100 Albums That Changed Music - #100
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A while ago I picked up on a book which had been out since 2006. The grandly titled,"100 Albums That Changed Music", makes very addictive reading for a musicophile such as myself. I tend to use books, such as this, to inspire me to go out there and check out albums I missed first time around, or just artists I had no real interest in checking out. I must admit to not being the sort of person who gets into hot discussions with himself or friends about, who did, or did not, make the 'list'.
Having picked up the book again recently, I have made a decision to work my way backwards through the book, checking out the albums. Some I have in my collection, others I plan on using Deezer.com to listen to. I am also using it as a test to find out how much stuff is available to listen to on Deezer, and thus avoiding the need to add to my ever expanding music collection.
I am hoping to post my listening experiences on MOG as I work my way back through the book, perhaps with some musing about what I was doing when the album came out, and certainly with an accompanying Deezer playlist, if that proves possible. But, hey, life sometimes intercedes so we will have to see if I make it back through the book.
So, #100. Well it's 'Spice' by The Spice Girls. Not my cup of tea at the time it came out, I was working on a support line with some fellow 'hard rockers' at the time, and heavily into Placebo and Fear Factory, but I did have a bit of a thing for Mel C.
Listening to the album for the first time as, I suspect like a lot of people, I had only really heard them in the context of the singles. I find myself strangely attracted to the slower numbers, such as "2 Become 1", Last Lover and Naked. Probably, because I would tend to listen to this style of music as 'chill-out'. However, I must admit that the album has a fair collection of good grooves, whatever tempo, and would be great to listen to while hanging out with my muse (with the lights turned down real low, of course). I know it's often considered that, vocally, Mel C carries the others. But, in all, I think the various vocal styles on show complement one another. Although, I do find that Mel B grates a bit, but perhaps that's the point.
I must confess to enjoying this album a lot more than I thought I would. Oops, there goes any Black Metal credibility, although I did hear that Nattefrost was thinking of covering some Spice Girls songs, OK perhaps not. Are you sure Natt's, 'Mama' would be killleeeeerrrrrr
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Comments (8)
A Spice Girls album that changed music? I've heard this & it does have some solid, catchy grooves, I'll give ya that, but hardly worthy of that ominous tagline. Who is the author of the book & what are their reasons for it being listed? The music itself is certainly nothing groundbreaking or interesting in the least imho.
I gotta checkout that site. Thanks for the post.
Love what Deezer has come up with as embedable. Love Mel C too (why isn't she out there rocking it more than she does?). Some of the grooves on this album are okay as well. But music changing?? On this musical level/ type, some of the stuff by Sugarbabes and Girls Aloud moved goalposts way more than any of this.
"I must admit to not being the sort of person who gets into hot discussions with himself or friends about, who did, or did not, make the 'list'." - me neither.
i think Mel C's songwriting has been behind numerous hits sung by different pop stars over the years. on the same vein, barring live performances where The Spice Girls surely "bring it", it is quite possible credit goes mostly to this album's composers and producers for those good grooves.
I am wondering if this album was included not because of its musical content, but because the Spice Girls brought music marketing to a whole new level?
Melanie C has only just released her 2007 album in Canada after having hits everywhere else for years. Welcome, Mel!
If anything, thanks for giving me the heads up on deezer. I'm not sure about that as a music changing album though.
This could be fun! Do you think you will be done by 2010?
Augusts1: The book is edited by Sean Egan, but I think it has a number of contributors.
RGM: Def check out Deezer.
Jonh: I still kick myself that I did not catch Mel C on her first solo tour in the UK. From the clips I saw on Youtube she rocked hard!
poebegone: Most of the album tracks seem a real montage of styles, as if they were aiming for cross genre appeal.
darmuzz: I think you are so spot on there.
contrabandwidth: Deezer is the biz
Neill: I think a phrase with rod and back in it comes to mind