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Mike Rutherford: Acting Very Strange

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On September 7, 1982, “Atlantic” label released “Acting Very Strange”, the second Mike Rutherford studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Farm” in Chiddingfold, Surrey, “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Mick Rutherford.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rutherford – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, Linn programming
  • John Alexander – guitars
  • Daryl Stuermer – guitars
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards
  • J. Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Stewart Copeland – drums
  • Pete Phipps – drums
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophones
  • Luke Tunney – trumpet
  • Martyn Ford – string arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Gould – backing vocals
  • Noel McCalla – backing vocals
  • Dale Newman – backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer, producer assistant
  • Geoff Callingham – engineer assistant
  • Dale Newman, Geoff Callingham, Steve Jones, Geoff Banks – equipment
  • Howard Gray – tape operator
  • Bill Smith – cover coordinator
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

  1. Acting Very Strange
  2. A Day to Remember
  3. Maxine – Pete Bellotte
  4. Halfway There – Florrie Palmer
  5. Who’s Fooling Who – Florrie Palmer
  6. Couldn’t Get Arrested – Pete Bellote
  7. I Don’t Wanna Know
  8. Hideaway

The Police: Synchronicity

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On June 17, 1983, “A&M” label released “Synchronicity”, the fifth and final Police (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1982 – February 1983, at “Air” in Montserrat, “Le Studio” in Quebec, and was produced by Hugh Padgham, Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland.

Personnel:

  • Sting – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, drum machine, sequencer, saxophone, oboe
  • Andy Summers – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, keyboards
  • Stewart Copeland – drums, marimba, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer
  • Renate Blauel – engineer assistant
  • Robbie Whelan – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jeff Ayeroff – art direction, design
  • Norman Moore – art direction, design
  • Duane Michals – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted.

  1. Synchronicity I
  2. Walking in Your Footsteps
  3. O My God
  4. Mother – Andy Summers
  5. Miss Gradenko – Stewart Copeland
  6. Synchronicity II
  7. Every Breath You Take
  8. King of Pain
  9. Wrapper Around Your Finger
  10. Tea in the Sahara

Primus: Antipop

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On October 19, 1999, “Interscope” label released “Antipop”, the sixth Primus studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Sebastopol, California, “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, ”Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Tom Morello, Stewart Copeland, Tom Waits, Matt Stone, Fred Durst, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Bryan Mantia.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass
  • Larry LaLonde – guitar, synthesizer
  • Bryan Mantia – drums, percussion
  • Tom Waits – vocals, Chamberlin
  • Tom Morello – lead guitar
  • James Hetfield – rhythm guitar
  • Jim Martin – additional guitar
  • Martina Topley-Bird – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Intro – Tom Waits, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  2. Electric Uncle Sam – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  3. Natural Joe – Matt Stone, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  4. Lacquer Head – Fred Durst, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  5. The Artipop – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  6. Electric Electric – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  7. Greet the Sacred Cow – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  8. Mama Didn’t Raise No Food – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  9. Dirty Drowning Man – Stewart Copeland
  10. Ballad of Bodacious – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  11. Power mad – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  12. The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  13. Coattails of a Dead Man (the song “Coattails of a Dead Man” ends at 5:17. After a minute of silence a studio version of “The Heckler” from “Suck on This” plays) – Toma Waits, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia

Gizmodrome: Same

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On September 15, 2017, “earMusic” label released the self-titled, debut Gizmodrome album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Claudio Dentes, Stewart Copeland.

Personnel:

  • Adrian Belew– guitar, backing vocals
  • Vittorio Cosma– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mark King– bass, backing vocals
  • Stewart Copeland–lead and backing vocals,  drums, percussion
  • Elio– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Stewart Copeland except where noted.

