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A Girl Like Me |  | Artist: Emma Bunton
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 65408
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 766487129329
EAN: 0724381033401
ASIN: B00005B5NW
Release Date: April 16, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | What Took You So Long | | • | Take My Breath Away | | • | A World Without You | | • | High On Love | | • | A Girl Like Me | | • | Spell It O.U.T. | | • | Sunshine On A Rainy Day | | • | Been There, Done That | | • | Better Be Careful | | • | We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight | | • | She Was A Friend Of Mine | | • | What I Am |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Following in the footsteps of her fellow Spice Girls, Emma Bunton's IA Girl Like Me/I is in keeping with the solo-spice ethic of not making a CD which sounds like your band mates. It is pop but not as you would expect. For the most part it's an easy listening jangley guitar sound with the odd experiment here and there. "World Without You" is reminiscent of the Spice Girls "2 Become 1" whereas "Been There Done That" and "She Was a Friend" sound like they could have been used in the IForever/I sessions. There are two cover versions; Edie Brickell's "What I Am" which did the rounds in 1999 and a re-working of Zoe's "Sunshine on a Rainy Day", produced in a similar style to that of Madonna ("Don't Tell Me"). A standout track aside from the first single ("What Took You So Long?") is "Better Be Careful", contemporary northern soul which could be described as ISpiceWorld's/I "Stop" being covered by Texas. IA Girl Like Me/I is a great debut album with a mature sound which could mark the end of Baby Spice and the arrival of Emma Bunton. --IGeorgina Collins/I
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 Go Emma June 4, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wow... Emma is definitly a great singer and very talented girl. By it, because is one of the best albuns from 2001. br1. 'What Took You So Long?' - Everything in the place. Just great for first single. (9/10)br2. 'Take My Breath Away' - a little bit girly, but really fantastic and Emma shows that she has a great voice(9/10)br3. 'A World Without You' - Remembering the times of '2 Become 1' and 'Too Much'. It would be a massive hit(10/10)br4. 'High On Love' - A bit borring, but nice too (7/10)br5. 'A Girl Like Me' - Pop song, kinda like the times of Spice. Good one (8/10)br6. 'Spell It O.U.T.' - Also Pop, but much better than the previous. Emma shows all of her voice potencial (9/10)br7. 'Sunshine On A Rainy Day' - One of the best cover that I have ever heard. Seems like Madonna's 'Don't Tell Me', but nicer. It would also be a great single (10/10)br8. 'Been There, Done That' - Great R'n'B/pop song. is one of my favourites in the album. (9/10)br9. 'Better Be Careful' - The best Song in the album. Great one... really the top. One Question: Why Emma didn't release this one as a single?(10/10)br10. 'We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight' - Great up-beat song and also one of the best in the album. Is not better than the single version. (album version- 9/10; single version- 10/10)br11. 'She Was A Friend Of Mine' - Cool one, but out of the sound of the rest of the album (8/10)br12. 'What I Am' - Nice one, but it shouldn't be on the album, because is the 2º cover and it's not very cool. (6/10)brWell, this album is one of the best ever, so don't waste time and order it now!! You won't be dissapointed, for sure.
What a lovely album from the most successful spice July 10, 2005
Nikki (East London, England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have to say that I thought this album would be slightly samey and boring, but I was proved wrong! Emma Bunton has a lovely, sweet voice and all the songs on this album are fun and catchy. I particularly love 'We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight' (perfect to play while getting ready for a night out with your mates) and 'A World Without You' (soppy lovesong with amazing vocals from Emma). brIf you want something original, fun and catchy, BUY THIS ALBUM!!! You won't be disappointed!!!
Bye Bye Baby! July 10, 2002
The Voice Of Reason© (UK)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Well well, it is the end of cute Baby Spice and hello to mature grown up Emma Bunton. With her debut solo album emma shows us what she is made of!brThe album has some great tracks that are all totally different in style, the best being: What Took You So Long?, What I Am, Take My Breath Away, We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight, A Girl Like Me and A World Without You.brThe rest lack that sort of punch to make you want to keep listening to them!brIt debuted at #4 and it's shame Virgin dropped her as with better promotion this album could have been #1. Let's hope with her next album she is!brA must for Spice and pop fans alike!
EMMA BUNTON FROM BABY TO MATURE POP DIVA April 20, 2001
James Cavaliere (No. Massapequa, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm totally such a big fan of Emma Bunton. I couldn't wait to get her new album. The CD is a perfect pure pop pleasure. She has such a light melodic goregous voice. This CD outshines past spice girls CD's including the new R/B flavored Forever. This CD has better songs and Emma wrote every track on the album. The album features more live instrumentation and acoustic guitar such as in songs like the new #1 single What Took You So Long, Take My Breath Away, High On Love, Sunshine On A Rainy Day Better Be Careful And past smash What I Am. Also theres beautiful ballads like A World Without You And Spell It Out. Theres upbeat RB/Dance stuff like Been There, Done That and She Was A Friend Of Mine. Overall this is such a fun and touching album to listen to over and over again. You'll like all the songs and different styles like Pop, Rock and RB. Go Emma!!!
The Undeniably Best Solo Spice Record...for now at least. April 21, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To be honest, Emma was probably my least favorite Spice Girl just because she wasn't interesting enough. But with this album I say the heck with interesting and discovered that she is now my new favorite Spice Girl. While I like them as a group (yes I think Forever is a work of art), both of the Mel's albums to me kind of fell short of anything great (yeah I think Mel C's album is kind of stale..I'm american so of course I have a different musical taste). I only listen to them every so often and so I had a bad feeling when Emma's album was announced. But just a few days ago when I downloaded a few of her songs I had to order this album..plus I realized this spice definitely has a promising solo career ahead of her. If she can't conquer America then no solo spice can. Her songs are great. I mean she has such a nice voice and she covers all facets of music. She's basically what the Spice Girls are but as a solo artist instead. If you don't buy this album, not only are you not a good spice fan, but your denying yourself a really great musical experience!
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