Tag Archives: 1990

The Fall: Extricate

Extricate

On March 20, 1990, “Phonogram” label released “Extricate”, the twelve Fall (The) album. It was recorded 1989 and 1990, and was produced by Craig Leon, Mark E. Smith and Adrian Maxwell Sherwood.

Personnel:m

  1. Mark E. Smith– vocals
  2. Martin Bramah– guitar, backing vocals
  3. Craig Scanlon– guitar
  4. Marcia Schofield – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  5. Steve Hanley– bass guitar
  6. Simon Wolstencroft– drums
  7. Mike Edwards – guitar
  8. Craig Leon– organ, backing vocals
  9. Cassell Webb– organ, backing vocals
  10. Kenny Brady – fiddle
  11. Charlotte Bill – flute, oboe
  12. Anthony Frost– front cover painting

Track listing:

  1. Sing! Harpy – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  2. I’m Frank – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith
  3. Bill Is Dead – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith
  4. Black Monk Theme, Part I – The Monks
  5. Popcorn, Double Feature – Scott English
  6. Telephone Thing – Matt Black, Jon More, Mark E. Smith
  7. Hilary – Mark E. Smith
  8. Chicago, Now! – Mark E. Smith
  9. The Littlest Rebel – Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith, Simon Wolstencroft
  10. And Therein… –  Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith

 

Depeche Mode: Violator

Depeche_Mode_-_Violator

On March 19, 1990, “Mute” label released “Violator”, the seventh Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded May 1989 – January 1990, at “Logic Studios” in Milan, “Pukrecording Studios” in Gjerlev (Denmark), “The Church” and “Master Rock Studios” in London, “Axis” in New York, and was produced by Flood, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder and Martin Gore. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 342 on its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time” and on number 57 on its list of “100 best albums of the nineties”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Alan Wilder – synthesizers
  • Alan Gregorie – engineer
  • Goh Hotoda – engineer
  • Peter Iversen – engineer
  • Dennis Mitchell – engineer
  • Pino Pischetola – engineer
  • Phil Legg – engineer
  • Steve Lyon – engineer
  • Dick Meaney – engineer assistant
  • Daryl Bamonte – engineer assistant
  • David Browne – engineer assistant
  • Mark Flannery – engineer assistant
  • Flood– mixing
  • François Kevorkian– mixing
  • Daniel Miller– mixing
  • Area – sleeve
  • Anton Corbijn– sleeve

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. World in My Eyes
  2. Sweetest Perfection
  3. Personal Jesus
  4. Halo
  5. Waiting for the Night
  6. Enjoy the Silence / Interlude Crucified
  7. Policy of Truth
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude
  9. Clean

Robyn Hitchcock: Eye

Eye-cover-Robyn_Hitchcock

On March 12, 1990, “Glass Fish” label released “Eye”, the ninth Robyn Hitchcock album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Hyde Street Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jim Neill.

Personnel:

  • Robyn Hitchcock – vocals, guitar
  • Wendy Bardsley, Simon Kunath – engineer
  • Brigid Pearson – design
  • Cynthia L. Hunt – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robyn Hitchcock.

  1. Cynthia Mask
  2. Certainly Clickot
  3. Queen Elvis
  4. Flesh Cartoons
  5. Chinese Water Python
  6. Executioner
  7. Linctus House
  8. Beautiful Girl
  9. Raining Twilight Coast
  10. Clean Steve
  11. Agony of Pleasure
  12. Glass Hotel
  13. Satellite
  14. Aquarium
  15. Agony of Pleasure

Midnight Oil: Blue Sky Mining

Midnight Oil_Blue Sky Mining

On February 25, 1990, “Columbia” label released “Blue Sky Mining”, the seventh Midnight Oil album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Rhino” in Sydney, and was produced by Warne Livesey, Peter Garrett, Bones Hillman, Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey and Warne Livesey . At the “ARIA Music Awards” in 1991, “Blue Sky Mining” won “Best Group”, “Outstanding Achievement Award”, “Best Cover Art”, “Best Video” and “Album of the Year”. The album was awarded 5× Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Garrett – lead vocals
  • Jim Moginie – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Martin Rotsey- vocals, guitars
  • Warne Livesey- keyboards
  • Bones Hillman – vocals, bass
  • Robert Hirst – vocals, drums
  • Jeremy Smith – French horn
  • Phillip Hartl – string leader
  • Glad and Carl – Horn Swells

