Supernatural (Stereo MCs album)

Supernatural
Studio album by Stereo MCs
Released 1990
Recorded Calliope Studios, New York City
Terminal 24 Studios, Elephant and Castle
Lavender Hill, Battersea
Genre Electronic, hip hop
Length 49:42 (US)
Label Island
Producer Stereo MCs
Stereo MCs chronology

33-45-78
(1989)
Supernatural
(1990)
Connected
(1992)
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Supernatural is a 1990 album by Stereo MCs. The album is their second release. The US release is subtitled "American Mix" and has a different track list.

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Birch (Rob B)/Nicholas Hallam (The Head), except as noted

  1. "I'm A Believer" (4:35)
  2. "Scene Of The Crime" (4:04)
  3. "Declaration" (3:08)
  4. "Elevate My Mind" (3:24)[note 1][2]
  5. "What'cha Gonna Do" (R. Birch/N. Hallam/P. Hall) (3:55)
  6. "Two Horse Town" (5:10)
  7. "Ain't Got Nobody" (4:43)[note 2]
  8. "Goin' Back To The Wild" (R. Birch/N. Hallam/P. Hall) (4:31)
  9. "Lost in Music" (4:34)
  10. "Life On The Line" (3:57)
  11. "The Other Side" (4:42)
  12. "Set Me Loose" (3:29)
  13. "What's The Word" (3:39)
  14. "Early One Morning" (3:45)
  15. "Smokin' With The Motherman" (7:50)
  16. "Relentless" (4:44)

American Mix

  1. "I'm A Believer" (4:35)
  2. "Scene Of The Crime" (4:04)
  3. "Declaration" (2:55)
  4. "Elevate My Mind" (3:19)
  5. "Two Horse Town" (5:11)
  6. "Ain't Got Nobody" (4:38)
  7. "Goin' Back To The Wild" (Birch, Hallam, Hall) (4:31)
  8. "Lost In Music" (Ultimatum Remix) (4:34)
  9. "The Other Side" (4:42)
  10. "Set Me Loose" (3:29)
  11. "What's The Word" (3:39)
  12. "Early One Morning" (3:43)

Notes

  1. This song made the Stereo MCs the first British rap-based single to make the Billboard Hot 100.
  2. Its hook is based loosely on Sly and the Family Stone's I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real) not on the jazz classic I Ain't Got Nobody.

Cover art by Sean Phillips

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