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Etta James: Love’s Been Rough On Me

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On April 29, 1997, “Private Music” label released “Love’s Been Rough on Me”, the twentieth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead vocals
  • Don Potter – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • Josh Sklair – electric guitar
  • Dann Huff – electric guitar
  • Steve Nathan – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Terry McMillan – percussion
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • Sam Levine – saxophone
  • Joe McGlohon – saxophone
  • Mike Haynes – trumpet
  • Chris McDonald – trombone
  • Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals
  • Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
  • John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
  • Curtis Young – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Rock – Russell Smith, Jim Varsos
  2. Cry Like a Rainy Day – Greg Barnhill, Kenny Greenberg
  3. Love’s Been Rough on Me – Gretchen Peters
  4. Love It or Leave It Alone – Kara Cody, Will Jennings, John Keller
  5. Don’t Touch Me – Hank Cochran
  6. Hold Me – Graham Lyle, Troy Seals
  7. If I Had Any Pride Left at All – John Greenbaum, Seals, Eddie Setser
  8. I Can Give You Everything – Al Anderson, Terry Anderson
  9. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
  10. Done in the Dark – Josh Sklair, Etta James

Shania Twain: The Woman In Me

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On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
  • Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Billy Crain – slide guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
  • Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
  • Joe Spivey – fiddle
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Nashville String Machine – string section
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements
  • Nick Keca – claps
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
  • Warren Peterson – engineer
  • Simon Pressey – engineer
  • Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
  • Nick Keca – engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
  • Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
  • Craig White – engineer assistant
  • Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
  • Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant

Track listing:

 All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted

  1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
  2. Any Man of Mine
  3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
  4. (If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!
  5. The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)
  6. Is There Life After Love?
  7. If It Don’t Take Two
  8. You Win My Love – Robert John Lange
  9. Raining on Our Love
  10. Leaving Is the Only Way Out – Shania Twain
  11. No One Needs to Know
  12. God Bless the Child

Bob Seger: Face The Promise

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On September 12, 2006, “Capitol” label released “Face the Promise”, the sixteenth Bob Seger studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2008, at “Ocean Way Studios” in Nashville, and “Home Studios” in Michigan, and was produced by Bob Seger (Real Mean Bottle co-produced with Kid Rock). The album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, electric and acoustic guitar, mixing
  • Kid Rock– guitar
  • T. Corenflos- electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Brent Rowan, Biff Watson, Marlin Young – electric guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg- electric guitar
  • Eric Darken– tambourine
  • John Jarvis, Gordon Mote, Steve Nathan, Bill Payne- piano
  • Larry Paxton, Michael Rhodes, Glenn Worf- bass
  • Paul Leim- drums, cowbell
  • Eddie Bayers, Steve Brewster – drums
  • David Cole – percussion
  • Aubrey Haynie– fiddle
  • Randy Leago – tenor saxophone
  • Sam Levine – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Herman – trumpet
  • Jim Hoke – tenor saxophoneWilliam Huber – trombone
  • David Angell, Zeneba Bowers, John Catchings, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Jim Grosjean, Craig Nelson, Carole Rabinowitz, Pamela Sixfin, Elisabeth Small, Gary Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Matthew Walker – strings
  • Patty Loveless– vocals
  • Bernie Barlow, Bekka Bramlett, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy- backing vocals
  • David N. Cole – recording, miixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger except where noted.

  1. Wreck This Heart
  2. Wait for Me
  3. Face the Promise
  4. No Matter Who You Are
  5. Are You
  6. Simplicity
  7. No More
  8. Real Man Bottle – Vince Gill
  9. Won’t Stop
  10. Between
  11. The Answer’s in the Question