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Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy

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On September 18, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Oh Mercy”, the twenty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded February – April 1989, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, 12-stringguitar, organ
  • Daniel Lanois – dobro, lap steel, guitar, omnichord, mixing
  • Mason Ruffner– guitar
  • Brian Stoltz – guitar
  • Paul Synegal – guitar
  • Malcolm Burn– tambourine, keyboards, mercy keys, bass guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rockin’ Dopsie– accordion
  • Larry Jolivet – bass guitar
  • Tony Hall – bass guitar
  • Willie Green – drums
  • Daryl Johnson  – percussion
  • Cyril Neville– percussion
  • Alton Rubin, Jr. – scrub board
  • John Hart – saxophone
  • Mark Howard– mixing, studio installation
  • Greg Calbi– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Political World
  2. Where Teardrops Fall
  3. Everything Is Broken
  4. Ring Them Bells
  5. Man in the Long Black Coat
  6. Most of the Time
  7. What Good Am I?
  8. Disease of Conceit
  9. What Was It You Wanted
  10. Shooting Star

 

Rory Gallagher: Top Priority

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On September 16, 1979, “Chrysalis” label released “Top Priority”, the tenth Rory Gallagher album. It was recorded March-April 1979, at “Dierks Studios” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Rory Gallagher.

Personnel:

  • Rory Gallagher– vocals, guitars, dulcimer, harmonica, electric sitar
  • Gerry McAvoy– bass guitar
  • Ted McKenna– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Gallagher.

  1. Follow Me
  2. Philby
  3. Wayward Child
  4. Key Chain
  5. At the Depot
  6. Bad Penny
  7. Just Hit Town
  8. Off the Handle
  9. Public Enemy No. 1

Ramones: Halfway To Sanity

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On September 15, 1987, “Sire” label released “Halfway to Sanity”, the tenth Ramones studio album. It was recorded in April 1987, and was produced by Daniel Rey, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee ramonea and Richie Ramone. ”Halfway to Sanity” is band’s last album to feature Richie Ramone.

Personnel:

  • Joey Ramone– lead vocals
  • Johnny Ramone– rhythm guitar, lead guitar
  • Dee Dee Ramone – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Richie Ramone– drums, backing vocals
  • Debbie Harry– backing vocals
  • Walter Lure- additional guitar
  • Jorge Esteban – engineer
  • Howard Shillingford – engineer assistant
  • DJ Walker – engineer assistant
  • Joe Blaney – mixing

Track listing:

  1. I Wanna Live – Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey
  2. Bop ‘Til You Drop – Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
  3. Garden of Serenity – Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey
  4. Weasel Face – Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
  5. Go Lil’ Camaro Go – Dee Dee Ramone
  6. Death of Me – Joey Ramone
  7. I Lost My Mind – Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
  8. A Real Cool Time – Joey Ramone
  9. I’m Not Jesus – Richie Ramone
  10. Bye Bye Baby – Joey Ramone
  11. Worm Man – Dee Dee Ramone

Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart

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On September 13, 1988, “WEA” label released “Ancient Heart”, the debut Tanita Tikaram studio album. It was recorded April–July 1988, at “Red House Studios” in Silsoe, and was produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke.

Personnel:

  • Tanita Tikaram – vocals, guitar
  • Brendan Croker– guitar
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Mitch Dalton – guitar
  • Clem Clempson– guitar
  • Mark Creswell – guitar
  • Paul Brady– mandolin
  • Rod Argent– keyboards
  • Rory McFarlane– bass
  • Peter Van Hooke– drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Philip Todd – saxophone
  • Mark Isham– trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Malcolm Messiter – oboe
  • Pete Beachill – trombone
  • David Lindley– violin
  • John Georgiadis – violin
  • Helen O’Hara– violin
  • Brendon O’Reilly – violin
  • Ian Jewell – viola
  • Keith Harvey – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanita Tikaram.

