Spice (album)
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Released | 19 September 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
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Label | Virgin | |||
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Spice is the debut studio album by English
A worldwide commercial success, Spice topped the charts in more than 17 countries across the world, and was certified Multi-Platinum in 27 countries, Platinum in 14 countries and Gold in three countries, including 10-times Platinum in the United Kingdom and Canada, eight-times Platinum in Europe, and seven-times Platinum in the United States. It became the world's top-selling album of 1997, selling 19 million copies in over a year. The album has sold a total of 23 million copies worldwide,[2] becoming the best-selling album in music history by a girl group and one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Four singles were released from the album. The lead single, "
Background
In February 1994,
The group felt insecure about the lack of contract and were frustrated by the direction in which Heart Management was steering them. In October 1994, armed with a catalog of demos and dance routines, the group began touring management agencies. They started to meet with producers, musicians and other business executives, among which were composer
Recording and production
The group were supposed to meet with producer
In the first session with Stannard and Rowe, they wrote "Feed Your Love", a slow, soulful song which was eventually recorded and mastered for the album, but not released because it was considered too rude and racy for their target audience. Having completed that session, the girls wanted to write something more
The next session was the definite one; either they would continue to work with the group or break up their relationship. Wilson recalled, "Every previous time we'd met up with the girls we had prepared a backing track. This time we had nothing." Watkins also said, "They said they wanted to do something up and a bit of fun, so we just off the top of our heads started to come up with a full-on disco backing track, which became 'Who Do You Think You Are'." Wilson said of the song, "The thing is when they wrote it, they were also writing the dance routine, constructing the music video, all at the same time as writing the song. And that's when the penny dropped." The girls went on to write "Something Kinda Funny", "Last Time Lover", "Naked", "Bumper to Bumper", "Take Me Home", "One of These Girls", and "Baby Come Round" with Watkins and Wilson, none of them singles, but all of them tracks which lent a touch of classy R&B feel to the Spice album and singles. Absolute also produced all of these songs as well as the three tracks penned with Eliot Kennedy: "Say You'll Be There" "Love Thing" and later "Step to me" giving the duo a guiding hand in six of the ten tracks that eventually ended up on Spice. The tracks that Absolute produced were recorded for the most part at Olympic Studios in Barnes. At this time in 1995, Auto-Tune had not yet come to market and most of the vocals were recorded with few adjustments made afterwards.[16] Absolute told Simon Fuller about the group they had worked with and asked whether he would consider managing them. Fuller received a demo of "Something Kinda Funny", one of the songs the group wrote with Absolute.[17] He showed interest in the group, began a relationship and decided to sign them at 19 Management in March 1995. In September 1995 the group signed a deal with Virgin Records, and continued to write and record tracks for their debut album while touring the west coast of the United States, where they signed a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific in November.[18]
The Spice Girls were fully involved in the writing of all the songs. Halliwell in particular was clearly a fund of ideas for songs, arriving at sessions with her book of jottings, notes and miscellaneous scribblings which often produced the starting point of a lyric or a song title or just an agenda for the day's work. Watkins commented, "Geri [Halliwell] would come up with the concept for a song. Typically, she'd sing one line and the girls would pick up on it or we'd pick up on it and construct around it and then [Melanie C] and Emma [Bunton] would be very active. They'd really like to sit and sing melodies and go off and come up with little sections."
