On December 22, 2014, John Robert “Joe” Cocker, died aged 70. He was musician (harmonica, piano) and singer with unique gritty voice and stage movements. He gained world popularity with his performance of the Beatles song “With a Little Help from My Friends” at “Woodstock” and “Isle of Wight” festivals in 1969. Cocker has received several awards, including a 1983 “Grammy Award” for his song “Up Where We Belong”; 2007 a bronze “Sheffield Legends” plaque in his hometown and in 2008 “OBE” at Buckingham Palace for services to music. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number 97 on its list of the “100 Greatest Singers”.
Tag Archives: 2008
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pin Points And Gin Joints
On December 8, 2009, “Big Rig” label released “Pin Points and Gin Joints”, the eighth Mighty Mighty Bosstones (The) studio album. It was recorded November 2008 – July 2009, and was produced by Ted Hult.
Personnel:
- Dicky Barrett– lead vocals
- Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals
- Joe Gittleman– bass, backing vocals
- Joe Sirois– drums
- Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton– saxophone
- Kevin Lenear – saxophone
- Chris Rhodes– trombone
- Ben Carr – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.
- Graffiti Worth Reading
- Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah
- The Route That I Took
- You Left Right?
- Too Many Stars – Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz
- Your Life
- I Wrote It
- Not to Me on That Night – Dicky Barrett, Lawrence Katz
- Wasted Summers
- Sister Mary
- The Death Valley Vipers
- It Will Be
- The Bricklayer’s Story
- A Pretty Sad Excuse
- Feeling Today
Tracy Chapman: Our Bright Future
On November 11, 2008, “Elektra” label released “Our Bright Future”, the eight Tracy Chapman studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Tracy Chapman and Larry Klein.
Personnel:
- Tracy Chapman – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Joe Gore – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
- Dean Parks– guitar, clarinet, mandolin, pedal steel
- Jared Faw – piano
- Larry Goldings – keyboards
- Michael Webster, Rob Burger – keyboards
- Larry Klein– bass, organ
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
- Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckel harpa
- Rock Deadrick – backing vocals
- Helik Hadar – engineer
- Kevin Mills – engineer assistant
- Dave Way – mixing
- Matt Taylor – art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Tracy Chapman.
- Sing for You
- I Did It All
- Save Us All
- Our Bright Future
- For a Dream
- Thinking of You
- A Theory
- Conditional
- Something to See
- The First Person on Earth
- Spring
Editors: In This Light and on This Evening
On October 12, 2009, “Kitchenware” label released “In This Light and on This Evening”, the third Editors album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Miloco Studios”, “Assault” and “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark ‘Flood’ Ellis .
Personnel:
- Tom Smith – lead vocals, guitar, piano
- Chris Urbanowicz – lead guitar
- Russell Leetch – bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Edward Lay– drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Cenzo Townshend, Rob Kirwan, Ben Hillier – mixing
- Darren Lawson – mixing assistant
- Tim Young – mastering
- Liliane Lijn – cover art
- Tom Hingston Studio – design, art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Tom Smith, and Chris Urbanowicz.
- In This Light and on This Evening
- Bricks and Mortar
- Papillon
- You Don’t Know Love
- The Big Exit
- The Boxer
- Like Treasure
- Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
- Walk the Fleet Road
Tokio Hotel: Humanoid
On October 2, 2009, “Cherrytree” label released “Humanoid”, the third Tokio Hotel studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Tom Kaulitz, Bill Kaulitz, David Roth, Patrick Benzner, David Jost and Peter Hoffmann.
Personnel:
- Bill Kaulitz- lead vocals
- Tom Kaulitz – guitar, piano, backing vocals
- Georg Listing – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Gustav Schäfer – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Patrick Benzner, Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffman – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, except where noted.
- Komm
- Sonnensystem
- Automatisch
- Lass uns laufen
- Hunaboid
- Für immer jetzt
- Kampf der Liebe
- Hunde
- Menschen suchen Menschen
- Alien
- Geisterfahrer
- Zoom – Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Desmond Child, Blakeman
Mogwai: The Hawk Is Howling
On September 22, 2008, “Wall of Sound” label released “The Hawk Is Howling”, the sixth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Chem 19 Studios” in Hamilton, Scotland, and was produced by Andy Miller.
Personnel:
- Stuart Braithwaite– guitar
- Barry Burns– guitar, keyboard
- John Cummings– guitar
- Dominic Aitchison– bass guitar
- Martin Bulloch– drums
- Tony Doogan, Andi Whitelock – recording
- Gareth Jones– mixing
- James Aparicio – mixing assistant
- Nadia Bradley – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch, Barry Burns and John Cummings.
- I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
- Batcat
- Danphe and the Brain
- Local Authority
- The Sun Smells Too Loud
- Kings Meadow
- I Love You, I’m Going to Blow Up Your School
- Scotland’s Shame
- Thank You Space Expert
- The Precipice
TV On The Radio: Dear Science
On September 22, 2008, “Interscope” label released “Dear Science”, the third TV on the Radio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek.
