Our Lady Peace: Curve

On April 3, 2012, “Warner Music” label released “Curve”, the eighth Our Lady Peace studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2012, at vocalist Raine Maida’s home recording studio, and was produced by Jason Lader and Raine Maida.

Personnel:

  • Raine Maida– lead vocals
  • Steve Mazur– guitars
  • Duncan Coutts- bass
  • Jason Pierceon – drums
  • George Chuvalo – vocal excerpts

Track listing:

  1. Allowance
  2. Fire in the Hen House
  3. Heavyweight
  4. Window Seat
  5. As Fast As You Can
  6. If This Is It
  7. Will Someday Change
  8. Find Our Way
  9. Rabbits
  10. Mettle

Reo Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home

On April 3, 2007, “Speedwagon Recordings” and “Mailboat Records” labels released “Find Your Own Way Home”, the fifteenth REO Speedwagon studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Joe Vannelli and Kevin Cronin.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Cronin– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Dave Amato– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Neal Doughty– keyboards
  • Bruce Hall– bass, backing vocals
  • Bryan Hitt– drums
  • Joe Vannelli– keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Cronin, except where noted.

  1. Smilin’ in the End
  2. Find Your Own Way Home
  3. I Needed to Fail
  4. Dangerous Combination – Kevin Cronin, Jim Peterik
  5. Lost in the Road of Love
  6. Another Lifetime – Dave Amato, Kevin Cronin, Bruce Hall, Bryan Hitt
  7. Run Away Baby
  8. Everything You Feel
  9. Born to Love You – Bruce Hall
  10. Let My Love Find You

The Dear Hunter: Migrant

On April 2, 2013, “Equal Vision Records” label released “Migrant”, the fifth Dear Hunter (The) studio album .It was recorded 2012 -2103, at “Vudu Studios” in Port Jefferson, NY, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo and Mike Watts.

Personnel:

  • Casey Crescenzo, Rob Parr – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, glockenspiel, synth, engineer
  • Connor Doyle, Rob Parr – guitar
  • Nick Sollecito – bass, organ, piano
  • Nick Crescenzo – drums, percussion
  • Pasquale T. Lannelli – alto, soprano, baritone and tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Andrew Mericle – trumpet
  • Chris Baum, Sue Buzzard – violin
  • Anna Stromer – viola
  • Kim Lonetree – cello
  • Azia Crescenzo, Judy Crescenzo – vocals
  • Levi Audette, Mike Watts, Phil Crescenzo, Steve Haigler, Tom Flynn, Tom Happel – engineer
  • Anthony Augusta – engineer assistant
  • Mike Watts – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Cameron Thorne – design, typography
  • Lissy Elle Laricchia – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Casey Crescenzo.

  1. Bring You Down
  2. Whisper
  3. Shame
  4. An Escape
  5. Shouting at the Rain
  6. The Kiss of Life
  7. Girl
  8. Cycles
  9. Sweet Naiveté
  10. Let Go
  11. This Vicious Place
  12. Don’t Look Back

Ian Anderson: Thick as a Brick 2

On April 2, 2012, “Chrysalis/EMI Records” labels released “Thick as a Brick 2”,(abbreviated TAAB 2 and subtitled Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?), the fifth Ian Anderson studio album. It was recorded March – November 2011, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flutes, acoustic guitars, liner notes
  • Florian Opahle– electric guitar
  • John O’Hara– accordion, Hammond organ, piano, keyboards
  • Pete Judge– trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor horn, E-flat tuba
  • David Goodier– bass guitar, glockenspiel
  • Scott Hammond– drums, percussion
  • Ryan O’Donnell– additional vocals
  • Mike Downs – recording
  • Steven Wilson– mixing
  • Peter Mew– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson.

  1. From a Pebble Thrown
  2. Medley: Pebbles Instrumental / Might-Have-Beens
  3. Medley: Upper Sixth Loan Shark / Banker Bets, Banker Wins
  4. Swing It Far
  5. Adrift and Dumfounded
  6. Old School Song
  7. Wootton Bassett Town
  8. Medley: Power and Spirit / Give Till It Hurts
  9. Medley: Cosy Corner / Shunt and Shuffle
  10. A Change of Horses
  11. Confessional
  12. Kismet in Suburbia
  13. What-ifs, Maybes and Might-Have-Beens

iamthemorning: Lighthouse

On April 1, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Lighthouse”, the third iamthemorning studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Murder Mile Studios” in London,  “Mosfilm Studios” in Moscow, and was produced by Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina.

Personnel:

  • Marjana Semkina – lead and backing vocals
  • Gleb Kolyadin – grand piano, keyboards
  • Vlad Avy – guitars
  • Alexander Kuznetcov – double bass
  • Colin Edwin– bass
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Mariusz Duda– vocals
  • Perezvony” Choir – Stanislava Sorokina, Svetlana Utkina, Yury Volkov, Maria Cherepanova, Elizaveta Levina, Anastasia Andriyanenko, Daria Severinova, Alina Vahrina, Anastasia Kavalerova, Nikol Zgeib, Anna Sokolova, Anastasia Malova, Sofia Liberman, Margarita Raspopova, Martin Sadomirsky, Svetlana Philippova, Serafima Chervotkina
  • Evan Carson – bodhrán, percussion
  • Andres Izmailov – harp
  • Tatiana Rezetdinova – flute
  • Roman Erofeev – clarinet
  • Sergey Korolkov – trumpet
  • Oksana Stepanova – bombard
  • Larisa Yarutskaya – conductor, art-director
  • Philipp Saulin – violin
  • Anastasia Razumets, Aleksandra Svidunovich, Zhuldyz Bukina, Tatiana Kuvaitseva, Philipp Saulin – violin
  • Aleksander Bogdanovich, Ksenia Ivanova – viola
  • Mikhail Ignatov, Evgenia Ignatova, Mikhail Ignatov – cello
  • Gianluca Capacchione, Vlad Avy – mixing
  • Neil Pickles, Marcel van Limbeek – mixing, mastering
  • Constantine Nagishkin – artwork
  • Mikhail Meerov – design

Track listing:

All tracks written by Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina.

  1. I Came Before the Water Pt I
  2. Too Many Years
  3. Clear Clearer
  4. Sleeping Pills
  5. Libretto Horror
  6. Lighthouse
  7. Harmony
  8. Matches
  9. Belighted
  10. Chalk and Coal
  11. I Came Before the Water Pt II
  12. Post Scriptum

Killing Joke: Democracy

On April 1, 1996, “Big Life” label released “Democracy”, the tenth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, and was produced by Martin “Youth” Glover.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman– vocals, synthesizer
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker– guitar
  • Martin “Youth” Glover– bass guitar
  • Geoff Dugmore– drums
  • Nick Holywell-Walker– synthesizer

Track listing

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Martin “Youth” Glover and Geordie Walker.

  1. Savage Freedom
  2. Democracy
  3. Prozac People
  4. Lanterns
  5. Aeon
  6. Pilgrimage
  7. Intellect
  8. Medicine Wheel
  9. Absent Friends
  10. Another Bloody Election

Carlos Santana: Havana Moon

On April 1, 1983, “CBS” label released “Havana Moon”, the fifth Carlos Santana album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Automatt” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana– guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Roberto Moreno – vocals
  • Willie Nelson– vocals
  • Greg Walker – vocals
  • Candelario Lopez – vocals
  • Jose Santana – vocals, violin
  • Chris Solberg – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Booker T. Jones– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Richard Baker – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett– keyboards
  • Alan Pasqua– vocals, keyboards
  • Flaco Jiménez– accordion
  • Kim Wilson– harmonica, backing vocals
  • Keith Ferguson– bass
  • Luis Gonsalez – bass
  • David Hood– bass
  • David Margen – bass, percussion
  • Fran Christina – drums
  • Armando Peraza– vocals, percussion, bongos
  • Graham Lear– percussion, drums
  • Raul Rékow – percussion, conga, backing vocals
  • Alex Ligertwood– vocals, percussion
  • Orestes Vilató– flute, percussion, timbales, backing vocals
  • Jose Salcedo – trombone, trumpet
  • Oscar Chavez– trombone, trumpet
  • Mic Gillette– trumpet, horn
  • Lanette Stevens – horn
  • Stephen Kupka– horn
  • Marc Russo– horn
  • Tramaine Hawkins– horn
  • Emilio Castillo– horn, backing vocals
  • Greg Adams– horn, strings
  • Gabriel Arias – violin
  • Francisco Coronado – violin
  • Raymundo Coronado – violin
  • Cherline Hall – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Watch Your Step – Phil Belmonte, Bobby Parker
  2. Lightnin’ – Booker T. Jones, Carlos Santana
  3. Who Do You Love? – Ellas McDaniel
  4. Mudbone – Carlos Santana
  5. One with You – Booker T. Jones
  6. Ecuador – Carlos Santana
  7. Tales of Kilimanjaro – Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Carlos Santana
  8. Havana Moon – Chuck Berry
  9. Daughter of the Night – Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors
  10. They All Went to Mexico – Greg Brown
  11. Vereda Tropical – Gonzalo Curiel

