Tag Archives: 2006

Queens Of The Stone Age: Era Vulgaris

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On June 12, 2007, “Interscope” label released “Era Vulgaris”, the fifth Queens of the Stone Age stone album. It was recorded July 2006 – April 2007, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme– lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, lap steel guitar, keyboard, electric piano, Rhodes piano, “badly tuned” piano, organ, percussion
  • Troy Van Leeuwen– keyboard, lead guitar , crazy delay” guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, the percussion part that’s a bitch, Moog, rhodes, backing vocals
  • Alain Johannes– bass, acoustic and counterpoint guitar, harmonic guitar, counterpoint fiddle, cig” fiddle, marxaphone, backing vocals
  • Chris Goss– keyboard, the chicken pluckin guitar, twinkley bits, organ, electric piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Joey Castillo– drums, percussion, percussion ball
  • Julian Casablancas– vocals, casio guitar
  • Serrina Sims, Brody Dalle-Homme, Liam Lynch– backing vocals
  • Mark Lanegan– harmony vocals
  • Alain Johannes − engineer
  • Alain Johannes, Joe Barresi− mixing
  • Justin Smith − mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen − mastering
  • Jason Noto − design, illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, except where noted.

  1. Turnin’ on the Screw
  2. Sick Sick Sick – Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Joey Castillo
  3. I’m Designer
  4. Into the Hollow
  5. Misfit Love
  6. Battery Acid
  7. Make It wit Chu – Joshua Homme, Alain Johannes, Melchiondo
  8. 3’s & 7’s
  9. Suture Up Your Future
  10. River in the Road
  11. Run, Pig, Run

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: The River in Reverse

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On June 6, 2006, “Verve Forecast” label released “The River in Reverse”, album by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. It was recorded November 27 – December 10, 2005, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Hammond organ, tambourine, tremolo
  • Allen Toussaint–lead and backing vocals, electric piano, horn arrangements
  • Anthony “AB” Brown – guitar
  • Davey Faragher– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Nieve– piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, Farfisa organ
  • Pete Thomas- drums, percussion
  • Sam Williams- trombone
  • Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone
  • Amadee Castenell – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Brian Cayolle – baritone saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Allen Toussaint, except where noted..

  1. On Your Way Down
  2. Nearer to You
  3. Tears, Tears and More Tears
  4. The Sharpest Thorn – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  5. Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
  6. The River in Reverse – Elvis Costello
  7. Freedom for the Stallion
  8. Broken Promise Land – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  9. Ascension Day – Roy “Professor Longhair” Byrd, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  10. International Echo – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  11. All These Things
  12. Wonder Woman
  13. Six-Fingered Man – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint

Cheap Trick: Rockford

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On June 6, 2006, “Big 3” label released “Rockford”, the fifteenth Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005 in Rockford, Illinois, and was produced by Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Peterson, Bun E. Carlos, Jim “Pinky Beeman, Julian Raymond, Jack Douglas, Steve Albini and Chris Shaw.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander– vocals, additional guitar, keyboards
  • Rick Nielsen– guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tom Petersson– bass guitars, additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Bun E. Carlos– drums, backing vocals
  • Damon Fox, Kim Bullard– keyboards
  • Robin Taylor Zander – backing vocals
  • Jack Douglas– shaker
  • Bryan Cook, Chris Shaw, Jack Douglas, Jim “Pinky” Beeman, Jimmy Johnson, Linda Perry, Roger Moutenot, Steve Albini, Steve Thompson, Tommy Jamin – engineer
  • Andrew Chavez, Bill Synan, Eric Hunter, Kevin Churko, Mike Mang, Tommy Jamin – engineer assistant
  • Richie “Britley” Hughes – art direction
  • John Johnson – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Welcome to the World – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  2. Perfect Stranger – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos, Linda Perry
  3. If it Takes a Lifetime – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos, Julian Raymond
  4. Come On Come On Come On – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  5. O Claire – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  6. This Time You Got It – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  7. Give It Away – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  8. One More – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  9. Every Night and Every Day – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos
  10. Dream the Night Away – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos, Bill Lloyd
  11. All Those Years – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos, Julian Raymond
  12. Decal – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos

Alexi Murdoch: Time Without Consequence

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On June 6, 2006, “Zero Summer” label released “Time Without Consequence”, the debut Alexi Murdoch album. It was recorded 2004 – 2006, and was produced by Alexi Murdoch.

Personnel:

  • Alexi Murdoch– vocals, guitar, slide guitar, piano, harmonium, organ, keyboards, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Joel Shearer – guitar, shaker, backing vocals
  • Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar
  • Marvin Etzioni- mandolin
  • Zac Rae – keyboards, vibraphone
  • Deron Johnson – Fender Rhodes piano
  • Brett Simons – double bass, electric bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, tambourine, percussion
  • Ramy Antoun – drums
  • Al Sgro – drums, backing vocals
  • Jason McKenzie – tabla
  • Pete Thomas- tom tom
  • Sophie Barker- backing vocals
  • Oliver Kraus- cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexi Murdoch.

  1. All My Days
  2. Breathe
  3. Home
  4. Song for You
  5. Dream About Flying
  6. Wait
  7. Love You More
  8. Blue Mind
  9. Shine
  10. 12
  11. Orange Sky

Tiger Army: Music from Regions Beyond

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On June 5, 2007, “Hellcat Records” label released “Music from Regions Beyond”, the fourth Tiger Army album. It was recorded November 2006 -January 2007, and was produced by Jerry Finn.

