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 April 4, 2005, “Artemis” label released “Before the Robots”, the sixth Better Than Ezra album. It was recorded in 2005, by Ethan Allen, Kevin Griffin, Tom Drummond and Travis Aaron McNabb.
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 22, 2005, Roderick Michael Price died aged 57. He was musician (guitar) known as “The Magician of Slide” and “Slide King of Rock And Roll”, due to his slide guitar playing. Price was member of Leaf Hound, Black Cat Bones and The Foghat. As leader he released two albums.
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, 2005, “Savant” label released “Keep It Simple”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in September 2003, at “Rocky Mountain Studios” in Hilton Head, Carolina, and was produced by Jacey Falk.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
Doug Carn – piano
Rodney Jordan – bass
Fritz Wise – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Curtis Fuller except where noted
Spoken Intro
The Court
Maze
Girl Talk – Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup
A La Mode
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
Western Sunrise – Doug Carn
Arabia
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On March 8, 2005, “Koch” label released “Silver Rain”, the sixth Marcus Miller studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Absolut Beats” in Dallas, TX, “Camel Island Studios” in Los Angeles, “Hannibal Studios” in Santa Monica, CA, “HIt Factory”, “The Dormitory” in New York City, “Vertical Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.
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 8, 2005, Keith Knudsen died aged 56. He was musician (drums), vocalist and songwriter, member of the Blind Joe Mendlebaum Blues Band, Lee Michaels band, The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils and Southern Pacific, but was best known as drummer of The Doobie Brothers. In 2020, Knudsen was posthumously inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of The Doobie Brothers.
On February 6, 2007, “Desperation” label released “Barenaked Ladies Are Men”, the eight Barenaked Ladies album. It was recorded October 2005 – April 2006, and was produced by Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Tyler Stewart and Kevin Hearn.
Personnel:
Steven Page – vocals, guitars
Ed Robertson – vocals, guitars
Jim Creeggan – vocals, bass
Tyler Stewart – drums, percussion
Kevin Hearn – vocals. keyboards, piano, engineer
Rob Carli – clarinet, saxophones, horn arrangements
Terry Promane – trombone
Kevin Turcotte – trumpet
Jim Creeggan – engineer
Paul Forgues – engineer
Susan Rogers – engineer
Keith Rudyk – engineer assistant
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted.
Serendipity – Kevin Hearn
Something You’ll never Find
One and Only – Ed Robertson
Angry People
Down to Earth
Beautiful
Running Out Of Ink
Half a Heart
Maybe Not
I Can, I Will, I Do
Fun & Games
The New Sad
Quality
Another Spin – Kevin Hearn
What A Letdown – Ed Robertson
Why Say Anything Nice? – Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart
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