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Marillion: Fear (Fuck Everyone and Run)

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On September 23, 2016, “Intact” label released “Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)”, the eighteenth Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire “Real World Box” in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Michael Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– lead vocals, hammered dulcimer, bass xylophone
  • Steve Rothery– guitar, additional fretless bass
  • Pete Trewavas– bass, additional vocals
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Eleanor Gilchrist, Geraldine Berreen – violin
  • Teresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle – cello
  • Sofi Hogarth, Jennie Rothery – additional vocals
  • Michael Hunter – mixing
  • Simon Ward – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly and Ian Mosley.

  1. El Dorado
    Long-Shadowed Sun
    II. The Gold
    III. Demolished Lives
    IV. F E A R
    V. The Grandchildren of Apes
  2. Living in FEAR
  3. The Leavers
    Wake Up in Music
    II. The Remainers
    III. Vapour Trails in the Sky
    IV. The Jumble of Days
    V. One Tonight
  4. White Paper
  5. The New Kings
    Fuck Everyone and Run
    II. Russia’s Locked Doors
    III. A Scary Sky
    IV. Why Is Nothing Ever True?
  6. Tomorrow’s New Country

Rufus Wainwright: Want One

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On September 23, 2003, “DreamWorks Records” label released “Want One”, the third Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Maid’s Room”; “Bearsville Studio A”; “Loho Studios”; “Looking Glass Studios” in New York City, and “The Strongroom” in London, and was produced by Marius de Vries.  The album won Wainwright “Outstanding Music Artist” award at the 15th “GLAAD Media Awards”; “Best New Recording”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, recorders, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Marius de Vries – piano, programming, vibraphone, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Charlie Sexton – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmy Zhivago – acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jeff Hill – bass
  • Bernard O’Neill – bass
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Matt Johnson – drums
  • Sterling Campbell– drums
  • Simon C. Clarke – alto sax, baritone sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Adrian Hallowell – bass trombone
  • Nick Hitchens – tuba
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
  • The London Oratory Choir – choir
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kate McGarrigle– banjo, accordion
  • Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • David Sapadin – clarinet
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Joy Smith – harp
  • Maxim Moston – concertmaster, orchestral arrangements
  • Chris Elliott – orchestral arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • Linda Thompson– additional vocals
  • Teddy Thompson– additional vocals
  • Martha Wainwright– additional vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
  • John Holbrook, Bob Ebeling, Andy Bradfield, Marius de Vries – engineer
  • Jack McKeever – engineer assistant
  • Struan Oglanby, Ian Dowling, Bill Synan, Sean Gould, Tom Gloady – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright:

  1. Oh What a World
  2. I Don’t Know What It Is
  3. Vicious World
  4. Movies of Myself
  5. Pretty Things
  6. Go or Go Ahead
  7. Vibrate
  8. 14th Street
  9. Natasha
  10. Harvester of Hearts
  11. Beautiful Child
  12. Want
  13. 11:11
  14. Dinner at Eight

Chumbawamba: Tubthumper

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On September 23, 1997, “EMI” label released “Tubthumper”, the eighth Chumbawamba studio album. It was recorded August 1996 – February 1997, at “Woodlands Studio” in Castleford, and was produced by Neil Ferguson, Lou Watts, Danbert Nobacon, Boff Whalley, Neil Ferguson, Alice Nutter, Paul Greco, Harry Hammer and Dunstan Bruce .

Personnel:

  • Lou Watts – vocals, keyboards
  • Alice Nutter – vocals
  • Danbert Nobacon – vocals
  • Boff Whalley – vocals, guitar
  • Neil Ferguson – keyboards, guitars
  • Paul Greco – bass
  • Harry Hamer – drums, programming
  • Dunstan Bruce – vocals, percussion
  • Jude Abbott – trumpet, vocals
  • Chopper – cello
  • Abbott Sauce Works Band – brass
  • Michael Cohen – vocal
  • Kye Coles – vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Watts, Danbert Nobacon, Boff Whalley, Neil Ferguson, Alice Nutter, Paul Greco, Harry Hammer and Dunstan Bruce .

