# Situation: Critical

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Situation: Critical
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Ultra Naté](/source/Ultra_Nat%C3%A9)
| cover      = Album Situation Critical.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 27, 1998
| recorded   = 1996–1997
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Electronica](/source/Electronica), [garage house](/source/House_music), [dance-pop](/source/dance-pop) 
| length     = 55:16
| label      = [Strictly Rhythm](/source/Strictly_Rhythm)
| producer   = [Masters at Work](/source/Masters_at_Work), [Mood II Swing](/source/Mood_II_Swing), [D-Influence](/source/D-Influence)
| prev_title = [One Woman's Insanity](/source/One_Woman's_Insanity)
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [Stranger than Fiction](/source/Stranger_than_Fiction_(Ultra_Nate_album))
| next_year  = 2001
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Situation: Critical
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [Free](/source/Free_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
 | single1date = March 31, 1997
 | single2     = [Found A Cure](/source/Found_A_Cure_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
 | single2date = 1998
 | single3     = [New Kind of Medicine](/source/New_Kind_of_Medicine)
 | single3date = 1998
 | single4     = Release The Pressure
 | single4date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r351038|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2      = ''[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)''
|rev2score = (favorable)<ref name="musicweek">"Album reviews". ''[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)''. April 1998.</ref>
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'''''Situation: Critical''''' is [Ultra Naté](/source/Ultra_Nat%C3%A9)'s third album, released on [Strictly Rhythm](/source/Strictly_Rhythm) in 1998. The album and especially its lead single, "[Free](/source/Free_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))", has become her most successful work of music in the mainstream pop world on both sides of the Atlantic so far. "[Found a Cure](/source/Found_a_Cure_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))" and "[New Kind of Medicine](/source/New_Kind_of_Medicine)" were also hit singles.
As of July 1999, the album sold 150,000 units in the U.S., according to [Nielsen SoundScan](/source/Nielsen_SoundScan).<ref>"Since signing to the label, Naté has issued the album "Situation: Critical", which has sold 150,000 units in the U.S., according to SoundScan.". ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))''. July 24, 1999. Retrieved July 18, 2020.</ref> She told in an interview about the album, "It has dance elements but it's much broader than just that. There are ballads, mid-tempo grooves. Overall I think it's very warm. I think it's a good llstening album."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-04-18.pdf|title=Ultra Nate|work=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week), in [Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=April 18, 1998|page=2|access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
British magazine ''[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)'' wrote, "As well as tackling traditional [disco](/source/disco) topics such as the pain of love, self-written songs such as the title track and "Release the Pressure" focus on social comment, always from a personal, uplifting perspective. There are times when the slickness of the production stands in the way of the message, but Ultra Nate's personality always shines through."<ref name="musicweek"/>

== Track listing==
{{track listing
|title1 = Situation: Critical
|writer1 = [Ultra Naté](/source/Ultra_Nat%C3%A9), Al Mack
|length1 = 5:28
|title2 = [New Kind of Medicine](/source/New_Kind_of_Medicine)
|writer2 = Naté, Ed Baden-Powell, [Kwame Kwaten](/source/Kwame_Kwaten), Sarah Webb, Steve Marston
|length2 = 5:02
|title3 = [Free](/source/Free_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
|writer3 =  Naté, Lem Springsteen, John Ciafone
|length3 = 5:52
|title4 = [Found a Cure](/source/Found_a_Cure_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
|writer4 = Naté, Ciafone, Woody Pak, Springsteen
|length4 = 6:06
|title5 = It's Crying Time
|writer5 = Naté, Springsteen
|length5 = 3:51
|title6 = Release the Pressure
|writer6 = Naté, Mack
|length6 = 5:00
|title7 = Any Ole Love
|writer7 = Naté, Springsteen
|length7 = 4:01
|title8 = Love You Can't Deny
|writer8 = Naté, Baden-Powell, Kwaten, Webb, Marston
|length8 = 4:38
|title9 = Every Now + Then
|writer9 = Naté, Springsteen
|length9 = 3:57
|title10 = Divine Love
|writer10 = Naté, Carl K. Gonzales, Luis F. Vega
|length10 = 7:14
|title11 = Found a Cure
|note11 = Full Intention Mix 
|length11 = 4:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = UK Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
| title12         = [Free](/source/Free_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
| note12          = Full Intention Club Mix
| length12        = 6:48
| title13         = [Free](/source/Free_(Ultra_Nat%C3%A9_song))
| note13          = M&S Philly Klub Edit
| length13        = 4:16
}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1998)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| Australian Albums ([ARIA](/source/ARIA_Charts))<ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/dCQfCJD | title=Ultra Naté ARIA Chart History complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 20, 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|align="center"| 157
|-
| [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart)<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ Ultra Naté - Situation: Critical] Charts Stats. Retrieved 2010-06-18.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/release/26362 Ultra Naté - Situation: Critical]

{{Ultra Naté}}

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Category:1998 albums
Category:Ultra Naté albums

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