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 25, 2000, “Atlantic” label released ¡Muy Divertido!, album by Marc Ribot and Los Cubanos Postizos (the twelve Marc Ribot album overall). It was recorded in 2000, at “The Magic Shop” in New York, and was produced by JD Foster.
On April 23, 2002, “Nonesuch” label released “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”, the fourth Wilco studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, at “The Loft” in Chicago, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy, Leroy Bach, Jay Bennett, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche.
Personnel:
Jeff Tweedy – vocals, guitar, bass, horn and string arrangements
Leroy Bach – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Jay Bennett – keyboards, engineer
John Stirratt – bass, guitar, horn and strings arrangements
Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
Craig Christiansen
Jim O’Rourke – guitar, piano, synthesizer, additional engineering, mixing
Ken Coomer – drums
Jessy Greene – violin, cello
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Chris Brickley – engineer
Jonathan Parker – additional engineering
Steve Rooke – mastering
Lawrence Azerrad – art direction, design
Sam Jones – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Jeff Tweedy, all music by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett, except where noted.
On April 21, 2001, “Papillion” label released “Rant”, the tenth Ian Hunter studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, in New York City and New Calcutta, and was produced by Andy York and Ian Hunter.
Personnel:
Ian Hunter – lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica, acoustic guitar
Andy York – electric guitar, mando guitar, groove box, autoharp, organ, zither, keyboards, mandolin, bass, backing vocals
Robbie Alter – guitars, bass, piano
Rick Tedesco – guitar, gang vocals
James Mastro – six-string fuzzbass, mandolin, electric slide, acoustic and electric 12-strings guitar
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 April 9, 2001, “Ark 21” label released “Mechanical Wonder”, the fifth Ocean Colour Scene album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Loco Studios”, and was produced by Martin ‘Max’ Heyes, Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Raymond Meade and Oscar Harrison.
Personnel:
Simon Fowler – vocals, acoustic guitar, mixing
Steve Cradock – guitar, mixing
Raymond Meade – bass, mixing
Oscar Harrison – drums, mixing
Mick Talbot – keyboards
Wired Strings – strings
Martin ‘Max’ Heyes – engineer, mixing
Dan Sprigg, Dave Russell, Gary Bradshaw – mixing
Loz Williams, Simon Morris – engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Raymond Meade and Oscar Harrison.
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 February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.
Personnel:
Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
Sam Bush – mandolin
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
Joe Spivey – fiddle
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Nashville String Machine – string section
Ronn Huff – string arrangements
Nick Keca – claps
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
Warren Peterson – engineer
Simon Pressey – engineer
Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
Nick Keca – engineer
Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
Craig White – engineer assistant
Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted
On December 12, 2000, “Private Music” label released “Matriarch of the Blues”, the twenty-fourth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Donto Metto James and Sametto James.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead and backing vocals, liner notes
Josh Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Bobby Murray – guitar
Leo Nocentelli – guitar
Mike Finnigan – Hammond organ
Jimmy Zavala – harmonica, tenor and baritone saxophone
Sametto James – bass, engineer, mixing
Donto Metto James – drums, engineer, mixing, percussion
Tom Poole – trumpet
Terrance Galloway – engineer assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Julie Bruzzone – creative director
Sonny Mediana – design, photography
Rudy Calvo – make-up
Lupe DeLeon – executive producer
Track listing:
Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
Don’t Let My Baby Ride – Deadric Malone, O. V. Wright
Rhymes – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods
On November 14, 2000, “Anthem Records” label released “My Favourite Headache”, the debut Geddy Lee album. It was recorded in 2000, at “The Peasant’s Tent and Reaction Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Geddy Lee, Ben Mink and David Leonard.
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