Natural Thing (Tanya Blount album)

Natural Thing
Natural Thing
Studio album by Tanya Blount
Released	March 8, 1994
Length	45:14
Label	Polydor
Producer	Byron Burke; Kenni Hairston; Steve "Silk" Hurley; Kevin "K-Jack" Jackson; Herb Lawson; Eric "E-Smoove" Miller; Davitt Sigerson; Byron Stingily; Erik "Lil Rik" White;
Singles from Natural Thing
	"I'm Gonna Make You Mine"; Released: February 2, 1994; "Through the Rain"; Released: June 28, 1994; "Hold On"; Released: November 1, 1994;

Natural Thing is the debut studio album by American singer Tanya Blount, released on March 8, 1994 under Polydor Records. The album peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart^[1] and features the top 40 R&B hit, "Through the Rain", "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" and "Hold On".

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann called Blount a "competent but unexceptional R&B singer". He found that with Natural Thing she undertook to copy the quiet storm formula of Anita Baker on her debut album [...] but nothing about the record suggested she would be any real competition to Baker or other adult Black pop figures any time soon."^[2]

Track listing[edit]

*Natural Thing* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Gonna Make You Mine"	Marc Williams Jere McAllister Chantay Savage	Steve "Silk" Hurley Christian Warren^[a]	4:47
2.	"Through the Rain"	Erik "Lil Rik" White Kevin "K-Jack" Jackson Brian Williams	White Jackson	5:09
3.	"Hold On"	White Jackson	White Jackson	5:36
4.	"No More Lies"	White Jackson	White Jackson	3:51
5.	"Love Ballad"	Skip Scarborough	Kenni Hairston	3:30
6.	"Is It Love" (featuring Freddie Jackson)	Hairston Marc Nelson	Hairston Goh Hotoda^[b]	4:20
7.	"Spend Another Night"	Reggie Griffin Cindy Mizelle	Griffin	4:38
8.	"Natural Thing"	Eric "E-Smoove" Miller Savage	Miller	4:10
9.	"For All the Right Reasons"	Amy Sky John Capek	Davitt Sigerson	4:23
10.	"Baby Love"	Eddie Towns Antoinette Hilman	Byron Burke Byron Stingily Herb Lawson	4:55

Notes

^{^[a]} denotes additional producer(s)
^{^[b]} denotes co-producer(s)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	58

References[edit]

^ "tanyablountslbums". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic review
^ "Tanya Blount Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[1] "tanyablountslbums". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

[AllMusic-2] Allmusic review

[BBRBHH-3] "Tanya Blount Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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