Tag Archives: 1997

Lowercase: Kill The Lights

On July 8, 1997, “Amphetamine Reprtile” label released “Kill the Lights”, the second Lowercase album.

Personnel:

  • Imaad Wasif – vocals, guitar
  • Justin Halterlein – bass
  • Brian Girgus – drums
  • Tim Green – recording
  • Imaad Wasif – cover illustration
  • Mackie Osborne – layout
  • Sadie Shaw – photography

Track listing:

  1. She Takes Me
  2. Slightly Dazed
  3. Severance Denied
  4. Neurasthenia
  5. Stairways
  6. Rare Anger
  7. You’re A King

Bruce Dickinson: Accident Of Birth

On June 3, 1997, “Raw Power” label released “Accident of Birth”, the fourth Bruce Dickinson studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Silver Cloud Recording” in Redondo Beach, California, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Roy Z.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Adrian Smith – guitar
  • Roy Z – guitar, mellotron, piano, engineer, mixing
  • Eddie Casillas – bass
  • David Ingraham – drums
  • Richard Baker – piano
  • Silvia Tsai – violin
  • Rebecca Yeh – cello
  • Norbert Newfied – string arrangements
  • Stan Katayama – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Floyd – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Fidelman, Tom Banghart – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Dickinson and Roy Z, except where noted.

  1. Freak
  2. Toltec 7 Arrival
  3. Starchildren
  4. Taking the Queen
  5. Darkside of Aquarius
  6. Road to Hell – Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith
  7. Man of Sorrows – Bruce Dickinson
  8. Accident of Birth
  9. The Magician
  10. Welcome to the Pit
  11. Omega
  12. Arc of Space

Charles Lloyd: Canto

On June 3, 1997, “ECM” label released “Canto”, the 30th Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, Tibetan oboe
  • Bobo Stenson – piano
  • Anders Jormin – double bass
  • Billy Hart – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd.

  1. Tales of Rumi
  2. How Can I Tell You
  3. Desolation Sound
  4. Canto
  5. Nachiketa’s Lament
  6. M
  7. Durga Durga

Smog: Red Apple Falls

On May 20, 1997, “Drag City” label released “Red Apple Falls”, the sixth Smog (Bill Callahan) album. It was recorded October – November 1996, and was produced by Jim O’Rourke and Bill Callhan.

Personnel:

  • Smog (Bill Callahan) – vocals, guitar, piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer, recording
  • Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar
  • James O’Rourke – piano, Hammond organ, Hurdy Gurdy, bass, drums, recording
  • Thymme Jomes – piano, trumpet, drums
  • Matt Weston – drums
  • Robot – drums
  • Donna Marone – French horn
  • Phil Bonnet – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. The Morning Paper
  2. Blood Red Bird
  3. Red Apples
  4. I Was a Stranger
  5. To Be of Use
  6. Red Apple Falls
  7. Ex-Con
  8. Inspirational
  9. Finer Days

Elbow: Asleep In The Back

On May 7, 2001, “V2” label released “Asleep in the Back”, the debut Elbow studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2001, and was produced by Steve Osborne, Ben Hillier, Danny Evans, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, analogue synth, wine glasses, harmonica, wybercron, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Mark Potter – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Craig Potter – piano, organ, analogue synth, percussion, wine glasses, keyboards, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Pete Turner – bass guitar, analogue synth, wine glasses, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Richard Jupp – drums, percussion, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • The Elbow Choir – vocals
  • Danny Evans – percussion loops, recording, mixing
  • Ben Hillier – percussion, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Francoise Lemoignan – saxophone
  • Bob Sastri – brass, French horn
  • Nick Coen – brass
  • Martin Field – bassoon
  • Stuart King – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Matthew Gunner – French horn
  • Jonathan Snowden – flute, alto flute
  • Dominic Kelly – Cor Anglais
  • Ian Burdge – cello, musical director, woodwind arrangements
  • Andrea Wright – recording, mixing
  • Steve Lloyd – recording
  • Ed Chadwick – recording, mixing
  • Danton Supple – recording
  • Steve Osborne – mixing
  • Clare Lewis – mixing
  • Bruno Ellington – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey, all music by Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

  1. Any Day Now
  2. Red
  3. Little Beast
  4. Powder Blue
  5. Bitten by the Tailfly
  6. Newborn
  7. Don’t Mix Your Drinks
  8. Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)
  9. Coming Second
  10. Can’t Stop
  11. Scattered Black and Whites

Charlatans: Tellin’ Stories

On April 21, 1997, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Tellin’ Stories”, the fifth Charlatans studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 1997, at “Rockfield” and “Monnow Valley” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, and was produced by Dave Charles, Ric Peet, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt, Tim Burges and Rob Collins.

Personnel:

  • Tim Burgess – lead vocals
  • Mark Collins – guitar, loops 
  • Rob Collins – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Martin Blunt – bass
  • Jon Brookes – drums
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards
  • Dave Charles – percussion
  • Tom Rowlands – loops 
  • Richard March – loops
  • Martin Reilly – string loop
  • Dave Charles – engineer
  • Ric Peet – engineer
  • Phil Ault – engineer assistant
  • Negativespace – design
  • Tom Sheehan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Mark Collins, and Rob Collins.

