Top 5Has said they love
Prince
Purple Rain“Oh my gosh, that album encompassed my teenage years. Seriously, I lived that album.”
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Ultra Naté has said the albums that shaped her include Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear, Prince's Purple Rain, Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Ten City's Foundation, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, Peter Gabriel's So and Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.
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Top 5Has said they love
Michael Jackson
Off The Wall“It was so soulful and urban”
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Top 5Has said they love
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon“I loved this Pink Floyd album long before I became a musician.”
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Marvin Gaye
Here, My Dear
Top 5Has said they love
Marvin Gaye
Here, My Dear“My mother had bought it and her record collection was my first exposure to vinyl.”
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Rufus
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Top 5Has said they love
“these records were the foundation that taught me singing and how to write musical arrangements and production.”
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Records that shaped me
Marvin Gaye
Here, My Dear
Has said they love
Marvin Gaye
Here, My Dear“My mother had bought it and her record collection was my first exposure to vinyl.”
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Has said they love
Prince
Purple Rain“Oh my gosh, that album encompassed my teenage years. Seriously, I lived that album.”
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Has said they love
Michael Jackson
Off The Wall“It was so soulful and urban”
Said in MusicRadar: Ultra Nate, 10 albums that blew my mind, August 2017
Rufus
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Has said they love
“these records were the foundation that taught me singing and how to write musical arrangements and production.”
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The Police
Synchronicity
Has said they love
The Police
Synchronicity“It stuck to me like glue and I felt like I could live in that space.”
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Donnie
The Colored Section
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Donnie
The Colored Section“I think it's a brilliant album and probably ahead of its time.”
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Ten City
Foundation
Has said they love
Ten City
Foundation“Ten City was the first act I ever saw perform live at that very same club”
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Has said they love
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon“I loved this Pink Floyd album long before I became a musician.”
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Peter Gabriel
So
Has said they love
Peter Gabriel
So“When this album came out, I just loved every song so much.”
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Maxwell
Urban Hang Suite
Has said they love
Maxwell
Urban Hang Suite“It was the perfect love album at the time.”
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What records influenced Ultra Naté?
She has named Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear, Prince's Purple Rain, Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, The Police's Synchronicity, Donnie's The Colored Section, Ten City, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel's So and Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.
Which singer taught Ultra Naté to sing?
She has said she never had formal training, and that records like Rufus featuring Chaka Khan were the foundation that taught her singing, songwriting and arrangement.
How did Ultra Naté discover house music?
She has said a night at a club playing Chicago house changed her plans to study medicine, and that Ten City was the first act she ever saw perform live there.
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Ultra Naté is the Baltimore singer and songwriter behind the house classics Free and Found a Cure. This guide covers the ten albums she has said shaped her as a singer and writer.
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