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Simple Minds: Good News From The Next World

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On February 7, 1995, “Virgin” label released “Good News from the Next World” the tenth Simple Minds studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Bonnie Wee Studios” in Scotland. “Windmill Lane” in Dublin,  “Westlake & Track Records” in Los Angeles and was produced by Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Keith Forsey.

Personnel:

  • Jim Kerr – vocals
  • Charlie Burchill – guitars, keyboards
  • Mark Browne,Malcolm Foster, Marcus Miller, Lance Morrison – bass
  • Mark Schulman, Tal Bergman, Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Stefani Spruill, Pat Hodges, Maxann Lewis, Julia Walters – backing vocals
  • Stylorouge – design, art direction
  • David Scheinmann – band photography
  • Rob O’Conner, Stuart MacKenzie – textual photography

Track listing:

.All tracks by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.

  1. She’s a River
  2. Night Music
  3. Hypnotised
  4. Great Leap Forward
  5. 7 Deadly Sins
  6. And the Band Played On
  7. My Life
  8. Criminal World
  9. This Time

Sparks: Hello Young Lovers

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On February 6, 2006, “In the Red” label released “Hello Young Lovers”, the 20th Sparks album. It  was recorded in 2005, at the “Sparks Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

Personnel:

  • Ron Mael- keyboards, orchestrations
  • Russell Mael- vocals
  • Dean Menta- guitars
  • Jim Wilson – guitar
  • Steve McDonald – bass
  • Tammy Glover- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Mael and Russell Mael, except where noted.

  1. Dick Around
  2. Perfume
  3. The Very Next Fight
  4. (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country – Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Francis Scott Key (additional lyrics)
  5. Rock, Rock, Rock
  6. Metaphor
  7. Waterpool
  8. Here Kitty
  9. There’s No Such Thing as Aliens
  10. As I Sit to Play The Organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral

Cream: Goodbye

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Goodbye

On February 5, 1969, “Polydor” label released “Goodbye”, the fourth and final Cream studio album. It was recorded in October 1968 at “The Forum” in Los Angeles, and “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton– vocals, guitars
  • Jack Bruce– vocals, bass guitar, piano, organ
  • Ginger Baker– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Felix Pappalardi– bass, piano, mellotron
  • George Harrison (credited as L’Angelo Misterioso) – rhythm guitar
  • Bill Halverson – engineer
  • Adrian Barber – engineer
  • Damon Lyon Shaw – engineer

Track listing:

  1. I’m So Glad – Skip James
  2. Politician – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  3. Sitting on Top of the World – Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatman, Chester Burnett
  4. Badge – Eric Clapton, George Harrison
  5. Doing That Scrapyard Thing – Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker
  6. What a Bringdown – Ginger Baker

Bob Dylan: Shadows In The Night

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On February 3, 2015, “Columbia” released “Shadows in the Night”, the thirty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost. The album features covers of traditional pop standards made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals
  • Charlie Sexton– guitar
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Donnie Herron –pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier– upright bass
  • George Receli –percussion
  • Larry G. Hall – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero –trumpet
  • Andrew Martin – trombone
  • Francisco Torres – trombone
  • Alan Kaplan –trombone
  • Dylan Hart –French horn
  • Joseph Meyer – French horn
  • I. Harper – horn arrangements
  • Geoff Gans – design
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron
  2. The Night We Called It a Day – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  3. Stay With Me – Jerome Moross, Carolyn Leigh
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma,Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Why Try To Change Me Now – Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy
  6. Some Enchanted Evening – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  7. Full Moon and Empty Arms – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman, Sergei Rachmaninoff
  8. Where Are You – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  9. What’ll I Do – Irving Berlin
  10. That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man

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On February 2, 1988, “Columbia” label released “I’m Your Man”, the eighth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded August – November 1987, at the “Studio Tempo” in Montréal and “Rock Steady” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Leonard Cohen, Roscoe Beck, Jean-Michel Reusser and Michel Robidoux.  Pitchfork Media ranked the album at number 51 on its list “100 Best Albums of the 1980s”; “Slant” magazine listed the album at number 29 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, keyboards
  • Jude Johnson – vocals
  • Anjani Thomas – vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals
  • Bob Stanley – guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
  • John Bilezikjian – oud
  • Jeff Fisher – keyboards
  • Peter Kisilenko – bass
  • Michel Robidoux – drums, keyboards
  • Tom Brechtlein – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Richard Beaudet – saxophone
  • Raffi Hakopian – violin
  • Mayel Assouly – backing vocals
  • Evelyine Hebey – backing vocals
  • Elisabeth Valletti – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen except where noted.

