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Asian Kung-Fu Generation: World World World

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On March 5, 2008, “Kioon” label released “World World World”, the fourth Asian Kung-Fu Generation studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2008, and was produced by Masafumi Gotō, Kensuke Kita, Takahiro Yamada and Kiyoshi Ijichi.

Personnel:

  • Masafumi Gotō – lead vocals, guitar
  • Kensuke Kita – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Takahiro Yamada – bass, backing vocals
  • Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums
  • Yusuke Nakamura – art direction

Track listing:

  1. World World World
  2. After Dark
  3. Tabidatsu Kimi e
  4. Neoteny
  5. Travelogue
  6. No. 9
  7. Night Diving
  8. Laika
  9. Wakusel
  10. Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu
  11. World World
  12. Aru Machi no Gunjō
  13. Atarashii Sekai

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

Shania Twain: The Woman In Me

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On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.

Personnel:

  • Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
  • Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
  • Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Billy Crain – slide guitar
  • John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
  • Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
  • Joe Spivey – fiddle
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Nashville String Machine – string section
  • Ronn Huff – string arrangements
  • Nick Keca – claps
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
  • Warren Peterson – engineer
  • Simon Pressey – engineer
  • Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
  • Nick Keca – engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
  • Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
  • Craig White – engineer assistant
  • Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
  • Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant

Track listing:

 All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted

  1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
  2. Any Man of Mine
  3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
  4. (If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!
  5. The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)
  6. Is There Life After Love?
  7. If It Don’t Take Two
  8. You Win My Love – Robert John Lange
  9. Raining on Our Love
  10. Leaving Is the Only Way Out – Shania Twain
  11. No One Needs to Know
  12. God Bless the Child

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

Uri Caine: Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6’

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On November 21, 2006, “Tzadik” label released “Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6’, the 20th Uri Caine album. It was recorded in September 2006, at “Avatar Studios”, in new York City, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • Uri Caine – piano, arrangements
  • Silas Brown – recording
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Jarrault – illustration
  • Chippy – design
  • Heung-Heung Chin – design
  • Kazunori Sugiyama – executive producer

Track listing:

All compositions by John Zorn.

  1. Rimmon
  2. Lomiel (Domiel)
  3. Kebriel (Mehriel)
  4. Savliel
  5. Tufrial
  6. Jerazol
  7. Harshiel
  8. Lumah (Dumah)
  9. Harviel
  10. Segef
  11. Sahriel
  12. Shokad
  13. Zophiel
  14. Hayyoth
  15. Nuriel
  16. Ubaviel
  17. Hadrial
  18. Cassiel
  19. Rimmon

Nomeansno: All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt

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On August 21, 2006, “Wrong Records Imprint” label released “All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt”, the tenth and final Nomeansno studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Hive Creative Labs” and “Lemon Loaf Studios” in Vancouver.

Personnel:

  • Tom Holliston – vocals, guitar
  • Rob Wright – vocals, bass, guitar
  • John Wright – vocals, drums, keyboards
  • Robyn Carrigan – backing vocals
  • Bill Johnson – slide guitar
  • Blair Calibaba – engineer
  • Amy Worobec – engineer assistant
  • Colin Stewart – recording assistant
  • Craig Waddell – mastering
  • Randy Iwata – layout

Track listing:

  1. Wake Up
  2. In Her Eyes
  3. Mr. in Between
  4. I See a Mansion in the Sky
  5. Ashes
  6. So Low
  7. Faith
  8. Heaven Is the Dust Beneath My Shoes
  9. Mondo Nihilissimo 2000
  10. The Hawk Killed the Punk
  11. I’m Dreaming and I Can’t Wake Up
  12. ‘Til I Die
  13. Slugs Are Burning
  14. The Future Is the Past (unlisted)

Peter Bjorn and John: Writer’s Block

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On August 14, 2006, “Wichita” label released “Writer’s Block”, the third Peter Bjorn and John studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Björn Yttling.

