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Paul McCartney: Run Devil Run

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On October 4, 1999, “Parlaphone” label released “Run Devil Run” the eleventh Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded March – May 1999, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Chris Thomas and Paul McCartney. The album features covers of 1950s rock and roll songs, with three original McCartney compositions.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney– vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion
  • David Gilmour– electric guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Mick Green– electric guitar
  • Pete Wingfield– keyboards, piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer
  • Geraint Watkins– Wurlitzer, piano
  • Chris Hall – accordion
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Dave Mattacks– drums, percussion
  • Geoff Emerick, Paul Hicks– engineer
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Klaus Voorman, Aleen Toroyan – drawings
  • Norman Hathaway – design
  • Dave Fine – cover photography
  • Richard Haughton – Paul photography
  • Mike McCartney – young Paul photography
  • John Hammel – session photos
  • Mike Owen – products photo
  • Philip Gallard – instrument photos

Track listing:

  1. Blue Jean Bop – Gene Vincent, Hal Levy
  2. She Said Yeah – Larry Williamd
  3. All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  4. Run Devil Run – Paul McCartney
  5. No Other Baby – Dickie Bishop, Bob Watson
  6. Lonesome Town – Baker Knight
  7. Try Not to Cry – Paul McCartney
  8. Movie Magg – Carl Perkins
  9. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
  10. What It Is – Paul McCartney
  11. Coquette – Johnny Green, Carmen Lombardo, Gus Kahn
  12. I Got Stung – David Hill, Aaron Schroeder
  13. Honey Hush – Joe Turner
  14. Shake a Hand – Joe Morris
  15. Party – Jessie Mae Robinson

Paul Simon: You’re The One

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On October 3, 2000, “Warner Bros” label released “You’re the One” the tenth Paul Simon solo studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, sitar
  • Vincent Nguini – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Larry Campbell– pedal steel guitar
  • Mark Stewart– dobro, cello, electric guitar, sitar, banjo, pedal steel gong, tromba doo
  • Alain Mallet – pump reed organ, Wurlitzer
  • Clifford Carter– celeste, keyboard glockenspiel
  • Dan Duggan – hammer dulcimer
  • Howard Levy – harmonica
  • Peter Herbert – upright bass
  • Bakithi Khumalo- bass
  • Abraham Laboriel– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion
  • Steve Shehan – percussion
  • Steve Gorn – bamboo flute
  • Jay Elfenbein – vielle, vihuela
  • Skip LaPlante – harp, bowls, whirly tube
  • Andy Snitzer – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Evan Ziporyn – bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Stanley Silverman – French horns arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon.

  1. That’s Where I Belong
  2. Darling Lorraine
  3. Old
  4. You’re the One
  5. The Teacher
  6. Look at That
  7. Señorita with a Necklace of Tears
  8. Love
  9. Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
  10. Hurricane Eye
  11. Quiet

Radiohead: Kid A

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On October 2, 2000, “Parlaphone” label released “Kid A” the fourth Radiohead studio album. It was recorded January 1999 – April 2000, and was produced by Nigel Godrich , Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, ed O’Brien, Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke. In 2006 “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 65 on its list of “The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Kid A” at number 67 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, effects
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Phil Selway  – drums, percussion
  • Steve Hamilton – alto saxophone
  • Mark Lockheart– tenor saxophone
  • Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone
  • Stan Harrison – baritone saxophone
  • Martin Hathaway – alto saxophone
  • Andy Bush – trumpet
  • Mike Kearsey – bass trombone
  • Liam Kerkman – trombone
  • Orchestra of St John’s– strings
  • John Lubbock– conductor
  • Paul Lansky– samples
  • Arthur Kreiger – samples
  • Henry Binns– rhythm sampling
  • Nigel Godrich– engineer, mixing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Gerard Navarro – engineer
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke, except where noted.

  1. Everything in Its Right Place
  2. Kid A
  3. The National Anthem
  4. How to Disappear Completely
  5. Treefingers
  6. Optimistic
  7. In Limbo
  8. Idioteque – Paul Lansky, Arthur Kreiger, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke
  9. Morning Bell
  10. Motion Picture Soundtrack(includes an untitled hidden track)

Ben Harper: Burn To Shine

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On September 21, 1999, “Virgin” label released “Burn to Shine”, the fourth Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Jean-Pierre Plunie.

.Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, guitar
  • Bruce Bishop – guitar
  • Michael Fay – banjo
  • David Lindley- banjo, fiddle, mandolin
  • Eric Sarafin – piano, harmonium, recorder
  • Tyrone Downie- keyboards
  • Juan Nelson – bass
  • David Firman – bass
  • Dean Butterworth- drums, snare drums
  • David Leach – percussion
  • James Leigh – trombone
  • Jon Clarke – English horn, oboe
  • Jim Bogen – clarinet
  • Richard Barnes – washboard
  • Eve Butler – violin
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Matt Funes – viola
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Real Time Jazz Band
  • Nick Rich – human beatbox
  • Suzie Katayama – string arrangements
  • Eric Sarafin, Dan Steinberg – engineer
  • Dan Steinberg – engineer assistant
  • Eric Sarafin – mixing
  • Steve Gamberoni, Geoff Walcha – mixing assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • .P. Plunier – art direction, design
  • Tom Dolan, Mike King – design
  • Mike King – illustrations
  • Annalisa – photography
  • Ben Elder – research

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper.

  1. Alone
  2. The Woman in You
  3. Less
  4. Two Hands of a Prayer
  5. Please Bleed
  6. Suzie Blue
  7. Steal My Kisses
  8. Burn to Shine
  9. Show Me a Little Shame
  10. Forgiven
  11. Beloved One
  12. In The Lord’s Arms

Yes: The Ladder

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On September 20, 1999, “Eagle Records” label released “The Ladder”, the eighteenth Yes studio album. It was recorded February – May 1999, at “Armoury Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn (he died during the album’s mixing stage).

Personnel:

  • Jon Anderson– lead vocals
  • Steve Howe– lead and acoustic guitars, steel guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Billy Sherwood– guitars, backing vocals
  • Chris Squire– bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Alan White– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Igor Khoroshev– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Randy Raine-Reusch– world instruments
  • Rhys Fulber– dance loops
  • The Marguerita Horns – horns
  • Tom Keenlyside– piccolo, tenor saxophone
  • Derry Burns – trumpet
  • Rod Murray – trombone
  • Tom Colclough– alto saxophone
  • Neil Nicholson – tuba
  • Mike Plotnikoff – engineer, mixing
  • Paul Silveira – second engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Steve Hennessy – guitars and keyboards technical support
  • Chris Crippen – drums technical support
  • Drew Arnott – keyboard technical support
  • Chin Injeti – keyboard technical support
  • Roger Dean– painting, logo and lettering
  • Martyn Dean – design

Track listing:

All music by Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Billy Sherwood, Chris Squire, Alan White and Igor Khoroshev. All lyrics by Jon Anderson.

  1. Homeworld (The Ladder)
  2. It Will Be a Good Day (The River)
  3. Lightning Strikes
  4. Can I?
  5. Face to Face
  6. If Only You Knew
  7. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
  8. Finally
  9. The Messenger
  10. New Language
  11. Nine Voices (Longwalker)

 

 

Supergrass: Same

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On September 20, 1999, “Parlaphone” label released the self-titled, third Supergrass album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Sawmills Studio” and “Ridge Farm Studio”, and was produced by Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn, Danny Goffey and John Cornfield.

Personnel:

  • Gaz Coombes – lead vocals, guitar
  • Rob Coombes – keyboards
  • Mick Quinn – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Danny Goffey – drums, backing vocals
  • Satin Singh – percussion
  • Gavyn Wright, Patrick Kieran, Boguslav Kostecki, Jackie Shave – violin
  • Bill Benham, Andrew Parker – viola
  • Martin Loveday, Frank Shaefer – cello

Track listing:

  1. Moving
  2. Your Love
  3. What Went Wrong (In Your Head)
  4. Beautiful People
  5. Shotover Hill
  6. Eon
  7. Mary
  8. Jesus Came from Outta Space
  9. Pumping on Your Stereo
  10. Born AgainFaraway
  11. Mama & Papa

Spiritualized: Let It Come Down

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On September 17, 2001, “Arista” label released “Let It Come Down”, the fourth Spiritualized album. It was recorded 1999 – 2001, at “Abbey Road Studios” and “AIR Studios”, in London, and was produced by J Spaceman.

