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PJ Harvey: To Bring You My Love

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On February 27, 1995, “Island” label released “To Bring You My Love”, the third PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded September – October 1994, at “Townhouse Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish and PJ Harvey. “Spin” magazine ranked the album at number 3 in a list of the “Best Albums of the 90s”; in 2003,  “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “To Bring You My Love” at number 435 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; in 2011 “Slant Magazine”, rated the album as 20th best album of the 90s.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey- vocals, guitar, piano, organ, vibraphone, marimba, chimes, percussion, bells
  • John Parish- guitar, organ, drums, percussion
  • Joe Gore – guitar, e-bow
  • Mick Harvey- bass, organ
  • Jean-Marc Butty – drums, percussion
  • Joe Dilworth – drums
  • Pete Thomas- string arrangements
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Jocelyn Pook- viola
  • Jules Singleton – viola
  • Sian Bell – cello
  • Martin Callomon – artwork, art direction
  • Valerie Phillips, Kate Garner- photography

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. To Bring You My Love
  2. Meet Ze Monsta
  3. Working for the Man
  4. C’mon Billy
  5. Teclo
  6. Long Snake Moan
  7. Down by the Water
  8. I Think I’m A Mother
  9. Send His Love To Me
  10. The Dancer

The Fall: Cerebral Caustic

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On February 27, 1995, “Permanent Records” released “Cerebral Caustic”, the seventeenth Fall (The) album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Mike Bennett and Mark E. Smith.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith– vocals, tapes, guitar
  • Brix E. Smith– guitar, vocals
  • Craig Scanlon– guitar
  • Steve Hanley– bass guitar
  • Simon Wolstencroft– drums, programming
  • Karl Burns– guitar, drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dave Bush – keyboards, programming
  • Lucy Rimmer – backing vocals
  • Pascal Le Gras– cover art

Track listing:

  1. The Joke – Mark E. Smith, Brix E. Smith
  2. Don’t Call Me Darling – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon
  3. Rainmaster – Mark Smith, Brix E. Smith
  4. Feeling Numb – Mark Smith, Brix E.Smith
  5. Pearl City – Mark Smith, Karl Burns, Mike Bennett
  6. Life Just Bounces – Mark E.Smith, Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon
  7. I’m Not Satisfied – Frank Zappa
  8. The Aphid – Mark Smith, Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon, Simon Wolstencroft, Brix E.Smith
  9. Bonkers In Phoenix – Mark E.Smith, Brix E. Smith
  10. One Day – Mark Smith, Dave Bush
  11. North West Fashion Show – Mark E. Smith, Karl Burns
  12. Pine Leaves – Mark E. Smith, Karl Burns, Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon

 

XTC: Orange & Lemons

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Oranges and lemons

On February 27, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Oranges & Lemons”, the eleventh XTC studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Paul Fox. The album cover, designed by  Heinz Edelmann (Yellow Submarine artist), is inspired by a 1965 “WOR-FM 98.7” radio advert poster by Milton Glaser.

Personnel:

  • Colin Moulding– vocals, bass
  • Andy Partridge– vocals, guitar
  • Dave Gregory– guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Pat Mastelotto– drums
  • Paul Fox– keyboards
  • Mark Isham– horns
  • Franne Golde– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Garden of Earthly Delights
  2. The Mayor of Simpleton
  3. King for a Day – Colin Moulding
  4. Here Comes President Kill Again
  5. The Loving
  6. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
  7. One of the Millions
  8. Scarecrow People
  9. Merely a Man
  10. Cynical Days
  11. Across This Antheap
  12. Hold Me Daddy
  13. Pink Thing
  14. Miniature Sun
  15. Chalkhills and Children

Queen: The Works

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On February 27, 1984, “EMI” label released “The Works”, the eleventh Queen studio album. It was recorded August 1983 – January 1984, at at the “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles and “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Reinhold Mack.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards, sampler
  • Brian May – lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars
  • Roger Taylor – drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, keyboards, Vocoder, sampler and programming
  • John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards and programming
  • Fred Mandel – keyboards, sampler
  • Reinhold Mack – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Bill Smith – design
  • George Hurrell – photography

Track listing:

  1. Radio Ga Ga – Roger Taylor
  2. Tear it Up – Brian May
  3. It’s a Hard Life – Freddie Mercury
  4. Man on the Prowl – Freddie Mercury
  5. Machines – Brian May, Roger Taylor
  6. I Want to Break Free – John Deacon
  7. Keep Passing the Open Windows – Freddie Mercury
  8. Hammer to Fall – Brian May
  9. Is This the World We Created…? – Freddie Mercury, Brian May

Dead Can Dance: Same

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On February 27, 1984, “4AD” label released the self-titled, debut Dead Can Dance album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Lisa Gerard, Brendan Perry, James Parker, Scott Roger and Peter Ulrich.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, guitar
  • James Pinker – timpani, percussion
  • Scott Roger
  • Peter Ulrich – drums, percussion
  • Richard Avison, Simon Hogg – trombone
  • Tony Ayers – timpani
  • Carolyn Costin – violin
  • Gus Ferguson, Martin McCarrick – cello

Track listing:

  1. The Fatal Impact
  2. The Trial
  3. Frontier
  4. Fortune
  5. Ocean
  6. East of Eden
  7. Threshold
  8. A Passage in Time
  9. Wild in the Woods
  10. Musica Eternal