Street Faërie

Template:More citations needed {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: April 20, 1999 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=studioStreet FaërieCree summer street faerie.jpgCree SummerApril 20, 1999Template:Flat list59:10Work/SME Records
OK 68749 (North America)
491131 (international)Lenny Kravitz1999x|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings 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 having sex 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" (featuring Lenny Kravitz, uncredited) (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