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David Bowie: Scary Monsters

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On September 12, 1980, “RCA” label released “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” the fourteenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded February – April 1980, at “The Power Station” in London, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. In 2000, “Q” magazine ranked “Scary Monsters” at number 30 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 381 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone, engineer
  • Pete Townshend– guitar
  • Tony Visconti– acoustic guitar, backing vocals, engineer
  • Carlos Alomar– guitars
  • Chuck Hammer– guitar synthesizer
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Roy Bittan– piano
  • Andy Clark– synthesizer
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Michi Hirota – voice
  • Lynn Maitland – backing vocals
  • Chris Porter – backing vocals
  • Larry Alexander, Jeff Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Peter Mew, Nigel Reeve –mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. It’s No Game (No. 1) – music and lyrics by Bowie, Japanese translation by Hisahi Miura
  2. Up the Hill Backwards
  3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
  4. Ashes to Ashes
  5. Fashion
  6. Teenage Wildlife
  7. Scream Like a Baby
  8. Kingdom Come – Tom Verlaine
  9. Because You’re Young
  10. It’s No Game (No. 2)

 

Simple MInds: Empires And Dance

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On September 12, 1980, “Arista” label released “Empires and Dance”, the third Simple Minds studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Jim Kerr – vocals
  • Charlie Burchill– guitar, saxophone
  • Mick MacNeil– keyboards
  • Derek Forbes– bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Brian McGee– drums
  • John Leckie–  engineer
  • Hugh Jones- engineer
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • Coward – photography
  • Ruetz – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jim Kerr, all music by Jim Ker, Charlie Burchill, Mick MacNeil, Derek Forbes and Brian McGee.

  1. I Travel
  2. Today I Died Again
  3. Celebrate
  4. This Fear of Gods
  5. Capital City
  6. Constantinople Line
  7. Twist/Run/Repulsion
  8. Thirty Frames a Second
  9. Kant-Kino
  10. Room

XTC: Black Sea

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On September 12, 1980, “Virgin” label released “Black Sea”, the fourth XTC studio album. It was recorded June–July 1980, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar, synth
  • Dave Gregory – guitars, synth, piano, vox humana
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, Epiphone Newport bass
  • Terry Chambers- Tama drums, Tama Snyper drum synthesizer, free form vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Respectable Street
  2. Generals and Majors – Colin Moulding
  3. Living Through Another Cuba
  4. Love at First Sight – Colin Moulding
  5. Rocket from a Bottle
  6. No Language in Our Lungs
  7. Towers of London
  8. Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
  9. Burning with Optimism’s Flames
  10. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
  11. Travels in Nihilon

Chicago: XI

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On September 12, 1977, “Columbia” label released “Chicago XI”, the ninth Chicago studio album. It was recorded April – June 1977, at “Caribou Ranch” in Nederland, Colorado, and was produced by James William Guercio. This was the last Chicago album produced by James William Guercio, and the last one to feature founding member Terry Kath, who died in an gun accident four months later.

Personnel:

  • Terry Kath – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ,  clavinet, Fender Rhodes
  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • James William Guercio – acoustic guitars, bass
  • Danny Seraphine– drums, percussion
  • Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
  • Walter Parazaider– saxophones, flute, clarinet
  • Lee Loughnane– vocals, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
  • James Pankow– vocals, trombone, keyboards, percussion, brass arrangements
  • David “Hawk” Wolinski– ARP synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
  • The Voices of Inspiration – choir
  • Tim Cetera – backing vocals
  • Carl Wilson– backing vocals
  • Chaka Khan – incredible preach, backing vocals
  • Dominic Frontiere– orchestral conception, orchestration, orchestration, string and orchestral, arrangements
  • Wayne Tarnowski – engineer
  • Tom Likes – engineer assistant
  • Armin Steiner – strings recording
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • John Berg – design
  • Nick Fasciano – logo design
  • Reid Miles – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. Mississippi Delta City Blues – Terry Kath
  2. Baby, What a Big Surprise – Peter Cetera
  3. Till the End of Time – James Pankow
  4. Policeman – Robert Lamm
  5. Take Me Back to Chicago – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  6. Vote for Me – Robert Lamm
  7. Takin’ It on Uptown – Fred Kagan, Terry Kath
  8. This Time – Lee Loughnane
  9. The Inner Struggles of a Man – Dominic Frontiere
  10. Prelude (Little One) – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  11. Little One – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski

Danny Kirwan: Second Chapter

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On September 12, 1975, “DJM” label released “Second Chapter”, the debut Danny Kirwan solo album. It was recorded 1973 – 1974, and was produced by Martin Rushent.

Personnel:

  • Danny Kirwan – vocals, guitars
  • Paul Raymond– piano
  • Andy Silvester– bass guitar
  • Geoff Britton– drums
  • Jim Russell– drums, percussion
  • Gerry Shury– string arrangements
  • Martin Rushent – engineer
  • McKinley Howell, J.M. Heale – design
  • Clifford Davis – photography, album co-ordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Danny Kirwan.

  1. Ram Jam City
  2. Odds and Ends
  3. Hot Summer Day
  4. Mary Jane
  5. Skip a Dee Doo
  6. Love Can Always Bring You Happiness
  7. Second Chaptee
  8. Lovely Days
  9. Falling in Love With You
  10. Silver Streams
  11. Best Girl in the World
  12. Cascades

Ben Folds: Rockin’ The Suburbs

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On September 11, 2001, “Epic” label released “Rockin’ the Suburbs”, the debut Ben Folds studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Ben Folds and Ben Grosse.

