Who recorded the song Islands?
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Islands (The xx song) "Islands" is a song recorded by English indie pop band The xx for their self-titled debut studio album. Written by band-members Jamie Smith, Oliver Sim, Romy Madley Croft and then-member Baria Qureshi, "Islands" is a dark and simple indie pop track. It also contains influences from house music and features instrumentation from guitars and synthesizers. Croft and Sim, who provided vocals in the track, sing about themes related to loyalty and love. "Islands" was released on 26 October 2009 as the third single from the album by Young Turks in 7-inch single and digital download formats. In March 2010, the song was re-released as a 12-inch single.
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Xx (album) xx is the 2009 debut album by English indie pop band the xx. After they signed a contract with XL Recordings, the band recorded the album from December 2008 to February 2009 at the label's in-house studio in London. Audio engineer Rodaidh McDonald worked with the xx during the recording sessions and strived to reproduce the intimate, unembellished quality of their demos. The band's Jamie xx produced "xx" on his laptop and created electronic beats for the songs, which he then mixed in a detailed process with McDonald.
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Sacred Island Sacred Island is an album by American blues/world artist Taj Mahal and Hawaiian music group The Hula Blues Band.
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St. Eustacia (album) St. Eustacia is the second album by singer Kate Rogers, and her debut album of original material. It was recorded in her native Canada. The album title takes its name from the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.
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Les Marquises Les Marquises (English: The Marquesas ) is Jacques Brel's thirteenth and final album. Also known as "Brel", the album was released 17 November 1977 by Barclay (96 010). This was the singer's first album of new songs in ten years and was released a year before his death from lung cancer. The album's themes include death ("Jaurès", "Vieillir", "Jojo"), parting ("Orly") and in several songs Brel evokes his career in the 1960s ("Les F..", "Jojo", "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango", "Vieillir"). The album was recorded live in Studio B at the Barclay Studios on Avenue Hoche, Paris. With his health failing, Brel was only able to record at most two songs per day. Brel returned to the Marquesas Islands shortly after the recording sessions.
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Wild about Nothing Wild About Nothing is debut studio album by Helen Hoffner. It was the culmination of ten years work that started in 1982 when Helen joined the band The Astronauts (Stiff Records) with Simon Burton and David Lief. Subsequently, Simon and Helen formed an all-girl band called The Marines (CBS/Sony Records) with Denny Jones and Sarah Pritchard; Simon wrote and produced the material and they were managed by Colin Lester. After a couple of minor hit singles and tour support for Kylie Minogue in 1989, it was decided that Helen should become a solo artist. For the next 18 months, Helen and Simon worked on putting her solo album together. They signed to Warner Brothers and began recording in April 1992. Produced by Hugh Padgham and Simon Burton, the album featured Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums; Pino Palidino - Bass; Dominic Miller - Guitar; Bob Marlett and Michael Scherchen - Keyboards. The original pressing of the album only had 11 tracks; "Edge of a Dream" (featuring Bryan Adams) was added later on, not having been a part of the original album recording. "Summer of Love", which was a hit in Norway and Finland, has been covered by Faye Wong and numerous other artists. The album sold gold in Finland.
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Lyle Moraine Lyle Moraine (February 7, 1914 – February 13, 1988) is best known for writing "Christmas Island" (1946), a song recorded by The Andrews Sisters, Leon Redbone, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Atcher, Bob Dylan, and Petty Booka among others. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died in Glendale, California.
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From the Clouds From the Clouds is a song by American singer Jack Johnson from his 2010 album, To the Sea. It was released on February 28, 2011, and was the final single from the album.
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Cumberland Islands (Queensland) The Cumberland Islands form a group of 70 islands at on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Mackay in Queensland, Australia. They were discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770.
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Nisiotika Nisiotika (Greek: νησιώτικα ) is the name of the songs and dances of Greek islands including a variety of Greek styles, played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and elsewhere.
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Totally Nude Island "Totally Nude Island" is the debut single by The Superions, a side project of Fred Schneider of The B-52s. The single was released to iTunes Stores internationally as a digital download on October 31, 2008. "Totally Nude Island (Ursula 1000 Remix)" was also released as a digital single on December 18, 2008. Both the original version and the Ursula 1000 remix were remastered in 2009 and released with two more remixes by The Lolligags and Marshmallow Coast on "The Superions" EP by Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records as a digital download on January 19, 2010, the CD and Limited Edition 12" were released on February 23, 2010.
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Black Island (song) "Black Island" is a song by Cuba with vocals by Shara Nelson released as a single in 1999 on 4AD.
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List of former Island Records artists This is a list of artists that once recorded for Island Records or one of its associated labels.
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Island An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.
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The Island (Paul Brady song) "The Island" is a 1985 song by Northern Irish musician Paul Brady, who comes from Strabane in County Tyrone.
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Rory and the Island Rory and The Island has had 10 top 40 songs in the Irish iTunes rock charts, with "Jimmy's Winning Matches" breaking through to the actual overall Irish top 10 in October 2012. Lead singer Rory Gallagher was the bass player and lead vocalist with Irish Indie/Pop/Punk group 'The Revs' from 2000 to 2007.
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Balboa Island (The Pretty Things album) Balboa Island, released in 2007, is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band The Pretty Things.
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The Islanders (American band) The Islanders were an American group which included Frank Metis (accordion) and Randy Starr (guitar), in addition to using special sound effects by Ralph F. Curtiss.
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Oceans (EP) Oceans is the third EP by Australian worship band Hillsong United. The EP released on 10 September 2013, and features four versions of the song, "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)", including the album version, as found on "Zion". (February 2013) The song peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Christian Songs chart at the end of 2013. Billboard referred to the band's name as "United" on the chart.
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Flower Island Flower Island () is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Song Il-gon. This was Song's first feature-length film after directing several award-winning short films.
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Islands (Kajagoogoo album) Islands is the second album by the British pop band Kajagoogoo, released on 21 May 1984 on the EMI label. This was the band's first album without lead vocalist Limahl; who had been fired by the band in mid-1983 and went on to pursue a solo career. Bass player Nick Beggs, already the group's main backing singer, took over lead vocal duties, and also wrote the lyrics. The album was co-produced by the band themselves, now a four-piece group, along with Colin Thurston, who had also produced their debut, "White Feathers". It is the final album to-date to feature founding drummer Jez Strode.
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Y'all Is Fantasy Island Y'all Is Fantasy Island are a Scottish alternative folk band from Falkirk, formed in 2001.