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The Black Crowes: By Your Side

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On January 12, 1999, “Columbia” label released “By Your Side”, the fifth studio   Black Crowes (The) album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by  Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals, harmonica
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Eddie Harsch– keyboards
  • Sven Pipien– bass guitar
  • Dirty Dozen Brass Band– horns
  • Zoe Thrall – flute
  • Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White King, Vanees Thomas – backing vocals
  • David Campbell– arrangements
  • Kevin Shirley– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Alvy – engineer
  • Pat Thrall– editing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • John Cheuse – art direction, design
  • Josef Astor – photography
  • Will Kennedy – digital imaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. Go Faster
  2. Kickin’ My Heart Around
  3. By Your Side
  4. Horse Head
  5. Only a Fool
  6. Heavy
  7. Welcome to the Goodtimes
  8. Go Tell the Congregation
  9. Diamond Ring
  10. Then She Said My Name
  11. Virtue and Vice

Roy Orbison

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On December 6, 1988, Roy Kelton Orbison died aged 52. He was musician (guitar, harmonica), singer and songwriter, thanks to his distinctive and impassioned voice, named “Caruso of Rock” and nicknamed the Big O. In the period between 1960 and 1964, 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top 40. In 1987, Roy Orbison was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” and in “Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame”; in 1989 in the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked him at number 37 on its list of the “Greatest Artists of All Time” and number 13 on the list of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time’. In 2002, “Billboard” magazine ranked Orbison at number 74 in its list of the “Top 600 Recording Artists”. Orbison won six “Grammy Awards”, including “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1998.

Beck: Mutations

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On November 3, 1998, “DGC Records” label released “Mutations”, the third Beck studio album. It was recorded March – April 1998, and was produced by Beck Hansen and Nigel Godrich. “Mutations” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album”. “Mutations” was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”.

Personnel:

  • Beck – guitar, harmonica, piano, glockenspiel, synthesizer, vocals
  • Smokey Hormel– guitar, percussion, cuica, backing vocals
  • Warren Klein– sitar, tamboura
  • Roger Manning– synthesizer, organ, keyboards, harpsichord, percussion, backing vocals
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen– bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker– percussion, drums, synthesizer drums
  • Elliot Caine– trumpet
  • David Campbell – viola, arranger, conductor
  • Larry Corbett– cello
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • David Ralicke– flute, trombone
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing
  • Robert Fisher– art direction
  • John Sorenson– engineer assistant
  • Charlie Gross– photography
  • Autumn de Wilde– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Beck, except where noted.

  1. Cold Brains
  2. Nobody’s Fault but My Own
  3. Lazy Files
  4. Canceled Check
  5. We Live Again
  6. Tropicalia
  7. Dead Melodies
  8. Bottle of Blues
  9. O Maria
  10. Sing it Again
  11. Static

Rage Against The Machine: The Battle Of Los Angeles

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On November 2, 1999, “Epic” label released “The Battle of Los Angeles”, the third Rage Against the Machine studio album. It was recorded September – October 1998, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album cover art was artwork by the LA Street Phantom aka Joey Krebs aka Joel Jaramillo.Both “Time” and “Rolling Stone” magazines named it the Best Album of 1999.

Personnel:

  • Zack de la Rocha– vocals, co-productin
  • Tom Morello– guitars, co-production
  • Tim Commerford (credited as “YTimK”) – bass, co-production
  • Brad Wilk– drums, co-production
  • Nick DiDia – engineer, recording
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Russ Fowler – additional engineering
  • Sugar D – additional engineering
  • German Villacorta – engineer assistant
  • Roger Sommers – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Lively – engineer assistant
  • Karl Egsieker – engineer assistant
  • Monique Mitzrahl – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Dean – engineer assistant
  • Michael Parnin – engineer assistant
  • “Atom” – engineer assistant
  • Brendan O’Brien– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Andrew Garver – digital editing
  • Rage Against the Machine – art direction
  • Aimee Macauley – art direction
  • Joey Krebs – artwork
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Matt DeMello (eye cue) – photography
  • Steven Tirona – additional photography
  • Cheryl Mondello – production coordination
  • Erin Haley – production coordination

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zack de la Rocha, all music by Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.

  1. Testify
  2. Guerilla Radio
  3. Calm Like a Bomb
  4. Mic Check
  5. Sleep Now in the Fire
  6. Born of a Broken Man
  7. Born as Ghosts
  8. Maria
  9. Voice of the Voiceless
  10. New Millennium Homes
  11. Ashes in the Fall
  12. War Within a Breath

R.E.M.: Up

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On October 26, 1998, “Warner Bros” label released “Up”, the eleventh R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded January–July 1998, and was produced by Pat McCarthy, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Barrett Martin and Joey Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Peter Buck– guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals, guitar
  • Scott McCaughey– keyboards, percussion
  • Mike Mills– bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
  • Barrett Martin– percussion
  • Nigel Godrich– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

  1. Airportman
  2. Lotus
  3. Suspicion
  4. Hope – Leonard Cohen, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
  5. At My Most Beautiful
  6. The Apologist
  7. Sad Professor
  8. You’re in the Air
  9. Walk Unafraid
  10. Why Not Smile
  11. Daysleeper
  12. Diminished
  13. Parakeet
  14. Falls to Climb

