In all honesty, had they continued to release singles from Forever I'm sure they would've had their first "flop" (as in short chart run + not reaching the top 3). It wouldn't have surprised me if they would've ended up charting in the lower top ten tbh...

 

I meant at that point they had already 9 UK #1s which is more than 99% of music acts achieve. It's only natural that their selling power was wanning and I wish that the sodding press and themselves would realise that.

 

A couple more singles would have made the album sell better (hopefully) if they really committed to it, even if some of the singles werent going to reach #1... So what?! The lack of commitment was the problem.

A couple more singles would have made the album sell better (hopefully) if they really committed to it, even if some of the singles werent going to reach #1... So what?! The lack of commitment was the problem.

 

 

Exactly I mean they had plenty of songs miss the top 2 (even top 10) as solo artists by that point so really who cares? The album selling would have made them more money in the long run. There was plenty of hype to have achieved another #1 single out of the album anyway they just abandoned it and let it die.

They could have gotten an easy #1 in the January doldrums we used to get in the physical era for sure.

I would have loved for Oxygen to be a Christmas single and If You Wanna Have Some Fun be a February or March release.

Last october 23 Victoria posted a story on Instagram thanking Emma for remembering with her post the 20th anniversary of Holler / LLLTW, she also tagged Melanie C and Mel B :wub:

I don't want to dream too much :kink:

Last october 23 Victoria posted a story on Instagram thanking Emma for remembering with her post the 20th anniversary of Holler / LLLTW, she also tagged Melanie C and Mel B :wub:

I don't want to dream too much :kink:

 

Poor Tory Spice 😂

No worries, people. Forever The Album is Tory-free. Lots of black culture appropriation though. 😂

I can’t stop listening to Holler, it’s been a few days I’ve been living for Vicky B vocals.

Forever is such a MOMENT! Full of bops, no tories allowed :cheer:

Idk if the mods are planning anything but another listening party for the 20th anniversary is so needed.

Let's do that!!

There are plans for a streaming party celebration on the 6th but we are really pushing the vinyl release week for downloads and streams

I'd rather wait for the 20th to coincide with the vinyl

I hated the complete fall in sales with forever I always feel it happened so quick and that the album was over before it began. I'd live to see it get back in the charts again in some way.

If the vinyl release in the UK still goes ahead on the 20th November, we should do it then as it will have more of a chance of getting in the charts.

We need to get Spice Circle and the members of Popjustice involved though. Only way to get it noticed...

If the vinyl release in the UK still goes ahead on the 20th November, we should do it then as it will have more of a chance of getting in the charts.

We need to get Spice Circle and the members of Popjustice involved though. Only way to get it noticed...

 

 

I agree with this!

I think it would be great to do another streaming party on the 6th just to celebrate the anniversary on release day just here on the forum for us fans.

 

However the week of Nov 20-26th should be everyone posting on social media, streaming, buying the vinyl, downloading etc and really giving it a push

A couple of popular podcasts have released Forever-focused episodes, and they are quite special:

 

Track by Track

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Right Back At Ya

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Both are quite popular podcasts in general for pop music fans, and it is GREAT to see so much love for this album :wub:

 

Get a cup of tea, chill and listen (and then download another copy of the album :teresa: )

I LOVE the Right Back At Ya guys so much. Every episode of their podcast is just a brilliant and fun experience. Really glad they did the Forever tribute. I CAN'T at the story of Victoria confronting that guy and his girlfriend in a shopping centre.

Anniversary article / review on Forever by Albumism: https://www.albumism.com/features/spice-gir...y-retrospective

 

One of the primary components within the Spice Girls’ musical matrix—from their earliest days—was rhythm and blues. Their inaugural effort Spice—a saucy pop variation on the kinetic soul put forth by the likes of Eternal, En Vogue and TLC—attested to this fact. They return to the explicit R&B-pop grooves of that first record—albeit with a (then) contemporaneous electronic sheen—on “Holler,” “Wasting My Time” and “Weekend Love.” The Spice Girls also court a clubbier edge via “Get Down With Me” and “If You Wanna Have Some Fun”—an attentive ear will detect a late ‘80’s stylization to the keyboard and bass playing on these two entries that echo R&B legend Janet Jackson and stateside girl gang Exposé incidentally.

 

Seven of the eleven tracks contained on Forever are unflinchingly uptempo, still, the Spice Girls leave room for ballads with “Let Love Lead the Way,” “Time Goes By,” “Oxygen” and “Goodbye.” The downtempo medium was one that the Spice Girls used effectively in the past and these pieces promised to carry on in that tradition of excellence. Not only does this tetrad demonstrate that the Spice Girls can pen sensitive songs and coquette anthems, these tracks also function as luxe vehicles that showcase Beckham, Bunton, Brown and Chisholm as solid vocalists.

For a time, Forever looked to be lost underneath a mass of misinformation—today, this body of work is finally getting its proper due as attitudes toward the blending of pop and R&B music are changing. No doubt this development has been catalyzed by a much-needed conversation on how race and culture influence art. That nuanced reassessment has helped this long player take its rightful place within the Spice Girls’ canon. While it is tempting to imagine what could have been with Forever if circumstances were different, the album endures now as a cohesive final statement of the indefatigable pop method that propelled the Spice Girls to worldwide renown—and that truly is forever.

Great to see that Forever is getting positive attention in podcasts and retrospective pieces! :heart: I hope there's more to come. I definitely feel like it's high time this album received positive reappraisal. It would be nice if that, and the vinyl release, help the fans/music lovers see the album in a different light.