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Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

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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.

  1. The Suburbs
  2. Ready to Start
  3. Modern Man
  4. Rococo
  5. Empty Room
  6. City With No Children
  7. Half Light I
  8. Half Light II (No Celebration)
  9. Suburban War
  10. Month of May
  11. Wasted Hours
  12. Deep Blue
  13. We Used to Wait
  14. Sprawl I (Flatland)
  15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
  16. The Suburbs (continued)

Queen: Same

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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:

  1. Keep Yourself Alive – Brian May
  2. Doing All Right – Brian May, Tim Staffell
  3. Great King Rat – Freddie Mercury
  4. My Fairy King – Freddie Mercury
  5. Liar – Freddie Mercury
  6. The Night Comes Down – Brian May
  7. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll – Roger Taylor
  8. Son and Daughter – Brian May
  9. Jesus – Freddie Mercury
  10. Seven Seas of Rhye – Freddie Mercury

Beck : Modern Guilt

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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.

  1. Orphans
  2. Gamma Ray
  3. Chemtrails
  4. Modern Guilt
  5. Youthless
  6. Walls – Beck,Danger Mouse, Paul Guiot, Paul Piot
  7. Replica
  8. Soul of a Man
  9. Profanity Prayers
  10. Volcano

Muse: Black Holes And Revelations

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Black Holes

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.

  1. Take a Blow
  2. Straight
  3. Supermassive Black Hole
  4. Map of the Problematique
  5. Soldier’s Poem
  6. Invincible
  7. Assassin
  8. Exo-Politics
  9. City of Delusion
  10. Hoodoo
  11. Knights of Cydonia

Dream Theater: Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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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.

  1. A Nightmare to Remember – lyrics by John Petrucci
  2. A Rite of Passage – lyrics by John Petrucci
  3. Wither – music and lyrics by John Petrucci
  4. The Shattered Fortress – lyrics by Mike Portnoy
  • X. Restraint
  • XI. Receive
  • XII. Responsible
  1. The Best of Times – lyrics Mike Portnoy
  2. The Count of Tuscany – lyrics by John Petrucci

Manic Street Preachers: Journal for Plague Lovers

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On May 18, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Journal for Plague Lovers”, the ninth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded October 2008 – February 2009, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth,Wales, and was produced by Steve Albini and Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Nicky Wire– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, piano
  • Sean Moore– drums, percussion
  • Andy Walters – string arrangements, strings
  • Katherine Thomas – harp
  • Joanna Parkhurst – strings
  • Bernard Kane – strings
  • Nathan Stone – strings
  • Steve Albini– recording, mixing
  • Dave Eringa– mixing
  • Loz Williams – recording, engineer
  • Steve Davis – recording
  • Greg Norman – engineer
  • Ben Cunningham – engineer assistant
  • Jenny Saville– front cover artwork
  • Steve Stacey – design
  • Mitch Ikeda – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Richey Edwards, all music by Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore, Nicky Wire).

  1. Peeled Apples
  2. Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
  3. Me and Stephen Hawking
  4. This Joke Sport Severed
  5. Journal for Plague Lovers
  6. She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach
  7. Facing Page: Top Left
  8. Marlon J.D
  9. Doors Closing Slowly
  10. All Is Vanity
  11. Pretension/Repulsion
  12. Virginia State Epileptic Colony
  13. William’s Last Words

Steve Winwood: Nine Lives

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Nine Lives

On April 29, 2008, “Columbia” label released “Nine Lives”, the ninth Steve Winwood album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Steve Winwood.

Personnel:

  • Steve Winwood– vocals, guitar, Hammond organ
  • Eric Clapton– guitar
  • José Pires de Almeida Neto– guitar
  • Tim Cansfield – guitar
  • Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion
  • Richard Bailey – drums
  • Paul Booth – flute, saxophone, human whistle
  • Johnson Somerset – associate producer
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design
  • Sam Erickson – photography
  • Juan Pont Lezica – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m Not Drowning – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin
  2. Fly – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto
  3. Raging Sea – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto
  4. Dirty City – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin
  5. We’re All Looking – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin
  6. Hungry Man – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto
  7. Secrets – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto
  8. At Times We Do Forget – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto
  9. Other Shore – Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto

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

Portishead: Third

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On April 28, 2008, “Island” label released “Third”, the third Portishead studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2008, and was produced by Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley.

Personnel:

  • Beth Gibbons – lead vocals, guitar
  • Adrian Utley – acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, keyboards
  • John Baggott –Rhodes piano
  • Jim Barr – bass
  • Geoff Barrow– drums, bass, keyboards
  • Clive Deamer – drums
  • Will Gregory– saxophone
  • Wendy Bertram –bassoon
  • Team Brick –clarinet
  • Stu Barker –hurdy-gurdy
  • Charlotte Nicholls –cello
  • Claudio Campos – spoken intro
  • David Poore, Ben Salisbury – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, except where noted.

  1. Silence
  2. Hunter
  3. Nylon Smile
  4. The Rip
  5. Plastic
  6. We Carry On
  7. Deep Water
  8. Machine Gun – Geoff Barlow, Beth Gibbons
  9. Small
  10. Magic Doors – Geoof Barlow, Beth Gibbons, John Baggot
  11. Threads

Sonic Youth: SYR7: J’Accuse Ted Hughes

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Syr7

On April 22, 2008, “SYR” label released “SYR7: J’Accuse Ted Hughes”, the seventh Sonic Youth’s release in the “SYR” series. It was recorded 2000 – 2003, and was produced by  Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon and Steve Shelley. As the rest of the “SYR” series, “SYR7” liner notes are in foreign language, in this case, Arpitan, a French regional language.

Personnel:

  • Lee Ranaldo – vocal, guitar
  • Thurston Moore – vocal, guitar
  • Kim Gordon – vocal, bass
  • Steve Shelley – drums
  • Deanne Franklin – recording
  • Aaron Mullan – recording
  • Jim O’Rourke – mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Chris Habib –design
  • Edd Westmacott – photography

Track listing:

  1. J’Accuse Ted Hughes
  2. Agnès B Musique