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.
On September 25, 2000, “BMG International” label released “A Rock in the Weary Land”, the seventh Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and wa produced by Mike Scott.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Danelectro Bellzouki electric 12-string guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer
On August 21, 2001, “Private Music” label released “Blue Gardenia”, the twenty-fifth Etta James studio album. It was recorded November 2000 – February 2001, and was produced by John Snyder.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals
Dorothy Hawkins – vocals
Josh Sklair – guitar, arrangements
Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
Tony Dumas – bass
Ralph Penland – drums
Ron Powell – percussion
Red Holloway – saxophone
George Bohanon – trombone
Rick Baptist – flugelhorn
Ronnie Buttacavoli – flugelhorn, trumpet
John Nelson – engineer
Jay Newland – engineer
Charlie Watts – engineer
Sonny Mediana – art direction, photography
Lupe DeLeon – executive producer
Track listing:
This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
He’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
In My Solitude – Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Joe Greene
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Don’t Worry ’bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Don’t Blame Me – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
My Man – Channing Pollack, Yvain-Albert, Maurice Yvain
On June 20, 2000, “CMC International” label released “Chinese Work Songs”, the 13th Little Feat studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Paul Barrere and Bill Payne.
Personnel:
Paul Barrère – vocals, guitar, dobro, bicycle bells
Fred Tackett – guitar, dobro, backing vocals
Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals
Kenny Gradney – bass, backing vocals
Richie Hayward – drums, vocals
Shaun Murphy – vocals, percussion
Sam Clayton – percussion, backing vocals
Béla Fleck – banjo
Lenny Castro – percussion
Piero Mariani – percussion
Joe Sublett – saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombonium
Track listing:
Rag Mama Rag – J. R. Robertson
Eula – Paul Barrère, Fred Tackett
Bed of Roses – Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne
Sample in a Jar – Anastasio, Marshall
Just Another Sunday – Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne
Gimme a Stone – Hyman, Chertoff, Forman, Bazilian
Rio Esperenza – Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne
Tattoo Heart – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy
Marginal Creatures – Paul Barrère, Fred Tackett
Chinese Work Songs – Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
On June 5, 2001, “Stray Records” label released “Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse”, the sixth Buckethead studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, in the kitchen Pilo’s Loft”, “Travis Dickerson’s studio, and was produced by Travis Dickerson.
Buckethead (Brian Patrick Carroll) – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
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