Lisa Stansfield’s “Change” was a swanky disco cut of a lesser tempo adorned with beautiful piano and strings. Her sophomore album Real Love came two years after her 1989 debut album Affection. She co-wrote the songs on both albums with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris. “Change” was the first single from Real Love and it was a hit in the United States and Europe. Stansfield’s alto conveyed devotion to a longtime love within a musical arrangement that had strong hints of her Barry White influences. Knuckles and Driza Bone remixed “Change” and two videos were made for the single; one for the US and the European version. Real Love was critically acclaimed and achieved commercially by charting in the Top Ten section of the charts domestically and abroad. Stansfield released her eighth studio album Deeper in 2018. In 2022, she performed at the Lytham Festival in the UK. 

[youtube id=”JVuuatjHGnY”] Lisa Stansfield’s “All  Around The World” put her in the unusual place of being an immediately accepted white British singer of R&B. In 1989, Teena Marie had been the only white woman to make an impact on American R&B fans and radio. Stansfield’s sultry low notes and soulful shrilling communicated a respect for tradition and the appearance of a unique new voice. “All Around The World” was the singer’s industry breakthrough given its no. 1 chart status, Grammy nominations and the Ivor Novello Award she and her co-songwriters won in her native Great Britain. Stansfield re-recorded the song in 1992 with Barry White as a duet for charity and there is a separate video for their version. The remixes of “All Around The World” were included in the 2014 deluxe re-release of her albums Affection, Face Up and the People Hold On…Remix Anthology. Stansfield’s eighth album, Deeper appeared in April of 2018 introduced by the single “Billionaire.”