In an interview with Apple Music for the Spice25 release, Melanie C divulged, "We had [a] risqué song called 'C U Next Tuesday', which was vetoed for the 25th anniversary edition, but I do have plans for it. It sounds like a Lily Allen song; it's absolutely brilliant."[21]
Composition
Lyrical content
"
"Love Thing" is the fourth track; it focuses on relationships and how after many disappointments the girls do not want to know anything about love. The song symbolizes the Girl Power philosophy by showing the support between each other and finding the strength to continue.[28] The fifth track, "Last Time Lover", was originally called "First Time Lover" and was about the loss of virginity,[17] but was discarded and changed to a song full of provocations, where sex is the main issue.[28] The sixth track, "Mama", was dedicated to the group's mothers, and deals with the difficulties in the relationships between mothers and teenagers that appear during adolescence.[29] Reviewers described the ballad as "glossy" and "corny".[25][30]
The seventh track, "
Style and themes
Spice is a pop album with a diverse inclusion of musical styles such as
Production duo Absolute incorporated a mix of dance-pop, funk and R&B on "Say You'll Be There",[16] which includes a harmonica solo played by Judd Lander, who also played the harmonica on Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon".[37] The other songs produced by Absolute feature different music genres: "Naked" and "Something Kinda Funny" include pop elements with influences of soul music and funk, respectively.[34][38] "Who Do You Think You Are" is influenced by early-1990s Europop,[38] and incorporates a disco-style beat that resembles the music of the late 1970s.[32] "If U Can't Dance", another heavily dance–oriented song, features a rap section performed by Halliwell in Spanish and contains a sample of Digital Underground's song "The Humpty Dance".[34]
The main concept of the album centred on the idea of
Singles
Released as the group's debut single in July 1996, "
"Say You'll Be There" was released as the album's second single on 14 October 1996. It became the group's second number-one single in the United Kingdom,[46] and was certified Platinum by the BPI. It was a commercial success across Europe, reaching the top 10 in most of the charts that it entered. As a result of its popularity, the song was released in 1997 in Australia, receiving a Gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and in North America, entering the top five in Canada and peaking at number three in the United States.
"
"Mama" and "Who Do You Think You Are" was released as a double A-side single in March 1997 as the group's fourth single. It became the group's fourth consecutive number-one single in the United Kingdom,[46] making them the first act in UK chart history to have its first four singles reach number one. Additionally, it was certified Platinum by the BPI, and performed well internationally, reaching the top 10 in many European countries and New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia, France, and Norway.
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [47] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[25] |
The Guardian | [48] |
Los Angeles Times | [49] |
Music Week | [50] |
Pitchfork | 6.8/10[51] |
Rolling Stone | [43] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [52] |
USA Today | [53] |
The Village Voice | [54] |
The album received generally mixed reviews from pop music critics.
Commercial performance
The commercial success of Spice was unprecedented and drew comparisons to
In the United States, Spice debuted at number six on the
Following the Spice World Tour announcement, Spice re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 94 on 16 November 2018 and at number 84 on 16 June 2019.[72][73]
Spice25
To mark the 25th anniversary of "Wannabe", an EP of the group's debut single was released in July 2021 that included previously unreleased demos.[74]
On 1 September 2021, the Spice Girls announced the re-release of Spice to mark the album's 25th anniversary, titled Spice25. The deluxe double album was released on 29 October 2021 and contains remixes, demos and unreleased tracks. Also, the single version of 2 Become 1 was included as the third track on the album, instead of the original album version. The CDs come in an A5 hardback booklet, with a collection of iconic images and a set of six Spice Girls postcards, while the original album is also available on limited edition vinyl and cassette.[75][76]
The Spice25 reissue saw the album re-enter the UK Albums Chart at number five with 7,798 copies sold,[59] while reaching number three on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and number four on the Official Physical Albums Chart.[77][78]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " |
| 3:48 | |
Total length: | 39:56 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Seremos 1 los 2" (2 Become 1 – Spanish version) |
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| 4:05 |
Total length: | 44:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Wannabe" (dance mix) |
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| 5:57 |
Total length: | 45:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wannabe" (Dave Way alternative mix) |
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| 3:25 |
2. | "Say You'll Be There" (7-inch radio mix) |
| Kennedy | 4:09 |
3. | "2 Become 1" (orchestral version) |
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| 4:05 |
4. | "Mama" (Biffco mix) |
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| 5:49 |
5. | "Love Thing" (12-inch unlimited groove mix) |
|
| 6:25 |
6. | "Take Me Home" |
| Absolute | 4:07 |
7. | "Last Time Lover" (demo) |
| Absolute | 4:05 |
8. | "Feed Your Love" |
|
| 5:13 |
9. | "If U Can't Dance" (demo) |
| 3:36 | |
10. | "Who Do You Think You Are" (demo) |
| Absolute | 3:49 |
11. | "One of These Girls" |
| Absolute | 3:33 |
12. | "Shall We Say Goodbye Then?" | 0:53 | ||
Total length: | 48:32 |
Notes
- "If U Can't Dance" contains a sample from "The Humpty Dance" written by Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, William Morrison and Gregory Jacobs; as performed by Digital Underground.
