Living in the Present Future explained

Living in the Present Future
Type:studio
Artist:Eagle-Eye Cherry
Cover:Eagle-Eye Cherry - Living in the Present Future.jpg
Released:6 March 2000
Genre:Rock
Label:MCA
Producer:
Prev Title:Desireless
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Sub Rosa
Next Year:2003

Living in the Present Future is the second studio album by Swedish rock singer-songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry. It was released in 2000. Cherry worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers, John Kurzweg, and Rick Rubin.

Four songs from the album were released as singles: "Are You Still Having Fun?", "Long Way Around", "Promises Made" and "Feels So Right". The only single to experience success across multiple regions was "Are You Still Having Fun?", which reached the top 40 in France, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[1] [2] "Long Way Around" became a minor hit in a few countries, but the following two singles did not make a commercial impact.

Track listing

All songs written by Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted.

  1. "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Åhlund)
  2. "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
  3. "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
  4. "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
  5. "Burning Up" – 5:02
  6. "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
  7. "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
  8. "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
  9. "First to Fall" – 3:57
  10. "Miss Fortune" – 3:47
  11. "She Didn't Believe" – 3:41 (Cherry, Watkins)
  12. "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
  13. "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita. Bonus track not on European version; also appeared on Santana's 1999 release, Supernatural)

2001 re-release

On 30 October 2001 the album was re-released with the title Present/Future. The new version replaced the tracks "First To Fall", "Miss Fortune" and "She Didn't Believe" with three new tracks (the single "Feels So Right" as well as "Crashing Down" and "Never Let You Down"), and slightly changed the order of the tracks. “Feels So Right” was also included on Cherry’s next album, Sub Rosa.

  1. "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Åhlund)
  2. "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
  3. "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
  4. "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
  5. "Feels So Right" – 4:20 (Cherry, Watkins, Mattias Torrell)
  6. "Crashing Down" – 5:21 (Cherry, Watkins)
  7. "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
  8. "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
  9. "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
  10. "Burning Up" – 5:02
  11. "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
  12. "Never Let You Down" – 5:45
  13. "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita)

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedishcharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Are You Still Having Fun?. Singles Top 100. 3 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Eagle-Eye Cherry. Official Charts Company. 3 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000. hitparade.ch. 1 November 2021.