Tag Archives: 2002

The Black Keys: The Big Come Up

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May 14, 2002, “Alive” label released “The Big Come Up”, the debut Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded January – March 2002, at “Synth Etiquette Analog Sound” in Akron, Ohio, and was produced by Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – vocals, electric and slide guitar, 12 string guitar, bass
  • Patrick Carney – drums, tambourine, maracas, beats, sampler
  • Gabe Fulvimar – Moog bass 
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Patrick Boissel – design
  • Michael Carney – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, except where noted.

  1. Busted – R. I. Burnside
  2. Do the Rump – Junior Kimbrough
  3. I’ll Be Your Man
  4. Countdown
  5. The Breaks
  6. Run Me Down
  7. Leavin’ Trunk – traditional
  8. Heavy Soul
  9. She Said, She Said – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Them Eyes
  11. Yearnin’
  12. Brooklyn Bound
  13. 240 Years Before Your Time

Mayday: Old Blood

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On May 14, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Old Blood”, the debut Mayday studio album. It was recorded May – November 2001, at “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, “Chase Park Transduction” in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Ted Stevens – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tiffany Kowalski
  • John Kotchian
  • Mike Mogis – various instruments, recording
  • A. J. Mogis – bass, recording
  • Pat Oakes – drums
  • Andy Lemaster
  • Conor Oberst
  • Maria Taylor
  • Orenda Fink
  • Renee Ledesma Hoover
  • Gretta Cohn – cello
  • The Georgians – additional tracking
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering
  • Matt Maginn – layout
  • Robb Oberst – layout
  • Ted Stevens – layout
  • Jammie Williams – photography
  • Sara Adkison – photography
  • Ted Stevens – photography

Track listing:

  1. Cinquefoils
  2. Come Home
  3. Captain
  4. Tone/Atone/Atonal
  5. Lullaby For the Sleeping Elephant
  6. I Know Moonlight
  7. Confession
  8. Pilot
  9. Temple/Temporary/Extempore/Tempo

Ryan Adams: Love Is Hell

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On May 4, 2004, “Lost Highway” label released “Love Is Hell”, the fifth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in September 2002, in New York City, February 2003, in New Orleans, and was produced by John Porter and Ryan Adams.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars, piano, other instruments
  • Marianne Faithfull – backing vocals

New York Band

  • Johnny McNabb – lead guitar
  • Joe McGinty – piano
  • Johnny Pisano – bass
  • Paul Garisto – drums

New Orleans Band

  • Greg Leisz – lead guitar, pedal steel
  • Ian McLagan – B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano5, 16
  • Jon Cleary – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, rhythm guitar
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass
  • Ricky Fataar – drums
  • Ruth Gottlieb – violin
  • Sarah Wilson – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, except where noted.

  1. Political Scientist
  2. Afraid Not Scared
  3. This House Is Not for Sale
  4. Anybody Wanna Take Me Home
  5. Love is Hell
  6. Wonderwall – Noel Gallagher
  7. The Shadowlands
  8. World War 24
  9. Avalanche
  10. My Blue Manhattan
  11. Please Do Not Let Me Go
  12. City Rain, City Streets
  13. I See Monsters
  14. English Girls Approximately
  15. Thank You Louise
  16. Hotel Chelsea Nights

Goldfrapp: Black Cherry

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On April 23, 2003,” Mute” released “Black Cherry”, the second Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Home Studio” in Somerset, “Air” in London, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, synths, arrangements, recording, mixing, art direction, design
  • Will Gregory – synths, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Andy Davis – guitar 
  • Adrian Utley – guitar, bass 
  • Charlie Jones – bass
  • Damon Reece – drums
  • Rowan Oliver – drums, percussion, additional drum programming
  • Mark Linkous – Casio
  • Nick Batt – synths, additional programming
  • Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting
  • Nick Batt – recording
  • Bruno Ellingham – Pro Tools editing
  • Steve Orchard – string recording, string submixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • David Bascombe – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Big Active – art direction, design, illustrations, type
  • Polly Borland – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

  1. Crystalline Green
  2. Train
  3. Black Cherry
  4. Tiptoe
  5. Deep Honey
  6. Hairy Trees
  7. Twist
  8. Strict Machine – Nick Batt, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
  9. Forever
  10. Slippage

ShelleyDevoto: Buzzkunst

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On March 5, 2002, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Buzzkunst”, album by ShelleyDevoto. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto. Videos were recorded live at “Irregular” in London, on 9 February 2000.

Personnel:

  • Pete Shelley – vocals
  • Howard Devoto – vocals
  • Harrison Smith – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Kay Hoffnung – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Howard Devoto, all music by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley.

