Lisa Stansfield (US)

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Personnel: Lisa Stansfield (vocals); Wah Wah Watson, Des Moore (guitar); Simon Vance, Drusilla Harris, Jan Nossek, Richard Thirlwell, Martin Clark, Julia Hoyle, Vivien Birdsall, Louise Peacock, Kate Evans, Min Yang, Clare Dixon (strings); Dan Higgins, Chris "Snake" Davis (saxophone, flute); Jerry Hey, Gary Grant (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Thrikell (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Ian Devaney (keyboards, guitar, programming); Gary J. Crockett, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Snowboy, Luis Conte (percussion); Peter Mokran (programming, guitar, keyboards); Aileen McLaughin, Anna Ross (background vocals).
For her return to American shores after a six-year absence, Lisa Stansfield packed her self-titled album with slower and more emotive material. Songs like "I'm Leavin'" feature Stansfield supported by her En Vogue-like background singers, while "The Line" is in the same vein, but with a faster tempo and a funkier reading by Stansfield.
But not all of LISA STANSFIELD is heartbreak and tear-stained letters. The Mancunian soul singer uses lush orchestration, wah-wah guitar and bright sounding piano on "The Real Thing" and later flirts with acid-jazz by incorporating flutes and an up-tempo beat into the heart of "You Know How To Love Me." Most interesting is a cover of her hero Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up." Staying true to the full arrangements of the original, Stansfield updates this classic by adding a lo-fi drum machine rhythm and a scratching turntable to her version.