  1. Tubthumping
  2. Amnesia
  3. Drip, Drip, Drip
  4. The Big issue
  5. The Good Ship Lifestyle
  6. One by One
  7. Outsider
  8. Creepy Crawling
  9. Mary, Mary
  10. Smalltown
  11. I Want More
  12. Scapegoat

Dream Theater: Falling Into Infinity

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On September 23, 1997, “East West Records” label released “Falling into Infinity”, the fourth Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded June–July 1997, at “Avatar Studios” in Manhattan, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie– lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • John Petrucci– guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Derek Sherinian– keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
  • John Myung– bass, Chapman Stick, arrangements
  • Mike Portnoy– drums, percussion, backing and harmony vocals, arrangements
  • Doug Pinnick– additional vocals
  • Kevin Shirley– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Alvy – engineer assistant
  • Barbara Lipke – engineer assistant
  • Dave Swope – mixing assistant
  • Leon Zervos– mastering

Track listing:

All music by James LaBrie, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Derek Sherinian, and John Myung, lyrics as noted.

  1. New Millennium – Mike Portnoy
  2. You Not me – John Petrucci, Desmond Child
  3. Peruvian Skies – John Petrucci
  4. Hollow Years – John Petrucci
  5. Burning My Soul – Mike Portnoy
  6. Hell’s Kitchen
  7. Lines in the Sand – John Petrucci
  8. Take Away My Pain – John Petrucci
  9. Just Let me Breathe – Mike Portnoy
  10. Anna Lee – James LaBrie
  11. Trial of Tears – John Myung
  • It’s Raining
  • Deep in Heaven
  • The Wasteland

Stereolab: Dots and Loops

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On September 23, 1997, “Elektra” label released “Dots and Loops”, the fifth Stereolab studio album. It was recorded March 1997 – April 1997, and was produced by Andi Toma, Laetitia Sadier, Tin Gane, Mary Hansen, Richard Harrison, Morgane Lhote, Andy Ramsay and Sean O’Hagan.

Personnel:

  • Laetitia Sadier– vocals
  • Tim Gane– guitar
  • Mary Hansen– guitar
  • Morgane Lhote – keyboards
  • Sean O’Hagan– piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ
  • Richard Harrison – bass
  • Andy Ramsay – drums
  • Rebecca McFaul – strings
  • Shelley Weiss – strings
  • Poppy Branders – strings
  • Maureen Loughnane – strings
  • Paul Mertens – brass
  • Dave Max Crawford – brass
  • Jeb Bishop – brass
  • Ross Reed – brass
  • Xavier “Fischfinger” Fischer – piano
  • John McEntire– synthesizer, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
  • Douglas McCombs – acoustic bass
  • Andi Toma – electronic percussion, sound effects
  • Jan St. Werner – sound effects, insect horns

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Brakhage
  2. Miss Modular
  3. The Flower Called Nowhere
  4. Diagonals
  5. Prisoner of Mars
  6. Rainbo Conversation
  7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse – Tim Gane, Andy Ramsay, Laetitia Sadier
  8. Parsec
  9. Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious
  10. Contronatura

PJ Harvey & John Parish: Dance Hall at Louse Point

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On September 23, 1996, “Island” label released “Dance Hall at Louse Point”, the debut collaborative PJ Harvey and John Parish studio album. It was recorded February – March 1996, at “Small World” in Yeovil, England, and was produced by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • John Parish – various instruments, engineer
  • Mick Harvey– organ, bass, guitar, bass, drums
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey and John Parish; except where noted.

  1. Girl
  2. Rope Bridge Crossing
  3. City of No Sun
  4. That Was My Veil
  5. Urn with Dead Flowers in a Drained Pool
  6. Civil War Correspondent
  7. Taut
  8. Un Cercle Autour du Soleil
  9. Heela
  10. Is That All There Is? – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  11. Dance Hall at Louse Point
  12. Lost Fun Zone

 

Fatboy Slim: Better Living Throught Chemistry

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On September 23, 1996, “Skint Records” label released “Better Living Through Chemistry”, the debut Fatboy Slim studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Fatboy Slim.

