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The Dandy Warhols: Welcome to the Monkey House

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Welcome to the monkey house

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

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell

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On April 29, 2003, “Interscope” label released “Fever to Tell”, self-titled, debut Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Headgear Studio” in Brooklyn, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek, Brian Chase, Karen O and Nick Zinner. The “New York Times” voted “Fever To Tell” the best album of the year.

Personnel:

  • Karen O– vocals
  • Nick Zinner– guitars, keyboards
  • Brian Chase– drums, percussion
  • Paul Mahajan – engineer
  • Chris Coady – post-production
  • Roger Lian – editing
  • Alan Moulder, David Andrew Sitek – mixing
  • Rick Levy – assistance
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Cody Critcheloe– artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase.

  1. Rich
  2. Date With the Night
  3. Man
  4. Tick
  5. Black Tongue
  6. Pin
  7. Cold Light
  8. No No No
  9. Maps
  10. Y Control
  11. Modern Romance
  12. Untitled (Yeah! New York bonus track)

 

Daniel Lanois: Shine

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On April 22, 2003, “Anti Records” label released “Shine”, the ninth Daniel Lanois album. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Lanois– vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass
  • Malcolm Burn– guitar, keyboards
  • Aaron Embry- Piano, Hammond B3, melodica
  • Daryl Johnson– bass
  • Brian Blade– drums
  • Brady Blade, Jr.– drums
  • Bono– vocal
  • Emmylou Harris– backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Daniel Lanois, except where noted.

  1. I Love You
  2. Falling at Your Feet – Bono, Daniel Lanois
  3. As Tears Roll By
  4. Sometimes
  5. Shine
  6. Transmitter
  7. San Juan
  8. Matador
  9. Space Kay
  10. Slow Giving
  11. Fire
  12. Power of One
  13. J J Leaves LA

Nina Simone

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On April 21, 2003, Eunice Kathleen Waymon aka Nina Simone, died aged 70. She was singer, songwriter, musician (piano), arranger, and civil rights activist. In her career, Simone has recorded more than forty albums. Many famous musicians have cited Simone as their influence, among the others: Aretha Franklin, Adele, David Bowie, Antony and the Johnsons, Dianne Reeves , Sade , Beyoncé,  Janis Joplin , Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Van Morrison, Elkie Brooks, Lena Horne, Bono, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, Elton John, Alicia Keys and Lana Del Rey. John Lennon cited Simone’s version of “I Put a Spell on You” as a inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Michelle”.

For her work, Simone received various awards including:

  • In 2000, “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”for her interpretation of “I Love You, Porgy”
  • Honorary degrees in music and humanities, from the “University of Massachusetts Amherst” and “Malcolm X College”
  • Honorary degree by the “Curtis Institute of Music”
  • In 2002, city of Nijmegen, in Netherlands, named a street the “Nina Simone straat”
  • In 2009, Simone was inducted into the “North Carolina Music Hall of Fame”
  • In 2010, her home town Tryon, in North Carolina, placed her statue in the “Trade Street”

Pixies: Doolittle

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Pixies-Doolittle

On April 18, 1989, “4AD” released “Doolittle”, the second Pixies studio album. It was recorded October 31 – November 23, 1988, at “Downtown Recorders” in Boston, “Massachusetts”  and  “Carriage House Studios” in Stamford, Connecticut, and was produced by Gil Norton. In 1995, the album was certified Gold by the “Recording Industry Association of America”. In 2003 “NME” magazine writers ranked  “Doolittle”as the second-greatest album of all time, and “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 226 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Black Francis– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Joey Santiago– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Kim Deal– vocals, bass guitar, slide guitar
  • David Lovering – vocals, drums, bass guitar
  • Karen Karlsrud – violin
  • Corine Metter – violin
  • Arthur Fiacco – cello
  • Ann Rorich – cello

Track listing

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Debaser
  2. Tame
  3. Wave of Mutilation
  4. I Bleed
  5. Here Comes Your Man
  6. Dead
  7. Monkey Gone to Heaven
  8. Grieves
  9. Crackity Jones
  10. La La Love You
  11. 13 Baby
  12. There Goes My Gun
  13. Hey
  14. Silver – Black Francis, Kim Deal
  15. Gouge Away

Fleetwood Mac: Say You Will

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On April 15, 2003, “Reprise” label released “Say You Will”, the 17th Fleetwood Mac studio album. It was recorded 1995, 1997–2002, and was produced by Lindsey Buckingham, Rob Cavallo and John Shanks.

