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Shania Twain: The Woman In Me

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On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
  • Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Billy Crain – slide guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
  • Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
  • Joe Spivey – fiddle
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Nashville String Machine – string section
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements
  • Nick Keca – claps
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
  • Warren Peterson – engineer
  • Simon Pressey – engineer
  • Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
  • Nick Keca – engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
  • Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
  • Craig White – engineer assistant
  • Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
  • Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant

Track listing:

 All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted

  1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
  2. Any Man of Mine
  3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
  4. (If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!
  5. The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)
  6. Is There Life After Love?
  7. If It Don’t Take Two
  8. You Win My Love – Robert John Lange
  9. Raining on Our Love
  10. Leaving Is the Only Way Out – Shania Twain
  11. No One Needs to Know
  12. God Bless the Child

Shania Twain: Up!

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On November 19, 2002, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Up!”, the fourth Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Simon & Diamond Duggal. In 2005, the album was certified 11 x Platinum by “RIAA” in US.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • John Willis – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Diamond Duggal – bouzouki, coral sitar, bass guitar, synthesizer guitar, keyboards, mandolin, percussion
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Cory Churko – slide guitar
  • Sunil Das – sitar
  • Simon Duggal – bass guitar, darbouka, dholak, keyboards, percussion, tabla, drum programming
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Rakesh Chaurasia – flute
  • Jonathan Yudkin – violin, cello, mandolin
  • Jatinder Thakur – violin
  • The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
  • Chintoo Singh – rabab
  • Sanjay Vyas – table
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
  • Mauro Pagini – backing vocals
  • Gavin Greenaway – string arrangements
  • Kevin Churko – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John “Mutt” Lange.

  1. Up!
  2. I’m Gonna Getcha Good
  3. She’s Not Just a Pretty Face
  4. Juanita
  5. Forever and for Always
  6. Ain’t No Particular Way
  7. It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
  8. Nah!
  9. (Wanna Get to Know You) That Good!
  10. C’est la vie
  11. I’m Jealous
  12. Ka-Ching
  13. Thank You Baby! (For Makin’ Someday Come So Soon)
  14. Waiter! Bring Me Water!
  15. What a Way to Wanna Be
  16. I Ain’t Goin’ Down
  17. I’m Not in the Mood (To Say No)!
  18. In My Car (I’ll Be the Driver)
  19. When You Kiss Me

Shania Twain: Same

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On April 20, 1993, “Polygram,” and “Mercury” label released the self-titled, debut Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, and was produced by Harold Shedd and Norro Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals
  • Mark Casstevens, Allen Frank Estes, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Joe Walker Jr., John Willis – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Gibson, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
  • Costo Davis – synthesizer
  • David Briggs, Costo Davis, Gary Prim – keyboards
  • Terry McMillan, Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
  • Mike Brignardello, Glenn Worf – bass
  • Paul Leim, Larrie Londin – drums
  • Terry McMillan – percussion
  • Anthony Martin, John Wesley Ryles, Ronny Scaife, Cindy Richardson Walker, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young – backing vocals
  • Jim Cotton, Todd Culross, Graeme Smith, Joe Scaife – engineer, mixing
  • Marty Williams – mastering

Track listing:

  1. What Made You Say That – Tony Haselden, Stan Munsey
  2. You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me – Hank Beach, Forest Borders II
  3. Dance with the One That Brought You – Sam Hogin, Gretchen Peters
  4. Still Under the Weather – Skip Ewing, L.E. White, Michael White
  5. Good Ain’t Gonna Getcha for That – Eillen Twain, Kent Robbins
  6. Got a Hold on Me – Rachel Newman
  7. There Goes the Neighborhood – Tommy Dodson, Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney
  8. Forget Me – Stephony Smith
  9. When He leaves You – Mike Reid, Kent Robbins
  10. Crime of the Century – Richard Fagan, Ralph Murphy

David Gates: Love Is Always Seventeen

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On September 6, 1994, “Discovery” label released “Love Is Always Seventeen”, the sixth David Gates album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by David Gates.

Personnel:

  • David Gates – vocals, acoustic guitar, arranger
  • Larry Knetchel – piano
  • Matt Rollings – keyboards
  • Steve Nathan – keyboards
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Lee Roy Parnell – slide guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Michael Haynes – flugelhorn
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Billy Dean, Victoria Shaw, W.O. Smith Music School Singers – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Gates.

  1. Avenue of Love
  2. Love Is Always Seventeen
  3. Ordinary Man
  4. I Will Wait for You
  5. Save This Dance for Me
  6. No Secrets in a Small Town
  7. Heart, It’s All Over
  8. I Don’t Want to Share Your Love
  9. I Can’t Find the Words to Say Goodbye
  10. Dear World
  11. Thankin’ You Sweet Baby James

Neil Diamond: The Best Years of Our Lives

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On December 13, 1988, “Columbia” label released “The Best Years of Our Lives”, the eighteenth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Chartmaker Studios”, “Lion Share Recording Studios”, “Village Recorders”, “Ocean Way Recording” in Los Angeles, “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, “Omnisound Recording Studios” in Nashville, “Seacost Sound” in Victoria, British Columbia, and was produced by David Foster.