Personnel:

  • Peter Morén – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, Spanish guitar, piano, harmonica, noises, arrangements
  • Björn Yttling – vocals, bass, tambourine, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electronic drums, whistling, arrangements
  • John Eriksson – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, bass, tambourine, dulcimer, shaker, bongos, tubular bells, arrangements, field recordings
  • Victoria Bergsman – vocals
  • Linus Larsson – mixing
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Graham Samuels – artwork, typography
  • Kerstin Hanson – typography
  • Johan Bergmark – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Writer’s Block
  2. Objects of My Affection – Peter Morén
  3. Young Folks – Björn Yttling, Peter Morén
  4. Amsterdam – Björn Yttling
  5. Start To Melt – John Eriksson
  6. Up Against the Wall – John Eriksson
  7. Paris 2004 – Peter Morén
  8. Let’s Call It Off – Björn Yttling
  9. The Chills – Björn Yttling, Peter Morén, John Eriksson
  10. Roll the Credits – Björn Yttling
  11. Poor Cow – Peter Morén

Gatsbys American Dream: Same

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On August 8, 2006, “Fearless Records” label released the self-titled, fourth Gatsbys American Dream album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Bobby Darling and Casey Bates.

Personnel:

  • Nic Newsham – vocals
  • Bobby Darling – vocals, guitar
  • Kyle O’Quin – keyboards
  • Kirk Huffman – vocals, bass
  • Rudy Gajadhar – drums

Track listing:

  1. You All Everybody
  2. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
  3. Bad Beat
  4. My Name Is Ozymandias
  5. Margaritas and Cock
  6. Station 5: The Pearl
  7. Shadows of the Colossus
  8. Filthy Beasts
  9. Looks Like the Real Thing
  10. Me and Ed Loyce
  11. The White Mountains

The Jonas Brothers: It’s About Time

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On August 8, 2006, “Daylight Records” label released “It’s About Time”, the debut Jonas Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded July – August 2005, April 2006, and was produced by Michael Mangini and Steve Greenberg.

Personnel:

  • Nick Jonas – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums
  • Kevin Jonas – guitar, background vocals
  • John Taylor – guitar
  • Joe Jonas – lead vocals, tambourine, keyboard
  • Greg Garbowsky – bass guitar
  • Alexander Noyes – drums

Track listing:

  1. What I Go to School For – James Bourne, Matt Willis
  2. Time for Me to Fly – Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas I, Kevin Jonas II, Joe Jonas, PJ Bianco
  3. Year 3000 – James Bourne
  4. One Day at a Time – Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas I, Kevin Jonas II, Michael Mangini, Steve Greenberg
  5. 6 Minutes – Joe Belmaati; Kenny Gioia, Mich Hansen; Rich Cronin; Sheppard Goodman
  6. Mandy – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II
  7. You Just Don’t Know It – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Desmond Child
  8. I Am What I Am – Adam Schlesinger
  9. Underdog – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Jess Cates, Stargate
  10. 7:05 – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Michael Mangini
  11. Please Be Mine – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II

Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This

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On July 27, 2007, “Polyvinyl” label released “Places Like This”, the third Architecture in Helsinki studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – January 2007, at “Big Jesus Burger Studios” in Sydney, Dave Sitek’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and was produced by Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry and Kellie Sutherland.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Bird – lead singer, guitars, percussion
  • Gus Franklin – organ, drums, bongos, engineer
  • Kellie Sutherland – melodica, harmony vocals
  • James Cecil – instrumentation, engineer
  • Jamie Mildren – instrumentation
  • Sam Perry – instrumentation
  • Patrick Davis – steel drums
  • Dale Packard – alto saxophone
  • Tim Stocker – baritone saxophone
  • Indra Adams – trumpet
  • Martin Pena – flute
  • Lee Sargent – sampler
  • Gary Olson – engineer
  • Chris Coady – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Rene Vaile – photography
  • Will Sweeney – illustration
  • Markus Karlsson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, Kellie Sutherland and Cameron Bird.

  1. Red Turned White
  2. Heart It Races
  3. Hold Music
  4. Feather In a Baseball Cap
  5. Underwater
  6. Like It or Not
  7. Debbie
  8. Lazy
  9. Nothing’s Wrong