| Natural Thing | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | March 8, 1994 |
| Length | 45:14 |
| Label | Polydor |
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| Singles from Natural Thing | |
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Natural Thing is the debut studio album by American singer Tanya Blount, released on March 8, 1994 under Polydor Records. The album peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart [1] and features the top 40 R&B hit, "Through the Rain", "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" and "Hold On".
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann called Blount a "competent but unexceptional R&B singer". He found that with Natural Thing she undertook to copy the quiet storm formula of Anita Baker on her debut album [...] but nothing about the record suggested she would be any real competition to Baker or other adult Black pop figures any time soon." [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" |
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| 4:47 |
| 2. | "Through the Rain" |
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| 5:09 |
| 3. | "Hold On" |
|
| 5:36 |
| 4. | "No More Lies" |
|
| 3:51 |
| 5. | "Love Ballad" | Skip Scarborough | Kenni Hairston | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Is It Love" (featuring Freddie Jackson) |
|
| 4:20 |
| 7. | "Spend Another Night" |
| Griffin | 4:38 |
| 8. | "Natural Thing" |
| Miller | 4:10 |
| 9. | "For All the Right Reasons" | Davitt Sigerson | 4:23 | |
| 10. | "Baby Love" |
|
| 4:55 |
Notes
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] | 58 |
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