From The Sun:
1. NOT SUCH AN INNOCENT GIRL
Victoria: "It was the last track I recorded and I didn't write this one but the record company loved it so much they wanted it on the album."
Bizarre verdict: A strange choice for the first single release - there are much better songs on this album.
7/10
2. A MIND OF ITS OWN
Victoria: "This is one of my favourites on the record - it's got a classic structure with a big chorus."
Bizarre verdict: Great pop song that will go down well with kids.
8/10
3. THAT KIND OF GIRL
Victoria: "This is my absolute favourite on the album. I think it sums me and David up perfectly.
One of the lines in the song is about sipping champagne out of paper cups - and that's what I do. We're both just like that."
Bizarre verdict: A slow one which is not so catchy but one for the romantics out there.
6/10
4. LIKE THAT
Victoria: "I wrote and recorded this in London. It's basically got a different angle to it.
I'm singing about a relationship that my friend is having, it's not about me."
Bizarre verdict: A funky, hip tune that reflects the music scene in the UK at the moment.
7/10
5. GIRLFRIEND
Victoria: "I wrote this song with Dane Bowers on the train on the way back from Brighton.
We literally wrote the lyrics on the backs of our train tickets.
It isn't autobiographical, it's about a girl telling her friend not to trust her man because he is cheating on her. It's something that I think a lot of people can relate to."
Bizarre verdict: It has a two-step feel to it and a lot of attitude.
8/10
6. MIDNIGHT FANTASY
Victoria: "This is a great pop song, very catchy, quite light and it goes along like a Janet Jackson track. I did this one in Stockholm."
Bizarre verdict: The synth sounds in this make it sound pure pop. Good single potential.
7/10
7. I.O.U.
Victoria: "This song is all about David. I just felt that I wouldn't be where I am today without him and this track is dedicated to him. Like the song says, I owe him everything. I would be nothing without him."
Bizarre verdict: Great ballad.
7/10
8. NO TRIX, NO GAMES
Victoria: "Everyone thinks they know me but they don't.
This isn't Posh 'n' Becks, this isn't the Spice Girls, this is Victoria Beckham, what do you think? That's what I'm saying here."
Bizarre verdict: One of the best tracks on the album. Its funky, cool and catchy. Could be a chart hit.
8/10
9. I WISH
Victoria: "This is quite a cool dancey track. When I went to the recording studios in LA I told the guys I was working with that while I wanted a big American sound, I also wanted to make a pop record."
Bizarre verdict: This is the track that leaked out early on to the internet. Will do well as a single.
8/10
10. WHATCHA TALKIN BOUT
Victoria: "I think this is a great blend of American R&B with British pop. It's exactly the type of sound I wanted to create and I think my vocals really come through on this track."
Bizarre verdict: Without a doubt the best track on the album. It's cool, dancey and very much of today, with the same vocal sound Victoria had on the Truesteppers track.
Should have been the first single released from the album.
10/10
11. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Victoria: "This is a lovely ballad - another one I wrote for David. It's all about us and our relationship."
Bizarre verdict: This would make a perfect Christmas single, it's spine-tingling and very romantic.
9/10
12. EVERY PART OF ME
Victoria: "This song is all about Brooklyn, about how he makes me feel and how I see lots of me in him.
He was with me the whole time while I was recording the album and his giggles are on the beginning of the track."
Bizarre verdict: Could make another single release - but don't expect to see Brooklyn in the video!
8/10
Thanks --J--.
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