Albums recorded in bizarre locations

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Katie Melua - 'Concert Under The Sea'​

Although not an album, British-Georgian singer-songwriter Melua recorded a live performance at the bottom of a drilling platform in the North Sea.

 

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Katie Melua - 'Concert Under The Sea'​

The performance got her an entry in the Guinness World Records in 2006 for 'the deepest underwater concert contained.'

 

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The Libertines - 'Anthems for Doomed Youth'​

The British indie rockers headed to Thailand to record their third studio album. What they did not expect was that the studio was built on a snake pit! The site was a shrine for the snake god Nāga.

 

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The Libertines - 'Anthems for Doomed Youth'​

One of the band's front men, Carl Barat, asked a local man if they had any snake antivenom, to which he replied "no." The man added that if you get bitten, you die, and that's it.

 

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Killing Joke - 'Pandemonium'​

The English rockers recorded some of the vocal tracks of their 1994 album in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

 

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Killing Joke - 'Pandemonium'​

The band reported some paranormal experiences during the recording sessions. One of the episodes included batteries that were supposed to last for 10 hours, being drained after 10 minutes.

 

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Prince Harvey - 'PHATA––'​

American rapper and producer Prince Harvey managed to record his entire album in an Apple Store in New York City. Every weekday, for four months, he used a display laptop in the shop to produce his music.

 

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Prince Harvey - 'PHATA––'​

The store managers were reluctant at first but eventually bought into the idea, as demoing the equipment would potentially drive sales.

 

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Cowboy Junkies - 'The Trinity Session'​

The Canadian band recorded their album inside Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, reportedly using just one microphone.

 

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Cowboy Junkies - 'The Trinity Session'​

Fearing their band name would be a problem when trying to book the church, they rented it under the name 'The Timmins Family Singers.'

 

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The Modern Lovers - 'Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers'​

Not happy with the sound they were getting at CBS Studios in San Francisco, the band headed to the men's room looking for something different.

 

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The Modern Lovers - 'Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers'​

The band confessed that the male urinals definitely had an impact on the way the album sounds.