Tag Archives: 1990

Fugazi: Repeater

On April 19, 1990, “Dischord” label released “Repeater”, the debut Fugazi studio album. It was recorded July – September 1989, at “Inner Ear Studios” in Arlington, Virginia, and was produced Don Zientara and Ted Niceley.

Personnel:

  • Guy Picciotto – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Ian MacKaye – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
  • Joe Lally – bass
  • Brendan Canty – drums
  • Don Zientara – engineer
  • Kurt Sayenga – design
  • Jim Saah – photography

Track listring:

  1. Turnover
  2. Repeater
  3. Brendan #1
  4. Merchandise
  5. Blueprint
  6. Sieve-Fisted Find
  7. Greed
  8. Two beats Off
  9. Styrofoam
  10. Reprovisional
  11. Shut the Door

A Tribe Called Quest: People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

On April 10, 1990, “Jive” label released “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”, the debut A Tribe Called Quest studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Calliope Studios”, and “Battery Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Q-Tip.

Personnel:

  • Q-Tip – performer, mixing
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – scratching, programming
  • Phife Dawg – performer
  • Jarobi White – performer
  • Lucien – backing vocals
  • Bob Power – engineer
  • Shane Faber – engineer
  • Tim Latham – engineer
  • Bob Coulter – engineer
  • Anthony Saunders – engineer
  • Paije Hunyady – cover art
  • Bryant Peters – cover art
  • Ari Marcopoulos – photography
  • Justin Herz – photography
  • Kool DJ Red Alert – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg and Jarobi White.

  1. Push It Along
  2. Lack of Lucien
  3. After Hours
  4. Footprints
  5. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
  6. Public Enemy
  7. Bonita Applebum
  8. Can I Kick It
  9. Youthful Expression
  10. Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)
  11. Mr. Muhammad
  12. Ham ‘n’ Eggs
  13. Go Ahead in the Rain
  14. Description of a Fool

Orb: The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

On April 2, 1991, “Big Life” label released “The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld”, the debut Orb studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Do Not Erase”, “Marcus Studios”, “Berwick Street Studio”, and “Trancentral” in London, and was produced by Alex Paterson, Andy Falconer, Kris Westona, Steve Hillage and Jimmy Cauty.

Personnel:

  • Alex Paterson – performer, engineer, mixing
  • Guy Pratt – bass
  • Tim Russell – engineer, mixing
  • Kris “Thrash” Weston – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Hunter – engineer assistant
  • Youth – mixing
  • Thomas Fehlmann – mixing
  • The Designers Republic – design

Track listing:

  1. Little Fluffy Clouds (Earth Orbit One) – Alex Paterson, Martin Glover
  2. Earth (Gaia) (Earth Orbit Two) – Alex Paterson, Kris Weston
  3. Supernova st the End of the Universe – Alex Paterson, Miquette Giraudy, Steve Hillage
  4. Back Side of the Moon (Luner Orbit Four) – Alex Paterson, Steve Hillage
  5. Spanish Castle in Space (Lunar Orbit Five) – Alex Paterson, Jake le Mesurier, Guy Pratt
  6. Perpetual Dawn (Ultraworld Probe Six) – Alex Patterson, Andy Falconer, Paul Ferguson
  7. Into the Fourth Dimension (Ultraworld Probe Seven) – Alex Paterson, Andy Falconer, Paul Ferguson
  8. Outlands (Ultraworld Probe Eight) – Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann
  9. Star 6 & 789 (Ultraworld Nine) – Alex Paterson, T Green, Hugh Vickers
  10. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (Live Mix Mk 10; Ultraworld Ten) – Alex Paterson, Jimmy Cauty, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson, Bruce Woolley, Trevor Horn

Morrissey: Kill Uncle

On March 4, 1991, “EMI” label released “Kill Uncle”, the second Morrissey studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Hook End Manor” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey – vocals
  • Mark E. Nevin – guitar
  • Seamus Beaghen – keyboards
  • Steven Heart – keyboards
  • Mark Bedford – bass guitar
  • Andrew Paresi – drums, percussion
  • Nawazish Ali Khan – violin
  • Linder Sterling – backing vocals
  • Simon Metcalfe – engineer assistant
  • Gino Sprio – photography
  • Jo Slee – sleeve art coordinator

Track listing:

All lyrics by Morrissey, all music by Mark E. Nevin, except where noted.

