On January 30, 2025, Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull died aged 78. She was singer and actress, regarded as one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States. In 2009, Faithfull received the “World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement” at the “Women’s World Awards”. In 2011, she was awarded the “Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”, one of France’s highest cultural honours. As leader Faithfull released 22 studio and 4 live albums.
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Patty Griffin: Downtown Church
On January 26, 2010, “Crediental” label released “Downtown Church”, the sixth Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Downtown Presbyterian Church” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Buddy Miller. In 2011, “Downtown Church” won the “Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album”. The album won a “Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year” at the 42nd “GMA Dove Awards”.
Personnel:
- Patty Griffin – vocals
- Buddy Miller – vocals, guitar, mixing
- Doug Lancio – guitar
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- John Deaderick – piano
- Dennis Crouch – bass
- Jay Bellerose – drums
- Bryan Owings – percussion
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- John Catchings – cello
- Emmylou Harris – vocals
- Raul Malo – vocals
- Jim Lauderdale – vocals
- Shawn Colvin – vocals
- Mike Farris – vocals
- Julie Miller – vocals
- Regina McCrary – vocals
- Ann McCrary – vocals
- Mike Poole – engineer
- Gordon Hammond – engineer assistant
- Jim DeMain – mastering
- Kathi Whitley – production coordination
- Maple Byrne – production assistant
Track listing:
- House of Gold – Hank Williams
- Move Up – traditional
- Little Fire – Patty Griffin
- Death’s Got a Warrant – traditional
- If I Had My Way – Reverend Gary Davis
- Coming Home to Me – Patty Griffin
- Wade in the Water – traditional
- Never Grow Old – traditional
- Virgen de Guadalupe – traditional
- I Smell a Rat – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
- Waiting for My Child – Sullivan Pugh
- The Strange Man – Dorothy Love Coates
- We Shall All Be Reunited – A. Karnes, B. Bateman
- All Creatures of Our God and King – traditional
Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
On January 20, 2009, “Fat Possum” label released “Noble Beast”, the fifth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Andrew Bird.
Personnel:
- Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, whistling
- Jeremy Ylvislaker – guitar, bass, organ, shortwave
- Todd Sickafoose – double bass
- Ben Martin – cardboard box drums
- Martin Dosh – percussion, looping, keys
- Mike Lewis – clarinet
- Tony Crow – juno
- Kelly Hogan – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.
- Oh No
- Masterswarm
- Fitz and the Dizzyspells
- Effigy
- Tenuousness
- Nomenclature
- Ouo
- Not a Robot, but a Ghost – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
- Unfolding Fans – Andrew Bird, Jeremy Ylvisaker
- Anonanimal
- Natural Disaster
- The Privateers
- Souverian
- On Ho
Umphrey’s McGee: Mantis
On January 20, 2009, “SCI Fidelity” label released “Mantis”, the sixth Umphrey’s McGee studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008. at “Manny Sanchez’s I.V. Lab Studios”, and “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jake Cinninger, Ryan Stasik, Kris Myers, Brendan Bayliss, Joel Cummins and Andy Farag.
Personnel:
- Brendan Bayliss – vocals, guitar
- Jake Cinninger – guitar
- Joel Cummins – keyboards
- Ryan Stasik – bass
- Kris Myers – drums
- Andy Farag – percussion
Track listing:
- Made to Measure
- Preamble
- Mantis
- Cemetery Walk
- Cemetery Walk II
- Turn & Run
- Spires
- Prophecy Now
- Red Tape
- 1348
These New Puritans: Hidden
On January 18, 2010, “Angular” label released “Hidden”, the second These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2009, in London and Prague, and was produced by Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton.