Personnel:

  • Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Stevie Nicks – vocals, keyboards
  • Christine McVie– keyboards, backing vocals
  • John McVie – bass guitar, black keys
  • Mick Fleetwood– drums, percussion
  • Sheryl Crow– Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac– Hammond organ
  • John Shanks– keyboards
  • Dave Palmer– piano
  • John Pierce – bass guitar
  • Jessica James Nicks, Molly McVie, Madelyne Felsch – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. What’s the World Coming To? – Lindsey Buckingham, Julian Raymond
  2. Murrow Turning Over in His Grave – Lindsey Buckingham
  3. Illume (9–11) – Stevie Nicks
  4. Throw Down – Stevie Nicks
  5. Miranda – Lindsey Buckingham
  6. Red Rover – Lindsey Buckingham
  7. Say You Will – Stevie Nicks
  8. Peacekeeper – Lindsey Buckingham
  9. Come – Lindsey Buckingham, Neale Heywood
  10. Smile at You – Stevie Nicks
  11. Running Through the Garden – Stevie Nicks, Ray Kennedy, Gary Nicholson
  12. Silver Girl – Stevie Nicks
  13. Steal Your Heart Away – Lindsey Buckingham
  14. Bleed to Love Her – Lindsey Buckingham
  15. Everybody Finds Out – Stevie Nicks, Rick Nowels
  16. Destiny Rules – Stevie Nicks
  17. Say Goodbye – Lindsey Buckingham
  18. Goodbye Baby – Stevie Nicks

Todd Rundgren: Liars

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On April 6, 2004, “Sanctuary” label released “Liars”, the eighteenth Todd Rundgren album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren – vocals, various instruments, recording, mixing
  • Ken Emerson – slide guitar
  • Garn Ian Thomasson – wind
  • Jannelle Guillot – voice actor
  • Kehni Davis – engineer
  • Adrian Van Velsen – mastering
  • Michael Yip – mastering assistant
  • Greg Deutelbaum – creative director
  • Rupesh Pattni – design
  • Bob Michaels, Jeff Dean, John Trickett – executive producer
  • Barbie Solinski – production manager
  • Eric McLean – coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Todd Rundgren

  1. Truth
  2. Sweet
  3. Happy Anniversary
  4. Soul Brother
  5. Stood Up
  6. Mammon
  7. Future
  8. Past
  9. Wondering
  10. Flaw
  11. Afterlife
  12. Living
  13. God Said
  14. Liar

 

The Divine Comedy: Absent Friends

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The Divine Comedy - Absent Friends

On March 29, 2004, “Parlaphone” label released “Absent Friends”, the eighth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2003, at “RAK Studios”, and “Konk Studios” in London, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Lauren Laverne– vocals
  • Yann Tiersen– accordion
  • Simon Little – double bass
  • Miggy Barradas – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Crispin Robinson – congas

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Absent Friends
  2. Sticks & Stones
  3. Leaving Today
  4. Come Home Billy Bird
  5. My Imaginary Friend
  6. The Wreck of the Beautiful
  7. Our Mutual Friend
  8. The Happy Goth
  9. Freedom Road
  10. Laika’s Theme
  11. Charmed Life

Linkin Park: Meteora

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Meteora

On Mach 25, 2003, “Warner Bros” released “Meteora”, the second Linkin Park studio album. It was recorded April–December 2002, at “NRG Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Don Gilmore, Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Ferrell and Rob Bourdon. “Meteora” is the most successful album in the history of the “Alternative Songs Chart”, certified 6 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Chester Bennington– lead vocals, harsh vocals
  • Mike Shinoda– vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano; strings arrangement
  • Brad Delson– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave “Phoenix” Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Hahn– turntables, samples, programming, backing vocals
  • Rob Bourdon– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Campbell– strings arrangement
  • Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson – violins
  • Evan Wilson, Bob Becker – violas
  • Larry Corbett, Dan Smith – cello
  • David Zasloff – shakuhachiflute
  • Don Gilmore – recording
  • EnrJohn Ewing, Jr. – engineer
  • Fox Phelps – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
  • Brian “Big Bass” Gardner– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Ferrell and Rob Bourdon.

  1. Foreword
  2. Don’t Stay
  3. Somewhere I Belong
  4. Lying from You
  5. Hit the Floor
  6. Easier to Run
  7. Faint
  8. Figure 09
  9. Breaking the Habit
  10. From the Inside
  11. Nobody’s Listening
  12. Session
  13. Numb