- "2 Become 1" is omitted from the Hong Kong version of the album.
- The 25th Anniversary edition of the album, released in 2021, includes the single version of “2 Become 1” as the third track of the album, instead of the original album version.
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer
- ^[b] signifies a remixer
- ^[c] Despite not being credited as songwriters of "If U Can't Dance" in the album's liner notes, James Castor, Johnny Pruitt and Gerald Thomas are listed as songwriters by ASCAP and BMI.[85][86]
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Spice.[87]
Musicians
- Matt Rowe – keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
- Richard Stannard – keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10); backing vocals (track 10)
- Absolute – instruments (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–9)
- Judd Lander – harmonica (track 2)
- Pete Davis – additional programming (track 3)
- Paul Waller – additional programming (tracks 3, 4)
- Statik – additional programming (tracks 3, 5)
- Greg Lester – guitar (track 3), rhythm guitar (track 6)
- Craig Armstrong – string arrangement (track 3)
- Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor (track 3)
- Perry Montague-Mason – orchestral leader (track 3)
- Dave Way – additional programming (track 5)
- Eric Gooden – additional background vocals (track 5)
- Tony Ward – cello (track 6)
- Jackie Drew – violin (track 6)
- Mark Beswick – choir arrangement (track 6)
- Mary Pearce – additional background vocals (track 7)
Technical
- Richard Stannard – production (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
- Matt Rowe – production (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 2)
- Adrian Bushby – recording engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
- Patrick McGovern – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
- Absolute – production (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–9); mixing (tracks 6, 9)
- Jeremy Wheatley – recording engineering (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8)
- Adam Brown – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–9)
- Andy Bradfield – additional production, mixing (tracks 3, 4)
- Dave Way – mixing (tracks 5–8, 10)
- Al Stone – recording engineering (tracks 5, 9); mixing (track 9)
- Geoff Pesche – mastering at Townhouse, London
Artwork
- Kunihiro Takuma – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications and sales
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[152] | 2× Platinum | 140,000[151] |
Australia (ARIA)[153] | 6× Platinum | 420,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[154] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[155] | 3× Platinum | 150,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[156] | 2× Platinum | 500,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[70] | Diamond | 1,300,000[157] |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[158] | 6× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[159] | Platinum | 76,375[159] |
France ( SNEP)[62]
|
Diamond | 1,000,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[160] | 3× Gold | 750,000^ |
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[161] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Italy (FIMI)[162] | 4× Platinum | 400,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[163] | 2× Platinum | 718,432[65] |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[164] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[165] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[166] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[167] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[168] | 2× Platinum | 200,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[169] | 10× Platinum | 1,000,000[63] |
Sweden (GLF)[170] | 2× Platinum | 160,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[171] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[58] | 10× Platinum | 3,022,090[59] |
United States (RIAA)[68] | 7× Platinum | 7,500,000[69] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[60] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000* |
Worldwide | — | 23,000,000[2] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition | Label(s) | Ref(s) |
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Japan | 19 September 1996 | CD | Standard | EMI Music Japan | [172] |
United Kingdom | 4 November 1996 | Virgin | [173][174] | ||
Canada | 10 December 1996 | CD | [175] | ||
United States | 4 February 1997 |
|
[176][177] | ||
1 April 1997 | LP | [178] | |||
United Kingdom | 21 October 2016 | Reissue | UMC
|
[179] | |
Various | 29 October 2021 |
|
Spice25 |
|
[75] |
See also
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling albums by women
- List of best-selling albums by year in the United States
- List of best-selling albums in Brazil
- List of best-selling albums in Europe
- List of best-selling albums in France
- List of best-selling albums in Spain
- List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997
- List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
- List of European number-one hits of 1996
- List of European number-one hits of 1997
- List of number-one albums of 1996 (Spain)
- List of number-one albums of 1997 (Canada)
- List of number-one albums of 1997 (Spain)
- List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1990s
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