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Forever
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Album: Forever
Artist: Spice Girls
Release Date: 11/7/2000
Genre: Rock/Pop
{$The Spice Girls} waited three years to deliver their third album, {^Forever}. While they were away, a number of things changed -- things have that tendency -- but the {\pop} scene didn't shift so drastically that it was chilly to a {$Spice} comeback. Many pundits argued, fairly accurately, that they were the trailblazers for the resurgence of frothy, unabashed {\teen pop} in the last two years of the 20th century. But, just like there was a decade separating the ages of {$the Spices} and {$Britney Spears}, there's a huge difference between the cheery, featherweight {&"Wannabe"} and the calculated sex and shock of {&"...Baby One More Time"} -- ironically, the older girls made music that was lighter and more innocent. With {^Forever}, they continue to follow that path, with a sleek, stylish attempt at maturity, but they seem lost because they just don't sound interested any more. Sure, they make all the right moves, hiring superstar producer {$Rodney Jerkins} to helm most of the tracks, but the record is curiously self-conscious and flat. Neither the production, songs, nor performances have much life to them, with the exception of the closer, {&"Goodbye,"} which significantly was released as a Christmas single back in 1999. There's little of the giddy sense of friendship that marked their first two records, and the {\ballads} aren't as sweetly sentimental; there's little of the charm that made {$the Spice Girls} so irresistible. Often, {^Forever} plays like {$the Girls} realized that it's their final album, and they put in just enough effort to make it palatable, but not enough to make it appetizing. That's not the best way to go out, but it seems like the best {$the Spice Girls} could do in 2000, considering that their hearts and minds were clearly on their ever-increasing solo projects. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Track Name plays | downloads
Holler 0 0    
Tell Me Why 0 0    
Let Love Lead the Way 0 0    
Right Back at Ya 0 0    
Get Down with Me 0 0    
Wasting My Time 0 0    
Weekend Love 0 0    
Time Goes By 0 0    
If You Wanna Have Some Fun 0 0    
Oxygen 0 0    
Goodbye 0 0    
[CD-ROM Track] 0 0    

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i am so happy to say dat dey have grown in so many wayz. dey still gotta big fan over hurr. i luv durr songs. dey know how to travel wit in tyme and bring down da house wit alot of gud bangin muzik.
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