''Street Faërie'' is the only studio album recorded by

Cree Summer Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her extensive work in animation, voicing characters such as Elmyra Duff in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and related media, Susie Carmichael ...

. It was released in 1999 on the Work Group, a now-defunct division of

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. The lyrics feature themes of

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, romantic liaisons, and spirituality into the lyrics of

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-heavy pop and

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songs. "Miss Moon" is an ode to lovemaking while a woman is menstruating. "Fall," a fully orchestral

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, reads like the breakup of a relationship but is in fact the literal interpretation of the wilting and

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of a

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: "Black stemmed, orange trimmed/with the slighest wind I'm fallen from you." "Naheo" is a tribute to Summer's Native American roots, while "Curious White Boy" is a Black woman's response to her white lover after she realizes he has become involved with her out of some sense of racial guilt: "Another housekeeper fantasy?/Coffee-colored remedy for your hangover from history", and "Mean Sleep" is an uncredited duet with producer

Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album ''Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album), Let Love Rule'' (1989) was characterized by a blend of Rock music, rock ...

Track listing

#"Revelation Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Francks) – 4:55 #"Miss Moon" (Francks,

) – 4:30 #"Still Heart" (Francks, Kravitz, Torrel Ruffin) – 2:51 #"Deliciously Down" (Francks,

Van Hunt Van Hunt Jr. (born March 8, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, '' Van Hunt'', in 2004, and a follow-up, '' On the Jungle Floor'', in 2006, both on Capitol Records. He w ...

) – 4:51 #"Mean Sleep" (featuring

, uncredited) (Francks, Hunt) – 4:35 #"Life Goes On" (Bell, Francks) – 3:29 #"Fall" (Francks, Ruffin) – 5:55 #"Angry Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:56 #"Sweet Pain" (Francks, Hunt) – 4:22 #"Smooth My Heart" (Francks, D.R. Harris) – 5:30 #"Naheo" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:06 #"Soul Sister" (Bell, Francks) – 4:16 #"Curious White Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:54 #"Revelation Club Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Franks) (* Japanese Bonus Track)

Personnel

* Kimberly Evans -

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, arranger,

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, programming,

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, background vocals,

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, producer,

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, horn arrangements, mixing,

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, drum loop,

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- engineer, mixing * Matt Knobel - Drum programming, digital engineering *

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- vocals, background vocals * Harold Todd -

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*CeCe White - background vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Street Faerie 1999 debut albums Cree Summer albums Albums produced by Lenny Kravitz Work Records albums Sony Records albums Soul albums by Canadian artists Folk albums by Canadian artists Soul albums by American artists Folk albums by American artists