Man
Her third album, dedicated to Don Cherry, which opened with Woman and took in 7 Seconds two years after the single.
Neneh Cherry, 1996
- Released
- 2 September 1996
- Recorded
- June 1994 to April 1996
- Studio
- CTS, Eastcote, Mayfair, Roundhouse and Westside, London; Coin Record and El Cortijo, Málaga; Power Play, New York; Soundtrade, Stockholm
- Label
- Hut/Virgin
- Producer
- Booga Bear, Jonny Dollar, Dave Allen, Mark Saunders, Simon Richmond, Tricky
- Length
- 48:18
Recorded over almost two years in London, Spain, New York and Stockholm, with Booga Bear and Jonny Dollar sequencing and overseeing it and Tricky co-writing Together Now and producing one track. Bernard Butler plays guitar on Woman, Eagle-Eye Cherry adds piano to a cover of Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man, and Gavyn Wright and Wil Malone lead the London Session Orchestra on strings. The album also covers American Gypsy's Golden Ring. It is dedicated to Don Cherry, who died in 1995.
Man reached No. 16 in Britain, where it went silver, and No. 4 in France, with top ten places in Austria, Switzerland and Australia. Woman, Kootchi and Feel It were the singles.
Track listing
- Woman4:30
- Feel It5:41
- Hornbeam5:02
- Trouble Man3:57
- Golden Ring3:40
- 7 Seconds4:59
- Kootchi5:06
- Beastiality2:49
- Carry Me4:22
- Together Now3:11
- Everything4:58
Personnel
- Neneh Cherry vocals
- Booga Bear (Cameron McVey) producer, sequencing, executive producer
- Jonny Dollar producer, sequencing, executive producer
- Bernard Butler guitar on Woman
- Eagle-Eye Cherry additional piano on Trouble Man
- Gavyn Wright and Wil Malone, London Session Orchestra strings
- Boom Bass percussion on Everything
- Youssou N'Dour vocals on 7 Seconds
More from Neneh Cherry
Raw Like Sushi (1989), The Guide (Wommat) (1994)
Sources
- Man (Neneh Cherry album), Wikipedia
- Neneh Cherry: Man, Discogs
- Neneh Cherry, Official Charts