''Living in the Present Future'' is the second studio album by Swedish

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Eagle-Eye Cherry Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1968) is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1997 single "Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom, and was voted song of the year in New Zealand. Cher ...

. It was released in 2000. Cherry worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers,

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. 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. "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. # "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Åhlund) # " Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11 # "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins) # "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Burning Up" – 5:02 # "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell) # "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59 # "First to Fall" – 3:57 # "Miss Fortune" – 3:47 # "She Didn't Believe" – 3:41 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins,

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) # "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King,

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, 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 three new tracks, and with some tracks reordered. *All songs written by Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted. # "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Åhlund) # "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11 # "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins) # "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Feels So Right" – 4:20 (Cherry, Watkins, Mattias Torrell) # "Crashing Down" – 5:21 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins) # "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59 # "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell) # "Burning Up" – 5:02 # "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn) # "Never Let You Down" – 5:45 # "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita)

Personnel

*Eagle-Eye Cherry - vocals, keyboards, piano *Mats Asplen - Fender Rhodes electric piano, organ, Moog synthesizer *

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Klas Åhlund Klas Frans Åhlund (born 11 April 1972) is a Swedish songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is the founding member of the Swedish rock band Teddybears. As a songwriter and producer, he has worked with artists such as Robyn, Sugababes, J ...

, Mattias Torrell, Christopher Watkins - acoustic and electric guitars *Olav Gustaffson - pedal steel guitar *Spencer Campbell, Peter Fors, Benny Rietveld - bass guitar *Jim Bogios, Rodney Holmes, Magnus Persson - drums *Dominic Keyes, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow - percussion *Per "Texas" Johansson - saxophone *Goran Kajfes - trumpet *

- additional guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* {{Authority control Eagle-Eye Cherry albums 2000 albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Rick Rubin