Yearly Archives: 2021

Masters Of Reality: Sunrise on the Sufferbus

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On February 9, 1992, “Chrysalis” label released “Sunrise on the Sufferbus”, the second Masters of Reality studio album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Chris Goss, Ginger Baker and Googe.

Personnel:

  • Chris Goss – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Googe – bass, backing vocals
  • Ginger Baker – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Daniel Rey, Jason Corsaro – co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Goss, except where noted.

  1. She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)
  2. J.B. Witchdance – Ginger Baker, Chris Goss
  3. Jody Sings
  4. Rolling Green
  5. Ants in the Kitchen – Ginger Baker, Chris Goss
  6. V.H.V. – Googe, Chris Goss
  7. Bicycle
  8. 100 Years (Of Tears on the Wind)
  9. T.U.S.A. – Ginger Baker, Googe, Chris Goss, Daniel Rey
  10. Tilt-A-Whirl
  11. Rabbit One
  12. Madonna
  13. Gimme Water – Ginger Baker, Chris Goss
  14. Moon in Your Pocket

Keith Knudsen

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On February 8, 2005, Keith Knudsen died aged 56. He was musician (drums), vocalist and songwriter, member of the Blind Joe Mendlebaum Blues Band, Lee Michaels band, The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils and Southern Pacific, but was best known as drummer of The Doobie Brothers. In 2020, Knudsen was posthumously inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of The Doobie Brothers.

Panda Bear: Buoys

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On February 8, 2019, “Domino” label released “Buoys”, the sixth Panda Bear (Noah Benjamin Lennox) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, in Lisbon, Portugal, and was produced by Panda Bear and Rusty Santos.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sampler, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Dino D’Santiago – vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Rusty Santos – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design
  • Danny Perez – design
  • Fern Pereira – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Panda Bear.

  1. Dolphin
  2. Cranked
  3. Token
  4. I Know I Don’t Know
  5. Master
  6. Buoys
  7. Inner Monologue
  8. Crescendo
  9. Home Free

Yessayer: Odd Blood

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On February 8, 2010, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Odd Blood”, the second Yeasayer studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Jersville Studio” in Woodstock, New York, “Great City Productions” in New York City, and was produced by Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and Ira Wolf Tuton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Keating – vocals, keyboards, art direction
  • Anand Wilder – guitars, vocals, keyboards
  • Ira Wolf Tuton – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Trammell – drums
  • Ahmed Gallab – timbales, electronic percussion
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, Taos drums, percussion
  • Kevin Bewersdorf – piano, synthesizers
  • Stuart Bogie – horns, bass harmonica, jaw harp
  • Steven Stetson – horns
  • Steve Revitte – recording, engineer
  • Britt Myers – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Jake Aron – additional engineering
  • Todd Brozman – mixing assistant
  • Jay Culliton – mixing assistant
  • Geoff Vincent – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Benjamin Phelan – artwork, light sculptures
  • Daniel Murphy – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and Ira Wolf Tuton.

  1. The Children
  2. Ambling Alp
  3. Madder Red
  4. I Remember
  5. O.N.E.
  6. Love Me Girl
  7. Rome
  8. Strange Reunions
  9. Mondegreen
  10. Grizelda

Him: Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13

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On February 8, 2010, “Sire” label released “Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13”, the seventh HIM strudio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “The Lair Studios” and “NRG Studios” in Los Angeles, California, and was produced by Matt Squire.

Personnel:

  • Ville Valo − lead vocals, artwork, art direction
  • Mikko “Linde” Lindström − guitar
  • Mikko “Mige” Paananen − bass
  • Janne “Burton” Puurtinen − keyboards
  • Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen − drums
  • Larry Goetz – programming
  • Travis Huff − engineer
  • Steve Tippeconnic − recording assistant
  • Tate Hall − recording assistant
  • Dave Colvin – recording assistant
  • Neal Avron − mixing
  • Nicholas Fournier – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Matt Taylor – artwork
  • Varnish Studio Inc – art direction
  • 2Rabbits Studios – screen prints
  • David Roemer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ville Valo.

  1. In Venere Veritas
  2. Scared to Death
  3. Heartkiller
  4. Dying Song
  5. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)
  6. Love, the Hardest Way
  7. Katherine Wheel
  8. In the Arms of Rain
  9. Ode to Solitude
  10. Shatter Me with Hope
  11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love in Limbo)
  12. Like St. Valentine
  13. The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness

The Rocket Summer: Calendar Days

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On February 8, 2003, “The Militia Group” label released “Calendar Days”, the debut Rocket Summer (The) album. It was recorded July – August 2002, at “Red House Recording” in Eudora, KS, and was produced by Bryce Avary.

