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Wild Seed – Wild Flower
Farris seated in a very large rocking chair
Studio album by
Dionne Farris
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994 (1994-10-25)
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
Genre
Length62:47
LabelColumbia
Producer
Dionne Farris chronology
Wild Seed – Wild Flower
(1994) 		For Truth If Not Love
(2007)

Wild Seed – Wild Flower is the debut full-length album by American singer Dionne Farris. Having found success for her performance on the song "Tennessee" by the alternative hip hop group Arrested Development, Farris, rather than continue with Arrested Development, made a solo record with members of the band Follow for Now, David Ryan Harris and Billy Fields.[1] The album title was inspired in part by the Octavia E. Butler novel.[2] The lead single, "I Know", peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Robert Christgau(dud)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Guardian[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

"I Know" was the only hit from the album, but Tom Demalon of AllMusic wrote that the album's "charms run much deeper" than the "percolating and infectious" hit single.[1] However, critic Brent Mann expressed the opposite view, stating that the other songs "lacked energy and direction" and in one case turned "plodding and ponderous."[9]

Track listing

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Wild Seed – Wild Flower track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Know"
  • Davis
  • Dionne Farris
  • David Harris
  • Randy Jackson
3:49
2."Reality"
  • Farris
  • Billy Fields
  • Skitch Lovett
  • Davis
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Jackson
4:42
3."Stop to Think"
Jackson5:29
4."Passion"
  • Farris
  • Fields
  • Lovett
Jackson5:44
5."Food for Thought"
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Davis
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Jackson
6:35
6."Now or Later"
  • Farris
  • Fields
  • Lovett
Jackson5:19
7."Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)"
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Davis
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Jackson
4:27
8."11th Hour"
  • Farris
  • David Frank
Frank4:46
9."Water"
  • Farris
  • Fields
  • Farris
  • Jackson
4:06
10."Blackbird"
  • Davis
  • Farris
  • Harris
3:08
11."Old Ladies" (discussion of "Blackbird") Farris0:27
12."Human"FarrisFarris3:04
13."Find Your Way"
  • Farris
  • Tim Heintz
  • Jackson
  • Farris
  • Jackson
5:44
14."The Audition" (skit) Farris1:38
15."I Know" (NY Reprise Mix)
  • Davis
  • DuVall
  • Davis
  • Farris
  • Harris
  • Jackson
3:49

Personnel

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Adapted from the liner notes of Wild Seed – Wild Flower.[10]

  • Dionne Farris – vocals, vocal and string arrangements
  • Paul Barrere (slide), Bruce Gaitsch, Skitch Lovett, Tony Ruffin – guitars
  • David Ryan Harris – guitars, keyboards, drums, percussion, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Billy Fields, David Frank, Tim Heintz, David Kahne, Carl Young – keyboards
  • Steve Twyman – organ
  • Milton Davis, Randy Jackson, Lonnie Marshall – bass
  • Anthony Johnson, Ju Ju House – drums
  • John Mitchell – drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Pete Escovedo, Jeff Haynes – percussion
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Russell Mullen – trumpet
  • Leesa Richards, Terry Shelton – backing vocals

Charts

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Wild Seed – Wild Flower chart performance
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 85

References

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  1. ^ a b c Demalon, Tom. "Wild Seed – Wild Flower – Dionne Farris". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  2. ^ McCollum, M. J. (Oct 21, 1994). "Singer exhibits diversity". The Philadelphia Tribune. p. 4E.
  3. ^ May, Mitchell (December 22, 1994). "Dionne Farris: Wild Seed–Wild Flower (Columbia)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Dionne Farris". Robert Christgau.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2009). "Farris, Dionne". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-72636-3. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (March 10, 1995). "Dionne Farris: Wild Seed – Wild Flower (Columbia)". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Hunt, Dennis (November 27, 1994). "Do You Hear What We Hear?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  8. ^ Coker, Cheo H. (January 26, 1995). "Dionne Farris: Wild Seed – Wild Flower". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  9. ^ Mann, Brent (2003). 99 Red Balloons: And 100 All-time One-Hit Wonders. Citadel Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780806525167. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  10. ^ Wild Seed – Wild Flower (liner notes). Dionne Farris. Columbia. 1994. CK 57359.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Dionne Farris – Wild Seed - Wild Flower". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dionne Farris – Wild Seed - Wild Flower" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
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