Coldcut are an English electronic music duo composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More. Credited as pioneers for pop sampling in the 1980s,Coldcut are also considered the first stars of UK electronic dance music due to their innovative style,which featured cut-up samples of hip-hop,soul,funk,spoken word and various other types of music,as well as video and multimedia. According to Spin,"in '87 Coldcut pioneered the British fad for 'DJ records'".
Lisa Jane Stansfield is an English singer,songwriter,and actress. Her career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition Search for a Star. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first singles,Stansfield,along with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris,formed Blue Zone in 1986. The band released several singles and one album,but after the success of Coldcut's "People Hold On" in 1989,on which Stansfield was featured,the focus was placed on her solo career.
This is a summary of 1989 in music in the United Kingdom,including the official charts from that year.
Extricate is the 12th album by post-punk band the Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced guitarist Brix Smith. Brix's departure helped define the sound of this album:her background vocals and relatively pop-oriented guitar,which had become mainstays of The Fall,are noticeably absent in this release. In one of the more unusual events in the group's career,she was replaced by founding former member Martin Bramah,who had previously left the group in 1979 to form his own group Blue Orchids.
Biography:The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by British recording artist Lisa Stansfield. Released by Arista Records on 3 February 2003,it features seventeen tracks,hits and rare songs,including:"All Around the World","This Is the Right Time" "Change","All Woman","The Real Thing" and "Never,Never Gonna Give You Up". The album,which garnered positive reviews from music critics,peaked at number three in the United Kingdom and was certified Gold.
Delroy "Junior" Reid is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician,best known for his featuring on the songs "One Blood","It's Okay " and "This Is Why I'm Hot",as well as being the lead vocalist for Black Uhuru on three albums:Brutal,Positive and Black Uhuru Live in New York.
Affection is the debut solo album by British singer-songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield,released by Arista Records on 20 November 1989. Stansfield co-wrote all songs with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris. Devaney and Morris also produced the album,except for "This Is the Right Time" which was produced by Coldcut. Affection received critical acclaim from music critics and was commercially successful. It reached top ten on the charts in many countries and has sold over five million copies worldwide. The album spawned a hit song,"All Around the World",and four other successful singles:"This Is the Right Time","Live Together","What Did I Do to You?" and "You Can't Deny It". Affection was rereleased as a deluxe 2CD + DVD set in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2014 and in Europe on 21 November 2014.
"All Around the World" is a song by English singer,songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield from her debut studio album,Affection (1989). It was released as the album's second single on 16 October 1989 by Arista Records. It was written by Stansfield,Ian Devaney and Andy Morris,and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received favorable reviews from music critics. Songwriters,Stansfield,Devaney and Morris,received the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. "All Around the World" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Additionally,Stansfield was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The song became the first of two UK number-one singles for Stansfield and the first of eight top-ten hits she would achieve in that country.
English singer and songwriter Lisa Stansfield has released eight solo studio albums and one with her band Blue Zone,four compilation albums,three remix albums,one soundtrack album,one extended play and forty-four singles. As of 2004,Stansfield has sold over 20 million records worldwide,including 5 million of Affection.
"This Is the Right Time" is a song by English singer-songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield from her debut solo studio album,Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield,Ian Devaney and Andy Morris,and produced by Coldcut. The song was released as the album's first European single on 31 July 1989,by Arista Records and received positive reviews from music critics. One year later in North America,"This Is the Right Time" was released as the third single from Affection on 30 July 1990.
Lisa Stansfield is the fourth album by British singer Lisa Stansfield,released by Arista Records on 21 March 1997. It was her first new studio album since 1993's So Natural. Stansfield co-wrote most songs for the album with her husband Ian Devaney. The tracks were produced by Devaney and Peter Mokran. Lisa Stansfield garnered favourable reviews from music critics and was commercially successful,reaching number two in the United Kingdom and receiving Gold certification. In the United States,it spawned four number-one singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs. Lisa Stansfield was rereleased as a deluxe 2CD + DVD set in Europe in November 2014.
"People Hold On" is a song by British band Coldcut and singer-songwriter Lisa Stansfield,released as the first single from the band's debut album,What's That Noise? (1989). It was written by Matt Black,Jonathan More and Stansfield,and produced by Coldcut. The song received positive reviews from music critics and became a commercial success. It was released as a single on 13 March 1989 and reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the US Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The song was remixed by Blaze,Juan Atkins,Dimitri from Paris,Mark Saunders,Eric Kupper,Tyrone Perkins and Masters At Work.
"The Real Thing" is a song recorded by British singer,songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield for her 1997 eponymous album. It was released as the first proper single from Lisa Stansfield in Europe,Australia and Japan on 10 March 1997,after "People Hold On". The song is written by Stansfield and Ian Devaney,and produced by Devaney and Peter Mokran. The CD single included remixes created by prominent US and UK producers:Mark Picchiotti,K-Klass and the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. "The Real Thing" reached number ten in Italy and number nine on the UK Singles Chart. In August 1997,it was featured on the Money Talks soundtrack. Later,it was included on The Remix Album and Biography:The Greatest Hits.
What's That Noise? is the debut album by Coldcut,released in 1989.
"Live Together" is a song recorded by British singer,songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield for her debut album,Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield,Ian Devaney and Andy Morris,and produced by Devaney and Morris. It was released as the third European single on 29 January 1990,and included previously unreleased song "Sing It" and remixes of "Live Together" created by Massive Attack and Steve Anderson. It became a hit in Europe,reaching top ten in the Netherlands,Belgium,the UK and Italy,and top forty in other European countries.
"The Line" is a song recorded by British singer,songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield,released as the third European single from her eponymous album (1997). It was written by Stansfield,Ian Devaney and Terry Gamwell,and produced by Devaney and Peter Mokran. Released as a single in Europe on 22 September 1997,it reached number sixty-four in the United Kingdom. The song also received positive reviews from music critics.
"So Natural" is a song by British singer,songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield from her third album,So Natural (1993). It was released as the first proper single in the United Kingdom on 11 October 1993. The song was written by Stansfield and her husband Ian Devaney,and produced by Devaney. It received remixes by Roger Sanchez,DJ Duro,Frankie Foncett and Vassal Benford. The single peaked at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart.
"What Did I Do to You?" is a song by British singer-songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield from her debut album,Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield,Ian Devaney and Andy Morris,and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield,Devaney and Morris:"My Apple Heart," "Lay Me Down" and "Something's Happenin'." "What Did I Do to You?" was remixed by Mark Saunders and by the Grammy Award-winning American house music DJ and producer,David Morales. The single became a top forty hit in the European countries,reaching number fifteen in Italy,number eighteen in Finland,number twenty in Ireland and number twenty-five in the United Kingdom. "What Did I Do to You?" was also released in Japan.
"Telephone Thing" is a song by British post-punk band the Fall,written by Mark E. Smith with Coldcut members Matt Black and Jonathan More. Produced and mixed by Coldcut,it was released as a single in January 1990 and reached number 58 on the UK singles chart. It also featured on the Fall's twelfth album,Extricate.
