Northern Star (Melanie C album)

Northern Star
Northern Star
Studio album by Melanie C
Released	18 October 1999
Recorded	March–July 1999
Studio	O'Henry Sound (Burbank),; CaVa (Glasgow),; AIR, Angel, Olympic (London),; Cello, Fredonia International Studios, Guerrilla Beach, Sound Gallery, The Studio, The Village Recorder (Los Angeles),; Royaltone, Track Record (North Hollywood);
Genre	Pop
Length	53:18
Label	Virgin
Producer	Craig Armstrong; Marius De Vries; Rhett Lawrence; Damian LeGassick; Patrick McCarthy; Rick Nowels; William Orbit; Rick Rubin;
Melanie C chronology
Singles from Northern Star
	"Goin' Down"; Released: 29 September 1999; "Northern Star"; Released: 22 November 1999; "Never Be the Same Again"; Released: 20 March 2000; "I Turn to You"; Released: 7 August 2000; "If That Were Me"; Released: 27 November 2000;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
NME	Negative^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Slant Magazine	^[4]

Northern Star is the debut solo album by the English singer Melanie C, released on 18 October 1999 by Virgin Records. Chisholm and her team recruited several producers, including William Orbit, Rick Nowels, Marius de Vries and Craig Armstrong and Rick Rubin. Chisholm co-wrote every song.

The album combines pop with elements of rock, dance, trance, electronic rock and R&B, which contrasted with the sound of Chisolm's group the Spice Girls.^[1]^[3]^[5] It reached number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and the top ten in countries including Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherland, and Norway. In the United Kingdom, Northern Star reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and sold almost 900,000 copies. With worldwide sales close to 2.5 million copies, it is the biggest-selling solo Spice Girl album.^[6] The album was re-issued on 21 August 2000 to feature the single mixes of "Never Be the Same Again" and "I Turn to You", after the success of both singles.

^ ^a ^b ^c Northern Star at AllMusic
^ "Northern Star". NME.
^ ^a ^b "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009.
^ Cinquemani, Sal (20 August 2001). "Review: Mel C, Northern Star". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ Alexis Petridis (7 March 2003). "Melanie C: Reason". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Melanie C's debut solo album, 2000's Northern Star, seemed positively kaleidoscopic. It took in trance, Garbage-style techno-rock, R&B ballads and vaguely nu-metalish chest beating
^ "Spice Girls Lose Another Flavor". ABC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[allmusic-1] Northern Star at AllMusic

[2] "Northern Star". NME.

[rollingstone-3] "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009.

[4] Cinquemani, Sal (20 August 2001). "Review: Mel C, Northern Star". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[5] Alexis Petridis (7 March 2003). "Melanie C: Reason". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Melanie C's debut solo album, 2000's Northern Star, seemed positively kaleidoscopic. It took in trance, Garbage-style techno-rock, R&B ballads and vaguely nu-metalish chest beating

[worldwidesales-6] "Spice Girls Lose Another Flavor". ABC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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