''Street Faërie'' is the first full-length album recorded by

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. It was released in 1999 on

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, a now-defunct imprint 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

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. "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."

Track listing

#"Revelation Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Francks) – 4:55 #"Miss Moon" (Francks, Lenny Kravitz) – 4:30 #"Still Heart" (Francks, Kravitz, Torrel Ruffin) – 2:51 #"Deliciously Down" (Francks,

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) – 4:51 #"Mean Sleep" (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

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* Lenny Kravitz -

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, arranger,

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, programming,

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, background vocals, clavinet, producer,

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, horn arrangements, mixing,

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, drum loop,

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- engineer, mixing *

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- Drum programming, digital engineering *

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- vocals, background vocals *

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- flute,

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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 Soul albums by Canadian artists Folk albums by Canadian artists Soul albums by American artists Folk albums by American artists