Bare (Annie Lennox album) explained

Bare
Type:	studio
Artist:	Annie Lennox
Cover:	Annie Lennox - Bare.png
Released:	5 June 2003
Studio:	The Aquarium (London)
Genre:	Pop synth-pop soul
Length:	49:23
Label:	19 RCA
Producer:	Stephen Lipson Andy Wright Annie Lennox
Prev Title:	Medusa
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Songs of Mass Destruction
Next Year:	2007

Bare is the third solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in Europe on 5 June 2003 by 19 Recordings and RCA Records and in North America on 10 June 2003 by J Records. It peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the US and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.

The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox. The Japanese edition of the album features a version of Lennox's 1992 single "Cold" recorded live in Toronto.

Singles

No singles were released from the album in the United Kingdom, though "Pavement Cracks" and "Wonderful" were released as a CD maxi single and a limited CD single respectively in the United States, while "A Thousand Beautiful Things" was released as a radio-only single. No music videos were released for the songs, although one was recorded for "Pavement Cracks", but all three singles were remixed extensively and all reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. However, the live versions of "A Thousand Beautiful Things" and "Pavement Cracks" were made as music videos instead and the videos were later included on The Annie Lennox Collection DVD.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bare.^[1]

Musicians

Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards
Stephen Lipson – keyboards, guitars, programming
Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, drums ; keyboard solo
Steve Sidelnyk – additional rhythm programming
David Rainger – additional guitars
Tim Cansfield – additional guitars
David Sinclair Whitaker – orchestral arrangement
Pro Arte Orchestra – orchestra
Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader

Technical

Stephen Lipson – production
Andy Wright – production
Annie Lennox – production
Heff Moraes – engineering, mixing
Tony Cousins – mastering at Metropolis Mastering (London)

Artwork

Annie Lennox – photographs
Allan Martin – photographs, design

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Bare*
Chart (2003)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[2]	25
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	5
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	117
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[5]	44

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Bare*
Chart (2003)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	70
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	91
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	94
US Billboard 200^[9]	103

Notes and References

Bare . liner notes . . . 2003 . 8287652248-2.
Web site: Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 34. týden 2003 . Marketing & Media . cs . 22 August 2003 . 13 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210913214940/https://mam.cz/zpravy/2003-08/oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-34-tyden-2003/ . 13 September 2021 . live.
European Top 100 Albums . . 21 . 28 . 5 July 2003 . 13 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/509644/1/ . ja:素顔/アニー・レノックス . Bare / Annie Lennox . ja . . 2 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305140546/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/509644/1/ . 5 March 2014.
Book: Salaverrie, Fernando . September 2005 . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . es . 1st . Madrid . . 84-8048-639-2.
Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2003 . de . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 13 September 2021.
Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003 . hitparade.ch . de . 13 September 2021.
Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2003 . Official Charts Company . 13 September 2021.
Year End Charts – Top Billboard 200 Albums . Billboard . 2003 . 2 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009011904/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2003/the-billboard-200 . 9 October 2012.