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  • Artist: Spice Girls
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: November 04, 1997
  • Total Time: 38:37
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Spice Up Your Life (Lyrics) Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls Spice Girls (2:54)
Stop (Lyrics) Kim Wilson, Spice Girls Spice Girls (3:24)
Too Much (Lyrics) Kim Wilson, Spice Girls Spice Girls (4:31)
Saturday Night Divas (Lyrics) Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls Spice Girls (4:26)
Never Give Up on the Good Times (Lyrics) Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls Spice Girls (4:30)
Move Over (Lyrics) Spice Girls, Clifford Lane, Mary Wood Spice Girls (2:45)
Do It (Lyrics) Kim Wilson, Spice Girls Spice Girls (4:04)
Denying (Lyrics) Kim Wilson, Spice Girls Spice Girls (3:47)
Viva Forever (Lyrics) Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls Spice Girls (5:10)
The Lady Is a Vamp Kim Wilson, Spice Girls Spice Girls (3:09)

Credits

Anne Dudley (String Arrangements), Pete Davis (Programming), Snake Davis (Flute), Kick Horns (Brass), Stephen Hussey (String Arrangements), Milton McDonald (Guitar), Matt Rowe (Keyboards), Matt Rowe (Programming), Matt Rowe (Producer), Steve Sidwell (Orchestral Arrangements), Mark "Spike" Stent (Mixing), John Themis (Guitar (Acoustic)), Richard Stannard (Producer), Adrian Bushby (Engineer), Mike Higham (Programming), Jeremy Wheatley (Producer), Jeremy Wheatley (Engineer), Spice Girls (Main Performer), Paul Walton (Assistant Engineer), Paul Walton (Mixing Assistant), Jake Davies (Engineer), Paul Hicks (Engineer), Magnus Fiennes (Keyboards), Magnus Fiennes (Programming), Geri Halliwell (Vocals), Robbie Kazandjian (Engineer), Robbie Kazandjian (Assistant Engineer), Paul "Tubbs" Williams (Bass), Shawn Lee (Guitar), Shawn Lee (Guitar (Bass)), Steve Lewison (Guitar (Bass)), Jan Kybert (Assistant Engineer), Jan Kybert (Mixing), Jan Kybert (Mixing Assistant), Stephen Pelluet (Assistant Engineer), Melanie B. (Vocals), Melanie C (Vocals), Victoria Adams (Vocals), Emma Bunton (Vocals), Absolute (Producer), Mark Tucker (Engineer)
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This article is about the album, for the film of the same name, please see Spice World (film).
Spiceworld
Studio album /Soundtrack by Spice Girls
Released 3 November 1997
Recorded 1996 - 1997
Genre Pop, R&B, dance, pop rock
Length 38:47
Label Virgin
Producer Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, Absolute
Professional reviews
Spice Girls chronology
Spice
(1996)		 Spiceworld
(1997)		 Forever
(2000)
Singles from Spiceworld
  1. "Move Over"
    Released: July 1997
  2. "Step to Me"
    Released: July 28, 1997
  3. "Spice Up Your Life"
    Released: October 13, 1997
  4. "Too Much"
    Released: December 15, 1997
  5. "Stop"
    Released: March 9, 1998
  6. "Viva Forever"
    Released: July 20, 1998
  7. "Never Give Up on the Good Times"
    Released: October 1998
  8. "The Lady Is a Vamp"
    Released: January 1999

Spiceworld is the second album by British pop group the Spice Girls, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). It is also the name of their tie-in film. It was released in Britain the same year their first album, Spice, was released in the US. The album became a huge hit worldwide, lengthening the so-called "Spicemania" fever at that time. It produced 3 top twenty singles in the US, four top 2 singles (including 3 number one singles) in the UK, and 5 number one singles in Asia. It has sold 20 million copies worldwide.[1] This was also the last album to feature Geri Halliwell until the release of their Greatest Hits album 10 years later, in 2007.

Contents

Track listing

All songs were co-written by Spice Girls. Additional writers listed below.

# Title Time
1. "Spice Up Your Life"
Additional writers: M. Rowe, R. Stannard
Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Lead vocals: Brown, Chisholm, Halliwell, Beckham, Bunton		 2:53
2. "Stop"
Additional writers: A. Watkins, P. Wilson
Producers: Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Lead vocals: Halliwell, Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham, Brown		 3:24
3. "Too Much"
Additional writers: A. Watkins, P. Wilson
Producers: Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Lead vocals: Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Halliwell, Beckham		 4:31
4. "Saturday Night Divas"
Additional writers: M. Rowe, R. Stannard
Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Lead vocals: Beckham, Chisholm, Bunton, Brown		 4:25
5. "Never Give Up on the Good Times"
Additional writers: M. Rowe, R. Stannard
Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Lead vocals: Halliwell, Brown, Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham		 4:30
6. "Move Over"
Additional writers: C. Lane, M. Wood
Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Lead vocals: Bunton, Brown, Chisholm, Halliwell, Beckham		 2:46
7. "Do It"
Additional writers: A. Watkins, P. Wilson
Producers: Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Lead vocals: Chisholm, Bunton		 4:04
8. "Denying"
Additional writers: A. Watkins, P. Wilson
Producers: Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Lead vocals: Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham, Brown, Halliwell		 3:46
9. "Viva Forever"
Additional writers:M. Rowe, R. Stannard
Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Lead Vocals: Bunton, Brown, Chisholm, Beckham		 5:09
10. "The Lady Is a Vamp"
Additional writers: A. Watkins, P. Wilson
Producers: Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Lead vocals: Halliwell, Beckham, Chisholm, Brown, Bunton		 3:09

"Step to Me"

The track "Step to Me" is available on the Japanese edition of the album between "Move Over" and "Do It", becoming track 7.

