All Saints Album: “All Saints [Bonus Track]”

I have always thought of the All Saints as the RnB version of the Spice Girls - they wore trainers instead of platforms and wore tracksuits and hoodies instead of midriff tops and mini skirts. But they were just as good (coming from a Spice Girls fan), with a fantastic debut album. My rundown:

1. Never Ever

Favourite songs in order:

1. Under The Bridge

Overall, a high quality debut that goes down in history as being the alternative to the Spicies for RnB fans. Very good.

A girl group that can sing and write. All saints are a brilliant pop (with a little bit of a rock sound in places) act. This has some very good music like Lady Marmalade, Bootie Call and War of Nerves. They done a brilliant job with this album and it sounds good and well written. One of the best pop albums of the 90's

I bought this CD a 5 years ago because I loved "Never Ever". I listened to it off and on, but this year I put it back in my CD player and was surprised to see how well it has held up over the years. "Never Ever" still sounds good, but the other songs sound better than I remember them. Their covers of "Under the Bridge" and "Lady Marmalade" are surprisingly good, and most of the other songs are strong as well.

The Spice Girls comparisons are inevitable, but All Saints stand alone, even though they were never as huge as the Spice Girls in the US.

I recommend checking this album out. It is a good blend of pop and R&B, and it should have been a bigger hit in the US.

this album is a perfectly viable option for those seeking the musical equivalent of tripe but, beyond serving as mindless, unintrusive background music, it's good for little else. though the british do hold their girl groups in more esteem than we do here, in america, it's generally because they have more of a reason to. while groups such as banarama, eternal and even the spice girls may appear like so much fluff on the outside, closer investigation reveals that each has something special about them be it a knack for sublte irony, talent or a super-human talent for marketing (or a combination thereof). sadly, the all saints lack any such distinguishing factor making them more comparable to one of the many girl groups churned out in the u.s.. not only is their original material completely devoid of any content beyond enjoying a party, they somehow manage to turn covers of the red hot chili peppers' "under the bridge" and labelle's "lady marmalade" into the most saccharin of bubble gum. when will people learn to not cover patti labelle?

The All Saint's are the best thing to come out of Britain since the Spice Girls. I love the funky, dance groove of "I Know Where It's At" and the naughty remake of "Lady Marmalade". My favorite song is, of course, "Never Ever", a true classic. They do an excellent R&B cover of "Under The Bridge" and the soulful "War of Nerves" is also a favorite of mine. And just for the pure guilty pleasure of it, check out "Bootie Call". It's fun, sexy, and the girls look hot in their video!