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We'll never know if the girls and Virgin Records made the right decision to discard the pop songs until we hear them. Something tells me the girls don't want us to know that answer.

I co-sign everything you said. #JusticeForOxygen

I have a soft spot for Oxygen. It's underrated in my book. Lyrically, it's the best ballad from the Forever sessions. I do like Weekend Love and LLLTW, but lyrically those two songs are missing Geri's songwriting touch. LLLTW in particular sounds somewhat juvenile.

You can separate the Forever songs into two camps. 1999 Songs Holler Let Love Lead The Way Weekend Love If You Wanna Have Some Fun Oxygen Right Back At Ya (Pop Version) 2000 Songs Tell Me Why Get Down With Me Time Goes By Wasting My Time Right Back At Ya (Darkchild Version) The 1999 songs are superior. I find it hard to believe the 5 pop songs they did with Biff are worse than the 2000 songs.

The one demo fans did want (Say You'll Be There with the rap) they didn't release. Go figure.

Of course there's a demo of all the SW tracks. There's no way the girls recorded the songs in one vocal take. The girls probably didn't want to release any of them because their rough vocals sound like dog poop.

Still can't believe they didn't release the Say You'll Be There demo with the rap. Just shows you the girls have no clue what the fans want. Giving us the demo versions of Last Time Lover and WDYTYA that don't offer fans anything different was a choice.

Wow! This really puts things into perspective. SW 25 deserves to flop.

I can't imagine how annoyed Melanie is by being asked about 25 year old unreleased tracks. Why do I find it hard to believe Melanie remembers What You Want sounds like at all.

George Michael's reissue of Older is #2 on the UK album chart this week. No new material with only one cover. It really makes you think how much lower Spice 25 would have charted with only one vinyl cover. Doesn't look like SW 25 will go top 10.

OMG I almost spit out my coffee reading this

Step To Me only achieved 110,000 streams in its first week. It should have found a home on the greatest hits album, not this lazy anniversary edition of SW.

I probably would have released these as singles after It's Raining Men Strength of a Woman Circles Round The Moon Don't Call Me Baby

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster sounds more like a Pink or Avril Lavigne single from 2002. Geri was always going to have a hard time getting hits past 2001 when RnB and hip-hop started to dominate top 40. Pretty much all of the ballads and mid tempos on this album are excellent. The up-tempo songs are the weakest part of the album.

Yep, these same fans have had Melody of Life and Sugar And Spice for years. They also have the full rap version of Say You'll Be There. We're the entitled ones though for wanting unreleased songs that Biff has teased for an decade.

It's obvious why many fans expect them to release unreleased songs. You have Biff dangling them in front of fans for years. Yes, the girls can't control his actions, but it seems they are the closest to him out of all their producers. It sends mixed messages to the fans. Blaming fans for having expectations is lame. Remember folks, don't ask questions. Just consume product and then get excited for the next product.

This release is getting backlash on every pop forum that I've seen. They would have been better off not doing SW 25 at all. It's baffling how poorly the 25th anniversary editions have been handled. Especially when you compare them to Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Mariah Carey, Metallica, etc. These poor anniversary editions play into the misconception that they were a manufactured group who didn't write their own music. A group that only cared about selling merchandise.

Wow! This is pretty awful. Don't think SW 25 is going to sell very well. Rightfully so. Not even including Sound Off or Say You'll Be There (Spice World Version) is a choice.

I agree, I just don't see a Forever 25 happening. Geri has nothing to do with that era. Melanie C was dealing with her mental health issues at that time. I don't see her celebrating Forever. A b-side/rarities album released at the end of June along side their Glastonbury performance would probably sell well. I believe you have suggested this before Equinox8.

Spice Circle is a joke. The guy who had a hand in leaking Geri's Man On the Mountain album gave Melanie C that fan made coffee table book with copyrighted images.

Exactly! Can't like this post enough. The girls know what we wanted and decided not to give it to us. SW 25 is going to flop unless they throw Woman on the track list haha

If the girls truly don't have much to offer on these anniversary editions, then they should have released a b-sides album with a few unreleased tracks on it. I feel this type of release would have pleased the fans more than what they are currently doing. 1. Wannabe (Demo) 2. Feed Your Love 3. Bumper To Bumper 4. Take Me Home 5. One Of These Girls 6. Baby Come Round 7. Step To Me 8. Say You'll Be There (Spice World Version) 9. Walk Of Life 10. Outer Space Girls 11. My Strongest Suit 12. W.O.M.A.N. 13. Go Go Go 14. Spice Is Back

Victoria would be a fool not to do it. Imagine if she didn't take part in the Olympics ceremony. It wouldn't have been the same.

The girls deserve much more credit for their songwriting. Sadly, I don't think they will ever get that credit.

I'll buy the book soon. I'm most interested in 1998-2003. Can't wait to read what Melanie reveals about that time period.