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On July 20, 2011.

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On July 20, 2011, “Warner Music” label released “Sky Full of Holes”, the fifth and final Fountains of Wayne studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood.

Personnel:

  • Chris Collingwood – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jody Porter – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Schlesinger – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Garo Yellin – cello
  • Brian Young – drums, percussion
  • Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet
  • Geoff Sanoff – engineer
  • Arjun Agerwala, Rudyard Lee Cullers – additional engineering
  • Adam Tilzer, Atsuo Matsumoto, Mike Nesci – engineer assistant
  • John Holbrook – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • CJIII – mastering
  • Lori Nix – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood.

  1. The Summer Place
  2. Richie and Ruben
  3. Acela
  4. Someone’s Gonna Break Your Heart
  5. Action Hero
  6. A Dip in the Oceans
  7. Cold Comfort Flowers
  8. A Road Song
  9. Workingman’s Hands
  10. Here to See You Like This
  11. Radio Bar
  12. Firelight Waltz
  13. Cemetery Guns

On July 19, 2011.

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On July 19, 2011, “Universal Republic” label released “Time of My Life”, the fifth 3 Doors Down studio album. It was recorded July – October 2010, in Los Angeles and Tokyo, and was produced by Howard Benson.

Personnel:

  • Brad Arnold – lead vocals
  • Matt Roberts – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Henderson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Todd Harrell – bass
  • Greg Upchurch – drums
  • Howard Benson – keyboards, programming
  • Michito Sanches – percussion
  • Kim Bullard – keyboards, programming
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel
  • Marti Frederiksen – additional programming
  • Deborah Lurie – string arrangements
  • Mike Plotnikoff – recording engineer
  • Hatsukazu Inagari – string engineer
  • Paul Decarli – digital editing
  • Marc Vangool – guitar technician
  • Jon Nicholson – drum technician
  • Jimmy Fahey – assistant engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixer
  • Keith Armstrong – assistant engineer
  • Nick Karpen – assistant engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Brad Townsend – additional mixing engineer
  • Andrew Schubert – additional mixing engineer
  • Sandra Brummels – creative director
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations, cover concept
  • Frank W. Ockenfels III – band photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Brad Arnold.

  1. Time of My Life – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Marti Frederiksen
  2. When You’re Young – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Matt Frederiksen
  3. Round and Round – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  4. Heaven – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Zac Maloy
  5. Race for the Sun – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  6. Back to Me – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  7. Every Time You Go – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Bobby Huff
  8. What’s Left – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Zac Maloy
  9. On the Run – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  10. She Is Love – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  11. My Way – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell
  12. Believer – Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell

On June 28, 2011.

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On June 28, 2011, “RCA” label released “This Loud Morning”, the third David Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Matt Serletic.

Personnel:

  • David Cook – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Neal Tiemann – lead and acoustic baritone guitar
  • Andy Skib – rhythm guitar, piano, background vocals
  • Monty Anderson – bass guitar
  • Kyle Peek – drums, backing vocals
  • Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Joel Shearer – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Phil X – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Chris Chaney – bass guitar
  • Kaare Kabel Mai – drums
  • Dorian Crozier – drums
  • Mark Castrillon – background vocals
  • Bernd Ruf – orchestra music director
  • Ulrich Zimmer – orchestra contractor and leader
  • Johannes Krampen – violin
  • Lisa Barry – violin
  • Michael Speth – violin
  • Klaus Kulling – violin
  • Klaus Marquardt – violin
  • Ariane Volm – violin
  • Monika Beck – violin
  • Kathrin Bscheidl – violin
  • Claudiu Rupa – violin
  • Alexander Brutsch – viola
  • Natascha Klotschkoff – viola
  • Friederike Faust – viola
  • Marcin Niziol – viola
  • Betty Bachofer – viola
  • Christiane Alber – cello
  • Constantin Meier – cello
  • Felix Brade – cello
  • Alex Uhl – double bass

Children Choir

  • Jasper Randall – choir contractor
  • Julian Babad
  • Christopher James
  • Michael O’Brien
  • Victor Pineschi
  • Hale Thornhill-Wilson