Personnel:
- Jack Barnett – vocals, keyboards, electric guitar, synthesizer, drums, gong, taiko, handclaps, noises, programming, arrangements
- Thomas Hein – electric guitar
- Faith Leadbetter – piano, prepared piano
- George Barnett – drums, tom tom, taiko, tamborim, art direction, design
- Hugh Wilkinson – glockenspiel, vibraphone
- Guglielmo Baldini – trumpet
- Jiři Novotný – baritone horn
- Katie Pryce, Pavel Jirásek, Zdeněk Vasina – French horn
- Aleš Hustoles, Tomáš Hustoles – clarinet
- Katie Emma Black – clarinet, bass clarinet
- Kamil Doležal – bass clarinet
- Vit Korinek – trombone
- Mark Rudland – trombone, bass trombone
- Petr Čihák – bass trombone
- Tomáš Frantis – bassoon
- Jackie Hayter, Pavel Rytina – contrabassoon
- Hynek Doležal – flugelhorn
- Robert Heger – alto flute
- Daniel Trodden, Lumir Maryška – tuba
- New London Children’s Choir
- Ronald Corp – choir conductor
- Robert Brauner – conductor
- Alex Gibson – choir directed
- Ryan Lott – mbira, arrangements
- Phill Brown – engineer
- Michael Vaniš – engineer
- Dave Cooley – mixing
- Tom Loffman – mixing
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
- Edward Quarmby – design
- Daniel Askill, Steven Haddock – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack Barnett, except where noted.
- Time Xone
- We Want War – Jack Barnett, Richard Rodney Bennet, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers
- Three Thousand
- Hologram
- Attack Music – Jack Barnett, Thomas Hein
- Fire Power
- Orion
- Canticle
- Drum Courts–Where Corals Lie – Jack Barnett, Sir Edward Elgar, Richard Garnett
- White Chords
- 5
Chelsea Wolfe: The Grime And The Glow
On December 28, 2020, “Pendu Sound” label released “The Grime and the Glow”, the debut Chelsea Wolfe studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Chelsea Wolfe.
Personnel:
- Chelsea Wolfe – vocals, guitar
- Kevin Dockter – lead guitar
- Ben Chisholm – piano
- Addison Quarles – bass guitar
- Drew Walker – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Chelsea Wolfe.
- Advice & Vices
- Cousins of the Antichrist
- Moses
- Deep Talks
- Fang
- Benjamin
- The Whys
- Nnorus
- Halfsleeper
- Bounce House demons
- Widow
The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon
On December 22, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon”, the 14th Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Kliph Scurlock.
Personnel:
- Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Steven Drozd – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
- Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- Kliph Scurlock – drums, percussion
- Dennis Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboard
- James Young – guitar
- Casey Joseph – bass, keyboard
- Matt Duckworth – drums, percussion
- Henry Rollins – vocals
- Peaches – vocals
Track listing:
- Speak to Me/Breathe
- On the Run
- Time/Breathe (reprise)
- The Great Gig in the Sky
- Money
- Us and Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Brian Damage
- Eclipse
Gerry Rafferty: Life Goes On
On November 30, 2009, “Hypertension Music” label released “Life Goes On”, the tenth Gerry Rafferty album, and the last one released in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2009, at “Icon Studios” in East Sussex, England, “Studio Miraval” in France, “Blue Wave Recording Studios” in St. Philip, Barbados, “Parkgate Studios” in Sussex, England, “Chipping Norton Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, “Tye Farm”, “The Hit Factory”, “Skibo Castle” in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.
