On September 15, 2008, Richard William “Rick” Wright died aged 65. He was musician (keyboards), composer, singer and songwriter, best known as founding member, keyboardist and vocalist of Pink Floyd. He recorded and performed on all Pink Floyd’s albums except on “The Final Cut”.
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Metallica: Death Magnetic
On September 12, 2008, “Warner Bros” label released “Death Magnetic”, the ninth Metallica studio album. It was recorded March 2007 – May 2008, at “Sound City Studios”in Los Angeles; “Shangri La Studios” in Malibu, California; Metallica’s HQ in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin. On the 51st “Grammy Awards” in 2009, Metallica won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Metal Performance” for “My Apocalypse”. Producer Rick Rubin received the award for “Producer of the Year, Non-Classical”, and art directors Bruce Duckworth, David Turner & Sarah Moffat were awarded “Best Recording Package”.” Death Magnetic” was awarded “Best Album in the 2009” at Kerrang! Awards. The album was certified Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIIA”; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; 4 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; 2 x Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”; 3 x Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; Platinum in Greece by “IFPI Greece”; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in Mexico by “AMPROFON”; 2 x Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; Platinum in Portugal by “AFP”; 2 x Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; Platinum in UK by the “BPI”; 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”, and Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.
Personnel:
- James Hetfield– vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett– lead guitar
- Lars Ulrich– drums
- Robert Trujillo– bass
- David Campbell– orchestration
- Greg Fidelman– mixing, recording
- Andrew Scheps– mixing
- Mike Gillies – additional recording
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Dan Monti– digital editing
Track listing:
All lyrics by James Hetfield; all music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo.
- That Was Just Your Life
- The End of the Line
- Broken, Beat & Scarred
- The Day That Never Comes
- All Nightmare Long
- Cyanide
- The Unforgiven III
- The Judas Kiss
- Suicide & Redemption
- My Apocalypse
Queens Of The Stone Age: Songs For The Deaf
On August 27, 2002, “Interscope” label released “Songs for the Deaf”, the third Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded October–November 2001, March–June 2002, at “The Site” in San Rafael, California, “Conway Recording Studios”;“Barefoot” in Hollywood, and was produced by Josh Homme, Adam Kasper and Eric Valentine. “Songs for the Deaf” was certified Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.
Personnel:
- Josh Homme – vocals, guitar
- Mark Lanegan – vocals
- Alain Johannes– e-bow, organ, piano, flamenco guitar, theremin, lap steel guitar
- Natasha Shneider– e-bow, organ, piano, theremin
- Nick Oliveri – vocals, bass
- Dave Grohl– drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Gene Trautmann– drums
- Dean Ween– guitar
- Brendon McNichol– lead guitar
- Chris Goss– guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
- Paz Lenchantin– strings
- Ana Lenchantin– strings
- Molly McGuire– accordion
- John Gove –horns
- Kevin Porter – horns
- Brad Kintscher – horns
- Chris Goss- recording, production assistant
- Alain Johannes– recording
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Dan Druff– guitar technician
- Hutch– sound technician
- Bob Brunner “Mates” – pre-production
Track listing:
All tracks by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted.
- The Real Song for the Deaf
- You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
- No One Knows – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
- First It Giveth
- A Song for the Dead – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
- The Sky Is Fallin’
- Six Shooter
- Hangin’ Tree – Josh Homme, Alan Johannes
- Go With the Flow
- Gonna Leave You
- Do It Again
- God is in the Radio
- Another Love Song
- A Song for the Deaf” (Contains a hidden outtake version of “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” with all lyrics replaced with manic laughter.) – Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan
- Mosquito Song
David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
On August 18, 2008, “Todo Mundo” label released “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”, the second album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Brian Eno. It was recorded by Brian Eno in his London home studio through 2006, finished by David Byrne and Leo Abrahams in their New York City and London home studios through 2008; additional instrumentation recorded at “Cafe Music Studios” and “Harder Sound” in New York City. At the 51st “Annual Grammy Awards” in February 2009, Stefan Sagmeister won the award for “Best Recording Package”
Personnel:
- David Byrne – vocals, guitars
- Brian Eno – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, electric drums, Kaoss Pad, keyboards, guitars, , brass, backing vocals, traps, keyboards
- Leo Abrahams – guitars, percussion, piano, hurdy-gurdy, bass guitar, Dubreq Stylophone, programming, glockenspiel
- Jarvis Cocker– guitar
- Phil Manzanera– guitar
- Steve Jones– guitars
- Tim Harries– bass
- Mauro Refosco– murky pandeiro, cricket shaker, reco reco, peddler’s rattle bongo, conga, tambourine, zabumba, cahon, tamborim, shaker
- Robert Wyatt– frame drum
- Seb Rochford– live drums
- Barry Danielian – brass
- Dan Levine – brass and arrangement
- Dave Mann – brass
- Paul Shapiro– brass
- Darla Eno – vocals
- Irial Eno – vocals
- Melanie Hall QC – backing vocals
- Patrick Dillett – mixing, live brass and percussion recording
- Robert Harder – live drum recording
- Cherif Hashizume – live drum recording
- Greg Calbi– mastering
- Sagmeister, Inc.– design
- Stephan Walter – illustration
Track listing:
All lyrics written by David Byrne; all music by David Byrne (vocals) and Brian Eno (instrumentation), except where noted.
