ALBUM: IT’S RAINING TODAY: THE SCOTT WALKER
STORY(1967-70)
LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK POP
YEAR: 1996
"Lights of Cincinnati" is a song
written by the English songwriters Tony Macaulayand Geoff Stephenswhich was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walkerin 1969. The song was Walker's third solo single in the UK. The
accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.
"Lights of Cincinnati" was a
moderate hit spending ten weeks on the UK Singles Chartand peaking at Nº 13 in July 1969. The single also made the Irish Singles
Chartpeaking at No. 20.
While not included on the concurrently
released Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Seriesalbum or Scott 3album from
March, the song replaced "30 Century Man" on US editions of Scott 3.
The single was backed with the 1969 Scott 3 album track "Two Weeks Since
You've Gone". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Angela Morley.
SONGWRITERS: AMY WADGE; EDWARD SHEERAN & TIMOTHY
LEE MCKENZIE
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: DIVIDE
LABEL: ASYLUM RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK POP
YEAR: 2017
Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE(Halifax,
17 of Februaryof 1991)
is a singer,
composer,
producer,
and actorBritish,
better known as "Ed Sheeran".
He
married Cherry Seaborn in January 2019 and today the couple have a daughter
named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. In early
2011, Sheeran released na independent extended play, which caught the attention
of Elton Johnand Jamie Foxx.
He then signed to Asylum Records.
Her debut album, +(plus)(2011),
containing the singles "The A Team",
"You Need Me,
I Don't Need You", "Lego House"
and "Drunk" were certified fivefold platinum in the Kingdom United.
In 2012, he won two Brit Awardsfor
Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A
Team" won the Ivor NovelloAward for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2014he was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
The popularity of Ed Sheeran abroad expanded
in 2012,
the United States,
he made an appearance in the fourth studio albumof Taylor Swift,
and wrote songs for the group One Direction.
He spent much of 2013 on tour in North Americaas the opening act for the Red Tourof Taylor Swift.
In the fallof 2013, Sheeran performed three sold-out shows at Madison
Square Gardenin New York(with Swift making an appearance on the second night).
Her second studio album titled X (multiply)(2014),
peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chartand the Billboard US 200.
It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
As part of her X world tour, Sheeran performed three concerts at London's Wembley Stadiumin July 2015, her biggest solo show to date.
In 2017, Sheeran releases her third studio
album, ÷(it
reads "divide"), achieving a huge commercial success, mainly in her
native country, with the LP and with one of the singles, "Shape of You",
which has remained at the top of the UKand USsingles charts,
among many other countries. With this, Sheeran became the most commercially
successful artist in the Westduring the first quarter of 2017.
"Save Myself" is
a songrecorded by English musician Ed Sheeranfor ÷(2017), his third studio
album. Upon the initial release of the disc in the UK, the theme managed to
make a debut on the official chart of songswithin the top twenty
positions.
I gave all my oxygen
to people that could breathe
I gave away my money and now we don't even speak
I drove miles and miles, but would you do the same for me?
Oh, honestly?
Offered off my shoulder just for you to cry upon
Gave you constant shelter and a bed to keep you warm
They gave me the heartache and in return I gave a song
It goes on and on
Life can get you down
so I just numb the way it feels
I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills
And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
My farewell
So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself
I gave you all my
energy and I took away your pain
'Cause human beings are destined to radiate or dream
What line do we stand upon 'cause from here looks the same?
And only scars remain
Life can get you down
so I just numb the way it feels
I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills
And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
My farewell
So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself
But if don't
Then I'll go back
To where I'm rescuing a stranger
Just because they needed saving just like that
Oh, I'm here again
Between the devil and the danger
But I guess it's just my nature
My dad was wrong
'Cause I'm not like my mum
'Cause she'd just smile and I'm complaining in a song
But it helps
So before I save someone else
I've got to save myself
Life can get you down
so I just numb the way it feels
I drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills
And all the ones that love me they just left me on the shelf
My farewell
So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself
And before I blame someone else, I've got to save myself
And before I love someone else, I've got to love myself.
