''Man'' is the third solo studio album by Swedish singer

Neneh Cherry Neneh Mariann Karlsson (; born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, rapper, occasional disc jockey, and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a numb ...

, released on 2 September 1996 by

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and

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. Three singles were issued from the album, "Woman," "Kootchi," and "Feel It." Preceding the album release, a duet with

Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, ; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' described him as, "perhaps the m ...

called " 7 Seconds" was released as a single to promote Senegalese singer studio set '' The Guide.'' Almost two years later, the common track was added also to the Cherry's album. The album includes two cover songs: "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye, which was included in the 1995 compilation Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye; and "Golden Ring," a song by the band American Gypsy.

Track listing

Notes

* signifies an additional producer

Personnel

* Neneh Cherry –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Cameron McVey Cameron Andrew McVey (born 11 August 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with the acts Massive Attack, Portishead (band), Portishead, All Saints (group), All Saints, Sugababes, and his wife Neneh Cherry. H ...

– Producer, beats, drums, keyboards * Louis Pavlou –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on "Kootchi" * Gavyn Wright – string arrangements * Mark Saunders – programming * Wil Malone – string arrangements * Jonny Stephens – electric guitar, Casio * Steve "Grippa" Hopwood – guitar, backing vocals *

Jonny Dollar Jonathan Peter Sharp (20 February 1964 – 29 May 2009), better known by the pseudonym Jonny Dollar, was an English record producer and songwriter. Sharp was born in Westminster, London, and his father was the Australian film director Do ...

– guitar, programming, beats, string arrangements * Paul Anthony Taylor – programming *

– vocals on "7 Seconds" * Christian "Falcon" Falk – producer, programming on "7 Seconds" * Jonas Lindgren – violin on "7 Seconds" * Kristoffer Wallman – keyboards on "7 Seconds" *

Bernard Butler Bernard Joseph Butler (born 1 May 1970) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation; BBC journalist Mark Savage called him "one of Britain's most origina ...

– guitar on "Woman" * Mickey P. Petralia – beats on "Woman" * Mike Thompson – French horn on "Woman" * Jeff Bryant – French horn on "Woman" * Bill McDonald – bass, rhythm guitar, vocals on "Kootchi" * Rich King – guitar on "Kootchi" * Eagle-Eye Cherry – piano on "Trouble Man" * Makoto Sakamoto – drums on "Hornbeam" * Rudi Lagrilliere – guitar on "Golden Ring"

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References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Albums produced by Cameron McVey Albums produced by David M. Allen Albums produced by Jonny Dollar Albums produced by Mark Saunders (record producer) Alternative rock albums by Swedish artists Hut Records albums Neneh Cherry albums Virgin Records albums Worldbeat albums