Natural High (Bloodstone album)

For the title track from the album, see Natural High (Bloodstone song).
For the Commodores album, see Natural High (Commodores album).
For the Lil Rob album, see Natural High (Lil Rob Album).
Natural High
Studio album by
Bloodstone
Released1973
RecordedJuly 1972
StudioThe Village Recorder, Los Angeles
GenreSoul, funk
Length40:50 original LP
LabelLondon[1]
ProducerMike Vernon[2]
Bloodstone chronology
Bloodstone
(1972) 		Natural High
(1973) 		Unreal
(1974)
Singles from Natural High
  1. "Natural High"
    Released: April 1973
  2. "Never Let You Go"
    Released: August 1973
  3. "Outside Woman"
    Released: January 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[5]

Natural High is the second album by the soul group Bloodstone, released in 1973.[6] It was reissued on CD in 1996 with several bonus tracks.

The album charted at number two on the Soul Album Charts led by the singles "Natural High," which rose to 10 on the soul singles chart and 4 on the pop chart, while "Never Let You Go" reached 43 and 7, respectively.

The title song was used by Quentin Tarantino on the soundtrack to his movie Jackie Brown.[7]

Track listing

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  1. "You Know We've Learned" - (Willis Draffen Jr.) - 4:12
  2. "Who Has the Last Laugh Now" - (Charles McCormick) - 5:36
  3. "Peter's Jones" - (Larry Durham, Roger Durham) - 4:12
  4. "That's the Way We Make Our Music" - (Eddie Summers) - 3:15
  5. "Bo Diddley/Diddley Daddy" - (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:37
  6. "Natural High" (McCormick) - 4:53
  7. "I Need Your Love" - (McCormick) - 1:10
  8. "Tell It to My Face" - (Charles Love) - 3:15
  9. "Ran It in the Ground" - (Love) - 4:52
  10. "Never Let You Go" - (Harry Williams) - 5:37

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38
  3. "Judy, Judy" - 2:44
  4. "Sadie Mae" - 3:02
  5. "Take These Chains" - 2:55
  6. "You Don't Mean Nothin'" - 3:39
  7. "Little Green Apples" - 9:14

Personnel

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  • 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

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Chart (1973) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums 30[8]
Billboard Top Soul Albums 2

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions
US
Pop 		US
Soul
1973 "Natural High" 10 4[9]
"Never Let You Go" 43 7
1974 "Outside Woman" 34 2

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 687.
  2. ^ "Bloodstone | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Wynn, Ron. Bloodstone: Natural High > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 38.
  6. ^ The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 1995.
  7. ^ "Listen up: 'Soul' searching". Star Tribune. 21 Dec 1997. p. 1F.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 81.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard book of top 40 R & B and hip-hop hits. Billboard. p. 50.
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