Rokulus Strings

  • Rok Golob – conductor, orchestrator
  • Mojca Arnold – violin
  • Ziga Cerar – violin
  • Marija Naversnik – violin
  • Nastja Znideric – violin
  • Marijana Gregoric – violin
  • Andreja Zupanc – violin
  • Ajda Kralj – violin
  • Tamar Tasev – viola
  • Marjeta Skrjanc – viola
  • Pavel Rakar – acoustic cello
  • Ursula Ivanus – acoustic cello
  • Tomaz Stular – contrabass
  • Matt Serletic – arranger, keyboards, piano, programmer
  • Mark Dobson – Pro Tools editor, recording engineer
  • Doug Trantow – Pro Tools editor, programmer, recording engineer
  • Alex Arias – 2nd Engineer, engineer
  • Kevin Estrada – 2nd Engineer
  • Ryan Kern – 2nd Engineer
  • Mike Leisz – 2nd engineer, engineer
  • Kelle Musgrove – production coordinator
  • Justin Niebank – mixing engineer
  • Andrew Bollman – assistant mixing engineer
  • Seth Morton – assistant mixing engineer
  • Tim Palmer – mixing engineer
  • Travis Kennedy – assistant mixing engineer
  • Cindi Peters – mix coordinator
  • Rune Westberg – composer, guitar, recording engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Adrian von Ripka – tonmeister
  • Bettina Bertok – assistant

Track listing:

  1. Circadian – David Cook, David Hodges, Neal Tiemann
  2. Right Here with You – David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star, Greg Wattenberg
  3. We Believe – David Cook, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin
  4. Fade Into Me – David Cook, Kevin Griffin, Jamie Houston
  5. Hard to Believe – David Cook, Jamie Hodges, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins
  6. Take Me as I Am – David Cook, Marti Frederiksen, Scott Stevens
  7. Time marches On – David Cook, Marti Frederiksen
  8. The Last Goodbye – David Cook, Ryan Tedder
  9. Paper heart – David Cook, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin
  10. 4 Letter Word – David Cook, Claude Kelly, Matt Squire
  11. Goodbye to the Girl – David Cook, Neal Tiemann, Andy Skib
  12. Rapid Eye Movement – David Cook, Jamie Hodges

On June 28, 2011.

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On June 28, 2011, “Sire” label released the self – titled, fifth Taking Back Sunday studio album. It was recorded October 2010 – January 2011, at “Barefoot Recording” in Hollywood, and was produced by Eric Valentine.

Personnel:

  • Adam Lazzara – lead vocals
  • John Nolan – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Eddie Reyes – rhythm guitar
  • Shaun Cooper – bass guitar
  • Mark O’Connell – drums, percussion
  • Eric Valentine – engineer, mixing
  • Cian Riordan – assistant engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Brad Filip – art design

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Lazzara, Eddie Reyes, John Nolan, Mark O’Connell and Shaun Cooper

  1. El Paso
  2. Faith (When I Let You Down)
  3. Best Place to Be a Mom
  4. Sad Savior
  5. Who Are You Anyway?
  6. Money (Let It Go)
  7. This Is All Now
  8. It Doesn’t Feel a Thing Like Falling
  9. Since You’re Gone
  10. You Got Me
  11. Call Me in the Morning

On June 21, 2011.

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On June 21, 2011, “Quack! Media” released “Good & Evil”, the second Tally Hall studio album. It was recorded October – November 2009, at “The Sunset Sound Factory” in California, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Rob Cantor – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Joe Hawley – vocals, guitar, percussion, art direction, design
  • Zubin Sedghi – vocals, bass
  • Andrew Horowitz – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Ross Federman – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bora Karaca – keyboards, accordion, whistling, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Todd Burke – recording
  • Wren Rider – studio tech
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, Andrew Horowitz, and Zubin Sedghi.

  1. Never Meant to Know – Rob Cantor
  2. & – Joe Hawley
  3. You & Me – Rob Cantor
  4. Cannibal – Zubin Sedghi
  5. Who Are You – Rob Cantor
  6. Sacred Beast – Joe Hawley
  7. Hymn for a Scarecrow – Joe Hawley
  8. A Lady – Joe Hawley
  9. The Trap – Zubin Sedghi
  10. Turn the Lights Off – Joe Hawley
  11. Misery Fell – Andrew Horowitz
  12. Out in the Twilight – Rob Cantor
  13. You – Andrew Horowitz
  14. Fate of the Stars – Andrew Horowitz, Joe Hawley

On June 12, 2012.

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On June 12, 2012, “Epitaph” and “The Boombox Generation” labels released “Go”, the fifth Motion City Soundtrack studio album. It was recorded June – October 2011, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was produced by Ed Ackerson.

Personnel:

  • Justin Pierre – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joshua Cain – vocals, guitar
  • Jesse Johnson – Moog, keyboard
  • Matt Taylor – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Tony Thaxton – drums, percussion
  • Dan Lawonn – cello
  • Erica Burton – viola
  • Josh Misner – violin
  • Zachary Scanlan – violin
  • The Laurels String Quartet
  • Chris Shaw – mixing
  • Peter Anderson – assistant engineer
  • Bradley Hale – art direction, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Justin Pierre, all music by Justin Pierre, Joshua Cain, Jesse Johnson, Matt Taylor and Tony Thaxton.

