Street Faërie


Street Faërie is the only solo 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" – 4:55
  2. "Miss Moon" – 4:30
  3. "Still Heart" – 2:51
  4. "Deliciously Down" – 4:51
  5. "Mean Sleep" – 4:35
  6. "Life Goes On" – 3:29
  7. "Fall" – 5:55
  8. "Angry Boy" – 4:56
  9. "Sweet Pain" – 4:22
  10. "Smooth My Heart" – 5:30
  11. "Naheo" – 4:06
  12. "Soul Sister" – 4:16
  13. "Curious White Boy" – 4:54
  14. "Revelation Club Sunshine"

Personnel