Tag Archives: 2009

Teenage Fanclub: Shadows

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On May 31, 2010, “PeMa” label released “Shadows”, the ninth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in August 2008 – January 2009, at “Leeders Farm” in Norfolk, England, Raymond’s place in Glasgow, and “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Gerard Love – vocals, bass
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar
  • David McGowan – keyboards, guitar
  • Francis Macdonald – drums
  • Euros Childs – piano, backing vocals
  • Tom Crossley – flute 
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Nick Brine – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Bell – engineer assistant
  • Dave Pye – engineer assistant
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Toby Paterson – artwork
  • Robert Dallas Gray – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerrard Love, except where noted.

  1. Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything
  2. Baby Lee – lyrics by Norman Blake, Jo Mango, Ziggy Campbell, music by Norman Blake
  3. The Fall – Raymond McGinley
  4. Into the City
  5. Dark Clouds – Norman Blake
  6. The Past – Raymond McGinley
  7. Shock and Awe
  8. When I Still Have Thee – Norman Blake
  9. Live with the Seasons – Raymond McGinley
  10. Sweet Days Waiting
  11. The Back of My Mind – Norman Blake
  12. Today Never Ends – Raymond McGinley
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Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications

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On May 18, 2009, “Rough Trade” label released “Further Complications”, the second Jarvis Cocker studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, electric mandolin, synthesizer, fire bell
  • Tim McCall – guitar
  • Martin Craft – guitar, Vox Continental, piano
  • Simon Stafford – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Steve Mackey – bass guitar
  • Ross Orton – drums, timpani
  • Steve Mackay – saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Jarvis Cocker, except where noted.

  1. Further Complications
  2. Angela
  3. Pilchard – Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Tim McCall, Ross Orton
  4. Leftovers – Jarvis Cocker, Martin Craft, Steve Mackey, Tim McCall, Ross Orton, Simon Stafford
  5. I Never Said I Was Deep
  6. Homewrecker – Jarvis Cocker, Ross Orton
  7. Hold Still
  8. Fuckingsong
  9. Caucasian Blues
  10. Slush
  11. You’re in My Eyes (Discosong)

Peter Frampton: Thank You Mr. Churchill

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On May 27, 2010, “Eagle Rock” and “New Door Records” labels released “Thank You Mr. Churchill”, the fourteenth Peter Frampton studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Peter Frampton – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, dulcimer, E-bow, Wurlitzer, ukulele
  • Eddie Willis, Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
  • Rob Jones – grand piano, synthesizer
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
  • Bob Babbitt, Craig Young – bass
  • Matt Cameron – drums, percussion
  • Chad Cromwell, Kenneth “Spider” Rice – drums
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Julian Frampton – vocals
  • Kira Small, Marcia Ware, Scat Springs – backing vocals
  • Don Gunn – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Frampton; except where noted.

  1. Thank You Mr. Churchill – Peter Frampton, John Regan
  2. Solution – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  3. Road to the Sun – Peter Frampton, Julian Frampton
  4. I’m Due a You – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  5. Vaudeville Nanna and the Banjolele – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  6. Asleep at the Wheel
  7. Suite: Liberte. A. Megumi B. Huria Wat
  8. Restraint – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  9. I Want it Back
  10. Invisible Man – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  11. Black Ice
  12. Non North America edition
  13. I Understand – (bonus track)
  14. A Thousand Dreams – (bonus track)

Scorpions: Sting in the Tail

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On March 14, 2010, “Sony / Columbia” label released “Sting in the Tail”, the seventeenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded May – December 2009, at “Scorpio Sound Studio” and “Vocal Land Studio” in Germany, “The Garage Studio” and “Atlantisstudion” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead vocals
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Paweł Mąciwoda – bass, backing vocals
  • James Kottak – drums, backing vocals
  • Tarja Turunen – vocals
  • Mikael Nord Andersson – gang vocals, recording, mixing
  • Martin Hansen – recording, mixing
  • Hans-Martin Buff – Pro Tools operator, engineer
  • Mats Lindfors, George Marino – mastering
  • Dirk Illing – artwork
  • Peter Kirkman – guitar technician
  • Ingo Powitzer – guitar technician
  • Micke Svennsson – drum technician

Track listing:

  1. Raised on Rock – lyrics by Martin Hansen, Klaus Meine, music by Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen
  2. Sting in the Tail – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  3. Slave Me – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Eric Bazilian, music by Rudolf Schenker
  4. The Good Die Young – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Rudolf Schenker, Christian Kolonovits
  5. No Limits – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Eric Bazilian  
  6. Rock Zone – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Klaus Meine, Mikael Nord Andersson
  7. Lorelei – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Eric Bazilian, Frederik Thomander, Anders Wikström, music by Rudolf Schenker, Frederik Thomander, Anders Wikström
  8. Turn You On – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Rudolf Schenker, Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen
  9. Let’s Rock – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Eric Bazilian, music by Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Eric Bazilian
  10. SLY – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  11. Spirit of Rock – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Eric Bazilian, music by Eric Bazilian, Rudolf Schenker
  12. The Best is Yet to Come – Rudolf Schenker, Eric Bazilian, Frederik Thomander, Anders Wikström, music by Eric Bazilian, Frederik Thomander, Anders Wikström

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Beat the Devil’s Tattoo

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On March 5, 2010, “Abstract Dragon” label released “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo”, the sixth Black Rebel Motorcycle Club studio album. It was recorded March – November 2009, at “Station House Studio”, “The Basement” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Michael Been, Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Leah Shapiro.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards, mixing, additional mastering
  • Robert Levon Been – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, mixing, additional mastering
  • Leah Shapiro – drums, percussion, mixing, additional mastering
  • Mark Rains – engineer, mixing
  • James Salter, Paul Nicgorkski, Peter Hayes, Ryan Bernstein – engineer assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • The Uprising Creative – art direction
  • Ryan Besch – inside poster artwork
  • Tessa Angus – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Leah Shapiro.

