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Scott Walker: The Drift

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On May 8, 2006, “4AD” label released “The Drift”, the thirteenth Scott Walker studio album. It was recorded June 2004 – November 2005, at “Metropolis Studios” and “Chiswick” and “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Scott Walker and Peter Walsh.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker – vocals, guitar, harmonica, sax, sound treatment
  • Hugh Burns – guitar
  • James Stevenson– guitar
  • Brian Gascoigne – keyboards, sound treatment
  • Mark Warman – keyboards,  orchestration,  conducting,  percussion,  woodwind, sound treatment
  • John Giblin– bass
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Alasdair Malloy – drums, percussion
  • Peter Walsh – sound treatment, sitar, percussion
  • Rohan Onraet – percussion
  • Pete Long – saxophone
  • Derek Watkins– flugelhorn
  • Philip Sheppard– orchestration, conducting, cello
  • Andrew Cronshaw – woodwind, concertina
  • Thomas Bowes – violin
  • Vanessa Contenay-Quinones– vocals
  • Lucy Painter – vocals
  • Rebecca Painter – vocals
  • Ralph Warman – vocals
  • Beverly Foster – voice
  • Vaughan Oliver – artwork
  • Chris Bigg – artwork assistant
  • Marc Atkins – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Scott Walker, except where noted.

  1. Cossacks Are
  2. Clara
  3. Jesse
  4. Jolson and Jones
  5. Cue
  6. Hand Me Up
  7. Buzzers
  8. Psoriatic – Scott Walker, Bob carleton
  9. The Escape
  10. A Lover Loves

Pearl Jam: Same

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On May 2, 2006, “J Records” label released the self-titled,  eight Pearl Jam album. It was recorded November 2004 – February 2006 at “Studio X” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Adam Kasper,  Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder (Jerome Turner)– lead vocals, guitar, layout, design
  • Stone Gossard– guitar
  • Mike McCready– guitar
  • Jeff Ament– bass guitar
  • Matt Cameron– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Boom Gaspar– Hammond B3, piano, pump organ
  • Fernando Apodaca – art, sculpture, design
  • John Burton, Sam Hofstedt – engineer
  • Adam Kasper– recording, mixing
  • Gregg Keplinger, Aaron Mlasko, Steve Rinkov – drum technicians
  • Brad Klausen – cover photography,  layout, design
  • Jason Mueller – artistic facilitator, design
  • George Webb – guitar technician
  • Gary Westlake – optigan

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.

  1. Life Wasted – Stone Gossard
  2. World Wide Suicide – Eddie Vedder
  3. Comatose – Mike McCready, Stone Gossard
  4. Severed Hand – Eddie Vedder
  5. Marker in the Sand – Mike McCready
  6. Parachutes – Stone Gossard
  7. Unemployable – Matt Cameron, Mike McCready
  8. Big Wave – Jeff Ament
  9. Gone – Eddie Vedder
  10. Wasted Reprise – Stone Gossard
  11. Army Reserve – Eddie Vedder, Damien Echols, Jeff Ament
  12. Come Back – Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
  13. Inside Job – Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder

Teenage Fanclub: Man-Made

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Manma de fan club

On May 2, 2005, “PeMa” label released “Man-Made”, the eighth Teenage Fanclub  album. It was recorded February 2004-June 2004, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake- vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley- vocals, guitar
  • Gerard Love- vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald- drums
  • John McEntire- piano
  • John McCusker- violin, viola

Track listing:

  1. It’s All in My Mind – Norman Blake
  2. Time Stops – Gerard Love
  3. Nowhere – Raymond McGinley
  4. Save – Gerard Love
  5. Slow fade –Norman Blake
  6. Only With You – Raymond McGinley
  7. Cells – Norman Blake
  8. Feel – Raymond McGinley
  9. Fallen leaves – Gerard Love
  10. Flowing – Norman Blake
  11. Born Under a Good Sign – Gerard Love
  12. Don’t Hide – Raymond McGinley

 

Patti Smith: Trampin’

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Trampin'

