Real Things is the third album by Belgian/Dutch Eurodance act 2 Unlimited, released in 1994. It was the band's second number one album in the UK and despite spending just nine weeks in the UK Albums Chart Top 75, it was certified gold thereBPI.co.uk Certification Real Things Accessed November 4, 2006 and platinum in The Netherlands.NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006 "The Real Thing", "Here I Go", "No One" and "Nothing Like the Rain" were released as singles. Unlike their previous album, Ray Slijngaard's raps on the verses were not cut for the UK release.

Critical reception

Generally, the music press were kinder to this album than previous album No Limits!. Alan Jones from Music Week gave Real Things four out of five and named it Pick of the Week. He wrote, "Most of tracks on this album follow the tried and trusted formula. Only on the latter half of the album do they attempt to vary the tempo. Their run of hits continues unabated, and this is likely to emulate the chart-topping exploits of their last album." Beau Quantick from NME gave it eight out of ten. Tim Marsh from Select noted that "The Real Thing" "has a funky key riff", while "Sensuality" and "Something Wild" "explore darker sounds." Smash Hits''' Mark Sutherland stated that "every song is a potential top 10 record" and that "for techno [...] mayhem, you can't beat Real Things''".

Track listing "The Real Thing" – 3:40 "Do What I Like" – 4:07 "Here I Go" – 5:10 "Burning Like Fire" – 4:54 "Info Superhighway" – 4:35 "Hypnotised" – 4:22 "Tuning Into Something Wild" – 4:05 "Escape In Music" – 3:52 "Sensuality" – 4:27 "No One" – 3:25 "Face To Face" – 4:03 "What's Mine Is Mine" – 4:57 "Nothing Like the Rain" – 4:39

Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.

2 Unlimited – primary artist Peter Bauwens – arranger, producer, vocal arrangement Peter Bulkens – mixing Jean-Paul DeCoster – arranger, executive producer, producer Andy Janssens – remixing Phil Wilde – arranger, composer, engineer, producer

Charts + Chart performance for Real Things Chart (1994) Peakposition French Albums (SNEP) Select "2 UNLIMITED" from the drop-down menu and click "OK". 6

Certifications and sales

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