''Natural Thing'' is the debut studio album by American singer

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, released on March 8, 1994 under ''Polydor Records''. The album peaked at No. 58 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and features the top 40 R&B hit, "

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", " I'm Gonna Make You Mine" and "

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Critical reception

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editor William Ruhlmann called Blount a "competent but unexceptional R&B singer". He found that with ''Natural Thing'' she undertook to copy the

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formula of

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on her debut album ..but nothing about the record suggested she would be any real competition to Baker or other adult Black pop figures any time soon."

Track listing

Notes * denotes additional producer(s) * denotes co-producer(s)

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Natural Thing (Tanya Blount album) 1994 albums Tanya Blount albums Polydor Records albums Albums produced by Steve "Silk" Hurley