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EMMA BUNTON - Life In Mono
| Dotmusic | | The Spice Girls were the most important pop act of the last decade for many reasons, but perhaps principally because they were such an odd and glorious fusion of personalities and musical styles. Little wonder that none of the five has had anything like the same impact solo, since each inherited just a small sliver of what made them great. Geri took the discoball camp, Mel C the rocky, raw attitude, Mel B the R&B instincts and Posh? Well, she took the pointless, mind-numbing fame....full text |
| | MusicOMH.com | It's weird to think of Emma Bunton as the only Spice Girl still with a record contract. Never the most gifted of singers, her appeal mainly lay in being eye candy for teenage boys and slightly peculiar older men as she ran round in videos sporting pigtails and short skirts.
Yet, over 10 years after Wannabe, the erstwhile Baby Spice is still going strong. Whereas Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham are only fodder for the tabloid gossip columns these days, and Mel C was unceremoniously dumped from her label a few years ago, Bunton seems to be carving up a new niche for herself as an all-round family entertainer....full text |
| | Times Online | | The third solo album from Bunton combines her un- spectacular if agreeable vocals with arrangements that combine Sixties string-laden smoothness with modish electronic wobbles. The title track stands out, but Perfect Strangers and I Found Love aren’t far behind. This is a classy record, in keeping with her status as a family entertainer, but Petula Clark would never have added a superfluous syllable to the word “ mischievous”....full text |
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