Personnel:

  • J Spaceman– vocals, Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar, Epiphone Olympic, Vox Starstreamer XII, Martin acoustic, banjo, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, piano, harmonica
  • Thighpaulsandra– Hammond C3, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, VK7, Kurzweil K2000, Minimoog, Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Doggen Foster – Gibson Les Paul Gold Top, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Telecaster, Vox Bulldog, Martin acoustic, harmonica
  • John Coxon– Fender Telecaster, Fender Jaguar, Gibson Firebird, Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, piano, Juno 106, Martin acoustic
  • Martin Schellard – Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Musicmaster, Fender Bass VI, Burns Bass, Fender Telecaster, banjo, piano
  • Chris Clark – piano
  • Tom Edwards– vibraphone, marimba, timpani, tubular bells, percussion
  • Kevin Bales– Gretsch drum kit
  • Mimi Parker – vocals
  • Jacqueline Barron – soprano saxophone
  • Sarah Eyden – soprano saxophone
  • Emer McParland – alto saxophone
  • Heather Cairncross – alto saxophone
  • Rachel Weston – alto saxophone
  • Andrew Busher – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Gray – tenor saxophone
  • Gerard O’Beirne – tenor saxophone
  • Nigel Short – counter tenor saxophone
  • Raymond Dickaty – soprano and baritone saxophone
  • Pete Whyman – saxophones, clarinet
  • Tamar Osborn – saxophone, clarinet
  • David Temple – saxophone, clarinet
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • Nick Smart – trumpet
  • Andy Crowley, Ian Balmain, Bob Farley, Paul Archibald, Paul Beniston – trumpet
  • Graham Lee, Colin Sheen, Peter Davies, Mike Hext, Roger Brenner – trombone
  • James Adams – trombone
  • David Stewart, Roger Argente, Andy Waddicor – bass trombone
  • Dave Health, Andy Findon – flute
  • Chris Cowie, Margaret Tindal – oboe
  • Anthony Pike, Richard Addison – clarinet
  • David Fuest – bass clarinet
  • David O’Carroll – tuba
  • Jane Marshall – cor Anglais
  • Gavin McNaughton, Celia Birkenshaw – bassoon
  • Hugh Seenan, Richard Bissel, Nigel Black, Paul Gardham, Dave Lee, Martin Owen, Richard Ashton, Michaela Betts – French horn
  • Edmund Coxon (leader), Cathy Thompson, Jackie Shave, Everton Nelson, Patrick Kiernan, Steve Morris, Ian Humphries, Christina Emanuel, Laura Malhuish – first violin
  • Jonathan Rees, Dai Emanuel, Sonia Slaney, Perry Montague-Mason, Miffy Hirsch, Jeremy Morris, Ann Morfee – second violin
  • Roger Chase, Philip Dukes, Bruce White, Kate Musker – viola
  • David Daniels, Tony Pleeth, Cathy Giles, Jonathan Tunnell – cello
  • Mary Scully, Diane Clarke – double bass
  • Helen Tunstall – harp
  • Simon Grant – bass
  • Michael Dore – bass
  • London Community Gospel Choir: Wendi Rose, Wayne Hernandez, Jenny Graham, Donovan Keith Lawrence, Vernetta Meade, Jenny La Touche, Aaron Paul Sokell, Travis Jae Cole, Vimbai Shire, Samantha Smith, Irene Forrester, Carmen Smart, Michelle John-Douglas, Jasette Barratt
  • Daniel Thomas – choir director

Track listing:

All tracks by J Spaceman.

