Spice Girls - Spice

Primary Artist
Spice Girls
Album Title
Spice
Release Date
1996 
Time
35:04 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Spice doesn't need to be original to be entertaining, nor do The Spice Girls need to be good singers. It just has to be executed well, and the innocuous dance-pop of Spice is infectious. None of The Girls have great voices, but they do exude personality and charisma, which is what drives bouncy dance-pop like "Wannabe," with its ridiculous "zig-a-zig-ahhh" hook, into pure pop guilty pleasure. What is surprising is how the sultry soul of "Say You'll Be There" is more than just a guilty pleasure, and how ballads like "2 Become 1" are perfect adult contemporary confections. Read More