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Taller in More Ways 'Try Again'", further concluding it as "not the best album in the world or even of the year, not obscurantist schizeclecto meta-pop like Annie or M.I.A. or loaded down with po-mo pop.cult. signifiers like Girls Aloud, it doesn't impart a skewed existential narrative like Britney, but 'Taller In More Ways' is absolutely bursting with tunes, and as such it's hard to resist." The album was ranked number 23 on Observer Music Monthly's Top 100 Albums list in 2005. "Taller in More Ways" became a commercial success. On 22 October 2005, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums