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Stone Temple Pilots: Core

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On September 29, 1992, “Atlantic” label released “Core” the debut Stone Temple Pilots album. It was recorded 1992, at “Rumbo Recorders” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. In 2001, the album was certified 8 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Scott Weiland – lead vocals
  • Dean DeLeo– guitar
  • Robert DeLeo– bass, backing vocals
  • Eric Kretz– drums
  • Nick DiDia – engineer
  • Dick Kaneshiro – 2nd engineer
  • Brendan O’Brien– mixing
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Kevin Design Hosmann – art director
  • Christian Clayton – illustration
  • Katrina Dickson – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Scott Weiland, except where noted.

  1. Dead & Bloated – Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland
  2. Sex Type Thing – Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz
  3. Wicked Garden – Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo
  4. No Memory – Dean DeLeo
  5. Sin – Robert deLeo
  6. Naked Sunday – Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland
  7. Creep – Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland
  8. Piece of Pie – Robert DeLeo
  9. Plush – Scott Weiland, Eric Kretz, Robert DeLeo
  10. Wet My Bed – Robert DeLeo
  11. Crackerman – Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz
  12. Where the River Goes – Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz

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

Johnny Cash

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On September 12, 2003, John R. “Johnny” Cash died aged 71. He was musician (guitar) singer, songwriter and actor, and author, considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. With more than 90 million albums sold, he is also one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His trademark outfit earned him the nickname “The Man in Black”. Johnny Cash was inducted in the four major music halls of fame: the “Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame” (1977);  the “Country Music Hall of Fame” (1980); the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” (1992), and the “Memphis Music Hall of Fame” (2013). In 2001, he was awarded the “National Medal of Arts”.

Ben Folds: Rockin’ The Suburbs

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On September 11, 2001, “Epic” label released “Rockin’ the Suburbs”, the debut Ben Folds studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Ben Folds and Ben Grosse.

Personnel:

  • Ben Folds – vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, drums, package design
  • Richard Fortus – guitar
  • Larry Corbett –cello
  • DJ Swamp – beats
  • Vincent Palmeri – vocals
  • John McCrea– vocals
  • Frally Hynes – vocals
  • Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb, John Vitale – programming
  • Blumpy – programming, engineer assistant
  • John Mark Painter – arranger
  • John Mark Painter – conductor
  • Ben Grosse – recording, mixing. engineer assistant
  • Andrew R. Wallace – engineer, recording
  • Cameron Webb – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.

  1. Annie Waits
  2. Zak and Sara
  3. Still Fighting It
  4. Gone
  5. Fred Jones Part 2
  6. The Ascent of Stan
  7. Losing Lisa
  8. Carrying Cathy
  9. Not the Same
  10. Rockin’ the Suburbs
  11. Fired
  12. The Luckiest

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

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On September 11, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Love and Theft”, the thirty-first Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in May 2001, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan). In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Love and Theft” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 44th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, piano, record production
  • Larry Campbell— guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin
  • Charlie Sexton— guitar
  • Augie Meyers— accordion, Hammond B3 organ, Vox organ
  • Tony Garnier— bass
  • David Kemper— drums
  • Clay Meyers —bongos
  • Chris Shaw —engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  2. Mississippi
  3. Summer Days
  4. Bye and Bye
  5. Lonesome Day Blues
  6. Floater (Too Much to Ask)
  7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  8. Moonlight
  9. Honest With Me
  10. Po’ Boy
  11. Cry a While
  12. Sugar baby

 

Björk: Vespertine

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On August 27, 2001, “One Little Indian Records” label released “Vespertine”, the fourth Björk solo studio album. It was recorded 2000-2001 in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain; Reykjavík, Iceland; New York City, and was produced by Björk, Thomas Knak, Martin Gretschmann and Marius de Vries.

Personnel:

  • Björk– arranger, programming, beat programming, basslines, strings arrangements, choir arrangements, harp arrangements, music box arrangements, vocal editing, sounds recording, field recording
  • Vince Mendoza– string arrangements, choir arrangements, orchestration
  • Zeena Parkins– harp, harp arrangements
  • Caryl Thomas – harp
  • Jack Perron – adaptation to music box
  • Guy Sigsworth– programming, beat programming, celeste, celeste arrangements, clavichord, clavichord arrangements, choir arrangements
  • Jake Davies – programming, Pro Tools, engineer
  • Matthew Herbert– programming
  • Valgeir Sigurðsson– programming, beat programming, Pro Tools, engineer
  • Martin Gretschmann aka Console– programming
  • Thomas Knak– programming
  • Matmos– programming, beat programming
  • Damian Taylor – programming, beat programming, Pro Tools
  • Marius de Vries– programming, beat programming
  • Patrick Gowers – vocal and organ arrangements
  • Paul’s Cathedral Choir, conducted by John Scott
  • Leigh Jamieson – Pro Tools
  • Jan “Stan” Kybert – Pro Tools
  • Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing
  • M/M Paris– art direction, design, drawing
  • Inez van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hidden Place – Björk
  2. Cocoon – Björk, Thomas Knak
  3. It’s Not Up To You – Björk
  4. Undo – Björk
  5. Pagan Poetry – Björk
  6. Frosti – Björk
  7. Aurora – Björk
  8. An Echo, a Stain – Björk, Guy Sigsworth
  9. Sun In My Mouth – Björk, E.E. Cummings, Guy Sigsworth
  10. Heirloom – Björk, Martin Gretschmann
  11. Harm of Will – Björk, Guy Sigsworth
  12. Unison – Björk

 

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

 

Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head

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On August 26, 2002, “Parlaphone” label released “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, the second Coldplay studio album. It was recorded September 2001 – May 2002, and was produced by Ken Nelson, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman  and Will Cha,pion. In 2002, at the “Q Awards” the album was awarded “Best Album”. In 2003, the album won Coldplay “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative Album” and for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” for the song “In My Place”, and was voted “Best British Album” at the “BRIT Awards”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “A Rush of Blood to the Head” at number 466 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 7 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Austria by “IFPI”; 4 x Platinum in Brazil by “ABPD”; Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”; Platinum in Mexico by “AMPROFON”; Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; 4 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; 9 x Platinum in the UK by the “BPI” and 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Chris Martin– lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
  • Jonny Buckland– acoustic and electric guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
  • Guy Berryman– bass guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
  • Will Champion– drums, percussion, harmony vocals, string arrangements, art direction
  • Ann Lines – strings
  • Laura Melhewish – strings
  • Leo Payne – strings
  • Susan Dench – strings
  • Chris Tombling – strings
  • Dan Green – strings
  • Peter Lale – strings
  • Richard George – strings
  • Audrey Riley– strings, string arranger
  • Ken Nelson– engineer, mixing
  • Jon Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Jon Withnal – engineer assistant
  • Ben Thackeray – engineer assistant
  • Andrea Wright – engineer assistant
  • Rik Simpson– additional engineering
  • Danton Supple – mixing
  • Mark Phythian – mixing, additional production
  • George Marino– mastering
  • Blue Source – art direction
  • Sølve Sundsbø – cover art
  • Tom Sheehan – photography
  • Zed Nelson – photography

Track listing:

]All tracks by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.

  1. Politik
  2. In My Place
  3. God Put a Smile upon Your Face
  4. The Scientist
  5. Clocks
  6. Daylight
  7. Green Eyes
  8. Warning Sign
  9. A Whisper
  10. A Rush of Blood to the Head
  11. Amsterdam

 

 

Frank Black and the Catholics: Black Letter Days

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On August 20, 2002, “SpinART” label released “Black Letter Days”, the first of two albums by Frank Black and the Catholics  simultaneously released in 2002. It was recorded from October 2001 – January 2002, and was produced by Nick Vincent. The title implies the opposite of the term “Red Letter Days” which are holidays – a “black letter day” being all the ordinary days in a given month.

Personnel:

  • Frank Black – vocals, guitar
  • Rich Gilbert – vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, saxophone
  • David McCaffery – vocals, bass
  • Eric Drew Feldman – vocals, keyboard, synthesizer
  • Scott Boutier – vocals, drums
  • Dave Phillips – vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Moris Tepper – vocals, guitar
  • Nick Vincent – maracas
  • Ben Mumphrey – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis; except where noted.

  1. The Black Rider – Tom Waits
  2. California Bound
  3. Chip Away Boy
  4. Cold Heart of Stone
  5. Black Letter Day
  6. Valentine and Garuda
  7. How You Went So Far
  8. End of Miles
  9. 1826
  10. The Farewell Bend
  11. Southbound Bevy
  12. I Will Run After You
  13. True Blue
  14. Jane the Queen of Love
  15. Jet Black River
  16. 21 Reasons
  17. Whispering Weeds
  18. The Black Rider – Tom Waits

James Taylor: October Road

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On August 13, 2002, “Columbia” label released “October Road”, the fifteenth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, and was produced by Russ Titelman. In November 2002, the album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – vocals, guitar
  • Ry Cooder– guitar
  • Michael Landau– guitar
  • Mark Knopfler– vocals, guitar
  • John Sheldon – guitar, harmonics
  • John Pizzarelli– guitar
  • Bobby Mann– guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes– keyboards
  • Clifford Carter– organ, keyboards, piano, synth rhodes, synth organ, string pad
  • Rob Mounsey– keyboards, synthesizer, synth bagpipes, penny whistle, percussion, string pad
  • Chiara Civello– piano, backing vocals
  • Larry Goldings – piano
  • Robbie Kilgore – piano
  • Tommy Morgan – harmonica
  • Jimmy Johnson– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • M Hans Liebert – synth conga, piano, synth percussion
  • Luis Conte– percussion
  • Michael Brecker– saxophone
  • Lou Marini– saxophone
  • Harry Allen– tenor saxophone
  • Walt Fowler – trumpet
  • Steve Scully – chorus
  • Michael Eisenstein – chorus
  • Nina Gordon– chorus
  • Josh Lattanzi – chorus
  • Kay Hanley – chorus
  • David Lasley– chorus, backing vocals
  • Valerie Carter– chorus, backing vocals
  • Kate Markowitz– chorus, backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller– chorus, backing vocals
  • Richard Sebring – French horn
  • Liane Mautner – violin
  • Cenovia Cummins – violin
  • Brian Dembow – viola
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Stuart Duncan – violin
  • Julie Ann Gigante – violin
  • Tamara Hatwan – violin
  • Alan Grunfeld – violin
  • Karen Jones – violin
  • Richard Sortomme – violin
  • Donna Tecco – violin
  • Belinda Whitney – violin
  • Margaret Wooten – violin
  • Kenneth Yerke – violin
  • Natalie Leggett – violin
  • Mark O’Connor– violin
  • Robin Olson – violin
  • Karen Bakunin – viola
  • Carrie Holzman-Little – viola
  • Stephen Erdody – cello
  • Paula Hochhalter – cello
  • Yo-Yo Ma– cello
  • Caroline Taylor – backing vocals
  • Sally Taylor– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. September Grass – John I. Sheldon
  2. October Road
  3. On the 4th of July
  4. Whenever You’re Ready
  5. Belfast to Boston
  6. Mean Old Man
  7. My Traveling Star
  8. Raised Up Family
  9. Carry Me on My Way
  10. Caroline I See You
  11. Baby Buffalo
  12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Martin, R. Blane