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Pearl Jam: Yield

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On February 3, 1998, “Epic” label released “Yield”, the fifth Pearl Jam studio album.  It was recorded February – September 1997, at “Studio Litho” and “Studio X” in Seattle, “Southern Tracks Recording” and  “Doppler Studios” in Atlanta, and was produced by  Brendan O’Brien,  Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Jack Irons, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mike McCready– lead guitar
  • Jeff Ament– vocals, bass guitar, layout, photography
  • Stone Gossard– vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass
  • Jack Irons– drums, percussion

Tracks listing:

All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.

  1. Brain of J. – Mike McCready
  2. Faithfull – Mike McCready
  3. No Way – lyrics and music by Stone Gossard
  4. Given to Fly – Mike McCready
  5. Wishlist – Eddie veder
  6. Pilate – lyrics and music by Jeff Ament
  7. Do the Evolution – Stone Gossard
  8. Untitled – lyrics and music by Jack Irons
  9. MFC – Eddie Vedder
  10. Low Light – lyrics and music by Jeff Ament
  11. In Hiding – Stone Gossard
  12. Push Me, Pull Me – Jeff Ament
  13. All Those Yesterdays – lyrics and music by Stone Gossard

Texas: White On Blonde

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On February 3, 1997, “Mercury” label released “White on Blonde”, the fourth Texas studio album.  It was recorded 1994 – 1997, at “Chateau De La Rouge” in France, “The Church” in London, “Abbey Road Studios” and “Parklane Studios” in London, and was produced by Sharleen Spiteri, Ally McErlaine, Johnny McElhore, Eddie Campbell, Richard Hynd, Mike Hedges, Dave Stewart and Rae Christian. It has been certified 6x Platinum by the “British Phonographic Industry”. In 1988, the album was voted the 86th greatest album of all time by “Q” magazine readers, and it was ranked at number 34 in “Q’s” “Best 50 Albums of Q’s Lifetime.”

Personnel:

  • Sharleen Spiteri– vocals, guitar
  • Ally McErlaine– guitar
  • Johnny McElhone– bass guitar
  • Eddie Campbell – keyboards
  • Richard Hynd – drums
  • Roger Ward – guitar
  • Paul Taylor –programming
  • Alex Silva, Terry Disley– keyboards, programming
  • Claire Miles, Anne Stephenson, Sally Herbert, Claire Orsler, Susan Dench, Gini Ball, Chris Pitsillide – strings
  • Martin Greene – strings arrangements
  • Steven Granville – backing vocals

Track lsiting:

  1. 34 (Introduction) – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  2. Say What You Want – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  3. Drawing Crazy Patterns – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  4. Gallo – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  5. Put Your Arms Around Me – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Dave Stewart, Robert Hodgens
  6. Insane – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  7. Black Eyed Boy – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Eddie Campbell, Richard Hynd, Robert Hodgens
  8. Polo Mint City – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  9. White on Blonde – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  10. Postcard – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
  11. 28 (interlude)
  12. Ticket to Lie – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Robert Hodgens
  13. Good Advice – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Mark Rae, Steve Christian
  14. Breathless – Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri

 

David Bowie: Earthling

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On February 3, 1997, “Virgin” label released “Earthling” the twentieth David Bowie studio album.  It was recorded March – August 1996, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and at “Looking Glass Studio” in New York. This was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974 “Diamond Dogs”, together with Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, samples, keyboards
  • Mike Garson– keyboards, piano
  • Reeves Gabrels– vocals, synthesisers, real and sampled guitars, programming
  • Mark Plati– keyboards, programming, loops, samples
  • Gail Ann Dorsey– vocals, bass
  • Zachary Alford – drum loops, acoustic drums, electronic percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, except Track 4, 5 and 9 by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, Track 6 by David Bowie, Track 8 by David Bowie and Brian Eno.

  1. Little Wonder
  2. Looking for Satellites
  3. Battle for Britain (The Letter)
  4. Seven Years in Tibet
  5. Dead Man Walking
  6. Telling Lies
  7. The Last Thing You Should Do
  8. I’m Afraid of Americans
  9. Law (Earthlings on Fire)
  10. I’m Afraid of Americans

My Bloody Valentine: MBV

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On February 2, 2013, My Bloody Valentine self-released “MBV”, bands third album. it was recorded 1996 / 1997 and  2006 / 2012, and was produced by Kevin Shields.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Shields – vocals, guitar, sampler
  • Bilinda Butcher – vocals, guitar
  • Debbie Googe – bass
  • Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums, sampler
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Debbie Googe – layout
  • Lung – booklet images
  • Anna Meldal – booklet images
  • Nicholas Pankhurst – sleeve artwork, booklet images

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Kevin Shields.

