Tag Archives: 2004

Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light

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On September 28, 2004, “Impulse” label released “Translinear Light”, the 17th and final Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded April 2000 – June 2004, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
  • Ravi Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, sleigh bells
  • Oran Coltrane – alto saxophone
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • James Genus – bass
  • Jack De Johnette – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Sita Ram – traditional
  2. Walk with Me – traditional
  3. Translinear Light – Alice Coltrane
  4. Jagadishwar – Alice Coltrane
  5. This Train – traditional
  6. The Hymn – Alice Coltrane
  7. Blue Nile – Alice Coltrane
  8. Crescent – John Coltrane
  9. Leo – John Coltrane
  10. Triloka – Alice Coltrane
  11. Satya Sai Isha – traditional

Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison

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On September 28, 2004, “Anti Records” label released “Before the Poison”, the 16th Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded June – October 2003, at “The Fallout Shelter” and “Mayfair Studio” in London, and was produced by PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Rob Ellis and Head.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal, handclapping
  • PJ Harvey – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, slide bass, piano, synth
  • Diana Gutkind – piano
  • Adrian Utley – synth bass, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, toy piano, sampling
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, handclapping, piano, vibraphone, sound effects, string arrangements
  • Catherine Browning – violin
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos – musicians
  • Rik Simpson – recording, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Head – recording, mixing
  • Andrew Rugg- engineer assistant
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Jean Baptiste Mondino – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Mystery of Love – PJ Harvey
  2. My Friends Have – PJ Harvey
  3. Crazy Love – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  4. Last Song – Marianne Faithfull, Damon Albarn
  5. No Child of Mine – PJ Harvey
  6. Before the Poison – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  7. There Is a Ghost – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  8. In the Factory – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  9. Desperanto – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  10. City of Quartz – Marianne Faithfull, Jon Brion

Keb’ Mo’: Peace…Back By Popular Demand

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On September 21, 2004, “Sony” label released “Peace…Back by Popular Demand”, the eighth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Conway Studios”, “The Village Recorder”, “House Of Blues Studios”, “Encino”, “Stu Stu Studio” in Marina Del Rey, CA, and was produced by Keb’ Mo’.

Personnel:

  • Keb’ Mo’ – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion, dobro
  • Bettye LaVette – vocal
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Harrah – guitar, electric guitar
  • Jeff Paris – Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, mandoline, synthesizer
  • Greg Phillinganes – organ, piano
  • Michael King – Hammond organ
  • Reggie McBride – bass  
  • Stephen Ferrone – drums
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Mindi Abair – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Lon Price – saxophone
  • Brian Swartz – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Nicholas Lane – trombone
  • Nikka Costa – soul scat vocal
  • Mark Cargill – violin, concertmaster, fiddle
  • Susan Chatman – violin
  • Karen Elaine Bakunin – viola

Track listing:

  1. For What It’s Worth – Stephen Stills
  2. Wake Up Everybody – John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen
  3. People Got to Be Free – Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati
  4. Talk – Keb’ Mo’
  5. What’s Happening Brother – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
  6. The Times They Are A-Changin – Bob Dylan
  7. Get Together – Chet Powers
  8. Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway
  9. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding – Nick Lowe
  10. Imagine – John Lennon

David Sylvian: Manafon

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On September 14, 2009, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Manafon”, the seventh David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded 2004–2007, in Vienna, Tokyo and London, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electronics, engineer, mixing, art direction
  • Burkhard Stangl – guitar
  • Keith Rowe – guitar
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, laptop
  • Otomo Yoshihide – acoustic guitar, turntables
  • Tetuzi Akiyama – acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Tilbury – piano
  • Werner Dafeldecker – acoustic bass
  • Evan Parker – saxophone
  • Franz Hautzinger – trumpet
  • Marcio Mattos – cello
  • Michael Moser – cello
  • Toshimaru Nakamura – no input mixer
  • Joel Ryan – tape signal processing
  • Sachiko M. – sine waves
  • Christoph Amann, Toshihiko Kasai, Sebastian Lexer, Neil Tucker – additional engineering
  • Yuka Fujii – art direction
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Atsushi Fukui – David Sylvian portrait and related drawings
  • Ruud van Empel – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian.

  1. Small Metal Gods
  2. The Rabbit Skinner
  3. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  4. The Greatest Living Englishman
  5. 125 Spheres
  6. Snow White in Appalachia
  7. Emily Dickinson
  8. The Department of Dead Letters
  9. Manafon

Tegan And Sara: So Jealous

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On September 14, 2004, “Vapor” label released “So Jealous”, the fourth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Mushroom Studios”, in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, John Collins, David Carswell and Howard Redekopp. In December 2004, magazine “Rolling Stone” named “So Jealous” one of the “Top 50 records of 2004”.

