Bare (Annie Lennox album)

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Bare
Bare cover
Studio album by Annie Lennox
Released 10 June 2003
Genre Adult contemporary
Pop
Synthpop
Length 48:57
Label J Records
Producer Stephen Lipson
Professional reviews
Annie Lennox chronology
Medusa
(1995)
Bare
(2003)
Songs of Mass Destruction
(2007)

Bare is the third studio album by Annie Lennox, released in June 2003. It peaked at number 3 in the UK, and number 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the U.S. and was nominated for "Best Pop Album" at the 46th Grammy Awards.

The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox. The Japanese edition of the album features a version of Lennox's earlier hit "Cold" recorded live in Toronto.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Annie Lennox.

  1. "A Thousand Beautiful Things" – 3:06
  2. "Pavement Cracks" – 5:09
  3. "The Hurting Time" – 7:32
  4. "Honestly" – 5:01
  5. "Wonderful" – 4:17
  6. "Bitter Pill" – 4:01
  7. "Loneliness" – 4:01
  8. "The Saddest Song I've Got" – 4:07
  9. "Erased" – 4:40
  10. "Twisted" – 4:10
  11. "Oh God (Prayer)" – 2:49

[edit] Singles

"Pavement Cracks" and "Wonderful" were released as a CD Maxi-single and a limited CD Single, respectively, while "A Thousand Beautiful Things" was released as a radio single only. No music videos were shot for the songs but all three singles were remixed extensively and successfully reached the top of the dance charts in the USA[1].

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
UK 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 200 4
Australia 10
Italy 7
New Zealand 20
Norway 16
Sweden 29
Netherlands 18
France 34
Austria 17
Switzerland 7
Germany 5

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Peak Position
2003 "Pavement Cracks" Hot Dance Club Play #1
2003 "Pavement Cracks" Hot Singles Sales #17
2003 "A Thousand Beautiful Things" Hot Dance Club Play #1
2003 "Wonderful" Hot Dance Club Play #1

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