Year: 1997
Track: SPICE UP YOUR LIFE- SPICE GIRLS
Comment: Bit of a banger and also a bit of a mess. First single from he “difficult” second album. When I was younger it was the third album that was the “difficult” one, but things change I suppose.
Rating: C+
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Year: 1996
Track: SAY YOU’LL BE THERE – SPICE GIRLS
Comment: Lightweight, Likeable, Forgettable
Rating: C
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Year: 1995
Track: GANGSTA’S PARADISE – COOLIO FEATURING LV
Comment: This is a welcome change of pace. It has been oft parodied, but is still quite powerful when you stop and listen to it.
Rating: B
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Year: 1994
Track: SURE – TAKE THAT
Comment: Mr Barlow’s attempt at hitting a smooth soul groove, without the soul …. or the groove. Forgettable.
Rating: C
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Year: 1993
Track: I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON’T DO THAT) – MEAT LOAF
Comment: This a proper bit of over-emoting baroque bombast. I am still of the opinion that anyone who doesn’t like Mr Loaf at his best is a little bit dead inside.
Rating: B+
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Year: 1992
Track: SLEEPING SATELLITE – TASMIN ARCHER
Comment: Now not heard this is a while, I remember going to see her live as well. Definitely has an early 90s feed about it but otherwise a very nice little tune, maybe a bit too nice.
Rating: B
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Year: 1991
Track: (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU – BRYAN ADAMS
Comment: This was number one so long I suppose it would have been asking too much to avoid it. A meh bit of soft rock antheming, more Costner than Rickman.
Rating: C
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Year: 1990
Track: A LITTLE TIME – BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
Comment: A lovely song, sweet and sour, like sucking a sherbet lemon.
Rating: A
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Year: 1989
Track: THAT’S WHAT I LIKE – JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS
Comment: For some reason Jive Bunny had a lock on the charts at the end of the 80s. It’s awful as you would expect, but I did like the Hawaii Five O at the start and I’m a sucker for Jerry Lee Lewis so that edges it up a bit.
Rating: D+
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Year: 1988
Track: ONE MOMENT IN TIME – WHITNEY HOUSTON
Comment: Whitney, Whitney, Whitney you’re so much better than this. Saccharine Coke aspirational nonsense. I think this was the official tune of the Atlanta Olympics, and that was the worst Olympics of recent times.
Rating: D
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