Bare (Annie Lennox album)

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Bare
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Studio album by
Annie Lennox
Released5 June 2003
StudioThe Aquarium (London)
Genre
Length49:23
Label
Producer
Annie Lennox chronology
Medusa
(1995)		Bare
(2003)		 Songs of Mass Destruction
(2007)
Singles from Bare
  1. "Pavement Cracks"
    Released: June 2003
  2. "A Thousand Beautiful Things"
    Released: March 2004
  3. "Wonderful"
    Released: June 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Houston Chronicle A− [6]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
The New York Times Positive [8]
PopMatters Positive [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

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.

Contents

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Annie Lennox. All tracks are produced by Stephen Lipson, except "A Thousand Beautiful Things", produced by Andy Wright, Lennox and Lipson

No.TitleLength
1."A Thousand Beautiful Things"3:06
2."Pavement Cracks"5:09
3."The Hurting Time"7:32
4."Honestly"5:01
5."Wonderful"4:17
6."Bitter Pill"4:01
7."Loneliness"4:01
8."The Saddest Song I've Got"4:07
9."Erased"4:40
10."Twisted"4:10
11."Oh God (Prayer)"2:49
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Cold" (recorded live in Toronto)5:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bare. [12]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Bare
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [40] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [42] Gold826,000 [43]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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