Natural Ingredients

This article is about the album by Luscious Jackson. For the culinary concept, see Natural foods.

Natural Ingredients is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Luscious Jackson.^[2] It was released on August 23, 1994, by Grand Royal and Capitol Records.

Natural Ingredients
Studio album by Luscious Jackson
Released	August 23, 1994 (1994-08-23)
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Tony's (New York City)
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	45:04
Label	Grand Royal Capitol
Producer	The Superfreaks (Jill Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser, Tony Mangurian) Kate Schellenbach
Luscious Jackson chronology
In Search of Manny (1992) Natural Ingredients (1994) Fever In Fever Out (1996)
Singles from Natural Ingredients
"Citysong" Released: July 12, 1994 (1994-07-12) "Deep Shag" Released: 1994 "Here" Released: 1995

The album peaked at number 114 on the Billboard 200 chart,^[3] as well as number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
NME	8/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Select	[12]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10[13]
The Village Voice	B−[14]

The New York Times concluded: "Both warm and sardonic, Natural Ingredients is music that captures the feeling of hitting the pavement on a near-perfect day, absorbing the urban rhythms while still keeping a wary eye on everything happening around you."^[15]

Track listing

All songs composed by Jill Cunniff and Gabrielle Glaser, except "Surprise", by Jill Cunniff.

1. "Intro" – 0:05
2. "Citysong" – 4:20
3. "Deep Shag" – 3:32
4. "Angel" – 3:19
5. "Strongman" – 4:21
6. "Energy Sucker" – 3:33
7. "Here" – 3:33
8. "Intermission" – 0:14
9. "Find Your Mind" – 3:21
10. "Pelé Merengue" – 2:24
11. "Rock Freak" – 3:53
12. "Rollin'" – 4:14
13. "Surprise" – 2:46
14. "LP Retreat" – 5:29

• "Citysong" contains elements from "On and On" by Curtis Mayfield, performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Personnel

Luscious Jackson

• Jill Cunniff – vocals (tracks 2–7, 9–14), bass guitar (2–5, 7, 9–12, 14), guitar (6, 13)
• Gabrielle Glaser – vocals (2, 3, 5–7, 9–11, 14), bass guitar (2, 10, 13), guitar (3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14), Rhodes piano (3, 14), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (4), whammy-guitar (6), shaker (7), drum programming (11)
• Vivian Trimble – piano (3–5, 7, 12, 13), wah-piano (4), wah-percussion (10), keyboard bass (11), Fender Rhodes (12), backing vocals (13)
• Kate Schellenbach – drums (2–5, 7, 10–13), shaker (3, 4)

Technical

• Jill Cunniff – co-producer
• Gabrielle Glaser – co-producer
• Tony Mangurian – co-producer, engineer, mixing
• Kate Schellenbach – co-producer ("Strongman")
• Paul Orofino – mixing
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Tuta Aquino – editing, sequencing
• George Sewell – artwork
• Twelve Point Rule Ltd. – design
• Bryan Thatcher – cloud photo
• Michael Lavine – back cover band photos
• C.H.M. – inside photos

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	114
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4]	2