Medusa (Annie Lennox album)

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Medusa
Medusa cover
Cover album by Annie Lennox
Released March 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop/Rock/Adult contemporary/Electronica/Dance
Length 46:01
Label RCA, Arista (US)
Producer Stephen Lipson
Professional reviews
Annie Lennox chronology
Diva
(1992)		 Medusa
(1995)		 Bare
(2003)

Medusa is the second solo album by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in March 1995. It consists solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists. It entered the UK album chart at no.1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart [1][2]. It has since achieved double platinum status in both the UK and the U.S.

The album yielded four UK singles: "No More I Love You's" (which entered the UK singles chart at no.2, Lennox's highest ever solo peak), "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right".

The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996, losing to Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell, however, Lennox took home the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for her work on the first single "No More I Love You's".

No tour was held to promote this album, though Lennox played a one-off concert in Central Park, New York City in the fall of 1995. This was subsequently released on video and DVD.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "No More I Love You's" (Joseph Hughes/David Freeman) (originally performed by The Lover Speaks)
  2. "Take Me to the River" (Al Green) (originally performed by Al Green)
  3. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Keith Reid/Gary Brooker/Matthew Fisher) (originally performed by Procol Harum)
  4. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (Neil Young) (originally performed by Neil Young)
  5. "Train in Vain" (Mick Jones/John Mellor) (originally performed by The Clash)
  6. "I Can't Get Next to You" (Norman Jesse Whitfield/Barrett Strong) (originally performed by The Temptations)
  7. "Downtown Lights" (Paul Buchanan) (originally performed by The Blue Nile)
  8. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (Richard Poindexter/Robert Poindexter/Jackie Members) (originally performed by The Persuaders)
  9. "Waiting in Vain" (Bob Marley) (originally performed by Bob Marley)
  10. "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) (originally performed by Paul Simon)
  11. "Heaven" (Richard Lofthouse Butler/Timothy George Butler) (*) (originally performed by The Psychedelic Furs)
  • Bonus track featured on the Japanese and Mexican editions of Medusa

[edit] Medusa/Live in Central Park

This album was re-released in late 1995 in a double jewel case containing the album Medusa and a nine track bonus CD featuring the studio version of Paul Simon's "Something So Right" (with Simon guesting on vocals and guitar) and eight tracks recorded live in Central Park in New York City on September 9, 1995: "Money Can't Buy It", "Legend in My Living Room", her Eurythmics hits "Who's That Girl?", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" and "Here Comes the Rain Again", along with "Why", "Little Bird" and "Walking on Broken Glass" [3].

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Money Can't Buy It"
  2. "Legend in My Living Room"
  3. "Who's That Girl?"
  4. "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
  5. "Little Bird"
  6. "Walking on Broken Glass"
  7. "Here Comes the Rain Again"
  8. "Why"
  9. "Something So Right" (studio version with Paul Simon).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Annie Lennox
  2. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
  3. ^ Amazon.com: Medusa/Live in Central Park: Music: Annie Lennox