Northern Sulphuric Soul

Northern Sulphuric Soul is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Rae & Christian, released on 5 October 1998 by Grand Central Records.

Northern Sulphuric Soul
Studio album by Rae & Christian
Released	5 October 1998 (1998-10-05)
Genre	Electronica hip hop
Label	Grand Central
Producer	Steve Christian Mark Rae
Rae & Christian chronology
Northern Sulphuric Soul (1998) Blazing the Crop (1999)
Alternative cover
United States edition
Alternative cover
Remastered edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Muzik	[3]
Q	[4]
Select	3/5[5]
The Times	9/10[6]
Uncut	[7]

In the United States, Northern Sulphuric Soul was released on the Sm:)e label, with a green version of the original orange sleeve. A remastered version was released on 12 January 2004, which contained three extra tracks and alternative sleeve art.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Divine Sounds"	5:17
2.	"Anything U Want" (featuring QBall & Curt Cazal)	3:38
3.	"Swan Song (For a Nation)" (featuring Veba)	5:23
4.	"Now I Lay Me Down" (featuring YZ)	3:58
5.	"The Hush" (with Texas)	5:26
6.	"All I Ask" (featuring Veba)	4:49
7.	"Swimming Pool"	5:38
8.	"Fool" (featuring Veba)	5:22
9.	"Catch a Rude Awakening"	3:22
10.	"Play On (Grand Central)" (featuring Jungle Brothers)	3:54
11.	"Bring the Drama"	2:47
12.	"Flip the Mic" (featuring Jeru the Damaja)	4:45
13.	"Spellbound" (featuring Veba)	5:43

Remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Time to Shine"	5:11
15.	"The Bacalau"	3:15
16.	"Premonition"	5:38

Personnel

Rae & Christian

• Steve Christian – engineering, mixing, production
• Mark Rae – production, scratching, liner notes

Charts

Chart (1998–1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	64
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	150
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10]	25