SONGWRITERS: COLIN CHARLES GREENWOOD; EDWARD JOHN O’BRIEN;
JONATHAN RICHARD GUY GREENWOOD; PHILIP JAMES SELWAY & THOMAS EDWARD YORQUE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: KID A
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
GENRE: ELECTRONICA
YEAR: 2000
Radiohead are an English rockband formed in Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, in
1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke(vocals,
guitar, piano, keyboards), brothers Jonny Greenwood(lead
guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood(bass),
Ed O'Brien(guitar,
backing vocals) and Philip Selway(drums,
percussion). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrichand cover artist Stanley Donwoodsince 1994. Radiohead's experimentalapproach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock.
After signing to EMIin 1991,
Radiohead released their debut single, "Creep",
in 1992. It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey(1993).
Their popularity and critical standing rose in the UK with the release of their
second album, The Bends(1995).
Radiohead's third album, OK Computer(1997),
brought them international fame; noted for its complex production and themes
of modern alienation, it is
acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the best albums in popular music. Kid A(2000) marked a dramatic
change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, jazz, classical
music and krautrock. Though Kid
A divided listeners, it later attracted wide acclaim. It was followed by Amnesiac(2001),
recorded in the same sessions.
Hail to the Thief(2003),
with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror,
was Radiohead's final album for EMI. Their subsequent releases have pioneered
alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-wantand BitTorrent;
Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows(2007),
as a downloadfor
which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Their
eighth album, The King of Limbs(2011),
an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive loopingand sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool(2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestralarrangements.
Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Selway, and O'Brien have released solo albums; in 2021,
Yorke and Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile.
As of 2011, Radiohead have sold more than 30
million albums worldwide. Their awardsinclude six Grammy Awardsand four Ivor Novello
Awards. They have achieved seven top 10 hits on the
UK Singles Chart:
"Creep" (1992), "Street Spirit
(Fade Out)" (1996), "Paranoid Android"
(1997), "Karma Police"
(1997), "No Surprises"
(1998), "Pyramid Song"
(2001) and "There There"
(2003). They have also achieved two top 40hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Rolling Stonenamed Radiohead one of the 100 greatest artists of all time,
and Rolling Stone readers voted them the second-best artist of the 2000s. Five
Radiohead albums have been included in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Timelists, and the band are the most nominated act in Mercury Prizehistory, with five nominations. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Famein 2019.
"Everything in Its Right Place" is
a song by the English rock band Radiohead,
the opening track on their fourth album Kid A(2000). It features synthesiser, manipulated vocals, and lyrics
inspired by the stress singer Thom Yorke,
experienced while promoting Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer.
Yorke
wrote "Everything in Its Right Place" on piano. Radiohead worked on
it in a conventional band arrangement before transferring it to synthesiser,
and described it as a breakthrough in the album recording. Though it alienated
some listeners expecting more of Radiohead's earlier rock music,
"Everything in Its Right Place" was named one of the best songs of
the decade by several publications.
SONGWRITERS: GLEN BALLARD; ANDREA JANE CORR; SEAN SYED
HOSEIN & DANE ANTHONY DEVILLER
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: TALK ON CORNERS
LABEL: LAVA RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1997
Talk on Corners is the
second studio album by Irish pop rockband The Corrs. It was
released on 17 October 1997 by 143,
Lavaand Atlantic Records.
Preceded by lead single"Only When I Sleep",
which became a top ten hit internationally, the album was an immediate
commercial success in several territories, including Ireland, Spain, Sweden,
Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Its commercial performance elsewhere was initially
modest, however.
The Corrs' entire concert
from the Royal Albert Hallwas broadcast live the following year on BBC
Oneon Saint
Patrick's Day, where they were joined during
their performance of "Dreams"
by Fleetwood Macdrummer Mick Fleetwood.
This event did much
to raise the band's international profile. A remixed
version of "Dreams" went on to become their first top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. The record was reissued the
following month to include the song as a bonus track. This
would be the first of several different editions of Talk on Corners to be
released over the album's two-year-long promotional cycle.
