On November 24, 2025, James Chambers (aka Jimmy Cliff) died aged 81. He was singer, musician (guitar, piano, keyboards, congas) and actor, one of the most important figures in worldwide promotion of the Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae music. He was the only living reggae musician to hold the “Order of Merit”, the highest honor that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and sciences. In 2010, Jimmy Cliff was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
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Neil Young: Le Noise
On September 28, 2010, “Reprise” label released “Le Noise”, the 32nd Neil Young studio album. It was recorded March – May 2010, at “Le Noise” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.
Personnel:
- Neil Young – vocals, guitars
- Mark Howard – recording, mixing
- Tony Mangurian, Flo Ammon – editing
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Margaret Marissen – production assistance
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Young.
- Walk with Me
- Sign of Love
- Someone’s Gonna Rescue You
- Love and War
- Angry World
- Hitchhiker
- Peaceful Valley Boulevard
- Rumblin’
Eels: Tomorrow Morning
On August 17, 2010, “E Works” and “Vagrant” label released “Tomorrow Morning”, the ninth Eels studio album. It was recorded August – December 2009, at “One Hitsville, U.S.A.” in Los Feliz, California, and was produced by E (Mark Oliver Everett).
Personnel:
- Mark Oliver Everett (E) – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harmonica, piano, Optigan, Hammond B3 organ, banjo, harmonium, Vox Continental organ, drums, percussion
- Koool G Murder – bass guitar, guitar, recording, mixing
- Knuckles – drums
- Tomorrow Morning Orchestra – horns
- The Amy Davies Choir – harmony vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Mark Oliver Everett.
- In Gratitude for This Magnificent Day
- I’m a Hummingbird
- The Morning
- Baby Loves Me
- Spectacular Girl
- What I Have to Offer
- This Is Where It Gets Good
- After the Earthquake
- Oh So Lovely
- The Man
- Looking Up
- That’s Not Her Way
- I Like the Way This Is Going
- Mystery of Life
Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier
On August 13, 2020, “EMI” label released “The Final Frontier”, the fifteenth Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded January – March 2010, at “Compass Point” in Nassau, Bahamas, “The Cave” in Malibu, and was produced by Kevin Shirley. The album track “El Dorado” won the band a “Grammy Award” for “Best Metal Performance”.
Personnel:
- Bruce Dickinson – vocals
- Dave Murray – guitars
- Janick Gers – guitars
- Adrian Smith – guitars
- Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, co-producer
- Nicko McBrain – drums
- Jared Kvitka – engineer
- Kevin Shirley – mixing
- Terry Manning – studio technician
- Brent Spear – studio technician
- James McCullagh – assistant
- Philip Scholes – SSL Duality technician
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Stuart Crouch – art director, design
- Andrew Yap – art direction, design
- Anthony Dry – art direction, design
- Rob Wallis – art direction, design
- Melvyn Grant – cover illustration, working drawings, sketches
- John McMurtrie – photography
Track listing:
- Satellite 15…The Final Frontier – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
- El Dorado – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
- Mother of Mercy – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
- Coming Home – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
- The Alchemist – Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
- Isle of Avalon – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
- Starblind – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
- The Talisman – Janick Gers, Steve Harris
- The Man Who Would Be King – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
- When the Wild Wind Blows – Steve Harris
Buckcherry: All Night Long
On August 3, 2010, “Eleven Seven Music” label released “All Night Long”, the fifth Buckcherry studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Stevie D, Jimmy “Two Fingers” Ashhurst and Xavier Muriel.
Personnel:
- Josh Todd – lead vocals
- Keith Nelson – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Stevie D. – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Jimmy “Two Fingers” Ashhurst – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Xavier Muriel – drums, percussion
- Mike Fraser – mixing
Track listing:
- All Night Long – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson
- It’s a Party – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Marti Frederiksen
- These Things – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Jimmy Ashhurst
- Oh My Lord – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson
- Recovery – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Stevie D
- Never Say Bever – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Marti Frederiksen
- I Want You – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Marti Frederiksen
- Liberty – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Jimmy Ashhurst
- Our World – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Marti Frederiksen, Jimmy Ashhurst
- Bliss – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson, Marti Frederiksen
- Dead – Josh Todd, Keith Nelson
Steve Earle:I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
On April 26, 2011, “New West” label released “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, the 14th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded May – November 2010, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.
