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Touché Amoré: Lament

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On October 9, 2020, “Epitaph” label released “Lament”, the fifth Touché Amoré studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at the “Bunker Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, “Favorite Gentlemen Studio” in Alpharetta, Georgia, and was produced by Ross Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Jeremy Bolm – vocals
  • Clayton Stevens – acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Nick Steinhardt – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, art direction, design
  • Tyler Kirby – bass, additional guitar
  • Elliot Babin – drums, keyboards, piano
  • Ross Robinson – keyboards, additional engineering
  • Jason Schimmel – keyboards, piano, additional engineering
  • Justice Tripp – backing vocals
  • Julien Baker – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Hull – additional vocals
  • Manchester Orchestra
  • Mike Balboa – engineer
  • Robert McDowell – additional recording 
  • Steve Evetts – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • George L Clarke – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin and Tyler Kirby, except where noted.

  1. Come Heroin
  2. Lament
  3. Feign
  4. Reminders
  5. Limelight – Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin, Tyler Kirby, Andy Hull
  6. Exit Row
  7. Savoring
  8. A Broadcast
  9. I’ll Be Your Host
  10. Deflector
  11. A Forecast

Set Fire To Flames: Sings Reign Rebuilder

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On October 9, 2001, “Alien8 Recordings” and “FatCat Records” labels released      “Sings Reign Rebuilder”, the debut Set Fire to Flames studio album. It was recorded in 2001, in Ontario, Canada.

Personnel:

  • Speedy Weaver – guitar
  • David Bryant – guitar
  • Mike Moya – guitar
  • Roger Tellier-Craig – guitar
  • Jean-Sébastien Truchy – bass
  • Bruce Cawdron – drums, percussion
  • Aidan Girt – drums
  • Thea Pratt – French horn
  • Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet
  • Sophie Trudeau – violin
  • Genevieve Heistek – viola
  • Beckie Foon – cello
  • Christof Migone – reel to reel motors, banjo, contact mics

Track listing:

  1. ‘I Will Be True… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #1) / Reign Rebuilder (Head)
  2. Vienna Arcweld / Fucked Gamelan / Rigid Tracking
  3. Steal Compass / Drive North / Disappear
  4. Wild Dogs of the Thunderbolt / They Cannot Lock Me Up… I Am Eternally Free… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #2)
  5. Omaha
  6. There Is No Dance in Frequency and Balance
  7. Côte d’Abrahams Roomtone / What’s Going On?… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #3)
  8. Love Song for 15 Ontario (w / Singing Police Car)
  9. Injur: Gutted Two-Track
  10. When I First Get to Phoenix
  11. Shit-Heap-Gloria of the New Town Planning…
  12. Jesus / Pop
  13. Esquimalt Harbour
  14. Two Tears in a Bucket
  15. Fading Lights Are Fading…/ Reign Rebuilder (Tail Out)

Dave Hause: Devour

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On October 8, 2013, “Rise Records” label released “Devour”, the second Dave Hause studio album. It was recorded February – March 2013, at “Grandmaster Recorders”, and was produced by Andrew Alekel and Mitchell Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Dave Hause – lead vocals, guitar
  • Mitchell Townsend – guitar
  • Bo Koster – keyboards
  • Bob Thomson – bass
  • David Hidalgo, Jr. – drums
  • Scott Hutchison, Matt Skiba, The Watson Twins – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Hause.

  1. Damascus
  2. The Great Depression
  3. We Could Be Kings
  4. Autism Vaccine Blues
  5. Same Disease
  6. Before
  7. Father’s Son
  8. Stockholm Syndrome
  9. Becoming Secular
  10. The Shine
  11. Bricks
  12. Benediction

Iris DeMent: The Way I Should

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On October 8, 1996, “Warner Bros” label released “The Way I Should”, the third Iris DeMent studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Scruggs Sound” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Randy Scruggs.