  1. Good Tradition
  2. Cathedral Song
  3. Sighing Innocents
  4. I Love You
  5. World Outside Your Window
  6. For All These Years
  7. Twist in My Sobriety
  8. Poor Cow
  9. He Likes the Sun
  10. Valentine Heart
  11. Preyed Upon

Ron Wood: I’ve Got My Own Album To Do

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On September 13, 1974, “Warner Bros” released “I’ve Got My Own Album to Do”,the debut Ronnie Wood album. It was recorded December 1973, April – June 1974, at The Wick, Richmond in London, and was produced by Ronnie Wood and Gary Kellgren.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Wood – lead vocals, guitars, percussion, harmonica, guitar effects
  • Keith Richards – lead and backing vocals, guitars, electric piano, piano, percussion, guitar effects
  • Mick Jagger – guitar, backing vocals
  • George Harrison– slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Martin Quittenton– acoustic guitar
  • Mick Taylor– bass, electric guitar, electric piano, ARP synthesizer
  • Ian McLagan– organ, electric piano, ARP synthesizer, piano
  • Jean Roussel– organ, electric piano, piano
  • Willie Weeks– bass, guitar effects
  • Pete Sears– bass, celeste
  • Andy Newmark– drums, percussion
  • Micky Waller– drums
  • Ross Henderson – steel drums
  • Sterling – steel drums
  • David Bowie– backing vocals
  • Rod Stewart– backing vocals
  • Ruby Turner– backing vocals
  • Ireenand Doreen Chanter – backing vocals

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Ronnie Wood except where noted.

  1. I Can Feel the Fire
  2. Far East Man – George Harrison, Ronnie Wood
  3. Mystifies Me
  4. Take a Look at the Guy
  5. Act Together – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  6. Am I Grooving You – Bert Russell, Jeff Barry
  7. Shirley
  8. Cancel Everything
  9. Sure the One You Need – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  10. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
  11. Crotch Music – Willie Weeks

David Bowie: Scary Monsters

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On September 12, 1980, “RCA” label released “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” the fourteenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded February – April 1980, at “The Power Station” in London, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. In 2000, “Q” magazine ranked “Scary Monsters” at number 30 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 381 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone, engineer
  • Pete Townshend– guitar
  • Tony Visconti– acoustic guitar, backing vocals, engineer
  • Carlos Alomar– guitars
  • Chuck Hammer– guitar synthesizer
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Roy Bittan– piano
  • Andy Clark– synthesizer
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Michi Hirota – voice
  • Lynn Maitland – backing vocals
  • Chris Porter – backing vocals
  • Larry Alexander, Jeff Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Peter Mew, Nigel Reeve –mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. It’s No Game (No. 1) – music and lyrics by Bowie, Japanese translation by Hisahi Miura
  2. Up the Hill Backwards
  3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
  4. Ashes to Ashes
  5. Fashion
  6. Teenage Wildlife
  7. Scream Like a Baby
  8. Kingdom Come – Tom Verlaine
  9. Because You’re Young
  10. It’s No Game (No. 2)

 

Chicago: XI

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On September 12, 1977, “Columbia” label released “Chicago XI”, the ninth Chicago studio album. It was recorded April – June 1977, at “Caribou Ranch” in Nederland, Colorado, and was produced by James William Guercio. This was the last Chicago album produced by James William Guercio, and the last one to feature founding member Terry Kath, who died in an gun accident four months later.

Personnel:

  • Terry Kath – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ,  clavinet, Fender Rhodes
  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • James William Guercio – acoustic guitars, bass
  • Danny Seraphine– drums, percussion
  • Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
  • Walter Parazaider– saxophones, flute, clarinet
  • Lee Loughnane– vocals, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
  • James Pankow– vocals, trombone, keyboards, percussion, brass arrangements
  • David “Hawk” Wolinski– ARP synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
  • The Voices of Inspiration – choir
  • Tim Cetera – backing vocals
  • Carl Wilson– backing vocals
  • Chaka Khan – incredible preach, backing vocals
  • Dominic Frontiere– orchestral conception, orchestration, orchestration, string and orchestral, arrangements
  • Wayne Tarnowski – engineer
  • Tom Likes – engineer assistant
  • Armin Steiner – strings recording
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • John Berg – design
  • Nick Fasciano – logo design
  • Reid Miles – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. Mississippi Delta City Blues – Terry Kath
  2. Baby, What a Big Surprise – Peter Cetera
  3. Till the End of Time – James Pankow
  4. Policeman – Robert Lamm
  5. Take Me Back to Chicago – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  6. Vote for Me – Robert Lamm
  7. Takin’ It on Uptown – Fred Kagan, Terry Kath
  8. This Time – Lee Loughnane
  9. The Inner Struggles of a Man – Dominic Frontiere
  10. Prelude (Little One) – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  11. Little One – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski

