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Patti Smith: Peace And Noise

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On September 30, 1997, “Arista” label released “Peace and Noise” the seventh Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 1997, at “IIwII Studio” in Weehawken, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar, pedal steel
  • Oliver Ray – guitar, photography
  • Tony Shanahan – bass, piano
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, organ, harmonica
  • Michael Stipe– backing vocal
  • Roy Cicala– engineer, mixing
  • Mark Burdett – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Waiting Underground – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  2. Whirl Away – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray, Lenny Kaye
  3. 1959 – Patti Smith, Tonny Shanahan
  4. Spell – Allen Ginsberg, Oliver Ray
  5. Don’t Say Nothing – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty
  6. Dead City – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  7. Blue Poles – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  8. Death Singing – Patti Smith
  9. Memento Mori – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Daugherty, Tonny Shanahan
  10. Last Call – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray

 

 

R.E.M.: Monster

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On September 27, 1994, “Warner Bros” label released “Monster” the ninth R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded April – May 1994, at “Kingsway Studio” in New Orleans; “Crossover Soundstage” in Atlanta; ”Criteria Studios” in Miami; “Ocean Way Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Scott Litt, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. The album was certified Platinum in Austria by “IFPI”; 6 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 3 x Platinum in UK by “BPI” and 4 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, Farfisa organ
  • Mike Mills– vocals, bass guitar, piano, organ, guitar
  • Bill Berry– drums, percussion, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar
  • Ané Diaz – backing vocals
  • Sally Dworsky– backing vocals
  • Lou Kregl – backing vocals
  • Rain Phoenix– backing vocals
  • Lynda Stipe– backing vocals
  • Pat McCarthy– engineer
  • Mark Howard – engineer
  • David Colvin – second engineer
  • Jeff DeMorris – second engineer
  • Mark Gruber – second engineer
  • Victor Janacua – second engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Mark “Microwave” Mytrowitz – technical assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
  2. Crush with Eyeliner
  3. King of Comedy
  4. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
  5. Star 69
  6. Strange Currencies
  7. Tongue
  8. Bang and Blame
  9. I Took Your Name
  10. Let Me In
  11. Circus Envy
  12. You

 

R.E.M.: Document

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On September 1, 1987, “I.R.S.” label released “Document”, the fifth R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded April – May 1987, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, and was mixed at “Master Control” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Scott Litt, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 470 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 1988, “Document” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, dulcimer
  • Mike Mills– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry– drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Berlin– horns
  • Carl Marsh – Fairlight CMI synthesizer
  • Steve Catania – engineer
  • Tom Der – engineer
  • Toni Greene – engineer
  • Gary Laney – engineer
  • Ted Pattison – engineer
  • Todd Scholar – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Jim McKay – photography
  • Michael Meister – photography
  • Sandra-Lee Phipps – photography
  • Ron Scarselli – packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

  1. Finest Worksong
  2. Welcome to the Occupation
  3. Exhuming McCarthy
  4. Disturbance at the Heron House
  5. Strange – Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed
  6. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
  7. The One I Love
  8. Fireplace
  9. Lightnin’ Hopkins
  10. King of Birds
  11. Oddfellows Local 151

 

R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant

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On July 28, 1986, “I.R.S.” label released “Lifes Rich Pageant”, the fourth R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded April – May 1986, at “Belmont Mall Studios” in Belmont, Indiana, and was produced by Don Gehman.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead and backing vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, banjo
  • Mike Mills– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, piano, pump organ
  • Bill Berry– drums, backing vocals
  • Jim Dineen– engineer
  • Rick Fetig– engineer
  • Ross Hogarth– engineer
  • Stan Katayama– engineer
  • Gregg Edward– mixing
  • Don Gehman- mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Slay – illustrations
  • Bird – illustrations
  • Juanita Rogers– back cover painting
  • Sandra Lee Phipps – photography
  • O. Scarelli– packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted. .

Side one – “Dinner side”

  1. Begin the Begin
  2. These Days
  3. Fall on Me
  4. Cuyahoga
  5. Hyena
  6. Underneath the Bunker

Side two – “Supper side”

  1. The Flowers of Guatemala
  2. I Believe
  3. What If We Give It Away?
  4. Just a Touch
  5. Swan Swan H
  6. Superman – Mitchell Bottler, Gary Zekley

R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction

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On June 10, 1985, “I.R.S” label released “Fables of the Reconstruction”, the third R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded February – March 1985, and was produced by Joe Boyd.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, banjo, harmonica
  • Mike Mills– bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry– drums, backing vocals
  • David Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Peter Thomas– tenor saxophone
  • Jim Dvorak – trumpet
  • Camilla Brunt – violin
  • Philippa Ibbotson– violin
  • David Newby– cello
  • Berry Clempson – engineer
  • Tony Harris – engineer
  • K. Johnston – art, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

  1. Feeling Gravitys Pull
  2. Maps and Legends
  3. Driver 8
  4. Life and How to Live It
  5. Old Man Kensey – Jerry Ayers, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe
  6. Cant Get There from Here
  7. Green Grow the Rushes
  8. Kohoutek
  9. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
  10. Good Advices
  11. Wendell Gee

