The Complete Collection (Lisa Stansfield album)

The Complete Collection
Greatest hits album by Lisa Stansfield
Released June 2003
Recorded 1985-2003
Genre R&B, pop, soul, disco, dance, funk, pop rock, acid house
Length see single albums
Label BMG/Arista
Producer Ian Devaney
Andy Morris
Lisa Stansfield chronology
Biography - The Greatest Hits
(2003)		 The Complete Collection
(2003)		 The Moment
(2004)
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The Complete Collection is a 6-CD boxset, released in June 2003, on BMG / Arista label, collecting all of 5 studio albums by British pop / soul singer Lisa Stansfield (whose contract with the major actually expired in 2003), the original track listings of which are enhanced by a number of remixes, rarities, bonus tracks and one previously unreleased song.

The collection in detail

More in detail, the boxset, in limited edition, collects the first 5 albums by Lisa Stansfield, all of them remastered and in digipak, with 92 tracks totally, including 15 bonus tracks: the single version of "People Hold On", "My Apple Heart", "Lay Me Down" and "Something's Happenin'" from her 1989 debut album Affection; "Whenever You're Gone", "Everything Will Get Better" and the «Frankie Knuckles Remix» of "Change" from her second long playing, Real Love of 1991; "Gonna Try It Anyway", the duet "Dream Away" with U.S. star Babyface, and the «No Preservatives Remix by Roger Sanchez» of the title track of her third album, 2003 So Natural; the «Bootleg Mix» by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels of "People Hold On", "Breathtaking" and "Baby Come Back" from the eponymous fourth work of 1997, Lisa Stansfield; "All Over Me", "Can't Wait to" and "You Get Me" from her fifth album, Face Up, release in 2001, her last studio work for BMG / Arista. These 15 songs did not feature on the related original releases of each album, but were pulled in on the remastered single CD editions, depending upon the various album sessions they were recorded in.

The Complete Collection of Lisa Stanfield also includes an exclusive 10 track bonus disc, entitled "Live/Rare/Mixed". Lisa's very first band, Blue Zone, with husband Ian Devaney and school mate Andy Morris is represented by "There Was I", "Dirty Talk" and the previously unreleased "The Answer". The very rare B-sides "Sing It" and "Big Thing", and live recordings of "Tenderly" and of her medley "Live Together/Young Hearts Run Free" (both performed in a concert held by Lisa at Wembley in 1992, are included as well as 3 club remixes.

Track listings

  1. This Is the Right Time
  2. Mighty Love
  3. Sincerity
  4. The Love in Me
  5. All Around the World
  6. What Did I Do to You? [7" Version]
  7. Live Together
  8. You Can't Deny It [U.S. Version]
  9. Poison
  10. When Are You Coming Back?
  11. Affection
  12. Wake Up Baby
  13. The Way You Want It
  14. People Hold On [Single Mix] [*] (with Coldcut)
  15. My Apple Heart [*]
  16. Lay Me Down [*]
  17. Something's Happenin' [*]
  18. Change
  19. Real Love
  20. Set Your Loving Free
  21. I Will Be Waiting
  22. All Woman
  23. Soul Deep
  24. Make Love to Ya
  25. Time to Make You Mine
  26. Symptoms of Loneliness and Heartache
  27. It's Got to Be Real
  28. First Joy
  29. Tenderly
  30. A Little More Love
  31. Whenever You're Gone [*]
  32. Everything Will Get Better [*]
  33. Change [Frankie Knuckles Remix] [*]
  34. So Natural
  35. Never Set Me Free
  36. I Give You Everything
  37. Marvellous and Mine
  38. Goodbye
  39. Little Bit of Heaven
  40. Sweet Memories
  41. She's Always There
  42. Too Much Love Makin'
  43. Turn Me On
  44. Be Mine
  45. In All the Right Places
  46. Wish It Could Always Be This Way
  47. Gonna Try It Anyway [*]
  48. Dream Away [*] (duet with Babyface)
  49. So Natural [No Preservatives Mix by Roger Sanchez]
  50. Never Gonna Fall
  51. The Real Thing
  52. I'm Leavin'
  53. Suzanne
  54. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
  55. Don't Cry for Me
  56. The Line
  57. The Very Thought of You
  58. You Know How to Love Me
  59. I Cried My Last Tear Last Night
  60. Honest
  61. Somewhere in Time
  62. Got Me Missing You
  63. Footsteps
  64. People Hold On [Bootleg Mix] [*] (with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
  65. Breathtaking [*]
  66. Baby Come Back [*]
  67. I've Got Something Better
  68. Let's Just Call It Love
  69. You Can Do That
  70. How Could You?
  71. Candy
  72. I'm Coming to Get You
  73. 8-3-1
  74. Wish on Me
  75. Boyfriend
  76. Don't Leave Now I'm in Love
  77. Didn't I
  78. Face Up
  79. When the Last Sun Goes Down
  80. All Over Me [*]
  81. Can't Wait To [*]
  82. You Get Me [*]
  83. There Was I [*]
  84. Dirty Talk [*]
  85. Answer [*][#]
  86. Sing It [*]
  87. Big Thing [*]
  88. Tenderly [Live] [*]
  89. Live Together/Young Hearts Run Free [Live] [*]
  90. People Hold On [Full Length Disco Mix] [*]
  91. Change [Driza Bone Remix] [*]
  92. Live Together [Massive Attack Big Beat Mix] [*]

N.B.: bonus tracks are highlighted by [*], while [#] indicates a previously unreleased song.

Original source albums

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
The Complete Collection (2003)
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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