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Meshell Ndegeocello: The Anthropological Mixtape

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Cookie

On June 4, 2002, “Maverick” label released “Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape”, the fourth Meshell Ndegeocello studio album. It contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight, and was produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato,Missy Elliott,  Rockwilder and Supa Dave West.

Personnel:

  • Meshell Ndegeocello– vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments
  • Allen Cato – vocals, guitar, vocal arrangement, drum programming
  • Michael Hampton –guitar
  • Michael Cain– piano
  • Federico Gonzalez Peña – piano
  • Grégoire Maret– harmonica
  • Oliver Gene Lake Jr. –drums
  • Kiggo Wellman – drums
  • Sean Rickman– drums
  • Alfredo Mojica –percussion
  • Jacques Schwarz-Bart– tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Miller– bass clarinet, fretless bass
  • Talib Kweli– rapper
  • Redman – rapper
  • Tweet– vocals
  • Lalah Hathaway– vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Caron Wheeler– vocals
  • Allen Cato – engineer
  • Andrew Brooks – engineer
  • Eric Dyba – engineer
  • Bob Power –mixing
  • Tom Coyne– mastering
  • Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
  • David Fenton –photography
  • Supa Dave West– track programmer
  • Rail Jon Rogut – production editing

Track listing:

  1. Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
  2. Hot Night – Supa Dave West, Meshell Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe
  3. Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba – Meshell Ndegeocello,Allen Cato
  4. Priorities 1-6 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
  5. Pocketbook – Meshell Ndegeocello
  6. Barry Farms – Meshell Ndegeocello
  7. Trust – Meshell Ndegeocello
  8. Akel Dama (Field of Blood) – Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Cain
  9. Earth – Meshell Ndegeocello,Allen Cato
  10. Better By the Pound – George Clinton, Grace Cook
  11. Criterion – Meshell Ndegeocello
  12. God.Fear.Money – Meshell Ndegeocello
  13. Jabril – Meshell Ndegeocello
  14. Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
  15. Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness) – Meshell Ndegeocello
  16. Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix) – Meshell Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble

PJ Harvey: Uh Huh Her

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On May 31, 2004, “Island” label released “Uh Huh Her”, the sixth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, and was produced by PJ Harvey.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, melodica, accordion,  autoharp, engineer, mixing, photography
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Head – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Evelyn Isaac – backing vocals
  • Maria Mochnacz –artwork
  • Rob Crane – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. The Life & Death of Mr. Badmouth
  2. Shame
  3. Who the Fuck?
  4. Pocket Knife
  5. The Letter
  6. The Slow Drug
  7. No Child of Mine
  8. Cat on the Wall
  9. You Come Through
  10. It’s You
  11. The End
  12. The Desperate Kingdom of Love
  13. Untitled (Seagulls)
  14. The Darker Days of Me & Him

Van Morrison: Down the Road

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On May 14, 2002, “Universal” label release “Down the Road”, the twenty-ninth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 2000 –  2001, “Wool Hall”  in Bath, Somerset, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, alto saxophone
  • John Allair -Hammond organ
  • Mick Green- acoustic and electric guitars
  • Johnny Scott – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Fiachra Trench- piano
  • Geraint Watkins- piano, Hammond organ
  • Richard Dunn -piano, Hammond organ
  • Pete Hurley – bass guitar
  • Bobby Irwin – drums
  • Colin Griffin -drums
  • Lee Goodall -tenor, alto and baritone saxophones, flute, backing vocals
  • Karen Hamill – backing vocals
  • David Hayes- bass guitar, double bass
  • Matt Holland -trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
  • Acker Bilk- clarinet
  • Bob Loveday -violin
  • Jake Walker -viola
  • Rosie Wetters -cello, string section leader
  • Martin Winning – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Crawford Bell -backging vocals
  • Olwin Bell – backing vocals
  • Aine Whelan – backing vocals
  • Siobhan Pettit – backing vocals
  • Johnny Scott, Aine Whelan – vocal arrangements
  • Fiachra Trench- string arrangements
  • Stuart Bruce – engineer
  • Tim Cooper – mastering
  • Walter Samuel – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Sidran- liner notes
  • Peter Thorpe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Down the Road
  2. Meet Me in the Indian Summer
  3. Steal My Heart Away
  4. Hey Mr. DJ
  5. Talk Is Cheap
  6. Choppin’ Wood
  7. What Makes the Irish Heart Beat
  8. All Work and No Play
  9. Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby?
  10. The Beauty of the Days Gone By
  11. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  12. Only a Dream
  13. Man Has to Struggle
  14. Evening Shadows – Acker Bilk, Van Morrison
  15. Fast Train

Weezer: Make Believe

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On May 10, 2005, “DGC” label released “Make Believe”, the fifth Weezer studio album. It was recorded February 2002 – February 2005, at “Cello Studios”, “Grandmaster Recorders”, “Henson Studios”, and Rick Rubin’s home studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rick Rubin. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo– vocals, guitar, keyboards, talk box
  • Brian Bell– guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner– bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Rivers Cuomo.

