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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
On October 13, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Christmas in the Heart”, the thirty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Groove Masters Studio” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan’s pseudonym).
Personnel:
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, electric piano, harmonica, arrangements
On October 12, 2010, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “The Age of Adz”, the sixth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.
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