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Roger Waters: Amused To Death

On September 7, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Amused to Death”, the third Roger Waters studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1992, at “The Billiard Room”, “Olympic Studios”, “CTS Studios”, “Angel Recording Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, “Ameraycan Studios” and “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, “Johnny Yuma Recording” in Burbank, and was produced by Roger Waters and Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:             

  • Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMU synthesiser, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, guitars, Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar 
  • Geoff Whitehorn – guitar 
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Rick DiFonzo – guitar
  • Steve Lukather – guitar 
  • Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
  • Patrick Leonard – keyboards, 2nd sportscaster voice, Hammond organ, synthesizers, acoustic piano, percussion programming, choir arrangements
  • John “Rabbit” Bundrick – Hammond organ 
  • Randy Jackson – bass 
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass 
  • John Pierce – bass guitar 
  • John Patitucci – upright bass, electric bass 
  • Graham Broad – drums, percussion 
  • Denny Fongheiser – drums 
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums 
  • Brian Macleod – snare, hi-hat
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Guo Yi & the Peking Brothers – dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe, bass 
  • Steve Sidwell – cornet
  • John Dupree – strings arrangements, conductor 
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited – orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  •  Alf Razzell – speech
  • London Welsh Chorale – choir
  • Kenneth Bowen – choir conductor
  • Don Henley – vocals 
  • P.P. Arnold – vocals
  • Rita Coolidge – vocals
  • Marv Albert – sportscaster voice
  • Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard – screaming kids 
  • Charles Fleischer – TV evangelist speech 
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
  • N’Dea Davenport – backing vocals
  • Natalie Jackson – backing vocals
  • Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals
  • Jon Joyce – backing vocals
  • Stan Farber (credited as Stan Laurel) – backing vocals 
  • Jim Haas – backing vocals
  • Hayden Bendall – engineer
  • Jerry Jordan – engineer
  • Stephen McLaughlin – engineer
  • James Guthrie – mixing
  • Nick Griffiths – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Waters.

  1. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
  2. What God Wants, Part I
  3. Perfect Sense, Part I
  4. Perfect Sense, Part II
  5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range
  6. Late Home Tonight, Part I
  7. Late Home Tonight, Part II
  8. Too Much Rope
  9. What God Wants, Part II
  10. What God Wants, Part III
  11. Watching TV
  12. Three Wishes
  13. It’s a Miracle
  14. Amused to Death

10.000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden

On September 29, 1992, “Elektra” label released “Our Time in Eden”, the fifth 10,000 Maniacs studio album. It was recorded July 1991 – May 1992, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Paul Fox.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
  • Dennis Drew – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
  • Robert Buck – acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steel guitars, mandocello
  • Steven Gustafson – bass guitar
  • Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Ralph Morrison – violin
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Mary Ramsey – violin, viola
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Charles Fleischer – harmonica
  • Kim Laskowski – bassoon
  • Atsuko Sato – bassoon
  • James Brown – horns
  • Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger, conductor
  • Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Reiter – second engineer
  • Scott Blockland – mixing (second engineer)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant – package design
  • Rob Marinissen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant except where noted.

  1. Noah’s Dove
  2. These Are Days – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  3. Eden – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  4. Few and Far Between
  5. Stockton Gala Days – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  6. Gold Rush Brides – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  7. Jezebel
  8. How You’ve Grown
  9. Candy Everybody Wants – Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
  10. Tolerance
  11. Circle Dream – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  12. If You Intend
  13. I’m Not the Man