  1. Beverly Hills
  2. Perfect Situation
  3. This is Such a Pity
  4. Hold Me
  5. Peace
  6. We Are All on Drugs
  7. The Damage in Your Heart
  8. Pardon Me
  9. My Best Friend
  10. The Other Way
  11. Freak Me Out
  12. Haunt You Every Day

Warren Zevon: My Ride’s Here

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On May 7, 2002, “Artemis Records” released “My Ride’s Here”, the eleventh Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • Sid McGinnis- guitar
  • Paul Shaffer- organ
  • Michael Wolff- organ
  • Tony Levin- bass
  • Sheldon Gomberg- bass
  • Anton Fig- drums
  • Charlie Bisharat- violin
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Evan Wilson – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Katy Salvidge – fiddle, tin whistle
  • David Letterman- backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon, Ariel Zevon – additional vocals
  • Michael Delugg, Harvey Goldberg, Klint Macro, Will Schillinger – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Henry Diltz – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sacrificial Lambs – Larry Klein, Warren Zevon
  2. Basket Case – Carl Hiaasen, Warren Zevon
  3. Lord Byron’s Luggage – Warren Zevon
  4. Macgillycuddy’s Reeks – Paul Muldoon, Warren Zevon
  5. You’re a Whole Different Person When You’re Scared – Hunter S. Thompson, Warren Zevon
  6. Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) – Mitch Albom, Warren Zevon
  7. Genius – Larry Klein, Warren Zevon
  8. Laissez-Moi Tranquille – Serge Gainsbourg
  9. I Have to Leave – Dan McFarland
  10. My Ride’s Here – Paul Muldoon, Warren Zevon

Tom Waits: Blood Money

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On May 7, 2002, “ANTI-label” released “Blood Money”, album by Tom Waits. The album contains songs written for the play Woyzeck, based on the play of the same name by Georg Büchner. It was recorded in 2002, at “In The Pocket Studio”, and was produced by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, Chamberlain
  • Larry Taylor – electric guitar, bass
  • Myles Boisen – guitar
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
  • Matthew Sperry – bass
  • Casey Waits – drums
  • Bent Clausen – bass drum, marimba
  • Gino Robair – bongos, timpani, tom tom, marimba, bells, gong
  • Andrew Borger – marimba
  • Colin Stetson – saxophone
  • Ara Anderson – trumpet
  • Bebe Risenfors – bass clarinet, saxophone, accordion
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Matt Brubeck – cello
  • Mule Patterson – effects
  • Oz Fritz – recording, mixing
  • Jacquire King – recording
  • Allen Sudduth – recording
  • Jeff Sloan – engineer
  • Huskey Hoskulds – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jeff Abarta – art direction
  • Winni Wintermeyer – design
  • Jesse Dylan – photography
  • Jeff Sloan – production coordinator
  • Julianne Deery – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Misery Is the River of the World
  2. Everything Goes to Hell
  3. Coney Island Baby
  4. All the World Is Green
  5. God’s Away on Business
  6. Another Man’s Vine
  7. Knife Chase
  8. Lullaby
  9. Starving in the Belly of a Whale
  10. The Part You Throw Away
  11. Woe
  12. Calliope
  13. A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Tom Waits: Alice

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On May 7, 2002, “Epitaph Records” label released “Alice”, album by Tom Waits. The album contains the majority of songs written for the play “Alice”, and was produced by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocal, piano, mellotron, chamberlin vibes, pod, toy glockenspiel, pump organ
  • Larry Taylor– acoustic and electric guitar, bass, percussion
  • Joe Gore – electric guitar
  • Myles Boisen – banjo
  • Bent Clausen – piano
  • Matthew Sperry – bass
  • Eric Perney – bass
  • Gino Robair – drums
  • Andrew Borger – oil drums, frame drum, percussion
  • Gino Robair – percussion
  • Colin Stetson– saxophone
  • Nik Phelps – horn, trumpet
  • Ara Anderson – muted trumpet
  • Colin Stetson– baritone saxm bass clarinet
  • Bebe Risenfors – stroh violin, baby bass, marimba, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Carla Kihlstedt – violin
  • Bebe Risenfors – alto viola, clarinet
  • Matt Brubeck– cello
  • Bent Clausen – swiss hand bells
  • Tim Allen – scraper
  • Stewart Copeland– trap kit

