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Sonic Youth: Murray Street

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On June 25, 2002, “DGC” label released “Murray Street”, the twelve Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded August 2001 – March 2002, at “Echo Canyon” in New York City, and was produced by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Renaldo, Jim O’Rourke and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, bass, backing vocals
  • Lee Ranaldo– lead adm backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jim O’Rourke– guitar, bass, recording, engineering, mixing
  • Steve Shelley– drums, percussion
  • Jim Sauter – horns
  • Don Dietrich– horns
  • Aaron Mullan – engineer assistant
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Frank Olinksy – art direction
  • Monique Voorhout – artwork, photography
  • Stefano Giovannini – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley and Jim O’Rourke.

  1. The Empty Page
  2. Disconnection Notice
  3. Rain on Tin
  4. Karen Revisited
  5. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
  6. Plastic Sun
  7. Sympathy for the Strawberry

Joni Mitchell: Blue

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Blue

On June 22, 1971, “Reprise” label released “Blue”, the fourth Joni  Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1971, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joni Mitchell. The album was both critical and commercial success, regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 1999, “Blue” was awarded with the “Grammy Hall of Fame” award; in 2002, “Q” magazine ranked “Blue” at number eight on its list of the “Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist”; in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Blue” at number thirty on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2012, the same magazine ranked the album at number two on its list of “Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Female Albums Of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Joni Mitchell – vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, guitar, piano
  • James Taylor– guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel
  • Stephen Stills – bass, guitar
  • Russ Kunkel– drums

Track listing

All tracks by Joni Mitchell.

  1. All I Want
  2. My Old Man
  3. Little Green
  4. Carey
  5. Blue
  6. California
  7. This Flight Tonight
  8. River
  9. A Case of You
  10. The Last Time I Saw Richard

David Bowie: Heathen

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Heathen

On June 11, 2002, “ISO” label released “Heathen”, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album. It was recorded October 2000 – January 2002, and was produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Mark Plati, Gary Miller and Brian Rawling.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals,  keyboards,  guitars,  saxophone,  stylophone, drums
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar
  • Pete Townshend– guitar
  • Dave Grohl– guitar
  • Gerry Leonard– guitar
  • Mark Plati– guitar, bass guitar
  • David Torn– guitars, guitar loops, Omnichord
  • Kristeen Young– vocals, piano
  • Jordan Rudess– keyboards
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar
  • Tony Visconti– bass guitar, guitars,  recorders,  string  arrangements, backing vocals
  • Matt Chamberlain– drums, drum loop programming, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell– drums, percussion
  • The Borneo Horns:
  • Lenny Pickett
  • Stan Harrison
  • Steve Elson
  • Lisa Germano– violin
  • The Scorchio Quartet:
  • Greg Kitzis –1st violin
  • Meg Okura– 2nd violin
  • Martha Mooke –viola
  • Mary Wooten –cello
  • Jonathan Barnbrook– design
  • Markus Klinko, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri – photography
  • GK Reid– styling

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Sunday
  2. Cactus – Black Francis
  3. Slip Away
  4. Slow Burn
  5. Afraid
  6. I’ve Been Waiting for You – Neil Young
  7. I Would Be Your Slave
  8. I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship – Norman Carl Odam
  9. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
  10. Everyone Says Hi
  11. A Better Future
  12. Heathen – The Rays

Rufus Wainwright: Poses

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On June 5, 2001, “DreamWorks” label released “Poses”, the second Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Pierre Marchand, Greg Wells, Alex Gifford, Ethan Johns and Damian LeGassick. In 2002, Wainwright won “Juno Award” for “Best Alternative Album”; at 2002 “GLAAD Media Awards” won “Outstanding Music Album” award. “Poses” was certified Gold in Canada by “CRIA”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals, piano, acousticand electric guitar, keyboards, dobro, string arrangements
  • Gregg Arreguini – guitar
  • Michael Vincent Chaves – guitar
  • Ally McErlaine – guitar
  • Teddy Thompson – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ethan Johns – electric guitars, drums
  • Yves Desrosiers – banjo, guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
  • Damian LeGassick – keyboards, drum programming, guitar, string arrangement
  • Richard Causon – chamberlin, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond B3 organ
  • Alex Gifford – bass, guitar, piano, alto flute, bass clarinet
  • Jeff Hill – bass, backing vocals
  • Pete Wilson – bass guitar
  • Pierre Marchand – bass, piano, string arrangements
  • Melissa Auf der Maur– bass, backing vocals
  • Greg Wells – drums, bass, keyboards
  • Butch Norton– drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Steve Sidelnyk – drum programming
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Kevin Hupp – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Ash Sood – drums
  • Jon Lewis – lead trumpet
  • Jeffrey Bunnell – trumpet
  • Dennis Farias – trumpet
  • Normand Forget – oboe
  • Pierre Savoie – French horn
  • Jean Paquin – French horn
  • Genevieve Beaudry – violin
  • Melanie Belair – violin
  • Brigid Button – violin
  • Sarah Button – violin
  • Stephanie Allard – violin
  • Jean-Marc LeBlanc – violin
  • Anjana Srinivasan – violin
  • Veronique Potuin – viola
  • Ian Rathbone – viola
  • Julie Dupras – viola
  • Greg Hay – viola
  • Rebecca Ware – viola
  • Wilma Hos – viola
  • Carla Antoun – cello
  • Laura Fairhurst – cello
  • Christine Giguere – cello
  • Hilary Skewes – cello
  • Bernadette Colomine – backing vocals
  • Julianna Raye – backing vocals
  • Martha Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Daniel Savant – leader

Track listing:

All songs written by Rufus Wainwright, except where noted.

  1. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
  2. Greek Song
  3. Poses
  4. Shadows – Alex Gifford, Rufus Wainwright
  5. California
  6. The Tower of Learning
  7. Grey Gardens
  8. Rebel Prince
  9. The Consort
  10. One Man Guy – Loudon Wainwright III
  11. Evil Angel
  12. In a Graveyard
  13. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” (reprise)

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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Make Believe

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