Tag Archives: 2007

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

Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

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On March 20, 2007, “Epic” label released “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank”, the fifth Modest Mouse studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Sweet Tea Studio” in Oxford, MS, “Audible Alchemy” in Portland, OR, and was produced by Dennis Herring.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock – lead vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Johnny Marr – guitar
  • Eric Judy – bass
  • Jeremiah Green – drums, percussion
  • Tom Peloso – vocals, bass, piano, trumpet, tuba, fiddle, synthesizer
  • Joe Plummer – drums, percussion
  • Clay Jones – acoustic guitar, shaker, programming
  • Dennis Herring – claps, stomps, Rhodes, pump organ, backing vocals, mixing
  • Kyle “Slick” Johnson – programming
  • Naheed Simjee – backing vocals, claps, stomps
  • James Mercer- backing vocals
  • Joe Zook – engineer, mixing
  • Clay Jones – engineer
  • Tom Queyja, Rob Cooper – assistant
  • Kyle “Slick” Johnson, Reto Peter, Tom Queyja – additional engineering
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Christian Helms – art direction, design
  • Nahjeed Simjee – art direction
  • Christian Helms, Geoff Peyeto at The Decoder Ring – design
  • David Ellis, Casey Burns – booklet interior illustrations

Track listing:

All lyrics by Isaac Brock; all music by Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Eric Judy, Tom Peloso and Joe Plummer.

  1. March into the Sea
  2. Dashboard
  3. Fire It Up
  4. Florida
  5. Parting of the Sensory
  6. Missed the Boat
  7. We’ve Got Everything
  8. Fly Trapped in a Jar
  9. Education
  10. Little Motel
  11. Steam Engenius
  12. Spitting Venom
  13. People as Places as People
  14. Invisible

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: Tongues

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On March 19, 2007, “Domino” label released “Tongues”, album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid. It was recorded in February 2006, and was produced by Kieran Hebden.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Hebden – guitar, samples, electronics
  • Steve Reid – drums, percussion

All tracks by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, except where noted.

  1. The Sun Never Sets
  2. Brain
  3. Our Time
  4. People Be Happy
  5. Greensleeves – traditional, arranged by Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid
  6. Rhythm Dance
  7. Mirrors
  8. The Squid
  9. Superheroes
  10. Left Handed, Left Minded

Bar Kokhba Sextet: Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

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On March 18, 2008, “Tzadik” label released “Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10”, album by Bar Kokhba Sextet. It features tracks from John Zorn’s second Masada album “The Book of Angels”. “Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10” was recorded on December 9, 2007, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Greg Cohen– bass
  • Cyro Baptista– percussion
  • Joey Baron– drums
  • Mark Feldman– violin
  • Erik Friedlander– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Sother
  2. Dalquiel
  3. Zazel
  4. Gediel
  5. Rahal
  6. Zechriel
  7. Azbugah
  8. Mehalalel
  9. Quelamia
  10. Abdiel

The Avett Brothers: Emotionalism

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On March 15, 2007, “Ramseur Records” label released “Emotionalism”, the fifth  Avett Brothers album.

Personnel:

  • Seth Avett– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ, glockenspiel, drums, percussion
  • Scott Avett– lead and backing vocals, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, percussion
  • Bob Crawford – backing vocals, upright and electric bass, saxophones, bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion
  • Joe Kwon – vocals, cello
  • Paleface– vocals, harmonica, guitar
  • Donny Herron – fiddle
  • Monica Samalot – drums

All tracks by  Seth Avett, Scott Avett and Bob Crawford.

  1. Die, Die, Die
  2. Shame
  3. Paranoia in B-Flat Major
  4. The Weight of Lies
  5. Will You Return?
  6. The Ballad of Love and Hate
  7. Salina
  8. Pretty Girl from Chile
  9. All My Mistakes
  10. Living of Love
  11. I Would Be Sad
  12. Pretty Girl from San Diego
  13. Go to Sleep, Hand-Me-Down Tune

American Music Club: The Golden Age

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On February 19, 2008, “Merge” label released “The Golden Age”, the ninth American Music Club studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Kingsize Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Trumfio.

