Future Recordings

Rip It Up, Issue 235, 1 March 1997, Page 8

Future Recordings

Prodigy, Fat of the Land (XL / BMG). Charlatans, Telling Stories (BMG). Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole (Virgin). Supergrass, In It For the Money (EMI). Can, Sacrilige (Mute I Festival) — remixes by Pete Shelley, Sonic Youth, Wire, A Guy Called Gerald, Orb and Eno etc. Depeche Mode, Ultra (Mute I Festival). Aerosmith, Nine Lives (Sony). Reef, Glow (Sony). ABC, Skyscraping (Deconstruction / BMG) — the return of Martin Fry. Dinosaur Jr, Hand It Over (Warners). Various, To Have & To Hold (Mute /Festival) — movie soundtrack composed by Cave, Bargeld and Harvey with Scott Walker singing Dylan’s ‘I Threw It All Away’. James, Whiplash (Polygram). Ben Folds Five, Whatever And Ever Amen (Sony). Fool’s Garden, Dish of the Day (Central Station I BMG). Pennywise, Full Circle (Epitaph / Flying In). Supersuckers, Must’ve Been High (Sub Pop / Flying In). Scud Mountain Boys, The Early Years (Sub Pop / Flying In). T.D.F, Retail Therapy (Reprise I Warners) — Eric Clapton as “x-sample” collaborates with Simon Climie. Ocean Colour Scene, B-Sides, Seasides and Free Rides (MCA) — limited edition UK low price album. Hunter S.Thompson, Fear & Loathing (Mercury) Duran Duran, Medazzaland (Capitol). Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Let’s Face It (Mercury). Cyndi Lauper, Sisters of Avalon (Sony). Redd Kross, Show World (Polygram). Morphine, Like Swimming (Rykodisc / Festival). INXS, Elegantly Wasted (Mercury). Sneaker Pimps, Becoming X (Virgin). Chris Whitley, Terra Incognita (Columbia I Sony). Erasure, Cowboy (Mute I Festival). Moby, Animal Rights (Elektra). Texas, White On Blonde (Mercury). Bee Gees, Still Waters (Polydor). Ween, The Mollusk (Warners). Jill Sobule, Happy Town (Atlantic). Toad the Wet Sprocket, Coil (Sony). Kip Winger, The Conversation Seems Like A Dream (Domo). Rail, Hello Surfing, Goodbye God (White / Festival).

AOTEAROA Greg Johnson, Chinese Whispers (EMI). Bailterspace, Capsul (Flying Nun). Muckhole, Kooza (Felix). Bressa Greeting Cake, Bressa Creting Cake (Flying Nun). Lava Lava, Burnt (Huh! I Polygram). . Various, The Breaks (Polygram) — drum & bass, jungle. Jordan Reyne, Birds of Prey (Lost / Festival). DLT, The Poison EP (RCA /BMG). Loves Ugly Children, Showered In Gold (Flying Nun). Various, Pioneers of a Brown Frontier (Urban Pacifika /BMG). . , ' Moana & the Moahunters, Rua (Tangata). , ; ; Propeller, Propeller (Chronic) — formerly known as Semi Lemon Kola. .. T Chug, Metalon (Flying Nun). Cicada, Soup Sonic (Mr Banger). HIP-HOP/DANCE Warren G, Take A Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality) (Def Jam / Polygram). - Spearhead, Chocolate Supa Highway (Capitol). Mary J. Bilge, Share My World (MCA). Notorious 8.1. G., Life After Death (Bad Boy I BMG). Zhane, Saturday Night (Motown).

Ce Ce Peniston, I’m Movin’ On (Polydor). The Herbaliser, Blow Your Headphones (Ninja Tune I Flying In). Various, Free Style Files V 01.2 (Studio K7 l Flying In). Nicolette, DJ Kicks (Studio K7 l Flying In). Rockers Hi Fi, DJ Kicks (Studio K7 l Flying In). Various, This Is Drum & Bass (Beechwood / Flying In). Various, Trance Pacific Express (Volume I Flying In). Various, Shake the Bones (Hydrogen Dukebox I Flying In) —label compilation. Michelle Gayle, Sensational (RCA I BMG). Jay Z, Reasonable Doubt (North West Side I BMG). Az Yet, Az Yet (La Face/BMG). DJ Muggs, Soul Assasins (Columbia I Sony). Camp Lo, Uptown Saturday Night (Profile). Levert, Whole Scenario (Atlantic). George Duke, Is Love Enough (Warners). Grandmaster Mele Mel & Scorpio, Right Now (Strß Game). Aretha Franklin, One Lord, One Faith (Arista). Sounds of Blackness, Time for Healing (A&M). ROOTS / ADULT CONTEMPORARY Freedy Johnston, Never Home (Elektra). Jazz Passengers, Individually Twisted (32 Records) — Debbie Harry sings jazz with Elvis Costello as guest. Etta James, Love’s Been Rough On Me (Private I BMG). The Jayhawks, Sound of Lies (American I BMG). Matthew Sweet, Blue Sky On Mars (Zoo I BMG). Elvis Presley, Live at the Madison Square Garden (RCA/BMG). Tony Bennett On Holiday: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Sony). Lisa Stansfield, Lisa Stansfield (Arista / BMG). Joseph Arthur, Big City Secrets (Real World / Virgin). Urban Knights, Urban Knights II (GRP I Universal). T-Bone Burnett, Tooth of Crime (Warners) — music to Sam Shepard’s play.

REISSUES Santana, Live at the Fillmore ‘6B (Sony Legacy). Marvin Gaye, The Vulnerable Sessions (Motown) — torch songs recorded from 1967, but never released. Trouble Funk, Early Singles (Infinite Zero). Irma Thomas, The Story of My Life (Rounder). Wang Chung, Greatest Hits (Geffen / Universal). Various, Rare Grooves Vol. 1 & 2 (Prority). Monks, Black Monk Time (Infinite Zero) —1966 proto-punk album by American Ex G.l.s recorded in Germany. Their fans include Julian Cope, Mike D and Ugly Things zine. Aretha Franklin, Love Songs (Atlantic) —l6 romantic soul songs. Neville Brothers, Very Best Of (Rhino) —6O s solo tracks plus 70s and 80s recordings for Capitol, Black Top and EMI labels. Earth Wind & Fire, Earth Wind & Fire; The Need of Love (Warners) — two 1971 albums on CD for first time.

SOUNDTRACKS The Simpsons: Songs in the Key of Springfield (Rhino) — music and dialogue.

TRIBUTE ALBUMS Kerouac — Kicks, Joy Darkness (Rykodisc) — Ginsburg, Burroughs, Ferlinghetti, Stipe, Vedder, Steve Tyler and Patti Smith. Duran Duran (Mojo / Universal) — bands include Reel Big Fish, Eve’s Plum, Wesley Willis. Can, Forgery Series (Nickel Bag I ADA) — Beck, Geraldine Fibbers etc, April. Abba Latino (Cherry Entertainment) — Spanish language artists.