  1. With No Shoes
  2. North Country Boy
  3. Tellin’ Stories
  4. One to Another
  5. You’re a Big Girl Now
  6. How Can You Leave Us
  7. Area 51
  8. How High
  9. Only Teethin’
  10. Get on It
  11. Rob’s Theme

Ground Zero: Consume Red

On April 15, 1997, “ReR Megacorp” label released “Consume Red”, the fifth Ground Zero album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Gok Sound” in Japan, and was produced by Ito Haruna and Matsubara Sachiko.

Personnel:

  • Otomo Yoshihide – guitar, turntables, arrangements
  • Uchihashi Kazuhisa – electric guitar, effects, arrangements
  • Nasuno Mitsuru – electric bass, arrangements
  • Yoshigaki Yasuhiro – drums, arrangements
  • Uemura Masahiro – drums, arrangements
  • Kikuchi Naruyoshi – soprano saxophone, arrangements
  • Matsubara Sachiko – sampler, arrangements
  • Tanaka Yumiko – shamisen, arrangements
  • Kim Suk Chul – oboe
  • Otomo Yoshihide – arrangements
  • Noda Shigenori – recording, production supervision
  • Yoshiaki Kondo – recording, engineer, mastering
  • Headz – artwork
  • Agrippa Records – design

Track listing:

  1. Consume Red – Otomo Yoshihide

Amadou & Mariam: Sou Ni Tilé

On April 13, 1999, “Tinder” label released “Sou Ni Tilé”, the second Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in August 1997, and was produced by Amadou Bagayoko and Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Awa Timbo – vocals, backing vocals
  • Matu – Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ
  • Loïc Landois  – harmonica
  • Shihab M’Ghezzi Bekhoughe – bass
  • Stephane San Juan – drums, percussion
  • Barbara Teuntor Garcia – trumpet
  • Andrés Viáfara – trombone, arrangements
  • Alberto Rodriguez – trombone, arrangements
  • Alain Hatot – flute, transverse flute
  • Idwar Iskandar – Arabian flute, flute, ney
  • Sameh Catalan – violin
  • Johar Ali Khan  –violin
  • Walde Baba Sissoko – tama
  • Sanata Doumbia – backing vocals
  • Laurent Jaïs – engineer, mixing
  • Sherif Megahed – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Philippe Savoir – design, visuals
  • Marie Laure Dagnaux – photography
  • Thomas Delepière – photography
  • Frederic Fauchet – liner notes, lyric translation
  • Jean-Philippe Allard – executive producer
  • Daniel Richard – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Amadou Bagayoko.

  1. Je Pense à Toi (I Think of You)
  2. Combattants (Warriors)
  3. Mouna (I Wonder Why?)
  4. Pauvre Type (Poor Guy)
  5. Dogons
  6. Baara (Work)
  7. Dounia (The World)
  8. A Radio Mogo
  9. Djandjola (Adventure)
  10. On Se Donne La Main (Hand in Hand)
  11. Mon Amour, Ma Chérie (My Love, My Darling) 
  12. A Chacun Son Problème
  13. Teree La Sebin (Evil Eye) 
  14. Toubala Kono (Lonely Bird)
  15. C’est La Vie (That’s Life) 

The Flower Kings: Stardust We Are

On April 11, 1997, “Foxtrot Records” label released “Stardust We Are”, the third Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1996 – 1997, and was produced by Don Azzaro.

Personnel:

  • Hasse Fröberg – lead and backing vocals
  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Tomas Bodin – Waldorf synthesizer, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, pipe organ, Rhodes piano, Optigan, accordion, effects
  • Michael Stolt – bass guitar
  • Jaime Salazar – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Håkan Almkvist – sitar, tabla
  • Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • David Palermo – artwork, image design
  • Hippiefied Art – book
  • Stefan Bodin – photography
  • Lilian Forsberg – photography
  • Per Nordin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. In the Eyes of the World
  2. A Room with a View
  3. Just This Once
  4. Church of Your Heart
  5. Poor Mr. Rain’s Ordinary Guitar
  6. The Man Who Walked with Kings
  7. Circus Brimstone
  8. Crying Clown
  9. Compassion (actual song length, hidden instrumental track follows)

Dirty Three: Ocean Songs

In March 1998, “Touch and Go” label released “Ocean Songs”, the fourth Dirty Three album. It was recorded August – September 1997, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Albini,

Personnel:

  • Warren Ellis – violin, viola, piano
  • Mike Turner – guitars, melodica, loops, cover art
  • Jim White – drums, percussion
  • David Grubbs – piano, harmonium
  • Steve Albini – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Turner, Warren Ellis and Jim White.

  1. Sirena
  2. The Restless Waves
  3. Distant Shore
  4. Authentic Celestial Music
  5. Backwards Voyager
  6. Last Horse on the Sand
  7. Sea Above, Sky Below
  8. Black Tide
  9. Deep Waters
  10. Ends of the Earth