Tag Archives: 2007

Гражданская Оборона: Заче́м сня́тся сны?

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On May 9, 2007, “Выргород” label released “Заче́м сня́тся сны?”, the 26th “Гражданская Оборона”, and  the last lifetime Egor Letov album. It was recorded July – September 2006, and was produced by Egor Letov.

Personnel:

  • Egor Letov- vocals, guitars
  • Alexander Chesnakov- guitars, bass, organ
  • Natalia Chumakova- vocals, bass, organ
  • Pavel Peretolchin- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Egor Letov, except where noted.

  1. Glory to Psychonauts
  2. Someone Else
  3. Fireworks
  4. So a Hurricane
  5. Radiance
  6. Dance for the Dead
  7. Where We Are
  8. Decline
  9. Where
  10. Stunning View From the Window
  11. Kaleidoscope
  12. To You
  13. I Feel Not in My Pants – Oleg Lishchenko
  14. It’s All With You
  15. Frisky
  16. Outside of All Measurements
  17. Rabbits
  18. At Night
  19. Autumn

Jean-Luc Ponty: The Atacama Experience

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On May 8, 2007, “Koch” label released “The Atacama Experience”, the 32nd Jean-Luc Ponty album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Jean-Luc Ponty.

Personnel:

  • Jean-Luc Ponty– violin, keyboards, synthesizer, effects, engineer
  • William Lecomte – piano, keyboards
  • Philip Catherine– guitar
  • Allan Holdsworth– guitar
  • Guy N’Sangue – bass guitar
  • Thierry Arpino – drums
  • Taffa Cissé – percussion
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Karim Sai – engineer, mixing
  • Claudia Ponty – cover photo
  • Kimberly Wright – photography
  • Frederic Houis – photography
  • Jacky Lepage – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jean-Luc Ponty, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell
  3. Premonition
  4. Point of No Return
  5. Back in the 60’s
  6. Without Regrets
  7. Celtic Steps
  8. Desert Crossing
  9. Last Memories of Her
  10. The Atacama Experience
  11. On My Way to Bombay
  12. Still in Love
  13. Euphoria – William Lecomte
  14. To and Fro

Gemma Hayes: The Hollow of Morning

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On May 2, 2008, “GH Music” label released “The Hollow of Morning”, the third Gemma Hayes album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by David Odlum.

Personnel:

  • Gemma Hayes – vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements
  • Joe Chester – noise guitar, guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Shields – guitar
  • Karl Odlum – guitar, arrangements
  • Paul Noonan – drums, backing vocals
  • Benzer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gemma Hayes

  1. This Is What You Do
  2. Out of Our Hands
  3. January 14th
  4. Home
  5. In Over My Head
  6. Chasing Dragons
  7. Don’t Forget
  8. Sad Ol Song
  9. At Constant Speed
  10. Under a Canopy

Your Vegas: A Town and Two Cities

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On April 29, 2008, “Universal Republic” label released “A Town and Two Cities”, the debut Your Vegas album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by David Bendeth.

Personnel:

  • Coyle Girelli– vocals, guitar, keys
  • Mat Steel – guitar
  • Mark Heaton – keys, guitar
  • Jon Langford – bass guitar
  • Mal Taylor – drums
  • David Bendeth– percussion
  • Dan Korneff– engineer, digital editing
  • Jon Bender – engineer, digital editing
  • Kato Khandwala – engineer, digital editing, programming
  • John Tomaszewski – engineer assistant
  • Kyle Cadena – engineer assistant
  • Brian Sperber– mixing
  • Noah Goldstein – mixing assistant
  • Charlie Stavish – mixing assistant
  • Tony Gillis – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Coyle Girelli except where noted.

