Manage the Damage

Manage the Damage
Studio album by
Jimmy Somerville
Released14 June 1999
StudioPeg's Study, Mayfair, Battery, Townhouse, RAK, London
Genre
LabelGut • Instinct (US)
Producer
  • Jimmy Somerville
  • Sally Herbert
  • Ash Howes
Jimmy Somerville chronology
Dare to Love
(1995) 		Manage the Damage
(1999) 		The Very Best Of
(2001)
Singles from Manage the Damage
  1. "Dark Sky"
    Released: August 1997
  2. "Something to Live For"
    Released: May 1999
  3. "Lay Down"
    Released: September 1999

Manage the Damage is the 1999 third solo album by pop singer Jimmy Somerville. It was released on 14 June 1999 in the UK[1] and 11 January 2000 in the US.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Jimmy Somerville and Sally Herbert; except where indicated

  1. "Here I Am" - 4:15
  2. "Lay Down (Contact)" (Sommerville, Herbert, Serge Gainsbourg) - 3:59
  3. "Dark Sky" - 3:15
  4. "My Life" - 4:32
  5. "Something to Live For" (Ed Monaghan) - 3:51
  6. "This Must Be Love" - 5:06
  7. "Girl Falling Down" - 3:55
  8. "Someday Soon" - 3:33
  9. "Eve" - 3:51
  10. "Stone" - 4:23
  11. "Rolling" - 2:59
  12. "Something To Live For" (Radio Mix) [UK Bonus Track]

Personnel

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  • Jimmy Somerville – vocals
  • Sally Herbert – programming, string arrangement
  • Gary Butcher, Greg Bone – guitar
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • James Sanger – omnichord
  • Colin Smith – saxophone
  • Simon Elms – flugelhorn
  • Adrian Lee – trombone
  • Dinah Beamish, Sophie Harris – cello
  • Anne Stephenson, Gini Ball, Julia Singleton, Sonia Slany – violin
  • Claire Orsler, Jocelyn Pook – viola
  • Dee Lewis, Gillian Wisdom, Paul Jason Fredericks, Trevor Conner – backing vocals

Charts

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Chart performance for Manage the Damage
Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Top 200 Albums (CMJ New Music Report)[3] 191

References

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  1. ^ "Manage the Damage | Overview". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2023. Country/Date | GB 1999-06-14
  2. ^ "CMJ New Music Report. Issue 646, Vol. 60, No. 12" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. ChangeMusic Network. 13 December 1999. worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023. (see section 'Upcoming Releases', p. 31)
  3. ^ "CMJ New Music Report. Issue 652, Vol. 61, No. 6" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. ChangeMusic Network. 7 February 2000. worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023. (see section 'CMJ Top 200', p. 15)
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