Monthly Archives: May 2018

Hayden: The Place Where We Lived

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On May 26, 2009, “Hardwood Records” label released “The Place Where We Lived”, the sixth Hayden album. It was recorded in 2009, at “4 Walls Studios” in Skyscraper National Park, and was produced by Howie Beck.

Personnel:

  • Hayden – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass, harmonica, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing, art direction, photography
  • Howie Beck – vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, horn arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Carlin Nicholson, Holly Throsby – vocals
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Dale Murray – electric guitar, pedal steel
  • Wayne Petti – electric guitar, piano
  • Mike O’Brien – vocals, piano
  • Christi & Holli Banks – upright bass
  • Paul Lowman – bass
  • Corey Wood, Corey Wood – drums
  • Tyler Stewart – percussion
  • Bryden Baird, Seán Ó Riada – trumpet
  • William Carn – trombone
  • Christie Greyerbiehl – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Hayden.

  1. The Place Where We Lived
  2. Message from London
  3. Disappear
  4. Living Grows on You
  5. When the Night Came and Took Us
  6. Let’s Break Up
  7. The Valley
  8. Dilapidated Heart
  9. Never Lonely
  10. Let it Last

Peatbog Faeries: Blackhouse

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On May 25, 2015, “Peatbog Records” label released “Blackhouse”, the seventh Peatbog Faeries studio album. It was recorded 2014–2015, at “Kilchoan” in  Ardnamurchan, Scotland, and was produced by Calum MacLean.

Personnel:

  • Tom Slater – guitar, ebow
  • Graeme Stafford – keyboards
  • Innes Hutton – bass
  • Stu Haikney – drums, percussion
  • Peter Morrison – pipes, whistles
  • Ross Couper – fiddle, effects

Track listing:

  1. Is This Your Son?
  2. Jakes on a Plane
  3. Tom in the Front
  4. Angus and Joyce MacKay
  5. The Real North
  6. Spider’s
  7. The Dragon’s Apprentice
  8. The Ranch
  9. The Chatham Lasses
  10. Strictly Sambuca

Pedro The Lion: Achilles Heel

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On May 25, 2004, “Jade Tree” label released “Achilles Heel”, the fourth and final Pedro the Lion album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by David Bazan.

Personnel:

  • David Bazan — vocals, guitar, drums, synthesizer, bass, percussion, engineer
  • Casey Foubert — guitar
  • W. Walsh — bass, drums, synthesizer, guitar, engineer
  • James McAlister — drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Chris Colbert — mixing
  • Jesse LeDoux— cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bazan except where noted.

  1. Bands With Managers
  2. Foregone Conclusions
  3. The Fleecing
  4. Discretion
  5. Arizona
  6. Keep Swinging  – David Bazan, T.W. Walsh
  7. Transcontinental
  8. I Do
  9. A Simple Plan
  10. Start Without Me – David Bazan, T.W. Walsh
  11. The Poison

Tricky: Angels with Dirty Faces

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On May 25, 1998, “Island” label released “Angels with Dirty Faces”, the third Tricky album, It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Tricky.

Personnel:

  • Tricky – vocals, keyboards, mixing, photography
  • Martina Topley-Bird – vocals
  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • Marc Ribot, Patrice Serapiglia, Scott Ian – guitar
  • Gareth Bowen – keyboards
  • Greg Cohen- double bass
  • Pete Briquette- bass
  • Jack Hersca – bass, guitar
  • Gene Lake, Calvin Weston, Perry Melius – drums
  • Doug Wieselman – flute
  • Lorenza Ponce – violin
  • Jane Scarpantoni- cello
  • Ethan Allen, Jack Hersca – engineer
  • Chipman Verspyck, Mark Fraunfelder, Serge Tsai – engineer assistant
  • Susan Rogers – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Barron Claiborne – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tricky.

  1. Money Greedy
  2. Mellow
  3. Singing the Blues
  4. Broken Homes
  5. 6 Minutes
  6. Analyze Me
  7. The Moment I Feared
  8. Talk to Me (Angels with Dirty Faces)
  9. Carriage for Two
  10. Demise
  11. Tear out My Eyes
  12. Record Companies
  13. Peyote Sings (bonus track)
  14. Taxi (bonus track)

Gene Clark

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On May 24, 1991, Harold Eugene “Gene” Clark died aged 46. He was singer-songwriter and musician (tambourine, harmonica, guitar), member of  McGuinn, Clark and Hillman, best known as founding member of the Byrds, and author of some of the band’s best-known originals “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”, “Eight Miles High”, “She Don’t Care About Time”, and “Set You Free This Time”. Clark released six solo albums.

Journey: Eclipse

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On May 24, 2011, “Nomota LLC” label released “Eclipse”, the 14th Journey studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, “The Blue Loft” in County Q, Nashville and “Quad Nashville” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Kevin Shirley, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain.

Personnel:

  • Arnel Pineda– lead vocals
  • Neal Schon– lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Cain– keyboards, rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Ross Valory– bass, backing vocals
  • Deen Castronovo– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Kalmusky- engineer, mixing, mastering
  • James McCullagh, Alberto Hernandez, Jesse Nichols – engineer
  • Casey Barker, Jason Hall, Brett Lind, Alex Dolphin – engineer assistant
  • Travis Shinn- photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain except where noted.

  1. City of Hope
  2. Edge of the Moment
  3. Chain of Love
  4. Tantra
  5. Anything Is Possible
  6. Resonate
  7. She’s a Mystery – Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Arnel Pineda
  8. Human Feel
  9. Ritual
  10. To Whom it May Concern – Arnel Pineda, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain
  11. Someone
  12. Venus – Neal Schon

Katie Melua: The House

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On May 24, 2010, “Dramatico” label released “The House”, the fourth Katie Melua studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by William Orbit. The album was certified Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV” and Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”.

