So Natural (album)

So Natural
Studio album by Lisa Stansfield
Released 1993 (UK, Europe & Japan)
not released in the U.S.
Recorded Bobby Boughton
Genre R&B, pop, soul, disco, dance
Length 63:06 (CD 1993)
78:26 (CD 2003)
Label BMG/Arista
Producer Ian Devaney
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Lisa Stansfield chronology
Real Love
(1991)		 So Natural Lisa Stansfield
(1997)

So Natural is the third solo album by British pop / soul singer Lisa Stansfield, released in 1993, on BMG/Arista label.

Contents

Overview

So Natural is Stansfield's very first musical work almost entirely realized by the singer herself along with her husband and collaborator Ian Devaney. Previously, the pair had worked in a trio with Andy Morris who co-wrote and co-produced with them Stansfield's first two solo albums, 1989's Affection, and 1991's Real Love. Morris took on no production duties for this album, and share co-writing credits on just three tracks: "Marvellous & Mine", "Turn Me On" and the very first single taken from it, "In All the Right Places", also included in the soundtrack to the Indecent Proposal movie, starring Demi Moore and Robert Redford. Two additional singles were taken from the LP, namely the title track "So Natural" and one of the few disco-dancey tunes on the album, "Little Bit of Heaven". A further single is represented by "Dream Away", a duet with American star Babyface (who co-wrote, for example, Madonna's ballad "Take a Bow"), which was not included on the original 1993 album track listing, but only features in the 2003 remastered edition in digipak of the work, also containing the previously unreleased B Side "Gonna Try It Anyway" and the title track "So Natural" «No Preservatives Mix by Roger Sanchez». The album was never released in the U.S., where "Dream Away" reached Number 80 in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. Another track of the period which did not feature on the album was "Make It Right", also released in the U.S., it entered both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot Dance Club Play Charts, peaking at Number 64 and 46, respectively.

The music video for "So Natural" was shot in The Fountain of Neptune, Madrid.

Track listing

Original 1993 album

  1. "So Natural" - 5:05
  2. "Never Set Me Free" - 5:00
  3. "I Give You Everything" - 4:40
  4. "Marvellous & Mine" - 4:14
  5. "Goodbye" - 4:35
  6. "Little Bit of Heaven" - 4:27
  7. "Sweet Memories" - 5:32
  8. "She's Always There" - 5:04
  9. "Too Much Love Makin'" - 4:34
  10. "Turn Me On" - 4:39
  11. "Be Mine" - 4:32
  12. "In All the Right Places" - 6:03
  13. "Wish It Could Always Be This Way" - 4:43

Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered edition only

Other period non-album tracks

Singles taken from the album

Chart positions

Album

Country Peak position
Australia 67
Austria 30
Germany 25
Italy (Weekly Chart) 14
Italy (1993 Yearly Chart) 86
Netherlands 33
Sweden 24
Switzerland 27
UK 6

Singles

Lisa Stansfield
Studio albums
Big Thing (1988) • Affection (1989) • Real Love (1991) • So Natural (1993) • Lisa Stansfield (1997) • Face Up (2001) • The Moment (2004)
Compilations
In Session (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Soundtracks
Remix albums
The #1 Remixes (EP) (1998)
Box sets
Extended plays
Video albums
Live! All Around The World (1990) • Real Life (1992) • Lisa At Wembley - Live (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Singles
"Alibis" (1981) • "The Only Way" (1982) • "Listen to Your Heart" (1983) • "I Got a Feeling" (1983) • "Love Will Wait" (1986) • "Finest Thing" (1986) • "Thinking About His Baby" (1987) • "On Fire" (1987) • "Jackie" (1988) • "Big Thing" (1988) • "People Hold On" (1989) • "This Is the Right Time" (1989) • "All Around the World" (1989) • "Live Together" (1990) • "You Can't Deny It" (1990) • "Change (1991) • "All Woman" (1991) • "Time to Make You Mine" (1992) • "Everything Will Get Better" (1992) • "Set Your Loving Free" (1992) • "A Little More Love" (1992) • "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (1992) • "In All the Right Places" (1993) • ""So Natural"" (1993) • "Little Bit of Heaven" (1993) • "Make It Right" (1994) • "Dream Away" (1994) • "People Hold On (Bootleg Mix)" (1997) • "The Real Thing" (1997) • "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1997) • "The Line" (1997) • "Never Gonna Fall" (1997) • "Don't Cry for Me" (1997) • "I'm Leavin'" (1998) • "The Longer We Make Love" (1999) • "Let's Just Call It Love" (2001) • "8-3-1" (2001) • "All Around the World (remix) (2003) • "Easier" (2004) • "Treat Me Like a Woman" (2004) • "If I Hadn't Got You" (2005) • "He Touches Me" (2005)
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