The Secret Life of… by The Veronicas

The Secret Life of..., the debut album from Australian pop rock band the Veronicas, arrived in 2005, and it's a sleek, hook-stuffed sugar blast: pop-punk guitars, glossy synths and big, sugary choruses built to be screamed along to at maximum volume. The producer list reads like a pop hit factory, with Max Martin and Rami Yacoub, Billy Steinberg, Greg Wells and Raine Maida all having a hand in it.

First single "4ever" was everywhere on Australian and American radio and reached number 2 on the ARIA singles chart, a breathless, heart-racing blast. The album also went to number 2 at home, went 4x platinum, spent more than a year on the ARIA albums chart without ever falling out of the top 40, and made number 5 in New Zealand. At the 2006 ARIA Awards it picked up 3 nominations and won Best Pop Release.

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