- Home
- My Big Nurse
- I Feel My Stuff
- Everything That Happens
- Life Is Long
- The River
- Strange Overtones – Brian Eno, David Byrne, Leo Abrahams
- Wanted for Life
- One Fine Day
- Poor Boy
- The Lighthouse
War On Drugs: Slave Ambient
On August 16, 2011, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Slave Ambient”, the second War on Drugs studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2011, and was produced by Jeff Zeigler and Adam Granduciel.
Personnel:
- Adam Granduciel– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, animator guitars, harmonica, OR400, samplers, organ , harmonizer, tapes, cassettes, ARP Omni , bass guitar, keyboards, Tom Thumb piano, Farfisa, Korg, Mono/Poly, Eventide, Moogerfooger, Voyager, synthesizer, percussion, drum machine, filters, dubs, drums, recording, photography
- Dave Hartley– bass guitar, electric guitar, Nashville guitar, twelve-string guitar, Voyager, Roland Juno-60, drums, electric autoharp, additional engineering
- Robbie Bennett – piano, acoustic guitar,ARP Omni II, percussion
- Kurt Vile– electric guitar
- Mike Zanghi – drums, percussion,Hayman, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase
- Steven Urgo – drums
- Jeff Zeigler – drum programming,harmonizers, patch bay, SPX90
- Michael Johnson –Eventide, modular Moog treatments, hamonizer settings, drums, additional engineering
- Jeff Ryan – drums
- Chad Stockslager– upright piano
- Jesse Trbovich– saxophone
- Kim Roney – piano
- John Ashley – Voyager
- Jeff Zeigler – recording
- John Ashley – recording
- John Congleton – additional engineering
- Brian McTear – mixing
- Daniel Murphy – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Adam Granduciel, except where noted.
- Best Night
- Brothers – Adam Granduciel, Dave Hartley, Mike Zanghi, Robbie Bennett
- I Was There
- Your Love Is Calling My Name
- The Animator
- Come to the City – Adam Granduciel, Dave Hartley
- Come for It
- It’s Your Destiny – Adam Granduciel, Robbie Bennett
- City Reprise #12
- Baby Missiles
- Original Slave
- Black Water Falls
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
On August 2, 2010, “Merge” label released “The Suburbs”, the third Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, and was produce by Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, Sarah Neufeld, Jeremy Gara, Tim Knigsbury and Markus Dravs. “The Suburbs” won “Album of the Year” at the 2011 “Grammy Awards”, “Best International Album” at the 2011 “BRIT Awards”, “Album of the Year” at the 2011 “Juno Awards”, and the 2011 “Polaris Music Prize” for best Canadian album. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Canada by “CRIA” and Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Will Butler – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass
- Win Butler – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
- Richard Reed Parry – double bass, accordion, keyboards, drums, percussion
- Tim Kingsbury – bass, guitar, piano
- Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
- Régine Chassagne – vocals, piano
- Sarah Neufeld – violin
- Sarah Neufeld, Owen Pallett, Richard Reed Parry, Marika Anthony Shaw – strings
- Clarice Jensen, Nadia Sirota, Yuki Numata, Caleb Burhans, Ben Russell, Rob Moose – additional strings
- Colin Stetson– saxophones
- Pietro Amato– French horn
- Arcade Fire – mixing, arrangement
- Owen Pallett– string arrangements
- Mark Lawson – recording
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Nick Launay– additional mixing
- Marcus Paquin, Don Murnaghan, Noah Goldstein – additional recording
- Brian Thorn – assistant
- Brad Bell – assistant
- Adam Greenspan – assistant
- Caroline Robert – design
- Vincent Morisset– art direction
- Gabriel Jones – photography
- Joey Matthews, Stephane Fiore – photography assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, Win Butler, Will Butler, Régine Chassagne and Tim Kingsbury.
