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Maxwell: BLACKsummers’night

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On July 7, 2009, “Columbia” label released “BLACKsummers’night”, the fourth Maxwell studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2009, at “Chung King”, “Bowery Digital”, “Platinum Sound Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Maxwell and Hod David.

Personnel:

  • Maxwell (MUSZE) – vocals, instrumentation, various instruments, engineer
  • Hod David – guitar, instrumentation, various instruments, engineer
  • Shedrick Mitchell – organ
  • Federico Pena – keyboards
  • Derrick Hodge – bass, bass instrument
  • Chris “Daddy” Dave – drums
  • Kenneth Whalum III – saxophone
  • Keyon Harrold – trumpet
  • Saunders Sermons – trombone
  • Benedetto Nino Caccauale – engineer
  • Jesse Gladstone – engineer
  • Mike Pela – engineer, mixing
  • Glen Marchese – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Makowski – assistant
  • Anthony Palazzole – assistant
  • Dave Clauss – assistant
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Eric L. Johnson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by MUSZE and Hod David.

  1. Badhhabits
  2. Cold
  3. Prettywings
  4. Helpsomebody
  5. Stoptheworld
  6. Loveyou
  7. Fistfulloftears
  8. Playingpossum
  9. Phoenixrise

Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan the Great Lake State

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On July 1, 2003, “Asthmatic Kitty Records” label released “Greetings from Michigan the Great Lake State”, the third Sufjan Stevens. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, at “St. Paul’s Episcopal Church” in Brooklyn, “The New Jerusalem Recreational Room” in Clarksboro, NJ, “Buxton School” in Williamstown, Mass, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, tambourine, piano, electric piano, bass guitar, flute, oboe, English horn, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, drums, percussion, cymbal, shaker, bells, whistle, recorder, arrangements, design, layout
  • Daniel Smith, Elin Smith, Megan Smith, Monique Aiuto, Vito Aiuto
  • John Ringhofer – vocals, trumpet, trombone
  • Stephen Halker – trumpet
  • Tom Eaton – trumpet
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Laura Normandin – original hand painted artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjam Stevens.

  1. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
  2. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
  3. For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
  4. Say Yes! To M!ch!gan!
  5. The Upper Peninsula
  6. Tahquamenon Falls
  7. Holland
  8. Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
  9. Romulus
  10. Alanson, Crooked River
  11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
  12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For The Homeless In Muskegon)
  13. Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
  14. Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
  15. Vito’s Ordination Song

John Frusciante: The Will To Death

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On June 22, 2004, “Record Collection” label released “The Will to Death”, the fifth John Frusciante studio album. It was recorded December 2003 – January 2004, and was produced by John Frusciante.

Personnel:

  • John Frusciante – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer
  • Josh Klinghoffer – drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing, design
  • Rafael Serrano – recording assistant
  • Jeff Moses – recording assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Mike Piscitelli – design
  • Lola Montes Schnabel – cover photography
  • Dave Lee – equipment

Track listing:

All tracks by John Frusciante, except where noted.

  1. A Doubt
  2. An Exercise
  3. Time Runs Out
  4. Loss
  5. Unchanging
  6. The Mirror
  7. A Loop
  8. Wishing
  9. Far Away
  10. The Days Have Turned
  11. Helical – John Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer
  12. The Will to Death

Animal Collective: Here Comes The Indian

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On June 17, 2003, “Paw Tracks” label released “Here Comes the Indian”, the debut Animal Collective studio album.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare
  • Panda Bear
  • Geologist
  • Deakin
  • Nicolas Vernhes – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Native Belle
  2. Hey Light
  3. Infant Dressing Table
  4. Panic
  5. Two Sails on a Sound
  6. Slippi
  7. Too Soon

Bad Reliogion: The Empire Strikes First

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On June 8, 2004, “Epitaph” label released “The Empire Strikes First” the thirteenth Bad Religion studio album. It was recorded November 2003 – February 2004, at “Sound City” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Griffin.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin – lead vocals
  • Greg Hetson – guitar
  • Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Bentley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Brooks Wackerman – drums, percussion
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • John Ginty – Hammond B-3
  • David Bragger – violin
  • Sage Francis – guest vocals
  • Claude Sarne – goth choir soprano
  • Atticus Ross – programming
  • Leopold Ross – Sonic Alienator
  • Joe Barresi – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Martinez – engineer assistant
  • June Murakawa – engineer assistant
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Nick Pritchard – design
  • Sean Murphy – photography
  • Matt Rubin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, except where noted.

