Spice Girls yesterday (October 29) shared a deluxe reissue of their debut album Spice alongside a new video for their hit single “Wannabe”.
This was previously announced by the group and now Spice25 arrives as a 2CD set inside an A5 hardback book. They’ve also put together a variety of vinyl and cassette versions alongside an Apple exclusive remastered edition of the original album using Dolby Atmos.
The collection will also feature bonus tracks, b-sides and previously unheard recordings including a Dave Way alternative mix of breakthrough hit “Wannabe,” a 7-inch radio mix of “Say You’ll Be There,” an orchestral take on “2 Become 1″ and the 12-inch Unlimited Groove mix of “Love Thing.”
On top of this fans can also get six Spice Girls postcards with photos by Tim Roney taken in Paris in Sept. 1996. It will also be available in a Zeotrope picture disc and limited-edition coloured vinyl and cassettes (containing the audio from the original album only), with each Girl having a specific colour that corresponds across the vinyl and cassette editions.
In addition to this deluxe reissue, the group have also made a new video for their popular track featured on the album Wannabe, created by Tom Burden of design studio We Are GROWNUP, was filmed inside the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, the original location of the video from 1996. You can view the video below.
Speaking on the anniversary, Mel B said to NME “All I ever wanted was to be accepted and to make everyone around me – gay, straight, brown, black, shy or loud like me – to feel they can celebrate who they are and to be free to be themselves.”
She then continued “All I hope – 25 years on – is that message has been heard loud and clear. It’s true that in the end love IS all you need so I thank everyone who has ever bought a Spice Girls record or stood in the rain to greet us or got dressed up in pink, in a tracksuit, a ginger wig, a leopard print catsuit or put on Vic’s iconic pout!”
Spice was originally released on November 4, 1996, and went on to spend 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Official UK Album charts and more than a year in the top 40, while also hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album charts on its way to selling more than 31 million copies worldwide. The record is also the best-selling album of all time by a female group. You can view the full tracklisting below.
Track-listing:
CD1
- Wannabe
- Say You’ll Be There
- 2 Become 1 (Single Version)
- Love Thing
- Last Time Lover
- Mama
- Who Do You Think You Are
- Something Kinda Funny
- Naked
- If U Can’t Dance
CD2
- Wannabe (Dave Way Alternative Mix)
- Say You’ll Be There (7-inch Radio Mix)
- 2 Become 1 (Orchestral Version)
- Mama (Biffco Mix)
- Love Thing (12-inch Unlimited Groove Mix)
- Take Me Home (
- Last Time Lover (Demo)
- Feed Your Love
- If U Can’t Dance (Demo)
- Who Do You Think You Are (Demo)
- One of These Girls
- ‘Shall We Say Goodbye Then?’