On April 6, 2004, “Thrill Jockey” label released “It’s All Around You”, the fifth Tortoise album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Soma Electronic Music Studios” in Chicago, Illinois.
Personnel:
Jeff Parker – guitar
Douglas McCombs – bass
John McEntire – synthesizer, electronics, drums, recording, mixing
John Herndon – drums
Dan Bitney – percussion
Kelly Hogan – additional vocals
Roger Seibel – mastering
Oliver Wasow – artwork
Matthew Girardi – design
Peter Girardi – design
Sheila Sachs – layout
Anna Z – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jeff Parker, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, John Herndon and Dan Bitney.
On February 28, 2005, “Analog Baroque” label released “Otto Spooky”, the 18th Momus studio album. It was recorded in 2004, in Berlin, and was produced by John Talaga.
On February 4, 2005, “Revive Records” label released “All Is Violent, All Is Bright”, the second God Is an Astronaut studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Torsten Kinsella, Niels Kinsella and Lloyd Hanney.
On January 31, 2005, “Parlophone” label released “Tourist”, the second Athlete studio album, It was recorded in 2004, at “Helioscentric Studios” in East Sussex, “The Dairy”, “Abbey Road” and Athlete’s studio in London, and was produced by Victor Van Vugt, John Cornfield, Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willets and Stephen Roberts.
Personnel:
Joel Pott – lead vocals, guitar
Tim Wanstall – keyboards
Carey Willetts – bass, backing vocals
Stephen Roberts – drums, backing vocals
Noel Robinson – gospel choir
Nu Image Choir – gospel choir
London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings
David Juritz – strings leader
Adam Peters – conductor, string arrangement
Ian Davenport – recording assistant
Mark Duggan – recording assistant
Rick Simpson – additional recording, engineer
Keith Gary – Pro Tools engineer, mixing assistant
Michael H Brauer – mixing
Chris Athens – mastering
Richard Andrews – art direction, design
Gerard Saint – art direction, design
Lindsay Milne – set design, styling
Dan Tobin Smith – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willets and Stephen Roberts.
On November 1, 2004, “RCA” label released “Aha Shake Heartbreak”, the second Kings of Leon studio album. It was recorded April – June 2004, at “Three Crows” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ethan Johns and Angelo Petraglia.
Personnel:
Caleb Followill – vocals, rhythm guitar
Matthew Followill – lead guitar
Ethan Johns – piano, keyboards, mixing
Nathan Followill – drums
Jared Followill – bass
Jacquire King – recording, mixing
Robert Fulps – engineer assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Brett Kilroe – art direction
Robin C, Hendrickson – art direction
Jo McCaughey – band photography
Don Winters – cover photography
Michael Waring – fireworks photography
Warren Darius Aftahi – fireworks photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill, except where noted.
Slow Night, So Long
King of the Rodeo
Taper Jean Girl
Pistol of Fire – Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Angelo Petraglia
On September 17, 2005, “ECM” label released “Shades of Jade”, the eight Marc Johnson album. It was recorded January – February 2004, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Eliane Elias and Manfred Eicher.
On September 13, 2005, “Columbia” and “Sony BMG” labels released “Nothing Is Sound”, the fifth Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded 2004 -2005, at “Signature Sound”, “Big Fish”, “House of Cards Studio”, “Big Brown Sound”, “Starstruck Studio”, “The Pass”, and was produced by John Fields, Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley.
On September 13, 2004, “Virgin” label released “Let’s Bottle Bohemia”, the second Thrills (The) album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, and was produced by Dave Sardy.
Personnel:
Conor Deasy – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Daniel Ryan – guitar, banjo, bass, backing vocals
Padraic McMaon – guitar, bass, backing vocals
Kevin Horan – piano, organ, backing vocals
Ben Carrigan – drums, percussion
Peter Buck – guitar, mandolin
Van Dyke Parks – accordion, strings arrangements, conductor
Greg Gordon – engineer
Warren Huart – editing
Dave Sardy – mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Ross Garfield – technician
Track listing:
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?
Faded Beauty Queens
Saturday Night
Not for All the Love in the World
Our Wasted Lives
You Can’t Fool Old Friends with Limousines
Found My Rosebud
The Curse of Comfort
The Irish Keep Gate-crashing / A City of Long Nights (hidden track)
On August 11, 2004, “XL Recordings” label released “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned”, the fourth Prodigy (The) studio album. It was recording September 1998 – April 2004, and was produced by Liam Howlett.
On July 27, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Hymns of the 49th Parallel”, the ninth k.d. lang studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Ben Mink and k.d. lang.
Personnel:
k.d. lang – vocals
Ben Mink – acoustic and electric guitar, fiddle, digital editinig
Teddy Borowiecki – piano, accordion, keyboard
David Piltch – electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar
Clayton Cameron – drums
Ralph Morrison – violin, concert master
Tiffiany Yi Hu – violin
Sara Parkins – violin
David Stenske – violin
Cynthia Fogg – viola
Brian Dembow – viola
Larry Corbett – cello
Stephen Erdody – cello
Armen Ksadjikian – cello
Cecilia Tsan – cello
Eumir Deodato – conductor, string arrangements
David Leonard – engineer, mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
John Morrical – assistant
David Eaman, John Musgrave, Russell Nash – technical assistant
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