Personnel:

  • Katie Melua – vocals, guitar
  • Luke Potashnick – guitars
  • Steve Donnelly – guitars
  • B J Cole- pedal steel
  • Dominic Miller– guitar
  • Paul Stanborough – mandolin
  • Jim Watson – piano
  • Arden Hart – keyboards
  • Tim Harries- bass, piano
  • Henry Spinetti- drums
  • Keith Brazil – drums
  • Fergus Gerrand – drums
  • William Orbit- kalimba

Track listing:

  1. I’d Love to Kill You – Katie Melua, Guy Chambers
  2. The Flood – Katie Melua, Gut Chambers, Lauren Christy
  3. A Happy Place – Kate Melua, Guy Chambers
  4. A Moment of Madness – Kate Melua, Guy Chambers
  5. Red Balloons – Katie Melua, Polly Scattergood
  6. Tiny Alien – Katie Melua, Guy Chambers
  7. No Fear of Heights – Katie Melua
  8. The One I Love is Gone – Bill Monroe
  9. Plague of Love – Katie Melua, Rick Nowels
  10. God on the Drums, Devil on the Bass – Katie Melua, Mike Batt
  11. Twisted – Katie Melua, Rick Nowels
  12. The House – Katie Melua

Villagers: Becoming A Jackal

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On May 24, 2010, “Domino” label released “Becoming a Jackal”, the debut Villagers album.  It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Tommy McLaughlin and Conor J. O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Conor O’Brien – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Cormac Curran – keyboards, French horn, string arrangements
  • Danny Snow – bass, upright bass
  • Gwion Llewelyn – drums, flugelhorn
  • Mali Llywelyn – harp
  • London Ensemble – strings
  • Tommy McLaughlin – engineer
  • Ben Hillier – mixing
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Richard Gilligan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor O’Brien.

  1. I Saw the Dead
  2. Becoming a Jackal
  3. Ship of Promises
  4. The Meaning of the Ritual
  5. Home
  6. That Day
  7. The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever)
  8. Set the Tigers Free
  9. Twenty Seven Strangers
  10. Pieces
  11. To Be Counted Among Men

Foster the People: Torches

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On May 23, 2011, “Startime International” label released “Torches”, the debut Foster the People studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2011, and was produced by Rich Costey, Paul Epworth, Mark Foster, Tony Hoffer and  Greg Kurstin. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Foster- lead vocals,  piano,  guitar, keyboards,  synthesizers,  programming, percussion, Wurlitzer, vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Sean Cimino – guitar
  • Cubbie Fink – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Pontius – drums, percussion
  • Paul Epworth – keyboards, percussion, programming
  • Greg Kurstin – synthesizer, programming
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Zach Heiligman – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Foster, except where noted.

  1. Helena Beat
  2. Pumped Up Kicks
  3. Call It What You Want
  4. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
  5. Waste
  6. I Would Do Anything for You
  7. Houdini
  8. Life on the Nickel – Paul Epworth, Mark Foster
  9. Miss You – Zach Heiligman, Mark Foster
  10. Warrant

Current 93: Black Ships Are the Sky

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On May 23, 2008, “Durtro” label released “Black Ships Ate the Sky”, the 21st Current 93 album.

Personnel:

  • David Tibet – voice, guitars, electric leaking voices passim, mixing
  • Michael Cashmore – guitars, slide guitar, bass guitar
  • Ben Chasny – guitar
  • John Contreras – cello
  • Steven Stapleton – goatheard, mixing
  • Marc Almond – voice
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – voice, banjo, tambura
  • Baby Dee – voice, harp
  • Ida Mercer – cello
  • Antony – voice, harp
  • Clodagh Simonds – voice, psaltery, zither, harmonium
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti – voice, musics
  • Chris Carter – musics
  • Andria Degens – voice, appalachian dulcimer, harmonica
  • Shirley Collins – voice
  • Iris Bishop – concertina
  • Amy Phillips – subliminal threnodic voice
  • William Breeze – viola
  • William Basinski – 9.28.82 galaxial compositions
  • Colin Potter – mixing
  • Mark Logan, Al Cisneros, Tina Gordon – astral projection production
  • John Contreras – cello arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Idumea – Marc Almond, Michael Cashmore, Charles Wesley, David Tibet
  2. Sunset (The Death of Thumbelina) – David Tibet, Ben Chasny
  3. Black Ships in the Sky – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
  4. Then Kill Cæsar – David Tibet, Ben Chasny
  5. Idumæa – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Charles Wesley
  6. This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
  7. The Dissolution of the Boat Millions of Years – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
  8. Idumæa – Baby Dee, Charles Wesley
  9. Bind Your Tortoise Mouth – David Tibet, Ben Chasny
  10. Idumæa – Antony Hegarty, Charles Wesley
  11. Black Ships Seen Last Year South of Heaven – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
  12. Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore, William Basinski
  13. Idumæa – Clodagh Simonds, Charles Wesley
  14. Black Ships Were Sinking into Idumæa – Part one: David Tibet, Michael Cashmore Part two: Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter, Charles Wesley
  15. The Beautiful Dancing Dust – David Tibet, Antony Hegarty
  16. Idumæa – Andria Degens, Charles Wesley
  17. Vauvauvau (Black Ships in Their Harbour) – David Tibet, Ben Chasny
  18. Idumæa – David Tibet, Ben Chasny, William Basinski, Charles Wesley
  19. Black Ships Ate the Sky – David Tibet, Charles Wesley
  20. Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II – David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
  21. Idumæa – Shirley Collins, Charles Wesley