On April 27, 2004, “Columbia” label released “Trampin’”, the ninth Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Loho Studios”, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar, pedal steel
  • Oliver Ray– guitar, farfisa, art direction, design
  • Jesse Smith – piano
  • Tony Shanahan– bass, keyboards, hammond organ, back vocals
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion, guitar
  • Rebecca Wiener – violin
  • Emery Dobyns– engineer
  • Patrick McCarthy– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Joe Hogan – assistant
  • Tom Gloady – assistant
  • Gail Marowitz – art direction, design
  • Melodie McDaniel – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jubilee – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty
  2. Mother Rose – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  3. Stride of the Mind – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  4. Catwheels – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  5. Gandhi – Patti Smith, Lenny kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty
  6. Trespasses – Patti Smith, Jat Dee Daugherty
  7. My Blakean year – Patti Smith
  8. Cash – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  9. Peaceable Kingdom – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  10. Radio Baghdad – Patti Smith, Oliver Ray
  11. Trampin – traditional

Bruce Springsteen: Devils & Dust

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On April 26, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Devils & Dust”, the thirteenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 2004, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. “Devils & Dust” was Springsteen’s third acoustic album.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica, tambourine, percussion
  • Marty Rifkin – steel guitar
  • Chuck Plotkin– piano
  • Danny Federici– keyboards
  • Brendan O’Brien– hurdy-gurdy, sarangi, sitar, bass guitar, tambora
  • Steve Jordan– drums
  • Brice Andrus, Susan Welty, Thomas Witte, Donald Strand – horns
  • Mark Pender– trumpet
  • Soozie Tyrell– violin, backing vocals
  • Nashville String Machine– strings
  • Patti Scialfa– backing vocals
  • Lisa Lowell – backing vocals
  • Danny Clinch– cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Devils & Dust
  2. All the Way Home
  3. Reno
  4. Long Time Comin’
  5. Black Cowboys
  6. Maria’s Bed
  7. Silver Palomino
  8. Jesus Was an Only Son
  9. Lean
  10. The Hitter
  11. All I’m Thinkin’ About
  12. Matamoros Banks

Devendra Banhart: Rejoicing in the Hands

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Rejoicing

On April 24, 2004, “Young God” label released “Rejoicing in the Hands”, the third Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Devendra Banhart and Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, drawing
  • Vashti Bunyan– vocals
  • Joe McGinty – organ, piano
  • Thor Harris– percussion, vibraphone
  • Steve Moses – percussion, drums
  • Paul Cantelon– violin
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Jason LaFarge – engineer
  • Georgia Bridges – engineer
  • Lynn Bridges – engineer
  • Doug Henderson– mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. This Is the Way
  2. A Sight to Behold
  3. The Body Breaks
  4. Poughkeepsie
  5. Dogs They Make Up the Dark
  6. Will Is My Friend
  7. This Beard Is for Siobhán
  8. See Saw
  9. Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry
  10. Rejoicing in the Hands
  11. Fall
  12. Todos los Dolores
  13. When the Sun Shone on Vetiver
  14. There Was Sun
  15. Insect Eyes
  16. Autumn’s Child

Prince

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On April 21, 2016,  Prince Roger Nelson died aged 57. He was singer, musician, composer, arranger, producer and actor,  one of the most successful and influential artists of the modern music. He recorded thirty-nine studio albums, four live albums, eight compilation albums, seventeen video albums, thirteen extended plays and one posthumous album. Prince won seven “Grammy Awards, six “American Music Awards”, a “Golden Globe Award”, and “Academy Award” for the 1984 film “Purple Rain”. In 2004, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number 27 on their list of “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.

Patty Griffin: Impossible Dream

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Patty Griffin Impossible Dream

On April 20.2004, “Ato Records” label released “Impossible Dream” the fourth Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Craig Ross.

Personnel:

  • Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Doug Lancio – guitar, mandolin
  • Ian McLagan– electric piano
  • John Deaderick – organ
  • Brian Beattie – bowed bass, pump organ
  • Frank Swart – bass
  • JD Foster– bass, percussion
  • Billy Beard – drums
  • Jonathan Greene – drums
  • Brady Blade Jr.– drums
  • Michael Ramos – trumpet
  • Lisa Germano– violin, zither
  • Sumner Erickson – tuba
  • Emmylou Harris– backing vocals
  • Julie Miller– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Griffin

  1. Love Throw a Line
  2. Cold as It Gets
  3. Kite
  4. Standing
  5. Useless Desires
  6. Top of the World
  7. Rowing Song
  8. When It Don’t Come Easy
  9. Florida
  10. Mother of God
  11. Icicles

Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

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Blinking Lights

On April 19, 2005, “Vagrant” label released “Blinking Lights and Other Revelations”, the sixth Eels studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 2004, at “One Hitsville” in Silverlake, California”, and was produced by E.

