Artist.......: Eagle Eye Cherry
Album........: Live Au Caprices Festival (Crans-Montana, Swiss)
Label........: Morgane Production
Genre........: alt. Rock
Catnr........:
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2009-10-04
Str.date.....: 2008-03-28
Quality......: VBR/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.eagle-eye-cherry.com/
track title time
1. Up To You 5:49
2. Burning Up 3:33
3. Been Here One Before 3:47
4. Falling In Love Again 4:14
5. Rainbow Wings 5:44
6. Together 3:45
7. Long Way Around 4:14
8. Twisted Games 3:16
9. Indecision 5:14
10. Feel So Right 4:07
11. Save Tonight 7:43
12. Are You Still Having Fun 5:36
Runtime 57:02
Size 75.44
Release Notes:
Recorded : October 04, 2009
Performed : March 28, 2008 ((Crans-Montana, Swiss)
With his breakthrough American hit "Save Tonight," alternative singer/songwriter
Eagle-Eye Cherry became the latest member of his family to stir the music world:
his father was avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, and his sister was
alternative rap pioneer Neneh Cherry. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1971, Cherry
was christened Eagle-Eye (yes, his real name) because the first time he looked
at his father, he did so with only one eye open. Cherry spent most of his early
childhood in Sweden and on the road with his father, and at age 14, when his
family moved to New York, he studied acting at the New York School of Performing
Arts. He also took up the drums, playing in several bands for fun, and later
played around with keyboards and songwriting. Acting remained his primary focus
for the time being, though, and after school he made a living appearing in
plays, commercials, and the occasional television pilot; he also guested on The
Cosby Show. In the meantime, seeking more control over his own creative
expression, Cherry began playing guitar and writing songs again.
Don Cherry passed away in 1995, and a grief-stricken Eagle-Eye moved back to
Stockholm with his girlfriend to clear his head. It was there that he began to
earnestly concentrate on songwriting, and took some time to hone a set of
original material modeled on the acoustic singer/songwriter tradition, with
touches of blues and light funk. Deciding to try his luck in Sweden before the
more competitive American marketplace, Cherry recorded his debut album,
Desireless, and gave it a low-key release on the Swedish label Diesel in 1997.
Gradually, thanks in part to the singles "Save Tonight" and "Falling in Love
Again," the album became a hit -- first in Sweden, then Scandinavia, then all
across Europe. Desireless was picked up by Sony's Work Group division for
American distribution, and was released in the summer of 1998. "Save Tonight"
soon began a steady climb up the charts, and buoyed by support from the VH1 set,
it eventually peaked in the Top Five. Cherry was red-hot, and Desireless went
platinum in the States, selling a total of four million copies worldwide. In the
summer of 1999, he appeared on Carlos Santana's vaunted comeback album
Supernatural, singing the duet "Wishing It Was."
Cherry toured the world in support of Desireless, and during the massive
promotional jaunt his relationship dissolved. The breakup informed his second
album, Living in the Present Future, which was released in Europe in 2000.
Remixed for American release, the album was retitled Present/Future, sported a
different running order with several different tracks, and wasn't released in
the U.S. until late 2001. Despite the European success of lead single "Feels So
Right," plus a well-received duet with sister Neneh on "Long Way Around,"
Present/Future didn't attract nearly as much attention in America as its
predecessor.