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. Cherry worked with such producers as The Dust Brothers, John Kurzweg, and Rick Rubin.

Living in the Present Future
Studio album by Eagle-Eye Cherry
Released	6 March 2000
Genre	Rock
Label	MCA
Producer	Klas 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
"Are You Still Having Fun?" Released: 2000 "Long Way Around" Released: 2000 "Promises Made" Released: 2000 "Feels So Right" Released: 2001

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
BBC	(average)[3]
Blender	[1]
E! Online	C[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[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 re-release

On 30 October 2001 the album was re-released with the title Present/Future. The new version replaced three new tracks, and with some tracks reordered.

• 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

• 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 and electric guitars
• Olav Gustaffson: Pedal steel guitar
• Spencer Campbell, Peter Fors, Benny Rietveld: Bass guitar
• Jim Bogios, Rodney Holmes, Magnus Persson: Drums
• Dominic Keyes, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow: Percussion
• Per "Texas" Johansson: Saxophone
• Goran Kajfes: Trumpet
• John Kurzweg: Additional guitar

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	33
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	30
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	31
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	12

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18]	Gold	25,000^^
Summaries
Europe	—	250,000[19]
^*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. "Australiancharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
11. "Eagle-Eye Cherry: Living in the Present Future" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
12. "Lescharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
14. "Norwegiancharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living in the Present Future". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
17. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
18. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eagle-Eye Cherry; 'Living In The Present Future')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
19. "Impala Sales Award Winner June 2005 - January 2008" (PDF). Impala. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

• Present/Future at Metacritic