"Actor: Lisa Stansfield"

• Lisa Stansfield - Biography : The Greatest Hits | DVD | (01/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lisa Stansfield's greatest hits compilation Biography opens with her collaboration with cutting-edge dance act Coldcut, "People Hold On", followed by the UK and US videos for her first solo tune "This is the Right Time". As is highlighted by Lisa's introductions of each video, part of her appeal is her gutsy, no-nonsense attitude. She candidly tells stories about the making of the videos, as if she's a gossipy, loud-mouthed friend. Crowing about heart-throb Linus Roache being her love-interest in the video to "Set Your Loving Free", and how she half-froze standing in a Madrid fountain for the "So Natural" promo, her introductions provide a warming insight. Adopting the same technique Lady Godiva used to gain attention, Lisa a couple of times literally reveals all in her videos. The sultry "Time to Make You Mine" depicts Stansfield writhing around naked on a bed of leaves, with strategically placed animated tattoos. Later video "Never Gonna Give You Up" sees her striding down a bustling high street completely starkers: a great treat for those who like a bit of bare-arsed northern soul. On the DVD: Biography is littered with Easter eggs of bonus out-takes. The disc's menus are attractive and fun to use--random audio excerpts of Lisa's songs accompany each sub-menu. The extras are impressive, too, with live versions of "All Around the World" and "People Hold On", as well as lesser-known album tracks ("What Did I Do to You" and "Suzanne"). Filmed in what appears to be a swish New York loft apartment, the alternate US video of "Change" is also included, along with a duet with the "walrus of love" Barry White. --John Galilee

• Lisa Stansfield - Live At Ronnie Scott's | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Recorded during a sell-out week at the world famous Ronnie Scott's jazz club in the heart of London's Soho this DVD documents Lisa's critically acclaimed performance on the stage that has become home to some of the most famous and talented names in the music business over the past 45 years. Here is an intimate portrayal of one of the UK's most unique female artists - a showcase for many of her greatest hits - along with renditions of some of the most outstanding jazz tunes of all times. Tracklist: 1. 8-3-1 2. The Real Thing 3. So Natural 4. Make Love To Ya 5. Tenderly 6. Someday 7. Don't explain 8. Can't Take That Away From Me 9. Didn't I? 10. Change 11. Live Together 12. Something Better 13. Face Up 14. All Woman 15. Never Gonna Give You Up 16. People Hold On 17. All Around The World

• Lisa Stansfield - Biography - With Bonus Audio CD | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The tracklist includes: 'People Hold On' 'This Is The Right Time' 'This Is The Right Time (US Version)' 'All Around The World' 'Live Together' 'Change' 'All Woman' 'Time To Make You Mine' 'Set Your Loving Free' 'Someday' 'Down In The Depths' 'In All The Right Places' 'So Natural' 'Little Bit Of Heaven' 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' 'Real Thing' and 'Never Never Gonna Give You Up'.

• Quest of a Heart | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Finnish feature-length children's animation, with an English voiceover cast that includes Mackenzie Crook and Lisa Stansfield. A young troll, Rolli (voiced by Crook) and his friends enlist the help of beautiful elf Milli (Stansfield) to find the magic heart that will save their village - and the whole world - from being turned into stone.

• MTV 20 - Pop | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There's a fair amount of 1980's stuff on the MTV 20 Pop compilation, and... no, wait, come back! Because not unlike the Now series of albums, this kind of item is valuable not only for the way in which it reminds us of what was any good during a given pop period, but for the way in which it consigns much of the dross to well-earned oblivion by the simple act of passing it by. So it is, then, that this video is packed full of pop classics, compiled with a loving 20/20 hindsight. Highlights are Gary Numan's original (1982) version of "Cars", preceded by some suitably snotty interview footage, Elvis Costello's inevitable "Every Day I Write the Book" and a wonderfully clunky juxtaposition of U2 and Lionel Ritchie. The inclusion of Chumbawamba's excellent "Tubthumping" presumably means that the band decided to restrain their anti-capitalist convictions in order to communicate with a wider audience (ie: sell out)? There are a few also-rans as well--The Fixx, anyone?--and inevitable instances of US-centricity (Smashmouth?), but the best bit has to be the legendary Tears for Fears video for "Shout", reminding us all that Roland Orzabal was in fact a pop genius. The house ads ("MTV--no longer only for deviants!") are a hoot.--Roger Thomas