Manage the Damage

Manage the Damage
Manage the Damage
Studio album by Jimmy Somerville
Released	14 June 1999
Studio	Peg's Study, Mayfair, Battery, Townhouse, RAK, London
Genre	Synthpop; electronic dance;
Label	Gut
Producer	Jimmy Somerville; Sally Herbert; Ash Howes;
Jimmy Somerville chronology
Singles from Manage the Damage
	"Dark Sky"; Released: August 1997; "Something to Live For"; Released: May 1999; "Lay Down"; Released: September 1999;

Manage the Damage is the third solo album by pop singer Jimmy Somerville and his first release following his departure from London Records. It was released on 14 June 1999 in the UK^[1] and 11 January 2000 in the US.^[2]

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

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

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

References

^ "Manage the Damage | Overview". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2023. Country/Date | GB 1999-06-14
^ "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)
^ "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)

[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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