On April 5, 2005, “Redbird” label released “Unlikely Emergency” the second Serena Ryder album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, and was produced by Hawksley Workman.
Personnel:
Serena Ryder – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Hawksley Workman – banjo, electric guitars, hands and feet, drums
On March 28, 2005, “Camino Records” label released “Metamorpheus” the 17th Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Steve Hackett.
Personnel:
Steve Hackett – guitars
Dick Driver – double bass
John Hackett – guitar, flute, piccolo, orchestral arrangements
Colin Clague – trumpet
Richard Kennedy – French horn
Lucy Wilkins – violin
Sara Wilson – cello
Richard Stewart – cello
Roger King – orchestral arrangements, engineer, mastering, mixing
On March 21, 2005, “Sanctuary” label released “A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad”, the seventh Ocean Colour Scene studio album. It was recorded March – April 2004, at “Piersie Lodge” in Kirriemuir, Scotland, “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
Personnel:
Simon Fowler – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Steve Cradock – guitar, bass, piano, xylophone, harmonium, tambura, percussion
Oscar Harrison – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Paul Weller – guitar
Dave Eringa – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, programming, mixing
Jools Holland – organ
Jacko Peake – alto and baritone saxophone
Dominic Glover – trumpet
Anne Stephenson, Gini Ball, Julia Singleton, Sally Herbert – violin
Claire Orsler – viola
John McCusker – violin, viola
Ian Budge – cello
Sally Herbert – string arrangements
Guy Massey – engineer, mixing
Matt Hyde – engineer
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock and Oscar Harrison, except where noted..
On March 15, 2004, “4AD” label released “Misery Is a Butterfly”, the sixth Blonde Redhead studio album. It was recorded March – April 2003, at “Long View Farm” in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and was produced by Guy Picciotto.
On March 7, 2005, “Parlaphone” label released “Warnings/Promises”, the fourth Idlewild album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Los Angeles and Sweden, and was produced by Tony Hoffer and Dave Eringa.
Personnel:
Roddy Woomble – vocals, lyrics, photography
Rod Jones – vocals, guitar
Colin Newton – drums, percussion
Allan Stewart – guitar
Gavin Fox – vocals, bass
Inara George – additional vocals
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
Paul Maroon – piano
Todd Burke – engineer
Guy Masey – engineer
Michael Brauer – mixing
Chris Athens – mastering
The Head of State – artwork
Jennifer Juniper Strattford – photography
Track listing:
Love Steals Us from Loneliness
Welcome Home
I Want a Warning
I Understand It
As if I Hadn’t Slept
Too Long Awake
Not Just Sometimes but Always
The Space Between All Things
El Capitan
Blame It on Obvious Ways
Disconnected
Goodnight
Too Long Awake (reprise) – hidden track, an re-arranged acoustic version of the earlier track.
On February 16, 2004, “Rough Trade” label released “The Runaway Found” the debut Veils (The) album. It was recorded 2001 – 2003, at “Great Linford Manor”, “2 kHz”, “Parr Street”, “The Garden” and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Matthew Ollivier, Bernard Butler and Ken Nelson.
On February 3, 2004, “4AD” label released “We Shall All Be Healed”, the eighth Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Bear Creek Studios” in Woodinville, Washington, and was produced by John Vanderslice and Scott Solter.
Personnel:
John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
Franklin Bruno – piano
Peter Hughes – bass
Christopher McGuire – drums
Nora Danielson – violin
Track listing:
All tracks by John Darnielle.
Slow West Vultures
Palcorder Yajna
Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
Letter from Belgium
The Young Thousands
Your Belgian Things
Mole
Home Again Garden Grove
All Up the Seething Coast
Quito
Cotton
Against Pollution
Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of
On January 27, 2004, “Duophonic” label released “Margerine Eclipse”, the eighth Stereolab studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Instant Zero” in Bordeaux, France.
Personnel:
Lætitia Sadier – vocals, trombone, mixing
Tim Gane – electric guitar, electronics, Occ. organ, mixing
Dominic Jeffery – organ, electric piano, harpsichord, celeste, mixing
On January 27, 2004, “Drag City” label released “Hypnotic Underworld”, the seventh Ghost album. It was recorded in July 2003, and was produced by Taishi Takizawa.
On January 23, 2007, “Drag City” label released “In Stormy Nights”, the ninth and the final Ghost studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2006, and was produced by Taishi Takizawa.
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