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Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling

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On January 31, 2020, “ATO” label released “The Unraveling”, the twelfth Drive-By Truckers studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019 and was produced by David Barbe.

Track listing:

  • Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar, mandocello
  • Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
  • Brad Morgan – drums
  • Jay Gonzalez – vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Matt Patton – vocals, bass, bass
  • Kyleen King – viola and string arrangement
  • Patti King – violin
  • Cody Dickinson – electric washboard

Track listing:

All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted.

  1. Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun
  2. Armageddon’s Back in Town
  3. Slow Ride Argument – Mike Cooley
  4. Thoughts and Prayers
  5. 21st Century USA
  6. Heroin Again
  7. Babies in Charges
  8. Grievance Merchants – Mike Cooley
  9. Awaiting Resurrection

Destroyer: Have We Met

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On January 31, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Have We Met”, the twelve Destroyer album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by John Collins.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, drum programming, granular synthesis, mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Maegan Hill-Carroll – front and back cover photos, design

Track listing:

  1. Crimson Tide
  2. Kinda Dark
  3. It Just Doesn’t Happen
  4. The Television Music Supervisor
  5. The Raven
  6. Cue Synthesizer
  7. University Hill
  8. Have We Met
  9. The Man in Blak’s Blues
  10. Foolssong

Tangent: A Place in the Queue

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On January 31, 2006, “Inside Out” label released “A Place in the Queue”, the third Tangent studio album. It was recorded August – October 2005, and was produced by Andy Tillison.

Personnel:

  • Andy Tillison – vocals, piano, guitars
  • Guy Manning – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Krister Jonsson – electric guitar
  • Dan Watts – electric guitar
  • Sam Baine – vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
  • Jaime Salazar – drums
  • Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Ed Unitsky – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Tillison, except where noted.

  1. In Earnest
  • The Radio Amateur
  • II. Worthy of Memory (Part I)
  • III. Demobilized
  • IV. Dehumanized
  • V. Flights of Fancy
  • VI. Worthy of Memory (Part II)
  • VII. The Silent Key
  • VIII. Earnest Dreams of 617
  • IX. Some Crazy Old Guy
  • X. In Earnest

2. Lost in London – Guy Manning, Andy Tillson

3. DIY Surgery – Stephen C. Middleton, Theo Travis

4. GPS Culture

5. Follow Your Leaders

6. The Sun in My Eyes

7. A Place in the Queue – Andy Tillson, Theo Travis

  • I. Silent Scream
  • II. Two for the Queue (Part I)
  • III. Shaping the Line
  • IV. Hierarchies
  • V. The Escher Staircase
  • VI. An ‘elping Hand
  • VII. Two for the Queue (Part II)
  • VIII. The Escher Staircase (Reprise)

Frank Black: Dog in the Sand

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On January 30, 2001, “Cooking Vinyl” and “What Are Records?” label released “Dog in the Sand”, the third Frank Black studio album. It was recorded March – April 2000, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nick Vincent.

Personnel:

  • Frank Black – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Eric Drew Feldman – vocals, electric piano, piano, clavioline
  • Rich Gilbert – vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Dave Phillips – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar 
  • Joey Santiago – guitar
  • Moris Tepper – vocals, banjo, bihuela
  • David McCaffery – vocals, bass
  • Scott Boutier – drums
  • Nick Vincent – percussion
  • Billy Joe Bowers – recording
  • Mike Terry – engineer assistant
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Andrew Swainson – design
  • Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Black.

  1. Blast Off
  2. I’ve Seen Your Picture
  3. St. Francis Dam Disaster
  4. Robert Onion
  5. Stupid Me
  6. Bullet
  7. The Swimmer
  8. Hermaphroditos
  9. I’ll Be Blue
  10. Llano del Rio
  11. If It Takes All Night
  12. Dog in the Sand

Stone Poneys: Same

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On January 30, 1967, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, debut Stone Poneys album. It was recorded October – November 1966, and was produced by Nik Venet.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – vocals, finger cymbals
  • Bobby Kimmel – vocals, guitar
  • Kenny Edwards – vocals, guitar
  • Tom Wood – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Pete Childs – guitar
  • Cyrus Faryar – bouzouki, guitar
  • John T. Forsha – guitar
  • Jimmy Bond – bass, guitar
  • Billy Mundi – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Kimmel and Ken Edwards, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Summer Blue and Gold
  2. If I Were You
  3. Just a Little Bit of Rain – Fred Neil
  4. Bicycle Song
  5. Orion – Tom Campbell
  6. Wild About My Lovin’ – traditional, arranged by Bobby Kimmel, Linda Ronstadt, Ken Edwards
  7. Back Home – Ken Edwards
  8. Meredith (On My Mind)
  9. Train and the River
  10. All the Beautiful Things
  11. 2:10 Train – Tom Campbell, Linda Albertano

Runrig: The Story

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On January 29, 2016, “Ridge Records” label released “The Story”, the fourteenth and final Runrig studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Glo-Worm Recording” in Glasgow, Scotland, “The Old Mill” in Strathaven, Scotland, “Stirling Rock School” in Stirling, Scotland, and was produced by Brian Hurren.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Guthro – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Hurren – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Malcolm Jones – guitars, pipes, accordion
  • Roderick “Rory” Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne – drums
  • The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings
  • Dave Towers – saxophone
  • Scott Walker – trumpet
  • Mike Vass – fiddle
  • Calum Macdonald – vocals, percussion
  • Stirling Gaelic Choir – vocals 
  • The Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir – vocals
  • Brian Hurren – string arrangements
  • James Fitzpatrick – strings coordinator
  • Iain Hutchison – engineer, mixing
  • Jan Holster – engineer
  • Brian Hurren – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • The Reptile House – artwork, design
  • Balazs Kral – cover development
  • Matt Liengie, George Pllu, Neil Priessman, – Paul Strand – photography 

Track listing:

  1. The Story
  2. Onar
  3. Rise and Fall
  4. Elegy
  5. Every Beating Heart
  6. The Years We Shared
  7. When the Beauty
  8. 18 July
  9. An-Diugh Ghabh Mi Cuairt
  10. The Place Where the Rivers Run
  11. Somewhere

Bloc Party: Hymns

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On January 29, 2016, “BMG” label released “Hymns”, the fifth Bloc Party studio album. It was recorded March – August 2015, at “Lynchmob Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Bran and Roy Kerr.

Personnel:

  • Kele Okereke – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, electric piano
  • Russell Lissack – lead guitar, programming
  • Justin Harris – bass guitar, synths, backing vocals
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Nicky Brown – choir, vocal arranger
  • Jesse Grant – choir
  • Geo Gabriel – choir
  • Jermaine Foster – choir
  • Max Hayes – engineer
  • Ben Jackson – co-engineering
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Rachael Wright – polaroids
  • Phil Armson at Big Active – design, imagery

Track listing:

All tracks by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, except where noted.

  1. The Love Within
  2. Only He Can Heal Me
  3. So Real
  4. The Good News
  5. Fortress
  6. Different Drugs
  7. Into the Earth
  8. My True Name
  9. Virtue
  10. Exes
  11. Living Lux
  12. The God Vibration (hidden track)

Emma Polock: In Search of Harperfield

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On January 29, 2016, “Chemical Underground” label released “In Search of Harperfield”, the third Emma Pollock studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  • Emma Pollock – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, xylophone, dulcimer
  • David McAulay – guitar, bass guitar, drum machine
  • RM Hubbert – guitar
  • Graeme Smillie – piano
  • Michael John McCarthy – keyboards, accordion
  • Paul Savage – drums, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements, programming
  • Malcolm Lindsay – strings, cello, string arrangements
  • Cairn String Quartet – strings, string arrangements
  • Jackie Baxter – cello
  • Paul Savage – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Niall Smillie – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Emma Pollock, except where noted.

  1. Cannot Keep a Secret
  2. Don’t Make Me Wait
  3. Alabaster
  4. Clemency
  5. Intermission
  6. Parks and Recreation
  7. Vacant Stare
  8. In the Company of the Damned – RM Hubert, Emma Pollock
  9. Dark Skies
  10. Monster in the Pack
  11. Old Ghosts

Geoffrey Nicholls

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On January 28, 2017, Geoffrey James Nicholls died aged 72. He was musician (keyboards, bass, and guitar) and vocalist, performed and recorded with Quartz, Tony Martin, Johnny Neal and the Starliners, World of Oz, and Jimmy Helms, but was best known as a longtime member Black Sabbath.