Living in the Present Future

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Living in the Present Future
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Living in the Present Future.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 March 2000
Genre Rock
Label MCA
Producer
Eagle-Eye Cherry chronology
Desireless
(1997)
Living in the Present Future
(2000)
Sub Rosa
(2003)
Singles from Living in the Present Future
  1. "Are You Still Having Fun?"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Long Way Around"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Promises Made"
    Released: 2000
  4. "Feels So Right"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 53/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC (average) [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
E! Online C [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
People (mixed) [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1] [6]

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.

Contents

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. [7] [8] "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.

  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

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [19] Gold25,000^
Summaries
Europe250,000 [20]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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