Patti Smith: Twelve

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On April 17, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Twelve”, the seventh Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Duncan Webster – guitar
  • Jack Petruzelli – guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Rich Robinson – guitar, dulcimer
  • Sam Shepard– banjo
  • Walker Shepard – banjo
  • John Cohen– banjo
  • Luis Resto– piano
  • Tony Shanahan– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Barre Duryea – bass
  • Flea– bass
  • Paul Nowinski – double bass
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion, accordion
  • Mario Resto – drums
  • Peter Stampfel– fiddle
  • Giovanni Sollima– cello
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Andi Ostrowe – live sound mixing
  • David Bett – art direction
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
  2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. Gimme Shelter – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  5. Within You Without You – George Harrison
  6. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  7. Changing of the Guards – Bob Dylan
  8. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motioheola
  9. Soul Kitchen – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  11. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  12. Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder
  13. Everybody Hurts (bonus tracks) – Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

R.E.M.: Reckoning

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On April 9, 1984, “I.R.S.” label released “Reckoning”, the second R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded December 8, 1983 – January 16, 1984, at “Reflection Sound” in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was produced by Don Dixon and Mitch Easter.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals, harmonica
  • Peter Buck– guitar
  • Mike Mills– bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jefferson Holt– lead vocals
  • Bertis Downs– backing vocals
  • Howard Finster– art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe except where noted.

  1. Harbor Coat
  2. 7 Chinese Bros.
  3. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
  4. Pretty Persuasion
  5. Time After Time (Annelise)
  6. Second Guessing
  7. Letter Never Sent
  8. Camera
  9. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
  10. Little America

Patti Smith: Gung Ho

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On March 21, 2000, “Arista” label released “Gung Ho” album by Patti Smith. It was recorded in 2000, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Gil Norton. Magazine “Rolling Stone” included “Gung Ho” in its list of “Top 50 Albums of 2000”. The album cover includes picture of Smiths’s father, Grant Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Oliver Ray– guitar
  • Ben E. Franklin – mandolin
  • Penny Whistle – mandolin
  • Kimberly Smith – mandolin
  • Grant Hart– piano, farfisa
  • Tony Shanahan– bass, keyboards
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums
  • Rebecca Weiner – violin
  • Skaila Kanga– harp
  • Michael Stipe– backing vocals
  • Wade Raley – backing vocals
  • Danton Supple – engineer, mixing
  • Jake Davies – engineer
  • Mark Phythers – engineer
  • Todd Parker – engineer assistant
  • Gil Norton– mixing
  • Paul Angelli – mastering
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. One Voice – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty
  2. Lo and Beholden – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  3. Boy Cried Wolf – Patti Smith
  4. Persuasion – Patti Smith, Fred “Sonic” Smith
  5. Gone Pie – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  6. China Bird – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  7. Glitter in Their Eyes – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  8. Strange Messenger – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  9. Grateful – Patti Smith
  10. Upright Come – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  11. New Party – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  12. Libbie’s Song – Patti Smith
  13. Gung Ho – Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray , Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan

Placebo: Meds

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On March 13, 2006, “Virgin” label released “Meds”, the fifth Placebo studio album. It was recorded in December 2005 and January 2006, at “RAK Studios”, “Livingston Studios” and “Sarm West Studios” in London, and was produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass, guitar, keyboardsm backing vocals
  • Steve Hewitt– drums
  • Alison Mosshart– vocals
  • Michael Stipe– vocals
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Sarah Button – violin
  • Krista Caspersz – violin
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Jessie Murphy – violin
  • Tom Piggot-Smith – violin
  • Ellie Stanford, Deborah White, Lucy Wilkins, Dave Williams – violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Katherine Shave – viola
  • Reiad Ceibah –viola
  • Fiona Griffiths – viola
  • Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Ian Burge –cello
  • Helen Rathbone – cello
  • Sarah Willson – cello
  • Fiona Brice– string arrangements
  • Alex Cowper – design

Track listing:

  1. Meds
  2. Infra-Red
  3. Drag
  4. Space Monkey
  5. Follow the Cops Back Home
  6. Post Blue
  7. Because I Want You
  8. Blind
  9. Pierrot the Clown
  10. Broken Promise
  11. One of a Kind
  12. In the Cold Light of Morning
  13. Song to Say Goodbye

R.E.M.: Out of Time

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On March 12, 1991, “Warner Bros” label released “Out of Time”, the seventh R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded in September 1990, at “Bearsville Studios” in New York, “John Keane Studios”, “Soundscape Studios” in Atlanta, Georgia, “Prince’s Paisley Park Studios” in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was produced by Scott Litt , Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry. “ In 1992, the album won three “Grammy Awards” – “Best Alternative Music Album”, and two for the first single, “Losing My Religion.” It was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe- lead and backing vocals, bass melodica and arrangement, packaging, photography
  • Peter Buck- electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin
  • Mike Mills – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, organ,  piano , harpsichord, percussion, keyboards
  • Bill Berry- drum, percussion, congas, bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • John Keane– pedal steel guitar
  • Peter Holsapple– bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ralph Jones – double bass
  • Kidd Jordan– baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cecil Welch – flugelhorn
  • David Arenz, Ellie Arenz, David Braitberg, Dave Kempers – violin
  • Mark Bingham– string arrangements
  • Reid Harris – viola
  • Paul Murphy – lead viola
  • Andrew Cox , Elizabeth Murphy – cello
  • KRS-One– rapping
  • Scott Litt– echo-loop feed
  • Kate Pierson– vocals
  • Jay Weigel– orchestral liaison
  • Ben Katchor, Ed Rogers – illustrations
  • Tom Recchion – packaging
  • Karina Santo, Doug Starn, Mike Starn, Frank Ockenfels – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. Radio Song
  2. Losing My Religion
  3. Low
  4. Near Wild Heaven
  5. Endgame
  6. Shiny Happy People
  7. Belong
  8. Half a World Away
  9. Texarkana
  10. Country Feedback
  11. Me in Honey