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Elegant Slumming
Studio album by M People
Released	October 4, 1993
Studio	Milo Studios, Roundhouse Studios, Strongroom Studios (London)
Genre	House dance-pop
Length	55:04
Label	Deconstruction
Producer	M People
M People chronology
Northern Soul (1991) Elegant Slumming (1993) Bizarre Fruit (1994)
Singles from Elegant Slumming
"One Night in Heaven" Released: 14 June 1993 "Moving on Up" Released: 13 September 1993 "Don't Look Any Further" Released: 22 November 1993 "Renaissance" Released: 28 February 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	A

Elegant Slumming is the second album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 4 October 1993 charting and peaking at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and spent 87 weeks in the Top 75. It re-entered the chart three times in October 1996 and March and September 1997. Its overall sales stand at 757,000 as of September 2017.

The four singles released from the album were all UK Top 10 hits: "One Night in Heaven" (#6) and "Moving on Up" (#2), as well as a cover version of the Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett song "Don't Look Any Further", which reached No. 9 in the UK. A fourth hit, "Renaissance", reached No. 5 in the same chart.

The US version was released in 1994 in a separate deal on the Epic label, and replaces 3 tracks with 3 hits from their debut album Northern Soul, which did not have a US release. The album was well received, and "One Night in Heaven" and "Moving on Up" were Billboard No. 1 hits on Hot Dance Club Play.

The original British album won the 1994 UK Mercury Music Prize.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard except where noted.

US version

Charts

References

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• 1993 albums
• M People albums
• Mercury Prize-winning albums