On January 31, 2014, “Columbia” label released “After the Disco”, the second Broken Bells studio album. It was recorded October 2012 – November 2013, at “Mondo Studio” and “Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, Glenwood Place Studios” in Burbank, California, “Firehouse Studios” in Pasadena, California, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton).
Personnel:
- Brian Burton– drums, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion, bass, guitar
- James Mercer– vocals, guitar, bass, organ, synthesizer, percussion
- Elizabeth Berg, Heather Porcaro, Myla Balugay, Rebecca Ann Stark- backing vocals
Orchestra
- The Angel City String Orchestra – strings
Daniele Luppi – conductor, string arrangement
Anton Riehl – score
Peter Kent – concertmaster, violin
Chris Tedesco – contractor
- Carolyn Osborn – violin
- Erika Walczak – violin
- Jennifer Walton – violin
- Judy Yoo – violin
- Julie Beavers – violin
- Norman Hughes – violin
- Shari Zippert – violin
- Sharon Jackson – violin
- Susan Chatman – violin
- Vladimir Polimatidi – violin
- Alisha Bauer – cello
- Stefanie Fife – cello
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
- Adrianna Zoppo – viola
- Brianna Bandy – viola
- Jessica Van Velzen – viola
- Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone
- David Ralicke – trombone
- Nathaniel Walcott- trumpet
- Brian Burton – programmer
- Kennie Takahashi – programmer, mixing, recording, engineer
- Todd Monfalcone – recording
- Jeff Peters – recording strings
- Jacob Dennis – assistant mixing, assistant engineer
- Michele Harrison – management
- Chris Kahn – assistant mixing, assistant engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Todd Monfalcone – mixing, second engineer
- Ian Montone – management
- Geoff Neal – assistant mixing
- Amy Schmalz – management
- Laura Sisk – second engineer
- Jeremy Underwood – assistant engineer strings
- Jacob Escobedo – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by James Mercer and Brian Burton.
- Perfect World
- After the Disco
- Holding On for Life
- Leave it Alone
- The Changing Lights
- Control
- Lazy Wonderland
- Medicine
- No Matter What You’re Told
- The Angel and the Fool