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David Bowie: Outside

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On September 25, 1995, “Virgin”, “Arista”, “BMG” and “RCA” labels released “Outside”, the twentieth David Bowie album. It was recorded March – November 1994, January – February 1995, at “Mountain” in Montreux, “Westside” in London, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by David Richards, Brian Eno and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, additional treatments, mixing, album cover concept, head of DB, acrylic painting on canvas 1995
  • Brian Eno – synthesisers, treatments, strategies
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar
  • Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
  • Tom Frish – additional guitar
  • Kevin Armstrong – additional guitar
  • Mike Garson – grand piano
  • Erdal Kızılçay – bass, keyboards
  • Yossi Fine – bass
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Bryony, Lola, Josey, Ruby Edwards – backing vocals
  • David Richards – additional treatments, mixing, mastering
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mixing
  • Denovo – design, concept nd image manipulation
  • John Scarisbrick – photography
  • Jennifer Elster – stylist

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie and Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Leon Takes Us Outside – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  2. Outside – David Bowie, Kevin Armstrong
  3. A Small Plot of Land – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  4. The Hearts Filthy Lesson – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  5. Segue – Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Hallo Spaceboy
  • The Motel – David Bowie
  • I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • No Control
  • Segue – Algeria Touchshriek – I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • The Voyer of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue – Ramona A. Stone / I Am with Name – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Wishful Beginnings
  • We Pick You
  • Segue – Nathan Adler – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • I’m Deranged
  • Thru’ These Architects Eyes – David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue Nathan Adles
  • Strangers When We Meet – David Bowie

Haryl Dall: D

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On June 21, 2024, “Virgin” label released “D”, the sixth Daryl Hall album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Stardust” in Harbour Island, Bahamas, and was produced by Dave Stewart and Daryll Hall.

Personnel:

  • Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, package design
  • Dave Stewart – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, percussion, hand claps, mixing, package design
  • Rocky Saunders – electric guitar
  • Greg Bieck – keyboards, omnichord
  • Hannah Koppenberg – synthesizer
  • Darrell Freeman – bass synthesizer
  • Jesse Samler – drums, percussion
  • Ersley Wilson – percussion
  • Charlie DeChant – saxophone
  • Tracy Berry – backing vocals
  • Daytona Brown – backing vocals
  • Guerline Delien – backing vocals
  • Kaitlin Lederer – backing vocals
  • Shaniqua Oliver – backing vocals
  • Jaden McPhee – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Mivelyne – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Isabella Tyler – backing vocals
  • Antonio Cartwright – hand claps
  • Greg Bieck – additional vocal production, engineer
  • Paul Norris – engineer
  • Jesse Samler – engineer, mixing
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mixing
  • Adam Grover – mixing
  • Kathy Phillips – package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daryl Hall and Dave Stewart, except where noted.

  1. The Whole World’s Better – Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart, Jelte van den Dungen
  2.  Too Much Information
  3. Can’t Say No to You
  4. Rather Be a Fool – Daryl Hall
  5. Rainbow Over the Graveyard
  6. Not the Way I Thought It Was
  7. Walking in Between Raindrops
  8. Why You Want to Do That (To My Head)
  9. Break It Down to the real Thing – Daryl Hall

Faust: The Faust Tapes

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On May 19, 1973, “Virgin” label released “The Faust Tapes”, the third Faust studio album. It was recorded June 1971 – June 1973, at “Wümme” in Bremen, Germany, and was produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.

Personnel:

  • Rudolf Sosna – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Hans Joachim Irmler – organ
  • Gunther Wüsthoff – synthesizer, saxophone
  • Jean-Hervé Péron – vocals, bass guitar
  • Werner “Zappi” Diermaier – drums
  • Arnulf Meifert – drums
  • Kurt Graupner – engineer
  • Uwe Nettelbeck – vocals, cover artwork

Track listing:

  1. Untitled
  2. Untitled

Bob Mould: Workbook

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On May 2, 1989, “Omnivore” and “Virgin” labels released “Workbook”, the debut Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded December 1988 – January 1989, at “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Grog Kill” in Willow, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Maimone – bass guitar
  • Anton Fier – drums
  • Steven Haigler – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Sunspots
  2. Wishing Well
  3. Heartbreak a Stranger
  4. See a Little Light
  5. Poison Years
  6. Sinners and Their Repentances
  7. Brasilia Crossed with Trenton
  8. Compositions for the Young and Old
  9. Lonely Afternoon
  10. Dreaming, I Am
  11. Whichever Way the Wind Blows

David Sylvian: Dead Bees On A Cake

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On March 29, 1999, “Virgin” label released “Dead Bees on a Cake”, the fifth David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Right Track Studios” in New York, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, “Sound House Studio” in  Seattle, “Atma Sound” in Minneapolis, “Seedy Underbelly” in Minneapolis, “Synergy Studio” in Napa, California, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples, string arrangements, art director, additional engineering, mixing
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes, orchestrations and string arrangements, brass arrangements, sampled guitar and bansuri, insects
  • Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Bill Frisell – dobro, acoustic guitar
  • Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
  • Lawrence Feldman – flute
  • Deepak Ram – bansuri
  • John Giblin – bass
  • Chris Minh Doky – double bass
  • Steve Jansen – percussion, loops, cymbals
  • Ged Lynch – original drum track, drums
  • Skoota Warner – original drum track, drums
  • Talvin Singh – tabla and percussion
  • Steve Tibbetts – gong
  • Ingrid Chavez – vocals
  • Shree Maa – vocals
  • Dave Kent – engineer, mixing, studio maintenance
  • Jacquie Turner – engineer assistant
  • Matt Curry – engineer assistant
  • Scott Crane – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Yuka Fujii – art director, artwork co-ordinator
  • Shinya Fujiwara – drawings
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Ingrid Chavez – inlay portrait
  • Russell Mills – design (shed)
  • Michael Webster – design assistance (storm)

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian, except as noted.

