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Steely Dan: Two Against Nature

Steely Dan- Two against nature

On February 29, 2000, “Giant Records/Warner Bros” label released “Two Against Nature” the eighth Steely Dan album. “Two Against nature” was recorded 1977 to 1999, and was produced by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The album won Steely Dan four “Grammy Awards”, including “Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Walter Becker– bass, lead guitar
  • Donald Fagen– vocals, organ, piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Ted Baker – piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Jon Herington– acoustic and rhythm guitar
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken– guitar
  • Dean Parks– guitar
  • Tom Barney – bass
  • Keith Carlock– drums
  • Leroy Clouden – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Sonny Emory– drums
  • Ricky Lawson– drums
  • Michael White – drums
  • Gordon Gottlieb – percussion
  • Will Lee– percussion
  • Daniel Sadownick – percussion, timbales
  • David Shank – vibraphone
  • Steve Shapiro– vibraphone
  • Lawrence Feldman – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Amy Helm – whistle
  • Michael Hitchcock – trumpet
  • Michael Leonhart– trumpet, Wurlitzer, conductor
  • Lou Marini– alto saxophone
  • Chris Potter– alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Jim Pugh– trombone
  • Roger Rosenberg – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • David Tofani– saxophone
  • Cynthia Calhoun– backing vocals
  • Mike Harvey – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Leonhart– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

  1. Gaslighting Abbie
  2. What a Shame About Me
  3. Two Against Nature
  4. Janie Runaway
  5. Almost Gothic
  6. Jack of Speed
  7. Cousin Dupree
  8. Negative Girl
  9. West of Hollywood

The The: NakedSelf

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On February 29, 2000, “Nothing Records” released “NakedSelf”, the sixth The The album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, in New York and London, and was produced by Matt Johnson and Bruce Lampcov.

Personnel:

  • Matt Johnson – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, percussion, engineer
  • Eric Schermerhorn – guitar
  • Spencer Campbell– bass guitar
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • Bruce Lampcov – recording, engineer
  • Dave Lee – recording
  • Roli Mosimann – engineer, mixing
  • Bill Emmons, Fred Kevorkian, Martin Jenkins, Phil Painson, Roger Scheepers – engineer assistant
  • Fran Cathcart, Prince Strickland – mixing assistant

Track listing:

  1. Boiling Point – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn
  2. Shrunken Man – Matt Johnson
  3. The Whisperers – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn
  4. Soul Catcher – Matt Johnson
  5. Global Eyes – Matt Johnson
  6. December Sunlight – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn
  7. Swine Fever – Matt Johnson
  8. Diesel Breeze – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn
  9. Weather Belle – Matt Johnson
  10. Voidy Numbness – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn
  11. Phantom Walls – Matt Johnson
  12. Salt Water – Matt Johnson and Eric Schermerhorn

The Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/The Machines of God

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On February 29, 2000, “Virgin” label released “Machina/The Machines of God”, the fifth Smashing Pumpkins (The) album. “Machina/The Machines of God” was recorded November 1998 – October 1999, at “Sadlands”, “Pumpkinland & Chicago Recording Company” in Chicago, and was produced by Billy Corgan and Flood,

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, art direction
  • Mike Garson– piano
  • James Iha– guitar, bass guitar
  • D’arcy Wretzky– bass guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin– drums
  • Vasily Kafanov– sleeve paintings, etchings
  • Greg Sylvester – art direction
  • Thomas Wolfe – art direction
  • Yelena Yemchuk– art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Corgan.

  1. The Everlasting Gaze
  2. Raindrops + Sunshowers
  3. Stand Inside Your Love
  4. I of the Mourning
  5. The Sacred and Profane
  6. Try, Try, Try
  7. Heavy Metal Machine
  8. This time
  9. The Imploding Voice
  10. Glass and the Ghost Children
  11. Wound
  12. The Crying Tree of Mercury
  13. With Every Light
  14. Blue Skies Bring Tears
  15. Age Of Innocence

 

AC/DC: Stiff Upper Lip

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On February 28, 2000, “East West” label released “Stiff Upper Lip”, the thirteenth internationally and the fourteenth Australia released AC/DC album. It was recorded September – October 1999 at “The Warehouse Studio” in Vancouver, and was produced by George Young.

