So Natural is the third solo

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 album

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 by British

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 pop

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 / soul

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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 1993

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, on BMG

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/Arista

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 label.

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

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's Affection

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, and 1991

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's Real Love

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Real Love is the second studio album by English R&B and soul singer Lisa Stansfield, released on November 12, 1991 by Arista/BMG Records. The album was certified Gold in the US, 2x platinum in the UK and Gold in Germany.-Track listing:...

. 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

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 taken from it, "In All the Right Places", also included in the soundtrack

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 to the Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

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movie, starring Demi Moore

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 and Robert Redford

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. Two additional singles were taken from the LP

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, namely the title track "So Natural" and one of the few disco-dancey

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 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

Ballad

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 "Take a Bow"), which was not included on the original 1993

1993 in music

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 album track listing, but only features in the 2003

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 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

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 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

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 and the Hot Dance Club Play

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 Charts, peaking at Number 64 and 46, respectively.

The music video

Music video

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

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.

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

• (14) "Gonna Try It Anyway" - 4:00
• (15) "Dream Away" (duet with Babyface) - 4:38
• (16) "So Natural" (No Presevatives Mix by Roger Sanchez) - 6:42

Singles taken from the album

• "In All the Right Places" (also from the original soundtrack to the "Indecent Proposal
  Indecent Proposal
  Indecent Proposal is a 1993 drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Jack Engelhard. It was directed by Adrian Lyne and stars Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson.-Plot:...
  
  " movie)
• "So Natural"
• "Little Bit of Heaven"

Album

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Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	30
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	25
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...  (Weekly Chart)	14
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...  (1993 Yearly Chart)	86
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Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	24
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Singles

• "So Natural"
• "Little Bit of Heaven"
• "Dream Away" (with Babyface)
• "Make It Right"