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Alice
  2. Everything You Can Think
  3. Flower’s Grave
  4. No One Knows I’m Gone
  5. Kommienezuspadt
  6. Poor Edward
  7. Table Top Joe
  8. Lost in the Harbour
  9. We’re All Mad Here
  10. Watch Her Disappear
  11. Reeperbahn
  12. I’m Still Here
  13. Fish & Bird
  14. Barcarolle
  15. Fawn

The Dandy Warhols: Welcome to the Monkey House

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On May 5, 2003, “Capitol” label released “Welcome to the Monkey House”, the fourth Dandy Warhols (The) album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was produced by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Tony Visconti. The album title is by by Kurt Vonnegut’s story of the same name, the album cover painting is by Ron English.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, guitar
  • Zia McCabe– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Peter Holmström– guitar
  • Brent DeBoer– drums, backing vocals
  • Sally Boyden– backing vocals
  • Sam Dodds – backing vocals
  • Adam Flick – bass guitar
  • Jamie Jackson – electric piano
  • Yoad Nevo– additional guitar
  • Parker Posey– mandolin
  • Nile Rodgers– rhythm guitar
  • Mark Tinley – guitar
  • Tony Visconti– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Nick Rhodes– additional synthesizer
  • Cloudia Tinley – “giggles”
  • Simon Le Bon– backing vocals
  • Mark Tinley – programming, engineer
  • Jeremy Wheatley – programming, mixing
  • Yoad Nevo – additional programming
  • Bjorn Thorsrud – engineer
  • Brian Coates – engineer
  • Nick Friend – recording assistant
  • Daniel Porter – mixing assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Steven Birch – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Welcome to the Monkey House
  2. We used to be Friends
  3. Plan A
  4. Wonderful You
  5. Scientist – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, David Bowie
  6. I Am Over It
  7. The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone
  8. Insincere
  9. You Were the Last High – Evan Dando, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  10. Heavenly
  11. I Am Sound
  12. Rock Bottom
  13. (You Come In) Burned

Blur: Think Tank

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On May 5, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Think Tank”, the seventh Blur studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – November 2002 in London, Morocco and Devon, and was produced by Ben Hillier, Norman Cook, William Orbit and Blur. The album won the “Q” magazine award “Album of the Year”, and was named the best album of 2003, by The Observer.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn– leqd and backing vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Alex James– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Rowntree– drums, backing vocals, guitar
  • Bezzari Ahmed – rabab
  • Moullaoud My Ali – oud
  • Mohamed Azeddine – oud
  • Graham Coxon– guitar
  • Gueddam Jamal – cello, violin
  • Abdellah Kekhari – violin
  • Ait Ramdan El Mostafa – kanoun
  • El Farani Mustapha – tere
  • Dalal Mohamed Najib – darbouka
  • Hijaoui Rachid – violin
  • Rabet Mohamid Rachid – violin
  • Mike Smith– saxophone
  • Kassimi Jamal Youssef – oud
  • Phil Daniels– backing vocals
  • Desyud Mustafa – orchestral arrangements
  • James Dring – engineer, programming
  • Jason Cox – engineer, production assistant
  • Ben Hillier– engineer, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Damon Albarn. All music by Albarn, Alex James, Dave Rowntree except where noted.

  1. Ambulance
  2. Out of Time
  3. Crazy Beat
  4. Good Song
  5. On the Way to the Club – Damon Albarn, James Dring, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
  6. Brothers and Sisters
  7. Caravan
  8. We’ve Got a File on You
  9. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
  10. Sweet Song
  11. Jets – Damon Albarn, Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Mike Smith
  12. Gene by Gene
  13. Batteru in Your Leg – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree

Neil Young: Are You Passionate?

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On April 9, 2002, “Reprise” label released “Are You Passionate?”, the twenty-fifth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded February 2001 – December 2001, and was produced by Neil Young, Booker T. Jones, Duck Dunn and Poncho Sampedro.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocal, guitar, piano
  • Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – vocals, guitar
  • Booker T. Jones – vocal, organ, vibes
  • Duck Dunn – vocal, bass
  • Billy Talbot – bass
  • Ralph Molina – vocal, drums
  • Steve Potts – drums, bongos, tambourine
  • Tom Bray – trumpet
  • Pegi Young – vocals
  • Astrid Young– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. You’re My Girl
  2. Disappointment
  3. Differently
  4. Quit (Don’t Say You Love Me)
  5. Let’s Roll
  6. Are You Passionate?
  7. Goin’ Home
  8. When I Hold You In my Arms
  9. Be With You
  10. Two Old Friends
  11. She’s a Healer