The Fall: The Marshall Suite

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On October 12, 1999, “Artful” label released “The Marshall Suite”, the twentieth The Fall album. The album was recorded in 1998, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark E Smith and Steve Hitchcock.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Neville Wilding – vocals, guitar
  • Julia Nagle– keyboards, guitar, computer programming
  • Adam Helal – bass guitar
  • Karen Leatham – bass guitar
  • Tom Head – drums
  • Steve Hitchcock – string arrangements
  • Pascal Le Gras- cover art

Track listing:

  1. Touch Sensitive – Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith
  2. F-‘Oldin’ Money – Tommy Blake, W. S. Stephenson, Carl Belew
  3. Shake-Off – Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith, Tom Head, Stephen Hitchcock, Karen Leatham
  4. Bound – Mark E. Smith, Wilson Brothers
  5. This Perfect Day – Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper
  6. (Jung Nev’s) Antidotes – Steve Hitchcock, Mark E. Smith, Neville Wildin
  7. Inevitable – Tom Head, Karen Leatham, Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith
  8. Anecdotes+Antidotes in B# – Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith
  9. Early Life of Crying Marshal – Steve Hitchcock, Mark E. Smith, Jason Baron
  10. The Crying Marshal – Steve Hitchcock, Mark E. Smith, Jason Baron, Martin Neary
  11. Birthday Song – Julia Nagle, mark E. Smit
  12. Men-Eng, Dog – Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith, Spencer Marsden
  13. On My Own – Julia Nagle, Mark E. Smith, Simon Wolstencroft

Placebo: Without You I’m Nothing

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On October 12, 1998, “Hut” label released “Without You I’m Nothing”, the second Placebo studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Steve Osborne and Phil Vinall. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass, guitar, piano
  • Steve Hewitt– drums, percussion
  • Phelan Kane – programming
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer
  • Teo Miller – engineer
  • Paul Corkett– additional engineering
  • Jake Davies – mixing assistant
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering
  • Placebo – design
  • Blue Source – design
  • Corrine Day – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Brian Molko; all music by Placebo, except where noted.

  1. Pure Morning
  2. Brick Shithouse
  3. You Don’t Care About Us
  4. Ask for Answers
  5. Without You I’m Nothing
  6. Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth)
  7. The Crawl
  8. Every You Every Me – Brian Molko, Paul Campion
  9. My Sweet Prince
  10. Summer”s Gone
  11. Scared of Girls
  12. Burger Queen

The Cardigans: Gran Turismo

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On October 1, 1998, “Stockholm Records” label released “Gran Turismo” the fourth Cardigans (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Tore Johansson. In 1998, the album won two “Grammy Awards”: “Album of the Year” and “Pop/Rock Group of the Year”. The album was certified Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”; 2 x Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Nina Persson- lead vocals
  • Peter Svensson – vocals, guitar
  • Lars-Olof Johansson- keyboards, piano
  • Magnus Sveningsson – vocals, bass
  • Bengt Lagerberg- drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Paralyzed – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  2. Erase/Rewind – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  3. Explode – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  4. Starter – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  5. Hanging Around – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  6. Higher – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  7. Marvel Hill – Nina Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Peter Svensson
  8. My Favourite Game – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  9. Do You Believe – Nina Persson, Peter Svensson
  10. Junk of the Hearts – Nina Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Peter Svensson
  11. Nil – Lars-Olof Johansson

Joni Mitchell: Taming The Tiger

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On September 29, 1998, “Reprise” label released “Taming the Tiger” the sixteenth Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Joni Mitchell.

Personnel:

  • Joni Mitchell – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, cover art
  • Femi Jiya – spoken vocals
  • Michael Landau – low lead guitar
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Larry Klein – bass
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – saxophone
  • Mark Isham – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Harlem in Havana
  2. Man from Mars
  3. Love Puts on a New Face
  4. Lead Balloon
  5. No Apologies
  6. Taming the Tiger
  7. The Crazy Cries of Love – Joni Mitchell, Don Freed
  8. Stay in Touch
  9. Face Lift
  10. My Best to You – Gene Willadsen, Isham Jones
  11. Tiger Bones

Mercury Rev: Deserter’s Songs

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On September 29, 1998, “V2” label released “Deserter’s Songs” the fourth Mercury Rev studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Tarbox Road Studios”; “NRS Studios”’ “Six Hours Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann and Jonathan Donahue. In 1998, “NME” magazine named “Deserter’s Songs” album of the year.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue– vocals, acoustic guitar, Chamberlin strings
  • Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak– vocals, guitar reels, woodwinds
  • Dave Fridmann– piano, bass, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Chambers – clavinet, harpsichord, drums
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Jeff Mercel – drums
  • Adam Snyder – B3, Mellotron, Wurlitzer
  • Aaron Hurwitz – piano
  • Garrett Uhlenbrock– slide guitar
  • Scott Petito – upright electric bass
  • Suzanne Thorpe – flutes
  • Matt Jordan – flugelhorns
  • Jim Burgess – trombones
  • Garth Hudson– alto and tenor saxophone
  • Rachel Handman – violin
  • Amy Helm, Marie Spinosa – female vox and whistling
  • Mary Gavazzi Fridmann – female soprano
  • Joel Eckhouse – musical saw

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jonathan Donahue, except where noted, all music by Jonathan Donahue and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak.

  1. Holes
  2. Tonite It Shows
  3. Endlessly
  4. I Collect Coins
  5. Opus 40
  6. Hudson Line – lyrics by Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak
  7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room)
  8. Goddess on a Hiway
  9. The Funny Bird
  10. Pick Up If You’re There
  11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp – lyrics by Jimmy Chambers