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The Breeders: Last Splash

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On August 30, 1993, “4AD” and “Elektra” label released “Last Splash”, the second Breeders (The) album. It was recorded 1990 – 1993, at “Coast Recorders” in Hollywood, “Brilliant Studios” in San Francisco, “Refraze Recording Studio” in Dayton, and was produced by Kim Deal and Mark Freegard. In June 1994, the album was certified Platinum by the “Recording Industry Association of America”,

Personnel:

  • Kim Deal – lead vocals, guitar, Moog, Casiotone
  • Kelley Deal – vocals, guitar, Kenmore 12-stitch, lap steel, mandolin
  • Tanya Donelly – vocals
  • Josephine Wiggs – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, cello, drums
  • Jim MacPherson – drums, bass
  • Carrie Bradley – violin, additional vocals
  • Mark Freegard – engineer
  • Daniel Presley – engineer
  • Sean Leonard – engineer assistant
  • Andy Taub – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Westenberg – portraits
  • Vaughan Oliver – art direction, design
  • Paul MoMenamin – design assistant
  • Jason Love – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.

  1. New Year
  2. Cannonball
  3. Invisible Man
  4. No Aloha
  5. Roi
  6. Do You Love Me Now – Klim Deal, Kelley Deal
  7. Flipside
  8. I Just Wanna Get Along – Kim Deal, Kelley Deal
  9. Mad Lucas
  10. Divine Hammer
  11. S,O,S,
  12. Hag
  13. Saints
  14. Drivin’ on 9 – Dom Leone, Steve Hickoff
  15. Roi (reprise)

Pennywise: Unknown Road

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On August 17, 1993, “Epitaph” label released “Unknown Road”, the second Pennywise studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at Westbeach Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Paccerillo.

Personnel:

  • Jim Lindberg – vocals
  • Fletcher Dragge – guitar
  • Randy Bradbury – bass
  • Jason Thirsk – bass
  • Byron McMackin – drums
  • Fred Hidalgo – album art

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Lindberg, Fletcher Dragge, Randy Bradbury, Jason Thirsk and Byron McMackin.

  1. Unknown Road
  2. Homesick
  3. Time to Burn
  4. It’s Up to Me
  5. You Can Demand
  6. Nothing
  7. Vices
  8. City Is Burning
  9. Dying to Know
  10. Tester
  11. Try to Conform
  12. Give and Get
  13. Clear Your Head

Deep Purple: The Battle Rages On…

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On July19, 1993, “RCA” label released “The Battle Rages On…”, the fourteenth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded May 1992 – March 1993, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, “Red Rooster Studios” in Tutzing, Germany, “Greg Rike Studios” Tamonte Springs, in Altamonte, Florida, and was produced by Thom Panunzio and Roger Glover.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead vocals, congas 
  • Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
  • Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Roger Glover – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Bill Kennedy – engineer
  • Jason Corsaro – engineer
  • Pat Regan – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Reiter – engineer assistant
  • Wally Walton – engineer assistant
  • Darren Schneider – engineer assistant
  • John Siket – engineer assistant
  • Devin Emke – engineer assistant
  • Peter Beckeman – engineer assistant
  • Mark Conese – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.

  1. The Battle Rages On – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
  2. Lick It Up
  3. Anya – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
  4. Talk About Love
  5. Time to Kill
  6. Ramshackle Man
  7. A Twist in the Tale
  8. Nasty Piece of Work – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord
  9. Solitaire
  10. One Man’s Meat

Tortoise: Same

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On June 22, 1994, “Thrill Jockey” label released the self-titled, debut Tortoise album. It was recorded November – December 1993, at “Idful Music” in Chicago, and was produced by Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Douglas McCombs – bass guitar, guitar, arrangements
  • John McEntire – drums, synthesizer, electronics, recording, mixing
  • Dan Bitney – percussion, arrangements
  • John Herndon – drums, arrangements
  • Bundy K. Brown – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Sam Prekop – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire.

  1. Magnet Pulls Through
  2. Night Air
  3. Ry Cooder
  4. Onions Wrapped in Rubber
  5. Tin Cans & Twine
  6. Spiderwebbed
  7. His Second Story Island
  8. On Noble
  9. Flyrod
  10. Cornpone Brunch

Flaming Lips: Transmissions From Satelite Heart

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On June 22, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “Transmissions from the Satellite Heart”, the sixth Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded January – February 1993, and was produced by Keith Cleversley.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
  • Ronald Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar
  • Keith Cleversley – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Ronald Jones, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd, except where noted.

  1. Turn It On
  2. Pilot Can at the Queer of God
  3. Oh My Pregnant Head (Labia in the Sunlight)
  4. She Don’t Use Jelly
  5. Chewin the Apple of Yer Eye
  6. Superhumans
  7. Be My Head
  8. Moth in the Incubator
  9. Plastic Jesus – Ed Rush, George Cromarty
  10. When Yer Twenty Two
  11.  Slow•Nerve•Action

Paul Westerberg: 14 Songs

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On June 15, 1993, “Sire” label released “14 Songs”, the debut Paul Westerberg studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, “R.P.M.” in New York City, “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, Minnesota, “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Matt Wallace and Paul Westerberg.

Personnel:

  • Paul Westerberg – guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
  • Ian McLagan – piano, backing vocals
  • Matt Wallace – bass, percussion, drums, backing vocals
  • John Pierce – bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Rick Price – bass, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Josh Kelly – drums, backing vocals
  • Brian MacLeod – drums, backing vocals
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Michael Urbano – drums
  • Suzanne Dyer – backing vocals
  • Joan Jett – backing vocals
  • Laurie Lindeen – backing vocals
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Westerberg.

