Relentless
Studio album by
Jo O'Meara
Released3 October 2005
Recorded2004–2005
GenrePop[1]
Length52:16
LabelSanctuary
Producer
Jo O'Meara chronology
Relentless
(2005)		 With Love
(2021)
Singles from Relentless'
  1. "What Hurts the Most"
    Released: 26 September 2005

Relentless is the debut solo album by English singer Jo O'Meara. It was released by Sanctuary Records on 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom, two and a half years after the initial split of her band S Club 7 in May 2003. Chiefly produced by Brian Rawling and co-written by O'Meara, the album is a mix of contemporary pop, disco and soulful ballads. It debuted and peaked at 48 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[3]

Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian found that "her solo album confirms beyond debate that [O'Meara] does indeed have a voice, and an Aguilera-type tornado at that, but it also proves that S Club's club-footed balladry still has a pernicious hold. The Celine Dion-ised slurpiness of the opening title track kickstarts a whole album's worth of future hen party classics. To hear her wasting her strong, sure vocals on sub-Kylie generica like "Let's Love" and the Nashville-via-Essex stab at country, "Never Felt Like This," is a pain. The joyous redemption of "Wish I Was Over You" is reminiscent of S Club's one claim to fabness, "Don't Stop Moving, and," similarly, just highlights the tepidness of the rest."[3] BBC Music's James Blake called Relentless "slick, well constructed and safer than a bet on black still being in fashion this time next year [...] However that doesn't detract from this being a fairly decent debut; far better than certain other ex boy and girl band members."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Relentless"
  • Paul Meehan
  • Steve Torch
  • Tim Woodcock
3:52
2."What Hurts the Most"
  • Rawling
3:29
3."Wish I Was Over You"
  • M. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • Rawling
  • Graham Stack
3:11
4."To Ease Your Pain"
Stack3:52
5."You Didn't Know"
  • Andy Hayman
  • Fred Johansen
  • Jo O'Meara
  • Stefan Olssen
  • Johansen
  • Olsson
  • Meehan[a]
4:46
6."Never Felt Like This"
  • Meehan
  • Woodcock
Meehan3:41
7."Let's Love"
  • Hayman
  • Johansen
  • Olssen
  • Johansen
  • Olssen
  • Meehan[a]
3:51
8."Baby I'm a Fool"
  • Padley
  • White
  • Meehan[a]
3:27
9."I Believe in You"
  • Hayman
  • Cliff Masterson
  • O'Meara
Masterson3:41
10."Never Meant to Break Your Heart"
  • O'Meara
  • Meehan
  • Woodcock
Meehan3:52
11."It's Your Love"Stephony Smith
  • Rawling
  • Meehan
3:43
12."It Felt Like Love"
  • Ben Adams
  • Mark Read
Meehan3:37
13."That's Where I'll Belong"
  • Katherine Ellis
  • Meehan
  • Woodcock
Meehan3:29
14."Rainbow's End"
  • Masterson
  • O'Meara
Meehan3:45
Total length:52:16

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 48

References

  1. 1 2 Blake, James (30 September 2005). "Jo O'Meara, Relentless, Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Jo O'Meara". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 Sullivan, Caroline (30 September 2005). "Jo O'Meara, Relentless". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jo O'Meara | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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