Lisa Stansfield

RONALD_JOHNSON@yr.com
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:18:41 -0400


Hey...

Was just listening to WRKS-FM in NYC... Lisa Stansfield was on
there promoting her new album. They played her single "Never,
never gonna give you up".(Which doesnt sound bad... Vocals are
classic Lisa, but the music, tho it had the strings definitely
sounds like they made an extra effort to make it US R&B radio
friendly with a familiar-many-times-sampled hip hop backbeat not
unlike the beat to the remix of SWV's "Right Here/Human Nature"
and this rap sounding guy is repeatedly saying "yeah" in the
background. Its not terrible, but I just hate seeing artists
compromise for the sake of crossover/acceptance.

The album *will* be out (finally) on Tuesday, 7/29 and she is
supposed to be touring the US next year... Look out for her in
LA next week.

For those who dont know, she has a website that can be accessed
thru WWW.UBL.COM, and entering her name as the artist of choice.

RJ