The Contino Sessions
Death in Vegas's second album, with Iggy Pop, Bobby Gillespie, Dot Allison and Jim Reid as guest singers, nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.
Death in Vegas, 1999
- Released
- 13 September 1999
- Studio
- The Contino Rooms, London
- Label
- Concrete
- Producer
- Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes
Track listing
- Dirge5:43
- Soul Auctioneer6:00
- Death Threat4:49
- Flying7:06
- Aisha5:53
- Lever Street3:38
- Aladdin's Story4:44
- Broken Little Sister5:19
- Neptune City4:43
Personnel
- Richard Fearless production, keyboards
- Tim Holmes production, keyboards, engineering
- Ian Button guitar
- Seamus Beaghen guitar, keyboards
- Mat Flint bass
- Simon Hanson drums
- Will Blanchard drums, percussion
- Spencer Bewley handclaps on Dirge
- Gary Burns keyboards on Neptune City
- Ali Friend upright bass on Lever Street
- Dot Allison vocals on Dirge, choir arrangement on Aladdin's Story
- Bobby Gillespie vocals on Soul Auctioneer
- Iggy Pop vocals on Aisha
- Jim Reid vocals on Broken Little Sister
- London Community Gospel Choir choir on Aladdin's Story
More from Death in Vegas
Dead Elvis (1997), Scorpio Rising (2002), Satan's Circus (2004)
Where to go next
Reference
- The Contino Sessions Personnel, certification and Mercury nomination.
- Official Albums Chart, 19 September 1999 The week the album entered at number 19.
Sources
- The Contino Sessions, Wikipedia
- Official Albums Chart on 19/9/1999, Official Charts Company (1999-09-19)
- Death in Vegas on the Official Charts, Official Charts Company
- Scorpio Rising review, Pitchfork
- Death in Vegas, Scorpio Rising (Sanctuary), Spin (2003-06)