Tag Archives: 2007

Planet X: Quantum

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On May 18, 2007, “Inside Out Music” label released “Quantum”, the third Planet X studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Beachwood Manor Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Brett Garsed, Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati.

Personnel:

  • Brett Garsed – guitar
  • Derek Sherinian – keyboard
  • Virgil Donati – drums, orchestration
  • Allan Holdsworth – additional guitar solos
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass
  • Rufus Philpot – bass
  • Matt Flinker – engineer
  • Jamie Black – engineer
  • Steve Scanlon – mixing, mastering
  • Simon Phillips – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Virgil Donati, except where noted.

  1. Alien Hip Hop
  2. Desert Girl
  3. Matrix Gate
  4. The Thinking Stone
  5. Space Foam – Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati, Rufus Philpot
  6. Poland
  7. Snuff
  8. Kingdom of Dreams
  9. Quantum Factor

Rush: Snakes & Arrows

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On May 1, 2007, “Anthem Records” label released “Snakes & Arrows” the 18th Rush studio album. It was recorded November – December 2006, at “Grandmaster” in Los Angeles, “Allaire” in Shokan, New York, and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.

Personnel:

  1. Alex Lifeson – 6 and 12-string acoustic and electronic guitars, mandola, mandolin, bouzouki, arrangements
  2. Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, arrangements
  3. Neil Peart – drums, electronic percussion, tambourine, arrangements
  4. Ben Mink – strings
  5. Nick Raskulinecz – arrangements, additional engineering, mixing
  6. Richard Chycki – engineer, mixing
  7. Matt Snedecor – engineer assistant
  8. Andrew Alekel – engineer assistant
  9. Scott Moore – engineer assistant
  10. Inaam Haq – pre-production assistant
  11. Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
  12. Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations
  13. Harish Johari – cover painting
  14. Andrew MacNaughtan – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Peart, all music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, except where noted.

  1. Far City
  2. Armor and Sword
  3. Workin’ Them Angels
  4. The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)
  5. Spindriff
  6. The Main Monkey Business
  7. The Way the Wind Blows
  8. Hope – Alex Lifeson
  9. Faithless
  10. Bravest Face
  11. Good News First
  12. Malignant Narcissism
  13. We Hold On

M83: Saturdays=Youth

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On April 11, 2008, “Virgin” label released “Saturdays = Youth”, the fifth M83 studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Rockfield” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Ken Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Gonzalez – vocals, keyboards, bass, guitars, piano, pre-production, mixing, art direction
  • Loïc Maurin – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Morgan Kibby – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Ewan Pearson – additional keyboards
  • Ken Thomas – mixing
  • Ewan Pearson – co-production, pre-production
  • Richard Matthews – recording assistance
  • Tom Bailey – mixing assistance
  • Jolyon Thomas – guitar technician
  • Paul A. Taylor – art direction assistance
  • Louise Downer – artwork design
  • Anouck Bertin – sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. You, Appearing – Anthony Gonzales
  2. Kim & Jessie – Anthony Gonzales, Yann Gonzales, Morgan Kibby
  3. Skin of the Night – Anthony Gonzales, Morgan Kibby
  4. Graveyard Girl – Anthony Gonzales, Yann Gonzales
  5. Couleurs – Anthony Gonzales
  6. Up – Anthony Gonzales, Morgan Kibby
  7. We Own the Sky – Anthony Gonzales, Yann Gonzales
  8. Highway of Endless Dreams – Anthony Gonzales, Yann Gonzales
  9. Too Late – Anthony Gonzales, Morgan Kibby
  10. Dark Moves of Love – Anthony Gonzales, Yann Gonzales
  11. Midnight Souls Still Remain – Anthony Gonzales

Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook: Outland 5

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On March 21, 2007, “FAX +49-69/450464” label released “Outland 5”, album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook. It was recorded 2006 -2007, at “Orange Music” in West Orange, New Jersey, “Klanglabor” in Frankfurt, and was produced by Pete Namlook.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – electronics
  • Pete Namlook – electronics
  • Andre Ruello – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook.