  1. Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
  2. Conscience Killer
  3. Bad Blood
  4. War Machine
  5. Sweet Feeling
  6. Evol
  7. Mama Taught Me Better
  8. River Styx
  9. The Toll
  10. Aya
  11. Shadow’s Keeper
  12. Long Way Down
  13. Hal-State

Eeels: End Times

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On January 19, 2010, “E-Works” and “Vagrant” label released “End Times”, the eighth Eels studio album. It was recorded December 2008 – August 2009, at “One Hitsville” and “Los Feliz” in California, and was produced by Mark Oliver Everett.

Personnel:

  • E – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harmonica, piano, Optigan, Hammond B3, banjo, pump organ, Vox Continental, drums, percussion
  • Koool G Murder – bass, guitar, recording, mixing 
  • Butch – drums
  • Wayne Bergeron – French horn, horns
  • Chris Bleth – horns
  • Andy Martin – horns
  • Jim Lang – horn arrangements, recording
  • Ryan Boesch – recording, mixing
  • Robert Carranza – recording, mixing
  • Greg Collins – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by E (Mark Oliver Everett)

  1. The Beginning
  2. Gone Man
  3. In My Younger Days
  4. Mansions of Los Feliz
  5. A Line in the Dirt
  6. End Times
  7. Apple Trees
  8. Paradise Blues
  9. Nowadays
  10. Unhinged
  11. High and Lonesome
  12. I Need a Mother
  13. Little Bird
  14. On My Feet

Surfer Blood: Astro Coast

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On January 19, 2010, “Kanine” label released “Astro Coast”, the debut Surfer Blood studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by John Paul Pitts.

Personnel:

  • John Paul Pitts – vocals, guitar, string arrangements, engineer
  • Thomas Fekete – vocals, guitar
  • Brian Black – vocals, bass
  • Tyler Schwarz – drums
  • Kevin Williams – guitar
  • Freddy Schwenk Sr. – flute
  • Emily Dwyer – strings
  • Ryan Copt – engineer
  • Brenda Hollingsworth – mastering
  • Garth Warner – cover art
  • Julia Pitts – cover art
  • Jason Rueger – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by John Paul Pitts, Thomas Fekete and Tyler Schwarz.

  1. Floating Vibes
  2. Swim
  3. Take it Easy
  4. Harmonix
  5. Neighbor Riffs
  6. Twin Peaks
  7. Fast Jabroni
  8. Slow Jabroni
  9. Anchorage
  10. Catholic Pagans

Jeff Beck

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On January 10, 2023, Geoffrey Arnold Beck aka Jeff Beck died aged 78. He was musician (guitar), in all lists of the 100 Greatest guitarists of all time, he was ranked in the top five. Beck’s innovative guitar sound spanned various styles ranging from blues rock, jazz fusion and guitar rock and influenced generations of young guitarists. He received “Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performances” six times, and “Best pop Instrumental Performance” once. In 1992, as member of The Yardbirds he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, and as solo artists in 2009. In 2014 he received the “British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award” for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Beck was member of the Yardbirds, founder and leader of Jeff Beck Group, and member of Beck, Bogert and Appice. As leader he released fourteen albums.

Fever Ray: Same

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On January 12, 2009, “Rabid” label released the self-titled, debut Fever Ray album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Christoffer Berg, Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid and Fever Ray.

Personnel:

  • Fever Ray – vocals, recording, mixing
  • Cecilia Nordlund – vocals
  • Hampus Lundgren – double bass
  • Christoffer Berg – recording, mixing
  • Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid – mixing, recording 
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Martin Ander – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Fever Ray, except where noted, all music by Fever Ray.

  1. If I Had a Heart
  2. When I Grow Up
  3. Dry and Dusty
  4. Seven
  5. Triangle Walks
  6. Concrete Walls
  7. Now’s the Only Time I Know
  8. I’m Not Done
  9. Keep the Streets Empty for Me – Fever Ray, Cecilia Nordlund
  10. Coconut

Canon: Globalno zasmejuvanje

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On December 30, 2009, Canon self-released “Globalno zasmejuvanje”, band’s debut album. It was recorded in 2007 – 2009, at “E Go East” studio in Macedonia, and was produced by Neletronic Guru.  

Personnel:

  • Krunoslav Stojkovski – vocal
  • Zoran Velkov Zuro – guitar
  • Aleksandar Savovski Krisho – guitar
  • Dragan Mitev – trumpet
  • Aleksandar Ninik – trombone
  • Mustafa Jonuzovski Muso – bass
  • Sashko Jurukov – drums
  • Bozidor Jovovik – percussion
  • Juliana Stojceska – backing vocals
  • Sandra Angelova – backing vocals
  • Neletronic Guru – recording
  • Alen Hadzi Stefanov – recording
  • Oliver Dimitrov – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Dvaes dvojka
  2. Izlezi
  3. Alka ludnica
  4. Treto lice
  5. Kakva slika
  6. Skriena
  7. Loshiot covek
  8. Rasta pazi
  9. Vera
  10. G.Z.