The Spice Girls, as well as their managers and songwriters, are nothing if not clever, and Spiceworld, the group's second album, illustrates exactly how sharp they are.
Conventional wisdom dictates that Spiceworld should be a weak facsimile of Spice, which itself featured a handful of great singles surrounded by filler.
Conventional wisdom, in this case, is wrong -- Spiceworld is a better record than its predecessor, boasting a more consistent (and catchier) set of songs and an intoxicating sense of fun.
Instead of merely rewriting Spice, Spiceworld consolidates and expands the group's style, adding Latin flourishes ("Spice Up Your Life"), kitschy blues ("The Lady Is a Vamp"), and stomping, neo-Motown blue-eyed soul in the vein of Culture Club ("Stop").
The girls -- Mel C. in particular -- are actually turning into good vocalists, and each song plays to their strengths, giving each Spice a chance to shine.
Best of all, each song has a strong melody and a strong, solid beat, whether it's a ballad or a dance number.
It's a pure, unadulterated guilty pleasure and some of the best manufactured mainstream dance-pop of the late '90s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spice Up Your LifeSpice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard "Biff" Stannard | Spice Girls | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | StopSpice Girls, Kim Wilson | Spice Girls | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Saturday Night DivasSpice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard "Biff" Stannard | Spice Girls | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Never Give Up on the Good TimesSpice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard "Biff" Stannard | Spice Girls | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | Do ItSpice Girls, Kim Wilson | Spice Girls | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | DenyingSpice Girls, Kim Wilson | Spice Girls | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Viva ForeverSpice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard "Biff" Stannard | Spice Girls | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 8 | The Lady Is a VampSpice Girls, Kim Wilson | Spice Girls | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 31 mins | 71 MB | |||||
| 31 mins | 231 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absolute | Producer |
| 2 | Victoria Adams | Vocals |
| 3 | Emma Bunton | Vocals |
| 4 | Adrian Bushby | Engineer |
| 5 | Melanie C | Vocals |
| 6 | Jake Davies | Engineer |
| 7 | Pete Davis | Programming |
| 8 | Snake Davis | Flute |
| 9 | Anne Dudley | String Arrangements |
| 10 | Magnus Fiennes | Keyboards, Programming |
| 11 | Geri Halliwell | Vocals |
| 12 | Paul Hicks | Engineer |
| 13 | Mike Higham | Programming |
| 14 | Stephen Hussey | String Arrangements |
| 15 | Robbie Kazandjian | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 16 | The Kick Horns | Brass |
| 17 | Jan "Stan" Kybert | Assistant Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Assistant |
| 18 | Clifford Lane | Composer |
| 19 | Shawn Lee | Guitar, Guitar (Bass) |
| 20 | Steve Lewison | Guitar (Bass) |
| 21 | Milton McDonald | Guitar |
| 22 | Melanie B. | Vocals |
| 23 | Stephen Pelluet | Assistant Engineer |
| 24 | Matt Rowe | Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 25 | Steve Sidwell | Orchestral Arrangements |
| 26 | Spice Girls | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 27 | Richard "Biff" Stannard | Composer, Producer |
| 28 | Mark "Spike" Stent | Mixing |
| 29 | John Themis | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 30 | Mark Tucker | Engineer |
| 31 | Paul Walton | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 32 | Jeremy Wheatley | Engineer, Producer |
| 33 | Paul "Tubbs" Williams | Bass |
| 34 | Kim Wilson | Composer |
| 35 | Mary Wood | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |