Tag Archives: 2007

Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond

Dinosaur - Beyond

On May 1, 2007, “Fat Possum” label released “Beyond”, the eighth Dinosaur Jr. studio album. It was recorded September – December 2006, and was produced by J Mascis.

Personnel:

  • J Mascis – vocals, guitar
  • Lou Barlow – vocals, bass
  • Murph – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by J Mascis except where noted.

  1. Almost Ready
  2. Crumble
  3. Pick Me Up
  4. Back to Your heart – Lou Barlow
  5. This Is All I Came to Do
  6. Been There All the Time
  7. It’s Me
  8. We’re Not Alone
  9. I Got Lost
  10. Lightning Bulb
  11. What If I Knew

The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent

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On April 28, 2008, “Castle” label released “Imperial Wax Solvent”, the twenty sixth Fall (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Grant Showbiz, Mark E. Smith, Andi Toma and Tim Baxter.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith- vocals
  • Peter Greenway – guitar
  • Eleni Poulou – vocals, keyboards
  • David Spurr – bass guitar
  • Keiron Melling – drums
  • Anthony Frost- cover art

Track listing:

  1. Alton Towers – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr
  2. Wolf Kidult Man – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr, Eleni Poulou
  3. 50 Year Old Man – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr
  4. I’ve Been Duped – Mark E. Smith
  5. Strangetown – S. McPhee)
  6. Taurig – Eleni Poulou
  7. Can Can Summer – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr, Eleni Polou, Keiron Melling, Peter Greenway
  8. Tommy Shooter – Mark E. Smith
  9. Latch Key Kid – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr, Eleni Poulou
  10. Is This New – Mark E. Smith,Andi Toma
  11. Senior Twilight Stock Replacer – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr
  12. Exploding Chimney – Mark E. Smith, David Spurr, Keiron Melling, Eleni Poulou, Peter Greenway

Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere

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On April 24, 2006, “Downtown” label released “St. Elsewhere”, the debut Gnarls Barkley debut album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse). The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”. “St. Elsewhere” was voted best release of 2006 by “Pop Matters”. In 2007, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album”.

Personnel:

  • Cee-Lo Green– vocals
  • Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) – vocals, piano keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, percussion
  • Eddie Reyes– acoustic guitar
  • Ced Keys International – piano
  • President – keyboards, bass, guitar, organ
  • Daniele Luppi– bass, Minimoog, organ, synthesizer
  • Ben H. Allen – bass, guitar
  • David Piltch – bass
  • Eric Bobo– drums
  • Chris Tedesco – trumpet
  • Menta Malone – backing vocals
  • Tomika Walden – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Go-Go Gadget Gospel – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo Green, Nicolas Flagello
  2. Crazy – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Gian Franco Reverberi, Gian Piero Reverberi
  3. Elsewhere – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Barry Clarke, David Costa, Celia Humphris, Unwin Brown
  4. Gone Daddy Gone – Gordon Gano, Willie Dixon
  5. Smiley Faces – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo
  6. The Boogie Monster – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Armando Trovaioli,Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
  7. Feng Shui – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Nino Nardini
  8. Just a Thought – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Kevin Peek
  9. Transformer – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Marlene Moore
  10. Who Cares? – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Keith Mansfield
  11. Online – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo
  12. Necromancer – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo
  13. Storm Coming – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, arranged and orchestrated by Daniele Luppi
  14. The Last Time – Danger Mouse, Cee Lo, Ian Langley

Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare

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On April 18, 2007, “Domino” label released “Favourite Worst Nightmare”, the second Arctic Monkeys studio album. It was recorded in December 2006, at “Miloco Studios”, “Eastcote Studios”, “Kork Studios” in London, “Motor Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by James Ford and Mike Crossey. The album was certified 2x Platinum by “BPI” in the UK. At the 2008  “BRIT Awards” “Favourite Worst Nightmare” won  the award for “Best British Album”.

Personnel:

  • Alex Turner- vocals, guitars, baritone guitar, organ
  • Jamie Cook – guitars
  • Nick O’Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Helders – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • James Ford– additional guitar
  • Miles Kane– additional guitar

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alex Turner, except where noted, all music by Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’ Malley and Matt Heders.

  1. Brainstorm
  2. Teddy Picker
  3. D Is for Dangerous
  4. Balaclava
  5. Fluorescent Adolescent – Alex Turner, Johanna Bennet
  6. Only Ones Who Know
  7. Do Me a Favor
  8. This House is a Circus
  9. If You Were There, Beware
  10. The Bad Thing
  11. Old Yellow Bricks
  12. 505

Patti Smith: Twelve

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On April 17, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Twelve”, the seventh Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Duncan Webster – guitar
  • Jack Petruzelli – guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Rich Robinson – guitar, dulcimer
  • Sam Shepard– banjo
  • Walker Shepard – banjo
  • John Cohen– banjo
  • Luis Resto– piano
  • Tony Shanahan– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Barre Duryea – bass
  • Flea– bass
  • Paul Nowinski – double bass
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion, accordion
  • Mario Resto – drums
  • Peter Stampfel– fiddle
  • Giovanni Sollima– cello
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Andi Ostrowe – live sound mixing
  • David Bett – art direction
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
  2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. Gimme Shelter – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  5. Within You Without You – George Harrison
  6. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  7. Changing of the Guards – Bob Dylan
  8. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motioheola
  9. Soul Kitchen – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  11. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  12. Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder
  13. Everybody Hurts (bonus tracks) – Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero

Nine Inch Nails Year Zero

On April 17, 2007, “Interscope Records” label released “Year Zero”, the fifth Nine Inch Nails studio album. It was recorded September–December 2006, and was produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Personnel:

  • Trent Reznor– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards
  • Atticus Ross – sound design
  • Josh Freese– drums
  • Matt Demeritt – tenor sax
  • Jeff Geoff Gallegos – baritone saxophone, brass and winds musical  arrangements
  • William Artope – trumpet
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Saul Williams– backing vocals
  • Brian Gardner– mastering
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Doug Trantow – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Trent Reznor.

  1. Hyperpower
  2. The beginning of the End
  3. Survivalism
  4. The Good Soldier
  5. Vessel
  6. Me, I’m Not
  7. Capital G
  8. My Violent heart
  9. The warning
  10. God given
  11. Meet Your Master
  12. The Greater Good
  13. The Great Destroyer
  14. Another Version of the Truth
  15. In This Twilight
  16. Zero-Sum

Marillion: Somewhere Else

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On April 9, 2007, “Intact Records” label released “Somewhere Else”, the fourteenth Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Michael Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, piano, and percussion
  • Steve Rothery– guitars
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas– bass, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Sam Morris –French horn
  • Michael Hunter –recording, mixing
  • Peter Mew– mastering
  • Carl Glover – design, photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth and Ale Dozal, all music by Steve Hogart, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Ian Mosley. .

  1. The Other Hall
  2. See It Like a Baby
  3. Thankyou Whoever You Are
  4. Most Toys
  5. Somewhere Else
  6. No Such Thing
  7. The Wound
  8. The Last Century for Man
  9. Faith

Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha

Armchair_Apocrypha

On March 20, 2007, “Fat Possum” label released “Armchair Apocrypha”, the fourth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Pachyderm Studios” in Cannon Falls, “Crazy Beast Studio” in Northeast Minneapolis, “Wall2Wall Recording” in Chicago, “Third Ear Recording” in Minneapolis, “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “SAE Mastering” in Phoenix and “Pachyderm Studios”, and was produced by Andrew Bird and Ben Durrant.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, whistling, guitar, glockenspiel
  • Ben Durrant – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Ben Durrant– guitar
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker– guitar
  • Chris Morrissey– bass
  • Martin Dosh– drums, electric piano, other sounds
  • Kevin O’Donnell– drums
  • Haley Bonar– vocals
  • Jon Davis– bass clarinet
  • Dan Dietrich – recording
  • Martin Dosh – recording
  • Gregg Norman – recording
  • Tom Herbers – recording, mixing
  • David Boucher – mixing
  • Brent Sigmeth – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Quemadura– artwork, design
  • Lynne Roberts-Goodwin – photography
  • Cameron Wittig – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

  1. Fiery Crash
  2. Imitosis
  3. Plasticities
  4. Heretics
  5. Armchairs
  6. Darkmatter
  7. Simple X – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
  8. The Supine
  9. Cataracts
  10. Scythian Empires
  11. Spare-Ohs
  12. Yawny at the Apocalypse

Throbbing Gristle: Part Two: The Endless Not

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On March 20, 2007, “Mute” label released “Part Two: The Endless Not”, the seventh Throbbing Gristle album. It was recorded 2004-2005, and was produced by Chris Carter, Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Peter Christophenson.

Personnel:

  • Genesis P-Orridge– vocals, bass guitar, violin
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti – lead guitar, cornet, samples
  • Peter Christopherson – samples, art direction, design
  • Chris Carter– synthesizer, programming, mastering
  • Martin Gray – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Genesis P-Orridge, all music by P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and and Chris Carter.

  1. Vow of Silence
  2. Rabbit Snare
  3. Separated
  4. Almost a Kiss
  5. Greasy Spoon
  6. Lyre Liar
  7. Above the Below
  8. Endless Not
  9. The Worm Waits Its Turn
  10. After the Fall

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

On March 5, 2007, “Merge” label released”Neon Bible”, the second Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2006 in Farnham, New York, Budapest, and London, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury. “Neon Bible” was ranked at number four in the“NME” albums of the year list, fourth in magazine “Rolling Stone’s” list of albums of the year and album of the year of magazine “Q” for 2007. The album won the 2008 “Juno Award” for “Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Will Butler- vocals, keyboards, guitar, glockenspiel, bass, omnichord
  • Win Butler- vocals, bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electric guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, accordion, hurdy gurdy, drums, keyboards, glockenspiel, orchetral arrangements
  • Tim Kingsbury – vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, celesta
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Sarah Neufeld – vocals, violin
  • Richard Reed Parry – vocals, guitar, double bass, keyboards, celesta
  • Mélanie Auclair – cello
  • Hadji Bakara – effects
  • Owen Pallett– violin, orchestral arrangements
  • Liza Rey – harp
  • Marika Anthony Shaw– viola
  • Pietro Amato, Edith Gruber, Margaret Gundara, Jake Henry, Laurent Ménard, Geoffrey Shoesmith, Colin Stetson, Andreas Stoltzfus, Jacob Valenzuela, Martin Wenk – brass
  • Shauna Callender, Joanne Degand, Chantel Gero, Tasha Gero, Jean Sherwood – vocals
  • Peter F. Drucker – choir conductor
  • István Silló – orchestra conductor
  • Tracy Maurice – director, artwork, package design
  • François Miron– photography director
  • Christophe Collette – photography
  • Renata Morales – costume design

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury.

  1. Black Mirror
  2. Keep the Car Running
  3. Neon Bible
  4. Intervention
  5. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
  6. Ocean of Noise\
  7. The Well and the Lighthouse
  8. Antichrist Television Blues
  9. Windowsill
  10. No Cars Go
  11. My Body Is a Cage