Manage the Damage

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Manage the Damage
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Studio album by
Released14 June 1999
StudioPeg's Study, Mayfair, Battery, Townhouse, RAK, London
Genre
Label Gut
Producer
  • Jimmy Somerville
  • Sally Herbert
  • Ash Howes
Jimmy Somerville chronology
Dare to Love
(1995)
Manage the Damage
(1999)
The Very Best Of
(2001)
Singles from Manage the Damage
  1. "Dark Sky"
    Released: August 1997
  2. "Something to Live For"
    Released: May 1999
  3. "Lay Down"
    Released: September 1999

Manage the Damage is the 1999 third solo album by pop singer Jimmy Somerville. It was released on 14 June 1999 in the UK [1] and 11 January 2000 in the US. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jimmy Somerville and Sally Herbert; except where indicated

  1. "Here I Am" - 4:15
  2. "Lay Down (Contact)" (Sommerville, Herbert, Serge Gainsbourg) - 3:59
  3. "Dark Sky" - 3:15
  4. "My Life" - 4:32
  5. "Something to Live For" (Ed Monaghan) - 3:51
  6. "This Must Be Love" - 5:06
  7. "Girl Falling Down" - 3:55
  8. "Someday Soon" - 3:33
  9. "Eve" - 3:51
  10. "Stone" - 4:23
  11. "Rolling" - 2:59
  12. "Something To Live For" (Radio Mix) [UK Bonus Track]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Manage the Damage
Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Top 200 Albums ( CMJ New Music Report ) [3] 191

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References

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