Tag Archives: 2005

Dr. Dog: Easy Beat

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On March 15, 2005, “Park the Van” label released “Easy Beat”, the second Dr. Dog studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at Dr. Dog’s home studio, and was produced by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Andrew Jones – guitar, engineer
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, engineer
  • Toby Leaman – vocals, bass, engineer
  • Juston Stens – vocals, drums, engineer
  • Dimitri Manos – drums
  • Uncle Mark – bowed bass
  • Jesse Moynihan – violin
  • Brendan Cooney – string arrangements
  • Bill Moriarty – mixing
  • Steven Vertel – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

  1. The World May Never Know
  2. The Pretender
  3. Oh No
  4. Easy Beat
  5. Dutchman Falls
  6. Fools Life
  7. Say Something
  8. Today
  9. Wake Up

Story Of The Year: Tear Me To Pieces

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On March 10, 2023, “SharpTone” label released “Tear Me to Pieces”, the sixth Story of the Year studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Kevin McCombs and Lucky West.

Personnel:

  • Dan Marsala – lead vocals
  • Ryan Phillips – guitars
  • Adam Russell – vocals, bass guitar
  • Josh Wills – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Russel, Colin Brittan, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills and Ryan Phillips, except where noted.

  1. Tear Me to Pieces
  2. Real Life
  3. Afterglow
  4. Dead and Gone – Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Lachlan West, Ryan Phillips
  5. War – Nick Bailey, Elisha Noll, Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh Westr, Ryan Phillips
  6. Can’t Save You – Jordan Witzigreuter, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh West, Ryan Phillips
  7. 2005 – Keith Varon, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  8. Sorry About Me
  9. Take the Ride – Nick Furlong, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  10. Knives Out – Kevin Skaff, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  11. Use Me – Aaron Gillespie, Kyle Fishman, Bailey Russell, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips

Momus: Otto Spooky

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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.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nick Currie) – main performer
  • John Talaga – electronics, morphs between songs
  • Bernhard Gal – background sounds
  • James Goggin – design
  • Julia Gorostidi – design assistance

Track listing:

  1. Sempreverde
  2. Life of the Fields
  3. Corkscrew King
  4. Klaxon
  5. Robin Hood
  6. Lady Fancy Knickers
  7. Lute Score
  8. Belvedere
  9. Your Fat Friend
  10. Mr Ulysses
  11. Water Song
  12. Jesus In Furs
  13. Bantam Boys
  14. Cockle Pickers
  15. The Artist Overwhelmed

The Television PersonalitiesL My Dark Places

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On February 27, 2006, “Domino” label released “My Dark Places”, the ninth Television Personalities (The) album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Soup Studio” in London, and was produced by Simon Trought.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Treacy – vocal, guitars, keyboards
  • Ed Ball – vocal, bass
  • Mathew Sawyer – drums
  • Victoria Yeulet – vocal
  • Gerard Bennett – bass
  • John Bennett – drums
  • Alison Cotton – viola
  • Simon Trought – engineer
  • Graeme Wilson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daniel Treacy.

  1. Special Chair
  2. All the Young Children on Crack
  3. Sick Again
  4. Ex-Girlfriend Club
  5. Dream the Sweetest Dreams
  6. Velvet Underground
  7. My Dark Places
  8. I’m Not Your Typical Boy
  9. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long
  10. They’ll Have to Catch Us First
  11. She Can’ Stop Traffic
  12. Tell Me About Your Day
  13. Then a Big Boy Came and Knocked It All Down
  14. No More I Hate You’s
  15. There’s No Beautiful Way to Say Goodbye

God Is An Astronaut: All Is Violent, All Is Bright

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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.

Personnel:

  • Torsten Kinsella – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Niels Kinsella – bass guitar, guitars, keyboards
  • Lloyd Hanney – drums, loops, synths
  • Torsten Kinsella – mixing
  • Niels Kinsella – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Fragile – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella
  2. All Is Violent, All Is Bright – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney, Thomas Kinsella
  3. Forever Lost – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Pat O’Donnell
  4. Fireflies and Empty Skies – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  5. A Deafening Distance – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  6. Infinite Horizons – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella
  7. Suicide by Star – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  8. Remembrance Day (a new version of Remembrance from The End of Beginning) – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Thomas Kinsella
  9. Dust and Echoes – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  10. When Everything Dies / Halo of Flies (hidden track) – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney

Athlete: Tourist

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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.

  1. Chances
  2. Half Light
  3. Tourist
  4. Trading Air
  5. Wires
  6. If I Found Out
  7. Yesterday Threw Everything at Me
  8. Street Map
  9. Modern Mafia
  10. Twenty Four Hours
  11. I Love

Livingston Taylor: There You Are Again

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On January 24, 2006, “Coconut Bay” label released “There You Are Again”, the 17th Livingston Taylor album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Paragon Studios”, “Vertical Sound Studio”, “Skylight Studio” and “Oxford recording Studio” in Nashville, “Avatar Studio”, “Dark Horse Recording”, “The Tracking Room”, “Sound Kitchen”, “Verité Music”, “Hiatus Studios”, “Q Division Studios” and “ Parr Audio”, and was produced by Glenn Rosenstein.

