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£3.95 (U.K.) $4.95 (U.S.), $5.95 (CAN.), IN U.K. NEWS *BXNCCVR * *** * * ** 3 -DIGIT 908 Ready For tGEE4EM740M099074* 002 0659 000 BI MAR 2396 1 03 MONTY GREENLY The Globe? 3740 ELM AVE APT A LONG BEACH, CA 90807 -3402 London Suede ¡¡ % ._i...i' ...;. Starts Over IJI ) 11 it/'' 1).. Again Nal PAGE 1 1 SEPTEMBER 17, 1994 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISEMENTS Hip -Hop Takes Boyz II Men: The Triumph Acoustic Jesus & Manhattan, With Of A New Motown Sound Mary Chain Set Help From Hot 97 BY J.R. REYNOLDS Of Life" in 1976 (See Chart Beat, Hit and CRAIG ROSEN page 112). An American BY ERIC BOEHLERT Not only does the out -of- the -box LOS ANGELES -The "End Of The success of "II" represent a triumph BY CARRIE BORZILLO NEW YORK- "Have you checked out Road" was only the beginning for for Boyz II Men and Motown, it also LOS ANGELES Jesus & Hot 97 ?" Snoopy Doggy Dogg asks in his Boyz II Men, as the group's new al- suggests that the popularity of R &B -The may reap the fruits of Southern California drawl during a be- bum, "II," debuts vocal groups is Mary Chain tween -song pro- at No. 1 on The showing no signs mo on the New Billboard 200 this of fading. Blitzz/ York station of week, while the Atlantic act All -4- the same name. single "I'll Make One had an 11- HEAT "It's represent- Love To You" week run on top of SEEKERS -_____ ing hip -hop to holds the top posi- the Hot 100 with their atlantic debut featuring the fi d est." tion on the Hot 100 BOYZ II MEN "I Swear," while !MPAÇ `stranger than fictimn" THE JESUS & on Arbitron and AccuRat- for a fourth week. the group's self-ti- Based MARY CHAIN "21st century ings, Snoop is not alone in his affec- With sales of more than 302,000, tled debut album reached No. 7 on boy" labor with its sixth al- digital tion for the top 40 /rhythm station "II" had the second- biggest debut The Billboard 200 and has sold more a decade of & Dethroned," on and "incomplete" that, since 1986, had been synony- week of 1994, behind Pink Floyd's than 1.2 million copies, according to bum, "Stoned ANDY WALLACE e BAD RELIG ON American Recordings. The re- PRODUCED BY mous`with the hottest club and street "The Division Bell." (See Between SoundScan. MANAGEMENT: DANNY HEAPS, its highest charting dance hits. That formula eventually The Bullets, page 111). While several other acts, including lease became ADDIS /WECHSLER, LOS ANGELES on The Billboard 200, when ran cold, and last summer the station "II" also is the first R &B album to Color Me Badd, Shai, and SWV (Bill- album in (Continued on page 101) found itself ranked No. 11 in the mar- debut at No. 1 since Janet Jackson's board, April 16), have had success THE ATLANTIC GROUP Boyz II Men's wake, the Boyz remain .2994 ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP. A TIME WARNER ,OMPANY ket by Arbitron, fully two ratings "janet." on June 5, 1993, and the first points behind market leader and Motown album to debut at No. l since the best -selling group in the genre. longtime R &B standout WRKS. Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key (Continued on page 110) Sell -Thru Sales So Hot 97 got a new PD, ditched (Contiro,rflI/ poge.91) Record Expected EWS J GRP Bows `Cool' Bass Music Rises From South BY SETH GOLDSTEIN 1'0l1(Ì11[1 ' Rdlpr,. NEW YORK -In a scenario resem- crol- 1111i1111) ±Iandards by `Piebald'I For Red Hot Set As Acts Seek Majors' Interest bling "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," Inrludr, "1'6 Sound tl NI, -1," Hollywood has turned on the spigot of BY JEFF LEVENSON l'1 Wí,11 I Wl,m In Lorl \;;1610 sporadic regional acceptance, and new and old releases priced at under n BY BRETT ATWOOD and "11A hinny Falrntínl, turn it off until buyers NEW YORK -The Red Hot Organi- plagued by accusations of sexist im- $25 and won't music, characterized by cry uncle. 