| Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Spice Girls | ||||
| Released | November 9, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 – 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, Europop, dance, pop rock | |||
| Length | 54:44 | |||
| Label | Virgin, EMI | |||
| Producer | Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, Absolute, Darkchild | |||
| Spice Girls chronology | ||||
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by British all-female pop group the Spice Girls. It is also their first album to be released in seven years and is supported by an accompanying world tour. It received a physical release worldwide throughout November 2007,[1] except for the United States where it received a limited release on November 6, 2007 and a full release on January 15, 2008.[2]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| BBC | (Positive) [4] |
| Digital Spy | [5] |
| NME | [6] |
| This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. | |
Contents |
The plan to reform and release a greatest hits had long been speculated by the media,[7] but its planned release was first confirmed by Melanie Brown in June 2005.[8] Speaking just before a planned reunion for Live 8 (that never actually materialised due to Brown's contractual agreements in L.A.), she stated: "We'll get back together because we all want to. I know everyone is up for it. There is going to be a greatest hits album and we've got loads of new songs that nobody has heard yet."[8] When the Spice Girls reformed in 2007, Melanie Chisholm said to a journalist that EMI had planned a greatest hits album, so the girls found it appropriate to go on the Return of the Spice Girls tour.
The album features two new songs, one of which was released as a single: "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" and "Voodoo." Halliwell describes Headlines, the single, as a "big love song" and "a Spice Girl classic".[9] Another group member, Melanie Chisholm in her 2008 appearance at Never Mind the Buzzcocks show announced, that "this song is not good at all." She was against the release of the song and claims it was just a move by the record company to market the album.[10] The second new song is "Voodoo",[11] with the former being released as a single in November 2007.
The CD was released in several different formats, including versions with bonus DVDs and CDs.[1] The limited edition box-set includes the normal standard edition CD, a remix CD a karaoke CD and a DVD featuring music videos for their greatest hits, individual postcards of each Spice Girl, and a friendship bracelet bearing the words 'Spice Girls'. The only single not included is "Step to Me", a promotional song for Pepsi.
In the United States, the album was initially released only through Victoria's Secret stores together with a digital release via the iTunes Store. It was announced that other retail outlets would receive them on January 15, 2008; however, online retailers list it as released on December 11, 2007, and copies of the album were found in retail outlets outside of Victoria's Secret on the release day. Despite the recent revision of the Billboard charts (as of the week of November 7, 2007) in the US, defining that albums sold by exclusive retailers (e.g. Wal-Mart, etc.) are now eligible to chart on the Billboard 200, the Greatest Hits, that sold over 600,000 copies through the Victoria Secret Stores, was not eligible for charting on the week of November 13, due to Victoria's Secret not being SoundScan enabled.
The artwork features a £1,000,000 (roughly $2,020,000 US) jewel encrusted logo, which pays homage to their debut album, Spice. The jewels were designed by David Morris and each letter represents one member of the group. The "S" is made from amber and represents Victoria Beckham; the ruby pink "P" is Emma Bunton; Melanie C’s letter "I" is made from a diamond; Geri Halliwell is the "C", made from amethyst stones and the emerald "E" is Melanie B. This is also the only Spice Girls Album to not feature the Girls on the cover.
| No. | Title | Music | Producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wannabe" (from Spice, 1996) | Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 2.54 |
| 2. | "Say You'll Be There" (from Spice, 1996) | Spice Girls, J. Buck, Eliott Kennedy | Absolute | 3.57 |
| 3. | "2 Become 1" (from Spice, 1996) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 4.04 |
| 4. | "Mama" (from Spice, 1996) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 3.41 |
| 5. | "Who Do You Think You Are" (from "Spice", 1996) | Spice Girls, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson | Absolute | 3.45 |
| 6. | "Move Over" (from "Spiceworld", 1997) | Spice Girls, Clifford Lane, Stannard, Mary Wood | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 2.43 |
| 7. | "Spice Up Your Life" (from Spiceworld, 1997) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 2.55 |
| 8. | "Too Much" (from Spiceworld, 1997) | Spice Girls, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3.53 |
| 9. | "Stop" (from Spiceworld, 1997) | Spice Girls, Watkins, Wilson | Absolute | 3.25 |
| 10. | "Viva Forever" (from Spiceworld, 1997) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 4.13 |
| 11. | "Let Love Lead the Way" (from Forever, 2000) | Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Harvey Mason Jnr | Harvey Mason Jnr, LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins | 4.16 |
| 12. | "Holler" (from Forever, 2000) | Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins | LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins | 3.56 |
| 13. | "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" (comeback single, 2007) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe | 3.30 |
| 14. | "Voodoo" (new song, 2007) | Spice Girls, Stannard, Rowe | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 3.11 |
| 15. | "Goodbye" (from Forever, 1998) | Spice Girls, Rowe, Stannard | Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard | 4.21 |
| Charts (2007) | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[13] | 1 | 80,000+ | Platinum |
| Brazilian Albums Chart[14] | 2 | 100,000+ | Gold |
| UK Albums Chart[13] | 2 | 380,569+ | Platinum |
| European Top 100 Albums[15] | 7 | ||
| Argentine Album Chart[16] | 8 | ||
| Irish Albums Chart[13] | 9 | 15,000+ | Platinum[17] |
| Greek International Albums Chart[18] | 9 | ||
| Canada Albums Chart[13] | 1 | 100,000+ | Platinum |
| Mexican International Album Chart[19] | 11 | ||
| New Zealand Albums Chart[13] | 15 | 7,500+ | Gold |
| Italy Album Charts[20] | 1 | 23,185 | Silver |
| Spanish Album Charts[21] | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| French Album Chart | 1 | 20,000+ | Gold |
| Mexican Album Chart[22] | 1 | ||
| Sweden Album Chart | 1 | ||
| Germany Album Chart | 1 | 4,000 | |
| Switzerland Album Chart[23] | 1 | ||
| Austrian Album Chart | 1 | ||
| Netherlands Album Chart[13] | 1 | ||
| Billboard 200 | 93 | 1,900,000+[24] | 2x Platinum |
| Preceded by Long Road Out of Eden by Eagles |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album November 19, 2007 |
Succeeded by X by Kylie Minogue |
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