Name: Northern Star by Melanie C
Brand: Melanie C
SKU: 724389638950
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Northern Star

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Follow Me

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Although she wasn't anointed Indie Spice by the British music press until after the Spice Girls' second album, Melanie Chisholm always made it clear that she preferred Blur to Take That. Of course, her personal musical tastes never surfaced on the Spices' albums, which may be the reason she is the first Spice to release a solo album while still in the group. With her debut, Northern Star, Mel C wants to break from her Sporty Spice persona while proving herself as a legitimate musician and she does, more or less, with a surprisingly diverse record. Melanie C has a fairly strong voice, a good sense of melody, and carries a tune with some personality, which is one of the reasons why the genre-hopping of Northern Star works. She can convincingly deliver everything from the pop balladry of the title track to the snarling, neo-industrial punk statement of purpose "Goin' Down." And it's a good thing that she can sound convincing on a variety of different styles, since Northern Star attempts to summarize pop music circa 1999. It begins with "Go!," a William Orbit-produced slice of swinging '60s pop with electronica underpinnings, and closes with the ballad "Feel the Sun." In between, she tries a bit of everything -- Brit pop on "Suddenly Monday," post-Garbage modern rock on "Ga Ga," techno-inflected dance on "I Turn to You," urban balladry on "Never Be the Same Again" (complete with a rap by Left Eye Lopes), and melodic adult pop on "Why." Certainly, that's a bit more stylistically schizophonic than Geri Halliwell's album, but that's its charm. It's not a knock-out, yet Northern Star is a solid, well-crafted alterna-pop of modest but palpable charms.
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1. Northern Star

by Melanie C

Background Vocals: Melanie C; Performer
Cello: Paul Kegg
Tony Lewis
Anthony Pleeth
Dave Daniels
Frank Schaefer
John Henley; Performer
Double Bass: Paul Morgan
Tom Croxon
Paul Cullington; Performer
Conductor: Matt Dunkley; Conductor
Engineer: Kinnie Starr
Tom Fritze; Production
Mixing Assistant: Tim Lauber; Production
Recording Assistant: Mike Olsen; Production
Guitar: Chris Bruce
Rick Nowels; Performer
Keyboard: Marius De Vries; Performer
Percussion: Steve Sidelnyk; Performer
Producer: Marius De Vries; Production
Primary Artist: Melanie C; Main Performer
Viola: Steve Tees
Rachel Bolt
Luciano Iorio
Katie Wilkinson
Jonathon Barritt
Bob Smissen
Bruce White
Nick Barr; Performer
Violin: Vaughan Armon
Peter Oxer
Pat Kiernan
Mike De Saulles
Jonathan Strange
Gillian Findlay
Ed Coxon
Dermot Crehan
Chris Tombling
Cathy Thompson
Antonio Fuchs
Dave Nolan
Perry Montague-mason
Everton Nelson
Thomas Kemp
Jonathan Evans-jones
Rachel Allen
Rebecca Carrington
Eddie Roberts
Rolf Wilson; Performer
Vocals: Melanie C; Performer
Composer: Melanie Chisholm
Rick Nowels; Composer
Performer: Rachel Allen
Jonathan Evans-jones
Dave Daniels
Anthony Pleeth
Chris Bruce
Steve Sidelnyk
Jonathon Barritt
Jonathan Strange
Gillian Findlay
Ed Coxon
Dermot Crehan
Chris Tombling
Cathy Thompson
Bob Smissen
Antonio Fuchs
Frank Schaefer
John Henley
Isobel Griffiths
Dave Nolan
Perry Montague-mason
Everton Nelson
Bruce White
Nick Barr
Thomas Kemp
Vaughan Armon
Rolf Wilson
Melanie C
Eddie Roberts
Marius De Vries
Rebecca Carrington
Tony Lewis
Rick Nowels
Paul Morgan
Matt Dunkley
Tom Croxon
Steve Tees
Rachel Bolt
Peter Oxer
Paul Kegg
Paul Cullington
Pat Kiernan
Mike De Saulles
Luciano Iorio
Katie Wilkinson; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Matt Dunkley; Composer
Mixing: Patrick Mccarthy; Production
Programmer: Steve Sidelnyk
Pete Davis
Marius De Vries
Alexis Smith; Production
Recording: Gary Thomas; Production
Strings Contractor: Isobel Griffiths; Production
Studio Personnel: Patrick Mccarthy
Gary Thomas
Kinnie Starr
Mike Olsen
Tim Lauber
Tom Fritze; Production
Strings Conductor: Matt Dunkley; Other