- The Suburbs
- Ready to Start
- Modern Man
- Rococo
- Empty Room
- City With No Children
- Half Light I
- Half Light II (No Celebration)
- Suburban War
- Month of May
- Wasted Hours
- Deep Blue
- We Used to Wait
- Sprawl I (Flatland)
- Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
- The Suburbs (continued)
Queen: Same
On July 13, 1973, “EMI” label released the self-titled, debut Queen album. It was recorded December 1971 – November 1972, at “De Lane Lea” and “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by John Anthony, Roy Thomas Baker, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. “Guitarist” magazine ranked the album at number 19 on its list of the “Most Influential Guitar Albums of all Time”; in 2008, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album song “Keep Yourself Alive” at number 31 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.
Personnel:
- Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ
- Brian May – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, vocal bridge, backing vocals
- Roger Taylor – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, vocal bridge
- John Deacon – bass guitar
- John Anthony– backing vocals
- Roy Thomas Baker– engineer
- Mike “Clay” Stone – engineer
- Ted Sharpe – engineer
Track listing:
- Keep Yourself Alive – Brian May
- Doing All Right – Brian May, Tim Staffell
- Great King Rat – Freddie Mercury
- My Fairy King – Freddie Mercury
- Liar – Freddie Mercury
- The Night Comes Down – Brian May
- Modern Times Rock’n’Roll – Roger Taylor
- Son and Daughter – Brian May
- Jesus – Freddie Mercury
- Seven Seas of Rhye – Freddie Mercury
Beck : Modern Guilt
On July 8, 2008, “DGC” label released “Modern Guilt”, the eighth Beck studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Anonyme Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Danger Mouse and Beck.
Personnel:
- Beck– vocals, guitars, bass, electric piano, flute, percussion, slide guitar, marimba, tambourine
- Brian LeBarton – synthesizer
- Greg Kurstin – piano organ, synthesizer
- Danger Mouse– beats, keyboard bass, synthesizer, programming , sounds
- Jason Falkner – bass, guitar
- Matt Mahaffey – bass
- Joey Waronker- drums
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Drew Brown – beat
- Chan Marshall- vocals
- David Campbell- string arrangements, conducting
Track listing:
All tracks by Beck, except where noted.
- Orphans
- Gamma Ray
- Chemtrails
- Modern Guilt
- Youthless
- Walls – Beck,Danger Mouse, Paul Guiot, Paul Piot
- Replica
- Soul of a Man
- Profanity Prayers
- Volcano
Muse: Black Holes And Revelations
On July 3, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “Black Holes and Revelations”, the fourth Muse studio album. It was recorded August – December 2005, and was produced by Rich Costey and Muse. The album design was by Storm Thorgerson. In 2008, in a “Q” magazine public vote, “Black Holes and Revelations” was ranked at number 34 on the list of the “The Best British Albums of All time”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; 3 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland” and 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Matthew Bellamy– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, synthesizers
- Christopher Wolstenholme– bass, double bass, synthesizers, backing vocals
- Marco Brioschi – trumpet
- Dominic Howard– drums, percussion, brief vocals, electronic drums
- Edoardo de Angelis – first violin
- Around Art – strings
- Tommaso Colliva– engineer
- Myriam Correge – engineer assistant
- Max Dingle – mixing assistant
- Tom Kirk – antique items crushed on “Exo-Politics”
- Mauro Pagani– string arrangements, string conductor
- Ross Peterson – engineer assistant
- Audrey Riley– string arrangements, string conductor
- Mark Rinaldi – mixing assistant
- Ryan Simms – engineer assistant
- Howie Weinberg– mastering
- Roger Lian – mastering assistant
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Derrick Santini – photography
- Storm Thorgerson– cover photography
- Rupert Truman – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Bellamy.
- Take a Blow
- Straight
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Map of the Problematique
- Soldier’s Poem
- Invincible
- Assassin
- Exo-Politics
- City of Delusion
- Hoodoo
- Knights of Cydonia
Dream Theater: Black Clouds & Silver Linings
On June 23, 2009, “Roadrunner Records” label released “Black Clouds & Silver Linings”, the tenth Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded October 2008 – March 2009, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.
Personnel:
- James LaBrie– lead vocals
- John Petrucci– guitar, backing vocals
- Jordan Rudess– keyboards, continuum, lap steel guitar
- John Myung– bass
- Mike Portnoy – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Jerry Goodman- violin
- Paul Northfield– engineer, mixing, vocal track co-producer
- Dr Rick Kwan – engineer assistant
- Hugh Syme– art direction, design, illustrations
- Dan Mandell – photography
Track listing:
All music by John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, John Myung and Jordan Rudess except where noted.
- A Nightmare to Remember – lyrics by John Petrucci
- A Rite of Passage – lyrics by John Petrucci
- Wither – music and lyrics by John Petrucci
- The Shattered Fortress – lyrics by Mike Portnoy
- X. Restraint
- XI. Receive
- XII. Responsible
- The Best of Times – lyrics Mike Portnoy
- The Count of Tuscany – lyrics by John Petrucci
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