''Power of a Woman'' is the second studio album by the British R&B vocal group

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, released in October 1995. It was the band's first album without former member

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who left the group to pursue a solo career. According to ''

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'', as of February 1997, ''Power of a Woman'' has sold two million copies worldwide. In June 2019, ''Power of a Woman'' was ranked at number 25 on the

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's list of the "top 40 biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years".

Overview

The album was a success and charted at number 6 in the

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in 1995. Eternal worked with new producers, giving them a slightly more R&B feel than their previous album '' Always & Forever''. ''Power of a Woman'' received a positive reaction from critics, and the album was later re-released with a bonus disc featuring dance

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", " I Am Blessed", and remixed versions of " Good Thing" and "Secrets". "It Will Never End" was planned to be the fifth release, but this was later cancelled due to Eternal releasing "Someday", which was the theme tune to

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's 1996 film ''

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.'' Redemption Song was also scheduled to be a single but was scrapped when the trio were chosen to record Someday. Redemption Song would've acted as the fourth single. In 1996 the album was re-released as a two CD set. CD one was the same as the prior release and CD two was titled "The Number On Dance Mixes" and included six remixes of previous singles. The Australian version of the album includes their debut single "Stay" as a bonus track at the end of the album.

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Track listing

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