Track 11: Goodbye

 

Same producers

That'll explain it!

 

'Oxygen' is another dull one. You just need 'Let Love Lead the Way' and 'If You Wanna Have Some Fun' to swap places and it's first half = upbeat, second half = ballads.

Oxygen - it's a nice ballad, but the 'drip' sound effect in the chorus REALLY lets it down, it's horrible, cheap and distracting.

 

I like each girl having her own verse. Each verse shows that they were in different stages of their life in terms of relationships.

 

 

I never noticed this! Well spotted... who sings which verse? I'm guessing Victoria is the one after the first chorus?

The problem was FOREVER had too many ballads

Goodbye :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: As much as i love it, it doesn't fit with the rest of the album and i see it as a add on.

Oxygen seems to be a major divider among fans (seems to come down to that water drop)...but I've always found it to be gorgeous. To me, it sounds like a Spice Girls classic. Another track that deserved far better. I like it even better Let Love Lead the Way.

Goodbye is gorgeous :wub: not sure it fits on this album at all really, it feels much more classic Spice than the rest of the album, but I love it nonetheless.

Goodbye is a classic for me, one of their strongest singles :wub: A nice way to end this album, despite the fact it is a bit of an outlier.

'Goodbye' is a great album closer (on their last album :cry:). It is quite dated, but at the same time, that adds to its appeal and the nostalgia it creates.

It's SO out of place at the end of the album, so classic spice sounding unlike the rest of the album.

Tbh thank goodness it didn't seem to cross anyone's mind to have Darkchild remix Goodbye for the album :lol:

'Goodbye' propping up quality of the ballads! It's not one of my go-to Spice Girls singles but it is a lovely, warm track, obviously extra poignant with Geri's departure in mind.

The gap between Spiceworld and Forever was 3 years

 

I absolutely love Goodbye so I wish we’d had a 3rd album in 1999 in between SW and Forever just to bridge the gap a bit in terms of the sound they went with in 2000. It was quite a jump.

I think 'Goodbye' fits well on the album, it does have a more classic Spice Girls feel but there's something slighty R&B-infused about it - I think it's the harmonies.

This was the ranking I did about a month ago, and I don't think it's changed with this listen:

 

1. Holler

2. Tell Me Why

3. Let Love Lead the Way

4. Goodbye

5. Right Back at Ya

6. Get Down with Me

7. If You Wanna Have Some Fun

8. Oxygen

9. Wasting My Time

10. Weekend Love

11. Time Goes By

 

A good album, but not great. I like all of them down to about #6 or #7!

If you like Voodoo your opinion becomes invalid :lol: :angel:

 

I think it's 'fine' in the same way I think One of These Girls is 'fine'. I don't have major opinions on either and wouldn't say much to defend them. Neither would make my top 30 Spice Girls tracks.

 

I do like Voodoo a few light years better than Times Goes By, though.

Tbh thank goodness it didn't seem to cross anyone's mind to have Darkchild remix Goodbye for the album :lol:

 

 

:o God the thought :lol:

Thank you Jay for organising these listening parties 🎉

I think it's 'fine' in the same way I think One of These Girls is 'fine'. I don't have major opinions on either and wouldn't say much to defend them. Neither would make my top 30 Spice Girls tracks.

 

I do like Voodoo a few light years better than Times Goes By, though.

 

 

I'm not listening no no no! :lol:

Tbh thank goodness it didn't seem to cross anyone's mind to have Darkchild remix Goodbye for the album :lol:

 

Oh gosh. Can you imagine...that lovely chorus overlapped with a ton of unnecessary ad-libs...and Rodney Jerkins wistfully whispering "Darkchild 2000" over the track?