Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic

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In the new issue of Mojo, Peter Bagge 'famed Hate cartoonist' has a piece about teen pop. In it he claims to be the worlds sole defender of Geri Halliwell's, magnum opus Schizophonic.

I haven't heard it, or had the wish to hear it, but is Pete right and should I search out a copy?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno, but I've got the Victoria Beckham CD

― dave q, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Only if you find it cheap. Overloaded with really slushy ballads, it is. Maybe worth buying for the unintentionally hilarious - and therefore highly entertaining "You're In A Bubble". One would expect that Geri, aware of her pretty weak voice, would have avoided anything even remotely challenging, but she didn't.

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster is much better as it has both her best uptempo song ever (the title track), her best ballad (Calling), two utterly ludicrous stompers (Feels Like Sex and Shake Your Bootie Cutie - written by Gregg Alexander, popfans!) as well as a song called It's Heaven and Hell (Being Geri Halliwell) that interpolates "Fame" and has cash register noises. You can always just skip over "It's Raining Men" and enjoy the wide-eyed crapness of the rest of it too.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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