Tag Archives: 1998

Judie Tzuke: Secret Agent

In December 1998, “Big moon Records” label released “Secret Agent”, the eleventh Judie Tzuke album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by David P. Goodes, Paul Muggleton, Peter Gordeno and Richard Cardwell.

Personnel:

  • Judie Tzuke – lead and backing vocals, programming
  • David P, Goodes – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, synthesizer, programming
  • Peter Gordeno – guitar, bass, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Richard Cardwell – piano, sitar, strings, keyboards, arrangements
  • Bob Noble – synthesizer
  • John Savannah – Angelphone solo
  • John Robert Wood – bass
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Paul Beavis – drums
  • Gordon Mills – drums
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Programmed Phat Drums – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion, djembe, talking drum, cymbal, rattle
  • Mark “Tufty” Evans – strings, programming
  • Caroline Dale – strings
  • Cathy Morgan – strings
  • Helen Hathorn – strings
  • Rachel Roberts – strings
  • Peter Davis – arrangements
  • Peter Cox – backing vocals
  • Bailey Tzuke – backing vocals
  • Kristy Hawkshaw – backing vocals
  • Lucie Silverman – backing vocals
  • Paul Muggleton – recording
  • Mark Evans – recording, mixing
  • Oscar Pall – mastering
  • Heidi Baker – design
  • lightzoo.com – photography

Track listing:

  1. Tonight – Judie Tzuke, Paxman
  2. Swallowing – Judie Tzuke, Peter Cox
  3. Both Alone – Judie Tzuke, Richard Cardwell
  4. That’s Where My Heart Used to Be – Judie Tzuke, Peter Gordeno
  5. The Girl I Want to Be – Judie Tzuke, Richard Cardwell
  6. Secret Agent – Judie Tzuke, Bob Noble
  7. Little Cloud – Judie Tzuke, David P. Goodes
  8. Dancing on Charcoal – Judie Tzuke, David P. Goodes
  9. Fuel Injection – Judie Tzuke, Richard Cardwell
  10. Bully – Judie Tzuke, David P. Goodes
  11. Move On – Judie Tzuke, Peter Gordeno
  12. Mother – Judie Tzuke, Richard Cardwell

Talisman: Truth

On December 27, 1998, “Point Music” label released “Truth”, the sixth Talisman album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Scott Soto – lead vocals
  • Marcel Jacob – bass
  • Pontus Norgren – guitar
  • Jamie Borger – drums
  • Jody Whitesides – guitar
  • Frank Salerno – keyboards
  • Dawn White – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Let Me Entertain You
  2. In the End
  3. Here 2day, Gone 2day
  4. Darling Nikki
  5. I’ll B There 4 U
  6. The Man I’ll Never Be
  7. Bellabecca
  8. Heaven’s Got Another Hero
  9. Your Man
  10. Frozen
  11. Until the Morning Comes
  12. Angel/Devil
  13. Pavilion of Oblivion
  14. Madison

Enya: A Day Without Rain

On November 20, 2000, “WEA” label released “A Day Without Rain”, the fifth Enya studio. It was recorded 1998 – 2000, at “Aigle” in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland, and was produced by Nicky Ryan.

Personnel:

  • Enya – lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboard, violin, cello, percussion, Irish adaptation, arrangements, mixing
  • Wired Strings – additional strings
  • Nicky Ryan – arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Stylorouge – design, art direction
  • Sheila Rock – front cover photography, other photography
  • Simon Fowler – photography
  • The Handsome Foundation – costume design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Roma Ryan except where noted, all music by Enya.

  1. A Day Without Rain
  2. Wild Child
  3. Only Time
  4. Tempus Vernum
  5. Deora Ar Mo Chroi – adapted into Irish lyrics by Enya from Roma Ryan’s poem in English.
  6. Flora’s Secret
  7. Fallen Embers
  8. Silver Inches
  9. Pilgrim
  10. One by One
  11. The First of Autumn
  12. Lazy Days

Fiona Apple: When The Pawn…

On November 9, 1999, “Epic” label released “When the Pawn…”, the second Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, and was produced by Jon Brion. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “When the Pawn…” at number 108 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple – vocals, piano, synthesized bass, art concept, design
  • Jon Brion – various instruments, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Mike Elizondo – bass
  • Greg Cohen – bass guitar
  • Jonathan “Butch” Norton, Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Wendell Kelly, Jean Martinelli, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo – horns
  • Mike Breaux – woodwind
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, Wurlitzer
  • Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Susan Chatman, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Edmund Stein, John Wittenberg – violin
  • Robert Becker, Denyse Buffman, Scott Haupert, Maria Newman – viola
  • Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama – cello
  • John Bainbridge – arrangements, orchestration
  • Tom Banghart, Rob Brill, Greg Collins, Bryan Jackson, Steve Mixdorf, John Tyree – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Eddy Scheyer – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Fiona Apple.

