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ALBUM TITLE: S Club
RATING: Very Good
What�s up with the UK? The latest teen group incarnation from the United Kingdom certainly seems to have all the bases covered � seven high-energy teens singing bubblegum pop, dancing and cavorting their way to the top of the charts. Texting all kids: S Club 7 has arrived.
Tina, Paul, Rachel, Jo, Bradley, Jon and Hannah certainly sound like they�re having fun � pretty good, and expected of a team that�s been assembled by Simon Fuller, he of the Spice Girls juggernaut. Mickey Mouse meets Mel B. Dear Lord.
The album itself, �S Club,� is a collection of happy, feel-good, horn-laden pop songs that the kids over there at the nearby grade school will sing nonstop. The vocals, while ordinary and indistinguishable (can�t tell Rachel from Jo from Tina from whoever the heck the other four members are), are certainly impassioned; don�t expect Sting-like lyrics (sample: �When the other guy is bigger than the sky, just before he�s gonna hit ya, you can always try a smile� � he�s about to clobber me, and you�re telling me to grin?). You wanna try driving at 12 midnight with your windows down listening to this? Nah. Play it at the company picnic. Or driving your kid sister to dance practice.
The British certainly support their pop artists in full force. Eliot Kennedy and Absolut (Spice Girls) throw their full support behind them. Cathy Dennis, a popular artist in her own right, contributes a couple of tunes, while the Dufflebag Brothers add some more. Put great pop songs together with great-looking, great-dancing kids, you�ve got yourself a great early teen album. It�s pleasing pop in its purest form. So if you�d like to play the kid for a day, perhaps joining S Club 7 might be an option for you.
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