This Time [Import]

Melanie C | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B000O5BOSS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Understand

2. What If I Stay

3. Protected

4. This Time

5. Carolyna

6. Forever Again

7. Your Mistake

8. The Moment You Believe

9. Don't Let Me Go

10. Immune

11. May Your Heart

12. Out of Time

13. I Want Candy [*]

Editorial Reviews

Fourth solo album from the former Spice Girl (she was Sporty Spice if you're keeping track). Produced by Stephen Hague (New Order, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Pet Shop Boys, etc), This Time has a heavier feel to it as she moves away from lightweight Dance/Pop into rockier terrain. Includes the first single, her take on The Strangeloves/Bow Wow Wow hit 'I Want Candy'. Red Girl. 2007. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believing in the Music..., May 1, 2007

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Neptunian Spirit "Q" (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Time (Audio CD)

Melanie C has been one to watch since she emerged solo from the pop juggernaut that was the Spice Girls in 1999 with her debut breakout "Northern Star." Since that time, much has happened, Melanie has grappled with her self-image, been dropped by her label, started her own, & become her own artist.

Melanie often was dubbed "Indie Spice" or "Rock Spice," terms that were slightly accurate were limiting, but it seemed she bought into them herself on her third album, 2005's "Beautiful Intentions." While a decent effort, "Beautiful Intentions" felt as though she was trying to prove something, her credibility, her strength, who knows? It didn't resonate with everyone.

On her second album on her own label, her fourth overall, "This Time" finds Melanie has embraced herself & it is reflected in this amazing set of songs.

Opening on the Keane inspired "Understand" Melanie weaves an emotional tapestry of musical emotions, while still layering her songs in a fashion, so that they don't run together. The title track is a soaring inspirational number, one that shows how Melanie became the vocal figurehead in the Spice Girls. "What If I Stay" is a hushed gem, that features an Alanis Morrisette inspired harmonica break, "Carolyna" is an uptempo rocker that is sure to charm any who hear it.

Her duet with Adam Argyle (writer of "Next Best Superstar") "Don't Let Me Go", is romantic and comes off as sincere rather than canned lovey dovey fluff. The first single from the record, her cover of the 1960's cult pop cut "I Want Candy" by The Strangeloves, then made infamous in the 1980's by Bow Wow Wow, is pure fun. Punchy ska-like horns and a sunny vocal delivery show that Melanie has learned to love her pop-oriented roots.

"This Time" is a consistenly pleasing set of contemporary rock/pop songs, with your typical inspirational and love themed material. While not as schiphrenically appealing as her debut, it isn't as undercooked has her prior record was. Rather it combines the emotional lift that made "Reason" appealing and the moodiness of "Beautiful Intentions," to give it that charismatic approach. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Melanie's Back in Business!, April 13, 2007

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Reijo Piippula "Rekko" (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Time (Audio CD)

Melanie C proves with this album that she is one of the best singers in the world right now. She has a perfect voice both for the rock songs ("Out of Time", "Understand", and "Carolyna") and for the great ballads ("Forever Again", "May Your Heart", and "The Moment You Believe") and anything between them. However, I still think that this album is not the most original you can get. It is well done but something's missing. The lyrics are however, very positive. For example, one of her earlier songs "On the Horizon" is one of her most positive songs. You can find many positive songs here too..."Protected", "Corolyna", "Immune" etc. This is quite a difficult album to like. For example, I listen to this album seven times before I realized how good one this really is. It may be that the more I listen to it the more I like it. In fact, the only song I don't like in this album is "What If I Stay" which is quite a peaceful one and an interesting choice for number two.
Stars: Carolyna, Understand

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sound for Melanie C., December 14, 2007

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TnaTheLLama "TnaTheLlama" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Time (Audio CD)

From the pop-y "Northern Star" to the rock-y "Beautiful Intentions", her album "This Time" is probably her best alternative rock sounding album with more of an acoustic sound, where you can really hear her voice.

HIGHLY recommend Melanie C's b-sides:
- "Fragile" from 'The Moment You Believe' single
- "We Love to Entertain You" from "This Time" single