  1. It Makes My Heart Break – Coyle Girelli, David Bendeth
  2. In My Head
  3. Birds of Paradise
  4. Aurora – Coyle Girelli, Mat Steel
  5. Troubled Times
  6. The Way The War Was Won – Coyle Girelli, Andrew Hollander
  7. Your Vegas
  8. Up Until The Lights Go Out
  9. I Wish You Were Somewhere Else
  10. Salvador

Bill Callahan: Woke on a Watermark

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On April 24, 2007, “Drag City” label released “Woke on a Whaleheart”, the first Bill Callahan album under his own name (previous releases he made under the name Smog). It was recorded in November 2006, and was produced by Bill Callahan and Neil Michael Hagerty.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar
  • Deani Pugh Flemmings – vocals
  • Pete Denton – guitar
  • Howard Draper – keyboards, lap steel
  • Elizabeth Warren – violin
  • Steve Bernal – bass
  • Thor Harris – percussion
  • Neil Michael Hagerty – arrangements
  • Joe Grillo – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. From the Rivers to the Ocean
  2. Footprints
  3. Diamond Dancer
  4. Sycamore
  5. The Wheel
  6. Honeymoon Child
  7. Day
  8. Night
  9. A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth

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On April 17, 2007, “Universal/DDB Records/EmArcy Records” labels released “Red Earth”, the 16th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded August – November 2006, at “Studio Bogolan” in Bamako, Mali, and “Studio Davout” in Paris, and was produced by Jean Marie Durand, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater- lead vocal
  • Cheick Tidiane Seck- calebasse, Fender rhodes, karignan, Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Edsel Gomez – piano
  • Ira Coleman- nass
  • Minino Garay – cajon, caxixi, cymbals, drums, percussion
  • Lansiné Kouyaté – balafon
  • Habib “Dia” Sangaré – bolon
  • Alou Kouloubali – calebasse
  • Lassy “King” Massassy – rap vocals
  • “Petit” Adama Diarra – djembe
  • Cheick “Sékou” Oumar – djembe
  • Djifli Mamadou Sanogo – djembe
  • Moussa Sissikho – djembe, soloist
  • Maré Sanogo – doum-doum
  • Lamine Tounkara – doum-doum
  • Aly Wagué – flute
  • Gabriel Durand – guitar
  • Modibo Kouyaté – guitar
  • Jacob Soubeiga – guitar
  • Djelimady Tounkara- guitar, soloist
  • Benogo Diakite – kamalngoni, soloist
  • Mamadou Diabaté – kora
  • Cherif Samano – kora
  • Yakhoba Sissokho – kora, soloist
  • Adama Tounkara – ngoni
  • Moriba Koïta – ngoni, soloist
  • Bassekou Kouyate- ngoni, soloist
  • “Pepito” Sekouba Kouyaté – tamav
  • Moussa Sissoko – tama
  • Ramata Diakité- vocals
  • Oumou Sangare- vocals
  • Fatou- background vocals
  • Mamani Keïta- vocals, backing vocals
  • Fatoumata Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Kabiné Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Amy Sacko – vocals, backing vocals
  • Baba Sissoko- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dee Dee Bridgewater, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Oscar Brown, Jr., Mongo Santamaría
  2. Bad Spirits
  3. Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Baba Sissoko
  4. Mama Don’t Ever Go Away
  5. Long Time Ago – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Wayne Shorter
  6. Children Go ‘Round
  7. The Griots
  8. Oh My Love
  9. Four Women – Nina Simone
  10. No More
  11. Red Earth
  12. Meanwhile – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Edsel Gomez
  13. Compared to What – Lassy “King” Massassy, Gene McDaniels

Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet

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On April 16, 2007, “Roadrunner” label released “Fear of a Blank Planet”, the ninth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded October – December 2006, in London and Tel Aviv, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin and Gavin Harrison. In 2007, “Fear of a Blank Planet” won the “Album of the Year” award at “Classic Rock” magazine awards. In 2015, “Rolling Stone”  ranked it at number 39 on its list of the “Best Progressive Rock Albums of all Time.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, mixing, audio mastering, string arrangements
  • Richard Barbieri– keyboards and synthesizers
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitars
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Alex Lifeson– guitar solo
  • Robert Fripp– soundscapes
  • John Wesley– backing vocals
  • Orchestra – London Session Orchestra
  • Dave Stewart– string arrangements
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Lasse Hoile– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Fear of a Blank Planet
  2. My Ashes – music by Richard Barbier, Steven /Wilson
  3. Anesthetize
  4. Sentimental
  5. Way Out of Here – music by Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
  6. Sleep Together

