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
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.
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:
Little Fluffy Clouds (Earth Orbit One) – Alex Paterson, Martin Glover
Earth (Gaia) (Earth Orbit Two) – Alex Paterson, Kris Weston
Supernova st the End of the Universe – Alex Paterson, Miquette Giraudy, Steve Hillage
Back Side of the Moon (Luner Orbit Four) – Alex Paterson, Steve Hillage
Spanish Castle in Space (Lunar Orbit Five) – Alex Paterson, Jake le Mesurier, Guy Pratt
Perpetual Dawn (Ultraworld Probe Six) – Alex Patterson, Andy Falconer, Paul Ferguson
Into the Fourth Dimension (Ultraworld Probe Seven) – Alex Paterson, Andy Falconer, Paul Ferguson
Outlands (Ultraworld Probe Eight) – Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann
Star 6 & 789 (Ultraworld Nine) – Alex Paterson, T Green, Hugh Vickers
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
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.
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
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:
Explain It to My Heart – Diane Warren
If It Were You – J. Scheff, Darin Scheff, Tony Smith
You Come to My Senses – Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Somebody, Somewhere – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky, Kevin Dukes
What Does It Takes – J. Scheff, Gerard McMahon
One from the Heart – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
Chasin’ the Wind – Diane Warren
God Save the Queen – James Pankow, J. Scheff
Man to Woman – J. Scheff, Adam Mitchell
Only Time Can Heal the Wounded – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
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
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.
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
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.
Birdbrain
Skeleton Key
Caress
Guy Who Is Me
Enemy
Crawl
Fortune Teller
Baby
Directive
Bleeding Heart
Heaven (live acoustic) – Richard Butler, Tim Butler