Living in the Present Future

Living in the Present Future is the second studio album by Swedish rock singer-songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry. It was released in 2000. In the three-year gap between 1997's Desireless and this release, Cherry left Epic subsidiary Work and signed with MCA, wherein he worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers, John Kurzweg, and Rick Rubin.

Living in the Present Future
Studio album by
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Released6 March 2000
GenreRock
LabelMCA Records
ProducerKlas Åhlund , Eagle-Eye Cherry, The Dust Brothers, Adam Kviman, Rick Rubin
Eagle-Eye Cherry chronology
Desireless
(1997)		 Living in the Present Future
(2000)		 Sub Rosa
(2003)
Singles from Living in the Present Future
  1. "Are You Still Having Fun?"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Long Way Around"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Promises Made"
    Released: 2000
  4. "Feels So Right"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(53/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBC(average)[3]
Blender[1]
E! OnlineC[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
People(mixed)[5]
PopMatters[1][6]

Four songs from the album were released as singles: "Are You Still Having Fun?", "Long Way Around", "Promises Made" and "Feels So Right". The only single to experience success across multiple regions was "Are You Still Having Fun?", which reached the top 40 in France, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[7][8] "Long Way Around" became a minor hit in a few countries, but the following two singles did not make a commercial impact.

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 – 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) - bonus track not on European version; also appeared on Santana's 1999 release, Supernatural.

2001 rerelease

On 30 October 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 – 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[2]
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry: Vocals, Keyboards, Piano
  • Mats Asplen: Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Organ, Moog Synthesizer
  • Patrick Warren: Chamberlin
  • Klas Åhlund, Eric Schermerhorn, Mattias Torrell, Christopher Watkins: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
  • Olav Gustaffson: Pedal Steel
  • Spencer Campbell, Peter Fors, Benny Rietveld: Bass
  • Jim Bogios, Rodney Holmes, Magnus Persson: Drums
  • Dominic Keyes, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow: Percussion
  • Per "Texas" Johansson: Sax
  • Goran Kajfes: Trumpet
  • John Kurzweg: additional guitar

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[9] Gold 25,000^
Summaries
Europe — 250,000[10]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. Allmusic review
  3. BBC review
  4. Entertainment Weekly review
  5. People review
  6. PopMatters review
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Are You Still Having Fun?". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. "Eagle-Eye Cherry". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eagle-Eye Cherry; 'Living In The Present Future')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. "Impala Sales Award Winner June 2005 - January 2008" (PDF). Impala. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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