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Žanr: Elektronska muzika, Pop, Rok
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Studio album by Annie Lennox
Released 6 March 1995
Studio The Aquarium (London)
Genres
Popelectronic
Length 47:11
Label RCA
Producer Stephen Lipson
Annie Lennox chronology
Diva
(1992) Medusa
(1995) Bare
(2003)

Medusa is the second solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 March 1995 by RCA Records. It consists entirely of cover songs. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and peaked in the United States at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has since achieved double platinum status in both the United Kingdom and the United States.[1][2] As of 2018, Medusa had sold over six million copies worldwide.[3]

The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996. Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her work on the first single released from Medusa, `No More `I Love You`s", which was released in February 1995 to critical acclaim. Entering the UK Singles Charts at number two, the single is Lennox`s highest-charting single in the United Kingdom to date. A further three singles were released during 1995 – `A Whiter Shade of Pale`, `Waiting in Vain` and `Something So Right`.

Background and recording
Like her debut solo album, Diva, Lennox once again worked with record producer Stephen Lipson on Medusa.[3] Four tracks that Lennox recorded for Medusa and were ultimately cut from the album`s final take were released elsewhere. B-sides releases include a version of `Heaven`, originally by The Psychedelic Furs, a recording of Joni Mitchell`s `Ladies of the Canyon`, and a cover of Blondie`s `(I`m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear`. Lennox also recorded a version of The Sugarcubes` `Mama`, which was included on the 1995 all-female compilation Ain`t Nothin` But a She Thing.[4]

Lennox explains the origins of the album in the liner notes:

This album contains a selection of songs I have been drawn to for all kinds of reasons. They were not chosen with any particular theme or concept in mind—the method was more by instinct than by design. The work undertaken was truly a labour of love for me and I feel privileged to have been given this opportunity.[5]

Regarding Medusa and the nature of its cover versions, Metro Weekly claimed that `cover albums are notoriously hit and miss; even the best artists can sometimes stumble when straying from their original material and trying to reinvent somebody else`s. Lennox is a masterful interpreter of other artists` tunes, getting to the heart of the songs and delivering one stunning vocal performance after another. Lennox imbues each of these songs her own distinct flavor. Even though the songs come from different eras and there is a vast stylistic diversity, the album is tightly cohesive.`[4]

No. Title Writer(s) Original artist(s) Length
1. `No More `I Love You`s"
David FreemanJoseph Hughes
The Lover Speaks 4:51
2. `Take Me to the River`
Al GreenMabon Hodges
Al Green 3:31
3. `A Whiter Shade of Pale`
Keith ReidGary Brooker
Procol Harum 5:17
4. `Don`t Let It Bring You Down` Neil Young Neil Young 3:36
5. `Train in Vain`
Joe StrummerMick Jones
The Clash 4:38
6. `I Can`t Get Next to You`
Barrett StrongNorman Whitfield
The Temptations 3:09
7. `Downtown Lights` Paul Buchanan The Blue Nile 6:42
8. `Thin Line Between Love and Hate`
Richard PoindexterRobert PoindexterJackie Members
The Persuaders 4:53
9. `Waiting in Vain` Bob Marley Bob Marley and the Wailers 5:40
10. `Something So Right` Paul Simon Paul Simon 3:54

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Medusa.[5]

Musicians
Annie Lennox – all vocals, keyboards, flute
Stephen Lipson – programming, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
Marius de Vries – keyboards, programming
Luís Jardim – percussion, bass guitar
Peter-John Vettese, Andy Richards, Matthew Cooper – keyboards
Tony Pastor – guitar
Neil Conti, Dann Gillen – drums
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar
Judd Lander, Mark Feltham – harmonica
Pandit Dinesh – tablas
Kirampal Singh – santoor
James McNally – accordion
Danny D, Steve Sidelnyk – additional programming
Anne Dudley – orchestral, brass and string arrangement
Technical
Stephen Lipson – production
Heff Moraes – engineering, mixing
Marius de Vries – pre-production
Artwork
Laurence Stevens – sleeve design
Bettina Rheims – photography