14mrrica's rrnnancc zation is turning to the red -hot fusion LOS ANGELES -After brewing re- agery, bass its room -shaking So far, the studios are ahead of the ritli `B,-aadnam of jazz and hip-hop gionally for more beats and fast - game. The market is expected to ab- and a(o nnund nJ for its fifth charity than a decade, bass paced rhythms, sorb most of an estimated 75 million - Julie .rÄnd,Uris compilation, "Red music is finally ris- is beginning to 80 million copies of nine direct -to -sell- canlinurs. Hot + Cool: Stolen ing from the Flori- Moments." da underground break through the through features arriving in stores mid-No- In-store Featured on the into the main- barriers of resis- between late summer and re- (Continued on page 110) October 4 album, which is stream. Major la- tance at both scheduled for re- bels are closely eye- tail and radio. lease by GRP Oct. ing the indie action The flurry of IN THIS ISSUE is REDMAN 11, are artists that has followed bass activity linked by heritage the 1993 break- well -represented and purpose, including Donald Byrd, through success of the quadruple - on the Hot 100, where Chaos /Colum- Older Acts Gain From MC Solaar, Me'shell NdegéOcello, platinum Tag Team single "Whoomp! bia act the Puppies and Rip -It trio 69 derbie Hancock, the Pharcyde, (There It Is)" on Life/Bellmark. Boyz have cracked the top 40. MTV Video Awards Gig 442 60.3.214 only (Co- ntinued on page46) PHILIPS Lester Bowie, Digahle Planets, Having previously achieved PAGE 8 (Cool/010rr! l,r, /mg(' 101) IN THE NEWS MIDEM Targets Asian U1 oaAcv; wk*4Ö4 Music Markets In '95 Brand new music from Soul Asylum PAGE 8 Jesus Lizard Seaweed music Girls Against Boys The from Bash bt Pop Corrosion Of Conformity 38 the Bad Religion Stabbing Westward motion Also features Alice In Chains *. picture L Tuesday, October 11. Movie opens Friday, October 21. Soundtrack in store P,O21ouSly released [rack 1 of ie. W/ 1 11 I, a trademah Sun, Mu,, fnlenal 7 11 Pal. Oft Marta R,q.21 3. CM1au, 4,%. "C 1 Reg. 115 6 T' MINA M1C Film, All RigM1ts Reunwl In< Motion P(ture PM1olograpny and Mwo3 1994 M,reme. OluoR D 71486 02552 8 J 99a Sony Muc. E,I. 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"They were all part of this thing I was STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW whose "instant physical feeling of excitement and fear was says original impulse to be a musician." going through in my personal life. `Reconsider Baby' would be COUNTRY 36 Indeed, since Eric Patrick Clapton first forged his recording talking about the breakup, or `Someday After A While' is saying T * NOTA MOMENT TOO SOON TIM McGRAW CURB reputation in the '60s with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's you'll be sorry when you realize what a good man you lost. A lot O vowed one day create the pure blues testa- of it is in terms of growing up, and some of it is quite childish P GOSPEL Blues Breakers, he to 45 betokened. But in a way, but it's about expressing that instant emotion of anger * IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR MALUCO ment his rapt affection for the form had always if this 16 -track live studio session of songs by blues greats like or self-pity. A HEATSEEKERS "All of these songs are the hardest I was able to pick out of the 124 Leroy Carr, Eddie Boyd, Lowell Fulson, Willie Dixon, Freddy * YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK IF... Muddy Waters was simply a seasoned blues catalog, because they've all got a very intense character of L JEFF FOXWORTHY WARNER BROS. King, Elmore James, and gesture of artistic reverence, it would not deserve its undeniable their own; they're not jamming, but instead have distinct melodies B THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 status as the British guitar giant's supereminent solo recording. and structures. Some of them, like `Hoochie Coochie,' are ones I U * SEGUNDO ROMANCE LUIS MIGUEL wEA IA TINA 41 What makes the darksome "From The Cradle" so bottomlessly thought about in the past as being untouchable, but I thought it M beautiful is the fact that, in its desire to resume the studious en- was important not to hide or duck or hedge the challenge." S NEW AGE 63 obsession, In the act of trodding this pained path of self- * LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS YANNI PRIVATE MUSIC grossments of a comforting adolescent it also updates the endless searching of an in- examination and rediscovery, Clapton also paral- leled probative meditations of the musical her- R &B jured and incomplete spirit.