Real Things (2 Unlimited album)

Real Things is the third album by Dutch Eurodance act 2 Unlimited, released in 1994.[1] It was the band's second number one album in the UK and despite spending just nine weeks in the UK Albums Chart Top 75, it was certified gold there[2] and platinum in The Netherlands.[3] "The Real Thing", "Here I Go", "No One" and "Nothing Like the Rain" were released as singles. Unlike their previous album, Ray Slijngaard's raps on the verses were not cut for the UK release.

Real Things
Studio album by
2 Unlimited
ReleasedJune 6, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre
Length57:20
LabelByte Records (Sony / PWL) BYTE 103-9
ProducerJean-Paul de Coster (exec. prod.), Phil Wilde, et al.
2 Unlimited chronology
No Limits!
(1993)		 Real Things
(1994)		 Hits Unlimited
(1995)
Alternative cover
UK cover
Singles from Real Things
  1. "The Real Thing"
    Released: May 9, 1994 (UK)
  2. "No One"
    Released: September 19, 1994 (UK)
  3. "Here I Go"
    Released: March 13, 1995 (UK)
  4. "Nothing Like the Rain"
    Released: 1995 (No UK release)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Smash Hits[5]

Generally, the music press were kinder to this album than previous album No Limits!. In his review of this album, Smash Hits' Mark Sutherland stated that "every song is a potential top 10 record" and that "for techno [...] mayhem, you can't beat Real Things".[6]

Track listing
  1. "The Real Thing" – 3:40
  2. "Do What I Like" – 4:07
  3. "Here I Go" – 5:10
  4. "Burning Like Fire" – 4:54
  5. "Info Superhighway" – 4:35
  6. "Hypnotised" – 4:22
  7. "Tuning Into Something Wild" – 4:05
  8. "Escape In Music" – 3:52
  9. "Sensuality" – 4:27
  10. "No One" – 3:25
  11. "Face To Face" – 4:03
  12. "What's Mine Is Mine" – 4:57
  13. "Nothing Like the Rain" – 4:39

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[7]

  • 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

References
  1. "AllMusic: 2 Unlimited (Biography)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  2. BPI.co.uk Certification Real Things Accessed November 4, 2006
  3. NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  4. AllMusic review
  5. The review in Smash Hits in 1994.
  6. The Smash Hits review in 1994
  7. "Real Things - 2 Unlimited - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2017.


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