Manage the Damage

1999 studio album by Jimmy Somerville

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
| Dare to Love
(1995)  | Manage the Damage
(1999)  | The Very Best Of
(2001)

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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 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

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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

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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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Jimmy Somerville

* Discography

Studio albums|

* Read My Lips
* Dare to Love
* Manage the Damage
* Home Again
* Homage

Remix albums|

* Club Homage

Compilations|

* The Singles Collection 1984/1990
* Master Series
* The Very Best Of
* For a Friend: The Best Of

Singles|

* "Suspicious Minds"
* "Comment te dire adieu"
* "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
* "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)"
* "To Love Somebody"
* "Smalltown Boy ('91 Remix)"
* "Gimme Shelter"
* "Heartbeat"
* "Hurt So Good"
* "By Your Side"
* "The Number One Song in Heaven"
* "Why? (Almighty Mix)"
* "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
* "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Other songs|

* "Love to Love You Baby"
* "Johnny Remember Me"
* "Lover Man"
* "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
* "From This Moment On"
* "Someday We'll Be Together"
* "But Not Tonight"
* "I Was Born This Way"
* "Tell Me Why"

Related articles|

* Bronski Beat
* The Communards
* Red Wedge

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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