Personnel:

  • Ben Folds – vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, drums, package design
  • Richard Fortus – guitar
  • Larry Corbett –cello
  • DJ Swamp – beats
  • Vincent Palmeri – vocals
  • John McCrea– vocals
  • Frally Hynes – vocals
  • Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb, John Vitale – programming
  • Blumpy – programming, engineer assistant
  • John Mark Painter – arranger
  • John Mark Painter – conductor
  • Ben Grosse – recording, mixing. engineer assistant
  • Andrew R. Wallace – engineer, recording
  • Cameron Webb – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.

  1. Annie Waits
  2. Zak and Sara
  3. Still Fighting It
  4. Gone
  5. Fred Jones Part 2
  6. The Ascent of Stan
  7. Losing Lisa
  8. Carrying Cathy
  9. Not the Same
  10. Rockin’ the Suburbs
  11. Fired
  12. The Luckiest

Nickelback: Silver Side Up

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On September 11, 2001, “Roadrunner” label released “Silver Side Up”, the third Nickelback studio album. It was recorded April – June 2001, at “Greenhouse Studios” in Burnaby, British Columbia, and was produced by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger,  Ryan Vikedal and Rick Parashar. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”;  Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; 8 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”;  Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; 3 x Platinum in Macao by “IFPI Macao”; Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 6 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”; 3 x Platinum in the UK by the “RIIA”, and 2 x Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Chad Kroeger– lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Ryan Peake –rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Thornley– slide guitar
  • Mike Kroeger –bass guitar
  • Ryan Vikedal –drums, percussion
  • Joey Moi– engineer
  • Pat “Sajak” Sharman – engineer assistant
  • Kristina Ardron, Kevin Fairbairn – engineer assistant
  • Randy Staub– mixing
  • Alex Aligizakis – mixing assistant, Pro Tools operator
  • Geoff Ott – digital editing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • amoebacorp.com – design, illustration
  • Daniel Moss – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chad Kroeger; all music by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Vikedal.

  1. Never Again
  2. How You Remind Me
  3. Woke Up This Morning
  4. Too Bad
  5. Just For
  6. Hollywood
  7. Money Bought
  8. Where Do I Hide
  9. Hangnail
  10. Good Times Gone

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

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On September 11, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Love and Theft”, the thirty-first Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in May 2001, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan). In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Love and Theft” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 44th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, piano, record production
  • Larry Campbell— guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin
  • Charlie Sexton— guitar
  • Augie Meyers— accordion, Hammond B3 organ, Vox organ
  • Tony Garnier— bass
  • David Kemper— drums
  • Clay Meyers —bongos
  • Chris Shaw —engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  2. Mississippi
  3. Summer Days
  4. Bye and Bye
  5. Lonesome Day Blues
  6. Floater (Too Much to Ask)
  7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  8. Moonlight
  9. Honest With Me
  10. Po’ Boy
  11. Cry a While
  12. Sugar baby

 

Goldfrapp: Felt Mountain

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On September 11, 2000, “Mute” label released “Felt Mountain”, the debut Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – February 2000, in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp– vocals, keyboards, whistling, design
  • Will Gregory– brass arrangements, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Steven Claydon– synthesizer
  • Andy Davis – baritone ukulele, koto, melodica
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Nick Batt – bass synthesizer, metal percussion, additional engineering, bass synthesizer, additional programming, additional mixing
  • Adrian Utley– bass guitar, synthesiser, tremolo bass guitar
  • John Parish– drums, bass guitar, tremolo guitar
  • Tony Orrell – drums
  • Rowan Oliver – percussion
  • Clive Deamer– brushes
  • Flowers Band – brass band
  • Andy Bush – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Cornick – trombone
  • Steve MacAllister – French horn
  • Ben Waghorn – tenor saxophone
  • Alexander Bălănescu– violin
  • Jacqueline Norrie – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Stuart Gordon – viola, violin, tremolo violins, violin solo
  • Bill Hawkes – viola
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Mute Male Voices – humming
  • Kevin Paul – additional engineering, additional mixing
  • Luke Gordon – additional engineering, additional programming
  • David Lord – additional engineering
  • David Bascombe – additional mixing
  • Chris Weston – additional programming
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Günter Gräfenhain – landscape photography
  • L. Schmidt – landscape photography
  • Joe Dilworth– photography
  • Anna Fox– inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

  1. Lovely head
  2. Paper Bag
  3. Human – Tim Norfolk, Bob Locke, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
  4. Pilots
  5. Deer Stop
  6. Felt Mountain
  7. Oompa Radar
  8. Utopia
  9. Horse Tears

Blur: The Great Escape

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On September 11, 1995, “Food” label released “The Great Escape”, the fourth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 1995, at “Maison Rouge” in Fulham; “Townhouse Studios” in  London, and was produced by Stephen Street. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI” and Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn– vocals, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, handclaps
  • Graham Coxon– electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, saxophone, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Alex James– bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree– drums, percussion
  • Simon Clarke – saxophone
  • Tim Sanders – saxophone
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
  • Louise Fuller – violin
  • Richard Koster – violin
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Ivan McCermoy – cello
  • Ken Livingstone– narration
  • Theresa Davis – backing vocals
  • Angela Murrell – backing vocals
  • Cathy Gillat – backing vocals
  • John Smith – engineer
  • Julie Gardner – engineer assistant
  • Tom Girling – engineer assistant
  • Nels Israelson – photography
  • Tom King – photography
  • Jason Cox – studio manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. Stereotypes
  2. Country House
  3. Best Days
  4. Charmless man
  5. Fade Away
  6. Top Man
  7. The Universal
  8. Robinson’sQuango
  9. He Thought of Cars
  10. It Could Be You
  11. Ernold Same
  12. Globe Alone
  13. Dan Abnormal
  14. Entertain Me
  15. Yuko and Hiro