Personnel:

  • Neil Diamond – lead vocals
  • Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Renée Geyer, Richard Page – backing vocals
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Michael Landau, Steve Lukather – electric guitar
  • Michael Boddicker, Robbie Buchanan, David Foster, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren, Michael Omartian, David Paich – keyboards
  • Mike Brignardello, Reinie Press – bass guitar
  • Tris Imboden, Paul Leim, Carlos Vega – drums
  • Rick Bowen, Rhett Lawrence, Kevin Maloney – synthesizer programming
  • Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Dan Higgins, Bill Reichenbach Jr., Larry Williams – horns
  • David Foster, Jerry Hey – horn arrangements
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements
  • David Foster – arranger
  • Jeffrey Woodruff – engineer
  • Jesse Kanner, Ray Pyle, Dave Reitzas – engineer assistant
  • Humberto Gatica – mixing
  • Mauricio Guerrero, Laura Livingston – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • David Kirschner – art direction, design
  • Beverley Lazor-Bahr – additional design
  • Matthew Rolston – photography
  • Sam Cole, Chris Earthy – production coordination
  • Ned Brown, Barry Cardinale, Larry E. Williams, Alison Zanetos – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

  1. The Best Years of Our Lives
  2. Hard Times for Lovers
  3. This Time – Neil Diamond, David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock
  4. Everything’s Gonna Be Fine – Neil Diamond, Weldon Dean Parks
  5. Hooked on the Memory of You
  6. Take Care of Me – Neil Diamond, David Foster
  7. Baby Can I Hold You – Tracy Chapman
  8. Carmelita’s Eyes – Neil Diamond, David Foster
  9. Courtin’ Disaster – Neil Diamond, David Foster
  10. If I Couldn’t See You Again
  11. Long Hard Climb – Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren

Bob Seger: Face The Promise

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On September 12, 2006, “Capitol” label released “Face the Promise”, the sixteenth Bob Seger studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2008, at “Ocean Way Studios” in Nashville, and “Home Studios” in Michigan, and was produced by Bob Seger (Real Mean Bottle co-produced with Kid Rock). The album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Seger – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, electric and acoustic guitar, mixing
  • Kid Rock– guitar
  • T. Corenflos- electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Brent Rowan, Biff Watson, Marlin Young – electric guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg- electric guitar
  • Eric Darken– tambourine
  • John Jarvis, Gordon Mote, Steve Nathan, Bill Payne- piano
  • Larry Paxton, Michael Rhodes, Glenn Worf- bass
  • Paul Leim- drums, cowbell
  • Eddie Bayers, Steve Brewster – drums
  • David Cole – percussion
  • Aubrey Haynie– fiddle
  • Randy Leago – tenor saxophone
  • Sam Levine – baritone saxophone
  • Steve Herman – trumpet
  • Jim Hoke – tenor saxophoneWilliam Huber – trombone
  • David Angell, Zeneba Bowers, John Catchings, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Jim Grosjean, Craig Nelson, Carole Rabinowitz, Pamela Sixfin, Elisabeth Small, Gary Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Matthew Walker – strings
  • Patty Loveless– vocals
  • Bernie Barlow, Bekka Bramlett, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy- backing vocals
  • David N. Cole – recording, miixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Seger except where noted.

  1. Wreck This Heart
  2. Wait for Me
  3. Face the Promise
  4. No Matter Who You Are
  5. Are You
  6. Simplicity
  7. No More
  8. Real Man Bottle – Vince Gill
  9. Won’t Stop
  10. Between
  11. The Answer’s in the Question

Michael Nesmith: Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

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In May 1979, “Pacific Arts Records & Tapes“label released “Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma”, the ninth Michael Nesmith solo album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Michael Nesmith.

Personnel:

  • Michael Nesmith – lead vocal. rhythm and lead guitars, arranger
  • Joe Chemay – vocals, arranger
  • Al Perkins- lead and slide guitars
  • John Hobbs – vocals, keyboards
  • David MacKay – bass
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Lenny Castro- percussion
  • Tom Saviano – saxophone
  • Tom Trefethen – engineer, mixing
  • William Bottrell – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Jerry Takigawa – art direction, design, hand tinting
  • Charles Bush – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Nesmith except “Capsule” by Michael Nesmith, Al Perkins, David Mackay, Paul Leim, John Hobbs and Lenny Castro.

  1. Dance
  2. Magic
  3. Tonite
  4. Flying
  5. Carioca
  6. Cruisin’
  7. Factions
  8. Light
  9. Horserace
  10. Capsule