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It would be great if they released some sort of anthology collection alongside the Netflix documentary. Give the fans a few crumbs of unreleased songs like Woman, Sound Off and the movie version of Say You’ll Be There

Bumper To Bumper 5 Take Me Home 7 Love Thing 10 4. Last Time Lover 9 5. Something Kinda Funny 8 6. Naked 8 7. If You Can't Dance 7 8. One Of These Girls 4 9. Sleigh Ride 2 10. Baby Come Round 5 11. Step To Me 11 12. Move Over 7 13. Spice Invaders 2 14. Saturday Night Divas 10 15. Never Give Up On The Good Times 10 16. Do It 9 17. Denying 9 18. The Lady Is a Vamp 5 19. Outter Space Girls 5 20. Walk Of Life 8 21. My Strongest Suit 4 22. Christmas Wrapping 4 23. Tell Me Why 7 24. Right Back At Ya 6 25. Get Down With Me 6 26. Wasting My Time 6 27. Weekend Love 5 28. Time Goes By 3 29. If You Wanna Have Some Fun 8 30. Oxygen 6 31. Voodoo 2 32. Feed Your Love 5 33. Song for Her 3 34. A Day In Your Life 4 35. Right Back At Ya (original pop mix) 7 36. Pain Proof 5 37. Give You What You Want / If It's Loving On Your Mind 7 38. Strong Enough 3 39. Likely Stories aka C U Next Tuesday 5 40. Sugar & Spice 4 41. Melody of Life 7

For the most part they got the track list correct. I wish they would have released Spice Is Back and Angels as part of the era. Fans and the general public wanted a uptempo comeback single. Hopefully we get to hear Spice Is Back one day and see if it should have been the single instead of Headlines. Voodoo should have been a b-side.

The live album which was planned for a November 1998 release should have been released on Spiceworld 25. I highly doubt the group would approve it to be commercially released as its own separate thing. A live Spice Girls album from 1998 is not going to chart well in 2025.

What a joke!

I’m hoping there is no Forever 25 because they are saving the best outtakes for an anthology or new greatest hits release next summer. Fingers crossed especially if the rule of 4 now exists for future releases and projects.

It will be interesting to see what the set list will be. Hopefully she includes some of her more upbeat material from her previous albums.

I get Madonna fans want the full unedited versions of demos, but at least they are getting something. From a commercial and legacy standpoint it is better to remix and edit outtakes when they are officially being added to an artist’s discography. This way they are not just a bunch of old, crappy demos. They are more polished and can stand next to the rest of their catalogue.

I think the lackluster performance and reception to Headlines and Voodoo left a bad taste in their mouth when it comes to releasing any new material. The reception to Feed Your Love was better, but not great. The track would have more replay value if it was trimmed down to 3 minutes. The last 2 minutes of the song go absolutely no where besides the beautiful outro. I also wonder if the group and Universal were expecting Spice 25 to sell better. It is kind of odd how low-key Spiceworld 25 was.

Madonna is releasing an anniversary EP to Bedtime Stories which includes 2 previously unreleased songs, demos and remixes. What is interesting about this release is she had Stuart Price remix and edit these outtakes. It’s too bad the group can’t do something similar with their outtakes. Have Biff remix and edit the unreleased songs to make them sound more polished. Feed Your Love could have definitely used an edit. https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-bedtime-stories-untold-chapter-reissue-demos-rarities-1236085260/

Watch them release their cover of Too Hot as the new track for the anniversary release.

There’s more money to be made from an anthology release than an anniversary edition of Forever. That’s why I can see them include a few decent outtakes from Forever on an anthology compilation album to entice die hard fans to buy it.

Wanna bet they save Woman for a 30th anniversary anthology release. They can make more money off of die hard fans with an expensive anthology release rather than Forever 25.

