{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = Planet Jedward | type = Studio | artist = Jedward | cover = Planet-jedward-album.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2010|7|16|df=y}} | recorded = 2010;<br/>SMP Studios,<br/>(Surrey, United Kingdom) | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = {{Duration|m=35|s=11}} | label = Universal Music International | producer = Nigel Wright, Paul Chandler | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Planet Jedward (European version) | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Planet Jedward | type = studio | single1 = Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) | single1date = 15 February 2010 | single2 = All the Small Things | single2date = 16 July 2010 }} }}
'''''Planet Jedward''''' is the debut studio album by Irish pop duo Jedward. The album was released on 16 July 2010. The album charted at No. 1 in Ireland and No. 17 in the UK. Critical reaction was largely negative.
==Background== The album was released via Absolute Records, a minor subsidiary of the Universal Music Group label. However, the twins' debut single, "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)", had been released by Sony Music. The album itself consists entirely of cover versions.
Following the duo's Eurovision success in May 2011, a version of ''Planet Jedward'' was released across Europe in July, mainly consisting of previously unheard tracks from the duo's second studio album, ''Victory''. This version of the album also included their Eurovision Song Contest 2011 entry, "Lipstick".
In 2010, the original album was certified double platinum in Ireland,<ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum10.htm 2010 Multi-Platinum Certifications by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA)] Retrieved 2 September 2011.</ref> meaning that between 30,000 and 44,999 copies had been sold in the country as of the date of the certification.<ref>List of music recording certifications#Albums</ref> In the UK, the album had sold 31,251 copies as of August 2011.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Alan |title=Young set for the top |journal=Music Week |date=26 August 2011 |pages=28–29}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/planet-jedward-mw0002017011|title=AllMusic review|website=AllMusic|last=Erlewine Thomas|first=Stephen|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Digital Spy'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="DigitalSpy">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/s103/the-x-factor/albumreviews/a250878/jedward-planet-jedward.html|title=''Planet Jedward'' Review|work=Digital Spy|first=Alex|last=Fletcher|date=26 July 2010|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Daily Express'' | rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/188557/Jedward-Planet-Jedward|title=Jedward: Planet Jedward|newspaper=The Express|last=Gage|first=Simon|date=23 July 2010|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Financial Times'' | rev4score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/38682ecc-939f-11df-bb9a-00144feab49a|title=Jedward: Planet Jedward|newspaper=Financial Times|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|date=24 July 2010|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130629081909/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/38682ecc-939f-11df-bb9a-00144feab49a.html%23axzz2VFv5oIfg|archivedate=29 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Gaffa'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2|6}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bønsvig Wehding |first=Signe |title=Jedward: Planet Jedward |magazine=Gaffa |date=16 July 2011 |url=https://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/51276/jedward-planet-jedward |access-date=8 December 2020 |language=Danish}}</ref> | rev6 = ''The Guardian'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/22/jedward-planet-jedward-cd-review|title=''Planet Jedward'' Review|work=The Guardian|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|date=22 July 2010|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Irish Times'' | rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|title=Planet Jedward - Universal|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/jedward-1.622672%3Fmode%3Damp|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=23 December 2018|date=16 July 2010}}</ref> | rev8 = ''The Scotsman'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/album-review-jedward-planet-jedward-2442318|title= Album review: Jedward - Planet Jedward|work=The Scotsman|date=27 July 2010|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> | rev9 = Virgin Media | rev9score = {{Rating|0|5}}<ref name="Virgin">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/jedward-planet-jedward.php|title=''Planet Jedward'' - Jedward|publisher=Virgin Media|first=Johnny|last=Dee|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626184813/http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/jedward-planet-jedward.php|archivedate=26 June 2015|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> |rev10 = Yahoo! Music |rev10score = 3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Jaime |title=Jedward - 'Planet Jedward' |url=http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/albumreviewsuk/238/jedwardplanet-jedward |publisher=Yahoo! Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726211705/http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/albumreviewsuk/238/jedwardplanet-jedward |archive-date=26 July 2010 |date=23 July 2010}}</ref> }}