Personnel:

  • Mark Eitzel – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Mark “Vudi” Pankler – guitars, accordion, keyboards
  • Sean Hoffman – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Didelot – drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Borger – keyboards
  • Danny Levin – horns
  • Leyla Akdogan – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Eitzel.

  1. All My Love
  2. The John Berchman Victory Choir
  3. The Decibels and the Little Pills
  4. The Sleeping Beauty
  5. The Stars
  6. All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco
  7. Who You Are
  8. The Windows on the World
  9. One Step Ahead
  10. The Dance
  11. I Know That’s Not Really You
  12. On My Way
  13. The Grand Duchess of San Francisco

Pete & The Pirates: Little Death

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On February 18, 2008, “Stolen Recordings” label released “Little Death’”, the debut Pete & the Pirates album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Fortress Studios” in London, and was produced by Gareth Parton.

Personnel:

  • Thomas Sanders – vocals
  • Peter Hefferan – vocals, guitar
  • David Thorpe – guitar
  • Peter Cattermoul – bass
  • Jonny Sanders – drums
  • Gareth Parton – engineer
  • Jonny & Co – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Ill Love
  2. Come On Feet
  3. She Doesn’t Belong To Me
  4. Lost In The Woods
  5. Moving
  6. Knots
  7. Humming
  8. Dry Wing
  9. Understanding
  10. Bears
  11. Eyes Like Tar
  12. Song For Today
  13. Bright Lights

 

 

 

 

 

Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure

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On February 7, 2006, “Stretch” label released “The Ultimate Adventure”, the 64th Chick Corea studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Chick Corea. It is the second album tribute to the work of SF author L. Ron Hubbard (the first was 2004 album “To the Stars”). In 2007, “The Ultimate Adventure” won Grammy awards for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group)” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement”.

Personnel:

  • Chick Corea– piano, Rhodes piano, acoustic and electronic percussion,  synthesizers
  • Frank Gambale– acoustic guitar
  • Carles Benavent– electric bass, palmas
  • Tom Brechtlein– drums, palmas
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Steve Gadd– drums, palmas
  • Airto Moreira– vocals, percussion
  • Hossam Ramzy– percussion
  • Rubem Dantas– percussion, palmas
  • Hubert Laws– flute
  • Jorge Pardo– flute, saxophone, palmas
  • Tim Garland– bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Kirsh– recording
  • Al Schmitt– mixing
  • Buck Snow– mixing
  • Doug Sax– mastering

Track listing:

  1. Three Ghouls, Pt. 1
  2. Three Ghouls, Pt. 2
  3. Three Ghouls, Pt. 3
  4. City of Brass
  5. Queen Tedmur
  6. El Stephen, Pt. 1
  7. El Stephen, Pt. 2
  8. King & Queen
  9. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 1
  10. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 2
  11. Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 3
  12. North Africa
  13. Flight from Karoof, Pt. 1
  14. Flight from Karoof, Pt. 2
  15. Planes of Existence, Pt. 1
  16. Arabian Nights, Pt. 1
  17. Arabian Nights, Pt. 2
  18. Gods & Devils
  19. Planes of Existence, Pt. 2

Larry Willis: Blue Fable

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On January 30, 2007, “Highnote” label released “Blue Fable”, the 21st Larry Willis album. It was recorded in October 2006, at “Van Gelder  Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Larry Willis– piano
  • Joe Ford– alto saxophone
  • Steve Davis– trombone
  • Eddie Gómez
  • Billy Drummond– drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder- engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Willis except where noted

  1. Rhythm-a-Ning – Thelonious Monk
  2. Insidious Behavior
  3. Nardis – Miles Davis
  4. Blue Fable – Jackie McLean
  5. Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  6. Landscape – Joe Ford
  7. Who’s Kidding Who
  8. Prayer for New Orleans – Steve Davis