  1. Can You See Me Shining?
  2. Strain of Bacteria
  3. Deeper
  4. Til the Stars in His Eyes Are Dead
  5. On Solids
  6. Self-Destruction
  7. You Are Still There
  8. God’s Particle
  9. A World to Give Away
  10. Stupid Kunst
  11. System Blues
  12. So There I Was
  13. Wednesday’s Emotional Setup
  14. Going Off
  15. Til the Stars in His Eyes Are Dead (live) video
  16. Going Off (live) video

Lars Winnerbäck and Hovet: Söndermarken

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On March 3, 2003, ”Universal Music” label released ”Söndermarken”, Lars Winnerbäck and Hovet first album (sixth Lars Winnerbäck studio album overall). It was recorded in 2002, at “Puk Recording Studios“ in Gjerlev near Randers, Denmark, and was produced by Lars Winnerbäck, Josef Zackrisson, Norpan Eriksson, Johan Persson, Staffan Anderson, Jens Back,

Personnel:

  • Lars Winnerbäck – lead vocal, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica, layout, photography
  • Johan Persson – guitar, harmonica, accordion, choir
  • Staffan Anderson – guitar
  • Jens Back – piano, keyboards, organ, saxophone
  • Josef Zackrisson – bass, choir
  • Norpan Eriksson – drums, percussion
  • Anna Stadling, Idde Schultz – choir
  • Ronny Lahti – recording, mixing
  • Jakob Meinert Folke – engineer assistant
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering
  • Karl-Magnus Boske – layout
  • Jonas Linell – photography
  • Peter Hart – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Lars Winnerbäck.

  1. Faller
  2. At samma håll
  3. Min Älskling Har Ett Hjärta Av Snö
  4. Över gränsen
  5. Dunkla rum
  6. Brustna hjärtans röst
  7. Lång väg hem
  8. Dom sista drömmarna
  9. Timglas
  10. Söndermarken

Bradley Joseph: One Deep Breath

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On February 14, 2002, “Robbins Island” label released “One Deep Breath”, the fifth Bradley Joseph album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Bradley Joseph.

Personnel:

  • Bradley Joseph – all instruments, vocal expressions
  • Clystie Whang – vocal expressions
  • Tony Horning – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradley Joseph.

  1. Is This A Dream?
  2. Wildflowers
  3. Dreamers Lullaby
  4. A Moments Rest
  5. Dance Of Life (Inspired by Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka)
  6. Water Voyage
  7. Inside The Sky
  8. If I Could Fly
  9. Dancers Waltz
  10. One Deep Breath

The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas

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On February 11, 2003, “Columbia” label released “These Are the Vistas”, the second Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded September – October 2002, at “Real World Studios”, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – acoustic bass
  • David King – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Reid Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Big Eater
  2. Keep the Bugs Off Your Glass and the Bears Off Your Ass – David King
  3. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  4. Everywhere You Turn
  5. 1872 Bronze Medalist – David King
  6. Guilty – Ethan Iverson
  7. Boo-Wah – Ethan Iverson
  8. Flim – Richard D. James
  9. Heart of Glass – Deborah Harry, Chris Stein
  10. Silence Is the Question

ScoLoHoFo: Oh!

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On January 27, 2003, “Blue Note” label released “Oh!”, album by ScoLoHoFo. It was recorded in July 2002, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and Al Foster.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • John Scofield – guitars
  • Dave Holland – bass
  • Al Foster – drums
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative direction
  • Burton Yount – package design
  • Jimmy Katz – photography
  • Michael Bourne – liner notes
  • Eli Wolf – A&R direction, co-producer
  • Mantis Evar – product manager

Track listing:

  1. Oh! – Joe Lovano
  2. Right About Now – John Scofield
  3. The Winding Way – Dave Holland
  4. Bittersweet – Al Foster
  5. Shorter Form – John Scofield
  6. New Amsterdam – Joe Lovano
  7. In Your Arms – Dave Holland
  8. The Dawn of Time – Joe Lovano
  9. Brandyn – Al Foster
  10. Faces – Dave Holland
  11. Oh I See – John Scofield

A.T.C.: Last Epic

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On January 22, 2003, “Atenzia Records” label released “Last Epic”, the third A.C.T. studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Underground Studio” in Västerås, Sweden, and was produced by Pelle Saether, Herman Saming, Ola Anderson, Jerry Sahlin, Peter Asp and Thomas Lejon.

Personnel:

  • Herman Saming – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, concept
  • Ola Andersson – lead and backing vocals, guitar, arrangements, concept
  • Jerry Sahlin – lead and backing vocals, vocoder, keyboards, arrangements, concept, mixing
  • Peter Asp – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements, concept, design, mixing
  • Thomas Lejon – drums, arrangements, concept, mixing
  • Sara Svensson – vocal
  • Tomas Erlamdsson – percussion
  • Stefan Pöntinen – violin
  • Kajse-Lotta Soleke
  • Malin Wikblad – viola
  • Per Tidstrand – cello, mixing
  • Johan Ederfors – strings arrangements, conductor, mixing
  • Stefan Högström – recording
  • Lars Lindén – engineer
  • Pelle Saeter – engineer, mixing
  • Dragan Tanaskovic – mastering
  • John the Fisherman – design
  • Max Alm Norell – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics as noted, all music by Jerry Sahlin.

  1. Intro
  2. Wailings from a Building – lyrics by Ola Andersson
  3. Mr. Landlord – Apartment – lyrics by Peter Asp
  4. Torn by a Phrase – Garden – lyrics by peter Asp
  5. Ted’s Ballad – Attic – lyrics by Herman Saming
  6. Dance of Mr. Gumble
  7. Wake Up – Apartment 122 – lyrics by Herman Saming
  8. Manipulator – Barbeque – lyrics by Herman Saming
  9. A Loaded Situation
  10. The Observer – lyrics by Peter Asp
  11. The Cause – lyrics by Ola Andersson
  12. The Effect – lyrics by Ola Andersson
  13. Summary – lyrics by Ola Andersson
  14. Outro – lyrics by Herman Saming, Ola Andersson, Peter Asp