Former Spice Girl Melanie C has released her sixth studio album today titled “Stages.” The album is full of covers of Melanie’s favorite Broadway show tunes!
The former (or current?) Spice Girl made a splash this summer when she and her other four iconic friends closed the London Olympics in what was one of the most anticipated performances of the Olympic fortnight.
Melanie’s new album Stages also features a duet with fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton, a.k.a. Baby Spice. Emma is featured on the song “I Know Him So Well.”
Check out a one-minute preview of each of the songs from Stages in this YouTube playlist below!
Here’s a synopsis of the album straight from Melanie C’s website:
‘Stages,’ an album Melanie recorded with long time collaborator Peter-John Vettese, features a collection of songs from the theatre that have been important to Melanie at various stages of her life. This release is now digitally available for pre-order on iTunes worldwide. Alongside iTunes this release will also available for pre-order on various other digital outlets within the next few days, as soon as these links are available we will include them in this article.
If you want to order this release on CD, it’s now available in our official store (including a free photo print) as well as on play.com, Amazon and HMV. The CD release will also be available in all major U.K. outlets from September 10 onwards.
In a world with Glee taking over the music charts, it seems there may be a strong interest in Melanie C’s show tunes!
Will you be picking up a copy of Melanie C’s new album Stages?
Let us know your thoughts about each of the songs from stages in the comments below and be sure to grab your copy of Melanie’s new album today on iTunes!