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Sade: Lovers Rock

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On November 13, 2000, “Epic” label released “Lovers Rock”, the fifth Sade studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – August 2000, at “Sarm Hook End” and “Deliverance” in London, “El Cortijo” in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain, and was produced by Mike Pela, Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman. In 2002, “Lovers Rock” earned Sade the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album”.

Personnel:

  • Sade Adu – vocals, arrangements
  • Stuart Matthewman – guitars, woodwinds, programming, arrangements
  • Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Paul S. Denman – bass, arrangements
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Janusz Podrazik – keyboards
  • Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Mike Pela – recording
  • Andy “Nipper” Davies – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Intro – design
  • Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photographs
  • Sophie Muller – cover photography
  • Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.

  1. By Your Side
  2. Flow
  3. King of Sorrow
  4. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
  5. All About Our Love
  6. Slave Song
  7. The Sweetest Gift
  8. Every Word
  9. Immigrant – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik
  10. Lovers Rock
  11. It’s Only Love That Gets You Through – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik

Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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On October 6, 2003, “Rough Trade” label released “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, the sixth Belle & Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Sarm West Studios” in London, Sarm Hook End” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, “Berkeley Street Studios” in Glasgow, “Parkgate Studios” in Catsfield, and “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, arrangements
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Keddes – keyboards, arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Dave McGowan – bass, arrangements
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums, arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Sue Bohling – cor anglaise
  • Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – alto saxophone
  • Stan Sulzman – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – tenor saxophone 
  • Chris Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins – trumpet
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt – trumpet 
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – tenor trombone
  • Chris Dean – tenor trombone
  • Jeremy Price – tenor trombone
  • Richard Edwards – bass trombone
  • Chris Cowie – oboe
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Richard Berry – French horn
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Kathleen Stevenson – piccolo flute
  • Perry Montague-Mason, Benedict Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Kathy Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello 
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Trevor Horn – arrangements
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements
  • Steve Price – recording
  • Julian Mendelsohn – recording
  • Mat Bartram – recording
  • Tim Lambert – additional engineering
  • Phil Tyreman – engineer assistant
  • Dan Vickers – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Robert Orton – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – additional mixing
  • Michael Bannister – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Divine Inc. – design
  • Stuart David – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Step into my Office, Baby
  2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  3. If She Wants Me
  4. Piazza, New York Catcher
  5. Asleep on a Sunbeam
  6. I’m a Cuckoo
  7. You Don’t Send Me
  8. Wrapped Up in Books
  9. Lord Anthony
  10. If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
  11. Roy Walker
  12. Stay Loose

Scars: Same

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On August 26, 2002, “Sanctuary” label released the self-titled, debut Scars album (not to be confused with the Edinburgh post-punk group called Scars). It was recorded in 2002, at “Sarm West Studios” and “Music Bank’s Waterloo Sunset Studios” in London, “Sarm Hook End” in Reading, Berkshire, “Parkgate Studios” in Battle, East Sussex, and was produced by Chris Tsangarides and Gary Moore.

Personnel:

  • Gary Moore– vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Cass Lewis– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Darrin Mooney– drums
  • Chris Tsangarides– engineer, mixing
  • Tim Hole, Dan Turner, Drew Roberts, Matt Crawford – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

 Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Moore, except where noted.

  1. When the Sun Goes Down – Gary Moore, Cass Lewis, Darrin Mooney
  2. Rectify – Gary Moore, Cass Lewis, Darrin Mooney
  3. Wasn’t Born in Chicago
  4. Stand Up – Gary Moore, Cass Lewis, Darrin Mooney
  5. Just Can’t Let You Go
  6. My Baby (She’s So Good to Me)
  7. World of Confusion
  8. Ball and Chain – Gary Moore, Cass Lewis, Darrin Mooney
  9. World Keep Turnin’ Round
  10. Who Knows (What Tomorrow May Bring)

 

 

Pet Shop Boys: Bilingual

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On September 2, 1996, “Parlaphone” label released “Bilingual”, the tenth Pet Shop Boys album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “Bunk Junk & Genius”, “Sarm West”, “Sarm Hook End” in London; “Axis”, “Bass Hit” in New York City; “The State House of Broadcasting and Sound Recording” in Moscow, and was produced by Pet Shop Boys, Chris Porter, Danny Tenaglia and K-Klass.

Personnel:

  • Neil Tennant – vocals
  • Chris Lowe – keyboards
  • Hugh Burns – guitar
  • J. Belle– guitar
  • Johnny Marr– guitar, additional vocals
  • Greg Bone – guitar
  • Aidan McGoran – additional guitar
  • Sylvia Mason-James– vocals
  • Ritchie Birkett – keyboards
  • Pete Dao – keyboards
  • Pete Dao – keyboards
  • Eddie Montilla – additional keyboards
  • SheBoom – drums, percussion
  • Robin Jones – percussion
  • Davide Giovanni, Joseph De Jesus, Weston Foster, Lino Rocha – additional vocals
  • Trevor Henry/The Ignorants – scratching, additional keyboards
  • Kevin Robinson, Bud Beadle, Fayyaz Virji – brass
  • Andy Hamilton– saxophone
  • Mike Innes, Noel Langley, Richard Sidell, Andy Hamilton– brass
  • Chris Cameron – additional keyboards, string arrangement, conductor
  • Andy Duncan – drums, percussion
  • Sheboom – drums, percussion
  • Robin Jones – additional percussion
  • Oli Savill and Lilliana Chacian – percussion
  • Danny Tenaglia and Louie ‘Balo’ Guzman – drum programming
  • Alyosha Zolotukhin – choir arrangement
  • Graeme Perkins – choir co-ordinator
  • Victor Popov – choir director
  • The Choral Academy of Moscow – choir
  • Barbara Tucker, Karen Bernodand Carole Sylvan – additional vocals
  • Katie Kissoon– additional vocals
  • Danny Tenaglia, Louie ‘Balo’ Guzman – drum programming
  • Phil Pagano – programming
  • Simon Cotsworth – programming
  • Pete Gleadall – programming
  • Pete Gleadall – programming
  • Sylvia Mason-James – additional vocals
  • Katie, Kisson, Davide Giovanni, Joseph De Jesus, Weston Foster, Lino Rocha – additional vocals
  • Vanessa Ichak – Banji girl vocals
  • Alyosha Zolotukhin – choir arrangement
  • Graeme Perkins – choir co-ordinator
  • Victor Popov – choir director
  • The Choral Academy of Moscow – choir
  • Throusers Enthusiasts – additional production
  • Richard Niles – orchestra arrangement, conductor
  • Steva Rodway/Motiv8 – additional production
  • Mark Farrow Design – design
  • Chris Heath, José Cea, Andy Earl – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

  1. Discoteca
  2. Single-Bilingual
  3. Metamorphosis
  4. Electricity
  5. Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)
  6. It Always Comes as a Surprise
  7. A Red Letter Day
  8. Up Against It
  9. The Survivors
  10. Before
  11. To Step Aside
  12. Saturday Night Forever