Bright Eyes: Cassadaga

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On April 9, 2007, “Saddle Creek” label released “Cassadaga”, the seventh Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Mike Mogis. In February 2008, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Recording Package”.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, synthesizer
  • Mike Mogis– voice, guitar, bass, pedal steel, lap steel, mandolin, dobro, percussion , vibraphone, baritone, ukulele, glockenspiel
  • Nate Walcott– organ, piano, electric piano, string, orchestral and woodwind arrangement
  • Ward– voice, guitar
  • Janet Weiss– drums
  • Clark Baechle– percussion
  • David Rawlings– guitar
  • Stacy DuPree– voice
  • Sherri DuPree– voice
  • Z Berg– voice
  • Rachael Yamagata– voice
  • Hassan Lemtouni – voice
  • Chris MacDonald- voice
  • Gillian Welch– voice
  • Ted Stevens– voice
  • Sean Foley – voice
  • Maria Taylor– voice
  • Andy LeMaster– voice
  • Jake Bellows– voice
  • Tim Luntzel– bass
  • Dan McCarthy– bass
  • Stefanie Drootin– bass
  • Shane Aspegren– drums, percussion
  • Jason Boesel– voice, drums
  • John McEntire– percussion , electronics
  • Michael Zerang – percussion
  • Jonathan Crawford – percussion
  • Dan Bitney – percussion
  • Dan Fliegel – percussion
  • David Moyer – bass clarinet
  • Brian Walsh – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Sarah Wass – flute
  • Myka Miller – oboe
  • Anton Patzner– violin
  • Bill Meyers – conductor
  • Suzie Katayama – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Oberst, except where noted.

  1. Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
  2. Four Winds
  3. If the Brakeman Turns My Way – Conor Oberst, Jason Boesel
  4. Hot Knives
  5. Make a Plan to Love Me
  6. Soul Singer in a Session Band
  7. Classic Cars
  8. Middleman
  9. Cleanse Song
  10. No One Would Riot for Less
  11. Coat Check Dream Song – Conor Oberst, Nate Walcott
  12. I Must Belong Somewhere
  13. Lime Tree

Reo Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home

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On April 3, 2007, “Speedwagon Recordings” and “Mailboat Records” labels released “Find Your Own Way Home”, the fifteenth REO Speedwagon studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Joe Vannelli and Kevin Cronin.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Cronin– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Dave Amato– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Neal Doughty– keyboards
  • Bruce Hall– bass, backing vocals
  • Bryan Hitt– drums
  • Joe Vannelli– keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Cronin, except where noted.

  1. Smilin’ in the End
  2. Find Your Own Way Home
  3. I Needed to Fail
  4. Dangerous Combination – Kevin Cronin, Jim Peterik
  5. Lost in the Road of Love
  6. Another Lifetime – Dave Amato, Kevin Cronin, Bruce Hall, Bryan Hitt
  7. Run Away Baby
  8. Everything You Feel
  9. Born to Love You – Bruce Hall
  10. Let My Love Find You

John Zorn: Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

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On March 27, 2007, “Tzadik” label released “Six Litanies for Heliogabalus”, album by John Zorn, the third one with “Moonchild Trio”. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn– alto sax, conductor
  • Ikue Mori– electronics
  • Jamie Saft– organ
  • Joey Baron– drums
  • Trevor Dunn– bass
  • Mike Patton– voice
  • Martha Cluver – voice
  • Abby Fischer – voice
  • Kirsten Sollek – voice

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Litany I
  2. Litany II
  3. Litany III
  4. Litany IV
  5. Litany V
  6. Litany VI