Monthly Archives: February 2021

Guided By Voices: Surrender Your Poppy Field

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On February 20, 2020, “Guided By Voices Inc.” label released “Surrender Your Poppy Field”, the 30th Guided By Voices album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Serious Business Music” and “Magic Door”, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Bare Jr. – vocals, guitar
  • Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar, art direction, layout
  • Doug Gillard – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, melodica, arranger
  • Mark Shue – bass
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Abby Shue – vocal
  • Travis Harrison – recording
  • Ray Ketchem – additional recording
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Joe Patterson – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Year of the Hard Hitter
  2. Volcano
  3. Queen Parking Lot
  4. Arthur Has Business Elsewhere
  5. Cul De Sac Kids
  6. Cat Beats a Drum
  7. Windjammer
  8. Steely Dodger
  9. Stone Cold Moron
  10. Physician
  11. Man Called Blunder
  12. Woah Nelly
  13. Andre the hawk
  14. Always Gone
  15. Next Sea Level

Sinéad O’Connor: How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?

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On February 20, 2012, “Shamrock Solutions” label released “How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?”, the ninth Sinéad O’Connor album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by John Reynolds.

Personnel:

  • Sinéad O’Connor – vocals
  • Justin Adams, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Armstrong, Tim Vanderkuil – guitar
  • Kenny Bogan – acoustic guitar
  • Damien Dempsey – acoustic guitar
  • Julian Wilson – keyboards
  • Chris Constantinou – bass guitar
  • Samuel Dixon, Clare Kenny – bass guitar
  • John Reynolds – drums, piano
  • Caroline Dale – cello

Track listing:

  1. 4th and Vine – Sinéad O’Connor, John Reynolds, Justin Adams
  2. Reason with Me – Sinéad O’Connor, Smith
  3. Old Lady – Sinéad O’Connor, Marco Pirroni, Chris Constantinou
  4. Take Off Your Shoes – Sinéad O’Connor, John Reynolds
  5. Back Where You Belong – Sinéad O’Connor
  6. The Wolf is Getting Married – Sinéad O’Connor, Marco Pirroni, Chris Constantinou, O’Neill
  7. Queen of Denmark – John Grant
  8. Very Far from Home – Sinéad O’Connor
  9. I Had a Baby – Sinéad O’Connor, Marco Pirroni, Chris Constantinou, O’Neill
  10. V.I.P. – Sinéad O’Connor

Marnie Stern: Advance of the Broken Arm

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On February 20, 2007, “Rampage Records” label released “Advance of the Broken Arm”, the debut Marnie Stern album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Zach Hill.

Personnel:

  • Marnie Stern – vocals, guitar, keyboards, arrangements, additional engineering
  • John-Reed Thompson – bass, keyboards, organ, engineer, mixing
  • Zach Hill – drums, bass, keyboards, piano, arrangements
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Bella Foster – artwork

All tracks by Marnie Stern, except where noted.

  1. Vibrational Match – Marnie Stern, Bella Foster
  2. Grapefruit
  3. Every Single Line Means Something
  4. Precious Metal
  5. Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!
  6. Absorb Those Numbers
  7. This American Life
  8. Healer
  9. Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling

Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

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On February 20, 2007, “Jagjaguwar” label released “The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse”, the second Besnard Lakes studio. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

Personnel:

  • Olga Goreas – vocals, bass, organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, drums
  • Jace Lasek – vocals, guitar, organ, piano, Rhodes, synthesizer, lap steel guitar, tambourine, drums
  • Kevin Laing – drums
  • Nicole Lizée – string, horn, flute, saxophone arrangements, bass, synthesizer
  • The Fifth String Liberation Singers Choir – vocals
  • Steve Raegele – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Cummins – guitar
  • Jerimiah Bullied – guitar
  • Eric LaRock – bass
  • George Donoso III – drums
  • Jean-Paul Perron – drums
  • Chris Seligman – French horn
  • Billy Boufford – flute, soprano saxophone
  • Heather Schnarr – violin 
  • Sophie Trudeau – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Olga Goreas, Jace Lasek and Nicole Lizee.

  1. Disaster
  2. For Agent 13
  3. And You Lied to Me
  4. Devastation
  5. Because Tonight
  6. Rides the Rails
  7. On Bedford and Grand
  8. Cedric’s War

CAB: CAB 2

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On February 20, 2001, “Tone Center” label released “CAB 2”, the second CAB studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Warp Studio” and “B&B Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bunny Brunel.

