Tag Archives: 2007

Beach House: Devotion

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On February 26, 2008, “Carpark” label released “Devotion”, the second Beach House studio album. It was recorded August – September 2007, at “Lord Baltimore”, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Personnel:

  • Victoria Legrand – vocals, keyboard
  • Alex Scally – guitar, drum, organ, four-track
  • Ben McConnell – drums, percussion
  • Dave Andler – drums
  • Rob Girardi – Echoplex
  • Rob Girardi – mixing, recording
  • Adam Cooke – mixing, recording
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Natasha Tylea – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics Victoria Legrand, all music by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, except where noted.

  1. Wedding Bell
  2. You Came to Me
  3. Gila
  4. Turtle Island
  5. Holy Dances
  6. All the Years
  7. Heart of Chambers
  8. Some Things Last a Long Time – lyrics by Jad Fair, music by Daniel Johnston
  9. Astronaut
  10. D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
  11. Home Again

Lucinda Williams: West

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On February 13, 2007, “Lost Highway” label released “West”, the eighth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lucinda Williams.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – acoustic, electric, baritone guitar
  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ, accordion
  • Tony Garnier – electric bass, double bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Jenny Scheinman – violin
  • Rob Brophy – viola
  • Tim Loo – cello
  • Hal Willner – turntable, samples
  • Gary Louris, Gia Ciambotti – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams.

  1. Are You Alright
  2. Mama You Sweet
  3. Learning How to Live
  4. Fancy Funeral
  5. Unsuffer Me
  6. Everything Has Changed
  7. Come On
  8. Where Is My Love?
  9. Rescue
  10. What If
  11. Wrap My Head Around That
  12. Words
  13. West

Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath

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On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
  • Juan Alderete – bass
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums
  • John Frusciante – guitar
  • Owen Levine – double bass
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
  • Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
  • Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
  • Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
  • Sam Bass – cello
  • Edwin Huizinga – violin
  • Anthony Blea – violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola

Track listing:

All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Aberinkula
  2. Metatron
  3. Hyena
  4. Wax Simulacra
  5. Tourniquet Man
  6. Cavalettas
  7. Agadez
  8. Askepios
  9. Ouroboros
  10. Soothsayer
  11. Conjugal Burns

Menomena: Friend And Foe

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On January 23, 2007, “Barsuk” label released “Friend and Foe”, the third Menomena studio album.

Personnel:

  • Brent Knopf – lead vocals, various instruments
  • Justin Harris – guitar, bass guitar
  • Danny Seim – drums
  • Jeff Stuart Saltzman – mastering
  • Craig Thompson – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Harris, Brent Knopf and Danny Seim.

  1. Muscle’n Flo
  2. The Pelican
  3. Wet and Rusting
  4. Air Aid
  5. Weird
  6. Rotten Hell
  7. Running
  8. My My
  9. Boyscout’n
  10. Evil Bee
  11. Ghostship
  12. West

Drive-By Truckers: Brighter than Creation’s Dark

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On January 22, 2008, “New West” label released “Brighter than Creation’s Dark”, the seventh Drive-By Truckers studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by David Barbe.

Personnel:

  • Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
  • Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar
  • John Neff – pedal steel, guitar
  • Spooner Oldham – piano, organ, Wurlitzer
  • Shonna Tucker – vocals, bass
  • Brad Morgan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted,

  1. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
  2. 3 Dimes Down – Mike Cooley
  3. The Righteous Path
  4. I’m Sorry Huston – Shonna Tucker
  5. Perfect Timing – Mike Cooley
  6. Daddy Needs a Drink
  7. Self Destructive Zones – Mike Cooley
  8. Bob – Mike Cooley
  9. Home Field Advantage – Shonna Tucker
  10. The Opening Act
  11. Lisa’s Birthday – Mike Cooley
  12. That Man I Shot
  13. The Purgatory Line – Shonna Tucker
  14. The Home Front
  15. Checkout Time in Vegas – Mike Cooley
  16. You and Your Crystal Meth
  17. Goode’s Field Road
  18. A Ghost to Most – Mike Cooley

Umphrey’s McGee: Mantis

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On January 20, 2009, “SCI Fidelity” label released “Mantis”, the sixth Umphrey’s McGee studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008. at “Manny Sanchez’s I.V. Lab Studios”, and “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jake Cinninger, Ryan Stasik, Kris Myers, Brendan Bayliss, Joel Cummins and Andy Farag.

