Real Things | ||||
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Released | 6 June 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
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Length | 57:20 | |||
Label | Byte Records (Sony / PWL) BYTE 103-9 | |||
Producer | Jean-Paul de Coster (exec. prod.), Phil Wilde, et al. | |||
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Singles from Real Things | ||||
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Real Things is the third album by Belgian/Dutch Eurodance act 2 Unlimited,released in 1994. [1] It was the band's second number one album in the UK and despite spending just nine weeks in the UK Albums Chart Top 75,it was certified gold there [2] and platinum in The Netherlands. [3] "The Real Thing","Here I Go","No One" and "Nothing Like the Rain" were released as singles. Unlike their previous album,Ray Slijngaard's raps on the verses were not cut for the UK release.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
NME | 8/10 [5] |
Pop Rescue | (favorable) [6] |
Select | [7] |
Smash Hits | [8] |
Generally,the music press were kinder to this album than previous album No Limits! . Beau Quantick from NME gave it eight out of ten. [5] Tim Marsh from Select noted that "The Real Thing" "has a funky key riff",while "Sensuality" and "Something Wild" "explore darker sounds." [7] Smash Hits' Mark Sutherland stated that "every song is a potential top 10 record" and that "for techno [...] mayhem,you can't beat Real Things". [9]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] | 18 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] | 4 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] | 1 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] | 3 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] | 19 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] | 14 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] | 2 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] | 3 |
UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 1 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil | — | 50,000 [20] |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [21] | Gold | 36,700 [21] |
France (SNEP) [22] | 2×Gold | 200,000* |
Japan (RIAJ) [23] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [24] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 1,700,000 [27] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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