  1. I Surrender
  2. Dobro #1 – David Sylvian, Bill Frisell
  3. Midnight Sun – David Sylvian, Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
  4. Thalheim
  5. God Man
  6. Alphabet Angel
  7. Krishna Blue
  8. The Shining of Things
  9. Café Europa
  10. Pollen Path
  11. All of My Mother’s Names (Summers with Amma)
  12. Wanderlust
  13. Praise (Pratah Smarami) – Shree Maa, David Sylvian
  14. Darkest Dreaming – David Sylvian, Djivan Gasparyan

Van Der Graaf Generator: Trisector

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On March 17, 2008, “Virgin / EMI” label released “Trisector”, the tenth Van der Graaf Generator studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Gaia Centre” in Delabole, Cornwall, England, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill – voice, piano, electric guitar
  • Hugh Banton – organs, bass guitar
  • Guy Evans – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Peter Hammill, except where noted.

  1. The Hurlyburly
  2. Interference Patterns
  3. The Final Reel
  4. Lifetime
  5. Drop Dead
  6. Only In a Whisper
  7. All That Before
  8. Over the Hill
  9. (We Are) Not Here

XTC: English Settlement

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On February 12, 1982, “Virgin” label released “English Settlement”, the fifth XTC studio album. It was recorded October – November 1981, at “The Manor Studio” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Hugh Padgham, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and Terry Chambers.

Personnel:

  • Colin Moulding – lead and backing vocals, fretless bass, Fender bass, mini-Korg synthesizer, piano, percussion, mixing
  • Andy Partridge – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, semi-acoustic electric 12-string guitar, mini-Korg synthesizer, Prophet V, synthesizer, anklung, alto saxophone, percussion, frog noises, mixing
  • Dave Gregory – Prophet V synthesizer, electric 12-string guitar, mini-Korg synthesizer, percussion, electric guitar, nylon-string Spanish guitar, fuzz-boxed 12-string guitar, semi-acoustic electric 12-string guitar, piano, backing vocals, mixing
  • Terry Chambers – drums, electronic drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hugh Padgham – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Hans de Vente – backing vocals
  • Howard Gray – engineer assistant
  • Ken Ansell – artwork
  • Art Dragon – illustrations
  • Allan Ballard – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Runaways – Colin Moulding
  2. Ball and Chain – Colin Moulding
  3. Senses Working Overtime
  4. Jason and the Argonauts
  5. No Thugs in Our House
  6. Yacht Dance
  7. All of a Sudden (It’s Too Late)
  8. Melt the Guns
  9. Leisure
  10. It’s Nearly Africa
  11. Knuckle Down
  12. Fly on the Wall – Colin Moulding
  13. Down in the Cockpit – Colin Moulding
  14. English Roundabout – Colin Moulding
  15. Snowman

David Sylvian And Robert Fripp: Darshan

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On December 6, 1993, “Virgin” label released “Darshan” (The Road to Graceland), the second of three collaborative album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was recorded July – December 1993, and was produced by Robert Fripp and David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboard, tapes
  • Robert Fripp – guitars, frippertronics
  • Trey Gunn – vocals, grand and tenor chapman stick
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming

Track listing:

  1. Darshan (translucent remix by The Grid) – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill – remixed by The Grid
  2. Darshana – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill, Cobain, Dougans – reconstructed by The Future Sound of London 
  3. Darshan (The Road to Graceland) – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Bottrill

The Human League: Reproduction

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On October 5, 1979, “Virgin” label released “Reproduction”, the debut Human League (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Workshop Studio” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Colin Thurston, Philip Oakey, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware.

Personnel:

  • Philip Oakey – vocals, synthesizer
  • Ian Craig Marsh – vocals, synthesizer
  • Martyn Ware – vocals, synthesizer
  • Philip Adrian Wright – film technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware and Philip Oakey, except where noted.

  1. Almost Medieval
  2. Circus of Death
  3. The Path of Least Resistance
  4. Blind Youth
  5. The World Before Last
  6. Empire State Human
  7. Morale…You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling – Barry Mann, Cynthia Well, Phil Spector
  8. Austerity/Girl One (Medley)
  9. Zero as a Limit

Genesis: Same

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On October 3, 1983, “Charisma” and “Virgin” label released the self-titled, twelfth Genesis studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “The Farm” in Surrey, England, and was produced by Hugh Padgham, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Tony Banks.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Phil Collins – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer
  • Geoff Callingham – technical assistant
  • Bill Smith – design
  • Chris Peyton – sleeve adaptation 

Track listing:

All music by Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Phil Collins, lyrics as noted.

  1. Mama – Phil Collins
  2. That’s All – Phil Collins
  3. Home by the Sea – Tony Banks
  4. Second Home by the Sea – Tony Banks
  5. Illegal Alien – Mike Rutherford
  6. Taking It All Too Hard – Mike Rutherford
  7. Just a Job to Do – Mike Rutherford
  8. Silver Rainbow – Tony Banks
  9. It’s Gonna Get Better – Mike Rutherford