Homebrew by Neneh Cherry

Homebrew, Neneh Cherry's second album, came out on Circa in 1992, three years on from Raw Like Sushi, and it's a Swedish singer who cut her teeth in London's punk bands throwing hip-hop, R&B, dance and pop into one pot. Most of it was recorded at Cherry Bear Studios in London and on the Cherry Bear Mobile, with Gang Starr co-writing and producing "Sassy" and "I Ain't Gone Under Yet" and Geoff Barrow writing and producing "Somedays".

"Trout" is the head-turner, recorded partly at Power Play in New York, with Jonny Dollar replaying the guitar riff from Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" over John Bonham's drums from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks". "Move with Me" later found its way onto the Sliver soundtrack, and "Red Paint" retells a real-life tale that her late mother, Moki Cherry, once shared with her. Jean-Baptiste Mondino shot the photographs.

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