Personnel:

  • Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard
  • Brian Auger – keyboard, Hammond organ
  • Bunny Brunel – keyboard, bass, engineer
  • Dennis Chambers – drums
  • Joe Yaoub – engineer
  • Emmy Moreau – engineer
  • Christopher S. Lathan – engineer
  • Bernard Torelli – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bunny Brunel, except where noted.

  1. Decisions
  2. Madeline – Tony MacAlpine
  3. Dennis
  4. For Joe
  5. South Side – Tony MacAlpine
  6. Song for My Friend
  7. Temperamental
  8. Top Spin
  9. Wah Wah
  10. Sunday – Tony MacAlpine

Ralph Alessi: Quiver

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On February 19, 2016, “ECM” label released “Quiver”, the tenth Ralph Alessi album. It was recorded in September 2014, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Alessi – trumpet, mixing
  • Gary Versace – piano
  • Drew Gress – double bass
  • Nasheet Waits – drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording
  • Manfred Eicher – mixing
  • James A. Farber – mixing engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Caterina di Perri – cover photography
  • Gérard Tissier – liner photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Ralph Alessi.

  1. Here Tomorrow
  2. Window Goodbyes
  3. Smooth Descent
  4. Heist
  5. Gone Today, Here Tomorrow
  6. I To I
  7. Scratch
  8. Shush
  9. Quiver
  10. Do Over

Ra Ra Riot: Need Your Light

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On February 19, 2016, “Bersuk” label released “Need Your Light”, the fourth Ra Ra Riot studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Ryan Hadlock.

Personnel:

  • Wes Miles – vocals
  • Milo Bonacci – guitar
  • Mathieu Santos – bass guitar
  • Kenneth Bernard – drums
  • Rebecca Zeller – violin
  • Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Connor Hoffman – engineer
  • Taylor Carroll – engineer
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Christopher Everhart – design, layout
  • Jared Chambers – cover and fold out photography
  • Shervin Lainez – photography

Track listing:

  1. Water
  2. Absolutely
  3. Foreign Lovers
  4. I Need Your Light
  5. Bad Times
  6. Call Me Out
  7. Instant Breakup
  8. Every Time I’m Ready to Hug
  9. Bouncy Castle
  10. Suckers

The Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas

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On February 19, 2002, “Emperor Jones” label released “All Hail West Texas”, the sixth Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by John Darnielle.

Personnel:

  • Alex Newport – sequencing
  • John Vanderslice – sequencing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton
  2. Fall of the Star High School Running Back
  3. Color in Your Cheeks
  4. Jenny
  5. Fault Lines
  6. Balance
  7. Pink and Blue
  8. Riches and Wonders
  9. The Mess Inside
  10. Jeff Davis County Blues
  11. Distant Stations
  12. Blues in Dallas
  13. Source Decay
  14. Absolute Lithops Effect

Tanya Donelly: Beautysleep

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On February 19, 2002, “4AD” label released “Beautysleep”, the second Tanya Donelly studio album. It was recorded 2000-2001, and was produced by Tanya Donelly, Matthew Ellard and Dean Fisher.

Personnel:

  • Tanya Donelly – vocals, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, wind, e-bow
  • Dean Fisher – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, shaker, triangle
  • Rich Gilbert – autoharp, electric and slide guitar, organ, keyboards
  • David Narcizo – drums, tambourine
  • Gracie Bee – glockenspiel
  • Elizabeth Steen – accordion
  • Mark Sandman – vocals
  • Chris Toppin – vocals
  • Hilken Mancini – vocals
  • Poppy Ellard – vocals
  • Chris Toppin – vocal arrangements
  • Brian Brown – engineer
  • Matthew Ellard – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Chris Bigg – design, illustrations
  • Dana Tynan – portraits

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanya Donelly, except where noted

  1. Life Is but a Dream
  2. The Storm
  3. The Night You Saved My Life – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  4. Keeping You
  5. Moonbeam Monkey
  6. Wrap-Around Skirt
  7. Another Moment
  8. Darkside – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  9. So Much Song
  10. The Wave – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  11. The Shadow – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  12. Head for Math – hidden track starts 5:57 in to The Shadow

Damon Harris

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On February 18, 2013, Otis Robert Harris Jr. aka Damon Harris died aged 62. He was singer, founding member of the Temptations tribute band The Young Tempts (a.k.a. The Young Vandals), later performed under the name Impact, but was best known as member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1975.