Tag Archives: 1995

16 Horsepower: Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes

On February 6, 1996, “A&M” label released “Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes”, the debut 16 Horsepower studio album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Warren Bruleigh.

Personnel:

  • David Eugene Edwards – vocals, banjo, guitar, bandoneon, lap steel guitar
  • Keven Soll – upright bass, flattop acoustic bass, cello, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves Tola – drums, backing vocals
  • Gordon Gano – fiddle

Track listing:

  1. I Seen What I Saw
  2. Black Soul Choir
  3. Scrawled in Sap
  4. Horse Head
  5. Ruthie Lingle
  6. Harm’s Way
  7. Black Bush
  8. Heel on the Shovel
  9. American Wheeze
  10. Red Neck Reel
  11. Prison Shoe Romp
  12. Neck on the New Blade
  13. Strong Man

Eraserheads: Cuterrpillow

On December 8, 1995, “Musiko Records” and “BMG” labels released “Cutterpillow”, the third Eraserheads studio album. It was recorded in 1995, at JR Recording Studios” in Philippines, and was produced by Robin Rivera.

Personnel:

  • Ely Buendia – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, layout
  • Marcus Adoro – lead guitar, samples 
  • Buddy Zabala – bass, keyboards, backing vocals 
  • Raimund Marasigan – vocals, drums, sound effects
  • Francis M. – vocals
  • Robin Rivera – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Lito Palco – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Romel “Sancho” Sanchez – additional production
  • Rudy Tee – executive producer
  • Vic Valenciano – A&R
  • John Joel Lopez – art direction, design
  • Joey Navera – layout

Track listing:

  1. Superproxy – Ely Buendia, Francis Magalona
  2. Back2Me – Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Raimund Marasigan
  3. Waiting for the Bus – Ely Buendia
  4. Fine Time – Raimond Marasigan
  5. Kamasupra – Ely Buendia
  6. Overdrive – Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan
  7. Slo Mo – Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala, Raimund Marasigan
  8. Torpedo – Ely Buendia
  9. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong – Ely Buendia
  10. Paru-Parong Ningning – Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Raimund Marasigan
  11. Walang Nagbago – Ely Buendia
  12. Poorman’s Grave – Ely Buendia
  13. Yoko – Raimund Marasigan
  14. Fill Her – Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan
  15. Ang Huling El Bimbo – Ely Buendia

Peter Gabriel: I/O

On December 1, 2023, “Real World” label released “I/O”, the tenth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – December 2022, at “Rexall Place” in Edmonton, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “British Grove” and “Copper House” in London, “High Seas” in Johannesburg, “Alfvénsalen” in Uppsala, “Fonoprint” in Bologna, and was produced by Peter Gabriel, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – lead, treated and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synths, programming, percussion, manipulated charango, glass harp, orchestral arrangements, choir arrangements, design concept
  • David Rhodes – guitars, acoustic and 12 string guitars, backing vocals
  • Katie May – acoustic guitar, percussion, synths, rhythm programming, guitar effects, engineer
  • Richard Evans – mandolin, D whistle
  • Tom Cawley – piano
  • Oli Jacobs – piano, synths, programming, engineer
  • Brian Eno – synths, manipulated guitars, ukulele, percussion, bells, rhythm programming and progressing, electric worms
  • Angie Pollock – synths
  • Tony Levin – basses
  • Don-E – bass synth
  • Ron Aslan – additional synths
  • Manu Katche – drums
  • Steve Gadd – brush loop
  • Ged Lynch – percussion
  • Oli Middleton – percussion
  • Hans-Martin Buff – additional percussion, synths
  • Richard Russell – filtered percussion
  • Evan Smith – saxophone
  • Josh Shpak – trumpet
  • Paolo Fresu – trumpet
  • Linnea Olson – cello
  • Melanie Gabriel – backing vocals
  • Rioghnach Connolly – backing vocals
  • Jennie Abrahamson – backing vocals
  • Richard Chappell – programming
  • Andrew Crowley – trumpet
  • Andy Wood – tenor trombone, euphonium
  • Tracy Holloway – tenor trombone
  • Richard Henry – bass trombone
  • David Powell – tuba
  • David Pyatt, Richard Bissill – French horn
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Charles Mutter, Cathy Thompson, Natalia Bonner, Richard George, Marianne Haynes, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon – violin
  • Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, Rachel Roberts – viola
  • Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, Chris Allan – cello
  • Chris Laurence, Stacey Watton, Lucy Shaw – double basses
  • John Metcalfe – orchestra conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Everton Nelson – orchestra leader
  • Ed Shearmur – orchestral arrangements
  • The Soweto Gospel Choir: Linda Sambo, Nobuhle Dhlamini, Phello Jiyane, Victoria Sithole – soprano
  • Maserame Ndindwa, Phumla Nkhumeleni, Zanele Ngwenya, Duduzile Ngomane – alto
  • George Kaudi, Vusimuzi Shabalala, Xolani Ntombela, Victor Makhathini – tenor
  • Thabang Mkhwanazi, Goodwill Modawu, Warren Mahlangu, Fanizile Nzuza – bass
  • Phello Jiyane (soprano), Duduzile Ngomane (alto), Vusimuzi Shabalala (tenor), Fanizile Nzuza (bass), Victor Makhathini (male voice Zulu improvisations), Phumla Nkhumeleni (female ululating and chanting) – soloist
  • Bongani (Honey) Ncube – musical director, vocal arrangements
  • Cecilia Rydinger – conductor, choir arrangements
  • Dom Shaw – choir arrangements, engineer assistant
  • Richard Chappell – pre-production engineer
  • Lewis Jones – engineer
  • Jacques Du Plessis – engineer
  • John Foyle – engineer
  • Erland von Heijne – engineer
  • Antonello D’Urso – engineer
  • Faye Dolle – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Hans-Martin Buff – Dolby Atmos mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Nadav Kander – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel.

