Emma Bunton's Discography

A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me was Emma's solo debut album, released on 16 April 2001 in the United Kingdom. The album peaked in its first week at number four, with 21,500 copies sold – the highest album debut from a solo Spice Girl. Although initial success was promising, A Girl Like Me fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away", and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album hover around the UK Albums Chart for several weeks. A Girl Like Me sold around 125,000 copies in the United Kingdom, the one hundred and forty-seventh best seller of 2001. It also sold 500,000 copies worldwide.

Track Listing

1. "What Took You So Long?" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, Dave Morgan) – 3:59
2. "Take My Breath Away" (Emma Bunton, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector) – 3:34
3. "A World Without You" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:53
4. "High on Love" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, Sharon Murphy) – 3:49
5. "A Girl Like Me" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:01
6. "Spell It O.U.T." (Emma Bunton, Andrew Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:12
7. "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" (Martin Glover, Zoë) – 4:17
8. "Been There, Done That" (Emma Bunton, Andrew Frampton, Chris Braide) – 3:05
9. "Better Be Careful" (Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes) – 3:19
10. "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" (Emma Bunton, Rhett Lawrence) – 3:23
11. "She Was a Friend of Mine" (Emma Bunton, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 3:34
12. "What I Am" (Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton) (Kenny Withrow, Edie Brickell) – 4:34

Free Me

Free Me was Emma's second studio album, released on 9 February 2004 in the United Kingdom and Canada, 20 September 2004 in Brazil, and 25 January 2005 in the United States.

The album was the second to follow her 2001 release, A Girl Like Me, and spent over twelve weeks inside the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number seven, and selling over 150,000 copies, earning Gold award status. The album was widely acclaimed by critics as being the "one of best solo Spice records ever" due to its catchy and fun use of sounds from the Motown and 1960s era. The album was largely produced by Mike Peden and Yak Bondy, who have produced tracks for S Club 7 and Lucie Silvas to name a few. Other contributions on the album courtesy of Cathy Dennis, Henry Binns, and Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. "One Thing I Know", an unreleased track co-written by Bunton for Free Me, was recorded by another 19 Management act, S Club 8, for their album Sundown. Bunton's original vocals can clearly be heard on S Club 8's version.

The first single, "Free Me", was released in the spring of 2003. The song immediately picked up airplay, and the single sold well in the UK, peaking at number five on the UK Albums Chart. "Maybe" was released as the second single in the autumn of 2003, and also gained extensive airplay throughout the UK, and peaked one position lower than its predecessor, at number six.

In the spring of 2004, the third single, "I'll Be There", and the album were released. The single, like its two predecessors, performed well on the charts, peaking at number seven, one position below "Maybe", and two positions below "Free Me". The album sold more copies in its first week then her debut solo record had, and would ultimately go on to outsell it by 25,000 copies.

In the U.S., both "Free Me" and "Maybe" were dance club regulars. The songs peaked in the top three of the U.S. Billboard dance chart at number one and number three respectively.

Motown Sound
The album was released via 19 Recordings, which is a division of 19 Management, the company owned by Simon Fuller. Bunton says of the inspiration behind the album: "I've been listening to Motown since I was about five, and just loving it, being very passionate about the fact how it was all done live, and I thought, 'Hold on, I always talk about the fact I love '60s and Motown', so I thought I'd take elements of it, bits of it, and put it into my album, so that's exactly what I did." However, Bunton's songs on this album mainly started life as a simple scribble. She says, "I have a little book beside my bed, where I put all my ideas for songs and stuff. It's kind of weird, 'cuz usually when I'm having a dream, I'll wake up, and I'll write something down, then I'll look at it again and think, 'God, what was I dreaming about?'"

Track Listing

1. "Free Me" (Emma Bunton, Helene Muddiman, Michael Peden) – 4:27
2. "Maybe" (Yak Bondy, Emma Bunton) – 3:43
3. "I'll Be There" (Emma Bunton, Helene Muddiman, Michael Peden) – 3:24
4. "Tomorrow" (Yak Bondy, Emma Bunton) – 3:56
5. "Breathing" (Henry Binns, Emma Bunton, Yoyo Olugbo) – 4:03
6. "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (Ray Gilbert, Marcos Valle) – 2:46
7. "No Sign of Life" (Simon Ellis, Stephen Lee) – 3:38
8. "Who the Hell Are You" (Emma Bunton, Nigel Butler, Ray Hedges) – 3:19
9. "Lay Your Love on Me" (Emma Bunton, Cathy Dennis) – 3:25
10. "Amazing" (featuring Luis Fonsi) (Emma Bunton, Helene Muddiman, Nina Marander, Michael Peden) – 4:06
11. "You Are" (Emma Bunton, Tim Lever, Mike Percy) – 3:46
12. "Something So Beautiful" (Emma Bunton, Peter Lewinson, Steve Lewinson) – 3:44

Life in Mono

Life in Mono is the third studio album by Emma. Originally set for a November release in the United Kingdom, it was later moved to 4 December. The album is much like her previous album, Free Me, with elements of British pop music of the 1960s and Motown. The first single taken from the album was a cover of Petula Clark's 1964 hit single "Downtown", released on 13 November. "Downtown" is the 2006 BBC Children in Need official charity single. "All I Need to Know" was released as second single. Bunton had been working on her third release since 2005. The title track of the album is a cover version of the hit "Life in Mono" by 1990s trip hop band Mono, best known through its usage in the 1998 film Great Expectations. The track "Take Me To Another Town" features a sample of the Herb Alpert song "Green Peppers".

The album charted at number 65 on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending 10 December and remain in the top 75 also in the second week charting at number 75. It sold around 45,000 copies.

Track Listing

1. "All I Need to Know" – 4:18
2. "Life in Mono" – 3:48
3. "Mischievous" – 3:41
4. "Perfect Strangers" – 3:31
5. "He Loves Me Not" – 3:28
6. "I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)" – 3:31
7. "Take Me to Another Town" – 4:80
8. "Undressing You" – 3:21
9. "I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays" – 3:23
10. "All That You'll Be" – 4:00
11. "Downtown" – 3:24

* UK special edition
12. "Something Tells Me (Something's Going to Happen)" – 3:41
13. "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps" – 2:30
14. "Por Favor" – 2:35

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