Yearly Archives: 2021

The Divine Comedy: Foreverland

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On September 2, 2016, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Foreverland”, the eleventh Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2916, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitars, keyboards, mandolin, banjo, zither, harmonica, bass, drums
  • Andrew Skeet – piano
  • Simon Little – bass guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Ian Watson – accordion
  • Celine Saout – harp
  • Karen Glen – harpsichord
  • Jake Jackson – backing vocals, claps, whistle solo
  • David Jackson – penny whistle
  • Cathy Davey – vocals
  • Billy Cooper – piccolo trumpet
  • Rosie Jenkins – oboe
  • Jake Jackson – mixing
  • Michele G. Catri – mixing
  • Fiona Cruickshank – mixing
  • John Prestage – mixing
  • Luna Picoli-Truffaut – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork, design
  • Raphaël Neal – photography
  • John Service – packaging production
  • Natalie de Pace – executive producer 

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Napoleon Complex
  2. Foreverland
  3. Catherine the Great
  4. Funny Peculiar
  5. The Pact
  6. To the Rescue
  7. How Can You Leave Me on My Own
  8. I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)
  9. My Happy Place
  10. A Desperate Man
  11. Other People
  12. The One Who Loves You

Glasvegas: Later…When the TV Turns to Static

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On September 2, 2013, “BMG” label released “Later…When the TV Turns to Static”, the third Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Gorbals Studio” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – lead vocals, mixing
  • Rab Allan – guitar, mixing
  • Paul Donoghue – bass guitar, mixing
  • Jonna Löfgren – drums, mixing
  • Andrea Gobbi – engineer, mixing
  • Cameron Malcolm – engineer assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan.

  1. Later…When the TV Turns to Static
  2. Youngblood
  3. Choices
  4. All I Want is My Baby
  5. Secret Truth
  6. I’d Rather Be Dead (Than Be with You)
  7. Magazine
  8. If
  9. Neon Bedroom
  10. Finished Sympathy

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Universal

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On September 2, 1996, “Virgin” label released “Universal”, the tenth Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark studio album. It was recorded 1995 -1996, at “The Townhouse” and “Metropolis” in London, and was produced by Andy McCluskey, Matthew Vaughan and David Nicholas.

Personnel:

  • Andy McCluskey – vocals, keyboards, production, mixing
  • Matthew Vaughan – keyboards, guitar, piano, bass
  • Phil Spalding – bass, backing vocals
  • Chuck Sabo – drums, percussion
  • Jimmy Taylor – guitar
  • Anne Dudley – string arrangements
  • Richard Allen Singers – vocals
  • Breda Dunne – backing vocals
  • Hannah Clive – backing vocals
  • Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
  • Maggie Keane – backing vocals
  • David Nicholas – engineer, mixing
  • Gregg Jackman – mixing
  • Julie Gardner – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Neil Tucker – assistant engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy McCluskey, except where noted.

  1. Universal
  2. Walking on the Milky Way – Andy McCluskey, Nigel Ipinson, Keith Small
  3. The Moon & the Sun – Andy McCluskey, Karl Bartos
  4. The Black Sea – Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw
  5. Very Close to Far Away – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
  6. The Gospel of St. Jude
  7. That Was Then
  8. Too Late – Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw
  9. The Boy from the Chemist Is Here to See You
  10. If You’re Still in Love with Me – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw
  11. New Head – Andy McCluskey, Simon Fung

Harold Lane David

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On September 1, 2012, Harold Lane David died aged 91. He was lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach. Together they wrote and composed for Marty Robbins, Dionne Warwick, The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, B. J. Thomas, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones and Jackie DeShannon. Some of their best known compositions are “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”, “We Have All the Time in the World”, “This Guy’s in Love with You”, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose”, “Walk On By”, “What the World Needs Now Is Love”, “I Say a Little Prayer”, “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me”, “One Less Bell to Answer”, “Alfie” and “Anyone Who Had a Heart”. David and Bacharach worked on soundtracks for movies “What’s New Pussycat?”, “Alfie”, “Casino Royale” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”. Their compositions “Don’t Make Me Over”, “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and “Walk On By” have been inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”. David contributed lyrics for three James Bond movies, and wrote lyrics for other composers including Morty Nevins, Albert Hammond, Sherman Edwards and Paul Hampton.

Charles Mingus: The Clown

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In September 1957, “Atlantic” label released “The Clown”, the ninth Charles Mingus album. It was recorded February – March 1957, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Wade Legge – piano
  • Shafi Hadi – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Jean Shepherd – narration

Track listing:

All tracks written by Charles Mingus.