Personnel:
- Tunde Adebimpe– vocals
- Kyp Malone– vocals, guitars, bass, synths, string arrangements
- David Andrew Sitek– programming, guitars, samples, bass, synths, horn arrangements
- Gerard A Smith – bass, organ, synths, samples, rhodes
- Jaleel Bunton – drums, guitars, rhodes, organ, synth, bass, programming, string arrangements
- Katrina Ford – vocals, backing vocals
- Eleanore Everdell – vocals
- David Bergander – drums
- Yoshi Takamasa – shaker, claves, congas, bells, percussion
- Stuart D. Bogie– saxophones, horn arrangements
- Martin Perna– saxophones, flutes
- Colin Stetson– baritone saxophone
- Matana Roberts– alto saxophone, clarinet
- Leah Paul – horns
- Eric Biondo – trumpet
- Aaron Johnson – trombone
- Claudia Chopek – violin, string arrangements
- Janis Shen – violin, string arrangements
- Perry Serpa – additional string arrangements
- Lara Hicks – viola
- Eleanor Norton – cello
- Dan Huron – engineer
- Chris Coady, Chris Moore– additional engineering
- David Andrew Sitek – mixing
- Matty Green – mixing
- Mark Stent– additional mixing
- Steve Fallone – mastering
- Roe Etheridge – photography
Track listing:
- Halfway Home – Tunde Adebimpe
- Crying – Kyp Malone, Jaleel Bunton
- Dancing Choose – Tunde Adebimpe, David Andrew Sitek
- Stork & Owl – Kyp Malone
- Golden Age – Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek
- Family Tree – Tunde Adebimpe
- Red Dress – Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek
- Love Dog – Tunde Adebimpe
- Shout Me Out – Tunde Adebimpe
- DLZ – Tunde Adebimpe
- Lover’s Day – Kyp Malone
Portugal the Man: Censored Colors
On September 16, 2008, “Equal Vision” label released “Censored Colors”, the third Portugal The Man album. It w as recorded January 2008, and was produced by Kirk Huffman, Phillip Peterson, Paul Q. Kolderie and Adam Taylor.
Personnel:
- John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, organ, drum machines
- Kirk Huffman – vocal, guitar, percussion, engineer
- Philip Peterson – vocals, synthesizer, harmonica, percussion, trombone, trumpet, accordion, cello, harp,
- Ryan Neighbors – vocals, organ, synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Zachary Carothers – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jason Sechrist – drums, backing vocals
- Thomas Hunter – slide guitar
- Matt Clifford – slide guitar
- Anthony Saffery – sitar
- Garrett Lunceford – percussion
- Victoria Parker – violin
- Aaron Perrino – vocals, Moog synthesizer
- Zoe Manville – vocals
- Ryan Sollee – vocals
- Charles Peterson – shouts
- Phillip Peterson – arrangements, engineer
- Paul Q. Kolderie– mixing
- Adam Taylor – mixing
- Ian Kennedy – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley.
- Lay Me Back Down
- Colors
- And I
- Salt
- Created
- Out and In and In and Out
- Intermission
- New Orleans
- Never Pleased
- Never Pleased
- Hard Times
- Our Times
- All Mine
- 1989
- Our Way
Walter Becker
On September 3, 2017, Walter Carl Becker died aged 67. He was musician (guitar, bass), songwriter, and record producer, member of the band China Crisis, but best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter of Steely Dan. As leader he released two albums.
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
On September 2, 2008, “Capitol” label released “That Lucky Old Sun”, the eighth Brian Wilson album. It was recorded January – April 2008, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
Personnel:
- Brian Wilson – lead vocals, keyboards, piano
- Jeffrey Foskett- guitar, ukulele, backing vocals
- Nick Walusko – guitar, backing vocals
- Tommy Morgan – harmonica
- Scott Bennett – bass, keyboards, Spanish guitar, vibraphone, backing vocals
- Bob Lizik – bass
- Brett Simmons – bass
- Todd Sucherman– drums
- Darian Sahanaja- bells, keyboards, backing vocals
- Nelson Bragg– percussion, backing vocals
- Phil Feather – woodwinds
- Bruce Otto – trombone
- Probyn Gregory- French horn, guitar, trumpet, backing vocals
- Peter Kent – violin
- Jessica van Velzen – viola
- Peggy Baldwin– cello
- Cameron Stone– cello
- Taylor Mills – backing vocals
Track listing:
- That Lucky Old Sun – Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
- Morning Beat – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- A Room With a View (narrative) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
- Good Kind of Love – Brian Wilson
- Forever She’ll Be My Surfer Girl – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- Venice Beach (narrative) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
- Live Let Live / That Lucky Old Sun (reprise) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
- Mexican Girl – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- Cinco de Mayo (narrative) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
- California Role / That Lucky Old Sun (reprise) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
- Between Pictures (narrative) – Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
- Oxygen to the Brain – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- Can’t Wait Too Long – Brian Wilson
- Midnight’s Another Day – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise) – Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
- Going Home – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
- Southern California – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
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