We will be lucky to get something along the lines of this for a digital only release. 1. Holler (Lostboy Remix) 2. W.O.M.A.N. 3. Right Back At Ya (Demo) 4. Christmas Wrapping 5. Tell Me Why (Radio Edit) 6. If You Wanna Have Some Fun (Radio Edit) 7. Holler (MAW Remix) 8. Tell Me Why (Thunderpuss Remix) 9. Goodbye (Orchestral Version) 10. Tell Me Why (Jonathan Peters Remix)

I have a feeling Forever 25 will be a digital only release. They will give us Woman and maybe the Lostboy remix of Holler.

Goin' Down's Spotify plays kind of prove it shouldn't have been a single. It hasn't crossed the million mark yet while other songs such as Dear Life, If That Were Me and On The Horizon has. Go would have made for a better lead single. It's much more radio friendly and also works as a statement of leaving the group.

If U Can't Dance would have been a nice addition to their singles. The girls clearly love it as they always perform it on tour. I agree with Mr. X, they were losing some of their credibility/cool factor by the summer of 1997. If U Can't Dance would have probably helped them with retaining that. Never Give Up On The Good Times and If You Wanna Have Some Fun are no brainers. Melanie C is notorious for releasing the wrong songs as singles. If That Were Me, Here It Comes Again, Better Alone, I Want Candy, The Moment You Believe, Rock Me, Weak, Let There Be Love, Dear Life, Hold On, and Fearless should not have been singles. Two of her biggest missed single opportunities are Go and Independence Day.

For the 30th anniversary next year it would be great for them to release a new greatest hits which would appeal to die hard and casual fans. From a commercial standpoint the 8 unreleased pop tracks from Forever would appeal to a wider audience on different compilation albums rather than anniversary editions of Forever. This would be my track list for a new greatest hits. Disc 2 would include 5 of their best non album tracks along with 5 previously unreleased songs. Disc 1 1. Wannabe 2. Say You'll Be There 3. 2 Become 1 (Single Version) 4. Who Do You Think You Are 5. Mama (Radio Edit) 6. Spice Up Your Life 7. Too Much (Radio Edit) 8. Stop 9. Viva Forever (Radio Edit) 10. Never Give Up On The Good Times 11. Goodbye (Radio Edit) 12. Holler 13. Let Love Lead The Way (Radio Edit) 14. Tell Me Why (Radio Edit) 15. If You Wanna Have Some Fun (Radio Edit) 16. Headlines Disc 2 1. Bumper To Bumper 2. Take Me Home 3. Step To Me 4. Outer Space Girls 5. Walk Of Life 6. W.O.M.A.N. 7. Go Go Go 8. Overnight 9. What You Want 10. Spice Is Back

Watch them release the rumored Darkchild version of Woman instead of the pop version.

At this point I wouldn't doubt it if fans have all of the Biff Forever pop produced songs. For the 30th anniversary it would be great if they did something similar to The Beatles anthology series. Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_Anthology Anthology 1 could contain material from 1994-1996. This would probably be the best fit to officially release a few of the superior Touch era songs. Anthology 2 could contain material from 1997-2000. This would be a good fit to release some of the best pop outtakes from Forever.

All I Need To Know makes for a good album track, but not a single. It's not radio friendly. There were much better options for singles. I actually think All I Need To Know is overrated in the Spice community. If it never was a single, I don't think fans would think twice about it.

Mr X you have hit the nail on the head. Emma has never built a live audience. She really should do a ton of festivals and gay pride events to build up her fanbase. Releasing a solid best of compilation would probably do well if she built up her live audience first.

I agree. There's so many different compilation albums they could release to expand their discography. Each compilation album only needs 3 - 5 unreleased tracks for die hard fans to buy them. It's all about finding the right home for their unreleased material. New greatest hits Rarities album Ballad collection Christmas album The group could record 10 - 14 Christmas classics. They wouldn't have to attempt to write and record any original songs if they didn't want to. They could pick a few underrated Christmas songs like George Michael's December Song to record.

Tomorrow and So Long are chef's kiss. Both shouldn't have been used as b-sides. Tomorrow always sounded very radio friendly. Could have been a single if it was never used as the b-side on Free Me.

There's a few registered on ASCAP. Come Whatever Disappear With You Me And My Amore