Description Putting aside the Girl Power phenomenon--really, what were the chances five scantily-clad birds flashing their knickers with kung-fu kicks wouldn't make it in the music industry?--the Spice Girls really do mean something: great singles. There's not a dog in their whole back-catalogue. They kicked ofPutting aside the Girl Power phenomenon--really, what were the chances five scantily-clad birds flashing their knickers with kung-fu kicks wouldn't make it in the music industry?--the Spice Girls really do mean something: great singles. There's not a dog in their whole back-catalogue. They kicked off their career with "Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1"--that's the pop equivalent of an Olympic gold in the triathlon. They're all here on Spice, along with the live favourite "If You Can't Dance"--one that Geri always looked particularly picked-upon whilst singing--and that irresistible champagne effervescence of pop history in the making. The only mistake they made at this point in their career was not releasing the slinky R&B track "Naked" as a single; and if that's because the video plot automatically suggests itself as too obvious, it's not as if that curtailed any other facet of their career. --Caitlin Moran (Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)... (more)(less)
1. Wannabe 2. Say You'll Be There 3. 2 Become 1 4. Love Thing 5. Last Time Lover 6. Mama 7. Who Do You Think You Are 8. Something Kinda Funny 9. Naked 10. If U Can't Dance
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A great bit of nostalgia, I remember singing Wannabe into a hair brush at my 10th birthday party. In their hay-day they were amazing, unstoppable and original.
However the recent split of the 'Girls, after their mammoth 5 second reunion shows us they are no...Read more
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No one wants to watch mums in mini skirt
Rating : 7/10