''The Peopletree Sessions'' is an

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album by

Milla Jovovich Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich; sr-Latn, Milica Bogdanovna Jovović; russian: Милица Богдановна Йовович; uk, Милиця Богданoвна Йовович ( ; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovo ...

recorded in 1998 during several late night sessions at producer Emit Bloch's apartment in

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Background

"The Peopletree Sessions" was originally issued on Bloch's People Tree Recordings label, from which it derives its name. Shortly after its original issuance, Jovovich and Turin publicly disagreed about the releases' legitimacy. Jovovich, who was filming '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' at the time, attempted to quell the spread of the release over the

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while Bloch argued for its artistic merit. Legal action was never taken and

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has reissued the remastered CD version of the sessions. There are two versions released of the album. The first, being the standard version, with a black cover art, which includes sixteen tracks and one untitled hidden track. The second version, labeled as the UK Edition, with a complete different orange cover art, features the same track list, but also includes the tracks "Hi, It's Milla", "Loose Weight" and "Queen of the Parade" and does not include the remix of "House of Spiders". In 2000, ''The Peopletree Sessions'' was chosen as the 'Pop CD of the Week' and given 3/5 stars by ''The Guardian'', which called it "so barking, it's great". The album also received a positive review from

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Track listing

Standard edition

#"Queen Electric" ( Milica Jovović,

David Turin David Edmund Turin (born 8 September 1965), known as Emit Bloch, is an American songwriter and musician. Background Emit Bloch is a singer, songwriter and musician known for field recordings and lo-fi music production. His parents are George L ...

, Chris Brenner, Danny Elder) – 3:37 #"Flu with Adam" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:50 #"Sweetheart" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 4:17 #"DJ Puppy Ink" (Jovović, Elder) – 2:28 #"I Tell" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:19 #"Going Down" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:02 #"Flu Acoustic" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 6:18 #"Purge" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:22 #"House of Spiders" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 7:03 #"Secret Society" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:09 #"Flu @ Sinc" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:44 #"Separate Worlds" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:45 #"Separate Worlds" (Remix) (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:08 #"Wake Baby" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:55 #"Saturday" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:47 #"House of Spiders" (Remix) (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 1:35 #"Untitled" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 4:02

UK edition

#"Hi, It's Milla" #"Queen Electric" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:37 #"Flu with Adam" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:50 #"Sweetheart" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 4:17 #"DJ Puppy Ink" (Jovović, Elder) – 2:28 #"I Tell" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:19 #"Going Down" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:02 #"Flu Acoustic" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 6:18 #"Purge" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:22 #"Secret Society" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner, Elder) – 3:09 #"Flu @ Sinc" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:44 #"Separate Worlds" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:45 #"Separate Worlds" (Remix) (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:08 #"Wake Baby" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 3:55 #"Saturday" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 2:47 #"House of Spiders" (Jovović, Turin, Brenner) – 7:03 #"Loose Weight" #"Queen of the Parade" (Remix) *"Queen Electric" and "Saturday" share the same background music. *"Flu Acoustic" is an acoustic version of "Flu with Adam". *"Flu @ Sinc" is another version of "Flu with Adam". *"Queen of the Parade" (Remix) is another version of "Queen Electric".

Personnel

– main vocals and guitar, producer *Chris Brenner – keyboard, mandolin * Emit Bloch – acoustic guitar, keyboard, producer *Danny Elder – programming, producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peopletree Sessions, The 1998 albums Milla Jovovich albums SBK Records albums Capitol Records albums EMI Records albums Electronic albums by American artists Experimental music albums by American artists