Personnel:

  1. Nick 13 – vocals, guitar
  2. Jeff Roffredo – upright bass
  3. James Meza – drums
  4. Jerry Finn – harmonium, mixing
  5. Davey Havok, Alain Whyte, Brandan Schieppati -vocals
  6. Ryan Wombacher, Dan Under – backing vocals
  7. Linas Garsys – design
  8. Samantha Rapp – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick 13

  1. Prelude: Signal Return
  2. Hotprowl
  3. Afterworld
  4. Forever Fades Away
  5. Ghosts of Memory
  6. LunaTone
  7. Pain
  8. As the Cold Rain Falls
  9. Hechizo de Amor
  10. Spring Forward
  11. Where the Moss Slowly Grows

Primal Scream: Riot City Blues

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On June 5, 2006, “Sony” label released “Riot City Blues”, the eighth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie– vocals
  • Andrew Innes– guitars, mandolins, banjo, Moog synthesizer
  • Martin Duffy– piano, organ, harmonium, harmonica
  • Robert Young– guitars, harmonica
  • Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield– bass guitar
  • Darrin Mooney– drums, percussion
  • Will Sergeant– guitar
  • Chris Allen– hurdy-gurdy
  • Richard Beale – French horn
  • Warren Ellis– violin
  • Juliet Roberts, Sharlene Hector, Sylvia Mason-James, John Gibbons – backing vocals
  • Alison Mosshart– additional vocals

Track listing:

  1. Country Girl
  2. Nitty Gritty
  3. Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar
  4. When the Bomb Drop
  5. Little Death
  6. The 99th Floor
  7. We’re Gonna Boogie
  8. Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll)
  9. Hell’s Comin’ Down
  10. Sometimes I Feel So Lonely

Carl Radle

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On May 30, 1980, Carl Dean Radle died aged 37. He was musician (bass, guitar) and music producer, best known as the bass player with Derek and the Dominoes. Radle has worked with many influential artists including  Gary Lewis & the Playboys, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, Dave Mason, Delaney and Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon, Duane Allman, Bobby Whitlock, Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson. J. J. Cale, Leon Russell, and Buddy Guy. In 2006, he was posthumously inducted to the “Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame”.

Les Claypool: Of Whales and Woe

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On May 30, 2006, “Prawn Song” label released “Of Whales and Woe” the     sixth Les Claypool album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool– vocals, bass, percussion, guitar, drums, bass banjo, misc. Instrumentation, engineer
  • Cage Claypool – percussion
  • Lena Claypool – marimba
  • Mike Dillon- marimba, vibes, tabla, percussion
  • Skerik- tenor sax, baritone sax, horn arrangement
  • Gabby La La- theremin, sitar
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Zoltron – design
  • Cage Claypool, Lena Claypool – illustration
  • Leanne Lajoie – project supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool.

  1. Back Off Turkey
  2. One Better
  3. Lust Stings
  4. Of Whales and Woe
  5. Vernon the Company Man
  6. Phantom Patriot
  7. Iowan Gal
  8. Nothin’ Ventured
  9. Rumble of the Diesel
  10. Robot Chicken
  11. Filipino Ray
  12. Off-White Guilt

Quietdrive: When All That’s Left Is You

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On May 30, 2006, “Epic” label released “When All That’s Left Is You”, the debut Quietdrive album. It was recorded in 2006, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Butch Walker and Matt Kirkwold.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Truckenmiller– vocals, guitar, fiddle
  • Matt Kirby– vocals, guitar
  • Justin Bonhiver– guitar
  • Droo Hastings– bass
  • Brandon Lanier– drums
  • James “Fluff” Harley- engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Truckenmiller, except where noted.

  1. Rise from the Ashes
  2. Get Up
  3. Take a Drink
  4. Let Me Go In
  5. Rush Together
  6. Maybe Misery
  7. I Lie Awake
  8. The Season – Kevin Truckenmiller, Matt Kirby
  9. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman
  10. Both Ways

George Thorogood and the Destroyers: The Hard Stuff

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On May 30, 2006, “Eagle” label released “The Hard Stuff”, the thirteenth George Thorogood and the Destroyers studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Jim Gaines, Jim Suhler, Bill Blough, George Thorogood, Jeff Simon, Buddy Leach and  Tom Hambridge.

Personnel:

  • George Thorogood– vocals, guitar
  • Jim Suhler– guitar
  • Bill Blough – bass
  • Jeff Simon – drums
  • Buddy Leach – saxophone
  • Rick Steff– accordion, piano
  • Shawn Berman – engineer
  • Leon Zervos– mastering
  • Joshua Blanchard, Jason Gillespie, Jay Goin, Adam Hill – engineer assistant
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Chris Cuffaro – photography
  • Steve Morse– liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Hard Stuff – George Thorogood, Jim Suhler, Tom Hambridge
  2. Hello Josephine – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr.
  3. Moving – Chester Arthur Burnett
  4. I Got My Eyes On You – Mike Morgan
  5. I Didn’t Know – George Thorogood, Tom Hambridge
  6. Any Town U.S.A. – George Thorogood, Jim Suhler, Tom Hambridge
  7. Little Rain – Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed
  8. Cool It! – Jim Suhler
  9. Love Doctor – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  10. Dynaflow Blues – Johnny Shines
  11. Rock Party – Holland K. Smith
  12. Drifter’s Escape – Bob Dylan
  13. Give Me Back My Wig – Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor
  14. Takin’ Care Of Business – Rudy Toombs
  15. Huckle Up Baby – Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker