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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

The Smile: Cutouts

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On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

Geordie Greep: The New Sound

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On October 4, 2024, “Rough Trade” label released “The New Sound”, the debut Geordie Greep studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – March 2024, at “RAK”, “Fish Factory”, “Hermitage Works”, “New Sound” and “HOXA HQ” in London, “Estudio Do Tuto” and “Da Pá Virada” in Sao Paulo, and was produced by Seth Evans.

Personnel:

  • Geordie Greep – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, accordion, fretless bass, organ, electric piano, bass
  • Seth Evans – vocals and backing vocals, electric and upright bass, piano, talk box, oboe, percussion, horn arrangements, co–production
  • Paul Jones – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Daniel Rogerson – electric guitar
  • Deschanel Gordon – piano
  • Diarra Walcott–Ivanhoe – piano
  • Chicao Montorfano – electric piano
  • Fabio Sá – electric and upright bass
  • Michael Dunlop – electric and upright bass
  • John Jones – double bass
  • Thiaguinho Silva – drums, percussion
  • Andrei Martynchyk – drums
  • Morgan Simpson – drums
  • Giles King–Ashong – drums
  • Dennys Silva – percussion
  • Adé Eggún Crispin Robinson – percussion
  • Deji Ijishakin – saxophone
  • Billy Rowlatt – trumpet
  • Richard Leigh – trumpet
  • Freddie Wordsworth – trumpet
  • Joe Bristow – trombone
  • Matt Seddon – trombone
  • Nina Lim, Kuari May – violin
  • Freya Hicks – viola
  • Felix Stephens – cello
  • Felix Gonzalez – backing vocals
  • Felix Stephens – string arrangements
  • Harvey Grant – special arrangement for horns, piano, double bass, and vocal
  • Liam Hebb – engineer
  • Margo Broom – engineer
  • Nathan Ridley – engineer
  • Rafa Barreto – engineer
  • Sid Souza – engineer
  • Thiago “Big” Rabello – engineer
  • Victor Neri – engineer
  • Simone Gallazio – engineer
  • Tuto Ferraz – engineer
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Geordie Greep, except where noted.

  1. Blues
  2. Terra
  3. Holy, Holy
  4. The New Sound
  5. Walk Up
  6. Through a War – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  7. Bongo Season
  8. Motorbike – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  9. As If Waltz
  10. The Magician
  11. If You Are But a Dream – Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe, Nal Bonx

Vlatko Stefanovski & Bodan Arsovski: Zodiac

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On October 4, 1990, “Third Ear Music” label released “Zodiac”, album by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski. It was recorded in 1989, at ”Pitu Guli Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arcovski. It was used as soundtrack for theatre performance with the same name.

Personnel:

  • Vlatko Stefanovski – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bodan Arsovski – bass, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bratislav Zafirovski Braco – recording
  • Vladimir Borojević – design
  • Rumen Ćamilov – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski.

  1. Prelude
  2. Pisces
  3. Aries
  4. Taurus
  5. Gemini
  6. Cancer
  7. Leo
  8. Virgo
  9. Libra
  10. Scorpio
  11. Sagittarius
  12. Capricorn
  13. Aquarius
  14. Finale

Chris De Burgh: Flying Colours

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On October 3, 1988, “A&M” label released “Flying Colours”, the ninth Chris de Burgh studio album. It was recorded in “Powerplay Studios” in Zurich, Switzerland, and was produced by Paul Hardiman and Chris de Burgh.

Personnel:

  • Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars
  • Phil Palmer – guitars
  • Adrian Lee – keyboards
  • Andy Richards – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Chris White – saxophones
  • Peter Van Hooke – drums, percussion
  • Paul Hardiman – engineer, mixing
  • Arnie Acosta – mixing
  • Michael Ross – art direction, design
  • Romas Foord – illustration
  • Paul Cox – photography

All tracks by Chris de Burgh.

  1. Sailing Away
  2. Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart)
  3. Tender Hands
  4. A Night on the River
  5. Leather on My Shoes
  6. Suddenly Love
  7. The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born)
  8. Missing You
  9. I’m Not Scared
  10. Don’t Look Back
  11. Just a Word Away
  12. The Risen Lord
  13. The Last Time I Cried