Tag Archives: 2004

Guapo: Black Oni

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On March 8, 2005, “Ipecac Recordings” label released “Black Oni”, the fifth Guapo album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Zed One Studios” in London, and was produced by Pete Lyons.

Personnel:

  • Matt Thompson – bass, guitar, electronics
  • Dave Smith – drums, percussion
  • Daniel O’Sullivan – electric piano, keyboards, harmonium, mellotron, guitar, electronics
  • Pete Lyons – mixing
  • Jaime Gomez Arellano – mastering
  • Yukimaro Takematsu – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Thompson, Dave Smith and Daniel O’Sullivan.

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V

Lambchop: Aw Cmon

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On February 9, 2004, “Merge” label released “Aw Cmon”, the seventh Lambchop album. It was recorded and released at the same time as the album “No You Cmon”, and both were released together as a double album pack as well as separately. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Beech House” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Kurt Wagner and Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, juno, mixing
  • Curtiss Pernice, Willie Tyler – electric and acoustic guitar
  • Paul Niehaus – electric and steel guitar
  • Alex McManus – guitar
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Benny Martin, Sam Baker – drums
  • Jonathan Marx, Marc William Trovillion – electronics
  • Tony Crow – piano
  • Deanna Varagona – vocals
  • The Nashville String Machine – strings
  • Lloyd Barry – arranger
  • Mark Nevers – engineer, mixing
  • John Kelton – editing
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Wayne White – painting, art cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.

  1. Being Tyler – Kurt Wagner, William Tyler
  2. Four Pounds in Two Days
  3. Steve McQueen
  4. The Lone Official
  5. Something’s Going On
  6. Nothing But a Blur from a Bullet Train
  7. Each Time I Bring It Up It Seems to Bring You Down
  8. Timothy B. Schmidt
  9. Women Help to Create the Kind of Men They Despise – Kurt Wagner, William Tyler
  10. I Hate Candy
  11. I Haven’t Heard a Word I’ve Said
  12. Action Figure

Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure

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On February 7, 2006, “Stretch” label released “The Ultimate Adventure”, the 64th Chick Corea studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Chick Corea. It is the second album tribute to the work of SF author L. Ron Hubbard (the first was 2004 album “To the Stars”). In 2007, “The Ultimate Adventure” won Grammy awards for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group)” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement”.

Personnel:

  • Chick Corea– piano, Rhodes piano, acoustic and electronic percussion,  synthesizers
  • Frank Gambale– acoustic guitar
  • Carles Benavent– electric bass, palmas
  • Tom Brechtlein– drums, palmas
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Steve Gadd– drums, palmas
  • Airto Moreira– vocals, percussion
  • Hossam Ramzy– percussion
  • Rubem Dantas– percussion, palmas
  • Hubert Laws– flute
  • Jorge Pardo– flute, saxophone, palmas
  • Tim Garland– bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Kirsh– recording
  • Al Schmitt– mixing
  • Buck Snow– mixing
  • Doug Sax– mastering

Track listing:

  1. Three Ghouls, Pt. 1
  2. Three Ghouls, Pt. 2
  3. Three Ghouls, Pt. 3
  4. City of Brass
  5. Queen Tedmur
  6. El Stephen, Pt. 1
  7. El Stephen, Pt. 2
  8. King & Queen
  9. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 1
  10. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 2
  11. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 3
  12. North Africa
  13. Flight from Karoof, Pt. 1
  14. Flight from Karoof, Pt. 2
  15. Planes of Existence, Pt. 1
  16. Arabian Nights, Pt. 1
  17. Arabian Nights, Pt. 2
  18. Gods & Devils
  19. Planes of Existence, Pt. 2

Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban: Mambo Sinuendo

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On January 28, 2003, “Nonesuch” label released “Mambo Sinuendo”, album by Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Ry Cooder. In 2004, it won the Grammy Award for “Best Pop Instrumental Album”.

