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Radiohead: Kid A

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On October 2, 2000, “Parlaphone” label released “Kid A” the fourth Radiohead studio album. It was recorded January 1999 – April 2000, and was produced by Nigel Godrich , Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, ed O’Brien, Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke. In 2006 “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 65 on its list of “The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Kid A” at number 67 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, effects
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Phil Selway  – drums, percussion
  • Steve Hamilton – alto saxophone
  • Mark Lockheart– tenor saxophone
  • Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone
  • Stan Harrison – baritone saxophone
  • Martin Hathaway – alto saxophone
  • Andy Bush – trumpet
  • Mike Kearsey – bass trombone
  • Liam Kerkman – trombone
  • Orchestra of St John’s– strings
  • John Lubbock– conductor
  • Paul Lansky– samples
  • Arthur Kreiger – samples
  • Henry Binns– rhythm sampling
  • Nigel Godrich– engineer, mixing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Gerard Navarro – engineer
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke, except where noted.

  1. Everything in Its Right Place
  2. Kid A
  3. The National Anthem
  4. How to Disappear Completely
  5. Treefingers
  6. Optimistic
  7. In Limbo
  8. Idioteque – Paul Lansky, Arthur Kreiger, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke
  9. Morning Bell
  10. Motion Picture Soundtrack(includes an untitled hidden track)

Fountains Of Wayne: Same

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On October 1, 1996, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, debut Fountains of Wayne studio album. It was recorded January – April 1996, at “The Place” in New York City, and was produced by Adam Schlesinger.

Personnel:

  • Chris Collingwood– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Adam Schlesinger– vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, mixing
  • Danny Weinkauf– bass guitar
  • Dominique Durand– backing vocals
  • Gary Maurer, Eric Tew – engineer
  • Chris Shaw, Gary Mau – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Nick Waplington – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger.

  1. . Radiation Vibe
  2. Sink to the Bottom
  3. Joe Rey
  4. She’s Got a Problem
  5. Survival Car
  6. Barbara H
  7. Sick Day
  8. I’ve Got a Flair
  9. Leave the Biker
  10. You Curse at Girls
  11. Please Don’t Rock Me Tonight
  12. Everything’s Ruined

Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs

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On September 27, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Recent Songs” sixth  studio Leonard Cohen album. It was recorded April – May 1979, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, arrangements
  • Ricardo Gonzalez – guitar
  • John Bilezikjian – guitar
  • Everado Sandoval – guitar
  • Mitch Watkins – guitar
  • Bill Ginn – keyboards
  • Randy Waldman – keyboards
  • Charles Beck – bass
  • John Miller – bass
  • Steve Meador – drums
  • Paul Ostermayer – saxophone
  • Jose Perez – trumpet
  • Pablo Sandoval – trumpet
  • Earl Dumler – oboe
  • Jim Gilstrap – vocals
  • Roger St Kennerly – vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
  • Skip Cottrell – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Derek Dunann – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Glen Christensen – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen, except where noted.

  1. The Guests
  2. Humbled in Love
  3. The Window
  4. Came So Far for Beauty – Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer
  5. The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien errant) – traditional, Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
  6. The Traitor
  7. Our Lady of Solitude
  8. The Gypsy’s Wife
  9. The Smokey Life
  10. Ballad of the Absent Mare

Stereolab: Dots and Loops

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On September 23, 1997, “Elektra” label released “Dots and Loops”, the fifth Stereolab studio album. It was recorded March 1997 – April 1997, and was produced by Andi Toma, Laetitia Sadier, Tin Gane, Mary Hansen, Richard Harrison, Morgane Lhote, Andy Ramsay and Sean O’Hagan.

Personnel:

  • Laetitia Sadier– vocals
  • Tim Gane– guitar
  • Mary Hansen– guitar
  • Morgane Lhote – keyboards
  • Sean O’Hagan– piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ
  • Richard Harrison – bass
  • Andy Ramsay – drums
  • Rebecca McFaul – strings
  • Shelley Weiss – strings
  • Poppy Branders – strings
  • Maureen Loughnane – strings
  • Paul Mertens – brass
  • Dave Max Crawford – brass
  • Jeb Bishop – brass
  • Ross Reed – brass
  • Xavier “Fischfinger” Fischer – piano
  • John McEntire– synthesizer, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
  • Douglas McCombs – acoustic bass
  • Andi Toma – electronic percussion, sound effects
  • Jan St. Werner – sound effects, insect horns

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Brakhage
  2. Miss Modular
  3. The Flower Called Nowhere
  4. Diagonals
  5. Prisoner of Mars
  6. Rainbo Conversation
  7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse – Tim Gane, Andy Ramsay, Laetitia Sadier
  8. Parsec
  9. Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious
  10. Contronatura

George Harrison: Extra Texture

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On September 22, 1975, “Apple” label released “Extra Texture (Read All About It)”, the sixth George Harrison studio album. It was recorded February 1971, April –June 1975, August–September 1974, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by George Harrison.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, piano
  • Legs Larry Smith– vocal
  • Ronnie Spector– vocal
  • Jesse Ed Davis– electric guitar
  • David Foster– piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, electric piano, tack piano, string arrangements
  • Leon Russell– piano
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • Billy Preston– electric piano
  • Gary Wright– organ, electric piano, ARP synthesizer
  • Klaus Voormann– bass
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Willie Weeks– bass
  • Paul Stallworth – bass, backing vocals
  • Jim Keltner– drums, percussion
  • Jim Gordon– drums, percussion
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Norm Kinney – percussion
  • Jim Horn– saxophones
  • Tom Scott– saxophones
  • Chuck Findley– trumpet, trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison.

  1. You
  2. The Answer’s at the End
  3. This Guitar (Can’t Keep from Crying)
  4. Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)
  5. World of Stone
  6. A Bit More of You”
  7. Can’t Stop Thinking About You
  8. Tired of Midnight Blue
  9. Grey Cloudy Lies
  10. His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)

Pearl Jam: Backspace

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On September 20, 2009, “Monkeywrench” label released “Backspacer”, the ninth Pearl Jam studio album. It was recorded February – April 2009, at “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood; “Southern Tracks Recording” and “Dopple” in Atlanta,Georgia, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder– vocalas, guitar, layout, design
  • Stone Gossard– guitar
  • Mike McCready– guitar
  • Jeff Ament– bass guitar, layout, design
  • Matt Cameron– drums, percussion
  • Brendan O’Brien – piano, backing vocals, mixing
  • Bruce Andrus – horn
  • Richard Deane – horn
  • Susan Welty – horn
  • Justin Bruns – violin
  • Christopher Pulgram – violin
  • Cathy Lynn – viola
  • Danny Laufer – cello
  • Eddie Horst – strings and horn arrangements
  • Nick DiDia– recording
  • Billy Bowers, John Burton, Tom Tapley – additional engineering
  • Bob Ludwigat Gateway Mastering – mastering
  • Tom Tomorrow– concept, album art, layout design
  • Andy Fischer – layout, design
  • Jackie O’Brien, Mala Sharma – production coordination
  • George Webb – guitar technician
  • Neil Hundt– drum technician

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, all music by Vedder, except where noted.

  1. Gonna See My Friend
  2. Got Some – Jeff Ament
  3. The Fixer – Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard
  4. Johnny Guitar – Matt Cameron,Stone Gossard
  5. Just Breathe
  6. Amongst the Waves – Stone Gossard
  7. Unthought Known
  8. Supersonic – Stone Gossard
  9. Speed of Sound
  10. Force of Nature – Mike McCready
  11. The End

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

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On September 20, 2004, “Mute” label released “Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus”, the thirteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded March – April 2004, at “Studio Ferber” in Paris, and was produced by Nick Launay.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– vocals, piano, mixing
  • Mick Harvey– guitar, mixing
  • Conway Savage– piano
  • James Johnston– organ
  • Warren Ellis– violin, mandolin, bouzouki, flute, mixing
  • Martyn P. Casey– bass
  • Jim Sclavunos– drums , percussion
  • Thomas Wydler– drums, percussion
  • Åse Bergstrøm – backing vocals
  • Donovan Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Geo Onayomake – backing vocals
  • Lena Palmer – backing vocals
  • Stephanie Meade – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rose – backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer, mixing
  • Lars Fox– digital audio editor
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Tom Hingston – design, artwork
  • David Hughes – photography
  • Delphine Ciampi – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave except where noted.

  1. Get Ready for Love – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos
  2. Cannibal’s Hymn
  3. Hiding All Away
  4. Messiah Ward
  5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
  6. Nature Boy – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  7. Abbatoir Blues – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
  8. Let the Bells Ring – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
  9. Fable of the Brown Ape
  10. The Lyre of Orpheus – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  11. Breathless
  12. Babe, You Turn Me On
  13. Easy Money
  14. Supernaturally
  15. Spell – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  16. Carry Me
  17. O Children

Enya: Watermark

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On September 19, 1988, “Warner Music” label released “Watermark”, the second  Enya studio album. It was recorded June 1987 – April 1988, at “Aigle Studios” in Dublin, and “Orinoco Studios” in London, and was produced by Nicky Ryan. The album was certified Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 6 x Platinum in Australia by ARIA; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; in Brazil by “ABPD”; 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; 2 x Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”; Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; 5 x Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 4 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”, and 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Enya – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
  • Neil Buckley – clarinet
  • Chris Hughes – African hand drum, rototoms
  • Davy Spillane – low whistle, Uillean pipes
  • Nicky Ryan– hand percussion, arrangements
  • Ross Cullum– engineer, mixing
  • Jim “Jimbo” Barton – mixing
  • Pete Schwair – mixing
  • Laurence Dunmore– design
  • David Hiscook – cover photography
  • Russel Yamy – additional photography
  • Rob Dickins– executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Roma Ryan, all music by Enya.

  1. Watermark
  2. Cursum Perficio
  3. On Your Shore
  4. Storms in Africa
  5. Exile
  6. Miss Clare Remembers
  7. Orinoco Flow
  8. Evening Falls
  9. River
  10. The Longships
  11. Na Laetha Geal M’óige

 

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