Personnel:

  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, percussion
  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, percussion
  • David Carswell – guitar, piano
  • Howard Redekopp – guitar, keyboards
  • John Collins – guitar, percussion
  • David Carswell – guitar, piano
  • Matt Sharp – keyboards, Moog synthesizer
  • Chris Carlson – bass
  • Rob Chursinoff — drums, percussion
  • Nick Blasko – violin
  • Howard Redekopp – engineer, mixing
  • Joel Livesey – assistant engineer
  • Misha Rajaratnam – engineer assistant
  • Rob Stesanson – engineer assistant
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Emily Storey – design
  • Dustin Rabin – photography

Track listing:

  1. You Wouldn’t Like Me – Tegan Quin
  2. Take Me Anywhere – Tegan Quin
  3. I Bet It Stung – Sara Quin
  4. I Know I Know I Know – Tegan Quin
  5. Where Does the Good Go – Tegan Quin
  6. Downtown – Tegan Quin
  7. I Won’t Be Left – Tegan Quin
  8. Walking with a Ghost – Sara Quin
  9. So Jealous – Sara Quin
  10. Speak Slow – Tegan Quin
  11. Wake Up Exhausted – Tegan Quin
  12. We Didn’t Do It – Sara Quin
  13. Fix You Up – Tegan Quin
  14. I Can’t Take It – Sara Quin

Paul Westerberg: Folker

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On September 7, 2004, “Vagrant” label released “Folker”, the sixth Paul Westerberg album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Paul Westerberg.

Personnel:

  • Paul Westerberg – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums
  • Popglory – design
  • Miranda Penn Turin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Westerberg.

  1. Jingle
  2. Now I Wonder
  3. My Dad
  4. Lookin’ Up in Heaven
  5. Anyway’s All Right
  6. $100 Groom
  7. 23 Years Ago
  8. As Far as I Know
  9. What About Mine?
  10. How Can You Like Him?
  11. Breathe Some New Life
  12. Gun Shy
  13. Folk Star

The Black Keys: Rubber Factory

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On September 7, 2004, “Fat Possum” label released “Rubber Factory”, the third Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded January – May 2004, at “Sentient Sound, in Akron, OH, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – vocals, guitars, fiddle, lap steel, hand claps, mixing
  • Patrick Carney – drums, percussion, hand claps, recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney,  except where noted.

  1. When the Lights Go Out
  2. 10 A.M. Automatic
  3. Just Couldn’t Tie Me Down
  4. All Hands Against His Own
  5. The Desperate Man
  6. The Girl Is on My Mind
  7. The Lengths
  8. Grown So Ugly – Robert Pete Williams
  9. Stack Shot Billy
  10. Act Nice and Gentle – Ray Davies
  11. Aeroplane Blues
  12. Keep Me
  13. Till I Get My Way

Joe Pass: Virtuoso In New York

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On August 31, 2004, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso in New York”, the 70th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in June 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar

Track listing:

  1. I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) – Gus Kahn, Fiorito
  2. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
  3. We’ll Be Together Again – Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
  4. Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass
  5. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. Moritat – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar A. Swan
  9. Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass

Thirty Seconds To Mars: A Beautiful Life

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On August 30, 2005, “Virgin” label released “A Beautiful Lie”, the second Thirty Seconds to Mars studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Pulse Recording” and “The Laboratory” in Los Angeles, “The Center for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound” in Alaska, “Lionshead Studios” in South Africa, “Circle in the Square Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Josh Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Jared Leto – vocals, rhythm guitar, creative direction, design
  • Tomo Miličević – lead guitar, synthesizers, programming, creative direction, design
  • Matt Wachter – bass guitar, keyboards, creative direction, design
  • Shannon Leto – drums, percussion, creative direction, design
  • Matt Serletic – piano
  • Oliver Goldstein – additional synthesizer
  • Steve Dress – double bass, strings contractor
  • Caroline Campbell – violin
  • Neel Hammond – violin
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – viola
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Wataru Hokoyama – string arrangements
  • Jeremy Rubolino – programming
  • Brian Virtue – engineer
  • Ryan Williams – engineer, mixing
  • Brandon Belsky – engineer assistant
  • Dave Riley – engineer assistant
  • Sean Geyer – engineer assistant
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Sean Mosher-Smith – creative direction, design
  • Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jared Leto, except where noted.

  1. Attack
  2. A Beautiful Life
  3. The Kill
  4. Was It a Dream
  5. The Fantasy
  6. Savior – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
  7. From Yesterday – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
  8. The Story
  9. R-Evolve
  10. A Modern Myth (includes hidden track Praying for a Riot)

Drive-By Truckers: The Dirty South

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On August 24, 2004, “New West” label released “The Dirty South”, the fifth Drive-By Truckers album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by David Barbe.

Personnel:

  • Mike Cooley – lead and backing vocals, guitars, banjo, harmonica
  • Patterson Hood – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano
  • Jason Isbell – lead and backing vocals, guitars, 12 string electric Hagstrom guitar, mellophones, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, B3 organ
  • Shonna Tucker – bass, backing vocals
  • Brad Morgan – drums, percussion
  • David Barbe – piano, Fender Rhodes, B3 organ, backing vocals, direction, recording
  • Clay Leverett – backing vocals
  • The Minor Hill Singers – (Jason Isbell, Kimberly Morgan, Shonna Tucker) – backing vocals
  • The State Line Chain Gang – percussive auto parts

Track listing:

  1. Where the Devil Don’t Stay – Mike Cooley
  2. Tornadoes – Patterson Hood
  3. The Day John Henry Died – Jason Isbell
  4. Puttin’ People on the Moon – Petterson Hood
  5. Carl Perkins’ Cadillac – Mike Cooley
  6. The Sands of Iwo Jima – Patterson Hood
  7. Danko / Manuel – Jason Isbell
  8. The Boys from Alabama – Patterson Hood
  9. Cottonseed – Mike Cooley
  10. The Buford Stick – Paterson Hood
  11. Dady’s Cup – Mike Cooley
  12. Never Gonna Change – Jason Isbell
  13. Lookout Montain – Paterson Hood
  14. Goddamn Lonely Love – Jason Isbell