I am old enough to remember back in the distant past of 1996 - Spicemania - I don't actually think it was called that... was there a name for it? I don't actually remember, well previous generations got Beatlemania, I got fucking Spicemania - it could be worse I could be the generation of One Direction (I'll stop with ending everything in Mania now - and yes it arguable if it would be a better or worse trade off).
Spice Girls seem to become very popular out of nowhere like a lot of pop bands do, it's like we are told that these are the next big thing and we just accept it, so anyway I'm sure like me and anybody around a similar age to me and was a teenager at school during this time, it was like a rule to have a favourite Spice Girl or what you really mean't you found the most attractive - A lot went for Ginger, not quite as many went for Baby but she was still popular I remember, Posh or Scary would normally would normally trade for next place and bottom place went to Sporty - nobody said Sporty.
I was in the Baby group, she was more my type of woman then Ginger was, but here is my secret confession, something I've kept to myself for 18 years, I liked Sporty best... phew feels good to get off of my chest, despite her speaking voice there was always something about her for me, and even now Mel C I would still say it's true.
But musically I was never a fan of the Spice Girls, there is no big confession to come after this, quite simply there type of music was just not for me, so for the first time I'm actually going to give their debut album a listen, who knows maybe I might like it.
Wannabe (1) was their first single and potentially still their most famous song, what was true then, still even now, you have to admit it's catchy, it's quite clear though not much auto-tune has been going on because some of the vocals are less then er...good. For what it there are more less catchy pop songs out there.
Say You'll Be There (2), I think was another single, this hasn't got anything close to catchy like Wannabe, and time hasn't let me grow any appreciation for it, will 2 Become 1 (track 3), another single, I guess you could say is memorable, it's too soppy sounding for my tastes though.
Love Thing (track 4) I think was never a single and includes the line "I'm not afraid of your love thing" was this intentional to be so filthy sounding as a disc like this was aimed at teen/pre-teen girls, I'll just it's no surprise it was never a single, the bit that is almost veering into rap (I don't know how else to describe) is probably the song's most memorable. Last Time Lover (track 5) was a chore to get through with the music overpowering (go easy on the drums, and that bass on the soundboard mate) the vocals (which if you hear the Spice Girls sing may be a positive).
Mama (track 5) a single again, and very, very soppy ode to their Mother's, I think The Waterboy missed a trick not having Bobby sing a cover of this. This is something I would feel embarrassed to have on if somebody walked in right now while I listening to it for the purpose of this write up, Who Do You Think You Are (track 6) is another single (they managed to get a fair few out of this album) is probably the catchiest song on the album besides Wannabe, I'm not sure if that's a compliment but I guess If had to a poster quote for it that would be it.
Something Kinda Funny (track 8) for me kind of proves that anything that wasn't a single is filler to get the album to a decent length, nothing memorable here really. Naked (track 9) is another song like Last Time Lover where the music feels louder then the vocals, this is even worse then that as far as listening to go that I give up even trying to concentrate on what the lyrics said. If U Can't Dance (track 10), the final track of the album is at least better then the 2 songs that came previously, saying that it's not really that good.
Overall the general rule of the album is if it was a single it stands out, if it wasn't you'll have forgot it by tomorrow, and now speaking in 2014 I can't say this album made me a convert to Spicemania, to be fair it really solidified my opinion on them and was right all along (capable of a catchy song, can't sing for shit etc.)
Mel C. Forever
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