Desireless (album)

Desireless is the debut album by Swedish singer Eagle-Eye Cherry, released on 7 October 1997.

The album went platinum in the United States and sold over four million copies worldwide. The singles "Save Tonight" and "Falling in Love Again" were a major part of the album's success. The title track, “Desireless” is a cover of a song by Cherry's late father Don Cherry from his album Relativity Suite.

Track listing

• Track information adapted from the album's liner notes.

Personnel

Musicians

• Eagle-Eye Cherry – vocals, background vocals (1–3, 5, 6, 8–11), sampling (4), piano (4, 10, 12), acoustic guitar (6), programming (9), keyboards (10)
• Klas Åhlund – acoustic guitar (2, 10), electric guitar (1, 2, 9)
• Bengt Berger – tablas (12)
• Dilba Demirbağ – background vocals (4)
• Jaya Deva – acoustic guitar (10), guitar (4), vocals (12), electric guitar (12)
• Sharon Dyall – background vocals (7, 8)
• Andreas Fjällström – electric guitar (9)
• Peter Forss – bass guitar (2, 6, 8), background vocals (2, 6)
• Magnus Frykberg – drum programming (4, 8)
• Kent Gillström – acoustic guitar (3, 7), electric guitar (8), programming (8)
• Gnawan – guitar (4)
• Lars Halapi – acoustic guitar (8), electric guitar (8)
• Titiyo Jah – vocals (4)
• Goran Kajfes – trumpet (12)
• Dominic Keyes – percussion (2, 3, 6, 7), background vocals (2–4, 6, 7)
• Adam Kviman – acoustic guitar (9), Fender Rhodes (9)
• Niklas Medin – Hammond organ (3, 7)
• Elias Modig – bass guitar (1, 9–12)
• Vinia Mojica – background vocals (9)
• Sebastian Öberg – cello (10)
• Magnus Persson – drums (1–3, 6–12), sleigh bells (4), percussion (5, 12), didgeridoo (5), programming (10)
• Mattias Torell – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5–8, 11, 12), electric guitar (1, 6–8, 11), guitar (2), bass guitar (3, 5, 7), additional arrangement (7)
• Ingemar Woody – electric guitar (11), additional arrangement (11)
• Alisha Zevulon – distant voice (10)

Technical personnel

• Adam Kviman – mixing (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12), engineer (1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12), additional drum engineering (3, 7)
• Kent Gillström – engineer (3, 7, 8), mixing (8)
• Ed Tuton – mixing (2, 5, 6), engineer (2, 5, 6)
• Simon Nordberg – vocal engineer (2)
• Stefan Glaumann – mixing (10)
• Magnus Frykberg – mixing (4), engineer (4)
• Robert Wellerfors – mixing (4), engineer (4)
• Ronny Lahti – additional recording
• Kaj Erixon – mixing (8)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References