I'm very surprised at the critical nature of most of the reviews here. No artist that has been around as long as the great Lisa Stansfield is going to put out a five star album every time. Yes, her classics are "Real Love" "Affection" and the incredible "So Natural" but "Face Up" is a really good cd. It's more stripped down than several of her other releases, but "Face Up" features excellent vocals, arrangements and her trademark themes of self empowerment and positivity.

You'll love it.

This Diva doesn't get her props at all. She can out sing some of the best out there. They love her in her home England and we should too. I've been a fan since the early 90's. Her voice can carry R&B, house, jazz tunes, you name it. TALENTED!!!

I've loved Lisa since the first time I heard her voice years ago... and THAT style... WOW! Some say that she sounds similar on several albums, but trust me, this is a GREAT thing here! This album, which I whipped out a walloping 30 dollars for at Virgin Megastore for. Thanks Arista for being MORONS(once more) and not giving it a U.S. release! Since Clive left, it has obviously gone downhill! Thanks for giving us a great album Lisa. You're one-of-a-kind !

....what a music, what a voice!!
Beautiful, sexy she is and a brilliant album she produced. I had the honour to see her in Hamburg and Cologne. She performed all hits of the last 10 years. Especially the new songs 8-3-1, Face Up, and Didn't I the audience loved. It was so emotional.
I cannot understand, that this music didn't come into the German charts. I think my people in Germany are a bit simple-minded. Germany, why do you ignore this fantastic woman????
Her voice and the serious way, she performes the songs is unique.
Hi American and English friends of good music, buy this CD. You will love it. She is definitive the best white female R&B and Soul singer in the world.

That the divine Ms. S could not get this CD released is strong testimony to the decline of the US music market. The women has pipes that put 90% of the popular divas to shame! while I continue to lament her production team (this kind of voice deserves more than a keyboard equivalent of drums, bass, string and horns, get this woman together with a real producer!) which, I feel, lowers the aural enjoyability of her CDs (thump thump bass drum, not a natural sound to be heard other than her marvelous vocal interpretations) I continue to find myself listening intently, eyes closed, to her singing. 3 or 4 really goods songs per CD is fine with me, almost everything here is worth listening to and, as I said, 3 or 4 are reall keepers. long live Lisa Stansfield, and someone hear my plea for a record company to grab her and raise her up where she belongs; at the pinnacle of the music business, giving enjoyment to millions.