Tag Archives: 2009

The Cribs: Ignore the Ignorant

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On September 7, 2009, “Wichita Recordings” label released “Ignore the Ignorant”, the fourth Cribs (The) album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Seedy Underbelly”, and was produced by Nick Launay.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Marr – vocals, guitar
  • Ryan Jarman – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Jarman – vocals, bass, organ
  • Ross Jarman – drums, percussion
  • Nick Launay – recording, mixing
  • Joe Kearns – engineer
  • Erick Philips – engineer
  • Atom – engineer
  • Nick Veitbakk – engineer
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Nick Scott – artwork
  • Autumn De Wild – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Jarman, Ross Jarman, Ryan Jarman and Johnny Marr.

  1. We Were Aborted
  2. Cheat On Me
  3. We Share the Same Skies
  4. City of Bugs
  5. Hari Kari
  6. Last Year’s Snow
  7. Emasculate Me
  8. Ignore the Ignorant
  9. Save Your Secrets
  10. Nothing
  11. Victim of Mass Production
  12. Stick to Yr Guns

Gilbert O’Sullivan: Himself

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In August 1971, “MAM Records” label released “Himself”, the debut Gilbert O’Sullivan album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Audio International Studios” in London, and was produced by Gordon Mills. In 2009, “Hot Press” ranked “Himself” at number 100 on its list of the “250 Greatest Irish Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan – vocals, piano
  • Chris Spedding – guitar
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Johnnie Spence – arrangements
  • Peter Rynston – engineer
  • Don Bax – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Gilbert O’Sullivan.

  1. Intro
  2. January Git
  3. Bye-Bye
  4. Permissive Twit
  5. Matrimony
  6. Independent Air
  7. Nothing Rhymed
  8. Too Much Attention
  9. Susan Van Heusen
  10. If I Don’t Get You (Back Again)
  11. Thunder and Lightning
  12. Houdini Said
  13. Doing the Best I Can
  14. Outro

Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major

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On August 18, 2009, “Mega Collider” label released “Ursa Major”, the fourth Third Eye Blind studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2009, and was produced by Stephan Jenkins.

Personnel:

  • Stephan Jenkins – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion, drums
  • Tony Fredianelli – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Brad Hargreaves – drums, percussion, piano
  • Herve Salters – keyboards
  • Ben Stokes – synthesizer, drum programming
  • Jon Evans – bass guitar
  • Arion Salazar – bass guitar
  • Robyn Croomer – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Taylor – backing vocals
  • Minna Choi – backing vocals
  • Sean Beresford – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer – engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – engineer
  • Vlado Meller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephan Jenkins, except where noted.

  1. Can You Take Me – Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli
  2. Don’t Believe a Word – Stephan Jenkins, Tony Dredianelli
  3. Bonfire – Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli
  4. Sharp Knife – Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli
  5. One in Ten
  6. About to Break – Stephan Jenkins, Ari Ingber
  7. Summer Town
  8. Why Can’t You Be
  9. Water Landing
  10. Dao of St. Paul
  11. Monotov’s Private Opera
  12. Carnival Barker – Stephan Jenkins, Tony Fredianelli

Florence and the Machine: Lungs

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On July 3, 2009, “Island” label released “Lungs”, the debut Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2009, at “The Garden”,  “The Pool”, “The Synagogue”, “Strongroom 33 / Space Cave”, “The Smokehouse” and “The Dairy” in London, and was produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Stephen Mackey, Isabella Summers and Eg White.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, additional drumming, percussion, art direction
  • Rob Ackroyd – guitar, bass guitar
  • Tom Monger – harp
  • Christopher Lloyd Hayden – drums
  • Isabella Summers – piano, additional drumming, percussion
  • Tim McCall – guitar
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar
  • Duncan “Pixie” Mills – Hammond organ
  • Stephen Mackey – bass guitar
  • Mete Burch Bator – bass guitar
  • Martin Slattery – drums
  • James Ford – drums, bass guitar, additional piano; organ
  • Charlie Hugall – additional drumming, percussion, additional bass
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements, violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Charlie Henry – cello
  • LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals
  • Victoria Akintola – backing vocals
  • Mark Rankin – recording 
  • Jimmy Robertson – recording, mixing
  • Duncan “Pixie” Mills – engineer assistant
  • Ben Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Al Riley – engineer assistant
  • James Ford – mixing
  • Stephen Mackey – mixing
  • Richard Flack – mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing 
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Ben Mortimer – final edit
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Tabitha Denholm – art direction
  • Hugh Frost – layout
  • Orlando Weeks – lung illustration
  • Tom Beard – photography
  • Wade Fletcher – live photograph

Track listing:

  1. Dog Days Are Over – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  2. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  3. I’m Not Calling You a Liar – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  4. Howl – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  5. Kiss With a Fist – Florence Welch, Matt Allchin
  6. Girl With One Eye – Matt Allchin, Davis Ashby, James McCool
  7. Drumming Song – Florence Welch, James Ford, Crispin Hunt
  8. Between Two Lungs – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  9. Cosmic Love – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  10. My Boy Builds Coffins – Florence Welch, Christopher Lloyd Hayden, Rob Ackroyd
  11. Hurricane Drunk – Florence Welch, Eg White
  12. Blinding – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  13. You’ve Got the Love – John Bellamy, Arnecia Michelle Harris. Anthony B. Stephens

Bei the Fish: Time to Make Things Right

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On June 13, 2009, “PMG Recordings” label released “Time to Make Things Right”, the second Bei the Fish album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Ognen Atanasovski, Nenad Georgievski and Valentina Minovska.