Personnel:

  • E– vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica
  • Tom Waits – vocal
  • Peter Buck – guitar
  • The Chet– guitar
  • Joe Gore – guitar
  • John Sebastian – organ
  • Wally Gagel– keyboards
  • Jim Jacobsen – keyboards, horn, string arrangements, programming
  • Koool G. Murder – bass guitar
  • Michael Valerio – bass guitar
  • Butch– drums, percussion
  • Puddin’– drums
  • Wayne Bergeron– trumpet
  • Bobby, Jr.– “wails”
  • Matt DeMerritt – saxophone
  • Probyn Gregory– horns
  • David Hlebo – saxophone
  • Andy Martin– trombone
  • Joe Meyer – horn
  • Dick Mitchell – flute
  • Todd Simon– trumpet
  • Jim Lang – strings, mixing
  • Ludvig Girdland – violin
  • Bill Liston –woodwinds
  • Gerri Sutyak – cello
  • Michael Aarvold – mixing
  • Ryan Boesch – mixing,programming
  • Robert Carranza– mixing
  • Greg Collins – mixing
  • Wally Gagel – mixing
  • Koool G. Murder – mixing, programming
  • Dan Pinder – mixing
  • Brendan Willard – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by E, except where noted.

  1. Theme from Blinking Lights
  2. From Which I Came/A Magic World
  3. Son of a Bitch – E and Jim Lang
  4. Blinking Lights (For Me)
  5. Trouble with Dreams
  6. Marie Floating Over the Backyard
  7. Suicide Life
  8. In the Yard, Behind the Church
  9. Railroad Man
  10. The Other Shoe
  11. Last Time We Spoke
  12. Mother Mary
  13. Going Fetal
  14. Understanding Salesmen
  15. Theme for a Pretty Girl That Makes You Believe God Exists
  16. Checkout Blues
  17. Blinking Lights (For You)
  18. Dust of Ages” (E, Jim Jacobsen)
  19. Old Shit/New Shit
  20. Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights
  21. Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)
  22. I’m Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn’t Break Your Heart
  23. To Lick Your Boots – Peter Buck, E
  24. If You See Natalie
  25. Sweet Li’l Thing
  26. Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard – E, John Sebastian
  27. Whatever Happened toSoy Bomb
  28. Ugly Love
  29. God’s Silence
  30. Losing Streak
  31. Last Days of My Bitter Heart
  32. The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight – E, Jim Lang
  33. Things the Grandchildren Should Know

Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News

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GoodNews

On April 6, 2004, “Epic” label released “Good News for People Who Love Bad News”, the fourth Modest Mouse album. It was recorded September–October 2003, at “Sweet Tea Studio” in Oxford, Mississippi and “Easley Recording” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Dennis Herring. In 2004, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA” .

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock –vocals, guitar, banjo, baritone guitar, ukulele, piano, Rhodes, Hendx 3000, whistle, freak beak
  • Eric Judy –bass, acoustic guitar, backup vocals, pump organ, mellotron, tin whistle, percussion
  • Dann Gallucci – guitar,keyboards, piano, backup vocals, mellotron, drum loops, pump organ, timpani, percussion, glockenspiel
  • Benjamin Weikel –drums
  • The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band –drums
  • Tom Peloso –standup bass, fiddle
  • Dennis Herring – Harmonica
  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – horns
  • Milo Chaska Judy – vocals
  • The Flaming Lips– additional instrumentation
  • Houston – artwork, design

Track lsiting:

All tracks by Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, and Benjamin Weikel.

  1. Horn Intro
  2. The World at Large
  3. Float On
  4. Ocean Breathes Salty
  5. Dig Your Grave
  6. Bury Me With It
  7. Dance Hall
  8. Bukowski
  9. This Devil’s Workday
  10. The Views
  11. Satin in a Coffin
  12. Interlude (Milo)
  13. Blame It on the Tetons
  14. Black Cadillacs
  15. One Chance
  16. The Good Times Are Killing Me