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Persevere
''Persevere'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish folk rock duo The Proclaimers, released in 2001 on their own label ''Persevere Records'', as a comeback album after seven years of low profile. The album's first single featured "There's a Touch", "A Land Fit for Zeros" and "They Really Do" (not included in the album). ''Persevere'' featured a roots rock sound, with members of the The Allman Brothers Band and Elvis Costello's band The Attractions performing on the record. Recording The album was recorded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States at Mastermix Studios, their only studio album to be recorded outside of the United Kingdom. Recorded with a studio band featuring drummer Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello's Attractions and Allman Brothers' Chuck Leavell on keyboards, the album was produced by Chris Kimsey. Release Released on 22 May 2001, ''Persevere'' saw distribution on CD through their own Persevere Records in the United Kingdom, and in the United States and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of The Proclaimers
''The Best of the Proclaimers'' is a compilation album by Scottish band The Proclaimers released in 2002 and re-released in 2007. Three tracks ("The Doodle Song", "Ghost of Love", and "Lady Luck") were newly recorded for the compilation. The album's sleeve notes were written by the comedian and Proclaimers fan Matt Lucas. Critical reception ''The Best of The Proclaimers'' attracted some positive reception. Hal Horowitz of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... asserted the compilation to be "near-faultless", describing it as an almost-perfect "summary of their most significant songs"; acknowledging it to be the "only roclaimers albumany but die-hard fans will need". Track listing Chart Certifications References {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Kimsey
Christopher Kenneth Kimsey (born 3 December 1951 in Battersea, London, England) is an English record producer, mixer and musician most famous for having co-produced The Rolling Stones' ''Undercover'' and '' Steel Wheels'' albums. He was also an engineer on their 1971 album ''Sticky Fingers'' as well as 1978's ''Some Girls'' and 1980's ''Emotional Rescue'' and assisted Mick Jagger and Keith Richards closely in preparing 1981's ''Tattoo You''. He was the engineer and associate producer for both ''Emotional Rescue'' and ''Tattoo You''. He has also worked with Peter Frampton, Marillion, The Cult, Peter Tosh, The Psychedelic Furs, Emerson, Lake & Palmer Ten Years After, Johnny Hallyday, Louis Bertignac, Diesel Park West, JoBoxers, Killing Joke, New Model Army, Ash, The Chieftains, Soul Asylum, Duran Duran, Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, INXS, Anti Nowhere League, Moral Code X, The Proclaimers and Golden Earring. He was the recording engineer for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine On Leith (album)
''Sunshine on Leith'' is the second studio album by Scottish folk rock duo The Proclaimers, released in August 1988 through Chrysalis Records. The record spawned four singles: " I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, New Zealand and Iceland; " Sunshine on Leith", a ballad that has become an anthem for Scottish football club Hibernian F.C.; the No. 3 Australian hit " I'm on My Way"; and the Australian-exclusive "Then I Met You". The non-single "Cap in Hand" also came to prominence in 2014 with the Scottish Independence referendum. ''Sunshine on Leith'' marked a departure from the minimalist acoustics of the group's 1987 debut ''This Is the Story'', toward a rock-oriented full band sound, and was a major worldwide hit, particular in Australia where it was described as the band's "biggest success", reaching No. 2 in the ARIA Charts and being 1989's 12th highest-seller. The album peaked at No. 3 and No. 6 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom respectively, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit The Highway
''Hit the Highway'' is the third studio album by the Scottish folk rock duo the Proclaimers, released in March 1994 by Chrysalis Records. It took them six years to follow their second album, '' Sunshine on Leith''. The album included three singles: " Let's Get Married", "What Makes You Cry?" and "These Arms of Mine". It topped the charts in Scotland, debuting in the top-10 in the UK while also charting in Austria, Canada and Sweden. Music Style and sound In a review of ''Hit the Highway'', ''People'' observed that the band "play back-to-basics, acoustic rock and roll and R&B", further remarking that, despite the band being Scottish, "you can't find music more American" and that the record "invokes ..legends like uddyHolly and Otis Redding". Joe Stevens of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' described the music as "heavily influenced by blues and soul" and "almost a throw-back to '60s pop". Themes ''Hit the Highway'' included spiritually-angled lyrics, such libretto questioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proclaimers
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover and was published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. Penske Media Corporation is the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverfront Times
The ''Riverfront Times'' (''RFT'') is a free progressive weekly newspaper in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri, that consists of local politics, music, arts, and dining news in the print edition, and daily updates to blogs and photo galleries on its website. As of June 2008, the ''Riverfront Times'' has an ABC-audited weekly circulation of 81,276 copies. History The paper was founded in 1977 by Ray HartmannUnderground '''', May 20, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaffa (magazine)
''Gaffa'' (stylized as ''GAFFA'') is a free Nordic music magazine with local editions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''Gaffa'' is Denmark's largest and oldest music magazine. It has been published since 1983 and has 320,000 print readers and 750,000 online readers each month. The name ''gaffa'' comes from gaffer tape, with the magazine's stated intention of "binding the different parts of the music community together". History and profile ''Gaffa'' has been published on a monthly basis since 1983. The magazine is distributed to places such as educational institutions, record shops, libraries and cafés, as well as a small number to paying subscribers. It features music news and notes, interviews, album reviews and upcoming concert schedules. ''Gaffa'''s website, GAFFA.dk, was established in 1996. Since December 2008 all back issues of the magazine are accessible online free of charge. In 2008 ''Gaffa'' launched GAFFA live, a concert overview for Denmark, Sweden and Norway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagles
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label. Their debut album, ''Eagles'' (1972), spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman". The next year's follow-up album, ''Desperado'', peaked at only number 41 in the US, although the song "Desperado" became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and ''On the Border'' produced the top-40 hit " Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Are They Now? (American TV Series)
''Where Are They Now?'' is a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre (from kid stars to stars of Aaron Spelling's notable productions to controversial news figures). Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes (but not always) had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status. Episode list Season 1 #One-Hit Wonders # Saturday Night Fever # Signature Songs # Saturday Night Fever II # Rockin' Classics # On Ice # Superheroes #Horror Movie Stars Season 2 # Music Movie Stars # New Wave #Musicians # Kid Stars # Notorious & Newsworthy #Hair Bands # Totally 80s #Video Vixens # Child Stars #Classic Rock #British Invasion # Bad Boys Of Rock # The Rocky Horror Picture... #Teen Idols # The 80s # The 80s II #The Cowsills # The Big Chill #TV Hunks #TV Bombshells # This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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