Released two weeks later, Busted's debut album established the band as that rare breed: a pop act not afraid to rock out, and a rock band not afraid to embrace the finer points of pop. Once again, the reviews spoke for themselves. The Times were impressed by its "catchy punk-pop tunes with a sense of humour", Q went for the "inspired one-liners and clever gimmicks", and Smash Hits concluded that the boys were "set to kick some boyband butt [with this] rock-inspired masterpiece." But it didn't go double platinum overnight, and its beginnings were rather modest. 'Busted' debuted in the Top 40, but swiftly disappeared from view and spent a few weeks meandering around outside the Top 100. Gradually, however, the album began to thrive on good word of mouth and by the time second single, 'Year 3000', was announced the album was back in the charts, eventually nesting in the Top 10 for months on end. To date the album has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK alone. 

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