On December 2, 2013, Murvin Junior Smith aka Junior Murvin, died aged 67. He was Jamaican reggae songwriter and singer, has recorded eight albums, and he was best known for his song “Police and Thieves”, produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry in 1976.
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My Bloody Valentine: Isn’t Anything
On November 21, 1988, “Creation Records” label released “Isn’t Anything”, the debut My Bloody Valentine studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Foel Studio” in Llanfair Caereinion, “Time Square Studios” and “Greenhouse Studio” in London, and was produced by Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig. In 2013, NME magazine ranked the album at number 187 in its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Kevin Shields– vocals, guitar
- Bilinda Butcher– vocals, guitar
- Debbie Googe– bass
- Colm Ó Cíosóig– drums, percussion
- Dave Anderson– engineer
- Steve Nunn – engineer
- Alex Russell – engineer
- Joe Dilworth– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Kevin Shields except where noted.
- Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) – Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig
- Lose My Breath – Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields
- Cupid Come – Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields
- “(When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream – Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig
- No More Sorry – Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields
- All I Need
- Feed Me with Your Kiss
- Sueisfine – Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig
- Several Girls Galore – Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields
- You Never Should
- Nothing Much to Lose
- I Can See It (But I Can’t Feel It)
Beastie Boys: Licensed To ill
On November 15, 1986, “Def Jam” label released “Licensed to ill”, the debut Beastie Boys studio album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 217 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and in 2013 the same magazine named it the best debut album of all time. “Licensed to Ill” was the first rap album to top the Billboard album chart. In February 1987, the album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA’.
Personnel:
- Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) – vocals, drums
- MCA (Adam Nathaniel Yauch) – vocals, bass
- Ad – Rock (Adam Keefe Horovitz) – vocals, guitar, programing
- Kerry King– lead guitar
- Keene Carse – trombone
- Danny Lipman – trumpet
- Tony Orbach – tenor saxophone
- Steven Ett – engineer
- Joe Blaney – mixing
- Steve Byram – art direction
- World B. Omes (David Gambale) – cover art
- Sunny Bak– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock and Rick Rubin, except where noted.
- Rhymin & Stealin
- The New Style
- She’s Crafty
- Posse in Effect
- Slow Ride
- Girls
- (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)
- No Sleep till Brooklyn
- Paul Revere – Adam Horovitz,Darryl McDaniels, Rick Rubin, Joseph Simmons
- Hold It Now, Hit It
- Brass Monkey
- Slow and Low – Darryl McDaniels, Rick Rubin, Joseph Simmons
- Time to Get Ill
The Jam: All Mod Cons
On November 3, 1978, “Polydor” label released “All Mod Cons”, the third Jam (The) album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “RAK” and “Eden Studios” in London, and was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Chris Parry. In 2000, “Q” magazine ranked “All Mod Cons” at number 50 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”, in 2013, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 219 in its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, design
- Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass, design
- Rick Buckler – drums, percussion, design
- Gregg Jackman, Roger Bechirian, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – soundboard engineer
- Peter Schierwade, Phil Thornalley – engineer assistant
- Bill Smith – design
- Peter “Kodick” Gravelle – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.
- All Mod Cons
- To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)
- Clean
- David Watts – Ray Davies
- English Rose
- In the Crowd
- Billy Hunt
- It’s Too Bad
- Fly
- The Place I Love
- ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
- Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
Lou Reed
On October 27, 2013, Lewis Allan “Lou” Reed died aged 71. He was musician (guitar), singer, and songwriter, both as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, and with his solo career, he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential artists in the history of rock music. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “The Velvet Underground & Nico”, the debut Velvet Underground album at number 13 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; and in 2013, the same magazine included “Transformer” and “Berlin”, two Reed’s albums on the same list. In 2015, Reed was posthumously inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
Suede: Dog Man Star
On October 10, 1994, “Nude Records” label released “Dog Man Star”, the second Suede studio album. It was recorded in March–July 1994, at “Master Rock Studios” in London, and was produced by Ed Buller. In October 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 31 in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Brett Anderson– vocals
- Bernard Butler– guitar, keyboards
- Mat Osman– bass guitar
- Simon Gilbert– drums
- Phil Overhead – percussion
- Simon Clarke – trumpet
- Roddy Lorimer– saxophone, flute
- Richard Edwards– trombone
- Andrew Cronshaw – cimbalon, Ba-Wu flute
- Ed Buller– engineer
- Gary Stout – engineer
- Bob Ludwig– mastering
- Tessa Niles– additional vocals
- Children from The Tricycle Theatre Workshop – additional vocals
- Orchestra – Sinfonia of London- arranged and conducted by Brian Gascoine
Track listing:
All lyrics by Brett Anderson; all music by Bernard Butler.