Track listing:

  1. Blue Sky Mine – Peter Garrett, Bones Hillman, Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  2. Stars of Warburton – Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey
  3. Bedlam Bridge – Robert Hirst
  4. Forgeotten Years – Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie
  5. Mountains of Burma – Robert Hirst
  6. King of the Mountain – Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie
  7. River Runs Red – Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie
  8. Shakers and Movers – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  9. One Country – Peter Garret, Jim Moginie
  10. Antartica – Peter Garret, Robert Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  11. You May Not Be released – Jim Moginie

Primus: Frizzle Fry

Primus-Frizzle_Fry

On February 7, 1990, “Caroline Records” label released “Frizzle Fry”, the debut Primus studio album. It was recorded on Christmas 1989, at “Different Fur” in San Francisco, and was produced by Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Tim Alexanderaka “Herb”, Todd Huth and Matt Winegar.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool– bass, electric upright bass, double bass, vocals
  • Larry LaLonde– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Tim Alexanderaka “Herb” – drums
  • Todd Huth– acoustic guitar
  • Sathington Willoughby Orchestra
  • Les Claypool aka “Snap” –banjo, string bass
  • Larry LaLonde aka “Chunker” –archtop acoustic guitar
  • Tim Alexander aka “Herb” – toyorgan
  • Matt Winegar aka “Exxon” – toypiano
  • Todd Huth – acoustic guitar
  • Lance “Link” Montoya– sculpture
  • Snap –airbrushing, cartooning
  • Paul Haggard – jacket design,photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Lee Claypool, all music by Primus, except where noted.

  1. To Defy the Laws of Tradition
  2. Groundhog Day
  3. Too Many Puppies
  4. Knowtail
  5. Frizzle Fry
  6. John the Fisherman
  7. You Can’t Kill Michael Malloy – Matt Winegar
  8. The Toys Go Winding Down
  9. Pudding Time
  10. Sathington Willoughby
  11. Spegetti Western
  12. Harold of the Rocks
  13. To Defy

 

Fish: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors

Fish Vigil

On January 29, 1990, “EMI” label released “Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors” the debut Fish solo album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Jon Kelly.

Personnel:

  • Fish (Derek W. Dick) – all vocals
  • Frank Usher- guitars
  • Hal Lindes- guitars
  • Janick Gers- guitars
  • Mickey Simmonds – keyboards, piano, drum programming
  • Davy Spillane – pipes, whistles
  • Phil Cunningham – whistles, accordion, bodhrán
  • John Giblin – bass guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums
  • John Keeble – drums
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Aly Bain – violin
  • Alison Jones – violin
  • Gavyn Wright – violin
  • Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles- backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Vigil – Dereck W. Dick, Mickey Simmonds
  2. Big Wedge = Dereck W. Dick, Mickey Simmonds
  3. State of Mind – Dereck W. Dick, Hal Lindes, Mickey Simmonds
  4. The Company – Dereck W. Dick, Mickey Simmonds
  5. A Gentleman’s Excuse Me –Dereck W. Dick, Mickey Simmonds
  6. Family Business – Dereck W. Dick, Hal Lindes, Mickey Simmonds
  7. View From The Hill – Dereck W. Dick, Janick Gers
  8. Cliché – Dereck W. Dick, Hal Lindes, Mickey Simmonds

The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker

Black Crowes Shake Your Money maker

On January 24, 1990, “Def American Recordings” released “Shake Your Money Maker”, the debut Black Crowes (The) album.  It was named after an Elmore James’s classic blues song and was recorded in 1989, at the “Soundscape Studios” in Atlanta; “Chapel Studios”, “Paramount Studios” and “Grandmaster Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Jeff Cease– guitar
  • Johnny Colt– bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Chuck Leavell– piano, organ
  • Brendan O’Brien– “a potpourri of instruments”
  • Laura Creamer– backing vocals
  • Alan Forbes – artwork, art direction, design
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Ruth Leitman – cover photogtraphy

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Twice As Hard
  2. Jealous Again
  3. Sister Luck
  4. Could I’ve Been So Blind
  5. Seeing Things
  6. Hard to Handle – Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding
  7. Thick n’ Thin
  8. She Talks to Angels
  9. Struttin’ Blues
  10. Stare It Cold
  11. Live Too Fast Blues/Mercy, Sweet Moan

The Temptations: 1990

Temptations-1990

On December 7, 1973, “Gordy” label released “1990”, the 17th  Temptations (The) album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Norman Whitfield.

