Tag Archives: 1994

Fu Manchu: Daredevil

On January 1, 1995, “Bong Load Custom” label released “Daredevil”, the second Fu Manchu studio album. It was recorded in August 1994, at “The Shop” in Humboldt County, California, and was produced by Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf, Scott Hill, Ruben Romano, Eddie Glass and Brad Davis.

Personnel:

  • Scott Hill – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Glass – guitar
  • Brad Davis – bass
  • Ruben Romano – drums
  • Tom Rothrock – engineer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – engineer, mixing
  • Dennis Brower – engineer assistant
  • Stephan Marcussen – mastering
  • Gary Gladstone – cover photography
  • Lisa Johnson – band photography
  • Surfer Brad – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Trapeze Freak
  2. Tilt
  3. Gathering Speed
  4. Coyote Duster
  5. Travel Agent
  6. Sleestak
  7. Space Farm
  8. Lug
  9. Egor
  10. Wurkin’
  11. Push Button Magic

Green Day: Insomniac

On October 10, 1995, “Reprise” label released “Insomniac”, the fourth Green Day studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – May 1995, at “Hyde Street” in San Francisco, and was produced by Rob Cavallo, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

Personnel:

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
  • Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums
  • Kevin Army – engineer
  • Richard Huredia; Bernd Burgdorf – additional engineering
  • Jerry Finn – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Winston Smith – cover art
  • Dirk Walter – art direction
  • David Harlan – typographic design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, except where noted.

  1. Armatage Shanks
  2. Brat
  3. Stuck with Me
  4. Greek Stink Breath
  5. No Pride
  6. Bab’s Uvula Who?
  7. 86
  8. Panic Song – lyrics by Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstronh
  9. Brain Stew
  10. Jaded
  11. Westbound Sign
  12. Tight Wad Hill
  13. Walking Contradiction

The Brecker Brothers: Out of the Loop

On September 30, 1994, “GRP” label released “Out of the Loop”, the seventh and final Brecker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded April – August 1992, and was produced by George Whitty, Maz Kessler and Robbie Kilgore. In 1995 the album won two “Grammy Awards” – “Best Contemporary Jazz Performance” and “Best Instrumental Composition”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – soprano and tenor saxophone, Akai EWI, arrangements
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
  • George Whitty – keyboards, Hammond organ bass, acoustic piano, keyboard programming, arrangements
  • Chris Botti – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Andy Snitzer – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Maz Kessler – keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Robbie Kilgore – guitars, keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Eliane Elias – vocals, keyboards, vocals, arrangements
  • Dean Brown – guitars, electric guitar
  • Larry Saltzman – guitars
  • James Genus – bass, acoustic bass
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, acoustic piccolo bass
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rodney Holmes – drums
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • Mark Ledford – additional backing vocals
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • George Whitty – additional recording
  • Chris Botti – additional recording
  • Andy Snitzer – additional recording
  • Rich Lamb – additional recording
  • Maz Kessler – mixing, additional recording
  • Robbie Kilgore – mixing, additional recording
  • “Q” Engstrom – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Elaine Elias – editing
  • Ron Bach – editing engineer
  • Hiro Ishihara – engineer assistant
  • Chris Albert – mixing assistant
  • Scott Austin – mixing assistant
  • Rory Romano – mixing assistant
  • Robert Smith – mixing assistant
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer
  • Michael Landy – post-production engineer
  • Cara Bridgins – production coordinator
  • Joseph Moore – assistant production coordinator
  • Sonny Mediana – production director, art direction
  • Andy Baltimore – creative director
  • Darryl Pitt – cover concept
  • Laurie Goldman – design
  • Matt Zumbo – front cover illustration
  • Kim Steele – back cover photography
  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Slang – Michael Brecker
  2. Evocations – Chris Botti, Michael Brecker
  3. Scrunch – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  4. Secret Heart – Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias
  5. African Skies – Michael Brecker
  6. When It Was – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  7. Harpoon – Randy Brecker
  8. The Nightwalker – Michael Brecker
  9. And Then She Wept – Randy Brecker

Radiohead: My Iron Lung

On September 26, 1994, “Parlaphone” label released “My Iron Lung”, the third Radiohead EP. It was recorded 1993 -1994, at “RAK” in London, and was produced by John Leckie, Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • John Leckie – engineer
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Chris Brown – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant
  • Shelly Saunders – assistant
  • Jim Warren – recording, mixing
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. My Iron Lung
  2. The Trickster
  3. Lewis (Mistreated)
  4. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
  5. Permanent Daylight
  6. Lozenge of Love
  7. You Never Wash Up After Yourself (live)
  8. Creep (acoustic)

