Spice Girls

The Spice Girls' second album is just so...disappointing. Not because it's not good. On the contrary, it's even better than you remember. Three of their phenomenally successful singles ("Spice Up Your Life," "Stop" and "Too Much") start things off with a bang, but everything else is just as good, from the disco fever of "Never Give Up" to the Sesame Street-wholesome funk of "Do It" to jazzy girl-power-a-thon "The Lady Is a Vamp." And please, do not miss "Move Over." No, what's disappointing is that the world the Spice Girls promised quickly fell apart after this pop masterpiece.

On "Spiceworld," the Spice Girls take us deep into pop's heart of lightness, a happy place
filled not with music of good taste but with music that tastes good – at least to a substantial
portion of the planet. Listen closely to Spiceworld and hear the sparkling if scary sound of
a universal pop phenomenon in full bloom. Like it or not, the Spice Girls are 1997's Fab Five,
only this time there's nothing but cheeky Cute Ones. Time will tell whether their... More >