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Meat Loaf

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On January 20, 2022, Michael Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf died aged 74. He was singer, song writer and actor, one of the best-selling musicians of all times. His “Bat Out of Hell” trilogy (“Bat Out of Hell”, “Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell”, and “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose”), has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. The first album stayed on the charts more than nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history of modern music. Loaf received “Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love”. In 1994, in United Kingdom he received the “Brit Award: for Best Selling Album and Single”. On VH1’s list of “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”, he is ranked at number 96.

Coldplay : Parachutes

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Parachutes

On July 10, 2000, “Parlaphone” label released “Parachutes”, the debut Coldplay studio album. It was recorded November 1999 – May 2000, and was produced by Chris Allison, Ken Nelson and Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. In 2001 “Parachutes” won the “Best British Album” award at the “Brit Awards” and in 2002, it won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album”. In 2006, “NME” magazine raked “Parachutes” at number 33 on its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums”. The album was big commercial success, selling more than 9 million copies worldwide and become the twelve bestselling album in the 21st century in Britain.

Personnel:

  • Chris Martin– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
  • Jonny Buckland– electric guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Guy Berryman– bass, acoustic bass
  • Will Champion– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ken Nelson– engineer
  • Chris Allison– engineer, mixing
  • Andrea Wright – engineer assistant
  • Jon Coles – engineer assistant
  • Paul Read– engineer assistant
  • Simon Barnicott – engineer assistant
  • Mark Phythian – computer magic
  • Michael H. Brauer– mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Coldplay– design, cover photography
  • Mark Tappin– design assistant
  • Tom Sheehan – photography
  • Sarah Lee – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.

  1. Don’t Panic
  2. Shiver
  3. Spies
  4. Sparks
  5. Yellow
  6. Trouble
  7. Parachutes
  8. High Speed
  9. We Never Change
  10. Everything’s Not Lost – includes hidden song Life is for Living