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Getaway (Reef Album)
''Getaway'' is the fourth album by English rock band Reef, released in 2000. Track listing All music composed by Reef; all lyrics composed by Gary Stringer, except where noted. #"Set the Record Straight" – 3:55 #"Superhero" – 3:07 #"Getaway" – 3:49 #"Solid" – 3:53 #"All I Want" (lyrics: Dominic Greensmith) – 4:18 #"Hold On" – 3:11 #"Saturday" – 4:05 #"Won't You Listen?" – 3:52 #"Levels" – 5:09 #"Pretenders" – 3:48 #"I Do Not Know What They Will Do" – 3:12 Singles *"Set The Record Straight" #19 UK *"Superhero" #55 UK *"All I Want" #51 UK Personnel Reef *Gary Stringer – vocals, guitar *Kenwyn House – guitar *Jack Bessant – bass *Dominic Greensmith – drums Other personnel *Alistair Clay – producer, engineer, mixing *Delores Lewis – additional vocals, keyboards *Jason Knight – keyboards *Christopher Allan – cello *Ben Castle – saxophone *Matthew Ward – violin *Nell Catchpole – violin *Duncan McKay, Paul Newton, Jerry Hey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reef (band)
Reef are an English rock band from Glastonbury whose members include Gary Stringer on vocals, Amy Newton on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass, and Luke Bullen on drums. Career In 1993, Bessant and Stringer were looking for band members while Kenwyn House met Dominic Greensmith (from Barnstaple, Devon), and discussed forming a band. The foursome got together, producing the extremely rare "Purple Tape" demo. After recording several tracks, the band spent much of 1994 touring and building up a fan base. They signed to S2, an offshoot of Sony. Their first single "Good Feeling" was released on an independent label, but financed by Sony, then as an official Sony S2 release in early 1995. This paved the way for "Naked", which was used in a TV advert for the Sony MiniDisc in which a record company executive hears the track on MiniDisc and throws it out of the window disapprovingly. It is picked up by a young man outside, who listens to it and likes it (demonstrating the format's durabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Studios
The Church Studios is a recording studio located in a former church in Crouch End, North London, England. It was rented and then owned by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Dave Stewart in the 1980s and 1990s, and was used to record Eurythmics' second album ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (album), Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' (1983). David Gray (British musician), David Gray acquired it in 2004 before British record producer Paul Epworth bought and refurbished the studio in 2013. It has since been used by artists such as Adele, Beyoncé, Radiohead, Mumford & Sons, Coldplay and Madonna. History It was built in the 1850s and served solely for religious purposes for the Agapemonites, Agapemonite sect until the middle of the 20th century. As a result of the social changes that took part in the second half of the 20th century, the building became desired within the creative industries. It was eventually split in two halves; one continuing as a traditional church, the other a creative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock (music)
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (imaging and sensing), Sony Entertainment (including Sony Pictures and Sony Music Group), Sony Interactive Entertainment (video games), Sony Financial Group, and others. Sony was founded in 1946 as by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. In 1958, the company adopted the name Initially an electronics firm, it gained early recognition for products such as the TR-55 transistor radio and the CV-2000 home video tape recorder, contributing significantly to Japan's Japanese economic miracle, post-war economic recovery. After Ibuka's retirement in the 1970s, Morita served as chairman until 1994, overseeing Sony's rise as a global brand recognized for innovation in consumer electronics. Landmark products included the Trinitron color television, the Walkma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rides (album)
''Rides'' is the third album by the Somerset rock group Reef, released in 1999. The album peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. Production Recorded in California, the album was produced by George Drakoulias. Critical reception ''The Guardian'' deemed the album "a characteristic mixture of bluesy riffs and shrieking, with passages of quasi-metal played off against nearly-ballads with acoustic guitars for added 'sensitivity'." ''The Sun Herald'' thought that "Drakoulias's production is workmanlike but it's a frill-free style that sits comfortably with the band's meat 'n' potatoes arrangements." Track listing All music composed by Reef; all lyrics composed by Gary Stringer; except where noted. #"New Bird" – 2:33 #"I've Got Something to Say" – 4:03 #"Wandering" – 4:28 #"Metro" – 3:24 #"Hiding" – 5:27 #"Sweety" – 3:39 #"Locked Inside" (lyrics: Jack Bessant, Gary Stringer) – 2:59 #"Back in My Place" – 4:11 #"Undone and Sober" – 3:59 #"Who You Are" – 2:51 #"Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (Reef Album)