Wire: Silver / Lead

On March 31, 2017, “Pinkflag” label released “Silver/Lead”, the sixteenth Wire studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, “Swim Studio” in London, and was produced by Colin Newman.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman– lead vocals,  keyboards, acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, mandola, M-Tron baritone, mixing
  • Graham Lewis– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, Casio SK-1, loops, samples, cover image
  • Matthew Simms – electric guitar, lap steel, mandola, modular synth, Korg MS-10, fx, autoharp
  • Robert Grey– drums
  • Tim Lewis– engineer
  • Jeroen Melchers – engineer
  • Denis Blackham– mastering
  • Jon Wozencroft– art direction

Track listing:

All lyrics by Graham Lewis, all music by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey and Matthew Simms.

  1. Playing Harp for the Fishes
  2. Short Elevated Period
  3. Diamonds in Cups
  4. Forever & a Day
  5. An Alibi
  6. Sonic Lens
  7. This Time
  8. Brio
  9. Sleep on the Wing
  10. Silver / Lead

Bob Dylan: Triplicate

On March 31, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Triplicate”, the 38th Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals
  • Charlie Sexton, Dean Parks – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Geoff Gans – drums
  • George Receli – drums
  • James Harper – conductor, arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Tom Piazza – linear notes
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

Disc 1 – ‘Til the Sun Goes Down

  1. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Could Have Told You – Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  5. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. This Nearly Was Mine – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  8. It Gets Lonely Early – Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  9. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  10. Trade Winds – Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias

Disc 2 – Devil Dolls

  1. Braggin – Jimmy Shirl, Robert Marko, Henry Katzman
  2. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  3. Imagination – Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  5. S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. But Beautiful – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  8. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. Where Is the One – Alec Wilder, Edwin Finckel
  10. There’s a Flaw in My Flue – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Disc 3 – Comin’ Home Late

  1. Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  2. I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  3. Sentimental Journey – Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green
  4. Somewhere Along the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Gallop
  5. When the World Was Young – Philippe-Gérard, Angèle Vannier, Johnny Mercer
  6. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
  7. You Go to My Head – John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. It’s Funny to Everyone But Me – Jack Lawrence
  10. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Neal Schon: Beyond the Thunder

On March 30, 1995, “Higher Octave” label released “Beyond the Thunder”, the second Neal Schon album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Wild Horse Studio” in Novato, CA, and was produced by Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon.

Personnel:

  • Neal Schon– acoustic, electric and synth guitars, string arrangements
  • Jonathan Cain- keyboards, string arrangements
  • Billy Peterson- bass, string arrangements
  • Tony Saunders– bass
  • Tommy Bradford– drums
  • Steve Smith– drums
  • Jose Areas- percussion
  • Michael Carabello– percussion
  • John Hernandez– percussion
  • Jonathan Cain- engineer, mixing
  • Dale Everingham, Thomas Leukens- additional engineering
  • Matt Marshall, Dan Selene- executive producer

 Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, except where noted.

  1. Big Moon
  2. Bandalero
  3. Cool Breeze
  4. Zanzibar
  5. Send Me an Angel
  6. Boulevard of Dreams
  7. Espanique
  8. Caribbean Blue
  9. Someone’s Watching Over Me / Iguassa Falls – Neal Schon
  10. Deep Forest – Neal Schon
  11. Call of the Wild

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