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Real Things (2 Unlimited album)

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Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Real Things
| type = studio
| artist = 2 Unlimited
| cover = 2 unlimited real things retail cd-front.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 6, 1994
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Eurodance|techno|dance-pop}}
| length = 57:20
| label = Byte Records (Sony / PWL) BYTE 103-9
| producer = Jean-Paul de Coster (exec. prod.), Phil Wilde, et al.
| prev_title = No Limits!
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Hits Unlimited
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = 2_unlimited_real_things.jpeg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = UK cover
}}{{Singles
| name = Real Things
| type = studio
| single1 = The Real Thing
| single1date = May 9, 1994 (UK)
| single2 = No One
| single2date = September 19, 1994 (UK)
| single3 = Here I Go
| single3date = March 13, 1995 (UK)
| single4 = Nothing Like the Rain
| single4date = 1995 (No UK release)
}}
}}

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.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}^[4]
|rev2 = Smash Hits
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[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

"The Real Thing" – 3:40
"Do What I Like" – 4:07
"Here I Go" – 5:10
"Burning Like Fire" – 4:54
"Info Superhighway" – 4:35
"Hypnotised" – 4:22
"Tuning Into Something Wild" – 4:05
"Escape In Music" – 3:52
"Sensuality" – 4:27
"No One" – 3:25
"Face To Face" – 4:03
"What's Mine Is Mine" – 4:57
"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. ^{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/2-unlimited-p36898/biography|title=AllMusic: 2 Unlimited (Biography)|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=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|class=album|id=r203789|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
5. ^The review in Smash Hits in 1994.
6. ^The Smash Hits review in 1994
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/real-things-mw0000625498/credits|title=Real Things - 2 Unlimited - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=10 July 2017}}

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