  1. Our Frank
  2. Asian Rut
  3. Sing Your Life
  4. Mute Witness – Clive Langer
  5. King Leer
  6. Found Found Found – Clive Langer
  7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  8. The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye
  9. (I’m) The End of the Family Line
  10. There’s a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends

The KLF: The White Room

On March 4, 1991, “KLF Communications” label released “The White Room”, the fourth and final KLF (The) studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Trancentral”, “The Village” in Dagenham, “Little Yard” and “Matrix” in London, and was produced by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Cauty – performance, programming
  • Bill Drummond – vocals, performance, programming
  • Nick Coler – keyboards, additional programming, backing vocals
  • Maxine Harvey – vocals, backing vocals
  • Black Steel – vocals, scat singing, bass guitar, piano
  • Ricardo Lyte – rap
  • Isaac Bello – rap
  • Tony Thorpe – breaks, samples
  • Duy Khiem – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Graham Lee – pedal steel
  • P. P. Arnold – vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – vocals
  • Wanda Dee – sampled vocals
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Julian Gordon-Hastings – mixing
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Kylie Said to Jason
  2. 3 a.m. Eternal (pure trance original)
  3. Go to Sleep
  4. Make it Rain
  5. Church of the KLF
  6. No mOre Tears
  7. Build a Fire
  8. The Lovers’ Side
  9. The White Room
  10. Born Free

Chicago: Twenty 1

On January 29, 1991, “Full Moon” label released “Twenty 1”, the seventeenth Chicago studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Record Plant” in Hollywood, “Can-Am Recorders” in Tarzana, CA, “Ground Control Studios” in Santa Monica, CA and was produced by Humberto Gatica and Ron Nevison.

Personnel:

  • Dawayne Bailey – guitars, backing vocals
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Jason Scheff – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
  • Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • James Pankow – trombone, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, backing vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • David Foster – acoustic piano
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • Efrain Toro – keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro – keyboards programming
  • John Keane – drums
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – brass arrangements
  • Dennis Matkosky – brass arrangements
  • Humberto Gatica –engineer, mixing
  • Ron Nevison –engineer tracks
  • Jim Mitchell – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Poe – engineer assistant
  • Alex Rodriguez – additional engineering
  • Deandra Miller – production assistant
  • Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design
  • Chris Cuffaro – photography

Track listing:

  1. Explain It to My Heart – Diane Warren
  2. If It Were You – J. Scheff, Darin Scheff, Tony Smith
  3. You Come to My Senses – Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  4. Somebody, Somewhere – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky, Kevin Dukes
  5. What Does It Takes – J. Scheff, Gerard McMahon
  6. One from the Heart – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  7. Chasin’ the Wind – Diane Warren
  8. God Save the Queen – James Pankow, J. Scheff
  9. Man to Woman – J. Scheff, Adam Mitchell
  10. Only Time Can Heal the Wounded – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  11. Who Do You Love – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky
  12. Holdin’ On – Bill Champlin, Tom Saviano

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

On January 6, 1992, “Atlantic” label released “Little Earthquakes”, the debut Tori Amos studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, and was produced by Eric Rosse, Tori Amos, Davitt Sigerson and Ian Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Tori Amos – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboard, sampled strings
  • Steve Caton – guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitar
  • John Chamberlain – mandolin
  • Eric Williams – ukulele, dulcimer
  • Jef Scott – bass
  • Matthew Seligman – bass
  • Will McGregor – bass 
  • Carlo Nuccio – drums 
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Chris Hughes – drums 
  • Eric Rosse – Irish war drum, drum and keyboard programming, backing vocals
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Philly – finger cymbal 
  • Jake Freeze – rat pedal, saw
  • Nick DeCaro – orchestra arrangements, conductor
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Will Gregory – oboe
  • Tina Gullickson – backing vocals
  • Nancy Shanks – backing vocals
  • Phil Shenale – keyboard programming
  • David Lord – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tori Amos.

