Salt Lake Tribune | 1996-01-05 | Page 55

E8 The Salt Lake Tribune CALENDAR Carey Net 6 Grammy By Jen y Crowe ES TIMES Ro ock ‘n’ roll has been slowto enter the information age. Thoughscores of history books have been publ ished, and limited attempts have been made at putting together artist histories in encyclopedia form, most have been single volumes, covering only Nominations the household names. Therejust hasn't been a comprehensivework that sugg! ests the worddefinitive By Jennifer Bowles nadian singer who hit it big with her song about betrayal. got six nominations Thursday including best new artist Mariah Carey tied her for the most nominations Morissette’s song “You Oughta work, increasing it from four to six volumes. Neither guide is aimed at casual fans. ROCKnROM 1” is priced at $1,500, the Guinness Encyclo pe- Know™ earned nods for song of the vear and best rock song; her album “Jagged Little Pill was nominated for album of the vear and best rock album. “You Oughta Know’ also earned Moris sette nominations for best female rock voeal performance. She also dia at $495 for the set. Ri OCKnROM,” whichits designers say contains 500 million facts, is a computerized reference librar y aimedat professionals. It produces, at mouse- speed information on 800,000 recording click will be up against the pop-rock 90,000artists, 100,000 songwriters, 30,000 publishers, 6,000 labels and numerous other categories. band Hootie & the Blowfish for Al so included are 62,000 U.S. and British album the newartist award I'mappreciative of this kind and singles sales charts, enabling the user to follow the ups and downs of a particular recording orartist. And everything and everyoneis connected Forinstance, click on Bob Dylan” and see the namesof everysong heever recorded. Thenclick on Li » a Rolling Stone’ and see who played what of acknowledgment andrespect Morissette seid ina statement. “It feels good to know that my songs » affected people along the Thanks Hootie & the Blowfish, whose debut album “Cracked Rear else recorded the song — and whoplayed onthose versions And you're not through yet Youcan also learn where a particular album was recorded — and then, with another mouse click, get a list of every other album recordedin that city. By contrast, the “Guinness Encyclopedia,’ which includes biographical sketches on more than 15,000 artists and other pop-related events and terms, is a moretraditional reference guide — thoughstill re- Suddenly, there are two. Michael Wadleigh who directed the landmark cone ert documentary “Woodstock,” has assembled RO CKnROM.” a CD-ROMencyclopedia of rock that includes information onvirtually everyin-print pop recording fromthelast 40 years. And Colin Larkin, editor of the widely lauded Guin nness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, which was publishedin 1992. has added substantiallyto his UNIVERSAL CITY. Calif. — Alanis Morissette. the young Ca Singer 1996 CD-ROM Rock: Adam Ant to ZZ Top Morissette, Grammy Friday. January 5 instr uments on the Dylan recording, as well as who markable. (Interestingly, Wadleigh wanted to reproduce the entire Guinnessset in his CD-ROMpackage, but was unable to securethe rights.) The Guinness set covers popular music from “a cappella” to ‘ZZ Top” in nearly5,000 pages of mate- rial, and is remarkablyup to date. The Neil Young entry, for instance, mentions “Mirror Ball,” his 1995 album with Pearl Jam. To get an idea of the exhaustivenessof the set, which includes 50 percent more words than its predecessor, consider that England’s respected Q magazinecalledthe original four-volumeedition “the best rock reference book ever.” Whyadd toit? It’s a labor of love And Larkin, whose personal collection of music magazines and books (dating from 1961) formed the research basefor the project, still isn't satisfied The wordis that he wants to eventually deliver 20 volumes. ROCKnROM*’ is available throughdirect mail for Windows3.1 orhigher (it is Windows '95 compatible). A Macintosh version is scheduled to be available in February. [phone]. The “Guinness Eneyclopedia of Popular Music” can be purchased by calling [phone] View” was 1909's biggest seller at 10 million copies. received only one other nomination — best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal. The group was hin dered by the fact that the album was released in the summer of 1994, months before the September-October eligibility period for Grammyvoting The Associated Press Grammy voters embraced Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, who receivedsix nominations. Winners in 88categories will be announced in a CBS television broadcast from Los Angeles on Feb. 27. Winners will be chosen Also nominatedfor best record were the singer Seal for from a Rose.” Osborne for of Us.” by the 7,000 voting members of the Academy of Recording Arts & adise’’ and Careyand BoyzII Men for “One Sweet Day Sciences. I'm ecstatic,” said TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. “I cannot believe this. It's like a dream Carey's nominations included Daydream” for album of the year and best pop album and Fantasy’ cometrue I'mreadyto start a tap for best female pop vo- dance, and I haven't even taken any lessons. Thank youall so very much. Theloveis here.” cal performance. Her duet with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” was nominatedfor record of the year and best pop collaboration with vocals. Her song Nirvana’s best alternative music perfor- mance. male R&B vocal performance In addition to Carey's “Day- “Jagged Little Pill” up for best albumare Michael Jackson's “HIStory Past Present and Future Book I,” Joan Osborne's “Relish” and Pearl Jam's “Vitalogy Osborne joined Morissette and Hootie & the Blowfish in the best new artist category along with teen R&B singer Brandy and country singer Shania Twain In all, Osborne got five nomina tions, including record ofthe year andbest female pop vocal performance for her song about God One of Us Also receiving five nominations were singer-songwriter Babyface and songwriter Glenn who co-wrote Ballard “You Oughta “MTV Unpluggedin New York” was nominated for “Always Be My Baby’ was nominated for best fe. dream” and Morissette’s “Kiss ne Coolio for “Gangsta’s Par- The Associated Press Mariah Carey, with six nominations, tied Morissette. Know” and other songs on Moris- sette’s album Earning four nominations were TLC, the composer-conductor Pierre Boulez, Michael Jackson and Twain TLC’s “Waterfalls,” a slinky R&B ballad that includes a subtle AIDS message, earned nominations for record of the year and “Foo Fighters,” led by form r Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, also was nominatedin that category for their self-titled album. Other nominees are Bjork’s Post.” P.J. Harvey’s “To Bring YouMyLove” and the Presidents of the United States of America for their self-titled album In the best rock album catego- ry, Pearl Jam's “Vitalogy” will be pitted against Neil Young's Mir- ror Ball” on which Pearl Jam sang backup. 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