Personnel:

  • Livingston Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Carly Simon – lead vocal
  • Take 6 – lead vocals
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeffrey Mirinof – acoustic and electric guitar
  • George Marinelli – electric guitar
  • Danny Toroll – electric guitar
  • Chris Rodiguez – electric guitar
  • Vince Gill – electric guitar
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Aybrie Haynie – mandolin
  • Shane Keister – piano, Hammond organ
  • Matt Rollings – piano, organ
  • Gary Corbett – Hammond organ
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Tommy Sims – bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson, Ken Lewis – percussion
  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Jerry Vivino – tenor saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Rich Rosenberg – trombone
  • Gary Corbett – glockenspiel
  • Paul Franklin – dobro
  • Tim Davis – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • New Day Jubilee Choir – backing vocals
  • Kim Flemming, Kim Mont, Vicki Hampton, Kate Taylor, Pam Tillis, Lisa Cochran, Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals
  • Mark Kibble – vocals arrangements
  • Andraé Crouch – choir arrangements, conductor
  • Sheldon Mirowitz – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Jimmy Vivino – horn arrangements
  • Glenn Rosenstein, Joe Ferla, Steve Bishir, John Jaszcz, Mark Kibble, Jim Parr – engineer
  • Allen Ditto, Kris Smith – additional engineer
  • Brian Montgomery – Pro Tools engineer
  • Kevin Edlin – engineer assistant
  • Fred Paragano – editing
  • George Massenburg – mixing, mastering
  • Bart Henderson – photography
  • Sandra Flach, Traci Bishir – coordinator
  • Greg Manocherian – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Livingston Taylor.

  1. Best of Friends
  2. There I’ll Be
  3. Yes
  4. My baby Don’t Mind
  5. Step by Step
  6. There You Are Again
  7. Tuesday Lullaby
  8. Tell Jesus (To Come to My House)
  9. Blame it on Me
  10. My Perfect Christmas Day
  11. Wish I Were a Cowboy
  12. You’re the Boss of Me

Shania Twain: Up!

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On November 19, 2002, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Up!”, the fourth Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Simon & Diamond Duggal. In 2005, the album was certified 11 x Platinum by “RIAA” in US.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • John Willis – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Diamond Duggal – bouzouki, coral sitar, bass guitar, synthesizer guitar, keyboards, mandolin, percussion
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Cory Churko – slide guitar
  • Sunil Das – sitar
  • Simon Duggal – bass guitar, darbouka, dholak, keyboards, percussion, tabla, drum programming
  • Paul Leim – drums
  • Rakesh Chaurasia – flute
  • Jonathan Yudkin – violin, cello, mandolin
  • Jatinder Thakur – violin
  • The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
  • Chintoo Singh – rabab
  • Sanjay Vyas – table
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
  • Mauro Pagini – backing vocals
  • Gavin Greenaway – string arrangements
  • Kevin Churko – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John “Mutt” Lange.

  1. Up!
  2. I’m Gonna Getcha Good
  3. She’s Not Just a Pretty Face
  4. Juanita
  5. Forever and for Always
  6. Ain’t No Particular Way
  7. It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
  8. Nah!
  9. (Wanna Get to Know You) That Good!
  10. C’est la vie
  11. I’m Jealous
  12. Ka-Ching
  13. Thank You Baby! (For Makin’ Someday Come So Soon)
  14. Waiter! Bring Me Water!
  15. What a Way to Wanna Be
  16. I Ain’t Goin’ Down
  17. I’m Not in the Mood (To Say No)!
  18. In My Car (I’ll Be the Driver)
  19. When You Kiss Me

Dave Burrell: Momentum

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On November 14, 2007, “High Two” label released “Momentum”, the 27th Dave Burrell album. It was recorded in November 2005, at “Systems Two Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Jon Rosenberg.

Personnel:

  • Dave Burrell — piano
  • Michael Formanek — double bass
  • Guillermo E. Brown — drums
  • Jon Rosenberg — engineer
  • Eugen Lew – mixing
  • Mark Christman – mixing
  • Chris Flam — mastering
  • Soma – artwork
  • Shawn Brackbill — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Burrell.

  1. Downfall
  2. Broken Promise
  3. Fade to Black
  4. 4:30 to Atlanta
  5. Cool Reception
  6. Momentum
  7. Coup d’État

Deep Purple: Rapture Of The Deep

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On October 24, 2005, “Edel” label released “Rapture of the Deep”, the 18th Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded March – June 2005, at “Chunky Style Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mike Bradford.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – vocals
  • Steve Morse – guitar
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – bass, artwork, design
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Michael Bradford – engineer
  • Andy Van Dette – mastering
  • Tom Swick – painting
  •  Ioannis Vasilopoulos – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey and Ian Paice, except where noted.

  1. Money Talks
  2. Girls Like That
  3. Wrong Man
  4. Rapture of the Deep
  5. Clearly Quite Absurd
  6. Don’t Let Go
  7. Back to Back
  8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
  9. Junkyard Blues
  10. Before Time Began