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{{Infobox album
| name = Wonderland
| type = studio
| artist = [[McFly]]
| cover = Wonderland Album Cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 29 August 2005
| recorded = September 2004–July 2005, [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Pop rock]]
*[[baroque pop]]
}}
| length = 43:29
| label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer = [[Hugh Padgham]], [[Steve Power]]
| prev_title = [[Room on the 3rd Floor]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Motion in the Ocean]]
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Wonderland
| type = studio
| single1 = [[All About You/You've Got a Friend|All About You]]
| single1date = 7 March 2005
| single2 = [[I'll Be OK]]
| single2date = 15 August 2005
| single3 = [[I Wanna Hold You]]
| single3date = 17 October 2005
| single4 = [[Ultraviolet/Ballad of Paul K|Ultraviolet / The Ballad of Paul K]]
| single4date = 12 December 2005
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wonderland-mw0000543191|title=Wonderland - McFly|website=[[AllMusic]]|last=Mawer|first=Sharon|date=September 27, 2005|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Cokemachineglow]]''
| rev2score = 19%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120513085702/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/2365/mcfly|title=McFly - Wonderland|website=[[Cokemachineglow]]|last=Baban|first=Alan|date=7 September 2005|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/26/popandrock.shopping1|title=McFly, Wonderland|website=[[The Guardian]]|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=26 August 2005|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Observer]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050905102146/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/0,13876,1033598,00.html|title=The next 10|website=[[The Observer]]|date=5 September 2005|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
}}
'''''Wonderland''''' is the second [[studio album]] by English [[pop rock]] band [[McFly]]. It was released in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2005, and was a success, being certified platinum, selling over 300,000 copies in the UK peaking at number 1 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] breaking the world record for the youngest band to top the album chart twice.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2007 "Youngest double toppers"|date=29 September 2006|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|isbn=1-904994-11-3|page=98}}</ref> Despite being less of a success in the UK, the album went on to match the worldwide sales of McFly's debut album ''[[Room on the 3rd Floor]]'', selling over one million copies.
==Background==
The album contains production from early collaborator [[Hugh Padgham]], who co-produced the majority of the band's debut album, as well as production from former [[Busted (band)|Busted]] producer [[Steve Power]]. The album follows more of a story-like narrative than the band's first album, and adopts a slightly more advanced style of pop. Unlike the band's first album, there is no hidden track on the album. Four singles were released from the album: "[[All About You/You've Got a Friend|All About You]]", which was released as the official [[Comic Relief]] single for 2005, "[[I'll Be OK]]", "[[I Wanna Hold You]]" and the double A-side of "[[Ultraviolet/Ballad of Paul K|Ultraviolet and The Ballad of Paul K]]". A deluxe version of the album was released in special gatefold packagaing, with fold-out photos of the band as well as an extended booklet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/McFly-Wonderland/release/4683279 |title=McFly - Wonderland (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=2005-08-29 |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref> The Japanese edition of the album contains two additional tracks plus two music videos.
==Critical reception==
Sharon Mawer of [[AllMusic]] said of the album: "The often difficult second album was made to look easy by McFly, the four lads from London who saw [[Busted (band)|Busted]], their main rivals for the affections of pre-teenage hearts, split up in 2005, leaving them the only guitar-based pop band in town, and McFly did not disappoint their army of fans with ''Wonderland''. At the time of release, it already contained two number one singles, "I'll Be OK" and the Comic Relief charity hit "All About You," although the [[Carly Simon]]/[[James Taylor]] B-side, track two on the CD single, "You've Got a Friend" was not included. The same mixture of good, fun 1960s-influenced pop songs and mid-tempo ballads is here, as on the debut album ''[[Room on the 3rd Floor]]'', the opening track, "I'll Be OK," being a good example of a boy band trying to sound as little like a boy band as possible with real instruments, mainly guitars that, if you really stretched your imagination, on the intro could be compared to the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," although it only lasted about fifteen seconds. The boys even felt confident enough to include a sitar on the song "Ultraviolet," which became their least successful single release to date. The turning point of the album came about halfway through - on vinyl it would have been side two - with the "All About You" track, which opened with an orchestral piece and then continued throughout the song with a strummed acoustic guitar and even had a woodwind instrumental break. And of course, there was quite a memorable song in there as well. This theme was expanded even further on the two-part track "She Falls Asleep"—part one a dreamy instrumental heavy on the orchestral string section; part two a sophisticated ballad, quite dramatic in its production—and the album concluded as it began, with more guitar-led harmony pop with the songs "Nothing" and "Memory Lane". One might sneer, but Wonderland was a good album from an obviously talented group of young lads."<ref>{{cite web|author=Sharon Mawer |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wonderland-mw0000543191 |title=Wonderland - McFly | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=2005-09-27 |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Standard edition
