All Saints [Bonus Track]

All Saints manages to distill their pop, hip-hop and soul influences into a kinder, gentler blend without giving up the groove. The rap segments are disarming, not alarming and the sex has it's place but it's not in your face. Velvety vocal harmonies float over sparse, gritty instrumentals furnished with traditional hip-hop scratch and sample underpinnings.
This album has a varied range of feelings and rythyms, with a good balance of ballads and up tunes. It goes from flirtatious to soul-searching, mischievous to mellow, but always party-perfect. Their British chart topper "I Know Where It's At" is a frisky and infectious dance tune, contrasting their follow-up hit "Never Ever," a heartfelt girl group anthem. All in all, ALL SAINTS is a pleasant invitation into a girl's heart; fun but not frivolous; sincere but not somber; innocent but not ignorant. You go, girls!