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Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

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On January 6, 1992, “Atlantic” label released “Little Earthquakes”, the debut Tori Amos studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, and was produced by Eric Rosse, Tori Amos, Davitt Sigerson and Ian Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Tori Amos – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboard, sampled strings
  • Steve Caton – guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitar
  • John Chamberlain – mandolin
  • Eric Williams – ukulele, dulcimer
  • Jef Scott – bass
  • Matthew Seligman – bass
  • Will McGregor – bass 
  • Carlo Nuccio – drums 
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Chris Hughes – drums 
  • Eric Rosse – Irish war drum, drum and keyboard programming, backing vocals
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Philly – finger cymbal 
  • Jake Freeze – rat pedal, saw
  • Nick DeCaro – orchestra arrangements, conductor
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Will Gregory – oboe
  • Tina Gullickson – backing vocals
  • Nancy Shanks – backing vocals
  • Phil Shenale – keyboard programming
  • David Lord – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tori Amos.

  1. Crucify
  2. Girl
  3. Silent All This Years
  4. Precious Things
  5. Winter
  6. Happy Phantom
  7. China
  8. Leather
  9. Mother
  10. Tear in Your Hand
  11. Me and a Gun
  12. Little Earthquakes

Icehouse: Measure for Measure

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On April 21, 1986, “Regular Records” label released “Measure for Measure”, the fourth Icehouse studio album. It was recorded in August 1985, at “Crescent Studios”, “Bath” and “Whitehouse” in Livingstone, “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by David Lord and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Iva Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming, engineer
  • Robert Kretschmer – guitar
  • Andy Qunta – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Simon Lloyd – reeds, brass, trumpet, keyboard programming, Fairlight
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
  • Masaki Tanazawa – drums, percussion
  • Brian Eno – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Lord – keyboards, percussion, string arrangement
  • Gasper Lawal – percussion
  • Glen Tommey – percussion
  • Shena Power – female voices
  • Stuart Gordon – strings
  • Maurice Green – backing vocals
  • Rhett Davies, David Lord, Andy Lyden – engineer
  • George Shilling, Matt Howe – engineer assistant
  • Warne Livesey – engineer, mixing
  • David Hemmings, Glen Tommey – mixing
  • Raine Shine – mixing assistant
  • Paul Ibbotson – mastering
  • David McKenzie – artwork
  • Brett Cabot – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, except where noted.

  1. Paradise – Iva Davies
  2. No Promises
  3. Mr. Big
  4. Angel Street
  5. The Flame – Iva Davies
  6. Regular Boys
  7. Cross the Border
  8. Lucky Me aka American Way
  9. Baby, You’re So Strange

Man: Slow Motion

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In October 1974, “United Artists” label released “Slow Motion”, the ninth Man album. It was recorded July – September 1974, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Anton Matthews, Micky Jones, Deke Leonard, Ken Whaley and Terry Williams.

Personnel:

  • Micky Jones – vocals, guitar
  • Deke Leonard – vocals, guitar
  • Ken Whaley – bass
  • Terry Williams – vocals, drums
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Stuart Gordon – strings
  • Robin Black, David Hamilton-Smith, David Charles, Anton Matthews – mixing
  • Rick Griffin – design
  • Michael Heatley – liner notes
  • David Charles – special assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Micky Jones, Deke Leonard, Ken Whaley and Terry Williams.

  1. Hard Way to Die
  2. Grasshopper
  3. Rock and Roll You Out
  4. You Don’t Like Us
  5. Bedtime Bone
  6. One More Chance
  7. Rainbow Eyes
  8. Day and Night

Porcupine Tree: Lightbulb Sun

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On May 22, 2000, “Snapper” label released “Lightbulb Sun”, the sixth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded November 1999 – January 2000, at “Foel Studio” in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Welshpool, “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hampstead, UK, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, mellotron, hammered dulcimer, samples, banjo, harp, arrangements
  • Richard Barbieri– synthesizers, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, mellotron, arrangements
  • Colin Edwin– bass, drum machine, guimbri, arrangements
  • Chris Maitland– drums, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Eli Hibit – backup rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Gordon – violin, viola
  • Nick Parry – cello

The Minerva String Quartet

  • Katy Latham – violin
  • Lisa Betteridge – violin
  • Sarah Heines – viola
  • Emmeline Brewer – cello
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • John Foxx– cover photograph, additional photography
  • Luigi Colasanti Antonelli – group portraits, other photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson except where noted.