Personnel:

  • Iris DeMent – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mark Knopfler – National guitar
  • Lonnie Mack – electric guitar
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar solo
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • John Jennings – guitar, EBow, 6-string bass
  • Randy Scruggs – guitar
  • Stuart Smith – guitar, slide guitar
  • Earl Scruggs – banjo
  • Tom Roady – tambourine
  • Chuck Leavell – organ, piano, accordion
  • Delbert McClinton – vocals, harmonica
  • Dave Pomeroy – bass
  • Harry Stinson – drums
  • Tammy Rogers – fiddle, mandolin, violin, viola, cello
  • Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals
  • Billy Burnette – backomg vocals
  • Melodie Crittenden – backing vocals
  • Russ Taff – backing vocals
  • Chuck Ainlay – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Rua, Graham Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Stephen Walker, Terry Robertson – art direction, design
  • Debbie Spinelli, Rocky Schenck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Iris DeMent, except where noted.

  1. When My Mornin’ Comes Around
  2. There’s a Wall in Washington
  3. Wasteland of the Free
  4. I’ll Take You My Sorrow Straight – Iris DeMent, Elmer McCall
  5. This Kind of Happy – Iris DeMent, Merle Haggard
  6. The Way I Should
  7. Letter to Mom
  8. Keep Me God
  9. Quality Time
  10. Walkin’ Home
  11. Trouble – Iris DeMnet, Elmer McCall

Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism

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On October 7, 2003, “Barsuk” label released “Transatlanticism”, the fourth Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded December – June 2003, at “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, “Tiny Telephone” in San Francisco, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, piano, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Christopher Walla – vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples, recording, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – vocals, bass guitar, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Jason McGerr – drums, percussion, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Sean Nelson – vocals
  • John Roderick – vocals
  • Phil Wandscher – vocals
  • Rob Herbst – foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • John Goodmanson  – mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ben Gibbard, all music as noted.

  1. The New Year – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  2. Lightness – Ben Gibbard
  3. Title and Registration – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  4. Expo ’86 – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  5. The Sound of Settling – Ben Gibbard
  6. Tiny Vessels – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  7. Transatlanticism – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  8. Passenger Seat – Ben Gibbard
  9. Death of an Interior Decorator – Ben Gibbard
  10. We Looked Like Giants – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  11. A Lack of Color – Ben Gibbard

The Books: The Lemon Of Pink

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On October 7, 2003, “Tomlab” label released “The Lemon of Pink”, the second Books (The) studio album.

Personnel:

  • Paul de Jong – mixing, mastering
  • Nick Zammuto – mixing, mastering
  • Anne Doerner – vocals
  • Frieda Luczak – cover design

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto.

  1. The Lemon of Pink
  2. The Lemon of Pink
  3. Tokyo
  4. Bonanza
  5. S Is for Evrysing
  6. Explanation Mark
  7. There Is No There
  8. Take Time
  9. Don’t Even Sing About It
  10. The Future, Wouldn’t That Be Nice?
  11. A True Story of a Story of True Love
  12. That Right Ain’t Shit
  13. PS

Joe Bonamassa: Blues Deluxe Vol. 2

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On October 6, 2023, “J&R Adventures” label released “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2”, the sixteenth Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded at “Sunset Sound Studio B”, “Ocean Way Nashville”, and was produced by Josh Smith. It serves as a successor to the original “Blues Deluxe”, released 20 years earlier.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Josh Smith – guitar
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards, B3
  • Calvin Turner – bass, horn and string arrangements
  • Lemar Carter – drums
  • Jimmy Bowland – saxophone, flute, alto flute
  • Mark Douthit – saxophone
  • Paulie Cerra – saxophone
  • Steve Patrick – trumpet
  • Jeff Bailey – trumpet
  • Barry Breen – trombone
  • Matt Jefferson – bass trombone
  • David Angell – violin, leader
  • Conni Ellisor – violin
  • Janet Darnall – violin
  • Carrie Bailey – violin
  • Jenny Bifano – violin
  • Ali Hoffman – violin
  • Monisa Angell – viola
  • Elizabeth Lamb – viola
  • Anthony La Marchina – cello
  • Sari Reist – cello
  • Jade MacRae – backing vocals
  • Dannielle DeAndrea – backing vocals
  • Charles Jones – backing vocals
  • Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals
  • J. J. Blair – engineer
  • Austin Atwood – engineer
  • George Janho – engineer assistant
  • Zack Zajdel – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Yount – engineer assistant
  • Alan Hertz – mixing
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Sharon Corbitt – studio photography
  • Kate Moss – package design
  • Roy Weisman – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Twenty – Four Hour Blues – Steve Barri, Harvey Price, Dan Walsh
  2.  It’s Hard but It’s Fair – Robert Parker
  3. Well, I Done Got Over It – Eddie Jones
  4. I Want to Shout About It – Steve Gomes, Ronald Horvath
  5. Win – O – Connie Crayton
  6. Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again) – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  7. Lazy Poker Blues – Clifford Adams, Peter Green
  8. You Sure Drive a Hard Bargain – Bettye Crutcher, Allen Jones
  9. The Truth Hurts – Bob Greenlee, Ernie Lancaster, Kenny Neal, Jim Payne
  10. Is It Safe to Gome Home – Josh Smith