  1. Outland Exploration
  2. An Intelligent Force
  3. Object Approaching
  4. N-Dimensional
  5. The Origin

Super Furry Animals: Dark Days/Light Years

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On March 16, 2009, Super Furry Animals digitally released “Dark Days/Light Years”, the ninth and final band’s studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2009, at “Faster Recording Studio” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by Chris Shaw, Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Dafudd Leuan and Cian Ciaran.

Personnel:

  • Gruff Rhys – vocals, guitar, electric saz, vocoder, keyboard
  • Huw Bunford – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, electric saz
  • Cian Ciaran – vocals, keyboards, electronics, guitar
  • Guto Pryce – bass guitar
  • Dafydd Leuan – vocals, drums
  • Kris Jenkins – percussion
  • Jessica Rochman – strings
  • Nick McCarthy – spoken word
  • Chris Shaw – Engineer, mixing
  • Dave Newfeld – recording
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Keiichi Tanaami – artwork
  • Pete Fowler – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Dafudd Leuan and Cian Ciaran, except where noted.

  1. Crazy Naked Girls
  2. Mt.
  3. Moped Eyes
  4. Inaugural Trams
  5. Inconvenience
  6. Cardiff in the Sun
  7. The Very Best of Neil Diamond
  8. Helium Hearts
  9. White Socks/Flip Flops
  10. Where Do You Wanna Go?
  11. Lliwiau Liachar
  12. Pric

Dr. Dog: We All Belong

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On February 27, 2007, “Park the Van” label released “We All Belong”, the fourth Dr. Dog album.

Personnel:

  • Toby “Tables” Leaman – vocals, bass, mixing
  • Scott “Taxi” McMicken – vocals, lead guitar, mixing
  • Frank’s “Thanks” Beard – vocals, rhythm guitar, mixing
  • Zach “Text” Miller – piano, keyboards, harpsichord, mixing
  • Juston “Triumph” Stens – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Brendan Cooney – trombone, string and horn arrangement
  • Dan Scofield – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • John Petit – trumpet
  • Carlos Santiago – violins
  • Mel Leaman – backing vocals
  • Bill Moriarty – recoding
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Toby “Tables” Leaman, Scott “Taxi” McMicken, Frank’s “Thanks” Beard,  Zach “Text” Miller and Juston “Triumph” Stens.

  1. Old News
  2. My Old Ways
  3. Keep a Friend
  4. The Girl
  5. Alaska
  6. Weekend
  7. Ain’t It Strange
  8. Worst Trip
  9. The Way the Lazy Do
  10. Die, Die, Die
  11. We All Belong

Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree

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On February 22, 2008, “Mute” label released “Seventh Tree”, the fourth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Home Studio” in Somerset, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, synthesizers, recording, mixing, art direction, owl drawing
  • Will Gregory – synthesizers, recording, mixing
  • Richard Evans – guitars
  • Steve Evans – acoustic guitar
  • Alex Lee – acoustic and electric guitar, Nashville guitar, bass
  • Kit Morgan – acoustic guitar
  • Andrew Murphy – acoustic guitar
  • Simon Rogers – Indian guitar 
  • Adrian Utley – fuzz guitar, fuzz bass
  • Flood – keyboards, guitar, mixing
  • Aidan Love – keyboards, additional programming
  • Chris Goulstone – guitars, drum samples
  • Tony Hoffer – bass, overdub engineer, mixing
  • Charlie Jones – bass, twang bass
  • Mary Scully, Paddy Lannigan – double bass
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass 
  • Damon Reece – drums, percussion
  • Denny Weston Jr. – drums 
  • Nick Batt – additional drum programming
  • Max Dingle – additional drum programming
  • Everton Nelson, Jackie Shave, Boguslaw Kostecki, Ann Morfee, Chris Tombling, Mark Berrow, Cathy Thompson, Debbie Widdup, Alexander Bălănescu, Stephen Morris, Chris Clad, Tom Pigott-Smith, Dermot Crehan, Sonia Slany, Joanathan Rees, Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Jon Thorne, Peter Lale, Andy Parker, Katie Wilkinson, Chris Pitsilides – viola
  • David Daniels, Cathy Giles, Chris Worsey, Melissa Phelps, Robin Firman, Paul Kegg – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting
  • Everton Nelson – string leader
  • Ruth Wall – harp samples
  • Metro Voices – choir
  • Jenny O’Grady – choir master
  • Will Gregory – recording, mixing 
  • Bill Mims – overdub engineer, mixing assistant
  • Tim Oliver – additional engineer, additional recording
  • Jonathan Allen – strings recording
  • Stephen Marshall – strings recording assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Mat Maitland – art direction, design
  • Cathy Edwards – art direction
  • Serge Leblon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Clowns
  2. Little Bird
  3. Happiness
  4. Road to Somewhere
  5. Eat Yourself
  6. Some People
  7. A&E
  8. Cologne Cerrone Houdini
  9. Caravan Girl
  10. Monster Love