“I/O” digital and CD version track listing (Bright-Side Mix)

  1. Panopticum
  2. The Court
  3. Playing for Time
  4. I/O
  5. Four Kinds of Horses
  6. Road to Joy
  7. So Much
  8. Olive Tree
  9. Love Can Heal
  10. This Is Home
  11. And Still
  12. Live and Let Live

Moral: Same

On November 23, 1995, “Gemini II” label released the self-titled, debut Moral album. It was recorded in 1995, at “City Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Slavco Stojanovski, Orce Cunihin – Orsa and Bratislav Zafirovski.

Personnel:

  • Orce Cunihin – Orsa – vocal, arrangements, design, executive producer
  • Mico Bozikov – guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • Slavco Stojanovski – bass, arrangements
  • Sasho Angelov – drums, arrangements
  • Boro Bebic – vocal
  • Zoran Pehchevski – Gevgez – keyboards
  • Djole Mishkovski – computers
  • Bratislav Zafirovski – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Orce Cunihin, Mico Bozikov, Slavco Stojanovski and Sasho Angelov.

  1. Djabe laes
  2. She Is…
  3. Devil Woman
  4. Late at Night
  5. Luna
  6. Music Please
  7. Dreams
  8. Shadow
  9. Crazy for You
  10. Love Is Far

Menswear: Nuisance

On October 24, 1995, “Laurel/London” label released “Nuisance”, the debut Menswear studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Neill King.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Dean – vocals
  • Chris Gentry – guitar
  • Simon White – guitar
  • Stuart Black – bass
  • Matt Everitt – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black.

  1. 125 West 3rd Street
  2. I’ll Manage Somehow
  3. Sleeping In
  4. Little Miss Pinpoint Eyes
  5. Daydreamer
  6. Hollywood Girl
  7. Being Brave
  8. Around You Again
  9. The One
  10. Stardust
  11. Piece of Me
  12. Stardust (reprise)

Jesse Cook: Tempest

On September 26, 1995, “Narada” label released “Tempest”, the debut Jesse Cook album.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, palmas, synthesizer, djembe, percussion
  • Andrew Morales – bass guitar
  • Mario Melo – congas, percussion, palmas
  • Blake Manning – darbuka, timbali

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Tempest
  2. Cascada
  3. Breeze from Saintes Maries
  4. Baghdad
  5. Parasol
  6. Dance of Spring
  7. Soledad
  8. Orbit
  9. Fate (Parasol Reprise)
  10. Jumpstart

