Elegant Slumming is the second album by the British house music band M People. It was released on 4 October 1993 charting and peaking at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and spent 87 weeks in the Top 75. It re-entered the chart three times in October 1996 and March and September 1997. Its overall sales stand at 835,000 as of September 2011.[3]
The four singles released from the album were all UK Top 10 hits: "One Night in Heaven" (#6) and "Moving on Up" (#2), as well as a cover version of the Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett song "Don't Look Any Further", which reached #9 in the UK. A fourth hit, "Renaissance", reached #5 in the same chart.
In the U.S., "One Night in Heaven" and "Moving on Up" were Billboard #1 hits on Hot Dance Club Play. The U.S. version of the album is actually a compilation of songs from the UK version and M People's first album, Northern Soul, which was released through Epic, who signed the act through a separate deal.
The album won the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.
Track listing
All songs were written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard except where noted.
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| 1. |
"One Night in Heaven" | |
6:28 |
| 2. |
"Moving on Up" | |
5:29 |
| 3. |
"Renaissance" | |
5:20 |
| 4. |
"You Just Have to Be There" | |
5:26 |
| 5. |
"Love is in My Soul" | |
6:15 |
| 6. |
"Don't Look Any Further" | Golde, Lambert, Hitchings |
5:28 |
| 7. |
"Natural Thing" | |
5:04 |
| 8. |
"Little Packet" | |
5:19 |
| 9. |
"La Vida Loca" | |
4:32 |
| 10. |
"Melody of Life" | |
4:44 |
Total length: |
55:04 |
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| 11. |
"Don't Look Any Further" (Danny D Mix) | Golde, Lambert, Hitchings |
5:36 |
| 12. |
"Renaissance" (John Digweed's Full On Mix) | |
7:57 |
| 13. |
"Moving on Up" (Roger S Moving Mix) | |
6:28 |
U.S. version
References
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