2. Follow Me

by Melanie C

Background Vocals: Melanie Chisholm
Windy Wagner
Della Miles; Performer
Cello: Anthony Pleeth
Tony Lewis
Dave Daniels
Paul Kegg
Frank Schaefer
John Henley; Performer
Double Bass: Tom Croxon
Paul Morgan
Paul Cullington; Performer
Conductor: Matt Dunkley; Conductor
Engineer: Tom Fritze
Kinnie Starr; Production
Mixing Assistant: Tim Lauber; Production
Recording Assistant: Mike Olsen; Production
Flute: Jon Clark; Performer
Guitar: Chris Bruce; Performer
Keyboard: Marius De Vries; Performer
Composer: Melanie Chisholm
Billy Steinberg
Bryan Adams; Composer
Producer: Marius De Vries; Production
Primary Artist: Melanie C; Main Performer
Performer: Nick Barr
Vaughan Armon
Tom Croxon
Steve Tees
Rachel Bolt
Peter Oxer
Paul Kegg
Paul Cullington
Pat Kiernan
Mike De Saulles
Melanie Chisholm
Luciano Iorio
Katie Wilkinson
Jonathon Barritt
Jonathan Strange
Gillian Findlay
Ed Coxon
Dermot Crehan
Chris Tombling
Cathy Thompson
Bob Smissen
Windy Wagner
Jon Clark
Rachel Allen
Jonathan Evans-jones
Thomas Kemp
Antonio Fuchs
Frank Schaefer
John Henley
Isobel Griffiths
Dave Nolan
Perry Montague-mason
Everton Nelson
Bruce White
Rolf Wilson
Eddie Roberts
Della Miles
Marius De Vries
Rebecca Carrington
Tony Lewis
Paul Morgan
Dave Daniels
Anthony Pleeth
Chris Bruce; Performer
Viola: Steve Tees
Rachel Bolt
Luciano Iorio
Katie Wilkinson
Jonathon Barritt
Bob Smissen
Bruce White
Nick Barr; Performer
Violin: Vaughan Armon
Peter Oxer
Pat Kiernan
Mike De Saulles
Jonathan Strange
Gillian Findlay
Ed Coxon
Dermot Crehan
Chris Tombling
Cathy Thompson
Antonio Fuchs
Dave Nolan
Perry Montague-mason
Everton Nelson
Thomas Kemp
Jonathan Evans-jones
Rachel Allen
Rebecca Carrington
Eddie Roberts
Rolf Wilson; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Marius De Vries; Composer
Mixing: Patrick Mccarthy; Production
Programmer: Steve Sidelnyk
Alexis Smith
Pete Davis
Marius De Vries; Production
Recording: Gary Thomas; Production
Strings Contractor: Isobel Griffiths; Production
Studio Personnel: Mike Olsen
Gary Thomas
Kinnie Starr
Patrick Mccarthy
Tim Lauber
Tom Fritze; Production

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1 volume only

Tracks

2 tracks available

Type

SINGLE

Format

Digital Media

Duration

8 minutes and 53 seconds

Explicit

None

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Booklet

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CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Pop/Rock, R&B, Soul, Dance, Britpop

Label

Virgin Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Nov 1, 1999

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Available

Delivery Charge

Free

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UPC

724389638950

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Northern Star

1. Northern Star

2. Follow Me

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2. Follow Me

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