Desireless is the 1997 debut album by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish musician of African-American descent.-Life and career:Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry . He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's...

. The album was released in Sweden in 1997, by the small label Diesel. In 1998, Work Records picked it up for American distribution.

The album went platinum in the United States and sold over four million copies worldwide. The singles "Save Tonight

Save Tonight

"Save Tonight" is a song by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry and the lead single from his 1997 debut album, Desireless. It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching #3 in Ireland, #5 in the US, #6 in the UK, and #2 in Cherry's native Sweden...

" 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 father Don Cherry

Don Cherry (jazz)

Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...

 from his album Relativity Suite

Relativity Suite

Relativity Suite is a free-jazz LP by Don Cherry on Jazz Composer's Orchestra Records JCOA LP 1006, which was released in 1973.-Criticism:...

.

Track listing

All songs have been written by Eagle-Eye Cherry, except where noted.

1. "Save Tonight
   Save Tonight
   "Save Tonight" is a song by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry and the lead single from his 1997 debut album, Desireless. It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching #3 in Ireland, #5 in the US, #6 in the UK, and #2 in Cherry's native Sweden...
   
   " – 3:59
2. "Indecision" (Åhlund, Cherry) – 5:16
3. "Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)" (Cherry, Gillström) – 4:37
4. "Worried Eyes" – 4:31
5. "Rainbow Wings" (Carlberg, Cherry) – 4:04
6. "Falling in Love Again" – 3:30
7. "Conversation" – 4:44
8. "When Mermaids Cry" – 4:22
9. "Shooting Up in Vain" – 5:36
10. "Permanent Tears" – 4:43
11. "Death Defied By Will" – 4:23
12. "Desireless" (music by Don Cherry) – 6:14

Personnel

• Eagle-Eye Cherry
  Eagle-Eye Cherry
  Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish musician of African-American descent.-Life and career:Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry . He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's...
  
   – Acoustic guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
• Klas Åhlund
  Klas Åhlund
  Klas Frans Åhlund is a Swedish songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is the founding member of the Swedish rock band Teddybears...
  
   – Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
• Jaya Deva – Acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, Vocals
• Peter Forss – Bass, background vocals
• Kent (Gillström) Isaacs
  Kent (Gillström) Isaacs
  Kent Isaacs, a Swedish producer, mixer, musician and entrepreneur, is owner and operator of Cosmos Music Group, an independent Scandinavian music company...
  
   – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer, songwriter
• Lars Halapi – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Adam Kviman – Acoustic guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Niklas Medin – Organ, Hammond organ
• Magnus Persson – Percussion, drums, didjeridu, sleigh bells
• Bengt Berger
  Bengt Berger
  Bengt Berger is a Swedish jazz musician , composer and producer.Berger has studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S...
  
   – Tabla
• Mattias Thorell – Acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar
• Ingemar Woody - Electric guitar
• Sebastian Oberg – Cello
• Goran Kajfes – Trumpet
• Titiyo Jah – Vocals
• Vinia Mojica
  Vinia Mojica
  Vinia Mojica is a singer from Queens, New York, best known for her collaborations with the Native Tongues collective and other hip hop artists....
  
   – Background vocals
• Sharon Dyall – Background vocals
• Alisha Zevulon – Voices