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On May 1, 2015.

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On May 1, 2015, “Flying Buddha” label released “Choose Your Weapon”, the second Hiatus Kaiyote studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, and was produced by Hiatus Kaiyote.

Personnel:

  • Nai Palm – vocals, guitar, keyboards, arranger, artwork
  • Paul Bender – bass, guitar, keyboards, programming, arranger
  • Simon Mavin – keyboards, percussion, vocoder, arranger
  • Perrin Moss – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, arranger
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – string arrangements, strings
  • Phil Binotto – percussion
  • Salvador Persico – percussion
  • Adam King – percussion
  • Phil Noy-Engineer – drum production
  • Andrei Eremin – mastering
  • Laura Christoforidis – cover design, formatting
  • Laneous “Lame-boy” The Lunchboxer – cover art
  • Federico Ruiz – graphic design
  • Roxanne Slimak – art direction
  • Wilk – photography
  • Salaam Remi – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nai Palm; all music composed by Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Perrin Moss and Simon Mavin.

  1. Choose Your Weapon
  2. Shaolin Monk Motherfunk
  3. Laputa
  4. Creations Part One
  5. Borderline with My Atoms
  6. Breathing Underwater
  7. Cicada
  8. Swamp Thing
  9. Fingerprints
  10. Jekyll
  11. Prince Minikid
  12. Atari
  13. By Fire
  14. Creations Part Two
  15. The Lung
  16. Only Time All the Time: Making Friends with Studio Owl
  17. Molasses
  18. Building a Ladder

On May 1, 1993.

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On May 1, 1993, “C/Z Records” label released “Ultimate Alternative Wavers”, is the debut Built to Spill album. It was recorded 1992, at “Audio Lab” in Idaho, US, and was produced by Todd Dunnigan, Doug Martsch, Brett Netson and Ralf Youtz.

Personnel:

  • Doug Martsch – vocals, guitar
  • Brett Netson– guitar, bass
  • Ralf Youtz – drums
  • Todd Dunnigan – keyboards
  • James Dillon – piano
  • Jake Carpenter – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Martsch, Brett Netson and Ralf Youtz.

  1. The First Song
  2. Three Years Ago Today
  3. Revolution
  4. Shameful Dread
  5. Nowhere Nothin’ Fuckup
  6. Get a Life
  7. Built to Spill
  8. Lie for a Lie
  9. Hazy
  10. Built Too Long Parts 1, 2 & 3

On April 30, 1984.

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On April 30, 1984, “Linn Records” label released “A Walk Across the Rooftops”, the debut Blue Nile album. It was recorded 1981 – 1983, at “Castlesound Studios” in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell.

Personnel:

  • Robert Bell – bass, synthesizers, arranger
  • Paul Buchanan – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, arranger
  • Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Nigel Thomas – drums
  • Calum Malcolm– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell.

  1. A Walk Across the Rooftops
  2. Tinseltown in the Rain
  3. From Rags to Riches
  4. Stay
  5. Easter Parade
  6. Heatwave
  7. Automobile Noise

On April 29, 2008.

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On April 29, 2008, “Universal Republic” label released “A Town and Two Cities”, the debut Your Vegas album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by David Bendeth.

Personnel:

  • Coyle Girelli– vocals, guitar, keys
  • Mat Steel – guitar
  • Jon Langford – bass guitar
  • Mark Heaton – keys, guitar
  • Mal Taylor – drums
  • David Bendeth– percussion
  • Dan Korneff– engineering, digital editing
  • Jon Bender – engineering, digital editing
  • Kato Khandwala – engineering, digital editing, programming
  • John Tomaszewski – engineer assistant
  • Kyle Cadena – engineer assistant
  • Brian Sperber– mixing
  • Noah Goldstein – mixing assistant
  • Charlie Stavish – mixing assistant
  • Tony Gillis – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Coyle Girelli except where noted.

