Tag Archives: 2002

The Microphones: Mount Eerie

On January 21, 2003, “K Records” label released “Mount Eerie”, the fourth Microphones (The) studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – June 2002, at “Dub Narcotic” in Olympia, Washington, and was produced by Phil Elverum.

Personnel:

  • Phil Elverum – Phil
  • Adam Forkner – Scary Trumpets
  • Khaela Maricich – Close Dark Voice
  • Calvin Johnson – Universe
  • Kyle Field – King Dark Death
  • Karl Blau – Wind / Vultures

Chorus

  • Jenne Kliese
  • Anna Oxygen
  • Mirah Y.T. Zeitlyn

Precipice Carolers

  • Kyle Field
  • Phil Elverum
  • Khaela Maricich
  • Phan Nguyen
  • Amber Bell
  • Bethany Hays Parke
  • Shawn Parke
  • Hollis Parke
  • Dennis Driscoll
  • Zach Alarcon
  • Adam Forkner

Track listing:

  1. I. The Sun
  2. II. Solar System
  3. III. Universe
  4. IV. Mt. Eerie
  5. V. Universe

Elias Viljanen: Taking The Lead

On December 5, 2002, “Lion Music” label released “Taking the Lead”, the debut Elias Viljanen studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Phantom Studios” in Finland, and was produced by Elias Viljanen.

Personnel:

  • Elias Viljanen – guitars
  • Tero Ylönen – keyboards
  • Jani Kemppinen – keyboards 
  • Rami Herckman – bass guitar
  • Tomi Ylönen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Elias Viljanen.

  1. Evoke the Spirit
  2. Evil Rock
  3. The Axemaster
  4. I Go Solo
  5. Northern Breeze
  6. Beyond Twilight
  7. Taking the Lead
  8.  A Cream Come True
  9. Hyper Boogie
  10. Written in Stars
  11. Passion for Glory
  12. Speed of the Devil

Sade: Lovers Rock

On November 13, 2000, “Epic” label released “Lovers Rock”, the fifth Sade studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – August 2000, at “Sarm Hook End” and “Deliverance” in London, “El Cortijo” in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain, and was produced by Mike Pela, Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman. In 2002, “Lovers Rock” earned Sade the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album”.

Personnel:

  • Sade Adu – vocals, arrangements
  • Stuart Matthewman – guitars, woodwinds, programming, arrangements
  • Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Paul S. Denman – bass, arrangements
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Janusz Podrazik – keyboards
  • Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Mike Pela – recording
  • Andy “Nipper” Davies – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Intro – design
  • Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photographs
  • Sophie Muller – cover photography
  • Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.

  1. By Your Side
  2. Flow
  3. King of Sorrow
  4. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
  5. All About Our Love
  6. Slave Song
  7. The Sweetest Gift
  8. Every Word
  9. Immigrant – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik
  10. Lovers Rock
  11. It’s Only Love That Gets You Through – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik

The Dave Matthews Band: Remember Two Things

On November 9, 1993, “Bama Rags” label released “Remember Two Things”, the debut Dave Matthews Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Trax” in Charlottesville, “Flood Zone” in Richmond, “The Muse” in Nantucket, “Flat Five” in Salem, and was produced by John Alagia. In 2002, the album was certified Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • David Matthews – vocals, guitar
  • Stefan Lessard – bass guitar
  • Carter Beauford – vocals, percussion
  • LeRoi Moore – vocals, woodwinds
  • Boyd Tinsley – vocals, violin
  • Greg Howard – Chapman Stick, synthesizer, percussion samples
  • Tim Reynolds – guitars

Track listing:

All tracks by David Matthews, except where noted.

  1. Ants Marching
  2. Tripping Billies
  3. Recently
  4. Satellite
  5. One Sweet World
  6. The Song That Jane Likes – Mark Roebuck
  7. Minarets
  8. Seek Up
  9. I’ll Back You Up
  10. Christmas Song

Buddy Miller: Midnight And Lonesome

On October 15, 2002, “Hightone” label released “Midnight and Lonesome”, the fourth Buddy Miller album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Buddy Miller.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Miller – vocals, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, synthesizer
  • Larry Campbell – steel guitar, violin
  • Al Perkins – steel guitar
  • Phil Madeira – Hammond organ, melodica
  • Fats Kaplan – accordion
  • Byron House – bass
  • Rick Plant – bass
  • Brady Blade – drums
  • Bryan Owings – drums
  • Tammy Rogers – violin
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Julie Miller – backing vocals
  • Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Price of Love – Don & Phil Everly
  2. Wild Card – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  3. I Can’t Get Over You – Julie Miller
  4. Midnight and Lonesome – Julie Miller
  5. When It Comes to You – Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Julie Miller
  6. Water When the Well Is Dry – Bill Mallonee, Buddy Miller
  7. A Showman’s Life – Jesse Winchester
  8. Little Bitty Kiss – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  9. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  10. Oh Fait Pitie D’Amour – Julie Miller
  11. Quecreek – Julie Miller

The Libertines: Up The Bracket

On October 14, 2002, “Rough Trade” label released “Up the Bracket”, the debut Libertines (The) album. It was recorded in August 2002, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Mick Jones.

