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'''''Elegant Slumming''''' is the second album by ] ] band ]. | '''''Elegant Slumming''''' is the second album by ] ] band ]. It was released on 4 October 1993 charting and peaking at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and spent 87 weeks in the Top 75. It re-entered the chart three times in October 1996 and March and September 1997. | ||
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Elegant Slumming is the second album by British house music band M People. It was released on 4 October 1993 charting and peaking at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and spent 87 weeks in the Top 75. It re-entered the chart three times in October 1996 and March and September 1997.
The four singles released from the album were all UK Top 10 hits: "One Night in Heaven" (#6) and "Moving on Up" (#2), as well as a cover of the Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett song "Don't Look Any Further", which reached #9 in the UK. A fourth hit, "Renaissance", went as high as #5 in the same chart.
In the U.S. "One Night in Heaven" and "Moving on Up were "two Billboard #1 hits on Hot Dance Club Play. The U.S. version of the album is actually a compilation of songs from the UK version and M People's debut album Northern Soul.
The album won the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.
Track listing
All songs were written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "One Night in Heaven" | 6:28 | |
2. | "Moving on Up" | 5:29 | |
3. | "Renaissance" | 5:20 | |
4. | "You Just Have to Be There" | 5:26 | |
5. | "Love is in My Soul" | 6:15 | |
6. | "Don't Look Any Further" | Golde, Lambert, Hitchings | 5:28 |
7. | "Natural Thing" | 5:04 | |
8. | "Little Packet" | 5:19 | |
9. | "La Vida Loca" | 4:32 | |
10. | "Melody of Life" | 4:44 | |
Total length: | 55:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Don't Look Any Further" (Danny D Mix) | Golde, Lambert, Hitchings | 5:36 |
12. | "Renaissance" (John Digweed's Full On Mix) | 7:57 | |
13. | "Moving on Up" (Roger S Moving Mix) | 6:28 |
U.S. version
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "One Night in Heaven" | 6:28 | |
2. | "Moving on Up" | 5:29 | |
3. | "Excited" | 5:04 | |
4. | "Renaissance" | 5:20 | |
5. | "Colour My Life (Part One)" | Pickering | 5:38 |
6. | "How Can I Love You More?" | 3:20 | |
7. | "Don't Look Any Further" | Golde, Lambert, Hitchings | 5:28 |
8. | "You Just Have to Be There" | 5:26 | |
9. | "Little Packet" | 5:19 | |
10. | "Love is in My Soul" | 6:15 |
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