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = [[I'll Be OK]]
| length1 = 3:24
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Tom Fletcher]]|[[Danny Jones]]|[[Dougie Poynter]]}}
| extra1 = Hugh Padgham
| title2 = I've Got You
| length2 = 3:18
| extra2 = Hugh Padgham, Graham Gouldman
| title3 = [[Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K|Ultraviolet]]
| length3 = 3:56
| writer3 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones}}
| extra3 = Steve Power
| title4 = [[Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K|The Ballad of Paul K]]
| length4 = 3:17
| writer4 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter}}
| extra4 = Hugh Padgham
| title5 = [[I Wanna Hold You]]
| length5 = 2:59
| writer5 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter}}
| extra5 = Hugh Padgham
| title6 = Too Close for Comfort
| length6 = 4:37
| writer6 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter}}
| extra6 = Hugh Padgham
| title7 = [[All About You/You've Got a Friend|All About You]]
| length7 = 3:06
| writer7 = {{hlist|Fletcher}}
| extra7 = Hugh Padgham
| title8 = She Falls Asleep - Part 1
| length8 = 1:43
| writer8 = {{hlist|Fletcher}}
| extra8 = Hugh Padgham
| title9 = She Falls Asleep - Part 2
| length9 = 4:11
| writer9 = {{hlist|Fletcher}}
| extra9 = Hugh Padgham
| title10 = Don't Know Why
| length10 = 4:20
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jones}}
| extra10 = Steve Power
| title11 = Nothing
| length11 = 3:50
| writer11 = {{hlist|Fletcher}}
| extra11 = Steve Power
| title12 = Memory Lane
| length12 = 4:40
| writer12 = {{hlist|Fletcher|[[James Bourne]]}}
| extra12 = Hugh Padgham
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| total_length = 43:29
}}
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks
| title13 = Easy Way Out
| writer13 = Fletcher, Jones, Poynter
| extra13 = Hugh Padgham
| length13 = 3:15
| title14 = I'll Be OK
| note14 = Tom and Danny's Acoustic version
| writer14 = Fletcher, Jones, Poynter
| extra14 = Fletcher, Jones
| length14 = 3:37
| title15 = Ultraviolet
| note15 = music video
| length15 = 3:56
| title16 = I'll Be OK
| note16 = music video
| length16 = 3:24
}}
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| headline = B-sides and rarities
| title1 = [[You've Got a Friend]]
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Room on the Third Floor
| note2 = Orchestral version
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = All About You
| note3 = Orchestral version
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = No Worries
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Nothing
| note5 = demo
| length5 = 3:05
| title6 = [[Pinball Wizard]]
| length6 = 3:27
| title7 = [[Mr. Brightside]]
| length7 = 3:14
| title8 = I Wanna Hold You
| note8 = instrumental
| length8 = 2:59
| title9 = The Ballad of Paul K
| note9 = orchestral version
| length9 = 3:15
| title10 = Ultraviolet
| note10 = live version
| length10 = 4:24
| title11 = [[I Predict a Riot]]
| note11 = BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
| length11 = 3:30
| title12 = [[My Generation]]
| note12 = with [[Roger Daltrey]]
| length12 = 3:42
}}
==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (2005)
! Peak<br />Position
|-
! scope="row"|[[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxMEAAAAMBAJ&q=mcfly |title=Billboard - Google Books |via=[[Google Books]]|date= 17 September 2005|access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref>
|{{center| 9}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|11|artist=McFly|rowheader=true|refname=Ireland 2004|accessdate=30 September 2024|}}
|-
! scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/339951/ranking/cd_album/ |title=マクフライのCDアルバムランキング │オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref>
|{{center| 61}}
|-
! scope="row"|Scottish Albums ([[Scottish Albums Chart|OCC]])<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20050501/40/ Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
! scope="row"|South Korea Albums ([[Gaon Chart|GAON]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=mcfly&x=48&y=15 |title=:: 가온차트와 함께하세요 :: |access-date=2012-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306062119/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=mcfly&x=48&y=15 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|{{center| 70}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|1|artist=McFly|rowheader=true}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2005)
! Position
|-
|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20050109/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
|}
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Wonderland''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=McFly|title=Wonderland|award=Platinum|access-date=25 July 2012|relyear=2005|certyear=2005|id=8330-1409-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==See also==
*[[The Wonderland Tour 2005]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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*[http://www.mcfly.com McFly website]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Hugh Padgham]]
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