Peter Gabriel: Up

On September 23, 2002, “Geffen” and “Real World Records” label released “Up”, the seventh Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – October 1998, 2000 – 2002, at “Real World” in Box, UK, “The Meduse” in Senegal, “Real World Mobile” in France, “Air” in London, “Hype Studios” in Singapore, and was produced by Stephen Hague and Peter Gabriel.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, piano, keyboards, JamMan, MPC groove, electronics, organ, bass keys, sampled keyboards, bass guitar, harmonium, Telecaster, crotales, tom–tom, samples, harmonica, reversed strings, string samples, Mellotron, sampled guitar
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitars, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Dave Power – drums
  • Ged Lynch – drums, percussion
  • Dominque Mahut – percussion
  • Richard Chappell – percussion, treated loop, loop manipulation, programming
  • Alex Swift – additional programming
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Will Gregory – string arrangements
  • Isobel Griffiths – string contractor
  • Nick Ingman – orchestrations
  • Tchad Blake – tape scratches, groove treatment effects
  • Adrian Chivers – backing vocals
  • Pete Davis – additional programming
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – additional and backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel, except where noted.

  1. Darkness
  2. Growing Up
  3. Sky Blue
  4. No Way Out
  5. I Grieve
  6. The Barry Williams Show
  7. My Head Sounds Like That
  8. More Than This
  9. Signal to Noise
  10. The Drop

McCoy Tyner: Infinity

In August 1995, “Impulse!” label released “Infinity”, the 63rd McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in April 1995, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna. In 1996, “Infinity” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group)”, while Michael Brecker won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” for the track “Impressions”.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Avery Sharpe – bass
  • Aaron Scott – drums
  • Valtinho Anastacio– congas, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner except where noted.

  1. Flying High
  2. I Mean You – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
  3. Where Is Love
  4. Changes
  5. Blues Stride
  6. Happy Days
  7. Impressions – John Coltrane
  8. Mellow Minor
  9. Good Morning Heartache – Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham

Will Oldham: Viva Last Blues

On August 21, 1995, “Drag City” label released “Viva Last Blues”, the third Will Oldham studio album. It was recorded in 1995, in Alabama, U.S.A., and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Will Oldham – vocals, guitar
  • Bryan Rich – lead guitar
  • Liam Hayes – piano, organ
  • Ned Oldham – bass guitar, slide guitar, additional vocals
  • Jason Loewenstein – drums, additional vocals
  • Steve Albini – recording
  • Eric Bates – engineer
  • Eugene Bates – engineer
  • Dianne Bellino – cover drawing
  • Cynthia Kirkwood – painting

Track listing:

  1. More Brother Rides
  2. Viva Ultra
  3. The Brute Choir
  4. The Mountain Low
  5. Tonight’s Decision (and Hereafter)
  6. Work Hard / Play Hard
  7. New Partner
  8. Cat’s Blues
  9. We All, Us Three, Will Ride
  10. Old Jerusalem

Garbage: Same

On August 15, 1995, “Almo Sounds” label released the self-titled, debut Garbage studio album. It was recorded April 1994 – May 1995, at “Smart” in Madison, Wisconsin, and was produced by Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Manson – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Steve Marker – guitars, bass, samples, loops, recording
  • Duke Erikson – guitars, keyboards, six-string bass, fuzz bass, recording
  • Butch Vig – drums, loops, noise, EFX, recording
  • Mike Kashou – bass, fuzz bass
  • Clyde Stubblefield – additional drums 
  • Pauli Ryan – percussion
  • Les Thimmig – clarinet
  • David Frangioni – additional loops
  • Rich Mendelson – additional loops
  • Scott Hull – editing, post-production
  • Mike Zirkel – second engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Robin Sloane – creative direction
  • Janet Wolsborn – art direction
  • Garbage – art direction
  • Adrian Britteon – logo
  • Stéphane Sednaoui – photography
  • Clifford LeCuyer – additional photography
  • Photo 24 – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig, except where noted.

  1. Supervixen
  2. Queer
  3. Only Happy When It Rains
  4. As Heaven Is Wide
  5. Not My Idea
  6. A Stroke of Luck
  7. Vow
  8. Stupid Girl – Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, Butch Vig, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones
  9. Dog New Tricks
  10. My Lover’s Box
  11. Fix Me Now
  12. Milk