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Emma Bunton's post-Spice Girls solo debut is the most surprising of the lot, as it moves farther afield from the bubblegummy dance-pop of her former band than Melanie C.'s Northern Star or Geri Halliwell's Schizophonic. The single "What Took You So Long?" opens the album on a gliding cushion of acoustic guitars, dreamy keyboards, and laid-back mid-tempo beats, a mix that underpins nearly the entire album. Even the assertive title track (the hook of which is a cleverly bleeped f-word in the chorus, a deliberate move away from the saccharine Baby Spice image) has the relaxed groove and organic feel of a classic early disco single instead of the canned electronic beats of Hi-NRG dance music. Bunton didn't have the best voice in the Spice Girls (that would be Melanie C., with a special nod to Geri Halliwell for getting by on loudmouthed brassiness), but unlike Victoria Beckham and Mel B, she can genuinely sing, albeit sometimes with a thin reediness that's not quite enough for a song like the gospel-inflected "Sunshine on a Rainy Day." (And the cover of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" only reinforces what a lame song it is.) On the other hand, "Been There, Done That" and the slinky "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" sound like the singles that should have been from the Spice Girls' disappointing last album, unapologetically catchy and well-constructed pop songs in a style that's been a part of pop music since the days of Lesley Gore or the Supremes. A Girl Like Me isn't an album for the ages, but it's better than "not bad."
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Martin Harrington, ComposerLyricist - Julian Gallagher, ComposerLyricist - Richard Stannard, ComposerLyricist - John Themis, ComposerLyricist - Dave Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Emma Bunton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
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Wayne Hector, Composer - Steve Mac, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Laws, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Carl Sturken, Composer, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Evan Rogers, Composer, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ulf Janson, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Stefan Boman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Bender, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ulf Forsberg, Violin, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Bunton, Composer, MainArtist - Al Hemberger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mick Gazauski, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Annette Mannheimer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hanna Göran, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ulrika Frankmar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Akeson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Torbjörn Bernhardsson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ulrika Jansson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bauer, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Arnberg Ranmo, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Äsa Forsberg, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ulrika Edstöm, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Scein H Martinsen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Per Hammerström, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hernik, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer
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Martin Harrington, Composer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ash Howes, Composer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Gallagher, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Stannard, Composer - Sharon Murphy, Composer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard "Biff" Stannard, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Sweeney, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, MainArtist
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Carl Sturken, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Evan Rogers, Composer, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stonebridge, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Peterson, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hemberger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John 'Noodle' Nevin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
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Gavyn Wright, Unknown, Other - Chris Braide, Composer, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Gilderman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Price, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Ingman, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Frampton, Composer, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Frampton, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Harpham, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
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Lindsay Edwards, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Tin Tin Out, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Johnson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Zoe , Composer - M Glover, Composer - Tim Cranfield, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
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Chris Braide, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Gilderman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Frampton, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Milton MacDonald, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Frampton, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Martin Harrington, Composer, Guitar, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Ash Howes, Composer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Gallagher, Composer, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Stannard, Composer - Sharon Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard "Biff" Stannard, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Sweeney, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Fean, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Eamon Nolan, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer
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Rhett Lawrence, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - RL, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramone Stagnaro, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dylan "3D" Dresdow, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Will Catterson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Bonilla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Lloyd, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joanie Morris, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
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Carl Sturken, Composer, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Evan Rogers, Composer, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Gilderman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Bunton, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hemberger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Lindsay Edwards, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tin Tin Out, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Withrow, Composer - John Bush, Composer - Preston Heyman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Cliffe, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Bunton, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Houser, Composer - Brandon Aly, Composer - Edie Brickell, Composer - John Jorgenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2001 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Emma Bunton's post-Spice Girls solo debut is the most surprising of the lot, as it moves farther afield from the bubblegummy dance-pop of her former band than Melanie C.'s Northern Star or Geri Halliwell's Schizophonic. The single "What Took You So Long?" opens the album on a gliding cushion of acoustic guitars, dreamy keyboards, and laid-back mid-tempo beats, a mix that underpins nearly the entire album. Even the assertive title track (the hook of which is a cleverly bleeped f-word in the chorus, a deliberate move away from the saccharine Baby Spice image) has the relaxed groove and organic feel of a classic early disco single instead of the canned electronic beats of Hi-NRG dance music. Bunton didn't have the best voice in the Spice Girls (that would be Melanie C., with a special nod to Geri Halliwell for getting by on loudmouthed brassiness), but unlike Victoria Beckham and Mel B, she can genuinely sing, albeit sometimes with a thin reediness that's not quite enough for a song like the gospel-inflected "Sunshine on a Rainy Day." (And the cover of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" only reinforces what a lame song it is.) On the other hand, "Been There, Done That" and the slinky "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" sound like the singles that should have been from the Spice Girls' disappointing last album, unapologetically catchy and well-constructed pop songs in a style that's been a part of pop music since the days of Lesley Gore or the Supremes. A Girl Like Me isn't an album for the ages, but it's better than "not bad."
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:41
- Main artists: Emma Bunton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2001 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
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