Following the cancellation of her electropop album 'Open Your Eyes', Victoria Beckham teamed up with producer Damon Dash to record some songs with a more urban feel, and a Dash-produced track 'It's That Simple' featuring M.O.P. premiered on radio stations in July 2003 as a promotional single, generating mixed reviews. As she was still unsure of her new direction, her first single for her new label Telstar was a double A-side, featuring 'Let Your Head Go' from the abandoned 'Open Your Eyes' album, and 'This Groove' from the new sessions with Damon Dash. It was released in the UK on 29 December 2003, with heavy promotion and many TV appearances across the Christmas period, and with the video being directed by Andy Hylton, it all resulted in a number three chart single in the UK. The idea behind releasing the double A-side was to gauge the public's reaction to the two different styles of music, and if 'Let Your Head Go' was more successful, she would release the 'Open Your Eyes' album, but if 'This Groove' was better rated then she would release the R&B album 'Come Together'. Outside of the UK, Dash had plans for her in the US, including a potential release of 'This Groove', and he was sure that she'd be successful because R&B was in vogue, and her music style was similar to Jennifer Lopez. However, in April 2004 Telstar announced bankruptcy, and both albums were cancelled, leaving Beckham thoroughly exasperated at all the wasted time in studio, so she gave up music to focus on her fashion career. In this post we have the cancelled 'Come Together' album, and so we can now be the judges of which is the better style, much as the public was asked to do when the double A-side was released in 2003.
Track listing
01 This Groove
02 Jealous Ones
03 Me And You This Time
04 That Dude (feat. Old Dirty Bastard)
05 Freedom
06 Resentment (Elvis Song)
07 He's My Lover
08 I'll Take You There
09 Valentine
10 Spell On Me
11 This Groove (Part 2)
12 So Cold
13 Come Together
14 DAT Simple (feat. M.O.P.)