Personnel:

  • Dennis Edwards: vocals
  • Damon Harris: vocals
  • Richard Street: vocals
  • Melvin Franklin: vocals
  • Otis Williams: vocals
  • The Funk Brothers and Rose Royce: instrumentation
  • Kenji Brown – guitar
  • Eddie Hazel – guitar
  • Dennis Coffey – guitar
  • Wah – Wah Watson – guitar
  • Eddie Willis – guitar
  • Melvin ”Wah Wah” Ragin – guitar
  • Jack Ashford – tambourine
  • Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
  • Don Baldwin – keyboards, wind, synthesizer
  • Victor Nix – keyboards
  • James Jamerson – bass
  • Leqyeint Jobe – bass
  • Billy “Bass” Nelson – bass
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums
  • Zachary Fraizer – drums
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Henry Gamer Jr. – drums
  • Ed Green – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – congas
  • Terral ”Terry” Santiel – congas
  • Michael Moore – saxophone
  • Kenneth Copeland – trumpet
  • Fred Dunn – trumpet
  • George Bohanon – trombone
  • Don Baldwin – design
  • John Cabalka – design
  • Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Whitfield.

  1. Let Your Hair Down
  2. I Need You
  3. Heavenly
  4. You’ve Got My Soul on Fire
  5. Ain’t No Justice
  6. 1990
  7. Zoom

 

Eric Clapton: Journeyman

Eric_Clapton - Journey Man

On November 7, 1989, “Duck” label released “Journeyman”, the eleventh Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Russ Tielman. Clapton won “Grammy Award” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” in 1990 for the song “Bad Love”. “Journeyman” became the first Clapton’s solo studio album to go double platinum.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, Dobro, design
  • Robert Cray– guitar
  • Phil Palmer– guitar
  • John Tropea– rhythm guitar
  • George Harrison– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Cecil Womack– vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Lynn Williams– guitar, backing and harmony vocals
  • Jeff Bova– synthesizer programming, drum programming, synthesizer horns
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
  • Robbie Kondor– synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
  • Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
  • Robby Kilgore – synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes– synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
  • Richard Tee– piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
  • Pino Palladino- bass
  • Jim Keltner– percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
  • Phil Collins– drums , backing and harmony vocals
  • Carole Steele – percussion, conga, tambourine
  • Gary Burton– vibraphone
  • David Sanborn– alto saxophone
  • Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
  • David “Fathead” Newman– tenor saxophone
  • Jon Faddis– trumpet
  • Lew Soloff– trumpet
  • Linda Womack– vocals
  • Daryl Hall– harmony vocals
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Chaka Khan– backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles– backing vocals
  • Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals
  • Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements, string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Pretending – Jerry Lynn Williams
  2. Anything for Your Love – Jerry Lynn Williams
  3. Bad Love – Eric Clapton, Mick Jones
  4. Running on Faith – Jerry Lynn Williams
  5. Hard Times – Ray Charles
  6. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. No Alibis – Jerry Lynn Williams
  8. Run So Far – George Harrison
  9. Old Love – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray
  10. Breaking Point – Marty Grebb, Jerry Lynn Williams
  11. Lead Me On – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
  12. Before You Accuse Me – Ellas McDaniel

Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour

On October 22, 1990, “Parlaphone” label released “Behaviour”, the fourth Pet Shop Boys studio album.  It was recorded May – June 1990 at the “Red Deer” in Munich and “Sarm West” in London, and was produced by Harold Faltemeyer, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

  • Neil Tennant– vocals, guitar
  • Chris Lowe– keyboards, programming, vocoder
  • Dominic Clarke – plastic tube
  • J. Belle, Johnny Marr– guitar
  • Angelo Badalamenti– orchestra arrangement, conduction
  • Alexander Bălănescu– string quartet arrangements
  • The Balanescu Quartet– strings
  • Jay Henry – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

  1. Being Boring
  2. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
  3. To Face the Truth
  4. How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?
  5. Only the Wind
  6. My October Symphony
  7. So Hard
  8. Nervously
  9. The End of the World
  10. Jealousy