Released April 20, 1999 Artist Cree Summer Producer Lenny Kravitz | Length 59:10 Release date 20 April 1999 Label Work Group | |
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Genres Rock music, Alternative rock Similar Lunar Jetman, Baptism, Back by Thug Demand, Goddess in the Doorway, Circus | ||
Street Faërie is 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 a Neo-Pagan and a social justice advocate, 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."
Contents
Track listing
- "Revelation Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Francks) – 4:55
- "Miss Moon" (Francks, Lenny Kravitz) – 4:30
- "Still Heart" (Francks, Kravitz, Torrel Ruffin) – 2:51
- "Deliciously Down" (Francks, Van Hunt) – 4:51
- "Mean Sleep" (Francks, Hunt) – 4:35
- "Life Goes On" (Bell, Francks) – 3:29
- "Fall" (Francks, Ruffin) – 5:55
- "Angry Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:56
- "Sweet Pain" (Francks, Hunt) – 4:22
- "Smooth My Heart" (Francks, D.R. Harris) – 5:30
- "Naheo" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:06
- "Soul Sister" (Bell, Francks) – 4:16
- "Curious White Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:54
- "Revelation Club Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Franks) (* Japanese Bonus Track)
Personnel
Songs
1Revelation Sunshine4:55
2Miss Moon4:31
3Still Heart2:51