Spice Girls mark the 25th anniversary of “Spiceworld” with expanded edition

Norman van den Wildenberg | October 1, 2022 | Release | No Comments

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of “Spiceworld”, the multi-million selling second album by the biggest girl band of all time – the Spice Girls announce new and expanded versions of the album on multiple formats via UMC / Virgin Records – out November 4th.

Curated by the band themselves, “Spiceworld” 25 brings together the original chart-topping album with some of their favourite bonus tracks and B-Sides, along with previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.

The band say, ‘The “Spiceworld” era was such a fun time for us; we’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.’

The iconic “Spiceworld” album, released on November 3, 1997, spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Official Charts UK album chart and 48 weeks on the UK Top 40. It sold 192,000 copies in the UK in Week 1, passing a million sales after just eight weeks, reaching No. 1 in eleven other territories, No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in the US and No. 6 in Japan. “Spiceworld” has since sold more than 14 million copies worldwide, including more than 1.6 million in the UK (where industry trade body the BPI has certified it 5x Platinum) and 4.2 million in the US (certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA).

HERE'S THE STORY FROM A-Z… After their iconic 1996 debut single “Wannabe” topped the charts in 37 countries, Spice Girls' debut album Spice went on to sell more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album of all time by a female group. The girls have gone on to sell more than 90 million records around the globe, releasing three studio albums and 11 singles and winning a host of awards including a BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Across the formats, highlights include fan favourite “Step To Me,” originally the soundtrack to a 1997 soft drinks campaign where fans were required to collect twenty pink rings and pull tabs from cans in return for a four-track “not in the shops” CD single. “Spiceworld” 25 digital and 2CD formats include the previously unheard original demo recording.

Fans who have long clamoured for a live album that captured the excitement generated by the Spice Girls’ hugely successful 1998 ninety-seven-date European and North America tour will delight at the four previously unreleased live recordings included on both the 2LP set and the 2 Cassette tape set, all captured at different venues.

Together with some timeless remixes, a search of the archives revealed a previously unreleased version of “Viva Forever” – the “John Themis Ambient Mix” is named after the much-in-demand Australian-born guitarist who later co-wrote Emma Bunton’s April 2001 solo No. 1 “What Took You So Long.”

The digital, CD and cassette formats are rounded off by a brand new “Spice Girls Party Mix,” which pulls together some of the band’s biggest and most popular hits in a near-fifteen-minute fiesta of brilliant Pop music.

Track-listings (*Denotes previously unreleased tracks):

Digital Deluxe Edition:

Spice Up Your Life
Stop
Too Much
Saturday Night Divas
Never Give Up On The Good Times
Move Over
Do It
Denying
Viva Forever
The Lady Is A Vamp
Step To Me (7” Mix)
Outer Space Girls
Walk Of Life
Step To Me (Demo Version)*
Too Much (Live In Toronto, July 1998)*
Stop (Live In Madrid, March 1998)*
Move Over (Live In Istanbul, October 1997)
Spice Up Your Life (Live In Arnhem, March 1998)*
Viva Forever (Live In Manchester, April 1998)*
Spice Up Your Life (Morales Radio Mix)
Stop (Morales Remix Edit)
Too Much (SoulShock & Karlin Remix)
Viva Forever (John Themis Ambient Mix)*
Step To Me (Extended Mix)
Spice Girls Party Mix*

2CD + Hardback Book:

CD1.
Spice Up Your Life
Stop
Too Much
Saturday Night Divas
Never Give Up On The Good Times
Move Over
Do It
Denying
Viva Forever
The Lady Is A Vamp

CD2.
Step To Me (7” Mix)
Outer Space Girls
Walk Of Life
Step To Me (Demo Version)*
Too Much (Live In Toronto, July 1998)*
Stop (Live In Madrid, March 1998)*
Move Over (Live In Istanbul, October 1997)
Spice Up Your Life (Live In Arnhem, March 1998)*
Viva Forever (Live In Manchester, April 1998)*
Spice Up Your Life (Morales Radio Mix)
Stop (Morales Remix Edit)
Too Much (SoulShock & Karlin Remix)
Viva Forever (John Themis Ambient Mix)*
Step To Me (Extended Mix)
Spice Girls Party Mix*

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