  1. It Makes My Heart Break – Coyle Girelli, David Bendeth
  2. In My Head
  3. Birds of Paradise
  4. Aurora – Coyle Girelli, Mat Steel
  5. Troubled Times
  6. The Way The War Was Won – Coyle Girelli, Andrew Hollander
  7. Your Vegas
  8. Up Until The Lights Go Out
  9. I Wish You Were Somewhere Else
  10. Salvador

 

 

On April 29, 2002.

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On April 29, 2002, “Heavenly” label released “The Last Broadcast”, the second Doves studio album. It was recorded January 2001 – January 2002, at “Revolution” in Manchester, “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, “The Dairy” in Brixton, “2 kHz” in Shepherds Bush, “Real World Studios” in Bath, Somerset, “Lynch Mob Studio” in London, Under the M60 motorway flyover in Northenden and Jez Williams’ house, and was produced by Steve Osborne, Max Heyes, Jez Williams, Andy Williams and Jimi Goodwin.

Personnel:

  • Jez Williams– vocals, guitar, programming, recording
  • Andy Williams– vocals, drums, programming, recording
  • Jimi Goodwin– vocals, bass, guitar, programming, recording
  • Martin Rebelski – keyboards, glockenspiel
  • Brian Madden – megaphone
  • Jay Rofe-Turner – tambourine
  • Rosie Lowdell – violin
  • Paulette Bailey, Celia Goodwin – violin
  • Jackie Norrie, Sally Herbert – violin
  • Brian Wright – violin, viola
  • Rob Shepley – viola
  • Ian Bracken – cello
  • Marcus Holdaway – cello
  • Sean O’Hagan, Marcus Holdaway – string arrangements
  • Marc Starr, Chris Davies, Billy Booth, Richard Sliwa – percussion
  • Andy Robinson, Marc Bassey – trombon
  • Steve Waterman – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Colin Crawley – tenor sax, flute
  • Duncan Ashby – clarinet
  • Sean O’Hagan, Andy Robinson – brass arrangements
  • Barrington Stewart, Fyza, Lisa Saddoo, Joanne Watson – backing vocals
  • Max Heyes – programming, recording, mixing
  • Adrian Bushby, Danton Supple – engineer
  • Andrea Wright, Darren Nash, Marco Migliari, Paul Grady – assistant engineer
  • Miles Showell – mastering
  • Rick Myers – art direction, design
  • Rich Mulhearn – photography
  • Kevin Westenberg – band photography
  • Julia Baker – artwork features.

Track listing:

All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Words
  3. There Goes the Fear
  4. M62 Song – Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams, Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield
  5. Where We’re Calling From
  6. Y.
  7. Satellites
  8. Friday’s Dust
  9. Pounding
  10. Last Broadcast
  11. The Sulphur Man
  12. Caught by the River

On April 28, 1998.

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On April 28, 1998, “Elektra” label released “A Series of Sneaks”, the second Spoon studio album. It was recorded in 1997, in Austin, Texas, and was produced by John Croslin.

Personnel:

  • Britt Daniel- vocals, guitar
  • Joshua Zarbo – bass
  • Jim Eno- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Britt Daniel except where noted.

  1. Utilitarian
  2. The Minor Tough
  3. The Guestlist/The Execution
  4. Reservations
  5. 30 Gallon Tank – Britt Daniel, Jim Eno
  6. Car Radio
  7. Metal Detektor
  8. June’s Foreign Spell
  9. Chloroform
  10. Metal School – Britt Daniel, Josh Zarbo
  11. Staring at the Board
  12. No You’re Not
  13. Quincy Punk Episode
  14. Advance Cassette

 

On April 28, 1998.