''Together'' is a greatest hits album by Reef released in 2003. It contains most of the band's singles and some non-LP tracks. Track 14 is a cover of Mickey Newbury's "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) "Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In" is a psychedelic rock song written by Mickey Newbury and best known from a version by the First Edition, recorded in 1967 and released to popular success in 1968. Said to reflect the LS ...". Track listing # "Give Me Your Love" – 3:53 # "Good Feeling" – 3:47 # "Naked" – 3:12 # "Weird" – 2:54 # " Place Your Hands" – 3:38 # "Come Back Brighter" – 3:33 # "Consideration" – 3:34 # "Yer Old" – 3:12 # "I've Got Something to Say" – 4:06 # "Set the Record Straight" – 3:55 # "Lucky Number" – 3:28 # "Stone For Your Love" – 2:32 # "Talk to Me" – 3:05 # "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" – 2:52 References 2003 compilation albums Reef (band) album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web portal that provides the search engine Yahoo Search and related services including My Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, y!entertainment, yahoo!life, and its advertising platform, Yahoo Native. It is operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present), Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, its use declined in the 2010s as some of its services were discontinued, and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. Etymology The word "yahoo" is a backronym for "Yet another, Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle" or "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". The term "hierarchical" described how the Yahoo database was arranged in layers of subcategories. The term "oracle" was intended to mean "sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hit Singles & Albums
''British Hit Singles & Albums'' (originally known as ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles'' and ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'') was a music reference work, reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives. Later editions were published by HIT Entertainment (who had bought the Guinness World Records brand). It listed all the singles and albums featured in the Top 75 pop charts in the United Kingdom, UK. In 2004 the book became an amalgamation of two earlier Guinness publications, originally known as ''British Hit Singles'' and ''British Hit Albums''. The publication of this amalgamation ceased in 2006, with Guinness World Records being sold to Jim Pattison Group, The Jim Pattison Group, owner of ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!''. At this point, the Official UK Charts Company teamed up with Random House/Ebury Publishing to release a new version of the book under the Virgin Books bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Castle
Ben Castle (born 1973) is a British jazz musician, the younger son of television presenter and entertainer Roy Castle (1932–1994) and his wife Fiona (born 1940). He placed first in the Jazz category of the 2003 International Songwriting Competition with his song "The Heckler". Castle plays the saxophone as well as the clarinet and has performed as a backing musician for Duke Special, Radiohead, Blur, Matthew Herbert, Gregory Porter, Sting, Stan Tracey, Humphrey Lyttelton, George Michael, Djabe, Paloma Faith, Marlena Shaw and Jamie Cullum. Castle co-wrote the album '' Little Dreamer'' with singer Beth Rowley. The album debuted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart in 2008. In 1986, Castle saw Marillion play at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Through his interest in drumming as a youth, he became acquainted with Marillion drummer Ian Mosley and many years later performed saxophone on the band's track "Deserve", from their 1999 album ''Marillion.com'', as well as recording an albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with You'', " Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough", " Workin’ Day and Night" and the flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit " Longer". Additionally, he has performed with artists such as George Benson, Nik Kershaw, Al Jarreau, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, George Duke, Lionel Richie, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Patti Austin, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Yumi Matsutoya, among many others. He is known as the Seawind trumpeter and arranger who plays with Gary Grant, Larry Williams and Bill Reichenbach Jr. Biography Jerry Hey was born in 1950 in Dixon, Illinois to a family of musicians. His mother was a pianist and his father was a trombonist. Jerry also had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
