Yeah the sepia tone ruins it a little! It can stay though because a poster of it is the one signed Spice Girls item that I have bought on eBay over the years :lol:

8th Goodbye [CD1] (150 points)

 

 

Highest: 2nd (Spiceboy, Eduardo)

Lowest: 13th (LazySpice88)

 

Photographer: Lorenzo Agius

Location of photoshoot: London, England

Date of photoshoot: October 1998

Designed by: Joe@Virgin Art

 

In 8th place is the Spice Girls' highest placed artwork as a quartet! This is certainly one of the Spice Girls' most minimalist covers, used for CD1 & the cassette! The font size for both their group name & the song title is quite small, and the white background takes up the rest of the top half of the cover. The girls themselves also have a minimalist look going on, with subtle make-up and the possible suggestion that they might not be wearing clothes (they actually are!). For some reason the word "pure" always comes to mind when I look at this artwork. It is also the only Spice Girls artwork which shows Mel B with a different hairstyle than her classic Scary Spice curls, opting for the straightened look here. One thing that annoys me about this release (and the CD2) is the fact that the barcode encroaches onto the spine of the sleeve - I think that looks quite ugly! If they'd never had the idea of having a fan draw a picture for the CD2 version, I think this picture from the same photoshoot would have been a nice contrast to CD1. Goodbye CD1 was another "CD single size jewel case" format.

I love the slickness of the 'Goodbye' CD1 artwork.

 

I wasn't sure about Mel B's hair do because, without Ginger, they were already so much less recognisable. But it clearly didn't impact sales.

 

I wonder if the hairstyle change was due to her 'I Want You Back' promotion. Wasn't that going on at the time?

 

They all look gorgeous :wub: They should've gone to Lorenzo Agius for the rest of the 'Forever' campaign!

7th 2 Become 1 [uK Versions] (156 points)

 

 

Highest: 1st (Eduardo, HarryEzra)

Lowest: 12th (Spiceboy)

 

Photographer: Ellen Von Unwerth

Location of photoshoot: London, England

Date of photoshoot: 15th October 1996

 

We've finally arrived at a cover that is someone's favourite artwork! In fact two of you love this one - Eduardo and HarryEzra both ranked this 1st. 2 Become 1 was their first release to use different pictures on the CD1 & CD2 formats. The single was released in December 1996 in the UK - CD1 in the standard CD single size jewel case, while the CD2 is quite a unique format. It's described as an "exclusive cd gift pack"; it's a cardboard case with a flap that can be opened, which contains a digipak-esque item, with a fold out sleeve (including other pictures from the photoshoot), and a slot to place the disc in. This photoshoot was also used on various official Spice Girls merchandise bedroom items (which figures, as they're posing on a bed!) - including a duvet and pillow case set, a bedside lamp and wallpaper (all of which I used to have!). There's a bit of a fuzzy quality to all of the pictures from this photoshoot, which I'm personally not overly keen on. It's arguably one of their sexiest photoshoots used for their singles.

I just love the edgy styling on this one. They look like sexy vampires!

:lol: ^ Now I’m imagining them as extras on Buffy!

 

Thanks for the comments so far, everyone! It’s harder than I’d anticipated to think of what to write in the commentaries. :drama:

 

Hopefully I’ll get around to posting a couple more results tonight. ^_^

6th Viva Forever [CD1] (164 points)

 

 

Highest: 1st (LazySpice88)

Lowest: 13th (letloverule)

 

Puppets designed and created by: Aardman Animation

Designed by: Joe@Virgin Art

 

Viva Forever CD1 was their first single artwork to not feature a photograph of the girls themselves, instead they opted for a picture of their puppets from the music video! The puppets are 12 inches high and made out of tin. The stop motion animation technique was used in the video, which resulted in the 4 minute video taking five months to make! The single was released in a "CD single size jewel case" format, and was also their first single release to include an interactive element (the music video). Do you guys like their Viva Forever fairies? I've always found Emma's fairy to be rather freaky looking. :lol:

I flipping love those fairies! But I'm a massive Aardman fan too.

 

I'm a big fan of the twisted video. Such a contrast to the song. But I understand those who find it odd.

