On November 1, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Kiwanuka”, the third Michael Kiwanuka studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo. The album won the 2020 “Mercury Prize”.
Personnel
- Michael Kiwanuka – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion
- Inflo – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer, organ, keyboards, programming, electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mixing
- Kadeem Clarke – synthesizer, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Danger Mouse – percussion, tambourine, electric guitar, keyboards, programming,
- Jean Kelly – harp
- Dizzy Daniel Moorehead – saxophone
- George Hogg – trumpet
- Chloe Vincent – flute
- Nathan Allen – percussion
- James Casey, Alecia Chakour, Jasmine Muhammed, Saundra Williams – backing vocals
- Paul Boldeau, Yolanda Greaves, LaDonna Harley Peters – backing vocals
- Wired Strings
- Natalia Bonner – violin
- Zara Benyounes – violin
- Sally Jackson, Patrick Kiernan, Steve Morris – violin
- Anna Croad – violin
- Stephanie Cavey – violin
- Deborah Widdup – violin
- Eleanor Mathieson – violin
- Gillon Cameron, Helen Hathorn, Hayley Pomfrett, Kotono Sato, Ellie Stanford – violin
- Jenny Sacha – violin
- Sarah Sexton – violin
- Nick Barr – viola
- Bruce White – viola
- Fiona Leggat, Emma Owens – viola
- Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangements
- Bryony James – cello
- Richard Pryce – double bass
- Kennie Takahashi – recording, mixing
- Tom Campbell – recording, strings recording
- Richard Woodcraft – mixing, strings recording, vocal recording
- Matt Colton – mastering
Track listing
All tracks by Michael Kiwanuka, Brian Burton, and Dean Josiah Cover.
- You Ain’t the Problem
- Rolling
- I’ve Been Dazed
- Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) intro
- Piano Joint (This Kind of Love)
- Another Human Being
- Living in Denial
- Hero (intro)
- Hero
- Hard to Say Goodbye
- Final Days
- Interlude (Loving the People)
- Solid Ground
- Light