Personnel:

  • Bryce Avary – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano, keyboard
  • Adrian Hulet – backing vocals
  • The 02-03 Colleyville Middle School 6th Grade Concert Girls’ Choir – vocals
  • Duane Deering – mixing
  • Darrell LaCour – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bryce Avary.

  1. Cross My Heart
  2. Skies So Blue
  3. This Is Me
  4. Saturday
  5. She’s My Baby
  6. That’s You
  7. Mean Thoughts and Cheap Shots
  8. Movie Stars and Super Models
  9. What We Hate, We Make
  10. TV Family

Stone Temple Pilots: Perdida

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On February 7, 2020, “Rhino” label released “Perdida”, the eighth Stone Temple Pilots studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Jeff Gutt, Deen DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Gutt – lead vocals
  • Dean DeLeo – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion
  • Robert DeLeo – lead vocal, bass guitar, keyboards, marxophone, additional guitars
  • Eric Kretz – drums, percussion
  • Bill Appleberry – keyboards
  • Yutong Sharpe – violin
  • Julle Staudhamaer – viola
  • Erin Breene – cello
  • Adrienne ‘Aeb’ Byrne – flute
  • Chris Speed – saxophone
  • Tiffany Brown – backing vocals
  • Joy Simpson – backing vocals
  • Ryan Williams – engineer, mixing
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Rory Wilson – art direction, design
  • Charles Leutwiler – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean DeLeo and Jeff Gutt, except where noted.

  1. Fare Thee Well – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  2. Three Wishes
  3. Perdida – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  4. I Didn’t Know the Time
  5. Years – Robert DeLeo
  6. She’s My Queen – Robert DeLeo. Jeff Gutt
  7. Miles Away – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  8. You Found Yourself While Losing Your Heart
  9. I Once Sat at Your Table – Dean DeLeo
  10. Sunburst

Nada Surf: Never Not Together

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On February 7, 2020, “Barsuk Records” label released “Never Not Together”, the ninth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by  Ian Laughton, Matthew Rorison Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca.

Personnnel:

  • Matthew Rorison Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – bass, backing vocals
  • Ira Elliot – drums
  • Leslie Sisson – vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Adam Colling – vocal, alto and tenor saxophone
  • Aiden Lash – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Phillip Peterson – cello, strings, choir arrangement, engineer
  • Victoria Parker – violin
  • Nick Brine – engineer
  • Austin Zeufeldt – engineer
  • Louie Ling – engineer
  • Tom Beaujour – engineer
  • Jeremy Delaney – engineer assistant
  • Chris Ramsey – engineer assistant
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • Barbara Bersche – design
  • Jess Lomas – band photography

Track listing:

  1. So Much Love
  2. Come Get Me
  3. Live Learn and Forget
  4. Just What
  5. Something I Should Do
  6. Looking for You
  7. Crowded Star
  8. Mathilda
  9. Ride in the Unknown

Green Day: Father of All Motherfuckers

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On February 7, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Father of All Motherfuckers”, the thirteenth Green Day studio album. It was recorded June – September 2019, and was produced by  Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Butch Walker and Chris Dugan.

Personnel:

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar, design
  • Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums, percussion
  • Butch Walker – engineer
  • Chris Dugan – engineer, mixing
  • Todd Stopera – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Elin B. – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Chris Bilheimer – design
  • Pamela Littky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Father of All
  2. Fire, Ready, Aim
  3. Oh Yeah
  4. Meet Me on the Roof
  5. I Was a Teenage Teenager
  6. Stab You in the Heart
  7. Sugar Youth
  8. Junkies on a High
  9. Take the Money and Crawl
  10. Graffitia

Sharon Van Etten: Tramp

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On February 7, 2012, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Tramp”, the third Sharon Van Etten studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Tarquin Studios” in Bridgeport, Connecticut, “Miner Street Recordings” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Aaron Dessner and Sharon Van Etten.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Van Etten – vocals, guitar, ukulele, organ, harmonium, glockenspiel, percussion ,
  • Aaron Dessner – guitar, slide guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, drum machine, shaker, recording
  • Bryce Dessner – bowed guitar, orchestration
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, keyboards
  • Doug Keith – guitar, bass
  • Logan Coale – double bass
  • Matt Barrick – drums
  • Bryan Devendorf – drums
  • Ben Lord – drums
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola, mandolin, orchestration
  • Clarice Jensen – cello
  • Jenn Wasner – vocals
  • Julianna Barwick – vocals
  • Zach Condon – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sharon Van Etten.

  1. Warsaw
  2. Give Out
  3. Serpents
  4. Kevin’s
  5. Leonard
  6. In Line
  7. All I Can
  8. We Are Fine
  9. Magic Chords
  10. Ask
  11. I’m Wrong
  12. Joke or a Lie