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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The First Born Is Dead

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On June 3, 1985, “Mute” label released “The Firstborn Is Dead”, the second Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded November – December 1984, at “Hansa Studios, in Berlin,and was produced by Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson, Mick Harvey and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– lead vocals, harmonica
  • Blixa Bargeld- guitar, slide guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Barry Adamson- bass, guitar, organ, drums, backing vocals
  • Mick Harvey– drums, guitar, organ, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Julia Heinglein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Tupelo – Barry Adamson, Mick Harvey
  2. Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree – Mick Harvey
  3. Train Long-Suffering –  Nick Cave
  4. Black Crow King – Blixa Bargeld, NickCave
  5. Knockin’ on Joe –  Nick Cave
  6. Wanted Man – Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
  7. Blind Lemon Jefferson – Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave

Dave Gahan: Paper Monsters

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On June 2, 2003, “Mute” label released “Paper Monsters”, the debut Dave Gahan solo album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Ken Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, Glockenspiel, electric piano, harmonica
  • Knox Chandler – guitar, dulcimer, cello, bass guitar, keyboards, vibraphone, string arrangements, programming
  • Doug Petty – piano
  • Paul Garisto, Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Jolyon Thomas – tambourine, tom-tom drums
  • Maxim Moston, Antoine Silverman, Joan Wasser – violin
  • David Gold – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Dee Lewis – backing vocals
  • John Collyer – programming
  • Jonathan Adler – engineer
  • Jack Clark, Ken Thoams – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Anthon Corbin – art direction, photography
  • Four Five One Creative – art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Gahan and Knox Chandler.

  1. Dirty Sticky Floors
  2. Hold On
  3. A Little Piece
  4. Bottle Living
  5. Black and Blue Again
  6. Stay
  7. I Need You
  8. Bitter Apple
  9. Hidden Houses
  10. Goodbye

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son

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On April 17,1990,“Mute” label released “The Good Son”, the sixth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album. It was recorded at “Victor Van Vugt” in Sao Paulo, October 1989, and was produced by Nick cave, Mick Harvey, Bixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers and Thomas Wydler .

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, piano, Hammond organ,  harmonica
  • Blixa Bargeld – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kid Congo Powers– guitar
  • Mick Harvey– bass, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Thomas Wydler– drums, percussion
  • Alexandre Ramirez, Altamir Tea Bueno Salinas, Helena Akiku Imasoto, Lea Kalil Sadi – violin
  • Akira Terazaki, Glauco Masahiru Imasoto – viola
  • Braulio Marques Lima, Cristina Manescu – cello
  • Bill McGee – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Foi Na Cruz
  2. The Good Son
  3. Sorrow’s Child
  4. The Weeping Song
  5. The Ship Song
  6. The Hammer Song
  7. Lament
  8. The Witness Song
  9. Lucy – words: Nick music: Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld,Roland Wolf

Depeche Mode: Ultra

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On April 14, 1997, “Mute” label released “Ultra”, the ninth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded January 1996 – February 1997; at “Abbey Road” in Eastcote, Westside, Strongroom, “RAK” in London, “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Larrabee West”  in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tim Simenon.

Personnel:

  • David Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, guitar, sampler, piano
  • BJ Cole– pedal steel guitar
  • Dave Clayton – keyboards, keyboards programming, string arrangements
  • Daniel Miller – synthesizer
  • Doug Wimbish– bass
  • Gota Yashiki– drums
  • Keith LeBlanc– drums
  • Jaki Liebezeit– percussion
  • Danny Cummings– percussion
  • Victor Indrizzo– percussion
  • Daniel Miller– System 700
  • Richard Niles– string conductor, string score
  • Graeme Perkins – string coordinator
  • Kerry Hopwood – programming
  • Q – engineer, mixing
  • Lee Fitzgerald – engineer assistant
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant
  • Jim – engineer assistant
  • Robbie Kazandjian – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Campbell – engineer assistant
  • Audie Chamberlain – engineer assistant
  • Lee Phillips – engineer assistant
  • Tom Rixton – engineer assistant
  • Gary Forde – engineer assistant
  • Greg – engineer assistant
  • Paul Hicks– engineer assistant
  • Gareth Jones– additional vocal engineering, mixing
  • Tim Simenon– mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– art direction, front cover, photography
  • Area – design
  • Brian Dowling – color prints

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. Barrel of a Gun
  2. The Love Thieves
  3. Home
  4. It’s No Good
  5. Uselink
  6. Useless
  7. Sister of Night
  8. Jazz Thieves
  9. Freestate
  10. The Bottom Line
  11. Insight
  12. Junior Painkiller (hidden track)

The Residents: Animal Lover

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On April 5, 2005, “Mute” label released “Animal Lover”, album by The Residents.

Track listing:

  1. On the Way (to Oklahoma)
  2. Olive and Gray
  3. What Have My Chickens Done Now
  4. Two lips
  5. Bee’s Bumble
  6. Inner Space
  7. Dead man
  8. My Window
  9. Ingrid’s Oily Tongue
  10. Mother No More
  11. Dreaming of an Anthill (Teeming)
  12. Elmer’s Song
  13. The Monkey Man
  14. The Whispering Boys
  15. Burn My Bones

The album contains a bonus CD, generally called “…Imaginary Jack”. According to the Cryptic Corporation, it really is one long track, divided to six parts to the enjoyment of the listener. The full title is actually the entire text written on the disc:

“I stood at my window staring at an arcing streetlight.
A sudden wind made me pull my shoulders to my ears.
I pissed into the dark.
It smelled like canned tuna.
My swollen lip throbbed.
I could still taste the blood.
My eyes rolled back looking for memories.
I stopped.

