Mixed Emotions is the third studio album by Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a British singer-songwriter best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single "Promise Me". Her most recent album, Close To Home, was released in 2009...

. It was released in 1999. The album was released after a 5 year hiatus, in which Craven gave birth to two daughters and took time off to take care of her 3 children.

On this album she did not collaborate with the producer of her previous two albums, Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...

, and instead Craven fully produced the release.

The lead single, "I Miss You

I Miss You (Beverley Craven song)

"I Miss You" is a ballad performed by British singer Beverley Craven, from her third album Mixed Emotions.-Details:The song was originally written for the 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio, and was written from the point of view of Geppetto after Pinocchio leaves him...

", was released as a promo single and a videoclip was made for it. However, the label in the end refused to release the single commercially. The album received mixed reviews and it charted at a poor #46 in the UK, staying 2 weeks on the charts. Craven made a small tour around the UK to support the album.

No further singles were released off the album, and Craven parted ways with her label Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 shortly after. She disappeared from the music scene for ten years before returning in 2009 with her fourth album Close To Home

Close to Home (album)

Close To Home is Beverley Craven's fourth studio album, her first in ten years.Craven abandoned her music career in 2000, a mixture of writer's block and the need to take care of her three young daughters. In 2004 she made a slow comeback, doing a handful of live appearances, but was diagnosed with...

.

Two songs on the album were were originally written for film scores, "I Miss You" for the 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio (film)

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau and Geneviève Bujold. It is a fairy tale/fantasy story about a wooden puppet who comes to life after being carved by a puppetmaker named Geppetto...

, and "We Found A Place" for the 1998 film The Theory of Flight

The Theory of Flight

The Theory of Flight is a 1998 film directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh. Carter plays a woman with motor neurone disease, and the film deals with the sexuality of people with disabilities....

. Both were rejected, however, and not used in the films.

Single releases

• I Miss You
  I Miss You (Beverley Craven song)
  "I Miss You" is a ballad performed by British singer Beverley Craven, from her third album Mixed Emotions.-Details:The song was originally written for the 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio, and was written from the point of view of Geppetto after Pinocchio leaves him...
  
  (Promo Single Only)
• We Found A Place (Polish Promo Single Only)
• Say You're Sorry (Polish Promo Single Only)

Track listing

1. I Miss You
2. Tick Tock
3. Come Home To Me
4. Move On
5. We Found A Place
6. Say You're Sorry
7. Talk To Me
8. She Doesn't Need Saving
9. Phoenix From The Fire
10. Afraid Of Letting Go

• All Tracks Written By Beverley Craven

Personnel

Producer - Beverley Craven

Engineer - Rick Simpson (1)

Engineer - Paul Hicks (2)

Engineer - John Hudson (3-10)

Mixed by John Hudson

Recorded at Mayfair Studios, Abbey Road Studios, RAK Studios

Design - Greg Jakobek at Warsaw

Photography - Kim Knott