Stephen Bishop: Romance in Rio

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On February 19, 2008, “429” label released “Romance in Rio”, the 15th Stephen Bishop album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Oscar Castro-Neves and Peter Bunetta.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Bishop – vocals
  • Oscar Castro-Neves – guitar, keyboards
  • Earl Klugh – guitar
  • Eric Clapton – steel guitar
  • Dave Grusin – keyboards, piano
  • Brian Bromberg – bass guitar
  • Alex Acuña – drums
  • Kevin Ricard – percussion
  • Charlotte Gibson – backing vocals
  • Kenny Rankin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Bishop, except where noted.

  1. Under the Jamaican Moon – Stephen Bishop, Leah Kunkel
  2. On and On
  3. Hello
  4. Un Baile del Corazon
  5. Save It for a Rainy Day
  6. Never Letting Go
  7. Bish’s Hideaway
  8. Annalia
  9. Take This Empty Heart
  10. One More Night
  11. Separate Lives
  12. New York in the Fifties

Coheed and Cambria: Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

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On October 23, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow” the fourth Coheed and Cambria studio album. It is a sequel to band’s previous album “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness”. The album was recorded April – June 2007, and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz and Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Claudio Sanchez – lead and backing vocals; rhythm guitar, keyboards, synths
  • Travis Stever – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Todd – bass guitar
  • Taylor Hawkins – recording drums
  • Rami Jaffe – piano; synths
  • Stevie Blacke – violin; viola; cello; string arrangements
  • Chondra Echert – backing vocals
  • Nicholas Manrique Gardner – vocal, backing bass

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Claudio Sanchez, all music by Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Todd and Chris Pennie, except where noted.

  1. The Reaping
  2. No World for Tomorrow
  3. The Hound (of Blood and Rank)
  4. Feathers
  5. The Running Free – Claudio Sanchez and Dave Katz.
  6. Mother Superior
  7. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
  8. Justice in Murder
  9. The End Complete I: The Fall of House Atlantic
  10. The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye
  11. The End Complete III: The End Complete
  12. The End Complete IV: The Road and the Damned – Claudio Sanchez, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  13. The End Complete V: On the Brink

Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

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On September 25, 2007, “Roswell” label released “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace”, the sixth Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded March – June 2007, at “606 West” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl – lead vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, piano
  • Chris Shiflett – acoustic and lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Nate Mendel – bass
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums, piano, backing vocals
  • Drew Hester – percussion
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards, accordion
  • Brantley Kearns Jr. – fiddle
  • Kaki King – acoustic guitar
  • Pat Smear – rhythm guitar
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Audrey Riley – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Oliver Allgood – lute 
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer
  • John Lousteau – engineer assistant
  • Jake Davies – Pro Tools
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett except where noted.

  1. The Pretender
  2. Let it Die
  3. Erase/Replace
  4. Long Road to Ruin
  5. Come Alive
  6. Stranger Things Have Happened – Dave Grohl
  7. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)
  8. Summer’s End
  9. Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners – Dave Grohl
  10. Statues
  11. But, Honestly
  12. Home