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Body Language Kylie Minogue album - Personnel. Lead vocals: Kylie Minogue. Programmed by Dave Clews, Julian Gallagher and Alvin Sweeney. Protools: Dave Clews. Backing Vocals: Kylie Minogue, Ash Thomas, Alexis Strum, Karen Poole, Johnny Douglas, Cathy Dennis, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Miriam Grey, Chris Braide and Andrea Remanada. Extra "chorus pops": Ash Thomas and Lion. MC: A. Guevara. Guest vocals on "Someday": Green Gartside (ex Scritti Politti). ...

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As youths, the members of The Beatles were enthusiastic followers of Elvis Presley, first and foremost, and later, of British rock-and-rollers, notably Cliff Richard and The Shadows, whose stage presence and female following were often cited by the band as one of their inspirations to begin performing publicly. At the height of Beatlemania, John Lennon declared "Before Elvis, there was nothing". In comments recorded for the Anthology TV series all four band members spoke of him in glowing terms, with Paul McCartney saying "Seeing Elvi ...

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The Beatles had a limited but largely successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, sometimes compared to the Marx Brothers in style. It focused on Beatlemania and their hectic touring lifestyle, and was directed in a quasi-documentary style in black-and-white by an up-and-coming Richard Lester, who was known for having directed a television version of the successful BBC radio series The Goon Show as well as the offbeat short film "The Run ...

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Studio albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Please (1985) Actually (1987) Introspective (1988) Behaviour (1990) Very (1993) Bilingual (1996) Nightlife (1999) Release (2002) Battleship Potemkin (2005) Fundamental (due 2006) Compilation albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Disco (1986) Discography: The complete singles collection (1991) Disco 2 (1994)< ...

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The Beatles was the last Beatles album to be released with a unique, alternate mono mix, albeit one issued only in the UK. Twenty-nine of the album's thirty tracks ("Revolution 9" being the only straggler) exist in official alternate mono mixes, all of which are popular items amongst Beatles fans. Beatles albums after The Beatles occasionally had mono pressings in certain countries, but these editions – of Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, and Abbey Road – were ...

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Pet Shop Boys are seen as significant figures in gay culture for such songs as "Can You Forgive Her?", "It's A Sin", "New York City Boy" and their cover of The Village People's "Go West". They have written a song about a young male fan spending a night with a rapper, based on Eminem, called "The Night I Fell In Love" and a song about coming out, "Metamorphosis". Their 1990s single "Being Boring" dealt with the gay experience and the devastation wrought by the AIDS crisis; the song, and its supporting video filmed by Bruce Weber, remains one ...

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Neil Tennant has consistently and sincerely labelled the Pet Shop Boys' music as "disco". Their music's trademark sound is a combination of pure synthesised pop (which could qualify them as a New Wave group), with sometimes slightly over-the-top instrumentation, contrasting with Tennant's laconic vocals, sometimes spoken-word or rap. Despite a history of implementing current musical trends from the underground (house, electro, jungle, techno etc.) into their productions, they have always maintained a their own specific and defined sound. The ...

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Tennant and Lowe worked on material together in Tennant's Chelsea flat, where they came up with many of the songs that would later surface on future albums such as "It's A Sin", "West End Girls" and "Jealousy". Their big break came in August 1983, when Tennant was sent by Smash Hits to interview The Police in New York. The duo were obsessed with a stream of hi-energy records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O. According to Tennant: "I thought well, if I've got to go and see The Police play then I'm also going to ...

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The album's cover was designed by Richard Hamilton, a notable pop artist who had organised a Duchamp retrospective at the Tate Gallery the previous year. Hamilton's design was in stark contrast to Peter Blake's vivid cover art for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and consisted of a plain white sleeve. The band's name was discreetly embossed in the middle of the album's right side, and the cover also featured a unique stamped serial number, in Hamilton's words, "to create the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something li ...

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The White Album's album cover has been very influential. In the 1990s, both Prince and Metallica released self-titled albums with their names printed against mostly plain black covers, and are both informally referred to as "The Black Album". In 2003, rapper Jay-Z released an album officially called The Black Album. Two compilations of Beatles material, released in 1973 as The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970, are often referred to as "The Red Album" and "The Blue Album" respectively, with reference to ...

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Apple Records - Members of the Beatles and their bands. The Beatles John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Paul McCartney Wings George Harrison Ringo Starr Apple Records - Other artists. Badfinger (originally recorded as The Iveys) Black Dyke Mills Band, under the name John Foster & Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mill Band, performing "Yellow Submarine" Brute Force ("The King of Fuh") Elastic Oz ...

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Many observers have noted that understanding the success of The Beatles and their music begins and ends with an appreciation for the diverse ways in which they (especially Lennon and McCartney) blended their voices as instruments. The role of producer George Martin is often cited as a crucial element in the success of The Beatles. He used his experience to bring out the potential in the group, recognizing and nurturing their creativity rather than imposing his views. His earlier production experience, ranging from acts such as Jimmy S ...

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"Something" was well-received. John Lennon declared that "Something" was the best song on Abbey Road, going on to state: There was an embarrassing period when George's songs weren't that good and nobody wanted to say anything. He just wasn't in the same league for a long time – that's not putting him down, he just hadn't had the practice as a writer that we'd had." McCartney emphatically echoed Lennon's opinion, saying, "I like George's song 'Something.' ...

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Strangely, Harrison did not think much of the song at first, offering it to Joe Cocker to record before he decided to produce it for Abbey Road, with the result that Cocker's cover version actually came out before the Beatles' original did. When the Beatles did release "Something," it was on Abbey Road. The song was an instant hit, leading to a record first – the Beatles decided to release "Something" as a single in the United Kingdom, an unprecedented incident, as beforehand, the Beatles and the late Brian Epstein had objected to releasing ...

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The Beatles album - Side one. "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (vorbis sample 204K) "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) (vorbis sample 188K) "Happiness is a Warm Gun" The Beatles album - Side two. "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" (vorbis sample 140K) ...

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Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Studio albums. 1967 Gorilla 1968 The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse (chart #40) 1969 Tadpoles (chart #36) 1969 Keynsham 1972 Let's Make up and Be Friendly Note: The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse was released as Urban Spaceman in the US. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Singles. 1966 My Brother Makes the Noises for the TalkiesSee also:

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