  1. She Found Now
  2. Only Tomorrow
  3. Who Sees You
  4. Is This and Yes
  5. If I Am
  6. New You
  7. In Another Way
  8. Nothing Is
  9. Wonder 2

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man

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On February 2, 1988, “Columbia” label released “I’m Your Man”, the eighth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded August – November 1987, at the “Studio Tempo” in Montréal and “Rock Steady” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Leonard Cohen, Roscoe Beck, Jean-Michel Reusser and Michel Robidoux.  Pitchfork Media ranked the album at number 51 on its list “100 Best Albums of the 1980s”; “Slant” magazine listed the album at number 29 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, keyboards
  • Jude Johnson – vocals
  • Anjani Thomas – vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals
  • Bob Stanley – guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
  • John Bilezikjian – oud
  • Jeff Fisher – keyboards
  • Peter Kisilenko – bass
  • Michel Robidoux – drums, keyboards
  • Tom Brechtlein – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Richard Beaudet – saxophone
  • Raffi Hakopian – violin
  • Mayel Assouly – backing vocals
  • Evelyine Hebey – backing vocals
  • Elisabeth Valletti – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen except where noted.

  1. First We Take Manhattan
  2. Ain’t No Cure for Love
  3. Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson
  4. I’m Your Man
  5. Take This Waltz – Leonard Cohen, Federico Garcia Lorca
  6. Jazz Police – Leonard Cohen, Jeff Fisher
  7. I Can’t Forget
  8. Tower of Song

Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail

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A Trick of the Trail

On February 2, 1976, “Charisma” label released “A Trick of the Tail”, the seventh Genesis studio album.  it was recorded October – November 1975, at the “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by David Hentschel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rutherford– 12-string guitar, bass, bass pedals
  • Steve Hackett– electric guitar, 12-string guitars
  • Tony Banks– pianos, synthesizers, organ, Mellotron, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Collins- lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • Hipgnosis– design
  • Colin Elgie– design

Track listing:

  1. Dance on a Volcano – Mike Rutherford,Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins
  2. Entangled – Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks
  3. Squonk – Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks
  4. Mad Mad Moon – Tony Banks
  5. Robbery, Assault and Battery – Tony Banks, Phil Collins
  6. Ripples – Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks
  7. A Trick of the Tail – Tony Banks
  8. Los Endos – Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets

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On February 2, 1976, “MCA” released “Gimme Back My Bullets”, the fourth Lynyrd Skynyrd studio album. It was recorded September – November 1975, at the “Record Plant” in Los Angeles and at Capricorn Studios, Macon, and was produce by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Van Zant– lead vocals
  • Allen Collins– guitars
  • Gary Rossington– guitars
  • Billy Powell– keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson– bass, backing vocals
  • Artimus Pyle– drums, percussion
  • The Honkettes- backing vocals
  • Lee Freeman – harp
  • Barry Lee Harwood – dobro, mandolin

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Back My Bullets – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  2. Every Mother’s Son – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  3. Trust – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  4. (I Got the) Same Old Blues – J. J. Cale
  5. Double Trouble – Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
  6. Roll Gypsy Roll – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
  7. Searching – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  8. Cry for the Bad Man – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  9. All I Can Do Is Write About It – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant

Mongo Santamaria

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On February 1, 2003, Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez died aged 85. He was musician (congas, bongos), performed and recorded with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Lalo Schifrin and Paul Horn. His 1977 album “Amanecer” won a “Grammy” award, and his hit rendition of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame” in 1998. He is composer of the jazz standard “Afro Blue”, recorded by John Coltrane among others.

Hot Chip: One Life Stand

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On February 1, 2010, “Parlaphone” label released “One Life Stand”, the fourth Hot Chip studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Alexis Taylor,Joe Goddard, Owen Clarke, Al Doyle and Flex Martin .

Personnel:

  • Alexis Taylor – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, piano
  • Joe Goddard – vocals, synthesizer, percussion
  • Owen Clarke – guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion
  • Al Doyle – guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer, percussion, bass, flugelhorn, steel pans
  • Felix Martin – drum machines, synthesizer, programming
  • Fimber Bravo – steelpan
  • Geese – strings, string arrangements, string engineer
  • Charles Hayward– drums, chorus vocal
  • Leo Taylor – drums
  • Darren Wallzo – design
  • Owen Clarke – design

All tracks by Alexis Taylor,Joe Goddard, Owen Clarke, Al Doyle and Flex Martin.

  1. Thieves in the Night
  2. Hand Me Down Your Love
  3. I Feel Better
  4. One Life Stand
  5. Brothers
  6. Slush
  7. Alley Cats
  8. We Have Love
  9. Keep Quiet
  10. Take It In

Antony And The Johnsons: I am a Bird Now

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On February 1, 2005, “Secretly Canadian” label released “I Am a Bird Now”, the second Antony and the Johnsons album.  It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Antony Hegarty. On September 6, 2005, the album won the “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Antony Hegarty – vocals, organ, piano
  • Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
  • Devendra Banhart– vocals, guitar
  • Jason Hart – piano
  • Jeff Longston – bass
  • Rainy Orteca – bass
  • Todd Cohen – drums
  • John Bollinger – drums
  • Parker Kindred- drums
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein – horn
  • Paul Shapiro– horn
  • Maxim Moston – violin
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Keith Bonner – flute
  • Boy George– vocals
  • Joan Wasser– viola
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals
  • Julia Yasuda – Morse Code, vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Antony Hegarty.

  1. Hope There’s Someone
  2. My lady Story
  3. For Today I Am a Boy
  4. Man Is the Baby
  5. You Are My Sister
  6. What Can I Do
  7. Fistful of Love
  8. Spiralling
  9. Free at Last
  10. Bird Gerhi