  1. Haitian Fight Song
  2. Blue Cee
  3. Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  4. The Clown

Paul Chambers: Chamber’s Music

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In September 1956 “Jazz West” label released “Chambers’ Music” the debut Paul Chambers album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Western Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Herbert Kimmel.

Personnel:

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Kenny Drew — piano
  • Roland Alexander — piano
  • John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller — trombone
  • Philly Joe Jones — drums

Track listing:

  1. Dexterity – Charlie Parker
  2. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  3. Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  4. Visitation – Paul Chambers
  5. John Paul Jones – John Coltrane
  6. Eastbound – Kenny Drew

Neil Finn: The Sun Came Out

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On August 31, 2009, “Columbia” label released “The Sun Came Out”, the fifth Neil Finn album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Roundhead Studios”, and was produced by Jim Scott and Neil Finn.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, xylophone
  • Johnny Marr – vocals, electric guitar
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, electric guitar
  • Pat Sansone – piano, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, celesta, harmony vocals
  • Mikael Jorgesen – organ, synthesizer
  • Nels Cline – acoustic and slide guitar
  • Phil Selway – percussion
  • Elroy Finn – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion, drum machine
  • Luke Bullen – drums, body percussion, handclaps
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Lisa Germano – violin, electric guitar, theremin, harmony vocals
  • Liam Finn – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Hammond organ, loops
  • Bic Runga – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ivy Rossiter – backing vocals
  • Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium, flugelhorn
  • KT Tunstall – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, voice, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • John Stirratt – bass, harmony vocals
  • Cecilia Herbert – harmony vocals
  • Eliza Jane Barnes – harmony vocals
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Glenn Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Nile Marr – vocals, acoustic guitar

Track listing:

  1. Too Blue – Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy
  2. You Never Know – Jeff Tweedy
  3. Little by Little – Sharon Finn, Neil Finn
  4. Learn to Crawl – Ed O’Brien, Johnny Marr, Liam Finn, Neil Finn
  5. Girl, Make your Own Mind Up – Don McGlashan
  6. Hazel Black – KT Tunstall, Neil Finn
  7. Red Wine Bottle – Liam Finn, Chris Garland, Johnny Marr
  8. Black Silk Ribbon – KT Tunstall, Bic Runga
  9. Run in the Dust – Johnny Marr
  10. The Ties That Bind Us – Phil Selway
  11. What Could Have Been – Jeff Tweedy
  12. Duxton Blues – Glenn Richards
  13. Reptile – Lisa Germano

Wallace Roney: Blue Dawn – Blue Nights

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On August 30, 2019, “High Note” label released “Blue Dawn-Blue Nights”, the 21st and final Wallace Roney album. It was recorded September – December 2018, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Wallace Roney.

Personnel:

  • Wallace Roney – trumpet
  • Emilio Modeste – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Williams II – piano
  • Quintin Zoto – guitar
  • Paul Cuffari – bass
  • Kojo Odu Roney – drums
  • Lenny White – drums

Track listing:

  1. Bookendz – Wallace Roney
  2. Why Should There Be Stars – Bryce Rohde, Kaye Dunham
  3. Wolfbane
  4. New Breed – Dave Liebman
  5. Don’t Stop Me Now – Steve Lukather, David Paich
  6. A Dark Room – Oscar Williams II
  7. Venus Rising – Emilio Modeste
  8. Elliptical – Emilio Modeste

Dungan: Skit i allt

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On August 30. 2010, “Subliminal Sounds” label released “Skit i allt”, the sixth Dungen studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Gustav Ejstes.

Personnel:

  • Gustav Ejstes – vocals, flute, guitar, piano, strings, zither, bass guitar, drums, engineer
  • Reine Fiske – bass guitar, guitar
  • Mattias Gustafsson – bass guitar
  • Johan Holmegard – drums
  • Anna Järvinen – vocals
  • Magnus Josefsson – recording assistant
  • Håkan Åkesson – mastering
  • Stefan Kéry – executive producer
  • Jenny Palén – cover design, photos
  • Nicole Atkins, Mattias Gustafsson, Stefan Kéry, Chris Newmyer, Love Palén Åkerlund – additional photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustav Ejstes.

  1. Vara snabb
  2. Min enda vän
  3. Brallor
  4. Soda
  5. Högdalstoppen
  6. Skit i allt
  7. Barnen undrar
  8. Blandband
  9. Nästa sommar
  10. Marken låg stilla