The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely

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On October 6, 1992, “MCA” label released “Fully Completely”, the third Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in August 1992, at “Battery” in London, and was produced by Chris Tsangarides.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – vocals
  • Bobby Baker – guitar
  • Paul Langlois – vocals, guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – vocals, bass
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Chris Tsangarides – engineer, mixing
  • Chris ‘Wood’ Marshall – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Bobby Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)
  2. Looking for a Place to Happen
  3. At the Hundredth Meridian
  4. Pigeon Camera
  5. Lionized
  6. Locked in the Think of a Car
  7. We’ll Go, Too
  8. Fully Completely
  9. Fifty Mission Cap
  10. Wheat Kings
  11. The Wherewithal
  12. Eldorado

Eric Church: Desperate Man

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On October 5, 2018, “EMI Nashville” and “Snakefarm Records” labels released “Desperate Man”, the sixth Eric Church studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Neon Cross” in Nashville, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

 Personnel:

  • Eric Church – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeff Cease – electric guitar, handclapping
  • Jeff Hyde – banjo, acoustic guitar, handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, handclapping, keyboards, percussion, piano, programming, backing vocals
  • Driver Williams – electric guitar
  • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar, handclapping
  • Craig Wright – bongos, drums, handclapping, percussion, shaker
  • Joanna Cotten – handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Jason Hall – mixing
  • Jimmy Mansfield – engineer assistant
  • Jaxon Hargrove – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Melissa Spillman – production coordination
  • John Peets – art direction, photography
  • Karen Naff – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Church, except where noted.

  1. The Snake – Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Travis Meadows
  2. Hangin’ Around – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  3. Heart Like a Wheel
  4. Some of It – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels, Bobby Pinson
  5. Monsters – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  6. Hippie Radio
  7. Higher Wire – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Scooter Carusoe
  8. Desperate Man – Eric Church, Ray Wylie Hubbard
  9. Solid – Eric Church, Anders Osborne
  10. Jukebox and a Bar
  11. Drowning Man – Eric Church, Casey Beathard

The Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen

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On October 5, 1993, “Elektra” label released “Gentlemen”, the fourth Afghan Whigs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, and was poroduced by Greg Dulli.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Rick McCollum – lead guitar
  • John Curley – bass, engineer
  • Steve Earle – drums
  • Harold Chichester – piano, mellotron
  • Barb Hunter – cello
  • Marcy Mays – vocals
  • Jody Stephens – backing vocals 
  • Jeff Powell, John Hampton – engineer
  • Jeffrey Reed – engineer assistant
  • Billy Phelps – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli, except where noted.

  1. If I Were Going
  2. Gentlemen
  3. Be Sweet – Greg Dulli, Rick McCollum
  4. Debonair
  5. When We Two Parted – Greg Dulli, Rick McCollum
  6. Fountain and Fairfax
  7. What Jail Is Like
  8. My Curse
  9. Now You Know
  10. I Keep Coming Back – Leo Austell, Leo Graham
  11. Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer

An LP version of the album included a bonus 12″ vinyl limited edition containing 4 tracks recorded for a radio session (Goodier Session, BBC Radio 1):

  1. Rot – Marcy Mays, Sue Harshe, Carolyn O’Leary
  2. Fountain and Fairfax
  3. Keep Coming Back – Leo Austell, Leo Graham
  4. Tonight