''Bare'' is the third solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in Europe on 5 June 2003 by

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and

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and in North America on 10 June 2003 by

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. It peaked at number three on the

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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

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at the

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. 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 "

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" 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 shot for the songs, but all three singles were remixed extensively and all reached number one on the US

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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 ''

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'' DVD.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Bare''.

Musicians

* Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards *

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– keyboards, guitars, programming *

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– keyboards, drums ; keyboard solo * Steve Sidelnyk – additional rhythm programming * David Rainger – additional guitars * Tim Cansfield – additional guitars * David Sinclair Whitaker – orchestral arrangement *

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– 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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