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Street Faërie was the first full-length album recorded by Cree Summer. It was released in 1999 on WORK, an imprint of Sony Music. Summer, who is Neo-Pagan and a political and human rights activist, wove themes of racism, romantic liasons 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".
Track List
- Revelation Sunshine (4:55)
- Miss Moon (4:30)
- Still Heart (2:51)
- Deliciously Down (4:51)
- Mean Sleep (4:35)
- Life Goes On (3:29)
- Fall (5:55)
- Angry Boy (4:56)
- Sweet Pain (4:22)
- Smoothing My Heart (5:30)
- Naheo (4:06)
- Soul Sister (4:16)
- Curious White Boy (4:54)
Credits
- 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 - Drums, programming, engineer, mixing
- Craig Ross - Acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric guitar
- Cree Summer - Vocals, background vocals
- Harold Todd - Flute, saxophone
- CeCe White - Background vocals