  1. Circuits and Wires
  2. True Romance
  3. Son of a Gun
  4. Timelines
  5. Everyone Will Die
  6. The Coma Kid
  7. Boxelder
  8. The Worst Is Yet to Come
  9. Bad Idea
  10. Happy Anniversary
  11. Floating Down the River

On June 5, 2012.

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On June 5, 2012, “Fantasy” label released “Analog Man”, the eleventh Joe Walsh album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Joe Walsh, Jeff Lynne and Tim Armstrong.

Personnel:

  • Joe Walsh – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums
  •  Little Richard – lead vocals
  • Jeff Lynne – keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Joe Vitale – keyboards, sitar
  • Richard Davis – synthesizer, programming
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar
  • Tim Armstrong – guitar
  • Rick Rosas – bass
  • Kenny Passarelli – bass
  • Dale Peters – bass
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Jim Fox – drums, background vocals
  • Steve Jay – percussion
  • Bruce Sugar – percussion, programming
  • Tommy Lee James – backing vocals
  • Graham Nash – backing vocals
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Steve Jay, Bruce Sugar, John Morrical, Ken Hammon – engineer, mixing 
  • Howie Weinberg, Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Jeri Heiden/Smog Design, Inc. – art direction
  • Ryan Corey/Smog Design, Inc. – background photography, package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

  1. Analog Man – Joe Walsh, Drew Hester, Gannin Arnold
  2. Wrecking Ball – Joe Walsh, Tommy Lee James
  3. Lucky That Way – Joe Walsh, Tommy Lee James
  4. Spanish Dancer
  5. Funk 50
  6. Band Played On – Joe Walsh, Tommy Lee James
  7. Family – Joe Walsh, Tommy Lee James
  8. One Day at a Time
  9. Hi – Roller Baby – Tim Armstrong
  10. India

On May 9, 2012.

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On May 9, 2012, “Thousand Mile Inc” label released “Après”, the sixteenth Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded February 2010 – June 2011, and was produced by Hal Cragin.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop – vocals
  • Hal Cragin – vocals. guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Steven Ulrich – electric guitar
  • Danny Blume – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jerry Zaslavsky – organ
  • Jon Cowherd – piano
  • Ben Perowsky – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Kevin Hupp – drums, percussion
  • Jainardo Batista – percussion
  • Aaron Halva – tres
  • Lucie Aimé, Sarah Fimm – backing vocals
  • Tim Ouimette – horn arrangemens, horns, trombone
  • Lulu Gainsbourg – horn arrangement
  • Hal Cragin – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Tommasi – additional production, engineer
  • Guillaume le Grontec, Sophie Blondy – photography

Track listing:

  1. Et si tu n’existais pas – Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno, Pasquale Losito, Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesie
  2. La Javanaise – Serge Gainsbourg
  3. Everybody’s Talkin – Fred Neil
  4. I’m Going Away Smiling – Yoko Ono
  5. La vie en rose – Louis Guglielmi, Édith Piaf
  6. Les Passantes – Antoine Pol, Georges Brassens
  7. Syracuse – Bernard Dimey
  8. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  9. Michelle – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

On May 9, 2011.

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On May 9, 2011, “Favorite Gentlemen Recordings” label released “Simple Math” the third Manchester Orchestra studio album. It was recorded August – December 2010, at “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, “Favorite Gentlemen” in Atlanta, GA, and was produced by Dan Hannon, Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, Jonathan Corley and Christopher Freeman.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hull — lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, lyrics
  • Robert McDowell — lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Corley — bass, backing vocals
  • Christopher Freeman — percussion, organ, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Eddie Horst — conductor
  • Ben Talmi — string arrangements
  • Greg Martin — additional string arranging
  • Justin Burns — violin
  • Joy A. Christy — violin
  • Kenn Wagner — violin
  • Sheela Iyengar — violin
  • Olga Shpitko — violin
  • Sou-Chun Su — violin
  • Wesley P. Collins — viola
  • Tania Maxwell — viola
  • Joli Wu — viola

Manchester Orchestra String ensemble

  • Karen Freer — cello
  • Charae Krueger — cello
  • Daniel Laufer — cello
  • Len Clark — drums
  • Benjamin Homola — drums
  • Timothy Very — drums
  • Daniel Dewitt — trombone
  • Brad Fisher — trumpet

School choir

  • Lyndsey Laborde — choir vocals
  • Eli Hannon — choir vocals
  • Jake Hannon — choir vocals
  • Emily Ammons — choir vocals
  • Grace Ammons — choir vocals
  • Lowell Reynolds — engineering
  • Brad Fisher — engineering
  • Billy Hume — additional engineering
  • Graham Hope — mixing assistant
  • Joe Chiccarelli — mixing
  • Vlado Meller — mastering
  • Brian Manley — design, layout
  • Carson Donnelly, Jay Harren — A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hull.

