Tag Archives: 2009

Magnum: Into the Valley of the Moonking

On June 15, 2009, “SPV” label released “Into the Valley of the Moonking”, the 15th Magnum studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Mad Hat Studios” in Coven, and was produced by Sheena Sear and Tony Clarkin.

Personnel:

  • Bob Catley— vocals
  • Tony Clarkin— guitar
  • Mark Stanway— keyboards
  • Al Barrow— bass guitar
  • Harry James— drums
  • Rodney Matthews – artwork, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Clarkin.

  1. Intro
  2. Cry to Yourself
  3. All My Bridges
  4. Take Me to the Edge
  5. The Moonking
  6. No One Knows His Name
  7. In My Mind’s Eye
  8. Time to Cross That River
  9. If I Ever Lose My Mind
  10. A Face in the Crowd
  11. Feels Like Treason
  12. Blood On Your Barbed Wire Thorns

Riverside: Anno Domini High Definition

On June 15, 2009, “Mystic Production” label released “Anno Domini High Definition”, the fourth Riverside album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Michał Łapaj, Piotr Kozieradzki and Szymon Chech.

Personnel:

  • Mariusz Duda– vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Piotr Grudziński – guitar
  • Michał Łapaj– keyboards, theremin
  • Piotr Kozieradzki– drums
  • Karol Gołowacz – saxophone
  • Rafał Gańko – trumpet
  • Adam Kłosiński – trombone
  • Szymon Chech – mixing
  • Grzegorz Piwkowski – mastering
  • Travis Smith – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Hyperactive
  2. Driven to Destruction
  3. Egoist Hedonist
  • Different?
  • Hedonist Party
  • Straw Man Dance
  1. Left Out
  2. Hybrid Times

Eskimo Joe: Inshalla

On May 29, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “Inshalla”, the fourth Eskimo Joe studio album. It was recorded October – November 2008, at “Studios 301” at Byron Bay, Australia.

Personnel:

  • Kavyen Temperley– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Stuart MacLeod– vocals, guitar
  • Joel Quartermain– vocals, guitar, drums
  • Lee Jones – guitar
  • Hugh Jennings – accordion
  • Paul Millard – horns
  • Anne-Louise Comerford, Phillip Hartl, Andrew Hines – strings
  • Andy Lawson – vocals
  • Steve Parkin– vocals
  • Shaun Luke Sibbes – percussion, whistling
  • Mark Underwood – horns
  • Claire White – whistling
  • Jimi Maroudas – engineer
  • Pablo Verduga – engineer assistant
  • Andy Lawson – post-production engineer
  • Gil Norton– mixing
  • Dave Bascombe – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Mathematics – design
  • Adrian Mesko – photography

Track listing:

  1. Foreign Land (contains elements from Adiyaman (a province of South-Eastern part of Turkey) performed by the Anadolu University Folk Dance Ensemble (A university student club in Turkish province of Eskisehir) – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  2. Inshalla – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  3. Losing Friends Over Love – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  4. The Sound of Your Heart – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  5. Childhood Behaviour – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  6. Don’t Let Me Down – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  7. Falling for You (intro) – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  8. Falling for You – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Perkin
  9. Losing My Mind – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  10. Your Eyes – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain
  11. Please Elise – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Justin Burford
  12. Morning Light – Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain

Hayden: The Place Where We Lived

On May 26, 2009, “Hardwood Records” label released “The Place Where We Lived”, the sixth Hayden album. It was recorded in 2009, at “4 Walls Studios” in Skyscraper National Park, and was produced by Howie Beck.

Personnel:

  • Hayden – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass, harmonica, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing, art direction, photography
  • Howie Beck – vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, horn arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Carlin Nicholson, Holly Throsby – vocals
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Dale Murray – electric guitar, pedal steel
  • Wayne Petti – electric guitar, piano
  • Mike O’Brien – vocals, piano
  • Christi & Holli Banks – upright bass
  • Paul Lowman – bass
  • Corey Wood, Corey Wood – drums
  • Tyler Stewart – percussion
  • Bryden Baird, Seán Ó Riada – trumpet
  • William Carn – trombone
  • Christie Greyerbiehl – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Hayden.

  1. The Place Where We Lived
  2. Message from London
  3. Disappear
  4. Living Grows on You
  5. When the Night Came and Took Us
  6. Let’s Break Up
  7. The Valley
  8. Dilapidated Heart
  9. Never Lonely
  10. Let it Last

Foster the People: Torches

On May 23, 2011, “Startime International” label released “Torches”, the debut Foster the People studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2011, and was produced by Rich Costey, Paul Epworth, Mark Foster, Tony Hoffer and  Greg Kurstin. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Foster- lead vocals,  piano,  guitar, keyboards,  synthesizers,  programming, percussion, Wurlitzer, vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Sean Cimino – guitar
  • Cubbie Fink – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Pontius – drums, percussion
  • Paul Epworth – keyboards, percussion, programming
  • Greg Kurstin – synthesizer, programming
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Zach Heiligman – programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Foster, except where noted.

