Natural High (Bloodstone album)

Natural High is the second album by the soul group Bloodstone, released in 1973.[6] It was reissued on CD in 1996 with several bonus tracks.

Natural High
Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedJuly 1972
StudioThe Village Recorder, Los Angeles
GenreSoul, funk
Length40:50 original LP
LabelLondon[1]
ProducerMike Vernon[2]
Bloodstone chronology
Bloodstone
(1972)
Natural High
(1973)
Unreal
(1974)
Singles from Natural High
  1. "Natural High"
    Released: April 1973
  2. "Never Let You Go"
    Released: August 1973
  3. "Outside Woman"
    Released: January 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[5]

The album charted at number two on the Soul Album Charts led by the singles "Natural High," which rose to 10 on the soul singles chart and 4 on the pop chart, while "Never Let You Go" reached 43 and 7, respectively.

The title song was used by Quentin Tarantino on the soundtrack to his movie Jackie Brown.[7]

Track listing

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  1. "You Know We've Learned" - (Willis Draffen Jr.) - 4:12
  2. "Who Has the Last Laugh Now" - (Charles McCormick) - 5:36
  3. "Peter's Jones" - (Larry Durham, Roger Durham) - 4:12
  4. "That's the Way We Make Our Music" - (Eddie Summers) - 3:15
  5. "Bo Diddley/Diddley Daddy" - (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:37
  6. "Natural High" (McCormick) - 4:53
  7. "I Need Your Love" - (McCormick) - 1:10
  8. "Tell It to My Face" - (Charles Love) - 3:15
  9. "Ran It in the Ground" - (Love) - 4:52
  10. "Never Let You Go" - (Harry Williams) - 5:37

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38
  2. "Judy, Judy" - 2:44
  3. "Sadie Mae" - 3:02
  4. "Take These Chains" - 2:55
  5. "You Don't Mean Nothin'" - 3:39
  6. "Little Green Apples" - 9:14

Personnel

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  • Charles McCormick - bass, vocals
  • Charles Love, Willis Draffen Jr. - guitar, vocals
  • Melvin Webb - drums, congas, timbales
  • Roger Durham, Harry Williams - percussion, vocals
  • Hense Powell - piano, electric piano, organ
  • Eddie Summers - drums, vibraphone, piano, congas, vocals
  • Gordon Dewitte - organ
  • Mike Vernon - glockenspiel, castanets, tubular bells
  • Richard L. Mackey, Arthur N. Maebe - French horn
  • Jacqueline Lustgarten, Raymond L. Kelley - cello
  • Gene Cipriano - cor Anglais
  • Dan Neufeld, Nathan Kaproff - viola
  • Carla Spencer, Erno Neufeld, Paul C. Shure, Samuel Boghossian - violin
  • Pip Williams - arranger, conductor

Charts

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Chart (1973) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums 30[8]
Billboard Top Soul Albums 2

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions
US
Pop
US
Soul
1973 "Natural High" 10 4[9]
"Never Let You Go" 43 7
1974 "Outside Woman" 34 2

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 687.
  2. ^ "Bloodstone | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Wynn, Ron. Bloodstone: Natural High > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 38.
  6. ^ The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 1995.
  7. ^ "Listen up: 'Soul' searching". Star Tribune. 21 Dec 1997. p. 1F.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 81.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard book of top 40 R & B and hip-hop hits. Billboard. p. 50.
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