Natural High (Bloodstone album) explained

Natural High
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Bloodstone
Cover:	Natural_High_Bloodstone.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	July 1972
Studio:	The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre:	Soul, funk
Length:	40:50 original LP
Label:	London
Producer:	Mike Vernon^[1]
Prev Title:	Bloodstone
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Unreal
Next Year:	1974

Natural High is the second album by the soul group Bloodstone, released in 1973.^[2] 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.^[3]

Track listing

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:

11. "Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38
12. "Judy, Judy" - 2:44
13. "Sadie Mae" - 3:02
14. "Take These Chains" - 2:55
15. "You Don't Mean Nothin'" - 3:39
16. "Little Green Apples" - 9:14

Personnel

• 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

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums	30^[4]
Billboard Top Soul Albums	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Pop	US Soul
1973	"Natural High"	10	4^[5]
	"Never Let You Go"	43	7
1974	"Outside Woman"	34	2

External links

• Bloodstone-Natural High at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bloodstone | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Book: The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll . 1995 . Fireside.
3. News: Listen up: 'Soul' searching . Star Tribune . 21 Dec 1997 . 1F.
4. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001 . 2001 . Record Research . 81.
5. Book: Whitburn . Joel . The Billboard book of top 40 R & B and hip-hop hits . 2006 . Billboard . 50.