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PJ Harvey: Rid Of Me

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On May 4, 1993, “Island” label released “Rid of Me”the second PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded December 1992 at “Pachyderm Studio” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and was produced by Steve Albini and PJ Harvey. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 406 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, organ, cello, violin
  • Steve Vaughan – bass
  • Rob Ellis– drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement
  • Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
  • Head – engineer
  • John Loder– mastering
  • Maria Mochnacz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Polly Jean Harvey, except where noted.

  1. Rid of Me
  2. Missed
  3. Legs
  4. Rub ’til It Bleeds
  5. Hook
  6. Man-Size Sextet
  7. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
  8. 50ft Queenie
  9. Yuri-G
  10. Man-Size
  11. Dry
  12. Me-Jane
  13. Snake
  14. Ecstasy

 

Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha

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On March 20, 2007, “Fat Possum” label released “Armchair Apocrypha”, the fourth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Pachyderm Studios” in Cannon Falls, “Crazy Beast Studio” in Northeast Minneapolis, “Wall2Wall Recording” in Chicago, “Third Ear Recording” in Minneapolis, “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “SAE Mastering” in Phoenix and “Pachyderm Studios”, and was produced by Andrew Bird and Ben Durrant.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, whistling, guitar, glockenspiel
  • Ben Durrant – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Ben Durrant– guitar
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker– guitar
  • Chris Morrissey– bass
  • Martin Dosh– drums, electric piano, other sounds
  • Kevin O’Donnell– drums
  • Haley Bonar– vocals
  • Jon Davis– bass clarinet
  • Dan Dietrich – recording
  • Martin Dosh – recording
  • Gregg Norman – recording
  • Tom Herbers – recording, mixing
  • David Boucher – mixing
  • Brent Sigmeth – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Quemadura– artwork, design
  • Lynne Roberts-Goodwin – photography
  • Cameron Wittig – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

  1. Fiery Crash
  2. Imitosis
  3. Plasticities
  4. Heretics
  5. Armchairs
  6. Darkmatter
  7. Simple X – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
  8. The Supine
  9. Cataracts
  10. Scythian Empires
  11. Spare-Ohs
  12. Yawny at the Apocalypse