Desireless (album)

Desireless
Studio album by Eagle-Eye Cherry
Released	1997 (Sweden) July 21, 1998 (U.S.)
Genre	Rock
Length	55:59
Label	Diesel / Work
Producer	Kent (Gillström) Isaacs and Eagle-Eye Cherry
Eagle-Eye Cherry chronology
Desireless (1997) Living In the Present Future (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	(B-) [3]
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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.

1. "Save Tonight" – 3:59
2. "Indecision" (Åhlund, Cherry) – 5:16
3. "Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)" (Cherry, Gillström) – 4:37
4. "Worried Eyes" – 4:31
5. "Rainbow Wings" (Carlberg, Cherry) – 4:04
6. "Falling in Love Again" – 3:30
7. "Conversation" – 4:44
8. "When Mermaids Cry" – 4:22
9. "Shooting Up in Vain" – 5:36
10. "Permanent Tears" – 4:43
11. "Death Defied By Will" – 4:23
12. "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
• 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

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r366315
2. ^ Rolling Stone Review
3. ^ Robert Christgau Review