Black Pumas: Chronicles Of A Diamond

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On October 27, 2023, “ATO” label released “Chronicles of a Diamond”, the second Black Pumas studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Adrian Quesada.

Personnel:

  • Eric Burton – vocals, co-production
  • Adrian Quesada – engineer, additional engineering, mixing
  • JaRon Marshall – keyboards
  • Anthony Farrell- keyboards, drums
  • Brendan Bond – bass guitar
  • Josh Blue – bass, keyboards
  • Erik Wofford- mellotron
  • Stephen Bidwell – drums, samples
  • AJ Hall – drums, backing vocals
  • Adam Jackson – drums
  • John Speice – congas, percussion
  • Alexis Buffum – violin
  • Lauren Cervantes – backing vocals
  • Angela Miller – backing vocals
  • Roy Patten – backing vocals
  • John Congleton – co-production, additional engineering
  • Aaron Glemboski – engineer, additional engineering, mixing
  • Sean Cook – engineer
  • Erik Wofford – engineer
  • Omar Akrouche – engineer
  • Jan Schenk – engineer
  • Mario Ramirez – engineer
  • Josh Blue – additional engineering
  • AJ Hall – additional engineering
  • Shawn Everett – mixing
  • Ian Gold – mixing assistant
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Emily Lazar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Burton, except where noted.

  1. More Than a Love Song – Eric Burton, Adrian Quesada
  2. Ice Cream (Pay Phone)
  3. Mrs. Postman – Eric Burdon, Adrian Quesada, JaRon Marshall
  4. Chronicles of a Diamond
  5. Angel
  6. Hello
  7. Sauvignon – Eric Burton, Adrian Quesada
  8. Tomorrow
  9. Gemini Sun
  10. Rock and Roll

Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts

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On October 27, 1998, “Burning Heart” label released “The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts”, the third Refused studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Tonteknik Bomba Je Studios”, and was produced by Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, Jon Brännström and David Sandström.

Personnel:

  • Dennis Lyxzén – vocals, recording, mixing, mastering, art direction, layout
  • Kristofer Steen – guitars, bass, drums, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jon Brännström – guitars, samples, programming, synthesizers, recording, mixing, mastering
  • David Sandström – drums, melodica, guitars, recording, mixing, mastering, photo collage
  • Magnus Björklund – bass guitar, cello, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jakob Munck – upright bass
  • Torbjörn Näsbom – violin
  • Eskil Lövström – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pelle Henricsson – recording, mixing, mastering, tambourine
  • Andreas Nilsson – sound technician, recording, mixing, mastering
  • José Saxlund – layout
  • Ulf Nybérg – band photography
  • Axel Stattin – back cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
  2. Liberation Frequency
  3. The Deadly Rhythm
  4. Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
  5. Bruitist Pome #5
  6. New Noise
  7. The Refused Party Program
  8. Protest Song ‘68
  9. Refused Are Fuckin’ Dead
  10. The Shape of Punk to Come
  11. Tannhäuser/Derivè
  12. The Apollo Program was a Hoax

Train: Save Me, San Francisco

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On October 26, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Save Me, San Francisco”, the fifth Train studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk, Martin Terefe, Gregg Wattenberg, S*A*M and Sluggo Espionage. In February 2024, the album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Pat Monahan – lead and backing vocals
  • Jimmy Stafford – guitars
  • Scott Underwood – drums, percussion
  • Sean Gould – bass, slide guitar
  • Claes Bjorklund – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, piano, mellotron
  • The Ghost Of Harlem Keyboards – piano
  • Nikolaj Torp – Hammond organ
  • Espen Lind – ukulele, keyboards, piano, bass guitar
  • Jerry Becker – honky piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, piano
  • Josh Berger – bass
  • Martin Terefe – bass
  • Gregg Wattenberg – bass
  • The Lovesponge Strings – strings
  • David Davidson – violin, string arrangements
  • David Angell – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • Sarighani Reist – cello
  • Sakai – backing vocals
  • Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
  • Andreas Olsson – programming
  • Mark Endert – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Save Me, San Francisco – Patrick Monahan, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  2. Hey, Soul Sister – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  3. I Got You – Patrick Monahan, Kevin Griffin, Patrick Simmons
  4. Parachute – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  5. This Ain’t Goodbye – Patrick Monahan, Ryan Tedder
  6. If It’s Love – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  7. You Already Know – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg, Jimmy Stafford
  8. Words – Patrick Monahan, Jerry Becker, Luis Maldonado
  9. Brick by Brick – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  10. Breakfast in Bed – Patrick Monahan, Scott Underwood
  11. Marry Me – Patrick Monahan

Luna: Randezvous

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On October 26, 2004, “Jetset” label released “Rendezvous”, the seventh Luna album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Bryce Goggin.

Personnel:

  • Dean Wareham – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Eden – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Lee Wall – drums
  • Britta Phillips – backing vocals
  • Bryce Goggin – engineer, mixing
  • Geoff Sanoff – engineer, remix
  • Adam Sachs – additional engineering
  • David Voigt – additional engineering
  • Ray Ketchem – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design
  • Chas Ray Krider – photography
  • Stefano Giovannini – band photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, except where noted, all music by Dean Wareham, Sean Eden and Lee Wall.

  1. Malibu Love Nest
  2. Cindy Tastes of Barbecue
  3. Speedbumps
  4. The Owl and the Pussycat – Sean Eden, Dean Wareham
  5. Astronaut – Lee Wall, Dean Wareham
  6. Broken Chair – Sean Eden
  7. Star-Spangled Man – Lee Wall, Dean Wareham
  8. Motel Bambi
  9. Still at Home – Sean Eden
  10. Buffalo Boots
  11. Rainbow Babe

Pixies: The Night The Zombies Came

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On October 25, 2024, “BMG Rights Management” label released “The Night the Zombies Came”, the ninth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – guitar, backing vocals
  • Emma Richardson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lovering – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – engineer, mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Dave Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Joe Jones – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Primrose
  2. You’re So Impatient
  3. Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
  4. Chicken
  5. Hypnotised -Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  6. Johnny Good Man
  7. Motoroller
  8. I Hear You Mary – Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  9. Oyster Beds
  10. Mercy Me
  11. Ernest Evans
  12. Kings of the Prairie
  13. The Vegas Suite

Laura Marling: Patterns In Repeat

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On October 25, 2024, “Chrysalis” label released “Patterns in Repeat”, the eighth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at Marling’s home studio in London, “Bert Jansch Studio” in London, “Smilo Sound” in New York, and was produced by Dom Monks and Laura Marling.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, Mellotron, bass, soft synths, string machine, artwork
  • Nick Pini – double bass 
  • Dom Monks – synth bass, triangle, drum, cymbal, bouzouki, engineer, mixing
  • Fred Wordsworth – horns
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola, string arrangements, engineer
  • Harry Fausing Smith – violin
  • Henry Rankin – viola, violin
  • Katt Newlon – cello
  • Buck Meek – backing vocals
  • Maudie Marling – backing vocals
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Rob Shuttleworth – design
  • Tamsin Topolski – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Child of Mine
  2. Patterns
  3. Your Girl
  4. No One’s Gonnna Love You Like I Can
  5. The Shadows
  6. Interlude (Time Passages)
  7. Caroline
  8. Looking Back – Laura Marling, Charlie Marling
  9. Lullaby
  10. Patterns in Repeat – Laura Marling, George Jephson
  11. Lullaby (instrumental)

65daysofstatic: One Time For All

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On October 24, 2005, “Monotreme” label released “One Time for All Time”, the second 65daysofstatic studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at 2Fly Studios” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Alan Smyth.

Personnel:

  • Joe Fro (Joe Shrewsbury)
  • Paul Wolinski
  • Rob Jones
  • Simon Wright
  • Alan ‘Destroying The Fabric Of The Earth’ Smyth – recording

Track listing:

  1. Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here
  2. Await Rescue
  3. 23kid
  4. Welcome to the Times
  5. Mean Low Water
  6. Climbing on Roofs (DeSperate Edit)
  7. The Big Afraid
  8. 65 Doesn’t Understand You
  9. Radio Protector

The Magnetic Fields: Get Lost

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On October 24, 1995, “Merge” label released “Get Lost”, the fifth Magnetic Fields (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.

Personnel:

  • Stephin Merritt – vocals, instrumentation
  • John Woo – guitar, banjo
  • Sam Davol – cello, flute
  • Claudia Gonson – vocals, drums, ukulele
  • Julie Cooper – bass guitar
  • Natalie Lithwick – French vocals
  • Kelly McKaig – recording assistant
  • Eric Masunaga – mixing assistant, technical advisor
  • Andrew Beaujon – French translation
  • Eve Prime – cover photography
  • John Woo – tray card photography

Track listing:

All by Stephin Merritt, except where noted.

  1. With Whom to Dance
  2. Smoke and Mirrors
  3. All the Umbrellas in London
  4. Why I Cry
  5. Save a Secret for the Moon
  6. Don’t Look Away
  7. Love Is Lighter Than Air
  8. Famous
  9. The Desperate Things You Made Me Do
  10. You and Me and the Moon
  11. When You are Old and Lonely
  12. The Village in the Morning – Stephin Merritt, Robert Scott
  13. The Dreaming Moon

Adrianne Lenker: Songs / Istrumentals

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On October 23, 2020, “4AD” label released “Songs” and “Instrumentals”, two Adrianne Lenker studio albums. It was recorded April – May 2020, at “Cabin” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, and was produced by Phil Weinrobe and Adrianne Lenker.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, paintbrush, needles of a white pine tree
  • Phil Weinrobe – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Brendan Ford – lacquer cut
  • Diane Lee – front and back cover paintings
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker.

Songs track listing:

  1. Two Reverse
  2. Ingydar
  3. Anything
  4. Forwards Beckon Rebound
  5. Heavy Focus
  6. Half Return
  7. Come
  8. Zombie Girl
  9. Not a Lot, Just Forever
  10. Dragon Eyes
  11. My Angel

Instrumentals track listing:

  1. Music for Indigo
  2. Mostly Chimes

Julien Baker: Sprained Ankle

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On October 23, 2015, “Bandcamp” label released “Sprained Ankle”, the debut Julien Baker studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Spacecomb Studios” in Richmond, Virginia.

Personnel:

  • Julien Baker – vocals, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, bass, banjo, drums
  • Michael Hegner – recording
  • Cody Landers – recording
  • Josh Bonati – mastering
  • Jake Cunningham – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Julien Baker.

  1. Blacktop
  2. Sprained Ankle
  3. Brittle Boned
  4. Everybody Does
  5. Good News
  6. Something
  7. Rejoice
  8. Vessels
  9. Go Home

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