Track Listing

1. Today
2. Stay In Bed Days
3. Beautiful Girl
4. Music Of The Night
5. If I Had My Life Again
6. In Too Deep
7. Sweet Pleasure
8. L.A. State Of Mind
9. Say Say Say
10. Bad Bad Girl
11. Hold On

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82622 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-27
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

An honest review!
What can I say about this CD? Should I follow the usual critics and have a go at Melanie's rumoured reluctance to join the spice re-union, blab on about her past glories and failures? No is the simple answer! Her previous album 'Hot' didn't feel quite right for me, so as I begun to play this album I was pleasantly surprised by its direction and overall feel. It's a journey, full of summer sunshine, hope and lyrics that have come from the heart.

Today
The first single from the album. A song about positivity, the dawning of a new day with a feeling of new beginnings and dreams. The music is catchy, makes you bop your head, lovely string arrangements and Mel's voice is in fine form. 8/10

Stay in bed days
We all have these days, pull the covers back over your head and ignore the world for a day. Musically, I'd compare it to Sheryl Crow's sound, upbeat, full of guitars and melodic, plus the hand claps sound great!! 7/10

Beautiful girl
A beautiful ballad about her daughter Pheonix. Usually I shy away from Pop mum's songs about their kids (usually over sentimental and sickly) but this simple song hits all the right emotions and can easily be directed to a loved one of your own. I would liken this song to the Spice Girls song 'Goodbye'. 9/10

Music of the night (perdido)
I'm a sucker for latino tinged pop songs and this one is no exception. Salsa overload and shimmering all over the place. Uplifting, melodic and fun. Perfect summer song and one of my favourites. 10/10

If I had my life again
A song about no regrets, mid tempo style, gentle strumming guitars and piano led. Picks up in middle of the song but the song is neither great nor bad. Nice enough but nothing special. 5/10

In too deep
This song has a beautiful chorus and I don't know what it is about this song, but I love it. Has a wonderful piano solo and the vocals are lovely. Another upbeat song, which sounds organic and natural. 8/10

Sweet pleasure
The song starts with a wonderful 80s retro beat, has interesting vocal effects and is sultry and sensual. Not sure about the spoken versuses, it is possible to love the sound of a song but not enjoy the content that much? Guess I would prefer an instrumental version of the song. 5/10

L.A. state of mind
A summery, roof down on the car and heading for the beach song. Another likening to the Sheryl Crow sound. Great holiday song but living in Northern England, with mostly rain and heading for create jungles, the song doesn't relate well to me, but I guess provides a little escapism and describes another way of life for some people. 6/10

Say say say
My favourite song on the album, simplistic but so beautiful and easily relatable to relationships with special friends and loved ones. To me, this song has the flavour of a stripped down version of 2 become 1. 10/10

Bad bad girl
An 80's electro synth rock track that's 'in your face' and sounds like nothing else on the album, but variety being the spice of life it's more than welcome. Not a great song but enjoyable. 6/10

Hold on
The 'torch' song of the album. A song about self belief and determination. This could easily be one of those great Spice Girl's ballads. Again, simplistic in its arrangement and sound but with a soaring chorus and wonderful vocal from Melanie. 9/10

melanie hits all the right notes!!!
after the rather disappointing "hot" album this is a true return to form for the former scary spice. Unfortunately in the current antispice climate it probably will go overlooked. The album opens with "today" the first single which flopped...but then did you ever hear or see it. Its a shimmery summer single and deserved to do a lot better than it did.
Other standout tracks are "music of the night" a spanish summer classic that could have been a single, "sweet pleasure" sexy vocals and all a la madonna, "bad bad girl" a return to the feisty scary we know and love, "la state of mind" think of putting the car roof down and letting summer in but in my mind "in too deep" is the classic from the album and if it was a spice girl song would go straight to no.1!!!! theres a few ballads some good the worst just ok but on the whole a fantastic album that deserves, on merit, to do well. Add it to collection if only to play while the sun shines!!!

A fair attempt.
OK lets face it Mel B does not have the greatest voice in the music industry- it is therefore a tribute to say that she has managed to produce this distinctly average pop album.
1.Today- A good first single one of the better songs on the album. 8/10
2.Stay In Bed Days- An excellent upbeat pop song, a personal fave of mine. 9/10
3.Beautiful Girl- A strong ballad with a simple melodic piano. 8/10
4.Music Of The Night- Another uptempo song with latin flavours. 7/10
5.If I Had My Life Again- A truly dross-filled song. Rubbish. 3/10
6.In Too Deep- Not as bad as the previous effort, but then again what could be. 6/10
7.Sweet Pleasure- Melanie talks her way through this song. 6/10
8.L.A. State of Mind- Almost recreating some of the brilliance of the first few tracks, but the chorus hampers this promising effort. 6.5/10
9.Say Say Say- A good ballad. 7/10
10.Bad Bad Girl- Mel's screechy vocals ruin this already average song. 4/10
11.Hold On- A stripped down affair, again so so cheesy. 5/10

Average Score- 6.3= 3stars. Overall this is not a bad album, but Mel really should not have included a couple of the songs on this album, as they really weaken it. Certainly not a classic, but then again it should not have sold as appallingly as it did!