  1. Deer
  2. Mighty
  3. Pensacola
  4. April Fool
  5. Pale Black Eye
  6. Virgin
  7. Simple Man
  8. Leave It Alone
  9. Apprehension
  10. Leaky Breaks

On April 26, 2011.

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On April 26, 2011, “Mascot Records” label released “Tha Funk Capital of the World”, the thirteenth Bootsy Collins studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at “Lench Mob Studios”, “The Terrordome”, “Bootzilla Re-Hab Center”, “Le Gonks West”, “Institute Of Audio Research”, and was produced by Bootsy Collins.

Personnel:

  • Bootsy Collins – rap, bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, drum programming, arranger, engineer
  • Adrian Hall, Bobby Womack, Candice Cheatham, Catfish Collins, Chrissy Dunn, George Clinton, Gibbor & Esther, Li’l Diamond, Linda Shider, Musiq Soul Child*, Nick Arnold, Olvido Ruiz, Pastor Cooper & Voices Of The Upper Room Choir, Penny Ford, Razzberry White, The Bootzilla Choir, Tony Wilson Aka Young James Brown, Zion Planet 10- vocals
  • Rev. Al Sharpton, Chuck D, Dr. Cornel West, Danny Ray, Faith Daniels, Ice Cube, Jimi Hendrix, Khrys Styles, Phil Ade, Samuel L. Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Tom Joyner, Xavier Styles – rap
  • Bela Fleck – banjo
  • Bucke thead, Catfish Collins, Garry Shider, Guitar Sallye, Ronni “Racket” Jennings*, Shawn Steele, Tamah – guitars
  • Bernie Worrell, Joel “Razor” Johnson*, Morris Mingo – keyboards
  • Dennis Chambers, Frankie “Kash” Waddy, Sheila E., Steve Jordan – drums
  • Fallou Sy, Mohamed Seck – percussion
  • Oui-Wey Collins – drum programming
  • Andrew Olson, Farnell Newton, Kyle Molitor, Michael Phillip – horns
  • Brian Hogg, Hal Melia, RandyVillars – saxophone
  • Fred Wesley, Marc Fields – trombone
  • Gary Winters, Mike Wade – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Casey-Driessen, Jerald Daemyon, Paul Patterson & The Bootzilla Orchestra – strings
  • Alex Fraser,  Charles Reynolds, Ouiwey, Tobe Donohue, Johnny “Juice” Rosado, Erik Zobler, Dave “Diz Mix” Lopez, Robert Musso – engineer
  • Roy Koch – design
  • David Carlo, Mark Alexander, Michael Weintrob – photography

Track listing:

  1. Spreading Hope Like Dope – Bootsy Collins
  2. Hip Hop @Funk U – Bootsy Collins, O. Jackson, Donald Moore, Snoop Doog, Bernie Worrell
  3. Mirrors Tell Lies – Bosty Collins, Ron Jennings
  4. JB-Still the Man – Bootsy Collins, Sally Dorsey, Tamah Dorsey, Rev. Al Sharpton
  5. Freedumb – Bootsy Collins, Dr. Cornel West
  6. After These Messages – Bootsy Collins, Frank Waddy, Samuel L. Jackson, Joel Johnson
  7. Kool Whip – Bootsy Collins, Phil Ade, Morris Mingo
  8. The Real Deal – Bootsy Collins, Candice Cheatham, Joel Johnson
  9. Don’t Take My Funk – Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Bobby Womack
  10. If Looks Could Kill – Bootsy Collins, Pete Roberts
  11. Minds Under Construction – Bootsy Collins, Buckethead, Summer Hughes
  12. Siento Bombo – Bootsy Collins, William Johnson, Olvido Rutz
  13. Jazz Greats (tribute to Jazz) – Bootsy Collins, Ron carter, Johnny Davis, George Duke, Claude von Stroke
  14. Garry Shider Tribute – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Linda Shider
  15. Stars Have no Names – Bootsy Collins, Nick Arnold, Chrissy Dunn
  16. Chocolate Caramel Angel – Bootsy Collins, Ron Jennings
  17. Yummy, I Got the Munchies – Bootsy Collins, Musiq Soulchild, Razzberry White