Personnel:

  • Brian Johnson– lead vocals
  • Angus Young– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Malcolm Young– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Young and Malcolm Young.

  1. Stiff Upper Lip
  2. Meltdown
  3. House of Jazz
  4. Hold Me Back
  5. Safe in New York City
  6. Can’t Stand Still
  7. Can’t Stop Rock’n’Roll
  8. Satellite Blues
  9. Damned
  10. Come and Get It
  11. All Screwed Up
  12. Give it Up

Oasis: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

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On February 28, 2000, “Big Brother Records” label released “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants”, the fourth Oasis studio album. It was recorded April – August 1999, at “Château de la Colle Noire” in Montauroux, “Olympic Studios”, “Supernova Heights”, and “Wheeler End Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark Stent and Noel Gallagher.

Personnel:

  • Liam Gallagher– lead vocals, tambourine
  • Noel Gallagher– vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
  • Paul Stacey– keyboards, guitar
  • Mark Coyle – electric sitar and twelve-string acoustic guitar
  • Alan White– drums, percussion
  • Mark Feltham– harmonica
  • Tony Donaldson – Mini Moog, mellotron
  • Charlotte Glasson– flute
  • P. Arnold– backing vocals
  • Linda Lewis– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.

  1. Fuckin’ in the Business
  2. Go Let It Out
  3. Who Feels Love
  4. Put Your Money Where Yer Mouth Is
  5. Little James – Liam Gallagher
  6. Gas Panic!
  7. Where Did It All Go Wrong
  8. Sunday Morning Call
  9. I Can See A Liar
  10. Roll It Over

Led Zeppeilin: Physical Graffiti

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On February 25, 1975, “Swan Song” label released “Physical Graffiti”, the sixth studio Led Zeppelin album. It was recorded July – December 1970, January and March 1971, May 1972, January and February 1974, at multiple locations, and was produced by Jimmy Page. The album included unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions: one outtake from “Led Zeppelin III”, three tracks from “Led Zeppelin IV”, and three tracks from “Houses of the Holy”, including the unused title track. “Physical Graffiti” was certified 16× Platinum in the US by “RIAA”, and 2× Platinum in UK by “BPI”. In 1996, “Mojo” magazine ranked the album at number 47 on its list of “The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made”; in 2000, “Q” magazine ranked the album at number 32 on its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”; in 2001 “Classic Rock” magazine ranked the album at number 5 at its list of  “100 Greatest Rock Album Ever”; in 2003, the TV network  “VH1” named it the 71st “Greatest album ever”; in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Physical Graffiti” at number 70 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; in 2006 “Guitar World” magazine ranked the album at number 9 at its list of “Reader’s Poll: 100 Greatest Guitar Albums”.  In 1976, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Recording Package”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant– lead vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Page– electric, acoustic, lap steel and slide guitar, mandolin
  • John Paul Jones– bass guitar, organ, acoustic and electric piano, mellotron, guitar, mandolin, VCS3 synthesiser, Hohner clavinet, Hammond organ, string arrangement
  • John Bonham– drums, percussion
  • Ian Stewart– piano
  • Peter Corriston– artwork, design
  • Mike Doud – artwork, design
  • Dave Heffernan – illustrations
  • Elliot Erwitt, P. Fallon, Roy Harper– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.

  1. Custard Pie
  2. The Rover
  3. In My Time of Dying – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  4. Houses of the Holy
  5. Trampled Under Foot – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
  6. Kashmir – John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  7. In the Light – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  8. Bron-Yr-Aur – Jimmy Page
  9. Down by the Seaside
  10. Ten Years Gone
  11. Night Flight – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  12. The Wanton Song
  13. Boogie with Stu – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Ian Stewart
  14. Black Country Woman
  15. Sick Again

The Cure: Bloodflowers

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On February 15, 2000, “Fiction” label released “Bloodflowers” the eleventh Cure (The) album. It was recorded in 1998 and 1999 at “St Catherines Court”, “Avon” and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Robert Smith and Paul Corkett.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith- guitar, keyboard, 6-string bass, vocals
  • Simon Gallup- bass
  • Perry Bamonte- guitar, 6-string bass
  • Jason Cooper- percussion, drums
  • Roger O’Donnell– keyboard
  • Perry Bamonte, Paul Cox, Alex Smith – photography
  • Alexis Yraola – logo

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper and Roger O’Donnell).