Personnel:

  • Ognen Atanasovski – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Nenad Georgievski Tonkin – keyboards, programming, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Valentina Minovska – vocals, keyboards, percussion, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Vladimir Nastevski – electronic drums
  • Blagoja Boshkovski – arrangements
  • Goran Atanasovski – mastering
  • Goran Kostovski – design

Track listing:

  1. Something Starting
  2. SMS Song
  3. All the Time
  4. True Story
  5. After All
  6. Holiday
  7. Girl
  8. When You Let Me
  9. Livin’ in a Box
  10. Time To Make Things Right
  11. Sexy Night Lovely Shoes

Bonus album music About All About (all put in one track)

1. Intro 2. Pistol Up My Head 3. Feels Like Rain 4. Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? 5. Opera House 1 6. Walking’ Talkin’ Smilin’ 7. What’s The Song All About? 8. Static Love 9. Opera House 2 10. Matter Of Time 11. Are You the Man I Want, Are You? 12. Opera House 3 13. Me And My Friend in The Mountain 14. Sitting On a Branch and Waiting for The Birds to Sing About All About 15. So Beautiful Love Is       16. French Cheese 17. My Friends Don’t Like My Songs Anymore

Ben Harper and the Relentless 7: White Lies for Dark Times

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On May 5, 2009, “Virgin” label released “White Lies for Dark Times”, album by Ben Harper and Relentless7 (the ninth Ben Harper album overall). It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Denny Kalb, Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jesse Ingalls and Jordan Richardson.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, slide guitar
  • Jason Mozersky – guitar
  • Jesse Ingalls – bass
  • Jordan Richardson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper.

  1. Number With No Name
  2. Up To You Now
  3. Shimmer & Shine
  4. Lay There & Hate Me
  5. Why Must You Always Dress in Black
  6. Skin Thin
  7. Fly One Time
  8. Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart)
  9. Boots Like This
  10. The Word Suicide
  11. Faithfully Remain

Super Furry Animals: Dark Days/Light Years

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On March 16, 2009, Super Furry Animals digitally released “Dark Days/Light Years”, the ninth and final band’s studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2009, at “Faster Recording Studio” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by Chris Shaw, Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Dafudd Leuan and Cian Ciaran.

Personnel:

  • Gruff Rhys – vocals, guitar, electric saz, vocoder, keyboard
  • Huw Bunford – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, electric saz
  • Cian Ciaran – vocals, keyboards, electronics, guitar
  • Guto Pryce – bass guitar
  • Dafydd Leuan – vocals, drums
  • Kris Jenkins – percussion
  • Jessica Rochman – strings
  • Nick McCarthy – spoken word
  • Chris Shaw – Engineer, mixing
  • Dave Newfeld – recording
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Keiichi Tanaami – artwork
  • Pete Fowler – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Dafudd Leuan and Cian Ciaran, except where noted.

  1. Crazy Naked Girls
  2. Mt.
  3. Moped Eyes
  4. Inaugural Trams
  5. Inconvenience
  6. Cardiff in the Sun
  7. The Very Best of Neil Diamond
  8. Helium Hearts
  9. White Socks/Flip Flops
  10. Where Do You Wanna Go?
  11. Lliwiau Liachar
  12. Pric

Quasi: American Gong

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On February 23, 2010, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “American Gong”, the eighth Quasi album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Sam Coomes, Janet Weiss and Joanna Bolme.

Personnel:

  • Sam Coomes – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Janet Weiss – drums, backing vocals
  • Joanna Bolme – bass
  • Kendra Wright – recording
  • Steve Fisk – mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – mixing
  • Tucker Martine – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Johanna Jackson – artwork
  • Chris Johanson – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Repulsion
  2. Little Shite Horse
  3. Everything & Nothing at All
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird
  5. The Jig Is Up
  6. Black Dogs & Bubbles
  7. Death Is Not the End
  8. Rockabilly Party
  9. Now What
  10. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler
  11. Howler

The Bravery: Stir the Blood

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On December 1, 2009, “Island” label released “Stir the Blood”, the third Bravery (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by John Hill and Sam Endicott. The album cover features a detail from ‘Carrion Call’ by British artist Polly Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Sam Endicott – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Michael Zakarin – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Conway – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mike Hindert – bass, backing vocals
  • Anthony Burulcich – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Endicott, except where noted.

  1. Adored
  2. Song for Jacob
  3. Slow Poison
  4. Hatef—k
  5. I Am Your Skin
  6. She’s So Bendable – Mike Hindert
  7. The Spectator
  8. I Have Seen the Future
  9. Red Hands and White Knuckles
  10. Jack-O’-Lantern Man
  11. Sugar Pill

Bernays Propaganda: Happiness Machine

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On September 28, 2009, “Moonle Records” label released “Happiness Machines”, the debut Bernays Propaganda album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Studio Enterprise” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Valentino Skenderovski.

Personnel:

  • Vasko Atanasovski – guitar
  • Kristina Gorovska – vocals
  • Saša Pavlović – bass
  • Džano Kuc – drums
  • Valentino Skenderovski – recording, mixing
  • Nenad Trifunovski – recording assistant
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Darko Kujundžić – layout, artwork
  • Front cover art taken from Gottfried Helnwein’s “Master Piece American Prayer”
  • Igor Kostov – band photography
  • Katerina Božinovska – liner notes English translation

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kristina Gorovska, except where noted; all music by Vasko Atanasovski.

  1. Kill Me! – lyrics by Vasko Atanasovski
  2. Are You Enjoying Being in Your Own Accompaniment?
  3. Safe Left
  4. A Day Before I Disappear
  5. Everything Will Fall Apart
  6. I Don’t Want to Know
  7. Anonymous Enemy
  8. Homo Or Sapiens
  9. Yuppie Dream
  10. No Translation