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Affection is the first album

Album

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by English pop

Pop music

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and soul

Soul music

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singer Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...

, released in the UK, in November 1989, for BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

/Arista

Arista Records

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label. Written by her husband and musical collaborator Ian Devaney, former school mate Andy Morris (who left her band in 1993), and Lisa herself, the record was widely hailed as one of the finest debut albums ever by a British

Great Britain

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soul

Soul music

artist, going straight to number two in the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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.

The LP album

LP album

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, with its combination of pop, soul and dance music

Dance music

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, went on to sell almost 5 million copies worldwide. It was released in multiple editions, in different countries and years, with alternative track listings, including six hit single

Hit single

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s: "This Is the Right Time

This Is the Right Time

"This Is the Right Time" is a song by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released during the summer of 1989 from her first album, Affection. The song became her first single to reach the UK singles chart, where it reached #13 and remained on the chart for eight weeks. In the U.S., the single was...

" (which does not feature on the original vinyl LP

LP album

release), "All Around the World

All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

"All Around the World" is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.-Chart performances:It spent...

", "Live Together", "What Did I Do to You?" (which came out as a 12" EP

Extended play

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), and "You Can't Deny It

You Can't Deny It

"You Can't Deny It" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Lisa Stansfield. The single was only released in the United States where it hit number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. "You Can't Deny It" was also successful on the dance charts...

" (not released in the UK) and "People Hold On" (her very first major hit, performed with Coldcut

Coldcut

Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...

, also in 1989, but only contained in the 2003 remastered compact disc

Compact Disc

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edition). The original 1989 Arista Records United States version features noticeably refined mixes of several of the songs: including "What Did I Do To You?", "You Can't Deny It", "The Way You Want It" and a completely different remix of, "The Love In Me".

"All Around The World

All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

", which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, and Number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart

Billboard Hot 100

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in the USA, was the first song by a white

White people

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female artist since Teena Marie

Teena Marie

Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...

's 1988 song "Ooo La La La

Ooo La La La

"Ooo La La La" is a single by American R&B singer Teena Marie, which was released in 1988 and is featured on her album Naked to the World, released during the same year...

" to reach the top of the U.S. R&B Chart

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

. "You Can't Deny It", which was only released as a single in the USA, also topped this latter chart. The album was certified 3X platinum in U.K., Platinum in the U.S.A, platinum in Germany and Gold in Austria.

Singles taken from the album

"This Is the Right Time
This Is the Right Time
"This Is the Right Time" is a song by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released during the summer of 1989 from her first album, Affection. The song became her first single to reach the UK singles chart, where it reached #13 and remained on the chart for eight weeks. In the U.S., the single was...

" (UK #13 – 8 weeks in the British charts – 12 August 1989)
"
All Around the World
All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)
"All Around the World" is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.-Chart performances:It spent...

(UK #1 – 14 weeks in the British charts – 28 October 1989; #1 in the U.S. R&B Chart)
"Live Together" (UK #10 – 6 weeks in the British charts – 10 February 1990)
"What Did I Do to You?" (EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

; UK #25 – 4 weeks in the British charts – 12 May 1990)
"You Can't Deny It
You Can't Deny It
"You Can't Deny It" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Lisa Stansfield. The single was only released in the United States where it hit number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. "You Can't Deny It" was also successful on the dance charts...

" (never released in the UK – #1 in the U.S. R&B Chart)

plus (only in the 2003 remastered CD edition)

"People Hold On
People Hold On
"People Hold On" is the title of a song performed by the British singer Lisa Stansfield. Stansfield co-wrote the track in the late 1980s with the members of the dance music outfit known as Coldcut, Jonathan More and Matt Black.-1989 version:...

" with Coldcut
Coldcut
Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...

(UK #11 – 9 weeks in the British charts – 25 March 1989)

The "What Did I Do to You?" EP

"What Did I Do to You?", the lower-charting of the many single

Single (music)

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s taken from the hit album, was actually released as a 12" EP, including three previously unreleased songs too: "My Apple Heart", "Lay Me Down" and "Something's Happenin'", all of them then added to the 2003 remastered CD edition, also containing the single mix of People Hold On with Coldcut (as well as the lyrics

Lyrics

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to all 17 songs – the original 1989 album release was the only Lisa Stansfield record not including any lyrics). This EP reached #25 in the UK charts, making it the lowest-charting British single from the album.

EP track listing

"What Did I Do to You?" (7" Version) – 4:18
"My Apple Heart" – 4:15
"Lay Me Down" – 4:13
"Something's Happenin'" – 3:46

Europe/Japan version

All songs on all versions written by Devaney/Morris/Stansfield. All Songs Copyright

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Big Life Music, except "All Around The World" (Copyright BMG

BMG

Music-Block & Gilbert Music Ltd.)

"This Is The Right Time" – 4:29 (CD/MC only – not on the vinyl LP)
"Mighty Love" – 5:11
"Sincerity" – 4:47
"The Love In Me" – 5:01
"All Around The World" – 4:29
"What Did I Do to You?" – 4:48
"Live Together" – 6:10
"You Can't Deny It" – 5:36
"Poison" – 4:12
"When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:23
"Affection" – 5:52
"Wake Up Baby" – 3:58 (CD/MC only – not on the vinyl LP)
"The Way You Want It" – 4:56 (CD/MC only – not on the vinyl LP)

USA version

"All Around The World" – 4:28
"Mighty Love" – 5:13
"This Is the Right Time" – 4:32
"You Can't Deny It" – 4:33
"What Did I Do to You?" – 5:54
"Affection" – 5:50
"Live Together" – 4:37
"Sincerity" – 4:50
"The Love In Me" – 5:00
"Poison" – 4:20
"When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:17
"Wake Up Baby" – 3:53
"The Way You Want It" – 4:58

2003 remastered CD version

"This Is the Right Time" – 4:30
"Mighty Love" – 5:11
"Sincerity" – 4:49
"The Love In Me" – 5:00
"All Around The World" – 4:25
"What Did I Do to You?" (7" Version) – 4:18
"Live Together" – 6:09
"You Can't Deny It" (U.S. Version) – 4:25
"Poison" – 4:17
"When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:15
"Affection" – 5:42
"Wake Up Baby" – 3:56
"The Way You Want It" – 5:00
"People Hold On" (Single Mix) Featuring Coldcut – 3:57 [bonus track]
"My Apple Heart" – 4:15 [bonus track]
"Lay Me Down" – 4:13 [bonus track]
"Something's Happenin'" – 3:46 [bonus track]

Production

Executive Producers: Tim Parry & Jazz Summers For Big Life Records
All Songs Arranged, Produced & Mixed By Ian Devaney & Andy Morris except "This Is The Right Time", Produced By "Coldcut" & Mixed By Mark Saunders.
Additional Engineering: Felix Kendall & Richard Scott

Chart information

Chart	Peak
Austria	1
Norway	6
Sweden	2
Switzerland	2
United Kingdom	2
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	9

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