- Introducing the Band
- We are the Pigs
- Heroine
- The Wild Ones
- Daddy’s Speeding
- The Power
- New generation
- This Hollywood Life
- The 2 Of us
- Black or Blue
- The Asphalt World
- Still Life
Phil Selway: Weatherhouse
On October 7, 2014, “Bella Union” label released “Weatherhouse” the second solo Phil Selway album. It was recorded 2013 in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Phil Ilhan and Quinta.
Personnel:
- Phil Selway – vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine
- Adem Ilhan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drum machine, marimba, programming, engineer
- Quinta – vocals, clavichord, fender rhodes, marimba, mellotron, musical saw, hammond organ, percussion, piano, viola, violin
The Elysian Quartet
- Jennymay Logan – violin
- Emma Smith – violin
- Vince Sipprell – viola
- Laura Moody – cello
- Graeme Stewart – engineer
- Marta Salogni – engineer
- David Wrench – mixing
- Mandy Parnell – mastering
- Ted Dewan – artwork, sdesign
Track listing:
- Coming Up for Air
- Around Again
- Let It Go
- Miles Away
- Ghosts
- It Will End in Tears
- Don’t Go Now
- Drawn to the Light
- Waiting for a Sign
- Turning It Inside Out
Tame Impala: Lonerism
On October 5, 2012, “Modular Recordings” label released “Lonerism” the second Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded 2010–2012, at Perth, Australia and in Paris, and was produced by Kevin Parker. In November 2012, “Lonerism” won the 2012 “J Award” for Australian “Album of the Year”. In 2013 tame Impala won the “Rolling Stone Australia” award for “2012 Album of the Year”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIIA”.
Personnel:
- Kevin Parker– vocals, instrumentation, cover photogarphy
- Jay Watson – piano, keys
- Melody Prochet– spoken voice
- Dave Fridmann– mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Leif Podhajsky– artwork, layout
- Matthew C. Saville – studio photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Kevin Parker, except “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Elephant”, by Kevin Parker and Jay Watson.
- Be Above It
- Endors Toi
- Apocalypse Dreams
- Mind Mischief
- Music to Walk Home By
- Why Won’t They Talk to Me?
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
- Keep on Lying
- Elephant
- She Just Won’t Believe Me
- Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
- Sun’s Coming Up
MGMT: Same
On September 17, 2013, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut MGMT studio album. It was recorded February 2012 – March 2013, at :Vacation Island: and “Tarbox Road Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.
Personnel:
- Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
- Ben Goldwasser – vocals, keyboards
- Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
- Matt Boynton – additional recording
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Alejandro Cardenas – art direction, design
- Danny Clinch – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden; all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser except where noted.
- Alien Days
- Cool Song No. 2
- Mystery Disease
- Introspection – Faine Jade cover
- Your Life Is a Lie
- A Good Sadness
- Astro-Mancy
- I Love You Too, Death
- Plenty of Girls in the Sea
- An Orphan of Fortune
Arctic Monkeys: AM
On September 9, 2013, “Domino” label released “AM”, the fifth Arctic Monkeys studio album. It was recorded August 2012 – June 2013, at “Sage & Sound Recording” in Los Angeles; “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, and was produced by James Ford and Ross Orton. The album was named the “Best Album of 2013” by “NME” magazine, and featured at number 449 on magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “AM” was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA’; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, and 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Alex Turner- vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar
- Jamie Cook- lead and rhythm guitar
- Nick O’Malley- bass guitar, baritone guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Helders- vocals, drums, electronic drums, percussion
- James Ford- keyboards, tambourine
- Bill Ryder-Jones– lead guitar
- Pete Thomas– percussion
- Josh Homme– backing vocals
- Ross Orton– engineer
- Ian Shea – engineer
- Tchad Blake– mixing
- Brian Lucey – mastering
- Matthew Cooper – design
- Zachery Michael – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Alex Turner, except where noted, all music by Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O’Malley.
- Do I Wanna Know?
- R U Mine – Alex Turner, Nick O’Malley
- One for the Road
- Arabella
- I Want It All
- 1 Party Anthem
- Mad Sounds – Alex Turner, Alan Smyth
- Fireside
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Snap Out of It
- Knee Socks
- I Wanna Be Yours – John Cooper Clarke
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