"Wordshaker" generated generally favorable reviews amongst critics upon its release. Allmusic's Matthew Chisling awarded the album three out of five stars, praising the girls and the album for "combining aggressive basslines and vocals that are a pinch of prowess". Chisling's praised tracks like "Open Up," "Lose Control," and "Not Good Enough" for their "catchiness [that] can't be denied". However he criticized "Forever Is Over" and "One Shot" for being "unoriginal" and for being "too Americanized".


David Balls of Digital Spy

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 said that "If anything, the girls are showing even more confidence this time around", Praising 'One Shot' and 'Wordshaker' for both combining "grinding basslines with lethal pop hooks". However he was less impressed with the ballads criticizing and calling them a "curse" on the album. As a whole he called the album "fresh-sounding" and that it "should take the group one step closer to household names". He went on to give the album three out of five stars.

Michael Cragg from musicOMH

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 called the album as a whole an "enjoyable blast of well-crafted pop" with "throbbing synths" that's "joyful". The only critique Michael had was that "The Saturdays have yet to master - the ballad" stating they "bludgeon most of the slower songs to death." but when they stick to having fun its very "enjoyable". Michael went on to give the album three out of five stars.

Singles

• "Forever Is Over
  Forever Is Over
  "Forever Is Over" is a single by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The track was released by digital download on October 3, 2009, and CD single the following day. The song was written by, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, James Bourne and produced by The Runaways...
  
  " was written by: Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Kahmarl Gordon, James Bourne and produced by: Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello. It was released as the lead single from the group's second studio album Wordshaker on 5 October 2009 and peaked at number two.

• "Ego
  Ego (The Saturdays song)
  "Ego" is the second official single from girl group The Saturdays' second studio album, Wordshaker, and their seventh single overall. The song is a strong electropop song. The song was written by Steve Mac and co-written by Ins Wrolsen and Rhys Barker, who has previously worked on the bands...
  
  " was written and produced by Steve Mac, and co-written by Ina Wroldsen. A glossy electropop track, it was the second and final single released from the group's second studio album Wordshaker. The song was added to mainstream radio on 25 November. A superhero-themed music video, directed by Richard A. Moore, was released on 17 November 2009 and the single itself was released on 4 January 2010.

Track listing

Tracklisting was confirmed in September 2009 by Play.com

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 and Pop Justice.

Personnel

• Executive producer
  Executive producer
  An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
  
  , mastering - Dick Beetham
• Producers - Louis Biancaniello
  Louis Biancaniello
  Louis John Biancaniello is a songwriter, record producer, and musician.-Background:Louis' skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice "I Love Your Smile", Whitney Houston "I'm Every Woman" from the Grammy winning album The...
  
  , Chris Braide
  Chris Braide
  Christopher Braide is an English singer, songwriter, record producer published by Sony/ATV worldwide based in Los Angeles.Producer, Songwriter and Ivor Novello ASCAP and Billboard award winner Christopher Braide has achieved considerable success as a songwriter in the UK and the US. His songs have...
  
  , Jörgen Elofsson
  Jörgen Elofsson
  Jörgen Kjell Elofsson is a Swedish songwriter who has written or co-written hits for stars such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Sebastian, Ana Johnsson, Marie Serneholt, Shayne Ward and Super Junior. He has also written hit singles for groups such as Il Divo and Westlife...
  
  , David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen, Oliver Goldstein, Quiz & Larossi
  Quiz & Larossi
  Andreas Romdhane and Josef Larossi have a studio based in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. They have worked together since 1999 when they wrote songs for Lutricia McNeal. During their partnership they have written/produced songs for a wide variety of acts such as The Pussycat Dolls, Il Divo, Geri...
  
  , Steve Mac
  Steve Mac
  Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide...
  
  , Per Magnusson
  Per Magnusson
  Per Magnusson is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyzone, Britney Spears, Westlife and the Backstreet Boys.Shortly after...
  
  , Michael Mani, Jordan Omley
  The Jam (producers)
  The Jam is the producing and recording duo of Mike Mani and Jordan Omley, who have been working together since the early 2000s. As two of EMI Music Publishing’s top producers and songwriters, they have collaborated with artists such as Santana, JoJo, Raven Symone, Blake Lewis, and The X-Factor...
  
  , Justin Trugman, Sam Watters
  Sam Watters
  Sam Watters is a Grammy nominated American songwriter, record producer, singer, and record executive. Watters was a member of the multi-platinum selling 1990’s R&B group Color Me Badd and co-authored many of their hits including “I Wanna Sex You Up”, “I Adore Mi Amor”, and “All 4 Love”...
  
  , Pär Westerlund
• Main writer
  Writer
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   - Ina Wroldsen
• Vocals - Una Healy
  Una Healy
  Una Theresa Imogene Healy is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician, best known for being one fifth of girl group The Saturdays...
  
  , Mollie King
  Mollie King
  Mollie Elizabeth King is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for being a member of girl group, The Saturdays. In the band, King has successfully enjoyed ten top-ten and five top-five singles on the UK Singles Chart and three top-ten albums on the UK Albums Chart...
  
  , Frankie Sandford
  Frankie Sandford
  Francesca "Frankie" Sandford is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and currently a member of girl group The Saturdays; under the record label of Fascination Records and Polydor Records. The band have had huge success, releasing eleven singles of which ten have charted inside the top 10 on...
  
  , Vanessa White
  Vanessa White
  Vanessa Karen White is an English pop singer and songwriter. White was born to a Nigerian father and Spanish-Filipino mother. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of English/Irish girl-group The Saturdays. She is the youngest member of the band. White is noted for her extensive vocal range.-Early...
  
  , Rochelle Wiseman
  Rochelle Wiseman
  Rochelle Eulah Eileen Wiseman is an English singer, actress and television presenter. She is best known for her work in pop groups S Club 8 and The Saturdays...
  
  .

Charts and certifications

The album debuted at number 36 on the Irish Albums Chart

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 but fell to 91 in the second week. Meanwhile, in the UK Albums Chart

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 it debuted at number 9, equaling the peak position of their debut album Chasing Lights

Chasing Lights

Chasing Lights is the debut album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, released on 27 October 2008 by Fascination Records. The album was re-issued on 16 March 2009 to include their cover of Depeche Mode's 1981 song "Just Can't Get Enough"....

.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	36
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	9

Country	Providor	Certification
UK	BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Gold

Release history

Country	Format	Date	Label
Ireland	CD, digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	9 October 2009	Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
United Kingdom	12 October 2009	Fascination Records Fascination Records Fascination Records is a UK-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as an imprint of Polydor Records. The label was launched in spring 2006, and is managed by former TOTP Magazine editor Peter Loraine...