  1. Crucify
  2. Girl
  3. Silent All This Years
  4. Precious Things
  5. Winter
  6. Happy Phantom
  7. China
  8. Leather
  9. Mother
  10. Tear in Your Hand
  11. Me and a Gun
  12. Little Earthquakes

Héroes del Silencio: Senderos de traición

On December 4, 1990, “EMI” label released “Senderos de traición”, the second Héroes del Silencio studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Kirios Studio” in Madrid, Spain, and was produced by Phil Manzanera.

Personnel:

  • Enrique Bunbury – vocals
  • Juan Valdivia – guitar
  • Joaquin Cardiel – bass
  • Pedro Andreu – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia, Joaquin Cardiel, and Pedro Andreu.

  1. Entre dos tierras
  2. Maldito duende
  3. La carta
  4. Malas intenciones
  5. Sal
  6. Senda
  7. Hechizo
  8. Oración
  9. Despertar
  10. Decadencia
  11. Con nombre de Guerra
  12. El cuadro

Guns N’ Roses: The Spaghetti Incident?

On November 23, 1993, “Geffen” label released “The Spaghetti Incident?, the fifth Guns N’ Roses studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1993, at “A&M Studios”, “Record Plant Studios”, “Rumbo Recorders”, “Can-Am Recorders”, “Sound Techniques”, “Triad Studios” and “Conway Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jim Mitchell, Mike Clink, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum.

Personnel:

  • Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards, kazoo
  • Slash – lead guitar, co-lead and backing vocals, talkbox
  • Duff McKagan – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, bass, drums
  • Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Carlos Booy – acoustic guitar
  • Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar
  • Mike Staggs – additional guitar
  • Richard Duguay – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Monroe – co-lead vocals
  • Mike Fasano – percussion
  • Eddie Huletz – backing vocals
  • Blake Stanton – backing vocals
  • Eric Mills – backing vocals
  • Rikki Rachtman – backing vocals
  • Stuart Bailey – backing vocals
  • Bill Price – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
  • Dennis Keeley, Gene Kirkland, Robert John – photography

Track listing:

  1. Since I Don’t Have You – Joseph Rock, James Beaumont, Jackie Taylor, Janet Vogel, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, Wally Lester
  2. New Rose – Brian James
  3. Down on the Farm – Alvin Gibbs, Charlie Harper, Nicholas Garratt
  4. Human Being – Johnny Thunders, David Johansen
  5. Raw Power – Iggy Pop, James Williamson
  6. Ain’t It Fun – Cheetah Chrome, Peter Laughter
  7. Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex) – Marc Bolan, Chris Cornell
  8. Hair of the Dog – Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Darrell Sweet
  9. Attitude – Glenn Danzig
  10. Black Leather – Steve Jones
  11. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory – Johnny Thunders
  12. I Don’t Care About You – Lee Ving
  13. Look at Your Game, Girl (hidden track) – Charles Manson

Buffalo Tom: Birdbrain

On November 6, 1990, “Situation Two” and “Beggars Banquet” labels released “Birdbrain”, the second Buffalo Tom studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by J Mascis, Sean Slade, Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginns.

Personnel:

  • Bill Janovitz – lead vocals, guitar
  • Chris Colbourn – lead vocal, bass
  • Tom Maginnis – drums
  • Sean Slade – guitar, backing vocals
  • Monte Rose (J Mascis) – guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginns, except where noted.

  1. Birdbrain
  2. Skeleton Key
  3. Caress
  4. Guy Who Is Me
  5. Enemy
  6. Crawl
  7. Fortune Teller
  8. Baby
  9. Directive
  10. Bleeding Heart
  11. Heaven (live acoustic) – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
  12. Reason Why (live acoustic)