Released October 25, 1994 Length 62:47 Release date 25 October 1994 | Recorded 1993-1994 | |
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Wild Seed – Wild Flower is the debut full-length album by Dionne Farris, which she recorded after singing the song "Tennessee" by the alternative hip hop group Arrested Development. Rather than continue with Arrested Development, she made a solo record with members of the band Follow for Now, David Ryan Harris and Billy Fields. The lead single, "I Know" (which allmusic's Tom Demalon called "percolating and infectious"), peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.
Contents
Track listing
- "I Know" (Milton Davis, William DuVall) 3:49
- "Reality" (Farris, Billy Fields, Skitch Lovett) 4:42
- "Stop to Think" (Farris, Lenny Kravitz) 5:29
- "Passion" (Farris, Fields, Lovett) 5:44
- "Food for Thought" (Farris, David Harris) 6:35
- "Now Or Later" (Farris, Fields, Lovett) 5:19
- "Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)" (Farris, Harris) 4:27
- "11th Hour" (Farris, David Frank) 4:46
- "Water" (Dionne Farris, Billy Fields) 4:06
- "Blackbird" (Lennon, McCartney) 3:08
- "Old Ladies" (discussion of "Blackbird") 0:27
- "Human" (Farris) 3:04
- "Find Your Way" (Farris, Tim Heintz, Randy Jackson) 5:44
- "The Audition" (skit) 1:38
- "I Know" (NY Reprise Mix) (Davis, DuVall) 3:49
Personnel
Reception
"I Know" was the only hit from the album, but Tom Demalon wrote that the album's "charms run much deeper" than the hit single. However, critic Brent Mann expressed the opposite view, stating that the other songs "lacked energy and direction" and in one case turned "plodding and ponderous."
Songs
1I Know3:48
2Reality4:43
3Stop to Think5:29