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Michael Schenker: Temple of Rock

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On September 7, 2011, “King” label released “Temple of Rock”, the debut Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Kidroom Studios” in Münster, Germany, and was produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss.

Personnel:

  • Michael Schenker – guitars
  • Michael Voss – vocals
  • Wayne Findlay – keyboards
  • Pete Way – bass
  • Herman Rarebell – drums
  • Rudolf Schenker – guitar
  • Michael Amott – guitar
  • Leslie West – guitar
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Paul Raymond – keyboards
  • Chris Glen – bass
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Elliott Dean Rubinson – bass
  • Carmine Appice – drums
  • Simon Phillips – drums
  • Chris Slade – drums
  • Brian Tichy – drums
  • William Shatner – spoken word
  • Robin McAuley – vocal
  • Doogie White – vocal

Track listing:

All music by Michael Schenker, all lyrics by Michael Voss, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. How Long
  3. Fallen Angel
  4. Hanging On
  5. The End of An Era
  6. Miss Claustrophobia
  7. With You – lyrics by Michael Schenker
  8. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – music by Michael Schenker, Doogie White
  9. Storming In
  10. Scene of Crime
  11. Saturday Night
  12. Lover’s Sinfony – music by Michael Schenker, Robin McAuley
  13. Speed
  14. How Long (3 Generations Guitar-Battle Version)
  15. Remember
  16. Miss Claustrophobia (radio edit)

Mount Earie: Ocean Roar

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On August 29, 2012, “P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.” label released “Ocean Roar”, the sixth Mount Eerie studio album. It was recorded January 2011 – February 2012, in Anacortes, Washington, and was produced by Phil Elverum.

Personnel:

  • Phil Elverum – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizer, drums, recording
  • Timothy Stollenwerk – mastering  
  • John Golden – mastering, lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Elverum, except where noted.

  1. Pale Lights
  2. Ocean Roar
  3. Ancient Times
  4. Instrumental
  5. Waves
  6. Engel Der Luft – Popol Vuh
  7. I Walked Home Beholding
  8. Instrumental

Mary-Jess: Shine

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On August 8, 2011, “Decca” label released “Shine”, the debut Mary-Jess (Mary-Jess Leaverland) album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at “The Busy Bee” in Beijing, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Ross Cullum.

Personnel:

  • Maty-Jess – vocals
  • Geoff Lawson, Pawel Bzim Zarecki – keyboards
  • Ross Cullum – keyboards, additional programming
  • Liu Teng – Chinese drums
  • Si Ri Gu Leng – fiddle
  • Ding Xiao Teng – flute
  • Chang Jing – guzheng
  • Benbrick, Emma Rohan, Liz Leaverland, Mary-Jess Leaverland*, Rich Parker, Sandy McLelland – backing vocals
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
  • Geoff Lawson, Pawel Bzim Zarecki – string arrangements
  • Sandy McLelland – vocal arrangements
  • James McWilliam – conductor
  • Geoff Lawson, Pawel Bzim Zarecki – programming
  • Simon Changer – engineer, mixing
  • Simon Rhodes – orchestra recording
  • Paul Chessell – design
  • Michael Labica, Sandrine Dulermo – photography 

Track listing:

  1. Are You the Way Home? – Helen Boulding, Mary-Jess Leaverland, Pete Glenister
  2. Glorious – Chris Eaton, Mary-Jess Leaverland
  3. Lighthouse of Mine – Fredrik Kempe, Peter Kvint, Ginny McGrail
  4. Rising from the Fire – Emma Rohan, Matt Schwartz
  5. Beautiful Force – Duck Blackwell, Mary-Jess Leaverland, Paddy Dalton
  6. Everything Can Wait – Helen Boulding, Martin Glover, Zoe Michelle
  7. Stand As One – Emma Rohan, Mary-Jess Leaverland, Paul Carter
  8. Yue Guang Ai Ren – Tan Dun
  9. My Own Sunrise – Chris Eaton, Mary-Jess Leaverland
  10. An Angel walking – Geoff Lawson, Helen Boulding, Mary-Jess Leaverland, Ross Cullum
  11. Burning Love – Guy Farler, Helen Boulding, Mary-Jess Leaverland
  12. Heaven is Empty – Paul Carter

Fountains of Wayne: Sky Full of Holes

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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

3 Doors Down: Time of My Life

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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
  • Hatsukazu Inagari – strings engineer
  • Keith Armstrong – engineer assistant
  • Nick Karpen – engineer assistant
  • Jimmy Fahey – engineer assistant
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Brad Townsend – additional mixing
  • Andrew Schubert – additional mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Paul Decarli – digital editing
  • Sandra Brummels – creative director
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations, cover concept
  • Frank W. Ockenfels III – band photography
  • Marc Vangool – guitar technician
  • Jon Nicholson – drum technician

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

David Cook: This Loud Morning

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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

Taking Back Sunday: Same

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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 – engineer assistant
  • 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

Tally Hall: Good & Evil

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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

Motion City Soundtrack: Go

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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 – engineer assistant
  • 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

Joe Walsh: Analog Man

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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