Desireless (album)
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| Studio album by Eagle-Eye Cherry | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1997 (Sweden) July 21, 1998 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 55:59 | |||
| Label | Diesel, Work | |||
| Producer | Kent (Gillström) Isaacs and Eagle-Eye Cherry | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B− [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
Desireless is the 1997 debut album by Swedish singer Eagle-Eye Cherry. The album was released in Sweden in 1997, by the small label Diesel. In 1998, Work Records picked it up for American distribution.
The album went platinum in the United States and sold over four million copies worldwide. The singles "Save Tonight" and "Falling in Love Again" were a major part of the album's success. The title track, “Desireless” is a cover of a song by Cherry’s father Don Cherry from his album Relativity Suite.
Track listing
All songs have been written by Eagle-Eye Cherry, except where noted.
- "Save Tonight" – 3:59
- "Indecision" (Åhlund, Cherry) – 5:16
- "Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)" (Cherry, Gillström) – 4:37
- "Worried Eyes" – 4:31
- "Rainbow Wings" (Carlberg, Cherry) – 4:04
- "Falling in Love Again" – 3:30
- "Conversation" – 4:44
- "When Mermaids Cry" – 4:22
- "Shooting Up in Vain" – 5:36
- "Permanent Tears" – 4:43
- "Death Defied By Will" – 4:23
- "Desireless" (music by Don Cherry) – 6:14
Personnel
- Eagle-Eye Cherry – Acoustic guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
- Klas Åhlund – Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
- Jaya Deva – Acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, Vocals
- Elias Modig - Bass
- Peter Forss – Bass, background vocals
- Kent (Gillström) Isaacs – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer, songwriter
- Lars Halapi – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Adam Kviman – Acoustic guitar, Fender Rhodes
- Niklas Medin – Organ, Hammond organ
- Magnus Persson – Percussion, drums, didjeridu, sleigh bells
- Bengt Berger – Tabla
- Mattias Thorell – Acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar
- Ingemar Woody - Electric guitar
- Sebastian Oberg – Cello
- Goran Kajfes – Trumpet
- Titiyo Jah – Vocals
- Vinia Mojica – Background vocals
- Sharon Dyall – Background vocals
- Alisha Zevulon – Voices