Nickelback: Silver Side Up

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On September 11, 2001, “Roadrunner” label released “Silver Side Up”, the third Nickelback studio album. It was recorded April – June 2001, at “Greenhouse Studios” in Burnaby, British Columbia, and was produced by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger,  Ryan Vikedal and Rick Parashar. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”;  Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; 8 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”;  Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; 3 x Platinum in Macao by “IFPI Macao”; Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 6 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”; 3 x Platinum in the UK by the “RIIA”, and 2 x Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Chad Kroeger– lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Ryan Peake –rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Thornley– slide guitar
  • Mike Kroeger –bass guitar
  • Ryan Vikedal –drums, percussion
  • Joey Moi– engineer
  • Pat “Sajak” Sharman – engineer assistant
  • Kristina Ardron, Kevin Fairbairn – engineer assistant
  • Randy Staub– mixing
  • Alex Aligizakis – mixing assistant, Pro Tools operator
  • Geoff Ott – digital editing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • amoebacorp.com – design, illustration
  • Daniel Moss – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chad Kroeger; all music by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Vikedal.

  1. Never Again
  2. How You Remind Me
  3. Woke Up This Morning
  4. Too Bad
  5. Just For
  6. Hollywood
  7. Money Bought
  8. Where Do I Hide
  9. Hangnail
  10. Good Times Gone

Gentle Giant: Giant For A Day

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On September 11, 1978, “Chrysalis” label released “Giant for a Day!” the tenth  Gentle Giant album. It was recorded April – May 1978, at “Ramport Studios” in Battersea, England, and was produced by Gary Green, Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman and John Weathers.

Personnel:

  • Derek Shulman– lead vocals
  • Gary Green– acoustic, electric and slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Kerry Minnear– co – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, Minimoog, Hammond organ , Clavinet,  synthesizer, xylophone, bass
  • Ray Shulman– bass, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
  • John Weathers– lead and backing vocals, drums, tambourine, shaker, cowbell

Track listing:

All tracks by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman, except where noted.

  1. Words from the Wise
  2. Thank You
  3. Giant for a Day!
  4. Spooky Boogie – Ray Shulman, Kerry Minnear
  5. Take Me – Derek Shulman, John Weathers
  6. Little Brown Bag
  7. Friends – John Weathers
  8. Friends
  9. No Stranger
  10. It’s Only Goodbye
  11. Rock Climber

Bad Religion: Suffer

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On September 8, 1988, “Epitaph Records” label released “Suffer”, the third Bad Religion album. It was recorded in April 1988, at “Westbeach Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bad Religion.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin– vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz– guitar
  • Greg Hetson– guitar
  • Jay Bentley– bass guitar
  • Pete Finestone– drums
  • Donita Sparks- additional guitar
  • Suzi Gardner- additional guitar
  • Jennifer Finch- backup vocals
  • Donnell Cameron – engineer
  • Legendary Starbolt– engineer
  • Jerry Mahoney – artwork

Track listing:

  1. You Are (The Government) – Greg Graffin
  2. 1000 More Fools – Brett Gurewitz
  3. How Much is Enough – Brett Gurewitz
  4. When – Greg Graffin
  5. Give You Nothing – Greg Griffin, Brett Gurewitz
  6. Land of Competition – Greg Graffin
  7. Forbidden Beat – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
  8. Best of You – Greg Graffin
  9. Suffer – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
  10. Delirium of Disorder – Brett Gurewitz
  11. Part II (The Number Game) – Bret Gurewitz
  12. What Can You Do – Greg Fraffin
  13. Do What You Want – Brett Gurewitz
  14. Part IV (The Index Fossil) – Greg Graffin
  15. Pessimistic Lines – Greg Graffin