Personnel:
- Steve Earle – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
- T Bone Burnett – vocals, electric guitar
- Jackson Smith – electric guitar
- Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle
- Keefus Ciancia – mellotron
- Roland Guerin – acoustic bass
- Dennis Crouch – bass
- Jay Bellerose – drums
- Michael Brown – euphonium
- Sammie Williams – trombone
- Tracey Griffin – flugelhorn
- Jonathan Gross – tuba
- Tim Robbins
- Allison Moorer – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Earle.
- Waitin’ on the Sky
- Little Emperor
- The Gulf of Mexico
- Molly-O
- God Is God
- Meet Me in the Alleway
- Every Part of Me
- Lonely Are the Free
- Heaven or Hell
- I Am a Wanderer
- This City
Paul Simon: So Beautiful Or So What
On April 8, 2011, “Hear Music” label released “So Beautiful or So What”, the twelfth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at Paul Simon’s cottage in New Canaan, Connecticut, Paul Simon’s summer home in New York, and was produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon.
Personnel:
- Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic and electric twelve string-guitar, nylon string guitar, bells, glockenspiel, lyricist, percussion, whistle
- Vincent Nguini – acoustic and electric guitar
- Mick Rossi – piano
- David Finck – bass
- Jim Oblon – bass, electric and slide guitar, drums, percussion
- Steve Shehan –bass, brushes, crotale, cymbals, djembe, glass harp, resonator, saz, stick and talking drum, angklung
- Skip La Plante – gong, harp, wind chimes
- Karaikudi R. Mani – ensemble percussion, vocal percussion
- Nancy Zeltsman – marimba
- Charles Pillow – clarinet
- Mary Abt – clarinet
- Michael White – clarinet
- Sara Cutler – flute, harp
- Elizabeth Mann – flute
- Pamela Sklar – flute
- Diane Lesser – horn
- Lois Martin – viola
- Desiree Elsevier – viola
- Vincent Lionti – viola
- Richard Locker – cello
- Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
- Steve Gorn – bansuri
- Yacouba Sissoko – kora
- Etienne Stadwijk – celeste
- Joshua Swift – dobro
- Gabe Witcher – fiddle
- Chris Bear – electronics
- Edie Brickell – backing vocals
- Doyle Lawson – backing vocals
- Lulu Simon – backing vocals
- Gil Goldstein – arrangements
- Andy Smith – engineer
- Phil Ramone – mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Geoff Gans – art direction, design
- Sven Geier – cover image
- Mark Seliger – photography
- Kevin Mazur – band photography
- Elvis Costello – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Simon.
- Getting Ready for Christmas Day
- The Afterlife
- Dazzling Blue
- Rewrite
- Love and Hard Times
- Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
- Amulet
- Questions for the Angels
- Love & Blessings
- So Beautiful or So What
Metronomy: The English Riviera
On April 8, 2011, “Because Music” label released “The English Riviera”, the third Metronomy studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Smokenhouse” in London, “Motorbass” in Paris, and was produced by Joseph Mount.
