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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Free Me | | 4:28 | | 2 | | Maybe | | 3:43 | | 3 | | I'll Be There | | 3:23 | | 4 | | Tomorrow | | 3:55 | | 5 | | Breathing | | 4:00 | | 6 | | Crickets Sing For Anamaria | | 2:46 | | 7 | | No Sign Of Life | | 3:38 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Who The Hell Are You | | 3:18 | | 9 | | Lay Your Love On Me | | 3:23 | | 10 | | Amazing | | 4:06 | | 11 | | You Are | | 3:46 | | 12 | | Something So Beautiful | | 3:46 |
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Review
Having ushered in the girl-power era with the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton launches her American solo career just as girlie-pop abandons its sleazy dance moves for cheesy faux-punk guitars. Undaunted, the once Baby Spice takes the high road on her second album and U.S. debut: Free Me is easy-listening fluff so lusciously lush and lovingly retro that it's nearly radical. Rather than dumbing down tired Courtney Love licks, leggy Emma blows big kisses to Burt Bacharach, Brazil and swinging- Sixties British birds such as Petula Clark via massive… Read More orchestrations, bossa nova beats and substantial tunes. Bunton's voice isn't big, but it's sweetly nuanced, and she coos through Marcos Valle's samba classic "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" and spot-on Sixties pop tributes such as "I'll Be There" with a freshness bound to surprise even longtime Spiceheads.
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