  1. Zombies in the Mall
  2. Stay Ready
  3. Man in the Mountain – music by Stewart Copeland, Mark King, lyrics by Stewart Copeland Vittorio Cosma
  4. Summer’s Coming
  5. Sweet Angels (Rule the World) – lyrics by MacDonald,Stewart Copeland
  6. Amaka Pipa – music by Stewart Copeland, Adrian Belew
  7. Strange Things Happen
  8. Ride Your Life – music by Mark King
  9. Zubatta Cheve – lyrics by Stewart Copeland, Elio, music by Stewart Copeland Vittorio Cosma
  10. Spin This – Mark King
  11. I Know Too Much – Vittorio Cosma
  12. Stark Naked (instrumental)

Joan Armatrading: The Key

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On February 28, 1983, “A&M” label released “The Key”, the eighth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Townhouse Studios” in Shepherd’s Bush, London, “Polar Studios” in Stockholm and in New York City, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite and Val Garay.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
  • Adrian Belew– electric guitar
  • Daryl Stuermer– electric guitar
  • Gary Sanford – electric guitar
  • Craig Hull – electric guitar
  • Tim Pierce– electric guitar
  • Dean Klevatt – piano
  • Steve “Goldie” Goldstein – keyboards
  • Larry Fast– synthesiser
  • Jeremy Meek – vocal, bass
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar
  • Craig Krampf– drums
  • Jerry Marotta– drums
  • Stewart Copeland– drums
  • Julian Diggle – percussion
  • L. Benoit – percussion
  • Mel Collins– saxophone
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Guy Barker– trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. (I Love It When You) Call Me Names
  2. Foolish Pride
  3. Drop the Pilot
  4. The Key
  5. Everybody Gotta Know
  6. Tell Tale
  7. What Do Boys Dream
  8. The Game of Love
  9. The Dealer
  10. Bad Habits
  11. I Love My Baby

The Police: Ghost In The Machine

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On October 2, 1981, “A&M” label released “Ghost in the Machine” the fourth Police (The) studio album. It was recorded January – September 1981, at “AIR Studios” in Montserrat and “Le Studio” in Quebec, and was produced by Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland and Hugh Padgham. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Ghost in the Machine” at number 323 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album’s cover was ranked at No. 45 in “VH1’s” list of the “50 Greatest Album Covers”.

Personnel:

  • Sting– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, double bass, keyboards, saxophone
  • Andy Summers– guitars, guitar synth, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Stewart Copeland– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jean Roussel– piano
  • Hugh Padgham– engineer
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Dave Collins, Bob Ludwig– remastering
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Mick Haggerty, Vartan – art direction
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Mick Haggerty – design
  • Duane Michals– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted

  1. Spirits in the Material World
  2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  3. Invisible Sun
  4. Hungry for You (J’aurais toujours faim de toi)
  5. Demolition Man
  6. Too Much Information
  7. Rehumanize Yourself – Sting, Stewart Copeland
  8. One World (Not Three)
  9. Ωmegaman – Andy Summers
  10. Secret Journey
  11. Darkness – Stewart Copeland

 

 

The Police: Outlandos d’Amour

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On November 2, 1978, “A&M” label released “Outlandos d’Amour”, the debut Police album.  It was recorded January – June 1978, at the “Surrey Sound Studios”, and was produced by Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album  at number 428 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”

Personnel:

  • Sting– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, harmonica, butt piano
  • Andy Summers– guitar, piano, backing vocals, spoken word
  • Stewart Copeland– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Joe Sinclair – piano
  • Nigel Gray, Chris Gray – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted.

  1. Next to You
  2. So Lonely
  3. Roxanne
  4. Hole in My Life
  5. Peanuts – Sting, Stewart Copeland
  6. Can’t Stand Losing You
  7. Truth Hurts Everybody
  8. Born in the 50’
  9. Be My Girl Sally – Sting, Andy Summers
  10. Masoko Tanga

The Police: Reggata de Blanc

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Police-Reggatta de blanc

On October 5, 1979, “A&M” label released “Reggatta de Blanc”, the second Police (The) studio album. It was recorded February – August 1979, at the “Surrey Sound Studios”, and was produced by Nigel Gray, Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland. In 1980, the title track brought the band their first “Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Reggata de Blanc” No. 372 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Sting – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, double bass
  • Andy Summers – guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Stewart Copeland – lead and backing vocals, drums, guitar, piano, spoken word

Track listing

All tracks by Sting, except where noted.

  1. Message in a Bottle
  2. Reggata de Blanc – Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland
  3. It’s Alright for You – Sting, Stewart Copeland
  4. Bring on the Night
  5. Deathwish – Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland
  6. Walking on the Moon
  7. On Any Other Day – Stewart Copeland
  8. The Bed’s Too Big Without You
  9. Contact
  10. Does Everyone Stare
  11. No Time This Time