It's a Natural Thang

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It's a Natural Thang
Studio album by For Real
Released	March 22, 1994
Recorded	???
Genre	R&B
Length	58 min 44 sec
Label	A&M
Producer	Necia Bray, Fil Brown, Ray Cham, For Real, Jason Hess, John Howcott, Brian McKnight, Marc Nelson, Emanuel Officer, Donald Parks, Tony Robinson, Annie Roboff, Sol Survivor, Stoker, Mervyn Warren, Wendell Wellman
For Real chronology
It's a Natural Thang (1994) Free (1996)

It's a Natural Thang is the debut Album by R&B group For Real, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music).

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Easy to Love" (Necia Bray, John Hess) - 4:35
2. "Where Did Your Love Go?" (Bray, Hess, Huey Jackson) - 4:42
3. "You Don't Wanna Miss" (Sherree Ford-Payne, Wendell Wellman) - 3:48
4. "Just a Matter of Time" (Ray Cham, For Real) - 6:26
5. "Li'l Bit" (Cham, For Real) - 5:10
6. "Don't Wanna Love You Now" (Bray) - 5:03
7. "You Don't Know Nothin'" (Hallerin Hilton Hill, Mervyn Warren) - 3:57
8. "With This Ring (Say Yes)" (For Real, John Howcott, Emanuel Officer, Donald Parks) - 5:18
9. "D'Yer Mak'er" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 5:15
10. "The Harder I Try" (Bray) - 4:21
11. "I Like" (Fil Brown, N'Dea Davenport, Tony Robinson) - 4:43
12. "Thinking of You" (For Real, Annie Roboff) - 4:56
13. "The Prayer" - 0:30

[edit] Personnel

• Alex Al - bass
• Gerald Albright - bass, saxophone
• Marc Antoine - guitar
• George Archie - drums
• Francis Bacon - bass
• Buddy Black - guitar
• Fil Brown - guitar, drums, keyboard
• Jonathan Buck - piano
• Ray Cham - piano, keyboard, multi instruments
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Derrick Edmondson - saxophone
• David Ervin - keyboards, synthesizer programming
• For Real - background vocals
• Dave Foreman - guitar
• Jason Hess - multi instruments
• John Howcott - keyboard
• Tim May - guitar
• Brian McKnight - strings, keyboard
• Donald Parks - keyboard
• Tony Robinson - keyboard
• Annie Roboff - multi instruments
• Tory Ruffin - guitar
• Sol Survivor - keyboard, multi instruments
• Art Zamora - guitar

[edit] Production

• Producers: Necia Bray, Fil Brown, Ray Cham, For Real, Jason Hess, John Howcott, Brian McKnight, Marc Nelson, Emanuel Officer, Donald Parks, Tony Robinson, Annie Roboff, Sol Survivor, Stoker, Mervyn Warren, Wendell Wellman
• Executive producers: Herb Jordan, Mark Mazzetti
• Engineers: Paul Arnold, Fil Brown, Milton Chan, Kenny Jackson, Rob Russell, Tony Shepperd, Stoker, Louie Teran
• Assistant engineers: Baraka, Tom Mahn, Brian Pollack, Dominique Schafer, Raymond Silva, Brian Young
• Mixing: Ray Cham, Barney Perkins, Tony Shepperd, Stoker, Mervyn Warren, Dave Way
• Mixing assistants: Milton Chan, Marc Frigo
• Mastering: Dave Collins
• Digital editing: Dave Collins
• Programming: Jason Hess
• Vocal arrangement: Necia Bray, Ray Cham, For Real, Sherree Ford-Payne, Jason Hess, Brian McKnight, Emanuel Officer, Annie Roboff
• Art direction: Sandy Brummels, Richard Frankel
• Photography: Victoria Pearson
• Make-up: Kim Davis
• Clothing/wardrobe: Debrae Little

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	80

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Easy to Love"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	65
1994	"You Don't Know Nothin'"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	80
1994	"You Don't Know Nothin'"	Rhythmic Top 40	27
1994	"You Don't Know Nothin'"	The Billboard Hot 100	88
1994	"You Don't Wanna Miss"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	32
1994	"You Don't Wanna Miss"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	28