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3 Jun 15th, 2007 

10 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

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Happy pop music

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Formulaic, a little forgettable, not a great voice

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Following three solo albums and sales of three million, Mel C is back with 12 new pop tracks, released on her own label, Red Girl Records. This presumably means she got dropped by her record company but at least she’s the only one of the Spice Girls showing any sign of girl power, so all credit to her. It starts off quite well: track one “Understand” reminded me a bit of something else in its guitar sound, U2 maybe, and was a catchy enough rock track.
A couple of slower ones followed; track three “Protected” has a nice chorus but it’s co-written with Guy Chambers, the bloke who made Robbie Williams good, and Cathy Dennis, she of Kylie’s “Can’t get you out of my head”. This is followed by the poppier “This time”.
However: the Mel C effect kicks in about now. It works like this: you get the album and think “Hmmm, Mel C, she was the one with talent” and listen with an open mind and goodwill, but after four or five tracks it all sounds a bit samey and you lose interest. I mean, it’s not bad but it’s background pop or one for the car when you just want some noise on.
A telling comment comes in the Press release, when she says: “I’ve had a lot of success in Europe with ballads and softer sounds.” Hmm, Europe. Home of classic pop. Overall, not too bad but a little dull. Not recommended because there are better things to buy but not a total waste of money either. Not quite. 

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