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Dead Can Dance: Aion

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On June 11, 1990, “4AD” label released “Aion”, the fifth Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at Brendan Perry’s estate in “Quivvy Church” in Ireland “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, England, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, design
  • David Navarro Sust – vocals
  • John Bonnar – keyboards, co-arrangements 
  • Robert Perry – bagpipes
  • Andrew Robinson – bass viol
  • Anne Robinson – bass viol
  • Honor Carmody – tenor viol
  • Lucy Robinson – tenor viol 

Track listing:

  1. The Arrival and the Reunion
  2. Saltarello
  3. Mephisto
  4. The Song of the Sibyl!
  5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
  6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
  7. The End of Words
  8. Black Sun
  9. Wilderness
  10. The Promised Womb
  11. The Garden of Zephirus
  12. Radharc

The Handsome Family: Wilderness

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On May 14, 2013, “Loose” label released “Wilderness”, the ninth Handsome Family (The) album.

Personnel:

  • Brett Sparks – lead vocals, recording
  • Rennie Sparks – vocals, artwork
  • David Gutierrez – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandoline
  • Ted Jurney – bass
  • Jason Toth – percussion
  • Stephen Dorocke – violin
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Jason Creps – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Rennie Sparka, all music by Brett Sparks.

  1. Flies
  2. Frogs
  3. Eels
  4. Octopus
  5. Owls
  6. Caterpillars
  7. Glow Worm
  8. Lizard
  9. Woodpecker
  10. Gulls
  11. Spider
  12. Wildebeest

Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love

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On January 22, 2013, “Barsuk” label released “Beta Love”, the third Ra Ra Riot studio album.It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Dennis Herring.

Personnel:

  • Wes Miles – vocals, keyboards
  • Milo Bonacci – guitar, keyboards
  • Mathieu Santos – bass
  • Rebecca Zeller – violin
  • Will Cole – engineer
  • Drew Vandenberg – engineer, mixing
  • Dennis Herring – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, and Rebecca Zeller.

  1. Dance with Me
  2. Binary Mind
  3. Beta Love
  4. Is It Too Much
  5. For Once
  6. Angel, Please
  7. What I Do for U
  8. When I Dream
  9. That Much
  10. Wilderness
  11. I Shut Off

Brian May: Another World

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On June 1, 1998, “Parlaphone” label released “Another World”, the second Brian May studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 1998, at May’s home studio and “Allerton Hill Studio”, and was produced by Brian May. Drummer Cozy Powell died in a car accident before the album was completed.

Personnel:

  • Brian May- vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, programming, arrangements
  • Jamie Moses– guitar
  • Jeff Beck- guitar
  • Spike Edney- keyboards
  • Neil Murray- bass guitar
  • Ken Taylor – bass guitar
  • Cozy Powell– drums, percussion
  • Steve Ferrone– drums
  • Taylor Hawkins- drums
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra– strings
  • Michael Kamen – conductor
  • Cathy Porter- backing vocals
  • Shelley Preston- backing vocals
  • Nikki Love – backing vocals
  • Becci Glover – backing vocals
  • Ian Hunter- guest raconteur
  • Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer, co-production
  • Richard Gray – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian May, except where noted.

  1. Space
  2. Business
  3. China Belle
  4. Why Don’t We Try Again
  5. On My Way Up
  6. Cyborg
  7. The Guv’nor
  8. Wilderness
  9. Slow Down – Larry Williams
  10. One Rainy Wish – Jimi Hendrix
  11. All the Way from Memphis – Ian Hunter
  12. Another World
  • The song “Another World” ends at 4:05, then after a minute of silence, starting at 5:05, a hidden trackplays, consisting of the piano part of “Business”.

Features: Wilderness

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On July 26, 2011, “Bug Music/Serpents and Snakes” released “Wilderness”, the third Features studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Brian Carter, Roger Dabbs, Rollum Haas, Mark Bond and Matthew Pelham.

Personnel:

  • Roger Dabbs – guitar, bass, photography
  • Matthew Pelham – vocals, guitar, illustrations
  • Mark Bond – keyboards
  • Rollum Haas – drums, illustrations
  • Craig Alvin – engineer, mixing
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Tom Burns – layout, design
  • Jay Higert – cover image

Track listing:

  1. Content
  2. Kids
  3. Another One
  4. Big Mama Gonna Whip Us Good
  5. How It Starts
  6. Rambo
  7. Offer Up
  8. Golden Comb
  9. Fat Domino
  10. Love Is…
  11. Chapter III

Joy Division: Unknown Pleasure

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On June 15, 1979, “Factory” label released “Unknown Pleasures”, the debut Joy Division album. It was recorded in April 1979 and was produced by Martin Hannett. The inner sleeve features the photograph “Hand Through a Doorway”, by Ralph Gibson. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 24 in its list of the “50 Coolest Records”. “Spin” magazine ranked “Unknown Pleasures” at number 11 in its list of the “50 Most Essential Punk Records”, and in the lists of the “Fifteen Most Influential Albums”.”NME” magazine ranked the album at number 4 in its list of “The Greatest Albums of the ’70s”.

Personnel:

  • Ian Curtis– lead and backing vocals
  • Bernard Sumner– guitar, keyboard
  • Peter Hook– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Stephen Morris– drums, percussion
  • Martin Hannett– synthesizer, effects
  • Chris Nagle – engineer
  • Peter Saville– design
  • Chris Mathan – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner.

  1. Disorder
  2. Day of the Lords
  3. Candidate
  4. Insight
  5. New Dawn Fades
  6. She’s Lost Control
  7. Shadowplay
  8. Wilderness
  9. Interzone
  10. I Remember Nothing