Affection

Affection
Studio album by Lisa Stansfield
Released	November, 1989 (UK & Europe) February, 1990 (USA & Japan)
Recorded	1989
Genre	R&B, Soul
Length	51:29 (LP) 63:24 (CD 1989) 78:48 (CD 2003)
Label	BMG/Arista
Producer	Devaney/Morris & "Coldcut" (aka Matt Black & Jonathan Moor)
Professional reviews
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Lisa Stansfield chronology
- Affection (1989) Real Love (1991) Singles from Affection "This Is the Right Time" Released: 1989 "All Around the World" Released: 1989 "Live Together" Released: 1990 "What Did I Do to You" Released: 1990 "You Can't Deny It" Released: 1990

Affection is the first album by English pop and soul singer Lisa Stansfield, released in the UK, in November 1989, for BMG/Arista label. Written by her husband and musical collaborator Ian Devaney, former school mate Andy Morris (who left her band in 1993), and Lisa herself, the record was widely hailed as one of the finest debut albums ever by a British soul artist, going straight to number two in the UK Albums Chart.

The LP album, with its combination of pop, soul and dance music, went on to sell almost 5 million copies worldwide. It was released in multiple editions, in different countries and years, with alternative track listings, including six hit singles: "This Is the Right Time" (which does not feature on the original vinyl LP release), "All Around the World", "Live Together", "What Did I Do to You?" (which came out as a 12" EP), and "You Can't Deny It" (not released in the UK) and "People Hold On" (her very first major hit, performed with Coldcut, also in 1989, but only contained in the 2003 remastered compact disc edition). The original 1989 Arista Records United States version features noticeably refined mixes of several of the songs: including "What Did I Do To You?", "You Can't Deny It", "Just the Way You Want It" and a completely different remix of, "The Love In Me".

"All Around The World", which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, and Number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart in the USA, was the first song by a white female artist, since Teena Marie's 1988 song "Ooo La La La" to reach the top of the U.S. R&B Chart. "You Can't Deny It", which was only released in the USA, also topped this latter chart.

Singles taken from the album

• "This Is the Right Time" (UK #13 – 8 weeks in the British charts - 12 August 1989)
• "All Around The World" (UK #1 – 14 weeks in the British charts - 28 October 1989; #1 in the U.S. R&B Chart)
• "Live Together" (UK #10 – 6 weeks in the British charts - 10 February 1990)
• "What Did I Do to You?" (EP; UK #25 – 4 weeks in the British charts - 12 May 1990)
• "You Can't Deny It" (never released in the UK - #1 in the U.S. R&B Chart)

plus (only in the 2003 remastered CD edition)

• "People Hold On" with Coldcut (UK #11 – 9 weeks in the British charts - 25 March 1989)

The "What Did I Do to You?" EP

"What Did I Do to You?", the lower-charting of the many singles taken from the hit album, was actually released as a 12" EP, including three previously unreleased songs too: "My Apple Heart", "Lay Me Down" and "Something's Happenin'", all of them then added to the 2003 remastered CD edition, also containing the single mix of People Hold On with Coldcut (as well as the lyrics to all 17 songs - the original 1989 album release was the only Lisa Stansfield record not including any lyrics). This EP reached #25 in the UK charts, making it the lowest-charting British single from the album.

EP track listing

1. "What Did I Do to You?" (7" Version) – 4:18
2. "My Apple Heart" – 4:15
3. "Lay Me Down" – 4:13
4. "Something's Happenin'" – 3:46

Album track listings

Europe/Japan version

All songs on all versions written by Devaney/Morris/Stansfield.

1. "This Is The Right Time" – 4:29 (CD/MC only - not on the vinyl LP)
2. "Mighty Love" – 5:11
3. "Sincerity" – 4:47
4. "The Love In Me" – 5:01
5. "All Around The World" – 4:29
6. "What Did I Do to You?" – 4:48
7. "Live Together" – 6:10
8. "You Can't Deny It" – 5:36
9. "Poison" – 4:12
10. "When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:23
11. "Affection" – 5:52
12. "Wake Up Baby" – 3:58 (CD/MC only - not on the vinyl LP)
13. "The Way You Want It" – 4:56 (CD/MC only - not on the vinyl LP)

USA version

1. "All Around The World" – 4:28
2. "Mighty Love" – 5:13
3. "This Is the Right Time" – 4:32
4. "You Can't Deny It" – 4:33
5. "What Did I Do to You?" – 5:54
6. "Affection" – 5:50
7. "Live Together" – 4:37
8. "Sincerity" – 4:50
9. "Love In Me" – 5:00
10. "Poison" – 4:20
11. "When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:17
12. "Wake Up Baby" – 3:53
13. "The Way You Want It" – 4:58

2003 remastered CD version

1. "This Is the Right Time" – 4:30
2. "Mighty Love" – 5:11
3. "Sincerity" – 4:49
4. "The Love In Me" – 5:00
5. "All Around The World" – 4:25
6. "What Did I Do to You?" (7" Version) – 4:18
7. "Live Together" – 6:09
8. "You Can't Deny It" (U.S. Version) – 4:25
9. "Poison" – 4:17
10. "When Are You Coming Back?" – 5:15
11. "Affection" – 5:42
12. "Wake Up Baby" – 3:56
13. "The Way You Want It" – 5:00
14. "People Hold On" (Single Mix) Featuring Coldcut – 3:57 [bonus track]
15. "My Apple Heart" – 4:15 [bonus track]
16. "Lay Me Down" – 4:13 [bonus track]
17. "Something's Happenin'" – 3:46 [bonus track]

Production

• Executive Producers: Tim Parry & Jazz Summers For Big Life Records
• All Songs Arranged, Produced & Mixed By Ian Devaney & Andy Morris except "This Is The Right Time", Produced By "Coldcut" & Mixed By Mark Saunders.
• Additional Engineering: Felix Kendall & Richard Scott

Chart information