Personnel:

  1. Manuel Galbán – guitar
  2. Ry Cooder – organ, guitar, electric bass, steel guitar, piano, vibraphone, tres
  3. Orlando “Cachaito” López – bass
  4. Jim Keltner – drums
  5. Joachim Cooder – drums
  6. Miguel “Angá” Díaz – conga
  7. Herb Alpert- trumpet
  8. Carla Commagere – vocals
  9. Juliette Commagere – vocals
  10. Demetrio Muniz – music cordinator
  11. Jerry Boys – engineer, mastering, mixing
  12. Nick Gold – executive in charge of music
  13. Jimmy Hoyson – engineer assistant
  14. Simon Burwell – engineer assistant
  15. Isel Martinez Rodriguez – engineer asistant
  16. Tom Leader – mastering
  17. Rail Jon Rogut – digital editing
  18. Doyle Partners – design
  19. Sara Daoud – production coordination
  20. Zita M. “Toti” Morriña – production coordination

Track listing:

  1. Drume Negrita – Ernesto Grenet
  2. Monte Adentro – Arsenio Rodríguez
  3. Los Twangueros – Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder
  4. Patricia – Perez Prado
  5. Caballo Viejo – Simón Díaz
  6. Mambo Sinuendo – Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder
  7. Bodas de Oro – Electo Rosell “Chepin
  8. Échale Salsita – Ignacio Piñeiro
  9. La Luna en Tu Mirada – Luis Chanivecky
  10. Secret Love – Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain
  11. Bolero Sonámbulo – Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder
  12. María la O – Ernesto Lecuona

Van Halen: Balance

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On January 24, 1995, “Warner Bros” label released “Balance”, the tenth Van Halen studio album. It was recorded May – September, 1994, at “5150 Studios” in Studio City, “Little Mountain Sound Studios” in  Vancouver, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn. In 2004, the album was certified 3 x Platinum, in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Van Halen– lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michael Anthony– bass, backing vocals
  • Sammy Hagar– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Alex Van Halen– drums, percussion
  • Steve Lukather– backing vocals
  • The Monks of Gyuto Tantric University – chants
  • Erwin Musper – engineer
  • Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
  • Mike Fraser– mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction
  • Randee Saint Nicholas – photography
  • Glen Wexler – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar and  Alex Van Halen.

  1. The Seventh Seal
  2. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
  3. Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
  4. Amsterdam
  5. Big Fat Money
  6. Strung Out
  7. Not Enough
  8. Aftershock
  9. Doin’ Time
  10. Baluchitherium
  11. Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)
  12. Feelin’

Guapo: Five Suns

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On January 13, 2004, “Cuneiform Records” label released “F ive Suns”,  the fourth Guapo album. It was recorded August 2002 – April 2003, at “Zed One Studios” in London, and was produced by Daniel O’Sullivan, Dave Smith and Malt Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Daniel O’Sullivan– Fender Rhodes, organ, mellotron, harmonium, electronics, guitar
  • Matt Thompson – bass, guitar, electronics
  • Dave Smith – drums, percussion
  • Pete Lyons – engineer
  • Yukimaro Takematsu – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by  Daniel O’Sullivan, Dave Smith and Malt Thompson.

  1. Five Suns I
  2. Five Suns II
  3. Five Suns III
  4. Five Suns IV
  5. Five Suns V
  6. Total length
  7. (Untitled)
  8. Mictlan
  9. Topan

Alison Krauss & UNion Station: Lonely Runs Both Ways

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On November 23, 2004, “Rounder” label released “Lonely Runs Both Ways”, the twelfth Alison Krauss & Union Station album. It was recorded in 2004, at “17 Grand Recording”, “Blackbird Studio”, “Minutia Recording Studio” in Nashville, and was by Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, Jarry Douglas and Barry Bales.