I was changing details in my mind, remembering only what I wanted it to be, not what it was.
I had only a short time to do what had to be done, after that it would all be forever absorbed by my imaginary Jack.”

The tracks on the bonus CD combine elements from tracks from the original CD with elements from then-unreleased material.

Track listing:

  1. Part 1 – 2:55
  2. Part 2 – 6:52
  3. Part 3 – 1:38
  4. Part 4 – 1:22
  5. Part 5 – 6:28
  6. Part 6 – 10:10

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part

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On April 2, 2001, “Mute” label released “No More Shall We Part”, the eleventh Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded in September and October 2000, at “Abbey Road Studios” and “Westside Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn Casey, Thomas Wydler and Tony Cohen.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– vocals, piano, mixing
  • Mick Harvey– guitar, string arrangement, drums, mixing
  • Blixa Bargeld– guitar, mixing
  • Conway Savage– organ
  • Martyn P. Casey– bass
  • Thomas Wydler– drums
  • Paul Morgan, Leon Bosch – bass
  • Warren Ellis– violin, string arrangement
  • Jim Sclavunos– drums, percussion
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle– vocals
  • Gavyn Wright, Patrick Kiernan, Jackie Shave, Simon Fischer, Rebecca Hirsch – violin
  • Bruce White, Gustav Clarkson – viola
  • Frank Schaefer, Lionel Handy, Naomi Wright – cello
  • Tony Cohen – engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Paul – engineer
  • Mirek Stiles, Mark Bishop – engineer assistant
  • Ray Staffat – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. As I Sat Sadly by Her Side
  2. And No More Shall We Part
  3. Hallelujah – Nick cave and Warren Ellis
  4. Love Letter
  5. Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
  6. God Is in the House
  7. Oh My Lord
  8. Sweetheart Come – Nick Cave and Barry Adamson
  9. The sorrowful Wife
  10. We Came Along This Road
  11. Gates to the Garden
  12. Darker with the Day – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Inspiral Carpets: Devil Hopping

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On March 22, 1994, “Mute” label released “Devil Hopping”, the fourth Inspiral Carpets studio album. It was recorded at “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Pascal Gabriel.

Personal:

  • Tom Hingley– vocals
  • Graham Lambert – guitar
  • Clint Boon– vocals, keyboards
  • Martyn Walsh– bass
  • Craig Gill– drums
  • Clif Norrell– engineer, mixing
  • Pascal Gabriel –mixing
  • Dave Buchanan – assistant
  • Lewis Mulatero – photography
  • Pete Ashworth –photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Inspiral Carpets.

  1. I Want You
  2. Party in the Sky
  3. Plutoman
  4. Uniform
  5. Lovegrove
  6. Just Wednesday
  7. Saturn 5
  8. All of This and More
  9. The Way the Light Falls
  10. Half Way There
  11. Cobra
  12. I Don’t Want to Go Blind

Depeche Mode: Songs Of Faith And Devotion

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On March 22, 1993, “Mute” label released “Songs of Faith and Devotion”, the eighth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded February 1992 – January 1993, at “Chateau du Pape” in Madrid, and was produced by Flod, David Gahan and Martin Gore.

Personnel:

  • Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming, mixing
  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Steáfán Hannigan – uilleann pipes
  • Wil Malone– string arrangement, conducting
  • Hildia Campbell – additional vocals
  • Samantha Smith – additional vocals
  • Bazil Meade – additional vocals
  • Matthew Vaughan – additional programming
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Paul Kendall, Steve Lyon – engineer
  • Mark Einstmann – engineer assistant
  • Volke Schneider – engineer assistant
  • Shaun de Feo – engineer assistant
  • Jeremy Wheatley – engineer assistant
  • Flood– mixing
  • Mark Stent– mixing
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– art direction, sleeve design, visuals
  • Area – design
  • Daryl Bamonte– album coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. I Feel You
  2. Walking In My Shoes
  3. Condemnation
  4. Mercy In You
  5. Judas
  6. In Your Room
  7. Get Right With Me
  8. Rush
  9. One Caress
  10. Higher Love

Throbbing Gristle: Part Two: The Endless Not

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On March 20, 2007, “Mute” label released “Part Two: The Endless Not”, the seventh Throbbing Gristle album. It was recorded 2004-2005, and was produced by Chris Carter, Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Peter Christophenson.

Personnel:

  • Genesis P-Orridge– vocals, bass guitar, violin
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti – lead guitar, cornet, samples
  • Peter Christopherson – samples, art direction, design
  • Chris Carter– synthesizer, programming, mastering
  • Martin Gray – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Genesis P-Orridge, all music by P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and and Chris Carter.

  1. Vow of Silence
  2. Rabbit Snare
  3. Separated
  4. Almost a Kiss
  5. Greasy Spoon
  6. Lyre Liar
  7. Above the Below
  8. Endless Not
  9. The Worm Waits Its Turn
  10. After the Fall

Goldfrapp: Head First

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On March 19, 2010, “Mute” label released “Head First”, the fifth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded in July – December 2010, and was produced by Pascal Gabriel, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Richard X.

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, recording, art direction
  • Will Gregory – keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, drum programming, recording
  • Chris Goulston – guitar
  • Alex Lee – guitar
  • Charlie Jones– bass
  • Ged Lynch– drums
  • Davide Rossi– violin
  • Tim Goldsworthy– arrangements, additional programming, drums recording
  • Nick Batt – additional programming
  • Greg Freeman – drum recording
  • Bruno Ellingham – additional engineering
  • Mark ‘Spike’ Stent– mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Matty Green – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Mat Maitland– art direction, images
  • Serge Leblon – images

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Rocket
  2. Believer
  3. Alive
  4. Dreaming
  5. Head First
  6. Hunt
  7. Shiny and Warm
  8. I Wanna Life
  9. Voicething