On December 25, 2016, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael died aged 53. He was singer, songwriter, and record producer, member (with Andrew Ridgeley) of the duo Wham!, and had a very successful solo career. In his 30-years long career, Michael sold more than 80 million records worldwide, becoming one of the most successful commercial artists in the history of the modern music. He also received many awards including three “Brit Awards”; four “MTV Video Music Awards”; four “Ivor Novello Awards”; three “American Music Awards” and two “Grammy Awards”.
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PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
On February 14, 2011, “Island” label released “Let England Shake”, the eighth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded April and May 2010, at “Eype Church” in Dorset, and was produced by Flood, Mick Harvey, John Parish and PJ Harvey. In September 2011 the album won the coveted “Mercury Prize”, in November 2011, won the “Uncut Music Award” and was named “Album of the Year” in the 2012 “Ivor Novello Awards”.
Personnel:
- PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, autoharp, saxophone, zither, violin, layout, design, drawings
- John Parish– guitar, drums, percussion, trombone, rhodes , mellotron, xylophone, backing vocals
- Mick Harvey– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, bass harmonica, piano, organ, rhodes, xylophone, backing vocals
- Jean-Marc Butty – drums, backing vocals
- Sammy Hurden – backing vocals
- Greta Berlin – backing vocals
- Lucy Roberts – backing vocals
- Rob Crane –layout, design
- Michelle Henning – design
- Seamus Murphy, Cat Stevens – photography
Track listing:
All songs written and composed by PJ Harvey.
- Let England Shake
- The Last Living Rose
- The Glorious Land
- The Words That Maketh Murder
- All and Everyone
- On Battleship Hill
- England
- In the Dark Places
- Bitter Branches
- Hanging in the Wire
- Written on the Forehead
- The Colour of the Earth
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