  1. Overture
  2. Sinister Rouge
  3. Special Suicide
  4. Atheist Peace
  5. All There Is
  6. Los Angeles Is Burning
  7. Let Them Eat War – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker, Jey Bentley, Brooks Wackerman., Sage Francis
  8. God’s Love
  9. To Another Abyss
  10. The Quickening – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman, Chris Wolland
  11. The Empire Strikes First – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker
  12. Beyond Electric Dreams – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman, Chris Wolland
  13. Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever
  14. Live Again (The Fall of Man)

Velvet Revolver: Contraband

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On June 8, 2004, “RCA” label released “Contraband”, the debut Velvet Revolver studio album. It was recorded June – December 2003, at “NRG”, “Pulse Recording”, and was produced by Josh Abraham, Nick Raskulinecz, Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum and Dave Kushner. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Scott Weiland – lead vocals
  • Slash – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Kushner – rhythm guitar
  • Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals
  • Douglas Grean – keyboards, vocal production, engineer, associate producer
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Brandon Belsky – engineer assistant
  • Rocco Guarino – engineer assistant
  • Chris Young – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Robin C. Hendrickson – art direction
  • Brett Kilroe – art direction
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Scott Weiland, except where noted; all music by Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum and Dave Kushner, except where noted.

  1. Sucker Train Blues
  2. Do It for the Kids
  3. Big Machine
  4. Illegal I Song
  5. Spectacle
  6. Fall to Pieces
  7. Headspace
  8. Superhuman
  9. Set Me Free
  10. You Got No Right
  11. Slither
  12. Dirty Little Thing – Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Scorum, Dave Kushner, Keith Nelson
  13. Loving the Alien

Metallica: St. Anger

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On June 5, 2003, “Elektra” label released “St. Anger”, the eighth Metallica studio album. HQ in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich.

Personnel:

  • James Hetfield – vocals, guitar
  • Kirk Hammett – guitar
  • Lars Ulrich – drums
  • Bob Rock – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Gillies – engineer assistant, mixing, digital engineering
  • Eric Helmkamp – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Pushead – design
  • Matt Mahurin, Forhelvede Productions, Pascal Brun, Comenius Röthlisberger – illustration and images
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Brad Klausen – production design

Track listing

All tracks by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Bob Rock.

  1. Frantic
  2. St. Anger
  3. Some Kind of Monster
  4. Dirty Window
  5. Invisible Kid
  6. My World
  7. Shoot Me Again
  8. Sweet Amber
  9. The Unnamed Feeling
  10. Purify
  11. All Within My Hands

The Zombies: As Far as I Can See

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On May 5, 2004, “Rhino” label released “As Far as I Can See”, the fourth Zombies (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Rod Argent.

Personnel:

  • Colin Blunstone – vocals
  • Keith Airey – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rod Argent – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Rodford – drums
  • Mark Johns – rhythm guitar
  • Chris White – backing vocals
  • Andrew Powell – conductor
  • Steve Orchard – engineer, mixing
  • Nick Robbins – mastering
  • Phil Smee – design, photography
  • Chris Cook, Keith Curtis – photography
  • Gavyn Wright – leader
  • Paul Atkinson – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod Argent, except where noted.

  1. In My Mind a Miracle
  2. Memphis
  3. Southside of the Street
  4. I Want to Fly
  5. Time to Move
  6. I Don’t Believe in Miracles – Russ Ballard
  7. As Far as I Can See
  8. With You Not Here
  9. Wings Against the Sun
  10. Together
  11. Look for a Better Way

X: Los Angeles

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On April 26, 1980, “Slash” label released “Los Angeles”, the debut X studio album. It was recorded in January 1980, at “Golden Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ray Manzarek. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” ranked “Los Angeles” at number 286 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Album title track was included in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s” list of “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”.

Personnel:

  • Exene – vocals
  • Billy Zoom – guitar
  • John Doe – lead vocals, bass
  • D. J. Bonebrake – drums
  • Ray Manzarek – organ, synthesizer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Doe and Exene Cervenka, except where noted.

  1. Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not
  2. Johny Hit and Run Paulene
  3. Soul Kitchen – John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
  4. Nausea
  5. Sugarlight
  6. Los Angeles
  7. Sex and Dying in High Society
  8. The Unheard Music
  9. The World’s a Mess: It’s in My Kiss

Goldfrapp: Black Cherry

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On April 23, 2003,” Mute” released “Black Cherry”, the second Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Home Studio” in Somerset, “Air” in London, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, synths, arrangements, recording, mixing, art direction, design
  • Will Gregory – synths, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Andy Davis – guitar 
  • Adrian Utley – guitar, bass 
  • Charlie Jones – bass
  • Damon Reece – drums
  • Rowan Oliver – drums, percussion, additional drum programming
  • Mark Linkous – Casio
  • Nick Batt – synths, additional programming
  • Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting
  • Nick Batt – recording
  • Bruno Ellingham – Pro Tools editing
  • Steve Orchard – string recording, string submixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • David Bascombe – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Big Active – art direction, design, illustrations, type
  • Polly Borland – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

  1. Crystalline Green
  2. Train
  3. Black Cherry
  4. Tiptoe
  5. Deep Honey
  6. Hairy Trees
  7. Twist
  8. Strict Machine – Nick Batt, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
  9. Forever
  10. Slippage