  1. On the Bound
  2. To Your Love
  3. Limp
  4. Love Ridden
  5. Paper Bag
  6. A Mistake
  7. Fastr as You Can
  8. The Way Things Are
  9. Get Gone
  10. I Know

Malachi Thompson: Rising Daystar

October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
  • Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
  • Tony Carpenter – percussion
  • Dee Alexander – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Rising Daystar
  2. Mansa
  3. Busy Little Fingers
  4. Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
  5. Surrender Your Love
  6. Fanfare for Trane
  7. Song for Morgan
  8. Circles in the Air (Dedicated to Fred Hopkins)

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

Cat Power: Moon Pix

On September 22, 1998, “Matador” label released “Moon Pix”, the fourth Cat Power album. It was recorded November 1996 – January 1998, at “Sing Sing Studio” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Matt Voigt.

Personnel:

  • Chan Marshall – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mick Turner – guitar, engineer
  • Belinda Woods – flute
  • Jim White – drums
  • Andrew Entsch – bass
  • Matt Voigt – engineer
  • Roe Ethridge – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chan Marshall, except where noted.

  1. American Flag
  2. He Turns Down
  3. No Sense
  4. Say
  5. Metal Heart
  6. Back of Your Head
  7. Moonshiner
  8. You May Know Him
  9. Colors and the Kids
  10. Cross Bones Style
  11. Peking Saint

Marianne Faithful: Seven Deadly Sins

On September 15, 1998, “BMG” label released “The Seven Deadly Sins”, the 14th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in June 1997, at “Wiener Konzerthaus” and  “Radio Kulturhaus” in Vienna, Austria, and was produced by Malgorzata Kragora.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Dennis Russell Davies – conductor
  • Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hudson Shad – vocal ensemble
  • Hugo Munday, Mark Bleeke – tenor vocals
  • Peter Becker – baritone vocals
  • Wilbur Pauley – bass vocals
  • Anton Corbijn – front cover photography
  • Nick Knight – back cover photography
  • Ali Schafler – opposite page photography
  • Nils Grosch – liner notes
  • Markus Spiegel – A&R
  • OKA_Lab – design

Track listing:

All music by Kurt Weill, except where noted, all lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

  1. Prologue – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  2. Sloth
  3. Pride
  4. Anger
  5. Gluttony
  6. Lust
  7. Covetousness
  8. Envy
  9. Epilogue
  10. Alabama Song – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  11. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
  12. Bilbao Song – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Johnny Mercer
  13. Pirate Jenny – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

Muhal Richard Abrams: Vision Towards Essence

On August 21, 2007, “Pi Recordings” label released “Vision Towards Essence”, the 24th Muhal Richard Abrams album. It was recorded in September 1998, at the “Guelph Jazz Festival” in Guelph, Canada and was produced by Yulun Wang and Muhal Richard Abrams.

Personnel:

  • Muhal Richard Abrams – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Muhal Richard Abrams.

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3

Death Cab For Cutie: Something About Airplanes

On August 18, 1998, “Barsuk” label released “Something About Airplanes”, the debut Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Hall of Justice”, in Ballard, Seattle, and was produced by Christopher Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, small piano
  • Christopher Walla – guitar, organ, electric piano, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – bass guitar
  • Nathan Good – drums, mixing
  • Abi Hall – vocals
  • Erika Jacobs – cello arrangements
  • Tony Lash – mastering
  • Chuck Robertson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Gibbard, except where noted.

  1. Bend to Squares – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  2. President of What?
  3. Champagne from a Paper Cup
  4. Your Bruise – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  5. Pictures in an Exhibition
  6. Sleep Spent – Ben Gibbard, Cristopher Walla
  7. The Face That Launched 1000 Shits – Jay Chilote
  8. Amputations
  9. Fake Frowns – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  10. Line of Best Fit