Track Listing 1. Never Gonna Fall 2. Real Thing 3. I'm Leavin' 4. Suzanne 5. Never Never Gonna Give You Up 6. Don't Cry For Me 7. Line 8. Very Thought Of You 9. You Know How To Love Me 10. I Cried My Last Tear Last Night 11. Honest 12. Somewhere In Time 13. Got Me Missing You 14. Footsteps 15. Real Thing (Touch mix) 16. People Hold On (Bootleg mix)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Ian Devaney | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Personnel: Lisa Stansfield (vocals); Wah Wah Watson, Des Moore (guitar); Simon Vance, Drusilla Harris, Jan Nossek, Richard Thirlwell, Martin Clark, Julia Hoyle, Vivien Birdsall, Louise Peacock, Kate Evans, Min Yang, Clare Dixon (strings); Dan Higgins, Chris "Snake" Davis (saxophone, flute); Jerry Hey, Gary Grant (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Thrikell (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Ian Devaney (keyboards, guitar, programming); Gary J. Crockett, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Snowboy, Luis Conte (percussion); Peter Mokran (programming, guitar, keyboards); Aileen McLaughin, Anna Ross (background vocals).For her return to American shores after a six-year absence, Lisa Stansfield packed her self-titled album with slower and more emotive material. Songs like "I'm Leavin'" feature Stansfield supported by her En Vogue-like background singers, while "The Line" is in the same vein, but with a faster tempo and a funkier reading by Stansfield.But not all of LISA STANSFIELD is heartbreak and tear-stained letters. The Mancunian soul singer uses lush orchestration, wah-wah guitar and bright sounding piano on "The Real Thing" and later flirts with acid-jazz by incorporating flutes and an up-tempo beat into the heart of "You Know How To Love Me." Most interesting is a cover of her hero Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up." Staying true to the full arrangements of the original, Stansfield updates this classic by adding a lo-fi drum machine rhythm and a scratching turntable to her version.
Editorial Reviews 3 Stars (out of 5) - ...Stansfield's excellent singing remains on a par with the best American female R&B and the songs are consistently superior... Q (04/01/1997)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...belts her heart out in a voice that's smooth and pliant....Old-fashioned melodrama is where she's at. Rolling Stone (08/07/1997)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...belts her heart out in a voice that's smooth and pliant....Old-fashioned melodrama is where she's at.Q (4/97, p.130) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - ...Stansfield's excellent singing remains on a par with the best American female R&B and the songs are consistently superior... Rolling Stone (08/07/1997)
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