill David Devereux Alistair Julius	4:39
9.	"I Can't Give It Up" (featuring Nadia)	Hill Justin Oliver Tony Brady Leo	4:03
10.	"Woman Trouble" (with Robbie Craig featuring Craig David)	Hill David Devereux Craig	4:02
11.	"What You Gonna Do?" (featuring Craig David)	Hill David Devereux	4:01
12.	"We Should Get Together" (featuring Nadia)	Oliver Brady Leo	4:04

• (tracks 13–98 no audio)

Bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
99.	"Woman Trouble" (original version; with Robbie Craig featuring Craig David)	Hill David Devereux Craig	5:28

US version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Think About Me" (featuring Michelle Escoffery)	Hill Escoffery	4:35
2.	"Re-Rewind" (Radio Edit; featuring Craig David)	Hill David	4:02
3.	"Outrageous" (featuring Lynn Eden)	Hill Eden Devereux	4:14
4.	"Please Don't Turn Me On" (Radio Edit; featuring Lifford)	Hill Reeves	3:43
5.	"TwentyFourSeven" (Radio Version; featuring Melanie Blatt)	Hill Escoffery	3:48
6.	"Something" (featuring Lifford)	Hill David Devereux Kerr	4:18
7.	"Movin' Too Fast" (featuring Romina Johnson)	Johnson Schwartz Raponi	3:54
8.	"R U Ready" (featuring MC Alistair)	Hill David Devereux Julius	4:39
9.	"I Can't Give It Up" (featuring Nadia)	Hill Oliver Brady Leo	4:03
10.	"Woman Trouble" (Radio Edit; featuring Robbie Craig and Craig David)	Hill David Devereux Craig	4:00
11.	"What You Gonna Do?" (featuring Craig David)	Hill David Devereux	4:00
12.	"It Ain't Enough" (Radio Edit; with Dreem Teem featuring MZ May and MC Alistair)	Hill Devereux Susan Brice	3:41
13.	"We Should Get Together" (featuring Nadia)	Oliver Brady Leo	4:06
14.	"Think About Me" (Artful Dodger 3 Step Mix)	Hill Escoffery	5:29
15.	"Please Don't Turn Me On" (Artful Dodger UK Garage Remix)	Hill Reeves	5:44

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

• Artful Dodger (Mark Hill & Pete Devereux) – production on all tracks
• Crash & Burn – production on "I Can't Give It Up" & "We Should Get Together"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for It's All About the Stragglers Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 53 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 52 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 18

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for It's All About the Stragglers Chart (2000) Position UK Albums (OCC)[20] 66 Chart (2001) Position UK Albums (OCC)[21] 110