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

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 rock

Rock music

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 singer-songwriter

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 Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish musician of African-American descent.-Life and career:Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry . He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's...

. It was released in 2000

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. In the three-year gap between 1997's "Desireless" and this release, he left Epic

Epic Records

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 subsidiary Work and came to MCA, wherein he worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers and Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

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 (someone known for his work with harder-edged, more metal

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lish bands such as the Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

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, System Of A Down

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, Slayer

Slayer

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 and later on, Metallica

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).

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted.

1. "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Ahlund)
2. "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
3. "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
4. "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
5. "Burning Up" – 5:02
6. "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
7. "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry
   Neneh Cherry
   Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
   
    – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
8. "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
9. "First to Fall" – 3:57
10. "Miss Fortune" – 3:47
11. "She Didn't Believe" – 3:41 (Cherry, Watkins)
12. "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
13. "Wishing It Was" – 4:17 (Cherry, John King, Mike Simpson, M. Nishita)

2001 rerelease

In 2001, the album was rereleased with the title "Present/Future". The new version replaced three new tracks, and with some tracks reordered.

Rerelease track listing

• All Songs Written By Eagle-Eye Cherry. Co-writers credited as noted.

1. "Been Here Once Before" – 3:48 (Cherry, Klas Ahlund)
2. "Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:11
3. "One Good Reason" – 3:26 (Cherry, Christopher Watkins)
4. "Promises Made" – 3:36 (Cherry, Watkins)
5. "Feels So Right" – 4:20 (Cherry, Watkins, Mattias Torrell)
6. "Crashing Down" – 5:21 (Cherry, Watkins)
7. "Long Way Around" featuring Neneh Cherry
   Neneh Cherry
   Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
   
    – 3:28 (Cherry, Watkins)
8. "Lonely Days (Miles Away)" – 3:59
9. "Together" – 5:30 (Cherry, Torrell)
10. "Burning Up" – 5:02
11. "Shades of Gray" – 3:22 (Cherry, Watkins, Eric Schermerhorn)
12. "Never Let You Down" – 5:45
13. "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
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  , Moog Synthesizer
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• Patrick Warren: Chamberlin
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• Klas Ahlund, Eric Schermerhorn, Mattias Torrell, Christopher Watkins: Acoustic
  Acoustic guitar
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   & Electric
  Electric guitar
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   Guitars
• Olav Gustaffson: Pedal Steel
• Spencer Campbell, Peter Fors, Benny Rietveld: Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jim Bogios, Rodney Holmes, Magnus Persson: Drums
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• Dominic Keyes, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow: Percussion
• Per "Texas" Johansson: Sax
  Saxophone
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• Goran Kajfes: Trumpet
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