  1. First We Take Manhattan
  2. Ain’t No Cure for Love
  3. Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson
  4. I’m Your Man
  5. Take This Waltz – Leonard Cohen, Federico Garcia Lorca
  6. Jazz Police – Leonard Cohen, Jeff Fisher
  7. I Can’t Forget
  8. Tower of Song

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets

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On February 2, 1976, “MCA” released “Gimme Back My Bullets”, the fourth Lynyrd Skynyrd studio album. It was recorded September – November 1975, at the “Record Plant” in Los Angeles and at Capricorn Studios, Macon, and was produce by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Van Zant– lead vocals
  • Allen Collins– guitars
  • Gary Rossington– guitars
  • Billy Powell– keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson– bass, backing vocals
  • Artimus Pyle– drums, percussion
  • The Honkettes- backing vocals
  • Lee Freeman – harp
  • Barry Lee Harwood – dobro, mandolin

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Back My Bullets – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  2. Every Mother’s Son – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  3. Trust – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  4. (I Got the) Same Old Blues – J. J. Cale
  5. Double Trouble – Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
  6. Roll Gypsy Roll – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
  7. Searching – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  8. Cry for the Bad Man – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  9. All I Can Do Is Write About It – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

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On January 31, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Old Ideas”,the twelfth Leonard Cohen studio album.  It was recorded in 2011, at Cohen’s own studio at his house in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Sanders and Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, guitar, arranging, programming
  • Neil Larsen – Hammond B3, piano, synth bass, percussion, cornet
  • Ed Sanders- vocals, guitar
  • Jordan Charnofsky – guitar
  • Sharon Robinson- vocals, synth bass
  • Chris Wabich – drums
  • Robert Korda – violin
  • Bela Santeli – violin
  • The Webb Sisters- vocals
  • Dana Glover- vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes- backing vocals
  • Patrick Leonard – programming

Track listing:

  1. Going Home – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  2. Amen – Leonard Cohen
  3. Show Me the Place – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  4. Darkness – Leonard Cohen
  5. Anyhow – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  6. Crazy to Love You – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  7. Come Healing – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  8. Banjo – Leonard Cohen
  9. Lullaby – Leonard Cohen
  10. Different Sides – Leonard Cohen

Toei Amos: Under The Pink

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Tori Amos Under the Pink

On January 31, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “Under the Pink”, the second Tori Amos solo album. It was recorded February – October 1993, at the “Fishhouse” in New Mexico and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tori Amos and Eric Rosse. Magazine “Blender” included the album in its list of “500 CDs You Must Own”.

Personnel:

  • Tori Amos – vocals, piano
  • Steve Caton– guitar
  • John Philip Shenale– strings, organ
  • George Porter, Jr.– bass
  • Carlo Nuccio – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
  • Michael Allen Harrison– violin
  • Ezra Killinger – violin
  • Francine Walsh, John Wittenberg, Nancy Roth – violin
  • Chris Reutinger – violin
  • Jimbo Ross – viola
  • Cynthia Morrow – viola
  • John Acevedo – viola
  • Nancy Stein-Ross – cello
  • Dane Little – cello
  • Melissa “Missy” Hasin– cello
  • Trent Reznor– backing vocals
  • Cindy Palmano – art direction, photography
  • Alan Reinl – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tori Amos.

  1. Pretty Good Year
  2. God
  3. Bells for Her
  4. Past the Mission
  5. Baker Baker
  6. The Wrong Band
  7. The Waitress
  8. Cornflake Girl
  9. Icicle
  10. Cloud on My Tongue
  11. Space Dog

 

Afgang Whigs: Congregation

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On January 31, 1992, “Sub Pop” label released “Congregation”, the third Afghan Whigs studio album. It was recorded July – September 1991, at “Bear Creek Studios” in Washington; “Buzz’s Kitchen” in Los Angeles, and “Ultrasuede” in Cincinnati, and was produced by  Greg Dulli and Ross Ian Stein.

Personnel:

  • Rick McCollum – vocals, guitar
  • Greg Dulli– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • John Curley – vocals, bass, photography
  • Steve Earle – drums
  • Shecky Stein – piano
  • Lance Ellison – vocals, piano
  • Rick and Bubba– vocals
  • Miss Ruby Belle – vocals
  • Shawn Smith– vocals
  • Jane Higgins – design
  • Caroline De Vita – design
  • Chris Cuffaro – photography
  • A. Fleischer – photography

Track listing:

  1. Her Against Me – Greg Dulli
  2. I’m Her Slave – Greg Dulli
  3. Turn on the Water – John Curley, Greg Dulli, Steven Earle, Rick McCollum
  4. Conjure Me – John Curley, Greg Dulli, Steven Earle, Rick McCollum
  5. Kiss the Floor – Greg Dulli, Rick McCollum
  6. Congregation – Greg Dulli, Rick McCollum
  7. This Is My Confession – Greg Dulli
  8. Dedicate It – Greg Dulli
  9. The Temple – Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
  10. Let Me Lie To You – Greg Dulli
  11. Tonight – Greg Dulli
  12. Miles Iz Dead – Greg Dulli

The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker

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Black Crowes Shake Your Money maker

On January 24, 1990, “Def American Recordings” released “Shake Your Money Maker”, the debut Black Crowes (The) album.  It was named after an Elmore James’s classic blues song and was recorded in 1989, at the “Soundscape Studios” in Atlanta; “Chapel Studios”, “Paramount Studios” and “Grandmaster Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Jeff Cease– guitar
  • Johnny Colt– bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Chuck Leavell– piano, organ
  • Brendan O’Brien– “a potpourri of instruments”
  • Laura Creamer– backing vocals
  • Alan Forbes – artwork, art direction, design
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Ruth Leitman – cover photogtraphy

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Twice As Hard
  2. Jealous Again
  3. Sister Luck
  4. Could I’ve Been So Blind
  5. Seeing Things
  6. Hard to Handle – Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding
  7. Thick n’ Thin
  8. She Talks to Angels
  9. Struttin’ Blues
  10. Stare It Cold
  11. Live Too Fast Blues/Mercy, Sweet Moan