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Lisa Stansfield – Real Woman (Hip Selection) (Japan CD Maxi Single)

This fantastic CD single was a Japan only release from 1992. It features tracks from her Real Love era. The artwork is taken from the “Time To Make You Mine” single.

“All Around The World” was 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 became a massive international hit. It spent two weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart in November 1989 and reaching the top in 11 other countries. In January 1990, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 but is the second single by a white female singer to top the Billboard R&B chart after Teena Marie‘s “Ooo La La La” completed this feat for the first time in 1988. The track also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and reached #7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. I was never a huge fan of this song, it reminded me too much of Soul II Soul’s “Keep On Movin”‘s rhythm and string arrangements.

“Change” was the first single from her second album, Real Love, released in 1991. It achieved major success in the UK, peaking at number 10, but only moderate success in other European countries, but it also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in the U.S. In the United States, the radio promo was frequently “flipped”, with the Frankie Knuckles remix receiving airplay in key radio markets.

“All Woman” was the second single from Real Love. It spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart, also reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the UK Singles chart. It was written by Lisa Stansfield, her husband and producer Ian Devaney, and Andy Morris.

“Everything Will Get Better” was the b-side to “All Woman”.

“Time To Make You Mine” was the third single from Real Love. It became another top 20 hit for Stansfield in the UK.

Label:

BMG Victor Inc.

Catalog Number:

BVCA-9003

Track Listing and Details:

1. Change (Knuckles Mix) (6:31)

2. Everything Will Get Better (Extended Mix) (8:04)

3. All Around The World (Duet With Barry White) (4:36)

4. All Woman (4:47)

5. Time To Make You Mine (Push & Slide Mix) (6:32)

6. Change (Driza Bone Mix) (6:10)

Original versions produced by Andy Morris and Ian Devaney
Track 1 remixed by Frankie Knuckles
Track 5 remixed by Bobby Boughton
Track 6 remixed by Driza Bone

Rip Information:

Source: CD

Format: mp3

Bitrate: 320 kbps

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