The album was received extremely negatively by critics. ''The Guardian''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Caroline Sullivan said "it would be stretching a point to say I'd ever want to hear it again."<ref name="Guardian" /> Virgin Media criticised the "painfully wooden dialogue before the layers of auto-tuned backing vocalists kick in."<ref name="Virgin" /> ''The Scotsman'' called it "a 35-minute comedy of errors".<ref name="Scotsman" /> ''Digital Spy'' said it "contains more crimes against music than the combined discographies of The Cheeky Girls, Phil Collins and Lou Bega."<ref name="DigitalSpy" /> The duo's compatriot newspaper ''Irish Independent'' were unsympathetic and declared "Burn it: In the traditional sense of the word, burn the entire thing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music-planet-jedward-by-jedward-26667699.html|title=Music: Planet Jedward by Jedward|newspaper=Irish Independent|last=Meagher|first=John|date=30 July 2010|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> ''OK!'' magazine said it was "all very karaoke and never going to win any awards, but it's fun. To sum up, Planet Jedward is great for a short visit but we're not sure we'd want to live there!"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/24510/Review-Jedward-Planet-Jedward/ |title=Review: Jedward - Planet Jedward |magazine=OK! |date=27 July 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729215942/http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/24510/Review-Jedward-Planet-Jedward/ |archivedate=29 July 2010 }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Original Artist | title1 = Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) | note1 = featuring Vanilla Ice | writer1 = Freddie Mercury, Brian May, David Bowie, John Deacon, Roger Taylor, Vanilla Ice, Earthquake, Daniel Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson | extra1 = David Bowie, Queen and Vanilla Ice | length1 = 3:42 | title2 = All the Small Things | writer2 = Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge | extra2 = Blink-182 | length2 = 2:53 | title3 = Everybody | writer3 = Denniz PoP, Max Martin | extra3 = Backstreet Boys | length3 = 2:53 | title4 = Ghostbusters | writer4 = Ray Parker Jr. | extra4 = Ray Parker Jr. | length4 = 2:54 | title5 = Fight For Your Right | writer5 = Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin, Tom Cushman | extra5 = Beastie Boys | length5 = 3:20 | title6 = I Want Candy | writer6 = Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer | extra6 = The Strangeloves | length6 = 3:15 | title7 = Jump | writer7 = Jermaine Dupri | extra7 = Kris Kross | length7 = 3:19 | title8 = I Like to Move It | writer8 = Erick Morillo, Mark Quashie | extra8 = Reel 2 Real | length8 = 3:43 | title9 = Rock DJ | writer9 = Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers | extra9 = Robbie Williams | length9 = 4:03 | title10 = Teenage Kicks | writer10 = John O'Neill | extra10 = The Undertones | length10 = 2:22 | title11 = Pop Muzik | writer11 = Robin Scott | extra11 = M | length11 = 2:41 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes Bonus Track<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101013102651/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/planet-jedward/id381515591 iTunes Store<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | extra_column = Original Artist | title12 = Walk This Way | writer12 = Steven Tyler and Joe Perry | extra12 = Aerosmith | length12 = 2:49 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese Bonus Track<ref name=autogenerated1 /> | extra_column = Original Artist | title12 = Everyday Superstar | length12 = 3:01 | writer12 = Johannes Jorgensen, Lindy Robbins, Lars Halvor Jensen, Drew Ryan Scott | extra12 = Original | title8 = | title7 = | length7 = | title10 = | length8 = | title9 = | length9 = | title6 = | length10 = | length6 = | title4 = | length5 = | title5 = | length4 = | length3 = | title3 = | length2 = | title2 = | length1 = | title1 = | all_writing = | total_length = }}
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Chart (2010) ! Peak<br>position |- | Irish Albums Chart | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- | UK Albums Chart<ref>[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/jedward JEDWARD | Artist | Official Charts<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615072507/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/jedward/ |date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|17 |- |}
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