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Wham: Fantastic

On July 9, 1983, “Innervision” label released “Fantastic”, the debut Wham! studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1983, at “Maison Rouge Studios” in London, and was produced by Steve Brown, George Michael and Bob Carter. The album was certified Platinum in New Zealand by  “RMNZ”, and 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • George Michael – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Robert Ahwai, Andrew Ridgeley – guitar
  • Paul Ridgeley – guitar, shouts
  • Jess Bailey, Bob Carter, Anne Dudley, Tommy Eyre – keyboards
  • Deon Estus, Brad Lang, John McKenzie– bass
  • Andy Duncan – drums, percussion
  • Graham Broad, Trevor Murrell– drums
  • Luis Jardim, Tony Moroni – percussion
  • Baps, Guy Barker, Raoul, Colin Graham, Chris Hunter, Roddy Lorimer, Iain MacKintosh, Ian Ritchie, Paul Cox, Geoff Daley, Martin Drover – horns
  • Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler Linda Hayes, Shirlie Holliman, Tony Jackson, Josie James, Katie Kisson, Stevie Lang, C. Lee, Sylvia Mason – backing vocals
  • Dave Mortimer – shouts
  • Chris Craymer, Janusz Guttner – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Michael, except where noted.

  1. Bad Boys
  2. A Ray of Sunshine
  3. Love Machine – Pete Moore, Billy Griffin
  4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) – Michael Andrew Ridgeley
  5. Club Tropicana – Michael Andrew Ridgeley
  6. Nothing Looks the Same in the Light
  7. Come On
  8. Young Guns (Go for It!)

Brian Eno: Nerve Net

Nerve Net

On September 1, 1992, “Warner Bros” label released “Nerve Net”, the twelve Brian Eno studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  1. Brian Eno– vocals and voices, organ, synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, tenor saxophone, treatments, African organ, animal sounds, arabesque
  2. Roger Eno– piano, sampling
  3. John Paul Jones– piano
  4. Rod Melvin– piano
  5. Robert Quine– guitar, rhythm guitar
  6. Robert Fripp– guitar
  7. Jamie West-Oram – guitar, rhythm guitar
  8. Romeo WIlliams – bass guitar
  9. John May – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  10. Robert Ahwai – guitar
  11. Peter Anderson – guitar
  12. Richard Bailey – drums
  13. Sugarfoot Moffett – drums
  14. Markus Dravs – drums, drum programming, treatments
  15. Cecil Stamper III – drums
  16. Benmont Tench– percussion
  17. Ian Dench– drum loop
  18. Winston Ngukwe – conga
  19. Isaac Osapanin – conga
  20. Wayne Duchamp – alto saxophone
  21. Alice Ngukwe – tenor saxophone
  22. Curtis Pelican – trumpet
  23. Christine West-Oram – vocals
  24. Duchess Nell Catchpole – vocals and voices
  25. John Moorby – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  26. Anita Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  27. Sunita Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part
  28. Yogish Patel – voices, speech, speaker, speaking part

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno.

  1. Fractal Zoom
  2. Wire Shock
  3. What Actually Happened?
  4. Pierre in Mist
  5. My Squelchy Life
  6. Juju Space Jazz
  7. The Roil, the Choke
  8. Ali Click
  9. Distributed Being
  10. Web
  11. Web (Lascaux Mix)
  12. Decentre

Brian Eno & John Cale: Wrong Way Up

Which Way Is Up

On October 5, 1990, ”All Saints Records” label released “Wrong Way Up”, album by Brian Eno and John Cale. It was recorded April – July 1990, at “Wilderness Studio”, in Suffolk, and was produced by John Cale and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, pianos, keyboards, bass, harp, horn, dumbek, viola, strings, omnichord
  • Brian Eno – vocals, keyboards, rhythm bed, Indian drum, guitars, Shinto bell, bass, little Nigerian organ
  • Robert Ahwai – rhythm guitar
  • Daryl Johnson – bass
  • Dave Young: guitars, bass
  • Ronald Jones – tabla, drums
  • Nell Catchpole – violins
  • Rhett Davies – backing vocals
  • Bruce Lampcov – backing vocals

Track listing:

All compositions by John Cale and Brian Eno except where noted.

  1. Lay My Love
  2. One Word
  3. In the Backroom
  4. Empty Frame
  5. Cordoba
  6. Spinning Away
  7. Footsteps
  8. Been There, Done That
  9. Crime in the Desert
  10. The River – Brian Eno