Personnel:

  1. Brendan Bayliss – vocals, guitar
  2. Jake Cinninger – guitar
  3. Joel Cummins – keyboards
  4. Ryan Stasik – bass
  5. Kris Myers – drums
  6. Andy Farag – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Made to Measure
  2. Preamble
  3. Mantis
  4. Cemetery Walk
  5. Cemetery Walk II
  6. Turn & Run
  7. Spires
  8. Prophecy Now
  9. Red Tape
  10. 1348

Nine Horses: Money For All

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On January 16, 2007, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Money for All”, the only Nine Horses EP. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman and Steve Jansen.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, electric piano, guitar, harmonica, arrangements, mixing, art direction
  • Steve Jansen – keyboards, synth, percussion, samples, drum programming, mixing
  • Burnt Friedman – drum programming, synth, effects, electronics
  • Thomas Elbern – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Joseph Suchy – guitar
  • Tim Motzer – guitar
  • Daniel Schröter – double bass, bass
  • Hayden Chisholm – clarinet
  • Morten Grønvad – vibraphone
  • Norbert Krämer – timpani
  • Alexander Meyen – violin
  • Claudio Bohorquez – cello
  • Stina Nordenstam – vocals
  • Beverlei Brown, Tommy Blaize – backing vocals
  • Andrea Grant, Derek Green – backing vocals
  • Atsushi Fukui – cover artwork
  • Chris Bigg – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Sylvian except where noted, all music by David Sylvian and Burnt Friedman, except where noted.

  1. Money for All
  2. Get the Hell Out – music by Steve Jansen, David Sylvian
  3. The Banality of Evil – Burnt Friedman Remix
  4. Wonderful World – Burnt Friedman Remix
  5. Birds Sing for Their Lives – Stina Nordenstam
  6. Serotonin – Burnt Friedman Remix
  7. Money for All – (Version)
  8. Get the Hell Out – Burnt Friedman Remix – Steve Jansen, David Sylvian

Praxis: Profanation

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On January 1, 2008, “Nagual” label released “Profanation” (Preparation for a Coming Darkness), the fifth and the last Praxis album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – bass, arrangements
  • Buckethead – guitar
  • Otomo Yoshihide – guitar
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • Brian (Bryan Mantia) – drums
  • Tatsuya Yoshida – drums
  • Iggy Pop – vocals
  • Mike Patton – vocals
  • Killah Priest (Walter Reed) – vocals
  • Hawkman – vocals
  • Rammellzee – vocals
  • Serj Tankian – vocals
  • Dr. Israel – (Douglas Bennett) – vocals
  • Maximum Bob (Robert Bornum) – vocals
  • Phonosycographdisk – turntable
  • DXT (Derek Showard) – turntable
  • Monkey & Large (F. Rønning, Kåre Frisvold) – beats
  • Future Prophecies – beats
  • Rawthang – beats
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • James Dellatacoma – engineer assistant
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
  • Artie Smith – technicians
  • James Koehnline – artwork
  • John Brown – design
  • Giacomo Bruzzo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Caution
  2. Worship
  3. Ancient World
  4. Furies
  5. Galaxies
  6. Sulfur and Cheese
  7. Larynx
  8. Revelations Part 2
  9. Ruined
  10. Garbage God’s
  11. Babylon Blackout
  12. Endtime

Ron Carter: It’s The Time

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On December 15, 2007, “Somethin’ Else” label released “It’s the Time”, the 52nd Ron Carter album. It was recorded April – June 2007, at “EMI Music Japan Inc. Studios” in Tokyo, and was produced by Retrac Productions and Ron Carter.

Personnel:

  • Ron Carter – bass, piccolo bass
  • Mitsuaki Kishi – piano 
  • Mulgrew Miller − piano
  • Russell Malone − guitar
  • Makoto Rikitake − drums
  • Motoya Hamaguchi − percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Carter, except where noted.

  1. It’s the Time
  2. Eddie’s Theme
  3. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  4. Candle Light
  5. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  7. Super Strings
  8. My Ship – Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
  9. Laverne Walk – Oscar Pettiford
  10. It’s the Time (TVCM Version)

Joe Bonamassa: Shepherds Bush Empire

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On December 11, 2007, “J&R Adventures” label released “Shepherds Bush Empire”, the second Joe Bonamassa live album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Shepherds Bush Empire” in London, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar

Track listing:

  1. Walk in My Shadows – Paul Rodgers, Pul Kossoff, Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke
  2. Blues Deluxe – Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart
  3. Mountain Time – Joe Bonamassa, Will Jennings
  4. Bridge to Better Days – Joe Bonamassa
  5. Just Got Paid – Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham