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David Bowie: Earthling

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Earthling

On February 3, 1997, “Virgin” label released “Earthling” the twentieth David Bowie studio album.  It was recorded March – August 1996, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and at “Looking Glass Studio” in New York. This was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974 “Diamond Dogs”, together with Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, samples, keyboards
  • Mike Garson– keyboards, piano
  • Reeves Gabrels– vocals, synthesisers, real and sampled guitars, programming
  • Mark Plati– keyboards, programming, loops, samples
  • Gail Ann Dorsey– vocals, bass
  • Zachary Alford – drum loops, acoustic drums, electronic percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, except Track 4, 5 and 9 by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, Track 6 by David Bowie, Track 8 by David Bowie and Brian Eno.

  1. Little Wonder
  2. Looking for Satellites
  3. Battle for Britain (The Letter)
  4. Seven Years in Tibet
  5. Dead Man Walking
  6. Telling Lies
  7. The Last Thing You Should Do
  8. I’m Afraid of Americans
  9. Law (Earthlings on Fire)
  10. I’m Afraid of Americans

David Bowie: Low

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Low

On January 14, 1977, “RCA” label released “Low”, the eleventh David Bowie album, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno termed the “Berlin Trilogy”.  It was recorded September – October 1976, at the “Château d’Hérouville” in Hérouville and “Hansa Studio by the Wall?”, West Berlin, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie– vocals, saxophones, guitar, pump bass,  harmonica, vibraphone, xylophone, pre-arranged percussion, keyboards: ARP synthesizer, Chamberlin
  • Brian Eno– vocals, keyboards: Minimoog, ARP, EMS Synthi AKS, piano, , other synthesizers, guitar treatments, synthetics instruments
  • Roy Young– piano, Farfisa organ
  • Peter Robinson, Paul Buckmaster  – piano, ARP
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitars, guitar
  • Ricky Gardiner– rhythm guitar, guitar
  • George Murray– bass
  • Dennis Davis– percussion
  • Eduard Meyer – cello
  • Iggy Pop– backing vocals
  • Mary Visconti– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Speed of Life
  2. Breaking Glass – David Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray
  3. What in the World
  4. Sound and Vision
  5. Always Crashing in the Same Car
  6. Be My Wife
  7. A New Career in a New Town
  8. Warszawa – Brian Eno, David Bowie
  9. Art Decade
  10. Weeping Wall
  11. Subterraneans

U2: Achtung Baby

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On November 19, 1991, “Island” label released “Achtung Baby”, the seventh U2 studio album.  It was recorded October 1990  – September 1991, at the “Hansa Ton Studios” in Berlin, “STS” in Dublin, “Elsinore” in Dalkey and “Windmill Lane Studios” in Dublin, and was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album won “Grammy” in 1993 for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal”.

Personnel:

  • Bono – vocals, guitar
  • The Edge– vocals, guitar, keyboards, mixing
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen, Jr.– drums, percussion
  • Brian Eno– keyboards
  • Daniel Lanois– guitar, percussion, mixing
  • Duchess Nell Catchpole –violin, viola
  • Paul Barrett – engineer
  • Robbie Adams – engineer
  • Steve Lillywhite – mixing
  • Flood – mixing
  • Arnie Acosta – mastering
  • Shaughn McGrath – design
  • Steve Averill – design
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Ritchie Smith – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono, all music by Bono, The Edga, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

  1. Zoo Station
  2. Even Better Than the Real Thing
  3. One
  4. Until the End of the World
  5. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
  6. So Cruel
  7. The Fly
  8. Mysterious Ways
  9. Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
  10. Ultraviolet
  11. Acrobat
  12. Love Is Blindness

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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On November 18, 1974, “Charisma” label released “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”, the sixth Genesis studio album. It was band’s last studio album  with Peter Gabriel and was recorded August – October 1974, at the “Island Mobile Studios” in Wales, and was produced by John Burns, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford. “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” was ranked at number 9 on the “Rolling Stone” magazine list of “50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time”. The album was deemed one of the 23 “Maddest and Most Memorable Concept Albums” by “NME”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, flute, oboe, tambourine, experiments with foreign sounds
  • Tony Banks – piano, Hammond organ, Electra piano, Mellotron , synthesizers
  • Steve Hackett – guitars
  • Mike Rutherford – bass
  • Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Brian Eno – enossification (vocal treatments)

Track listing

All tracks by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford.

  1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  2. Fly on a Windshield
  3. Broadway Melody of 1974
  4. Cuckoo Cocoon
  5. In the Cage
  6. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
  7. Back in N.Y.C.
  8. Hairless Heart
  9. Counting Out Time
  10. The Carpet Crawlers
  11. The Chamber of 32 Doors
  12. Lilywhite Lillith
  13. The Waiting Room
  14. Anyway
  15. Here Comes the Supernatural Anesthetist
  16. The Lamia
  17. Silent Sorrow in Empty Books
  18. The Colony of Slipperman
  • The Arrival
  • A visit to the Doktor
  • The Raven
  1. Ravine
  2. The Light Dies Down on Broadway
  3. Riding the Scree
  4. In the Rapids
  5. It

U2: All That You Can’t Leave Behind

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On October 30, 2000, “Island” label released “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”, the tenth U2 studio album.  It was recorded 1998 – 2000, at the” HQ”,” Windmill Lane Studios”,”Westland Studios” and“Totally Wired” in Dublin, and was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. The album and its songs won seven “Grammy Awards”.  In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” at number 280 at its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.  

Personnel:

  • Bono – vocals, guitar, synthesizers
  • The Edge – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers, strings
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr.– drums, percussion
  • Brian Eno – synthesizers, programming, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Daniel Lanois – guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Barrett – brass
  • John Harris – engineer, mixing
  • John Feldman – engineer
  • Steve Lillywhite – mixing
  • Arnie Acosta – mastering
  • Scott Sedillo – mastering
  • Shaughn McGrath – design
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Gavin Friday – creative director

Track listing:

Lyrics by Bono except where noted, music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr..

  1. Beautiful day
  2. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – lyrics by Bono, The Edge
  3. Elevation
  4. Walk On
  5. Kite – lyrics by Bono, The Edge
  6. In a Little While
  7. Wild Honey
  8. Peace on Earth
  9. When I Look at the World – lyrics by Bono, The Edge
  10. New York
  11. Grace

David Bowie: Heroes

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On October 14, 1977, “RCA” label released “Heroes” the twelfth David Bowie studio album. “Heroes” is the second album of Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” with Brian Eno (the other two releases are “Low” and “Lodger”).  It was recorded July – August 1977, at the “Hansa Studio by the Wall” in West Berlin, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. Magazine “NME” magazine voted “Heroes” album of year 1977.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, saxophone, koto
  • Robert Fripp– lead guitar
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitar
  • Brian Eno– synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments
  • George Murray – bass
  • Dennis Davis– drums, percussion
  • Tony Visconti– percussion, backing vocals, engineer
  • Antonia Maass – backing vocals
  • Colin Thurston – engineer
  • Eugene Chaplin – engineer assistant
  • David Richards – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Masayoshi Sukita – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Beauty and the Beast
  2. Joe the Lion
  3. Heroes – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  4. Sons of the Silent Age
  5. Blackout
  6. V-2 Schneider
  7. Sense of Doubt
  8. Moss Garden
  9. Neukoln – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  10. The Secret Life of Arabia – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar

Talking Heads: Remain In Light

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Talking Heads Remain in Light

On October 8, 1980, “Sire” label released “Remain in Light”, the fourth Talking Heads studio album. It was recorded July–August 1980, at the “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, and at “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocal arrangements
  • Jerry Harrison – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Chris Frantz – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Brian Eno – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Adrian Belew– guitar
  • Robert Palmer– percussion
  • José Rossy – percussion
  • Jon Hassell– trumpets, horns
  • Nona Hendryx– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth.

  1. Born Under Punches
  2. Cross-eyed and Painless
  3. The Great Curve
  4. Once in a Lifetime
  5. Houses in Motion
  6. Seen and Not Seen
  7. Listening Wind
  8. The Overload

Brian Eno & John Cale: Wrong Way Up

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Which Way Is Up

On October 5, 1990, ”All Saints Records” label released “Wrong Way Up”, album by Brian Eno and John Cale. It was recorded April – July 1990, at “Wilderness Studio”, in Suffolk, and was produced by John Cale and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, pianos, keyboards, bass, harp, horn, dumbek, viola, strings, omnichord
  • Brian Eno – vocals, keyboards, rhythm bed, Indian drum, guitars, Shinto bell, bass, little Nigerian organ
  • Robert Ahwai – rhythm guitar
  • Daryl Johnson – bass
  • Dave Young: guitars, bass
  • Ronald Jones – tabla, drums
  • Nell Catchpole – violins
  • Rhett Davies – backing vocals
  • Bruce Lampcov – backing vocals

Track listing:

All compositions by John Cale and Brian Eno except where noted.

  1. Lay My Love
  2. One Word
  3. In the Backroom
  4. Empty Frame
  5. Cordoba
  6. Spinning Away
  7. Footsteps
  8. Been There, Done That
  9. Crime in the Desert
  10. The River – Brian Eno

U2: The Unforgettable Fire

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On October 1, 1984, “Island” label released “The Unforgettable Fire”, the fourth U2 studio album. It was recorded May – August, 1984, at the “Slane Castle”, in County Meath and at the “Windmill Lane Studios”  in Dublin, and was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bono – lead vocals
  • The Edge – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen, Jr.– drums
  • Brian Eno – instruments, treatments, additional vocals
  • Daniel Lanois – instruments, treatments, additional vocals
  • Peter Gabriel– vocals
  • Chrissie Hynde– backing vocals
  • Paul Barret – fairlight

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono, all music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

  1. A Sort of Homecoming
  2. Pride (In the Name of Love)
  3. Wire
  4. The Unforgettable Fire
  5. Promenade
  6. 4th of July
  7. Bad
  8. Indian Summer Sky
  9. Elvis Presley and America
  10. MLK

John Cale: Fear

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Fear

On October 1, 1974, “Island“ label released “Fear”, the fourth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at the “Sound Techniques”, and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by John Cale.

Personnel:

  • John Cale- vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, viola
  • Brian Eno- synthesizer, effects, executive producer
  • Phil Manzanera- guitar, slide guitar
  • Richard Thompson- slide guitar
  • Bryn Haworth- slide guitar
  • Brian Turrington – bass
  • Archie Leggatt – bass
  • Fred Smith – drums
  • Michael Desmarais – drums
  • Judy Nylon- lead vocals
  • Irene Chanter – backing vocals
  • Doreen Chanter- backing vocals
  • Liza Strike – girl’s choir, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale

  1. Fear is a Man’s Best Friend
  2. Buffalo Ballet
  3. Barracuda
  4. Emily
  5. Ship of Fools
  6. Gun
  7. The Man Who Couldn’t Afford to Orgy
  8. You Know More Than I Know
  9. Momamma Scuba