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On April 28, 1998, “Telarc” label released “Oscar and Benny”, album by Oscar Peterson and Benny Green. It was recorded in September 1997, and was produced by Robert Woods and Elaine Marlone.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson– piano
  • Benny Green– piano
  • Ray Brown– double bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson– drums

Track listing:

  1. For All We Know – Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
  2. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  3. Yours Is My Heart Alone – Ludwig Herzer, Franz Lehár, Beda Fritz Loehner
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. The More I See You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  6. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
  7. Easy Does It – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
  8. Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  9. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  10. Jitterbug Waltz – Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller
  11. Barbara’s Blues – Oscar Peterson

On April 27, 2012.

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On April 27, 2012, “ECM” label released “Within a Song”, the 35th John Abercrombie album.  It was recorded in September 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie – guitar
  • Joe Lovano– tenor saxophone
  • Drew Gress– double bass
  • Joey Baron– drums

Track listing:

  1. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  2. Easy Rider – John Abercrombie
  3. Within a Song/Without a Song – John Abercrombie, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans
  4. Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis
  5. Nick of Time – John Abercrombie
  6. Blues Connotation – Ornette Coleman
  7. Wise One – John Coltrane
  8. Interplay – Bill Evans
  9. Sometimes Ago – Sergio Mihanovich

On April 27, 1989.

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On April 27, 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, piano, vocal engineer
  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Elton John– lead vocals
  • Four Tops– lead and backing vocals
  • Whitney Houston– lead vocals
  • Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Chris Botti– trumpet
  • Margaret Branch – backing vocals
  • Mike Davis – trombone
  • George Devens – percussion
  • David Foster– piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
  • Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
  • Kenny G– saxophone
  • Greg Gigi Gonaway– cymbal
  • Louis Johnson– bass guitar
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar
  • Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
  • Yogi Horton– drums
  • Liz Jackson – backing vocals
  • Skyler Jett – backing vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Edie Lehman – backing vocals
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
  • Steve Khan– guitar
  • Ren Klyce– programming, additional keyboards
  • Jerry Knight – bass guitar
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, piano
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • Sammy Merendino – electronic drums
  • David Paich– piano
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John Robinson– drums
  • Marc Russo– saxophone
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • “Bongo” Bob Smith – programming
  • Kent Smith – trumpet
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Narada Michael Walden– ,arrangements, electronic drums, sequencer, synthesizer
  • Aaron Zigman– keyboards, bass vocals
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Rod Hui – recording, mixing
  • Mike Lacopelli – recording, vocal recording
  • Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements
  • Joe Mardin– programming, sequencer, recording, mixing
  • Peter Max – front and back cover art
  • Norman Parkinson – photography
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
  3. He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
  4. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  5. Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  6. Think (1989) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  7. Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
  8. If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney

On April 25, 2012.

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On April 25, 2012, “Sonet” label released “Jag är inte rädd för mörkret” (Swedish for I Am Not Afraid of the Dark), the tenth Kent studio album. It was recorded 2011 -2012, at “Studios la Fabrique” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, “Park Studio” in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Stefan Boman, Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Sami Sirvio and Markus Muskonen.

Personnel:

  • Joakim Berg– vocals, guitar, recording
  • Martin Sköld– keyboards, bass, recording
  • Sami Sirvio – lead guitar
  • Markus Muskonen – vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Petra Marklund– backing vocals
  • Stefan Boman – recording, mixing
  • Damien Arlot – recording assistant
  • Thomas Lefebvre – recording assistant
  • Niklas Flyckt – mixing
  • Anders Pantzer – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Martin Brengesjö – instrument technician

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joakim Berg, music as noted.

  1. 999 – Joakim Berg, Markus Mustonen, Sami Sirvio, Martin Sköld
  2. Petroleum – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  3. Isis & Bast – Joakim Berg
  4. Jag ser dig – Joakim Berg
  5. Tänd på – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  6. Beredd på allt – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  7. Ruta 1 – Joakim Berg
  8. Färger på natten – Joakim Berg
  9. Låt dom komma – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  10. Hänsyn – Joakim Berg, Markus Mustonen, Sami Sirvio, Martin Sköld