Situation: Critical

{{distinguish|Critical Situation}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Situation: Critical

| type = Album

| artist = Ultra Naté

| cover = Album Situation Critical.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 27, 1998

| recorded = 1996–1997

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electronica, garage house, dance-pop

| length = 55:16

| label = Strictly Rhythm

| producer = Masters at Work, Mood II Swing, D-Influence

| prev_title = One Woman's Insanity

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Stranger than Fiction

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Situation: Critical

| type = studio

| single1 = Free

| single1date = March 31, 1997

| single2 = Found A Cure

| single2date = 1998

| single3 = New Kind of Medicine

| single3date = 1998

| single4 = Release The Pressure

| single4date = 1998

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r351038|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = Music Week

|rev2score = (favorable)"Album reviews". Music Week. April 1998.

}}

Situation: Critical is Ultra Naté's third album, released on Strictly Rhythm in 1998. The album and especially its lead single, "Free", has become her most successful work of music in the mainstream pop world on both sides of the Atlantic so far. "Found a Cure" and "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."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. July 24, 1999. Retrieved July 18, 2020. 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."{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-04-18.pdf|title=Ultra Nate|work=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=April 18, 1998|page=2|access-date=September 17, 2023}}