''Alone'' was the debut album by
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singer
Stephen Simmonds
Stephen Guy Simmonds is a Swedish recording artist born in Täby, Sweden, 26 June 1975. Born to a Jamaican father, a musician by profession, and a Swedish mother, he was raised in Sweden, the United States, and Israel.
He studied at Adolf Fre ...
. It was first released in 1997 in
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and later in
Japan
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. In 1998 and 2000 in
UK and
United States it went by the name ''Spirit Tales''.
Japan Release (1997): "Alone" was also released in Japan, Simmonds added a recording from 1995 "Thank You For" (one of the tracks from the demo which was sent to diesel music), the song "One" which was on the "b-side" of the "Tears Never Dry" single and also a remix of the song "Alone".
UK Release (1998): "Alone" was renamed to "Spirit Tales" and was additionally produced and mixed on all the tracks except: "Tears Never Dry", "Alone" Judgement day" and "Let It Go". Songs "One" and "Believe" was added to the album.
US Release (2000): Simmonds worked with
Raphael Saadiq and 2 Danish producers based in LA at the time called
Soulshock and Karlin and added the tracks "If I Was Your Man" (co-written and produced by Raphael Saadiq) and "I Can't Do That" (co-written and produced by Soulshock and Karlin).
Track listing for ''Alone''
* All songs written by Stephen Simmonds, except as noted
# Alone
# Tears Never Dry
# Now's The Time
# For You
# Universe
# Searchin'
# All The People
# Get Down
# Let It Go
# Hope U Do
# Judgement Day
Japan edition
Added tracks
(Alone album)
# One
# Thank You For
# Alone "
Funkyman mix" (featuring
Big L & Marquee)
Track listing for ''Spirit Tales''
Japan Edition
Added tracks
(Spirit Tales album)
#Alone (Funkyman Mix feat. Big L & Marquee)
#I Can't Do That (M.A.W. Vocal)
UK edition
Added tracks
(Spirit Tales album 1998)
#Believe
#One
US edition
Added tracks
(Spirit Tales album 2000)
#I Can't Do That (Stephen Simmonds,
Carsten Schack,
Kenneth Karlin,
Francois de Roubaix)
#If I Was Your Man (Stephen Simmonds, Raphael Saadiq)
Singles
*Tears Never Dry
*Now's The Time
*Alone
*I Can't Do That (US)
*Get Down (US)
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1997 debut albums
Stephen Simmonds albums