Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews8 - Excellent - "...What will ultimately seduce you about this record, though, is the utterly irresistible, hip-shivering groove that bubbles from every bar...", 3 Stars - Good - "...Very New York....It rides slip-sloppy hip hop beats and dislocated samples, but the four-girl group at the centre is cool, precise and sinuous of voice, word and instrument...", "...NATURAL INGREDIENTS' low-budget sound is impossible to peg--think funk, punk, jazz, pop, disco, and hip-hop--but is so nicely balanced that, unlike the Beasties, the group never seems indecisive or shizophrenic..." - Rating: B+, Ranked #30 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., "...NATURAL INGREDIENTS drips with high-spiritedness, sensual girl-group harmonies and aimed-at-the-loins grooves.", "...proves there's still a friction and a shiver when cultures collide even after all these years of putting genres in a blender...", "...Luscious Jackson is lucky enough to have arrived nurtured by a far more supportive alternative community than any of the band's foremothers ever faced...", Highly Recommended - "...NATURAL INGREDIENTS is defiantly catchy, the sensual soup of pop and soul, musicianship and sampling that LJ's debut EP, IN SEARCH OF MANNY, struggled to stir up...", 3.5 Stars - Good - "...NATURAL INGREDIENTS is no boy-rap album: Luscious give a punklike, riot grrrl view of the loves and hates of everyday existence...", "...The production on NATURAL INGREDIENTS is more expansive and the songs more complex than the deep funk workouts of MANNY. It's called progression and it feels fine..."