Personnel:

  • Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) – main performer
  • Simon Thornton – engineer
  • Neil Devine – mastering
  • Damian Harris – design

Track listing:

  1. Song for Lindy – Norman Cook
  2. Santa Cruz – Norman Cook
  3. Going Out of My Head – Norman Cook, Pete Townshend
  4. The Weekend Starts Here – Norman Cook, Idris Muhammad
  5. Everybody Needs a 303 – Norman Cook, Edwin Starr
  6. Give the Po’ Man a Break – Norman Cook
  7. 10th & Crenshaw – Norman Cook
  8. First Down – Norman Cook
  9. Punk to Funk – Norman Cook, Kaith Mansfield
  10. The Sound of Milwaukee – Norman Cook

Pixies: Trompe le Monde

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On September 23, 1991, “4AD” label released “Trompe le Monde” the fourth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Master Control” in Pacifique, Burbank; “Studio des dames” in  Paris; “Blackwing Studios” in London, and was produced by Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – lead guitar
  • Eric Drew Feldman – keyboards, piano
  • Kim Deal – vocals, bass guitar
  • David Lovering – drums
  • Jef Feldman – percussion
  • Steve Haigler – engineer
  • Vaughan Oliver/ v23 – art direction, design
  • Chriss Bigg, Paul McMenamin – design assistance
  • Simon Larbalestier – photography
  • Steven Appleby – rockets
  • TPP Ltd. Londo – typesetting

Track listing:

All songs by Black Francis except where noted.

  1. Trompe le Monde
  2. Planet of Sound
  3. Alec Eiffel
  4. The Sad Punk
  5. Head On – Jim Reid, William Reid
  6. U-Mass
  7. Palace of the Brine
  8. Letter to Memphis
  9. Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
  10. Space (I Believe in)
  11. Subbacultcha
  12. Distance Equals Rate Times Time
  13. Lovely Day
  14. Motorway to Roswell
  15. The Navajo Know

Primal Scream: Screamadelica

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On September 23, 1991, “Creation Records” label released “Screamadelica”, the third Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, and was produced by The Orb, Hypnotone, Andrew Weatherall, Hugo Nicolson and Jimmy Miller. In 1991, “Melody Maker” and “Select” magazines named “Screamadelica” “Album of the Year”; the album won the first “Mercury Music Prize” in 1992; in 2003,  “NME” magazine placed it at no. 23 in its list of the “100 Best Albums Ever”, and in  2006, the magazine placed it at number 15 in its list of the “Greatest British Albums Ever”; in 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Screamadelica” at number 18 on its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums, and in 2001, the magazine placed it at number 81 on its list of the “Top 100 Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie- lead vocals
  • Andrew Innes- guitar
  • Robert Young- guitar, lead vocals
  • Martin Duffy- keyboards, piano
  • Henry Olsen – bass, guitar solo
  • Phillip “Toby” Tomanov- drums, percussion
  • Denise Johnson – lead vocals
  • Jah Wobble– bass
  • Paul Anthony Taylor – programming
  • Dave Burnham – engineer
  • Jimmy Miller – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, and Robert Young, except “Slip Inside This House” by Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall.

  1. Movin’ On Up
  2. Slip Inside This House
  3. Don’t Fight It, Feel It
  4. Higher Than the Sun
  5. Inner Flight
  6. Come Together
  7. Loaded
  8. Damaged
  9. I’m Coming Down
  10. Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)
  11. Shine Like Stars

10, 000 Maniacs: The Wishing Chair

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On September 23, 1985, “Elektra” label released “The Wishing Chair”, the second 10,000 Maniacs studio album. It was recorded June 1984 – May 1985, at “Livingstone Studios” in London, and was produced by Joe Boyd.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant– voice
  • Robert Buck- acoustic and electric guitar, devices, mandolin, pedal steel
  • Steven Gustafson- bass guitar, electric guitar
  • John Lombardo- 6 & 12 string guitars, bass guitar
  • Dennis Drew- organ, piano, accordion
  • Jerry Augustyniak- drums
  • Barry Clempson – engineer
  • Jerry Boys, Tony Harris – engineer
  • Jack Skinner  – mastering
  • 10,000 Maniacs, T + CP  – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant and John Lombardo, except where noted.

  1. Can’t Ignore the Train
  2. Scorpio Rising – Robert Buck, John Lombardo, Natalie Merchant
  3. Just as the Tide Was A Flowing – Traditional
  4. Lilydale – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  5. Back o’ the Moon – Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
  6. Maddox Table – Natalie Merchant
  7. Grey Victory – Robert Buck, John Lombardo, Natalie Merchant
  8. Among the Americans – Robert Buck, Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
  9. Everyone a Puzzle Lover
  10. Cotton Alley
  11. My Mother the War – Natalie Merchant, John Lombardo, Michael Walsh
  12. Tension Makes a Tangle
  13. Arbor Day – Natalie Merchant