Natural High (Bloodstone album)
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | July 1972 | |||
| Studio | The Village Recorder, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk | |||
| Length | 40:50 original LP | |||
| Label | London[1] | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon[2] | |||
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| Singles from Natural High | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Natural High is the second album by the soul group Bloodstone, released in 1973.[5] It was reissued on CD in 1996 with several bonus tracks.
The album charted at number two on the Soul Album Charts, led by single "Natural High", which charted at number four on the Soul Singles chart and number ten on the Pop chart.
The title song was used by Quentin Tarantino on the soundtrack to his movie Jackie Brown.[6]
Track listing
- "You Know We've Learned" - (Willis Draffen Jr.) - 4:12
- "Who Has the Last Laugh Now" - (Charles McCormick) - 5:36
- "Peter's Jones" - (Larry Durham, Roger Durham) - 4:12
- "That's the Way We Make Our Music" - (Eddie Summers) - 3:15
- "Bo Diddley/Diddley Daddy" - (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:37
- "Natural High" (McCormick) - 4:53
- "I Need Your Love" - (McCormick) - 1:10
- "Tell It to My Face" - (Charles Love) - 3:15
- "Ran It in the Ground" - (Love) - 4:52
- "Never Let You Go" - (Harry Williams) - 5:37
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
- "Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38
- "Judy, Judy" - 2:44
- "Sadie Mae" - 3:02
- "Take These Chains" - 2:55
- "You Don't Mean Nothin'" - 3:39
- "Little Green Apples" - 9:14
Personnel
- 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
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Pop Albums | 30[7] |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop |
US Soul | |||
| 1973 | "Natural High" | 10 | 4[8] | |
| "Never Let You Go" | 43 | 7 | ||
| 1974 | "Outside Woman" | 34 | 2 | |
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 687.
- ^ "Bloodstone | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Wynn, Ron. Bloodstone: Natural High > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 1995.
- ^ "Listen up: 'Soul' searching". Star Tribune: 1F. 21 Dec 1997.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 81.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard book of top 40 R & B and hip-hop hits. Billboard. p. 50.