Emma Bunton

Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton rallies her way through a number of musical identities on Free Me and manages to pull off most with surprising aplomb. Orchestrated beautifully with lush strings, "No Sign of Life" is the disc's highlight, but it's "Who the Hell Are You?" that sounds most like her "Girl Power" days of yore.

Having ushered in the girl-power era with the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton launches her
American solo career just as girlie-pop abandons its sleazy dance moves for cheesy
faux-punk guitars. Undaunted, the once Baby Spice takes the high road on her second
album and U.S. debut: Free Me is easy-listening fluff so lusciously lush and lovingly retro
that it's nearly radical. Rather than dumbing down tired Courtney Love licks, leg... More >