On June 8, 1999, “Matador” label released “Terror Twilight”, the fifth Pavement studio album. It was recorded June – December 1998, at “RPM Studios” in New York City, “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.
On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.
Personnel:
Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
Gene Trautmann – drums
Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
Reggie Young – horns
Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
Mike Johnson – backing vocals
Pete Stahl – backing vocals
Rob Halford – backing vocals
Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
Bradley Cook – engineer
Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
Dan Druff – guitar technician
Marek – noise, mixing
Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
Francesca Restrepo – art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.
Feel Good Hit of the Summer
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
Leg of Lamb
Auto Pilot
Better Living Through Chemistry
Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
Quick and to the Pointless
In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
On May 23, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Wishville”, the fifth and final Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Helioscentric Studio” in Rye, East Sussex, England, and was produced by Tim – Friese Greene and Rob Dickinson.
Personnel:
Sara Lee – vocals
Rob Dickinson – vocals, guitar, bass
Brian Futter – vocals, guitar, bass
Tim Friese-Greene – organ, piano
Neil Sims – vocals, bass, percussion, drums, loops
On May 17, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “The Soft Bulletin”, the ninth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded April 1997 – February 1999, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridman, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.
Personnel:
Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin, recording, mixing
Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
On May 16, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “¡Viva El Amor!”, the seventh Pretenders (The) studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Townhouse”, “Sarm West”, “RAK” and “Innovation” in London, “Bearsville” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Stephen Street and Stephen Hague.
Personnel:
Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Adam Seymour – guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Andy Hobson – bass
Martin Chambers – drums
Jeff Beck – guitar solo
Lindsay Edwards – keyboards
Stephen Hague – keyboards, accordion
Chuck Norman – keyboards, programming
Tom Kelly – bass, guitar, backing vocals
Andy Duncan – percussion, programming
Preston Heyman – percussion
David Johansen – backing vocals, ad libs
Jules Shear – backing vocals
The Duke Quartet:
Louisa Fuller – violin
Richard Koster – violin
Ivan McCready – cello
John Metcalfe – viola, string arrangements
Julie Gardner – engineer
David Boucher – engineer
Doug Wynne – engineer
Richard Norris – engineer, mixing
Stephen Hague – mixing
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
Ian Cooper – mastering
Tin Tin Out – remix, additional production
Michael Nash Associates – artwork
Linda McCartney – cover photography
Mary McCartney – inner sleeve photos
Rob Dickins – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Chrissie Hynde, except where noted.
Popstar – Chrissie Hynde, Adam Seymour
Human – Shelly Peiken, Mark McEntee
From the Heart Down – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Nails in the Road – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Who’s Who
Dragway 42
Baby’s Breath – Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
On May 2, 2000, “Elektra” label released “White Pepper”, the seventh Ween studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Christopher Shaw, Gene Ween, Dean Ween, Dave Dreiwitz, Claude Coleman Jr. and Glenn McClelland.
Personnel:
Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) – vocals, guitar
Dean Ween – (Michael Melchiondo Jr.) – vocals, guitar
Glenn McClelland – piano, keyboards
Dave Dreiwitz – vocals, bass
Claude Coleman Jr. – drums
Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing
Danny Madorsky – engineer assistant
Phil Painson – engineer assistant
Damian Shannon – engineer assistant
Kirk Miller – live sound engineer
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Gregory Burke – art direction
Danny Clinch – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Gene Ween, Dean Ween, Dave Dreiwitz, Claude Coleman Jr. and Glenn McClelland.
On April 17, 2000, “Warner Bros” label released “Taxidermy”, the debut Queenadreena album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Orinoco” in London, and was produced by Ken Thomas, Katie Jane Garside, Crispin Gray, Dizzy Q and Steve Drew.
On March 13, 2000, “Constellation” label released “He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…”, the debut A Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in November 1999, at the Hotel2Tango, and was produced by Thierry Amar and Efrim Menuck.
Personnel:
Efrim Menuck – vocals, piano, guitar, organ, radio
Thierry Amar – double bass, bass guitar
Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin
Sam Shalabi – guitar
Aidan Girt – drums, tapes
Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet
Track listing:
Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down
On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.
Personnel:
Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
Bill Schnee – mixing
Chris Kimsey – mixing
Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
Dirk Rudolph – design
Olaf Heine – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.
Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
On February 25, 1999, “Drag City” label released “Eureka”, the second Jim O’Rourke album. It was recorded July 1997 – December 1998, at “Steamroom” and “Solid Sound” in Chicago, and was produced by Jim O’Rourke.
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