M People will be releasing a coloured-vinyl box set of 'Renaissance'! This limited edition consists of 5 LPs and a photo signed by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Shovell. The box set will be released on Friday 6th August 2021 and is available to pre-order now!
release information
Release information from Demon Music Group:
This is a limited run with a signed copy portrait by acclaimed photographer Kevin Davies, signed by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Shovell.
M People became one of the world’s biggest dance and pop groups of the 1990s, with the unmistakable voice of Heather Small joining Paul Heard, Shovell and founder Mike Pickering. With sales in excess of 11 million, they won two Brit Awards and a Mercury Music Prize.
The 5 disc boxset showcases all the studio albums plus a bonus 12” disc, pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl. All albums are presented in the original sleeve artwork. Northern Soul – pressed on Red 180g. Elegant Slumming – pressed on White 180g. Bizarre Fruit – pressed on Blue 180g. Fresco – pressed on Yellow 180g. Exclusive 12”: remixed by Sasha ‘Someday’ and ‘How Can I Love You More?’ pressed on 180g black vinyl. Available commercially on 12” for the first time.
The band accumulated a staggering 20 top 40 singles including ‘Moving On Up’, ‘One Night In Heaven’, ‘Sight For Sore Eyes’, ‘Search For The Hero’, ‘Just For You’ and ‘Renaissance’. Winning the 1994 Mercury Music prize for Elegant Slumming was seen as a key event in the history of dance music.
Northern Soul | LP 1
Colour My Life
How Can I Love You More?
Inner City Cruise
It’s Your World
Sexual Freedom
Kiss It Better
Tumbling Down
Landscape Of Love
Life
Someday
Elegant Slumming | LP 2
One Night In Heaven
Moving On Up
Renaissance
You Just Have To Be There
Love Is In My Soul
Don’t Look Any Further
Natural Thing
Little Packet
La Vida Loca
Melody Of Life
Bizarre Fruit | LP 3
Sight For Sore Eyes
Search For The Hero
Open Your Heart
Love Rendezvous
Precious Pearl
Sugar Town
Walk Away
Drive Time
Padlock
… And Finally
Fresco | LP 4
Just For You
Fantasy Island
Never Mind Love
Last Night 10,000
Smile
Red Flower Sunset
Angel St
Lonely
Rhythm And Blues
Believe It
Bohemia
Avalon
12" Sasha Remixes | LP 2
Someday (Sasha's Full Master)
How Can I Love You More? (Sasha's QAT Mix)