Personnel:
- Joseph Mount – vocals, guitar, Juno-60, handclaps, Minimoog, Moog Source, Solina String Ensemble, bass guitar, talk box, Yamaha CS-80, Wurlitzer 200A, congas, EDP Wasp, Moog modular, Yamaha CS-50, clavinet, Yamaha CS2x, drums, percussion, arrangements
- Oscar Cash – guitar, saxophone, handclaps, Siel Orchestra, Juno-60
- Olugbenga Adelekan – bass guitar, handclaps
- Anna Prior – vocals, backing vocals; drums, handclap
- Gabriel Stebbing – bass guitar, guitar solo, handclaps
- Harriet Wheeler – violin
- Roxanne Clifford – vocals
- Marion Cassan – vocals
- Nicole Elizabeth – backing vocals
- Ash Workman – handclaps, engineer, mixing
- Jedidiah Allcock – engineer assistant
- Jamie Bell – engineer assistant
- Julien Noudin – engineer assistant
- Nilesh – mastering
- Joseph Mount – art direction
- Aaron Larney – design layout
- John Gorham – cover image
- Grégoire Alexandre – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joseph Mount.
- The English Riviera
- We Broke Free
- Everything Goes My Way
- The Look
- She Wants
- Trouble
- The Bay
- Loving Arm
- Corinne
- Some Written
- Love Underlined
Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies
On April 6, 2010, “EmArcy” label released “Vocabularies”, the twelve Bobby McFerrin album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Roger Treece and Linda Goldstein.
Personnel:
- Bobby McFerrin – vocals
- Roger Treece – vocals, synthesizer programming
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Sandra Anderson – vocals
- Sandy Anderson – vocals
- Ryland Angel – vocals
- Thom Baker – vocals
- Joey Blake – vocals
- Theo Bleckmann – vocals
- Kristina Boerger – vocals
- Everett Bradley – vocals
- Lincoln Briney – vocals
- Katie Campbell – vocals
- Bonnie Denise Christansen – vocals
- Pierre Cook – vocals
- Cole Davis – vocals
- Daniel Abraham DeVeau – vocals
- Sussan Deyhim – vocals
- Judi Donaghy – vocals
- Michele Eaton – vocals
- Gary Eckert – vocals
- Rosana Eckert – vocals
- Peter Eldridge – vocals
- Elizabeth Farnum – vocals
- Andrea Figallo – vocals
- Lisa Fischer – vocals
- La Tanya Hall – vocals
- Albert Hera – vocals
- Datevik Hovanesian – vocals
- Aubrey Johnson – vocals
- Mark Johnson – vocals
- Curtis King – vocals
- Lauren Kinhan – vocals
- Josephine Lee – vocals
- Darmon Meader – vocals
- Alexandra Montano – vocals
- Gayla Morgan – vocals
- Kim Nazarian – vocals
- Kevin Osborne – vocals
- Darren Percival – vocals
- Beth Quist – vocals
- Rhiannon – vocals
- David Root – vocals
- Marlon Saunders – vocals
- Fletcher Sheridan – vocals
- Janis Siegel – vocals
- Richard Slade – vocals
- Luciana Souza – vocals
- Michael Steinberger – vocals
- Darryl Tookes – vocals
- Roger Treece – vocals
- Michelle Mailhot Vines – vocals
- Amelia Watkins – vocals
- Michele Weir – vocals
- David B. Whitworth – vocals
- Dave Worm – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Bobby McFerrin and Roger Treece, except where noted.
- Baby
- Say Ladeo – Bobby McFerrin, Don Rosler, Roger Treece
- Wailers
- Messages – Don Rosler, Roger Treece
- The Garden
- He Ran to the Train
- Brief Eternity – Don Rosler, Roger Treece
Van Der Graaf Generator: A Grounding In Numbers
On March 14, 2011, “Esoteric Recordings” label released “A Grounding in Numbers”, the eleventh Van der Graaf Generator studio album. It was recorded in April 2010, at “Propagation House” in Holsworthy, Devon, England, and was produced by Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans.
Personnel:
- Peter Hammill – vocals, piano, electric guitar
- Hugh Banton – organs, bass guitar, harpsichord, piano, glockenspiel, 10 string bass
- Guy Evans – drums, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Peter Hammill.
- Your Time Starts Now
- Mathematics
- Highly Strung
- Red Baron
- Bunsho
- Snake Oil
- Splink
- Embarrassing Kid
- Medusa
- Mr. Sands
- Smoke
- 5533
- All Over the Place
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