  1. Knockin’ on Mine
  2. First Glimmer
  3. World Class Fad
  4. Runaway Wind
  5. Dice Behind Your Shades
  6. Even Here We Are
  7. Silver Naked Ladies
  8. A Few Minutes of Silence
  9. Someone I Once Knew
  10. Black Eyed Susan
  11. Things
  12. Something Is Me
  13. Mannequin Shop
  14. Down Love

Everything But The Girl: Amplified Heart

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On June 13, 1994, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Amplified Heart”, the eighth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded December 1993 – April 1994, at “Livingston”, “Strongroom”, “Battery”, Mayfair” and “Whitfield Street Recording” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt and Tracey Horn.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, design
  • Ben Watt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, mixing, design
  • Richard Thompson – lead electric guitar
  • John Coxon – keyboards
  • Danny Thompson – double bass
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion, strings
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Harry Robinson – string arrangements, conductor
  • Kate St John – Cor Anglais
  • Mads Bjerke – engineer
  • Jon Mallison – engineer
  • Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Davies – mixing
  • The Senate – design
  • Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography
  • Corinne Day – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Rollercoaster – Ben Watt
  2. Troubled Mind – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt
  3. I Don’t Understand Anything – Tracey Thorn
  4. Walking to You – Ben Watt
  5. Get Me – Ben Watt
  6. Missing – lyrics by Tracey Horn, music by Ben Watt
  7. Two Stars – Ben Watt
  8. We Walk the Same Line – Tracey Thorn
  9. 25 December – Ben Watt
  10. Disenchanted – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt

Mercury Rev: Boces

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On June 1, 1993, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Boces”, the second Mercury Rev studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, and was produced by David Baker, Jonathan Donahue, Grasshopper, Dave Friedmann, Jimy Chambers and Suzanne Thorpe.

Personnel:

  • David Baker – vocals
  • Jonathan Donahue – vocals, guitar
  • Grasshopper – guitar
  • Dave Fridmann – bass
  • Jimy Chambers – drums
  • Suzanne Thorpe – flute
  • Jim Burgess – trombone
  • C. Gavazzi – French horn
  • Julie Baker – violin

Track listing:

  1. Meth of a Rockette’s Kick
  2. Trickle Down
  3. Bronx Cheer
  4. Boys Peel Out
  5. Downs Are Feminine Balloons
  6. Something for Joey
  7. Snorry Mouth
  8. Hi-Speed Boats
  9. Continuous Drunks and Blunders
  10. Girlfriend

Propagandhi: How To Clear Everything

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On May 31, 1993, “Fat Wreck Chords” label released “How to Clean Everything”, the debut Propagandhi album. It was recorded in February 1993, at “Westbeach Recorders”, in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Chris Hannah – vocals, guitar, liner notes
  • John K. Samson – vocals, bass
  • Jord Samolesky – drums, backing vocals
  • Joe Peccerillo – engineer
  • Donnell Cameron – engineer
  • H.R. Geiger – artwork
  • John Yates – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Hannah, John K. Samson and Jord Samolesky.

  1. Anti-Manifesto
  2. Head? Chest? Or Foot?
  3. Hate, Myth, Muscle, Etiquette
  4. Showdown (G.E.P.)
  5. Ska Sucks
  6. Middle Finger Response
  7. Stick the Fucking Flag Up Your Goddam Ass, You Sonofabitch
  8. Haillie Sellasse, Up Your Ass
  9. Fuck Machine
  10. This Might Be Satire
  11. Who Will Help Me Bake This Bread?
  12. I Want U 2 Vant Me (Cheap Trick cover)

The Waterboys: Dream Harder

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On May 24, 1993, “Geffen” label released “Dream Harder”, the sixth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, in New York City, and was produced by Mike Scott and Bill Price.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Chris Bruce – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Ljubisa “Lubi” Ristic – sitar
  • Kenny Aaronson – bass guitar
  • Brian Stanley – bass guitar
  • Scott Thunes – bass guitar
  • Carla Azar – drums
  • Steve Holley – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Thommy Price – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – conga, drums, tambourine, shaker, talking drum
  • Jerry Peters – percussion
  • James Campagnola – saxophone
  • George Stathos – Greek clarinet
  • Caroline Lavelle – cello
  • Billy Connolly – voices
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
  • Pal Shazar – backing vocals
  • Jules Shear – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
  • Laura Lee Ash – additional backing vocals
  • Darwin Buschman, M.D. – additional backing vocals
  • Roger Greenawalt – additional backing vocals
  • Fiona Prendergast – additional backing vocals
  • Terry Wetmore – additional backing vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Bill Price, Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Frank Olinsky – art direction
  • Tom Zutaut – art direction
  • Pal Shazar – painting
  • Michael Halsband – photography
  • John Hardin – photography

Track listing:

Tracks by Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. The New Life
  2. Glastonbury Song
  3. Preparing to Fly
  4. The Return of Pan
  5. Corn Circles
  6. Suffer
  7. Winter Winter
  8. Love and Death – lyrics by William Butler Yeats, music by Mike Scott
  9. Spiritual City
  10. Wonders of Lewis
  11. The Return of Jimi Hendrix – lyrics by Mike Scott, music by Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
  12. Good News