Personnel:

  1. Carl Barât – vocals, guitar
  2. Pete Doherty – vocals, guitar
  3. John Hassall – bass
  4. Gary Powell – drums 

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

  1. Vertigo
  2. Death on the Stairs
  3. Horror Show
  4. Time for Heroes
  5. Boys in the Band
  6. Radio America
  7. Up the Bracket
  8. Tell the King
  9. The Boy Looked at Johnny
  10. Begging
  11. The Good Old Days
  12. I Get Along

Peter Gabriel: Up

On September 23, 2002, “Geffen” and “Real World Records” label released “Up”, the seventh Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – October 1998, 2000 – 2002, at “Real World” in Box, UK, “The Meduse” in Senegal, “Real World Mobile” in France, “Air” in London, “Hype Studios” in Singapore, and was produced by Stephen Hague and Peter Gabriel.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, piano, keyboards, JamMan, MPC groove, electronics, organ, bass keys, sampled keyboards, bass guitar, harmonium, Telecaster, crotales, tom–tom, samples, harmonica, reversed strings, string samples, Mellotron, sampled guitar
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitars, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Dave Power – drums
  • Ged Lynch – drums, percussion
  • Dominque Mahut – percussion
  • Richard Chappell – percussion, treated loop, loop manipulation, programming
  • Alex Swift – additional programming
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Will Gregory – string arrangements
  • Isobel Griffiths – string contractor
  • Nick Ingman – orchestrations
  • Tchad Blake – tape scratches, groove treatment effects
  • Adrian Chivers – backing vocals
  • Pete Davis – additional programming
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – additional and backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel, except where noted.

  1. Darkness
  2. Growing Up
  3. Sky Blue
  4. No Way Out
  5. I Grieve
  6. The Barry Williams Show
  7. My Head Sounds Like That
  8. More Than This
  9. Signal to Noise
  10. The Drop

Peter Wolf: Sleeppless

On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Wolf – vocals
  • Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
  • Steve Earle – vocals
  •  Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
  • Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitars
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • Brian Mitchell – accordion
  • Magic Dick – harmonica
  •  Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
  • Warren McRae – electric bass
  • John Conte – electric bass
  • Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
  • Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Dan Reiser – drums
  • Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
  • Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
  • Bob Funk – tenor trombone
  • Rob Eaton – backing vocals
  • Teresa Williams – backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Cire Jones – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Milt Grayson – bass vocals
  • Fred Griffith – backing vocals
  • Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
  • Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
  • Phil Greene – mixing
  • Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
  • Chris Rival – additional engineering
  • Tom Waltz – additional engineering
  • John Weston – additional engineering
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
  • Joe Greene – photography
  • Karen Rome – project coordinator
  • Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
  2. Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
  3. A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  4. Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
  5. Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
  6. Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
  7. Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  8. Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  9. Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  11. Oh Marianne – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  12. Sleepless – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf

Rob Mazurek: Silver Spines

On August 27, 2002, “Delmark” label released “Silver Spines”, album by Rob Mazurek. It was recorded in March 2002, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Casey Rice and Rob Mazurek.

Personnel:

  • Rob Mazurek – cornet, Moog, laptop, found sound, tubular bells
  • Casey Rice − Nord micro modular, Metal monster saturation pedal

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Mazurek, except where noted.

  1. Moving Through and Back Again (The Quietude of Moving Through You and Back Again)
  2. Cloth and Bells Cut, 4 Seconds of Silence (I Have Separated Nothing and Doubled My Heart)
  3. Breathe and Silver Spines Contained (For Stanley Kubrick)
  4. Birds Song So Sang Them
  5. Patterns and Fixations Along the Path of Seeing Red
  6. Feel Ard… Ardeel… Feeling Hard… Falling Harder – Casey Rice
  7. Haphazard Half Hazardous.. Frequencies Push Through Another and Another…
  8. For, Love (No Burst in Beginning)
  9. Through the Window There Was a Green and Blue Dress
  10. Metal Monsters Never Fail Me Now – Casey Rice
  11. Composition 56 in 4th Place and Still Looking
  12. Them Sang So Song Birds
  13. Remember the Time It Spun Out and Fell into Itself. It Never Stopped Rising…
  14. Quietly Sleeping
  15. How Times Turns Itself (Or) That Thought I Had Next Thursday Was a Good One
  16. Underwater and Trying to Find the Stars
  17. Still Looking but Not Breathing
  18. Love, For (Slight Burst in Beginning)

Warren Zevon: The Wind

On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
  • Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
  • Mike Campbell – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh – electric guitar
  • James Raymond – piano
  • Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gorman – drums
  • Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
  • Gil Bernal – saxophone
  • Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • John Waite – backing vocals
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
  • T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Greg Hayes – engineer
  • James Mitchell – engineer
  • Joe West – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Matthew Rolston – cover photography
  • Bridgette Barr – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Life and Times – Warren Zevon
  2. Disorder in the House
  3. Knockin’ on a Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
  4. Numb as a Statue
  5. She’s Too Good for Me – Warren Zevon
  6. Prison Grove
  7. El Amore de Mi Vida
  8. The Rest of the Night
  9. Please Stay – Warren Zevon
  10. Rub Me Raw
  11. Keep Me in Your Heart