  1. On Fire
  2. Do It All Over Again
  3. Don’t Just Do Something
  4. Out of Sight
  5. The Twelve Steps
  6. The Straight and the Narrow
  7. I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You
  8. Stop Your Crying
  9. Anything More
  10. Won’t Get to Heaven (The State I’m In)
  11. Lord Can You Hear Me

Goldfrapp: Felt Mountain

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On September 11, 2000, “Mute” label released “Felt Mountain”, the debut Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – February 2000, in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp– vocals, keyboards, whistling, design
  • Will Gregory– brass arrangements, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Steven Claydon– synthesizer
  • Andy Davis – baritone ukulele, koto, melodica
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Nick Batt – bass synthesizer, metal percussion, additional engineering, bass synthesizer, additional programming, additional mixing
  • Adrian Utley– bass guitar, synthesiser, tremolo bass guitar
  • John Parish– drums, bass guitar, tremolo guitar
  • Tony Orrell – drums
  • Rowan Oliver – percussion
  • Clive Deamer– brushes
  • Flowers Band – brass band
  • Andy Bush – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Cornick – trombone
  • Steve MacAllister – French horn
  • Ben Waghorn – tenor saxophone
  • Alexander Bălănescu– violin
  • Jacqueline Norrie – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Stuart Gordon – viola, violin, tremolo violins, violin solo
  • Bill Hawkes – viola
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Mute Male Voices – humming
  • Kevin Paul – additional engineering, additional mixing
  • Luke Gordon – additional engineering, additional programming
  • David Lord – additional engineering
  • David Bascombe – additional mixing
  • Chris Weston – additional programming
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Günter Gräfenhain – landscape photography
  • L. Schmidt – landscape photography
  • Joe Dilworth– photography
  • Anna Fox– inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

  1. Lovely head
  2. Paper Bag
  3. Human – Tim Norfolk, Bob Locke, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
  4. Pilots
  5. Deer Stop
  6. Felt Mountain
  7. Oompa Radar
  8. Utopia
  9. Horse Tears

Feeder: Yesterday Went Too Soon

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On August 30, 1999, “The Echo” label released “Yesterday Went Too Soon”, the second Feeder album. It was recorded 1998-1999, and was produced by Grant Nicholas, Taka Hirose and Jon Henry Lee.

Personnel:

  • Grant Nicholas – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Taka Hirose- bass guitar
  • Jon Henry Lee- drums, percussion
  • Audrey Riley- string arrangements
  • Matt Sime – engineer
  • Andy Wallace- mixing
  • Al Clay – mixing, additional engineering
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Rick Guest – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Nicholas.

  1. Anaesthetic
  2. Insomnia
  3. Picture of Perfect Youth
  4. Yesterday Went Too Soon
  5. Waiting For Changes
  6. Radioman
  7. Day In Day Out
  8. Tinsel Town
  9. You’re My Evergreen
  10. Dry
  11. Hole in My Head
  12. So Well
  13. Paperfaces – Paperfaces – ends at 4:28, hidden track “Bubblehead” starts at 9:25, “Bubblehead”

New Order: Get Ready

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On August 27, 2001, “London” label released “Get Ready”, the seventh New Order studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, and was produced by Steve Osborne, Bernard Sumner,  Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Flood and David Kahne. “Get Ready” was dedicated to Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division and New Order, who died in 1999.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Sumner– lead and backing vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesizers, programming, mixing
  • Gillian Gilbert– keyboards
  • Peter Hook– stringed bass, guitars, backing vocals
  • Stephen Morris– drums, programming
  • Andrew Innes- guitar
  • Billy Corgan- vocals
  • Bobby Gillespie- vocals
  • Dawn Zee – backing vocals
  • Pete Davis – programmer
  • Simon Hale – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Andrew Robinson, Bruno Ellingham – engineer
  • Rob Kirwan – engineer
  • Jan “Stan” Kybert – engineer, Pro-tools – mix pre-production
  • Owen Mulcahy – engineer assistant
  • Matt Fields – engineer assistant
  • Mark ‘Spike’ Stent- mixing
  • Adrian Bushby – mixing
  • Paul ‘P-dub’ Walton – mixing
  • Steve Osborne- mixing
  • Flood – mixing, additional production
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Marco Migliari – studio assistant
  • Bruno Ellingham – studio assistant
  • Tom Hannen – studio assistant
  • Peter Saville – cover art
  • Howard Wakefield – design
  • Jürgen Teller- photography
  • Nicolette Krebitz – cover model

Track listing:

All tracks by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.

  1. Crystal
  2. 60 Miles an Hour
  3. Turn My Way
  4. Vicious Streak
  5. Primitive Notion
  6. Slow Jam
  7. Rock the Shack
  8. Someone Like You
  9. Close Range
  10. Run Wild