''Real Things'' is the third album by Belgian/Dutch
Eurodance act
2 Unlimited
2 Unlimited are a Belgian/Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the ...
, released in 1994. It was the band's second number one album in the UK and despite spending just nine weeks in the
UK Albums Chart
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Top 75, it was certified gold there and platinum in The Netherlands. "
The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
", "
Here I Go", "
No One" and "
Nothing Like the Rain" were released as singles. Unlike their
previous album,
Ray Slijngaard
Raymond Lothar Slijngaard (born 28 June 1971) is a Dutch rapper and musician best known as one half of the Eurodance duo 2 Unlimited.
Music career 2 Unlimited (1991–1996)
2 Unlimited is an electronic music project founded in 1991 by Belgian ...
's raps on the verses were not cut for the UK release.
Critical reception
Generally, the music press were kinder to this album than previous album ''
No Limits!''. Beau Quantick from ''
NME
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'' gave it eight out of ten.
Tim Marsh from ''
Select'' noted that "
The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
" "has a funky key riff", while "Sensuality" and "Something Wild" "explore darker sounds."
''
Smash Hits Mark Sutherland stated that "every song is a potential top 10 record" and that "for
techno
Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...
..mayhem, you can't beat ''Real Things''".
Track listing
# "
The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
" – 3:40
# "Do What I Like" – 4:07
# "
Here I Go" – 5:10
# "Burning Like Fire" – 4:54
# "Info Superhighway" – 4:35
# "Hypnotised" – 4:22
# "Tuning Into Something Wild" – 4:05
# "Escape In Music" – 3:52
# "Sensuality" – 4:27
# "
No One" – 3:25
# "Face To Face" – 4:03
# "What's Mine Is Mine" – 4:57
# "
Nothing Like the Rain" – 4:39
Personnel
Adapted from
AllMusic
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.
*2 Unlimited – primary artist
*Peter Bauwens – arranger, producer, vocal arrangement
*Peter Bulkens – mixing
*Jean-Paul DeCoster – arranger, executive producer, producer
*Andy Janssens – remixing
*Phil Wilde – arranger, composer, engineer, producer
Charts
Certifications and sales
References
1994 albums
2 Unlimited albums
Byte Records albums
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