Street Faërie

Street Faërie
Studio album by Cree Summer
Released	April 20, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock pop soul folk
Length	59:10
Label	Work/SME Records OK 68749 (North America) 491131 (international)
Producer	Lenny Kravitz

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Street Faërie is the only studio album recorded by Cree Summer. It was released in 1999 on the Work Group, a now-defunct division of Sony Music Entertainment. The lyrics feature themes of racism, romantic liaisons, and spirituality into the lyrics of guitar-heavy pop and folk songs. "Miss Moon" is an ode to lovemaking while a woman is menstruating. "Fall," a fully orchestral jazz ballad, reads like the breakup of a relationship but is in fact the literal interpretation of the wilting and decay of a leaf: "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.

Track listing

1. "Revelation Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Francks) – 4:55
2. "Miss Moon" (Francks, Lenny Kravitz) – 4:30
3. "Still Heart" (Francks, Kravitz, Torrel Ruffin) – 2:51
4. "Deliciously Down" (Francks, Van Hunt) – 4:51
5. "Mean Sleep" (Francks, Hunt) – 4:35
6. "Life Goes On" (Bell, Francks) – 3:29
7. "Fall" (Francks, Ruffin) – 5:55
8. "Angry Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:56
9. "Sweet Pain" (Francks, Hunt) – 4:22
10. "Smooth My Heart" (Francks, D.R. Harris) – 5:30
11. "Naheo" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:06
12. "Soul Sister" (Bell, Francks) – 4:16
13. "Curious White Boy" (Francks, Ruffin) – 4:54
14. "Revelation Club Sunshine" (Greg Bell, C.S. Franks) (* Japanese Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Kimberly Evans - background vocals
• Lenny Kravitz - bass, guitar, percussion, arranger, drums, harpsichord, organ, programming, tambourine, vocals, background vocals, clavinet, producer, mellotron, cowbell, horn arrangements, mixing, finger cymbals, drum loop, cabasa
• Terry Manning - engineer, mixing
• Matt Knobel - Drum programming, digital engineering
• Craig Ross - acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric guitar
• Cree Summer - vocals, background vocals
• Harold Todd - flute, saxophone
• CeCe White - background vocals