Spice Girls - Forever ( AUDIO CD 2000 )

Since we last heard from them, the Spice Girls have hired new producers and writers, hoping to adopt an R&B edge with harder beats and a grittier sound. Gone are the cuddly wannabes of yesteryear, replaced by thinner, tougher glamazons of the new millennium Spice World. But Forever's strategy is a serious misstep--one that will disappoint their old fans and alienate new ones. "Holler," the first single, is standard-issue urban pop, with a beat you've heard before and terribly generic lyrics, promising to make you "do things you thought you would never do." As a matter of fact, you've heard all of this before: for "Tell Me Why," the Girls bite the computer-generated voice from TLC's Fan Mail, and borrow the vocoder from Cher's "Believe" sessions. "Right Back at Ya," their official comeback anthem, is trite and predictable: "Our friendship is forever," Baby Spice testifies. "You thought we wouldn't make it this far," Sporty sneers, and she's right. But they haven't made it yet--and with this material they don't deserve to.

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

1 Holler 4:15
2 Tell Me Why 4:15
3 Let Love Lead the Way 4:58
4 Right Back at Ya 4:11
5 Get Down With Me 3:46
6 Wasting My Time 4:15
7 Weekend Love 4:07
8 Time Goes By 4:52
9 If You Wanna Have Some Fun 5:27
10 Oxygen 4:57
11 Goodbye 4:35
12 Holler (MAW remix) 8:30