L.A. State of Mind is the second solo album from Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Melanie Janine "Scary Spice" Brown , often better known as Mel B, is an English pop singer-songwriter, actress, author and television presenter...

, famously known as Spice Girl

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

 Mel B. Brown surprised fans with her return, it having been five years since her debut album, Hot

Hot (Melanie Brown album)

Hot is the debut album by British pop singer Melanie B, who is a member of the Spice Girls.The album was released on October 9, 2000, less than a month before the release of Forever, the third studio album by the Spice Girls; this is cited as the main reason that Hot was not successful: fans were...

.

The only single from the album was "Today

Today (Melanie B song)

"Today" was the first and only single from Melanie B's second solo album, L.A. State of Mind. It was released on June 13, 2005. It entered and peaked at #41, charting for only one week , making it the lowest selling single of a Spice Girls member....

", for which Melanie completed a two-week promotional tour of the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Brown, who at the time resided in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 was not in the UK for the week of the single's release. It entered and peaked at #41, charting for only one week, making it the lowest charting and selling single from a Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

 member up to that point.

In a scathing review, Allmusic stated that this album was one of the worst pop albums of the decade. The album was also released with a bonus DVD

DVD

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 featuring an in-depth documentary filmed and directed by Mark McConnell.

Track listing

1. "Today
   Today (Melanie B song)
   "Today" was the first and only single from Melanie B's second solo album, L.A. State of Mind. It was released on June 13, 2005. It entered and peaked at #41, charting for only one week , making it the lowest selling single of a Spice Girls member....
   
   " – 3:16
2. "Stay in Bed Days" – 4:05
3. "Beautiful Girl" – 3:47
4. "Music of the Night (Perdido)" – 3:48
5. "If I Had My Life Again" – 4:41
6. "In Too Deep" – 4:00
7. "Sweet Pleasure" – 3:40
8. "L.A. State of Mind" – 3:44
9. "Say Say Say" – 3:54
10. "Bad, Bad Girl" – 3:25
11. "Hold On" – 3:51