Street Faërie
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| Street Faërie | ||
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| Studio album by Cree Summer | ||
| Released | April 20, 1999 | |
| Length | ??:?? | |
| Label | Work/SME Records | |
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Street Faërie was the first full-length album recorded by Cree Summer. It was released in 1999 on The Work Group, a now-defunct imprint of Sony Music. Summer, who is Neo-Pagan, and a political and human rights activist, wove themes of racism, romantic liaisons, and spirituality into the lyrics of guitar-heavy pop and folk songs. "Miss Moon" is an ode to lovemaking while a woman is menstruating. "Fall," a fully orchestral jazz ballad, reads like the breakup of a relationship but is in fact the literal interpretation of the wilting and decay of a leaf: "Black stemmed, orange trimmed/with the slighest wind I'm fallen from you." "Naheo" is a tribute to Summer's Native American roots, while "Curious White Boy" is a Black woman's response to her white lover after she realizes he has become involved with her out of some sense of racial guilt: "Another housekeeper fantasy?/Coffee-colored remedy for your hangover from history."
[edit] Track listing
- "Revelation Sunshine" – 4:55
- "Miss Moon" – 4:30
- "Still Heart" – 2:51
- "Deliciously Down" – 4:51
- "Mean Sleep" – 4:35
- "Life Goes On" – 3:29
- "Fall" – 5:55
- "Angry Boy" – 4:56
- "Sweet Pain" – 4:22
- "Smoothing My Heart" – 5:30
- "Naheo" – 4:06
- "Soul Sister" – 4:16
- "Curious White Boy" – 4:54
[edit] Credits
- Kimberly Evans - Background vocals
- Lenny Kravitz - Bass, guitar, percussion, arranger, drums, harpsichord, organ, programming, tambourine, vocals, background vocals, Clavinet, producer, Mellotron, cowbell, horn arrangements, mixing, finger cymbals, drum loop, Cabasa
- Terry Manning - Drums, programming, engineer, mixing
- Craig Ross - Acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric guitar
- Cree Summer - Vocals, background vocals
- Harold Todd - Flute, saxophone
- CeCe White - Background vocals