Edited February 20, 20187 yr by Michael Andrew

5th Stop (166 points)

 

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Highest: 1st (Mr.X)

Lowest: 12th (Eduardo)

 

Photographer: Jesse Frohman

Location of photo: New York, United States

Date of photoshoot: May 1997

 

Stop was released as the third single from the Spice Girls' second album Spiceworld, in March 1998. Interestingly they used a fairly old photoshoot for this - these photos were taken for the magazine Young and Modern in May 1997! Therefore they're older than the pictures used for the Spice Up Your Life & Too Much singles. I wonder why they didn't go with a more recent photo session? Not to worry, because we've deemed it to be within their Top 5 artworks! I really like these covers, particularly the CD1 artwork with 'STOP' being in a very large font size. Even though they're all dressed in white (fairly unusual for them to dress cohesively), their outfits all suit their individual styles (loving Mel B's platforms *.* ). I think I'd have perhaps liked it if CD2 had used a different colour than pink, for a bit of variety. From this photo session they also used a blue background. Both CD1 & CD2 were released in the "CD single size jewel case" formats. CD2 also included a small poster.

4th Wannabe (168 points)

 

 

Highest: 2nd (»ïïïïïïïïïïïïï., letloverule)

Lowest: 13th (missing you)

 

Photographer: Enrique Badulescu

Location of photo: London, England

Date of photoshoot: March 1996

 

The single that started everything! I've always thought that the "one girl in each letter of the SPICE logo" concept was a stroke of genius. As well as using this theme for Wannabe, they went on to use it for the album covers of 'Spice' and 'Spiceworld'. It was probably for the best that they didn't continue this with other singles, perhaps it would have started to look a bit samey. CD1 was released in a "CD single size jewel case", while CD2 was issued in an album size jewel case. The inlay of this CD folded out into 4 postcards, which you could separate if you wanted to because they're perforated. This single's design clearly had thought put into it, serving as an introduction to what the Spice Girls were all about. It includes this mission statement: "WANTED - anyone with a sense of fun, freedom and adventure hold tight get ready, girl power is comin' at you. On one of the postcards, each member is named, with a description included for each of them (Victoria - cool and classy, Melanie B - wild spirit, Geri - only for the headstrong, Emma - sweet and sassy, Melanie C - fit and funky). Overall I think it's one of their best designed singles, and made them come across as being fresh and exciting. Wannabe was released in the UK in July 1996.

Having each girl in a letter was an amazing idea. Whoever came up with that should be very proud. Seems like something Geri would dream up.

Edited February 8, 20187 yr by Michael Andrew

More replies before I post the Top 3, please! :teresa: (Thank you for the replies so far!)

Those girls always knew how to work a sofa. But poor Mel C often ended up on the floor <_<

Edited February 20, 20187 yr by Michael Andrew

Our girls had some amazing artwork :wub:

so many iconic artworks :wub:

I didn't know so many people dislike the "Let Love Lead The Way" artwork.

 

And I was so pleased that Taylor Swift had a similar one for "Mine"

 

 

 

That Taylor Swift cover is how 'Let Love Lead The Way' should have looked.

 

Nice even light on her face, no hideous shadows, no squinting, a pretty dress, gorgeous hair and make up... I could go on! :lol:

3rd Too Much (171 points)

 

 

Highest: 1st (Maz!, vibe, …ready for it)

Lowest: 10th (Theo.)

 

Photographer: Mark Abrahams

Location of photo: London, England

Date of photoshoot: 12th September 1997

 

The pictures used for Too Much were originally published in the October 1997 issue of Elle magazine. This is definitely one of my favourite photoshoots, they all look very sophisticated and beautiful! This single came out December 1997, with both CD1 & CD2 released in single size jewel cases. Both formats included Playstation postcards (1 & 2, promoting their critically panned Spiceworld video game (which wasn't actually released until June/July 1998!). I definitely prefer the black cover of Too Much; I think the reddish/purple one shows too much detail to the point it shows it to be quite a slapdash design.

I agree the black 'Too Much' design is much slicker.

 

You can tell the shoot was for a fashion mag. So much pouting. :lol:

 

I do prefer to see their individuality shine through a bit more. But still, the photography is beautiful.

I don't think I ever realised how naff the 'Too Much' cover on the right was :o the black one indeed looks so much better!

 

Rooting for 'Spice Up Your Life' to win!