Personnel:
- Gerry Rafferty – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and high-string guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming
- Bryn Haworth – guitar, slide guitar, bottleneck guitar
- Hugh Burns – electric guitar
- Mark Knopfler – electric guitar
- Jerry Donahue – electric rhythm guitar
- B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
- Pavel Rosak – keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, brass, marimba, drum programming
- Kenny Craddock – Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizer
- Alan Clark – Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizer
- Ian Lynn – keyboards, strings
- Pino Palladino – bass guitar
- Mo Foster – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
- Giles Twigg – drums, percussion, guitar, bass guitar, reading from Digital Delirium, programming, engineer
- Arran Ahmun – drums, percussion, hi-hat, cymbal, tambourine, toms, cowbell, congas, talking drum, agogô, finger cymbals
- Mell Collins – saxophone
- Arturo Tappin – saxophone
- Gavyn Wright – strings
- Andy Patterson – bells, programing, engineer
- Joe Egan – backing vocals
- Lianne Carroll – backing vocals
- Julian Littman – backing vocals
- Melanie Harrold – backing vocals
- Nicky Moore – backing vocals
- Cindy Legall – backing vocals
- Tamara Marshall – backing vocals
- Ronnie Rehse – German reading
- Andrew Jackman – bassoon, horn, oboe, string arrangements
- Doug Cook – engineer, engineer assistant
- Brad Davis – engineer
- Philipe Garcia – engineer
- Jean Jacques Lemoine – engineer
- Chris Potter – engineer
- Dan Priest – engineer, mixing
- Brian Europe – vocal engineering, engineer assistant
- Tom Gonzales – vocal engineering
- Barry Hammond – drum engineering, additional engineering
- Hugh Murphy – recording, engineer
- Mike Ross – string recording
- Tim Young – additional engineering
- Zahir Kahn – engineer assistant
- Martin Raymond – engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Gerry Rafferty, except where noted.
- Kyrie Eleison – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The Waters of Forgetfulness – (new edit)
- Don’t Speak of My Heart – Gerry Rafferty, Jim Rafferty
- Because – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Everytime I Wake Up (new edit) – Gerry Rafferty, with a reading from Rainer Maria Rilke
- Love and Affection (new edit)
- The Land of the Chosen Few (new edit)
- Life Goes On (new edit)
- Another World (new edit)
- Time’s Caught Up on You (new edit)
- Conscious Love
- Over My Head
- Hang On
- It’s Easy to Talk
- The Maid of Culmore – traditional
- Your Heart’s Desire
- Adeste Fidelis – traditional
- Silent Night
Them Crooked Vultures: Same
On November 13, 2009, “Interscope” label released the self-titled, only Them Crooked Vultures album. It was recorded January – August 2009, at “Pink Duck Studios” in Burbank, California, “Chalice Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl.
Personnel:
- Josh Homme – vocals, guitars
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, clavinet, optigan, mandolin, backing vocals
- Dave Grohl – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Alain Johannes – backing vocals, guitar overdubs, recording
- Alan Moulder – recording, mixing
- Justin Smith – recording assistant
- Chris Kaysch – mixing assistant
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Mike Bozzi – mastering assistant
- Morning Breath – art direction
- Liam Lynch – artwork, graphic design
Track listing:
All tracks by Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl.
- No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
- Mind Eraser, No Chaser
- New Fang
- Dead End Friends
- Elephants
- Scumbag Blues
- Bandoliers
- Reptiles
- Interlude with Ludes
- Warsaw or the First Breath You take After You Give Up
- Caligulove
- Gunman
- Spinning in Daffodils
Atlas Sound: Logos
On October 19, 2009, “4AD” label released “Logos”, the second Atlas Sound studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Park Avenue Studio”, “Notown Sound” and “Press Play Studios” in London, and “Soma Electronic Music Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Bradford Cox.
Personnel:
- Bradford Cox – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, bass guitar, drums, percussion, additional photography
- Noah Lennox – vocals
- Laetitia Sadier – vocals
- Benjamin Balcom – piano, engineer
- Sasha Vine – violin
- Andy Ramsay – recording
- Chris Koltay – mixing
- Christian Wright – mastering
- Craig McCaffrey – layout assistant
- Edith Cox – cover photography
- Ashley Harwood – back cover photography
Track listing:
All music by Branford Cox, all lyrics by Branford Cox, except where noted.
- The Light That Failed
- An Orchid
- Walkabout – Noah Lennox
- Criminals
- Attic Lights
- Shelia
- Quick Canal – lyrics by Laetitia Sadier
- My Halo
- Kid Klimax
- Washington School
- Logos
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