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Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes

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Alien_Lanes

On April 4, 1995, “Matador” label released “Alien Lanes”, the eight Guided by Voices album. It was  recorded in 1995 and was produced by Mr. Japan at Collider X-L.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – lead vocals
  • Mitch Mitchell – guitar
  • Tobin Sprout – guitar
  • Greg Demos – bass
  • Kevin Fennell – drums
  • Red-Nosed Driver – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Bob Ohe – cover
  • Mark Ohe – cover
  • Stephen Apicella-Hitchcock – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

  1. A Salty Salute – Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  2. Evil Speakers
  3. Watch Me Jumpstart
  4. They’re Not Witches – Greg Demos, Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard
  5. As We Go Up, We Go Down
  6. (I Wanna Be a) Dumbcharger
  7. Game of Pricks
  8. The Ugly Vision
  9. A Good Flying Bird – Tobin Sprout
  10. Cigarette Tricks – Greg Demos, Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  11. Pimple Zoo
  12. Big Chief Chinese Restaurant – Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard
  13. Closer You Are
  14. Auditorium – Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  15. Motor Away – Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  16. Hit
  17. My Valuable Hunting Knife
  18. Gold Hick
  19. King and Caroline – Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  20. Striped White Jets
  21. Ex-Supermodel – Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
  22. Blimps Go 90
  23. Strawdogs – Tobin Sprout
  24. Chicken Blows
  25. Little Whirl – Tobin Sprout
  26. My Son Cool
  27. Always Crush Me
  28. Alright

 

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Pig Lib

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Pig lib

On March 18, 2003, “Matador” label released “Pig Lib”, the second Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks studio album. It was recorded May – August 2002, at “Bear Creek Studios”, “Jackpot! Recording Studios”, and was produced by Ryan Hadlock and Jicks.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, lead guitar, synthesizers
  • Mike Clark – guitar, keyboards
  • Joanna Bolme – bass, backing vocals
  • John Moen – drums, backing vocals
  • Jicks – mixing
  • Ryan Hadlock – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. Water and a Seat
  2. Ramp of Death
  3. (Do Not Feed the) Oyster
  4. Vanessa from Queens
  5. Sheets
  6. Animal Midnight
  7. Dark Wave
  8. Witch Mountain Bridge
  9. Craw Song
  10. 1% of One
  11. Us

 

Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

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Pavement_Crooked_Rain

On February 14, 1994, “Matador” label released “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain”, the second Pavement studio album. It was recorded August – September 1993. at “Random Falls Studios” in New York, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Steve West, Bob Nastanovich and Bryce Goggin. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 210 on its  list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time” and at number 10 on the list of “Best Albums of the Nineties”. In 2003, it was ranked number 8 on “Pitchfork Media’s” list “Top 100 Albums of the 1990s”. In July 2014, magazine “Guitar World”  ranked “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain” at number 21 in their “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994” list.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg– guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Ibold– bass
  • Steve West– drums, percussion
  • Bob Nastanovich– percussion
  • Bryce Goggin– piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus, except where noted.

  1. Silence Kid
  2. Elevate Me Later
  3. Stop Breathin
  4. Cut Your Hair
  5. Newark Wilder
  6. Unfair
  7. Gold Soundz
  8. 5-4=Unity
  9. Range Life
  10. Heaven Is a Truck
  11. Hit the Plane Down – Scott Kannberg
  12. Fillmore Jive

Anthony And The Johnsons: The Crying Light

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Aj the crying light

On January 20, 2009,“Matador” label released “The Crying Light”, the third Antony and the Johnsons’ studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Antony Hegarty. The album’s cover artwork features a 1977 photograph of butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno, by Naoya Ikegami.

Personnel:

  • Antony – vocals, arrangements
  • Thomas Bartlett, Greg Cohen, Will Holshouser, Wil Holzhouser, Julia Kent, Parker Kindred, Jeff Langston, Rob Moose, William Whittman – musicians
  • Maxim Moston, Doug Wieselman – arrangements, musician
  • Nico Muhly – arrangements
  • Hiroko Taguchi, Antoine Silverman, Sarah Hewitt Ruth, Susan Perelman, Brian Miller, Alexandra Knoll, Bridget Kibbey, Danielle Farina, Keith Bonner, Lisa Albrecht, Tim Albright, Leise Anschuetz, Anja Wood, Amy Zoloto – orchestra
  • Dan Bora, Hector Castillo, Keith Gary, Scott Lehrer, Stewart Lerman, Alex Nizich, William Whittman – engineer
  • Bryce Goggin – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Lader – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering, remastering
  • Daniel Murphy – layout design
  • Don Felix Cervantes – photography
  • Johanna Constantine – make –up
  • Naoya Ikegami – portraits

Track listing:

All tracks by Antony Hegarty, except where noted.

  1. Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground – Antony Hegarty, Nick Hegarty
  2. Epilepsy Is Dancing
  3. One Dove – Antony Hegarty, Barry Reynolds
  4. Kiss My Name
  5. The Crying Light
  6. Another World
  7. Daylight and the Sun
  8. Aeon
  9. Dust and Water
  10. Everglade