Over this period, the band
released a string of increasingly successful hit singles, culminating with a Tin Tin Outremix of
"Runaway"
peaking at number two in the UK. The Corrs also toured extensively to promote
the record: the Talk on
Corners World Toursaw them perform almost 160
concerts across twelve separate legs. The album spent ten weeks at number one in the UK.
It ended its run as the highest-selling album of the year,
and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time there,
as well as the highest-selling album ever by an Irish act.
She drove a long way through the night
From an urban neighborhood
She left her mother in a fight
For a dream misunderstood
And her friends they talk on corners
They could never comprehend
But there was always something diferente
In the way she held a stare
And the pictures that she painted
Were of glamour and of flair
And her boyfriend though he loved her
Knew he couldn't quite fulfill
He could never meet her there
She's never gonna be
like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
And the cynics they
will wonder
What's the difference with this dream
And the dreams of countless others
All believing in TV
They see their handprints in a sidewalk
Flashing cameras on the scene
And a shining limousine
She's never gonna be
like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
She's believing in a dream
(Queen of Hollywood)
It's a loaded fantasy, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Now her mother
collects cut-outs
And the pictures make her smile
But if she saw behind the curtains
It could only make her cry
She's got hand prints on her body
Sad moonbeams in her eyes
Not so innocent a child
She's never gonna be
like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood, (Queen of Hollywood)
No she's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes and even though she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
She's the Queen of Hollywood...
Queen of Hollywood, (Queen of Hollywood) and
Her friends still talk On Corners, (Queen of Hollywood)
SONGWRITERS: MICHELLE LEONARD; NICOLAS REBSCHER & AURORA
AKSNES
COUNTRY: NORWAY
ALBUM: RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2015
Aurora Aksnes(born 15 June 1996), known mononymouslyas Aurora (stylized
in uppercase), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Stavanger, Aurora
released her debut EP, Running with
the Wolves, in 2015, through Decca Records. Later
that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert,
singing a cover of the Oasissong "Half the
World Away". Aurora released her debut
studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend,
in 2016. In 2018, she released her second extended play, Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1),
followed by her second studio album, A Different
Kind of Human (Step 2).
Back to Black is the second and final studio
album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse,
released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records.
Winehouse
predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with
then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left
her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred
her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity and
heartbreak in a relationship.
Influenced by the popand soulmusic of 1960s girl groups,
Winehouse collaborated with producers Salaam Remiand Mark Ronson, along
with Sharon Jones' band The Dap-Kings, to
assist her on capturing the sounds from that time period while blending them
with contemporary R&Band neo-soulmusic.
Between 2005 and 2006, she recorded the album's songs with Remi at Instrumental
Zoo Studios in Miami and then with Ronson and the Dap-Kings at Chung King Studiosand Daptone Recordsin New York. Tom Elmhirstmixed the album at Metropolis Studiosin London.
Back to Black was acclaimed by music critics,
who praised Winehouse's songwriting and emotive singing style as well as Remi
and Ronson's production. The album spawned five singles: "Rehab",
"You Know I'm
No Good", "Back to Black",
"Tears Dry on
Their Own" and "Love Is a
Losing Game". It has also been cited as
being a key influence to the widespread popularity of British soulthroughout
the late 2000s, paving the musical landscape for artists such as Adele, Duffy, and Estelle.
At the 2008 Grammy
Awards, Back to Black won Best Pop Vocal Albumand was also nominated for Album of the
Year. At the same ceremony, Winehouse won four
additional awards, tying her with five other artists as the second-most awarded
female in a single ceremony. The album was also nominated at the 2007 Brit Awardsfor MasterCardBritish
Album and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize. Back to
Black sold 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st centuryso far. The album has sold over 16 million copies worldwide.
A deluxe edition of Back to Black was
released in November 2007, containing a bonus disc of B-sidesand live
tracks. Winehouse's debut DVD I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London,
released that same month, includes a live set recorded at Shepherd's
Bush Empirein London and a 50-minute
documentary detailing the singer's career over the previous four years. In
2020, Back to Black was ranked at number 33 on Rolling Stone's list of the
"500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