  1. Lightbulb Sun
  2. How Is Your Life Today?
  3. Four Chords That Made a Milion
  4. Shesmovedon
  5. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
  6. The Rest Will Flow
  7. Hatesong – Colin Edwin, Steven Wilson
  8. Where we Would Be
  9. Russia on Ice – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland, Steven Wilson
  10. Feel So Low

Peter Hammill: Everyone You Hold

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On October 13, 1997, “Discipline” label released “Everyone You Hold”, the 24th Peter Hammill studio album. It was recorded April – June 1997, and was produced by Peter Hammill.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, recording, mixing
  • David Lord– keyboards
  • Hugh Banton– organ
  • Manny Elias– drums, percussion
  • Beatrice and Holly Hammill – soprano vocals
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Paul Ridout – art direction, design
  • Leo Vaca – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hammill except where noted.

  1. Everyone You Hold
  2. Personality – Holly Hammill, Peter Hammill
  3. Nothing Comes
  4. From the Safe House
  5. Phosphorescence – Peter Hammill, Saro Cosentino
  6. Falling Open
  7. Bubble
  8. Can Do
  9. Tenderness

XTC: Nonsuch

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On April 27, 1992, “Virgin” label released “Nonsuch” the twelfth XTC studio album. It was recorded July – October 1991, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Gus Dudgeon.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar,  harmonica, tambourine, percussion, Shaker, keyboard programming, bell tree, string and brass arrangements
  • Colin Moulding– vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, string and brass arrangements
  • Dave Gregory– acoustic and electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, piano, synthesizers, Hammond organ, church bell, backing vocals, string and brass arrangements
  • Dave Mattacks– drums, tambourine, drums, sitar samples, shaker, percussion
  • Gus Dudgeon– “ringmaster,” tambourine, percussion, chorus
  • Guy Barker– flugelhorns, trumpet
  • Florence Lovegrove – viola
  • Rose Hull – cello
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Gina Griffin – violin
  • Neville Farmer– chorus

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
  2. My Bird Performs – Colin Moulding
  3. Dear Madam Barnum
  4. Humble Daisy
  5. The Smartest Monkeys – Colin Moulding
  6. The Disappointed
  7. Holly Up on Poppy
  8. Crocodile
  9. Rook
  10. Omnibus
  11. That Wave
  12. Then She Appeared
  13. War Dance – Colin Moulding
  14. Wrapped in Grey
  15. The Ugly Underneath
  16. Bungalow – Colin Moulding

 

XTC: The Big Express

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On October 15, 1984, “Virgin” label released “The Big Express”, the seventh XTC studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at the “Crescent Studios”, in Bath, UK, and was produced by David Lord, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, and Peter Phipps.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge- vocals, guitar, Linn LM-1, design
  • Dave Gregory- guitar, keyboard, piano
  • Colin Moulding- vocals, bass
  • Peter Phipps- drums, percussion
  • Stuart Gordon -violin, viola
  • Annie Huchrak – female choir voice
  • Steve Saunders -euphonium
  • David Lord – choir arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Phil Thornalley – mixing
  • Matt Barry – mixing
  • Ken Ansell – design
  • The Design Clinic – layout
  • Goro Nakagawa – liner notes

Track listing:

All compositions by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Wake Up – Colin Molding
  2. All You Pretty Girls
  3. Shake You Donkey Up
  4. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
  5. This World Over
  6. The Everyday Story of Smalltown
  7. I Bought Myself a Liarbird
  8. Reign of Blows
  9. You’re the Wish You Are I Had
  10. I Remember the Sun
  11. Train Running Low on Soul Coal