Living in the Present Future
Living in the Present Future | ||||
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Studio album by Eagle-Eye Cherry | ||||
Released | March 6, 2000 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Klas Åhlund , Eagle-Eye Cherry, The Dust Brothers, Adam Kviman, Rick Rubin | |||
Eagle-Eye Cherry chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (53/100)[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
BBC | (average)[3] |
Blender | [1] |
E! Online | C[1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
People | (mixed)[5] |
PopMatters | [1][6] |
Living in the Present Future is the second studio album by Swedish rock singer-songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry. It was released in 2000. In the three-year gap between 1997's "Desireless" and this release, he left Epic subsidiary Work and came to MCA, wherein he worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers, John Kurzweg, and Rick Rubin.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted.
- "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Ahlund)
- "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
- "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
- "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Burning Up" – 5:02
- "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
- "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
- "First to Fall" – 3:57
- "Miss Fortune" – 3:47
- "She Didn't Believe" – 3:41 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
- "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita) - bonus track not on European version
2001 rerelease
On October 30, 2001, the album was rereleased with the title "Present/Future". The new version replaced three new tracks, and with some tracks reordered.
Rerelease track listing
- All Songs Written By Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted.
- "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Ahlund)
- "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
- "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
- "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Feels So Right" – 4:20 (Cherry, Watkins, Mattias Torrell)
- "Crashing Down" – 5:21 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
- "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
- "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
- "Burning Up" – 5:02
- "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
- "Never Let You Down" – 5:45
- "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita)
Personnel[2]
- Eagle-Eye Cherry: Vocals, Keyboards, Piano
- Mats Asplen: Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Organ, Moog Synthesizer
- Patrick Warren: Chamberlin
- Klas Åhlund, Eric Schermerhorn, Mattias Torrell, Christopher Watkins: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
- Olav Gustaffson: Pedal Steel
- Spencer Campbell, Peter Fors, Benny Rietveld: Bass
- Jim Bogios, Rodney Holmes, Magnus Persson: Drums
- Dominic Keyes, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow: Percussion
- Per "Texas" Johansson: Sax
- Goran Kajfes: Trumpet
- John Kurzweg: additional guitar
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