  1. Out of This World
  2. Watching Me Fall
  3. Where the Birds Always Sing
  4. Maybe Someday
  5. Coming Up
  6. The Last Day of Summer
  7. There Is No If…
  8. The Loudest Sound
  9. 39
  10. Bloodflowers

3 Doors Down: The Better Life

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On February 8, 2000, “Republic” label released ‘The Better Life’, the debut 3 Doors Down studio album. It was recorded in 1999, (except “Kryptonite”, “Loser”, and “Duck and Run” in 1997), in New York, and was produced by Paul Ebersold. The album was certified 6 platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Matt Roberts – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Chris Henderson – rhythm and lead guitars
  • Kevin Paige – keyboards
  • Todd Harrell – bass guitar
  • Brad Arnold – lead vocals, drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Brad Arnold.

  1. Kryptonite – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell
  2. Loser – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell
  3. Duck and Rain – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson
  4. Not Enough – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson
  5. Be Like That – music by Brad Arnold, Chris Henderson
  6. Life of My Own – music by Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell
  7. Better Life – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson
  8. Down Poison – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Harrell
  9. By My Side – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Harrell
  10. Smack – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Harrell
  11. So I Need You – music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson

Morphine: The Night

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On February 1, 2000, “Dream Works” Label released “The Night”, the fifth and final Morphine studio album. It was completed just before the sudden July 1999 death of bass player and lead singer Mark Sandman, and was produced by Mark Sandman, Dana Colley and Jerome Deupree.

Personnel:

  • Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass, organ, tritar, guitar, piano
  • Dana Colley – baritone sax, tenor sax, double sax, triangle
  • Jerome Deupree – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Sandman.

  1. The Night
  2. So Many Ways
  3. Souvenir
  4. Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer
  5. Like a Mirror
  6. A Good Woman is Hard to Find
  7. Rope on Fire
  8. I’m Yours, You’re Mine
  9. The Way We Met
  10. Slow Numbers
  11. Take Me with You

Primal Scream: XTRMNTR

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On January 31, 2000, “Creation” label released “XTRMNTR”  (pronounced “Exterminator”), the sixth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1999, and was produced by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, Brendan Lynch, Adrian Maxwell Sherwood, Jagz Kooner, David Holmes, Hugo Nicolson, The Chemical Brothers, Kevin Shields and Tim Holmes. “XTRMNTR” won “Best Album” of the year at the “NME Calling Awards 2001”. “Q” magazine named it as one of the “50 Heaviest Albums of All Time”. “Stylus Magazine” ranked the album at number 10 on their “Stylus Decade” list of the “Top 100 Albums of the 2000s”. In 2014, magazine “NME” ranked “Shoot Speed/Kill Light” at number 190 and “Accelerator” at number 497 and in their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, and the album is ranked at number 160 in “NME’s” “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals, recording
  • Andrew Innes – guitar, recording
  • Robert Young – guitar, recording
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards, recording
  • Gary “Mani” Mounfield – bass, recording
  • Darrin Mooney – drums
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet
  • Marco Nelson – bass
  • Kevin Shields – guitar, mixing
  • Bernard Sumner – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Phil Mossman – electronics
  • Darren Morris – keyboards
  • Zachary Danziger – drums
  • Gay-Yee Westerhoff – cello
  • Tim Goldsworthy – programming
  • Keith Tenniswood – drums programming
  • Nick Franglen – additional programming
  • Adrian Sherwood – recording
  • Brendan Lynch – recording
  • Max Hayes – engineer
  • Steve Dub – engineer
  • Andy Wilkinson – engineer
  • Jon Weiner – engineer
  • Dan The Automator – mixing
  • Cheeky Pal – editing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, except where noted.

  1. Kill All Hippies – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, Nelson/Discovery Productions Inc.
  2. Accelerator
  3. Extarminator
  4. Swastika Eyes – Jagz Kooner Mix
  5. Pills
  6. Blood Money
  7. Keep Your Dreams – Gary “Mani” Mounfield
  8. Insect Royalty
  9. MBV Arkestra (If They Move Kill ‘Em)
  10. Swastika Eyes – Chemical Brothers Mix
  11. Shoot Speed/Kill Light