Personnel:

  • Alison Krauss– lead vocals, fiddle, viola
  • Dan Tyminski– acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Ron Block– acoustic guitar, banjo, slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Douglas– dobro, lap steel guitar
  • Barry Bales– upright bass, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Gravity – Robert Lee Castleman
  2. Restless – Robert Lee Castleman
  3. Rain Please Go Away – Del McCoury
  4. Goodbye Is All we Have – Sarah Siskind
  5. Union house Beach – Jerry Douglas
  6. Wouldn’t Be So Bad – David Rawlings, Gillian Welch
  7. Pastures of Plenty – Woody Guthrie
  8. Crazy as Me – Robert Lee Castleman
  9. Borderline – Sidney Cox, Suzanne Cox
  10. My poor Old Heart – Donna Hughes
  11. This Sad Song – Alison Brown, Alison Krauss
  12. Doesn’t Have to Be This Way – Robert Lee Castleman
  13. I Don’t Have to Live This Way – Ron Block
  14. If I Didn’t Know Any Better – John Scott Sherrill, Mindy Smith
  15. A Living Prayer – Ron Block

Joni Mitchell: Travelogue

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On November 19, 2002, “Nonesuch” label released “Travelogue”, the 18th Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Joni Mitchell and Larry Klein. The album features orchestral recordings of songs from throughout her career. The composer of the orchestral arrangements Vince Mendoza, won a 2004 “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist” for the arrangement of the track “Woodstock”.

Personnel:

  • Joni Mitchell – vocals
  • Herbie Hancock– piano
  • Billy Preston– Hammond B3 organ
  • Larry Klein– bass, musical direction
  • Chuck Berghofer– double bass
  • Brian Blade– drums
  • Paulinho da Costa– percussion
  • Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
  • Plas Johnson– tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Wheeler– flugelhorn
  • Gavyn Wright– orchestra leader
  • Vince Mendoza– conductor, arrangement

Track listing:

All tracks by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Otis and Marlena
  2. Amelia
  3. You Dream Flat Tires
  4. Love
  5. Woodstock
  6. Slouching Toward Bethlehem – based on a poem by  B. Yeats
  7. Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)
  8. The Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song)
  9. For the Roses
  10. Trouble Child
  11. God Must Be a Boogie Man
  12. Be Cool
  13. Just Like This Train
  14. Sex Kills
  15. Refuge of the Roads
  16. Hejira
  17. Chinese Café / Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
  18. Cherokee Louise
  19. The Dawntreader
  20. The Last Time I Saw Richard
  21. Borderline
  22. The Circle Game

Collective Soul: Youth

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On November 16, 2004, “EL” label released “Youth”, the sixth Collective Soul studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Ed Roland and Dexter Green.

Personnel:

  • Ed Roland- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Joel Kosche- lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Dean Roland – rhythm guitar
  • Will Turpin – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ryan Hoyle- drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Roland, except where noted.

  1. Better Now – Dexter Green, Ed Roland
  2. There’s a Way – Dexter Green, Ed Roland
  3. Home – Dexter Green, Ed Roland
  4. How Do You Love
  5. Him
  6. Feels Like (It Feels Alright)
  7. Perfect to Stay
  8. Counting the Days
  9. Under Heaven’s Skies
  10. General Attitude
  11. Satellite

Broken Social Scene: Same

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On October 4, 2005, “Arts & Crafts” label released the self-titled, third Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, and was produced by David Newfeld.  At the 2006 “Juno Awards” it won the award for “Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Drew
  • Brendan Canning
  • Andrew Whiteman
  • Charles Spearin
  • John Crossingham
  • Evan Cranley
  • Justin Peroff
  • James Shaw
  • Leslie Feist
  • Emily Haines
  • Jessica Moss
  • Ohad Benchetrit
  • Martin Davis Kinack
  • Torquil Campbell
  • Jo-ann Goldsmith
  • David Newfeld
  • Julie Penner
  • Jason Tait
  • K-os
  • Murray Lightburn
  • Noah Mintz
  • Louise Upperton

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning.

  1. Our Faces Split the Coast in Half
  2. Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)
  3. 7/4 (Shoreline)
  4. Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast
  5. Major Label Debut
  6. Fire Eye’d Boy
  7. Windsurfing Nation
  8. Swimmers
  9. Hotel
  10. Handjobs for the Holidays
  11. Superconnected
  12. Bandwitch
  13. Tremoloa Debut
  14. It’s All Gonna Break