Affection - Lisa Stansfield

Biography - The Greatest Hits - Lisa Stansfield

Don t be confused by the title. It is not a book. It is an album. Lisa obviously wanted to mislead people, the minx! She has one of the richest most soulful voices in music, her career marred only by a lack of new releases and a poor haircut. Who is she: Rochdale lass Lisa found fame with dance act Coldcut before launching a successful solo career. Best known for Around The World. Highlights: People Hold On takes you back to her early sound with Coldcut. A dancey sounding song with acid house leanings. Her vocals are commanding and reminiscent of Yazz. On a similar tip is This Is The Right Time which has a house driven beat and what I believe is a sax or a ...

Biography - The Greatest Hits - Lisa Stansfield

Don t be confused by the title. It is not a book. It is an album. Lisa obviously wanted to mislead people, the minx! She has one of the richest most soulful voices in music, her career marred only by a lack of new releases and a poor haircut. Who is she: Rochdale lass Lisa found fame with dance act Coldcut before launching a successful solo career. Best known for Around The World. Highlights: People Hold On takes you back to her early sound with Coldcut. A dancey sounding song with acid house leanings. Her vocals are commanding and reminiscent of Yazz. On a similar tip is This Is The Right Time which has a house driven beat and what I believe is a sax or a ...

Biography - The Greatest Hits - Lisa Stansfield

There was always something strangely engaging about Lisa Stansfield , the Rochdale born singer who became one of the few truly global British female singers in the past 20 years. After a stint on TV as a presenter on ‘Razzmatazz’ and a failed bluesy-pop act, she made a breakthrough with her 1988 club hit ‘People Hold On’ with scene pioneers Coldcut, featured here. A funky piece of house, it has stood the test of time much more strongly than the other acid tunes of the period. A ‘legal’ bootleg that spliced Stansfield’s vocal of ‘People Hold On’ with Armand Van Helden’s instrumental remix of Tori ...

Biography - The Greatest Hits - Lisa Stansfield

There was always something strangely engaging about Lisa Stansfield , the Rochdale born singer who became one of the few truly global British female singers in the past 20 years. After a stint on TV as a presenter on ‘Razzmatazz’ and a failed bluesy-pop act, she made a breakthrough with her 1988 club hit ‘People Hold On’ with scene pioneers Coldcut, featured here. A funky piece of house, it has stood the test of time much more strongly than the other acid tunes of the period. A ‘legal’ bootleg that spliced Stansfield’s vocal of ‘People Hold On’ with Armand Van Helden’s instrumental remix of Tori ...