Spice Up Your Life:
The kung-fu-fighting dancing queens party their way around the globe with the brash Latin carnival- influenced debut single which leaves everyone wondering exactly how you Polka the Salsa.
Stop:
Upbeat, trumpet-led homage to old-school R&B. Very Motown-influenced: think The Five Tops demanding a lover with a slow hand. It's an addictive dreamy summer sing-a-long.
Too Much:
Snowflakes are falling, the boy in the corner has asked you to dance to the last song at the school disco and Spice Girls are purring "too much of something is bad enough" while Mel C hits the spot demanding "a man not a boy who thinks he can" in the likely second single the album's 2 Becomes 1.
Saturday Night Divas:
Spice Girls dreamily warn their sisters off "superfly night fever" types at the disco. Deep, laid-back, funky and sultry stuff with some neat sampling embellishing the mix.
Never Give Up On The Good Times:
Pure Seventies Philadelphia disco and a potential single. As one of the best tracks on the album, it's funk which makes you want to dig out your flares and sport an Afro.
Move Over:
The full version of the track used in the Pepsi ad is subsequently one of the most eagerly anticipated (and rockier) tracks on the album, if one of the more repetitive. Watch out for the unusual rap at the end.
Do It:
A sunny Girl Power dance anthem for women everywhere, which again harks back to the Sixties and the heyday of the feminist movement. With lines like "Rules are there for breaking", men everywhere will be scared.
Denying:
A funky R&B number which Mel C describes as classy. Its funk groove is reminiscent of Say You'll Be There and its classy keyboard work could make this another big single.
Viva Forever:
The album's Mama, here tear-jerking flamenco guitar and lush strings weave into this break-your-heart ,"I will always love you" ballad with a touch of Madonna about it. Inspired.
Lady Is A Vamp:
The high-kicking, feather boa-stripping big band track which Virgin calls "the Andrews Sisters number". It pays homage to the riot girls of the past, from Marilyn Monroe to Jackie O, before saluting the Nineties Girl Power equivalent themselves.