  1. Helena Beat
  2. Pumped Up Kicks
  3. Call It What You Want
  4. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
  5. Waste
  6. I Would Do Anything for You
  7. Houdini
  8. Life on the Nickel – Paul Epworth, Mark Foster
  9. Miss You – Zach Heiligman, Mark Foster
  10. Warrant

Wintersleep: New Inheritors

On May 18, 2010, “The Tom Kotter Company” label released “New Inheritors”, the fourth Wintersleep album. It was recorded September 2009 – February 2010, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Paul Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tim D’Eon – guitar
  • Jon Samuel – keyboards
  • Michael Bigelow – bass guitar
  • Loel Campbell – drums, percussion
  • Robin Rankin – keyboards
  • Mick Cooke – brass, string arrangements
  • Anne–Marie Proulx, Rachel Denkers – handclapping
  • Caraline Risi, Liam Lynch, Rosie Townhill, Ysla Robertson – strings
  • Tony Doogan – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jace Lasek, Sébastien Rivard – assistant
  • Graeme Patterson – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Experience the Jewel
  2. Encyclopedia
  3. Blood Collection
  4. New Inheritors
  5. Black Camera
  6. Trace Decay
  7. Mausoleum
  8. Echolocation
  9. Terrible Man
  10. Preservation
  11. Mirror Man
  12. Baltic

In Case of Fire: Align the Planets

On May 11, 2009, “Search and Destroy” label released “Align the Planets”, the debut In Case of Fire studio album. It was recorded April—May 2008 at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and “Miloco Studios” in London, and was produced by Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Steve Robinson — lead vocals, guitars
  • Mark Williamson — bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Robinson — drums, percussion
  • Rocky O’Reilly — programming
  • Audrey Riley — cello
  • Chris Sheldon— mixing
  • Guy Massey — engineer
  • Ted Jensen — mastering
  • John Dunne — pro tools, engineer assistant
  • Jeff Gilligan — art direction, design
  • Paul Harries — photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steven Robinson, all music by Steve Robinson, Colin Robinson and Mark Williamson.

  1. This Time We Stand
  2. The Cleansing
  3. Do What I Say
  4. Align The Planets
  5. Parallels
  6. Plan A — samples narrationby Martin Luther King
  7. Enemies
  8. Landslides
  9. Violence and Pictures
  10. And Sorrow
  11. A Pale New Costume
  12. Second Revelation

Roseanna Vitro: The Music of Randy Newman

On May 10, 2011, “Motéma” label released “The Music of Randy Newman”, the twelfth Roseanna Vitro album. It was recorded on November 9, 2009 and January 22, 2010 at “Charlestown Road Studio” in Hampton, NJ, and was produced by Paul Wickliff and  Roseanna Vitro.

Personnel:

  • Roseanna Vitro – vocals, arrangements
  • Mark Soskin – piano, arrangements
  • Sara Caswell – violin
  • Dean Johnson – bass
  • Tim Horner – drums
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion
  • Steve Cardenas – guitar

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. Last Night I had a Dream
  2. Sail Away
  3. If I Didn’t Have You
  4. Every Time It Rains
  5. Baltimore
  6. In Germany Before the War
  7. Mama Told Me Not to Come
  8. I Will Go Sailing No More
  9. Feels Like Home
  10. Losing You

Foals: Total Life Forever

On May 10, 2010, “Transgressive Records” label released “Total Life Forever”, the second Foals studio album. It was recorded in September 2009, at “Svenska Grammofon Studios” in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was produced by Luke Smith. The writers and editors, and the readers poll of the UK magazine “The Fly” voted “Total Life Forever” the “Best album of 2010”.

Personnel:

  • Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, drums, art direction
  • Jack Bevan – drums, art direction
  • Jimmy Smith – guitar, art direction
  • Walter Gervers – bass, art direction, backing vocals
  • Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
  • Caroline Wickberg – additional vocals
  • Ferg Peterkin – programming, engineer
  • Mike Crossey– recording assistant
  • Daniel Rejmer – engineer
  • Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Big Active, Tinhead – artwork
  • Steve Gullick, Dave Ma – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Walter Gervers and Edwin Congreave.

  1. Blue Blood
  2. Miami
  3. Total Life Forever
  4. Black Gold
  5. Spanish Sahara
  6. This Orient
  7. Fugue
  8. After Glow
  9. Alabaster
  10. 2 Trees
  11. What Remains

The Maccabees: Wall of Arms

On May 4, 2009, “Fiction” label released “Wall of Arms”, the second Maccabees studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Markus Dravs. The album’s cover art was by Boo Ritson.

  • Orlando Weeks – vocals, guitar
  • Hugo White – guitar
  • Felix White – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rupert Jarvis – bass
  • Sam Doyle – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Felix White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle.

  1. Love You Better
  2. One Hand Holding
  3. Can You Give It?
  4. Young Lions
  5. Wall of Arms
  6. No Kind Words/Bag of Bones Part A
  7. Dinosaurs
  8. Kiss and Resolve
  9. William Powers
  10. Seventeen Hands
  11. Bag of Bones Part B