David Bowie: Outside

On September 25, 1995, “Virgin”, “Arista”, “BMG” and “RCA” labels released “Outside”, the twentieth David Bowie album. It was recorded March – November 1994, January – February 1995, at “Mountain” in Montreux, “Westside” in London, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by David Richards, Brian Eno and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, additional treatments, mixing, album cover concept, head of DB, acrylic painting on canvas 1995
  • Brian Eno – synthesisers, treatments, strategies
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar
  • Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
  • Tom Frish – additional guitar
  • Kevin Armstrong – additional guitar
  • Mike Garson – grand piano
  • Erdal Kızılçay – bass, keyboards
  • Yossi Fine – bass
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Bryony, Lola, Josey, Ruby Edwards – backing vocals
  • David Richards – additional treatments, mixing, mastering
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mixing
  • Denovo – design, concept nd image manipulation
  • John Scarisbrick – photography
  • Jennifer Elster – stylist

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie and Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Leon Takes Us Outside – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  2. Outside – David Bowie, Kevin Armstrong
  3. A Small Plot of Land – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  4. The Hearts Filthy Lesson – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  5. Segue – Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Hallo Spaceboy
  • The Motel – David Bowie
  • I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • No Control
  • Segue – Algeria Touchshriek – I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • The Voyer of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue – Ramona A. Stone / I Am with Name – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Wishful Beginnings
  • We Pick You
  • Segue – Nathan Adler – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • I’m Deranged
  • Thru’ These Architects Eyes – David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue Nathan Adles
  • Strangers When We Meet – David Bowie

Son Volt: Trace

On September 19, 1995, “Warner Bros” label released “Trace”, the debut Son Volt studio album. It was recorded November – December 1994, at “Salmagundi” in Northfield, MN, and was produced by Brian Pulson, Jay Farrar, Dave Boquist, Jim Boquist and Mike Heidorn.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Boquist – guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, dobro
  • Jim Boquist – bass, backing vocals
  • Mike Heidorn – drums
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar
  • Dan Newton – accordion
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Craig Krampf – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Farrar, except where noted.  

  1. Windfall
  2. Live Free
  3. Tear-Stained Eye
  4. Route
  5. Ten Second News
  6. Drown
  7. Loose String
  8. Out of the Picture
  9. Catching On
  10. Too Early
  11. Mystifies Me – Ronnie Wood

Ray Anderson: Don’t Mow Your Lawn

On July 26, 1994, “Enja” label released “Don’t Mow Your Lawn”, album by Ray Anderson and Alligatory Band (the eleventh Ray Anderson album overall).

Personnel:

  • Ray Anderson – lead vocal, trombone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Jerome Harris – guitar, backing vocal
  • Gregory Jones – bass, backing vocal
  • Tommy Campbell – drums
  • Frank Colón – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Mow Your Lawn – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  2. Diddleybop
  3. Damaged But Good – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  4. Alligatory Pecadillo
  5. What’cha Gonna Do with That – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  6. Airwaves
  7. Blow Your Own Horn – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  8. Disguise the Limit

Lalo Schifrin: More Jazz Meets the Symphony

On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.

Personnel:

  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
  2. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Chano – Lalo Schifrin
  4. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
  7. Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

No-Man: Flowermouth

On June 27, 1994, “One Little Indian” label released “Flowermouth”, the second No-Man studio album. It was recorded September – December 1993, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, and was produced by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness – vocals
  • Steven Wilson – instruments
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, frippertronics 
  • Silas Maitland – fretless bass
  • Chris Maitland – drums, percussion
  • Steve Jansen – percussion
  • Richard Barbieri – electronics
  • Mel Collins – soprano saxophone, flute
  • Ian Carr – trumpet
  • Ben Coleman – violins, electric violin
  • Lisa Gerrard – voice sample

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tim Bowness, all music by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson.

  1. Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap
  2. You Grow More Beautiful
  3. Animal Ghost
  4. Soft Shoulders
  5. Shell of a Fighter
  6. Teardrop Fall
  7. Watching Over Me
  8. Simple
  9. Things Change

Low: Long Division

On May 23, 1995, “Vernon Yard” label released “Long Division”, the second Low studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Mark Kramer.

Personnel:

  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar, cover art
  • Zak Sally – bass, cover art, cover photography
  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion, cover art
  • Mark Kramer – engineer
  • Jed Rothenberg – engineer assistant
  • Tom Dolan – cover art
  • Jessica Bailliff – live photography
  • Liz Brooks – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks are written by imi Parker, Zak Sally and Alan Sparhawk.

  1. Violence
  2. Below & Above
  3. Shame
  4. Throw Out the Line
  5. Swingin’
  6. See-through
  7. Turn
  8. Caroline
  9. Alone
  10. Streetlight
  11. Stay
  12. Take