Lickin' on Both Sides is the debut studio album by British R&B/UK garage group Mis-Teeq,released by Telstar Records on 29 October 2001. It was primarily produced by Stargate,with additional production from Jensen &Larsson,and Synth among others. The album became a top-five success in the United Kingdom,reaching number three on the national albums chart. The album was re-released three times,with the final release,a special edition,being released on 22 June 2002. Lickin' on Both Sides was certified double platinum in the UK.[1] Altogether the album spawned five top-ten singles.
"Why?" was released as the lead single from Lickin' on Both Sides on 18 September 2000. Serving as the group's debut single,it was later being re-released on 8 January 2001. The original version is a Latin-inflected mid-tempo R&B track. The more known version is a UK garage remix done by Matt "Jam" Lamont and DJ Face.
"All I Want" was released as the album's second single on 11 June 2001. The UK garage track was produced by Sunship and became the group's highest-charting single,at No. 2.
"One Night Stand" was released on 15 October 2001 as the album's third single. It is an R&B song produced by Stargate,also receiving a garage remix by Sunship. The song was later released in the U.S. as the group's second American single in 2004. The group performed the song at the 2002 Brit Awards.
"B with Me" was released as the fourth single on 18 February 2002. For the single release,the song received a garage remix produced by Bump &Flex.
"Roll On" was released as the album's fifth and final single on 17 June 2002. It was released as a double A-single alongside a cover of Montell Jordan's song "This Is How We Do It". The single version of "Roll On" was remixed by Rishi Rich and included on the soundtrack for the film Ali G Indahouse.
Writing for Yahoo! Music UK,critic Josh Rogan observed that Mis-Teeq successfully blend two-step rhythms with bold vocals and surprisingly gritty lyrical delivery. Although he dismissed the track "These Days" as a significant low point,he praised the rest of Lickin' on Both Sides,calling it a "triumph showing that these three girls aren't so much Destiny's children but UK sisters doing it for themselves."[3]NME Alex Needham found that while the album "demonstrates that their attachment to the UK garage scene is more than skin deep [...] it's when Mis-Teeq start to ape their American peers that their deficiencies become quickly apparent –occasionally thin voices,uninventive MCing and derivative lyrics.[2]
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