Tag Archives: 1998

Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts

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On October 27, 1998, “Burning Heart” label released “The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts”, the third Refused studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Tonteknik Bomba Je Studios”, and was produced by Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, Jon Brännström and David Sandström.

Personnel:

  • Dennis Lyxzén – vocals, recording, mixing, mastering, art direction, layout
  • Kristofer Steen – guitars, bass, drums, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jon Brännström – guitars, samples, programming, synthesizers, recording, mixing, mastering
  • David Sandström – drums, melodica, guitars, recording, mixing, mastering, photo collage
  • Magnus Björklund – bass guitar, cello, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jakob Munck – upright bass
  • Torbjörn Näsbom – violin
  • Eskil Lövström – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pelle Henricsson – recording, mixing, mastering, tambourine
  • Andreas Nilsson – sound technician, recording, mixing, mastering
  • José Saxlund – layout
  • Ulf Nybérg – band photography
  • Axel Stattin – back cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
  2. Liberation Frequency
  3. The Deadly Rhythm
  4. Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
  5. Bruitist Pome #5
  6. New Noise
  7. The Refused Party Program
  8. Protest Song ‘68
  9. Refused Are Fuckin’ Dead
  10. The Shape of Punk to Come
  11. Tannhäuser/Derivè
  12. The Apollo Program was a Hoax

Silver Jews: American Water

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On October 20, 1998, “Drag City” label released “American Water”, the third Silver Jews studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Rare Book Room” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Nicolas Vernhes, David Berman, Stephen Malkmus, Tim Barnes and Chris Stroffolino.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Stephen Malkmus – co-lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Mike Fellows – bass
  • Tim Barnes – drums, percussion
  • Chris Stroffolino – trumpet, keyboards, piano
  • Chris Kysor – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by David Berman, except where noted.

  1. Random Rules
  2. Smith & Jones Forever
  3. Night Society
  4. Federal Dust – David Berman, Stephen Malkmus
  5. People
  6. Blue Arrangements – David Berman, Stephen Malkmus
  7. We Are Real
  8. Send in the Clouds
  9. Like Like the the the Death
  10. Buckingham Rabbit
  11. Honk If You’re Lonely – David Berman, Gate Pratt
  12. The Wild Kindness

Mr. Bungle: California

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On July 13, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “California”, the third Mr. Bungle studio album. It was recorded in 1998, in San Francisco, and was produced by Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon, Mike Patton and Trey Spruance.

Personnel:

  1. Trey Spruance – guitar, engineer, production strategy
  2. Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, artwork concept
  3. Clinton “Bär” McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, French horn
  4. Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept
  5. Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboards
  6. David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
  7. Aaron Seeman – piano
  8. Michael Peloquin – harmonica
  9. Henri Ducharme – accordion
  10. Timba Harris – trumpet
  11. Bill Banovetz – English horn
  12. Larry Ragent – French horn
  13. Ben Barnes – violin, viola
  14. Carla Kihlstedt – violin, viola
  15. Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
  16. Sam Bass – cello
  17. Marika Hughes – cello
  18. William Winant – timpani, mallets, tam tam, bass drum
  19. Jay Stebley – cymbalom
  20. Josh Heller – engineer
  21. Justin Phelps – engineer
  22. Billy Anderson – engineer
  23. Adam Muñoz – engineer, editing, mixing
  24. Rob Worthington – mixing
  25. Gibbs Chapman – mixing
  26. George Horn – mastering
  27. Mackie Osborne – layout, design
  28. Malcom Hillier – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Patton, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Charity – music by Mike Patton
  2. None of Them Knew They Were Robots – lyrics by Trey Spruance, music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Danny Heifetz
  3. Retrovertigo – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  4. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon
  5. Ars Moriendi – music by Mike Patton
  6. Pink Cigarette – music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton
  7. Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy – lyrics and music by Trey Spruance
  8. The Holy Filament – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  9. Vanity Fair – music by Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton
  10. Goodbye Sober Day – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon

Bôa: The Race Of A Thousand Camels

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On July 1, 1998, “Polystar” label released “The Race of a Thousand Camels”, the debut Bôa studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Neil Wash, Darren Allison, Alex Caird, Ben Henderson, Jasmine Rodgers, Steve Rodgers, Lee Sullivan and Paul Turrell.