"Step to Me" was released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom from Pepsi (who the Spice Girls were endorsing at the time) on Monday 28 July 1997, following an extensive advertisement campaign. The only way fans could get hold of the single was to collect and send off 20 ring pull tabs or tokens from promotional cans and bottles of Pepsi featuring the Spice Girls. It was not available in high street retailers.

Credits

Additional personnel

Certifications, peaks and sales

Charts[2][3] Peak
position		 Certification Sales/shipments[4]
Argentina 1 2× Platinum 80,000
Australia 2 6× Platinum[5] 420,000
Austria 1 Platinum[6] 50,000
Belgium 2× Platinum[7] 100,000
Brazil 1 Platinum[8] 250,000
Chile 1 2× Platinum 50,000
Canada 2 10× Platinum (Diamond)[9] 1 million[10]
Europe 1 5× Platinum[11] 5 million[11]
Finland 1 3× Platinum[12] 92,000[13]
France 2 2× Platinum[14] 620,000[15]
Germany 4 Platinum[16] 300,000
Hong Kong Platinum 15,000
Japan 2× Platinum[17] 650,000[18]
Mexico Gold[19] 100,000[20]
Netherlands 1 Platinum[21] 100,000
New Zealand 1 3× Platinum[22] 45,000
Norway 1 Platinum[23] 40,000
Poland 2× Platinum[24] 80,000
Spain 2 3× Platinum[25] 275,000[26]
Sweden 3 2× Platinum[27] 120,000
Switzerland 2 2× Platinum[28] 100,000
United Kingdom 1 5× Platinum[29] 1.5 million
United States 3 (3 weeks) 4× Platinum[30] 4.1 million[31]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" UK Singles Chart #1
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Canadian Singles Chart #1
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Billboard Hot 100 #18
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Top 40 Mainstream #37
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #4
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Maxi-Singles Sales #22
1997 "Spice Up Your Life" Rhythmic Top 40 #27
1997 "Too Much" UK Singles Chart #1
1997 "Too Much" Canadian Singles Chart #9
1997 "Too Much" Billboard Hot 100 #9
1997 "Too Much" Top 40 Mainstream #21
1997 "Too Much" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
1997 "Too Much" Rhythmic Top 40 #23
1997 "Too Much" Adult Contemporary #23
1998 "Stop" UK Singles Chart #2
1998 "Stop" Canadian Singles Chart #3
1998 "Stop" Billboard Hot 100 #16
1998 "Stop" Top 40 Mainstream #39
1998 "Stop" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #14
1998 "Stop" Maxi-Singles Sales #3
1998 "Stop" Adult Top 40 #35
1998 "Viva Forever" UK Singles Chart #1
1998 "Viva Forever" Russian Singles Chart #1
1998 "Viva Forever" ARIA Top 50 #2
2006 "The Lady Is a Vamp" Mexican Digital Sales Chart #77
2007 "Stop" Russian Singles Chart #12
2007 "Stop" UK Singles Chart #78

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ The Times. Sinclair, David.The Prefab Five are back. Are you ready?. quote: "Their first two albums, Spice and Spiceworld, each sold more than 23 million copies." June 28, 2007.
  2. ^ Hit Parade (1997). "European charts". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=36254&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  3. ^ Billboard. "Billboard charts". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=SPICE. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
  4. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (2006). "Certification Award Levels" (PDF). ifpi.org. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  5. ^ ARIA
  6. ^ IFPI Austria
  7. ^ Belgian Certifications
  8. ^ ABPD
  9. ^ CRIA
  10. ^ CRIA. Sales and Certifications for Album's Spice Girls. Canadian Recording Industry Association.
  11. ^ a b IFPI. Sales Certifications European. Spiceworld 5 millions sold. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  12. ^ IFPI Finland
  13. ^ Finnish Sales
  14. ^ Disque En France
  15. ^ French Sales
  16. ^ IFPI Germany
  17. ^ "Recording Industry Association of Japan". Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/index.html. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 
  18. ^ Sales Japan
  19. ^ AMPROFON
  20. ^ AMPROFRON. 100,000 copies, Gold
  21. ^ NVPI
  22. ^ RIANZ - February 7th, 1999
  23. ^ IFPI Norway
  24. ^ ZPAV
  25. ^ Spanish Gold & Platinum Certification Database. Spiceworld 3x Platinum certification.
  26. ^ Spiceheart.Com // Tu Punto De Referencia Spice
  27. ^ IFPI Sweden
  28. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  29. ^ BPI
  30. ^ RIAA
  31. ^ Ask Billboard July 2007
Preceded by
Urban Hymns by The Verve
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion		 UK number one album
15 November 1997 – 28 November 1997
13 December 1997 – 19 December 1997		 Succeeded by
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion
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