Personnel:

  • Jasmine Rodgers – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, percussion
  • Steve Rodgers – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Ben Henderson – electric and acoustic guitars, saxophone, percussion
  • Paul Turrell – keyboards, electric guitars, percussion, strings arrangements
  • Alex Caird – bass guitars
  • Lee Sullivan – drums, percussion, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Caird, Ben Henderson, Jasmine Rodgers, Steve Rodgers, Lee Sullivan and Paul Turrell.

  1. Fool
  2. Twilight
  3. Duvet
  4. Rain
  5. Elephant
  6. Scoring
  7. Deeply
  8. One Day
  9. Welcome
  10. For Jasmine
  11. Anna María

Gustavo Cerati: Bocanada

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On June 28, 1999, “BMG International” label released “Bocanada”. the second Gustavo Cerati studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Casa Sunbmarina” in Buenos Aires, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Gustavo Cerati.

Personnel:

  • Gustavo Cerati – lead vocals, guitars, samplers, synthesizers, keyboards, bass guitar, effects, additional instruments, mixing
  • Tweety González – organ
  •  Flavius Etcheto – sampler
  • Leo García – sampler, backing vocals
  • Fernando Nalé – bass guitar, double bass, fretless bass
  • Martín Carrizo – drums
  • Alejandro Terán – arrangements
  • Eduardo Bergallo – engineer, mixing
  • MacKinlay – second engineer
  • Eduardo Iencenella – sssistant
  • Clive Goddard – mixing
  • Barry Woodward – editor
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering

The London Session Orchestra

  • Gavin Wright – director
  • Peter Cobbin – engineer
  • Joel Gregg – assistan
  • ROS – design direction
  • Sofía Temperley – Photoshop
  • Gaby Herbstein – photography
  • Oscar (Roho) – hairstyle

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted.

  1. Tabú
  2. Engaña
  3. Bocanada – Gustavo Cerati, Pablo Chaijale
  4. Puente
  5. Rio Babel
  6. Beautiful
  7. Perdonar es Divino
  8. Verbo Carne
  9. Raiz
  10. Y Si El Humo Está en Foco…
  11. Paseo Immoral
  12. Aquí & Ahora (Los Primeros Tres Minutos)
  13. Aquí & Ahora (Y Después)
  14. Alma
  15. Balsa

Jesse Cook: Vertigo

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On June 16, 1998, “Narada” label released “Vertigo”, the third Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, pandeiro, djembe, udu, chimes, handclaps, programming, arrangements, engineer
  • Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. – vocals, accordion
  • Holly Cole – vocals
  • Miguel De La Bastide – guitar
  • Bill Katsioutas – guitar
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk
  • George Koller – esraj, violin
  • Art Avalos – tambourine, djembe, chimes, snare, tom tom, guiro, traiangle, shaker, timbales, cowbell 
  • Ofra Harnoy – cello
  • Blake Manning – drums, timbales
  • Mario Melo – congas, udu, shaker, djembe, surdo, repinique, cabasa, percussion arrangements
  • Carmen Romero – handclaps
  • Arturo Avalos – Caja Vallenata
  • Pacy Shulman – engineer assistant
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Hugh Hartshorne – photography
  • Kathleen Shea – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. That’s Right!
  2. Byzantium Underground
  3. Canción Triste
  4. Rattle and Burn
  5. Red
  6. Breathing Below Surface
  7. Avocado
  8. Allegretto
  9. Vertigo
  10. Fragile (Holly Cole) – Sting

Contains the hidden track “Wednesday Night At Etric’s”

Sufjan Stevens: A Sun Came

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On June 13, 2000, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “A Sun Came”, the debut Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, oboe, English horn, piano, electric organ, electric piano, banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, recorders, wood flute and whistles, drum kit, percussion, shakers, sleigh bells, tambourine, cymbal, arrangements, layout, design, mixing
  • Marzuki Stevens – guitar, percussion, tenor saxophone
  • Matt Morgan – guitar solo 
  • Megan Smith – vocals
  • Shannon Stephens – vocals
  • Katrina Kerns – vocals
  • Ghadeer Yasser – vocals
  • Jesse Koskey – drum beats
  • Djohariah Stevens – performance
  • Stephen Halker – paintings
  • Leah Michaelson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens.

  1. We Are What You Say
  2. A Winner Needs a Wand
  3. Rake
  4. Siamese Twins
  5. Demetrius
  6. Dumb I Sound
  7. Wordsworth’s Ridge (for Fran Fike)
  8. Belly Button
  9. Rice Pudding
  10. A Loverless Bed (Without Remission)
  11. Godzuki
  12. Super Sexy Woman
  13. The Oracle Said Wander
  14. Happy Birthday
  15. Jason
  16. Kill
  17. Ya Leil
  18. A Sun Came
  19. Satan’s Saxophones

Grant Lee Buffalo: Jubilee

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On June 9, 1998, “Warner Bros” label released “Jubilee”, the fourth and final Grant Lee Buffalo studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Paul Fox.

Personnel:

  • Grant Lee Phillips – vocals, guitars, mellotron, celeste
  • Jon Brion – piano, vibraphone
  • Dan Rothchild – bass, additional vocals
  • Joey Peters – drums, sleigh bells
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Rami Jaffee – B3 organ
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion
  • Robyn Hitchcock – harmonica, additional vocals
  • Andrew Williams – additional vocals
  • Michael Stipe – additional vocals

Track listing:

  1. APB
  2. Seconds
  3. Change Your Tune
  4. Testimony
  5. Truly, Truly
  6. Super Slo Motion
  7. Fine How’d Ya Do
  8. Come to Mama, She Say
  9. 8 Mile Road
  10. Everybody Needs a Little Sanctuary
  11. My My My
  12. Crooked Dice
  13. Jubilee
  14. The Shallow End

Robert Fripp: Gates Of Paradise

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On April 28, 1998, “Discipline Global Mobile” label released “Gates of Paradise”, the fifth Robert Fripp album. It was recorded June 1884 – March 1996, and was produced by David Singleton and Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – electric guitar, soundscapes
  • David Singleton – digital compositor
  • John Miller – cover art
  • David Coppenhall & Maggi Smith at Split – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Fripp.

  1. The Outer Darkness: I. The Outer Darkness / II. Perimeter I / III. Perimeter II / IV. Wailing I / V. Perimeter III / VI. Wailing II / VII. Perimeter IV / VIII. Wailing III / IX. Black Light / X. A Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
  2. The Gates of Paradise: I. Abandonment to Divine Providence / II. Pie Jesu
  3. The Outer Darkness: XI. In Fear and Trembling of the Lord
  4. The Gates of Paradise: III. Sometimes God Hides / IV. Acceptance

Arab Strap: Philophobia

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On April 20, 1998, “Chemikal Underground” label released “Philophobia”, the second Arab Strap studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “CaVa Studios” and “Chem 19” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Geoff Allan and Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  • Malcolm Middleton – vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
  • Aidan Moffat – vocals
  • Adele Bethel – vocal
  • Stuart Murdoch – piano
  • Chris Geddes – Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Gary Miller – bass guitar
  • David Gow – drums, organ
  • Alan Wylie – trumpet
  • Sarah Martin – violin
  • Alan Barr – cello
  • Cora Bissett – cello
  • Geoff Allan – recording, engineer
  • Paul Savage – recording, engineer
  • Adam Piggot – graphics
  • Marianne Greated – painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat, except where noted.

  1. Packs of Three
  2. Soaps
  3. Here We Go
  4. New Birds
  5. One Day, After Schools
  6. Islands
  7. The Night Before the Funeral
  8. Not Quite a Yes
  9. Piglet
  10. Afterwards – Malcolm Middleton, Aidan Moffat, Adele Bethel
  11. My Favorite Muse
  12. I Would’ve Liked Me a Lot Last Night
  13. The First Time You’re Unfaithful