Tag Archives: 2011

Brad Mehldau Trio: Where Do You Start

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On September 17, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Where Do You Start”, album by Brad Mehldau Trio (the 29th Brad Mehldau album overall). It was recorded November 2008 – April 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York, and was produced by Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Jeff Ballard– drums

Track listing:

  1. Got Me Wrong – Jerry Cantrell
  2. Holland – Sufjan Stevens
  3. Brownie Speaks – Clifford Brown
  4. Baby Plays Around – Cait O’Riordan, Elvis Costello
  5. Airegin – Sonny Rollins
  6. Hey Joe – Billy Roberts
  7. Samba e Amor – Chico Buarque
  8. Jam – Brad Mehldau
  9. Time Has Told Me – Nick Drake
  10. Aquelas Coisas Todas – Toninho Horta
  11. Where Do You Start? – Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel

Kasabian: Velociraptor

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On September 16, 2011, “RCA” label released “Velociraptor!” the fourth Kasabian studio album. It was recorded November 2010 – March 2011 in Leicester, England, and was produced by Dan the Automator and Sergio Pizzorno.

Personnel:

  • Tom Meighan– lead and backing vocals
  • Sergio Pizzorno– lead, co-lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, synthesizer, bass guitar
  • Chris Edwards– bass guitar
  • Ian Matthews – drums
  • Jay Mehler– guitar
  • Sandris Skyrimš – guitar
  • Tim Carter – guitar, percussion
  • Ben Kealey– keyboards
  • Dan Ralph Martin – guitar, percussion
  • Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
  • Mat Coleman – trombone
  • Andrew Kinsman – saxophone
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra– strings
  • Jessica Dannheisser – orchestration
  • Andy Brown – conducting
  • Tim Carter, Joe Kearns– engineeri
  • Aitor Throup– design, art direction
  • Neil Bedford – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sergio Pizzorno.

  1. Let’s Roll Just Like We Used To
  2. Days Are Forgotten
  3. Goodbye Kiss
  4. La Fée Verte
  5. Velociraptor!
  6. Acid Turkish Bath (Shelter from the Storm)
  7. I Hear Voices
  8. Re-Wired
  9. Man of Simple Pleasures
  10. Switchblade Smiles
  11. Neon Noon

The Aristocrats: Same

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On September 13, 2011, “Boing!” label released the self-titled, debut Aristocrats album. It was recorded in 2011 and was produced by Jimmy  Johnson, Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller, and Marco Minnemann.

Personnel:

  • Guthrie Govan- guitar
  • Bryan Beller- bass
  • Marco Minnemann- drums

Track listing:

  1. Boing!… I’m in the Back – Marco Minnemann
  2. Sweaty Knockers – Bryan Beller
  3. Bad Asteroid – Guthrie Govan
  4. Get It Like That – Marco Minnemann
  5. Furtive Jack – Guthrie Govan
  6. I Want a Parrot – Guthrie Govan
  7. See You Next Tuesday – Bryan Beller
  8. Blues Fuckers – Marco Minnemann
  9. Flatlands – Bryan Beller

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

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On September 9, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “Nearness”, an album Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2011, at “Teatro Fernán Gómez” in Madrid, Spain, “Kultur Casino” in Bern, Switzerland, “De Oosterpoort” in Groningen, Netherlands, “Alte Oper” in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, “Tonhalle Düsseldorf” in Düsseldorf, Germany, “Kongsberg Church” in Kongsberg, Norway, and was produced by Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau– piano

Personnel:

  1. Ornithology – Charlie Parker, Benny Harris
  2. Always August – Brad Mehldau
  3. In Walked Bud – Thelonious Monk
  4. Mehlsancholy Mode – Joshua Redman
  5. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  6. Old West – Brad Mehldau

Laura Marling: A Creature I Don’t Know

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On September 9, 2011, “Virgin” label released “A Creature I Don’t Know”, the third Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2011 and was produced by Ethan Johns.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling– vocals, guitar
  • Marcus Hamblett– banjo, electric guitar, tenor horn, mandolin
  • Pete Roe– harmonium, piano, guitar
  • Ruth De Turberville– cello
  • Graham Brown – double bass, electric bass
  • Matt Ingram – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling.

  1. The Muse
  2. I Was Just a Card
  3. Don’t Ask Me Why
  4. Salinas
  5. The Beast
  6. Night After Night
  7. My Friends
  8. Rest in the Bed
  9. Sophia
  10. All My Rage

Stiltskin: Unfulfillment

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On September 9, 2011, “Jaggy D” label released “Unfulfillment”, the third Stiltskin studio album.

Personnel:

  • Steve Wilson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Uwe Metzler – acoustic guitar, lead guitar
  • Ali Ferguson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Lawrie MacMillan – vocals, bass
  • Ashley MacMillan – drums, percussion
  • Filip Wałcerz – piano, keyboards
  • Ray Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Alicja Chrząszcz, Barbara Szelągiewicz – violin
  • Karolina Waścińska-Lukanowska, Kirstin Kroneberger – viola
  • Philipp Thimm – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Uwe Metzler and Ray Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Accidents Will Happen
  2. More Than Just A Memory
  3. The 7th Day
  4. American Beauty – Peter Hoff, Ray Wilson
  5. Voice of Disbelief – Peter Hoff, Ray Wilson
  6. First Day of Change – Uwe Metzler, Ray Wilson
  7. Tale From A Small Town – Peter Hoff, Ray Wilson
  8. 14 March 1962 – Peter Hoff, Ray Wilson
  9. She Flies – Uwe Metzler, Ray Wilson
  10. Guns of God – Uwe Metzler, Ray Wilson
  11. Old man and the Portrait – Uwe Metzler, Ray Wilson
  12. Ought To Be Resting – Peter Hoff, Ray Wilson

Lindsey Buckingham: Seeds We Sow

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On September 6, 2011, “Mind Kit Records” released “Seeds We Sow”, the sixth Lindsey Buckingham album. It was recorded in 2011 and was produced by Lindsey Buckingham.

Personnel:

  • Lindsey Buckingham– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, recording, mixing
  • Neale Heywood – bass
  • Walfredo Reyes– drums
  • Brett Tuggle – keyboards
  • Kristen Buckingham – sequencing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore – digital editing
  • Nick Steinhardt – design
  • Jeremy Cowart – photography

 Personnel:

All tracks by Lindsey Buckingham except where noted.

  1. Seeds We Sow
  2. In Our Own Time
  3. Illumination
  4. That’s the Way That Love Goes
  5. Stars Are Crazy – Lindsey Buckingham, Lisa Dewey
  6. When She Comes Down
  7. Rock Away Blind
  8. One Take
  9. Gone Too Far
  10. End of Time
  11. She Smiled Sweetly – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

 

Mystery: The World Is A Game

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On August 10, 2012, “Unicorn Digital” label released “The World is a Game” the fifth Mystery studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012 and was produced by Michel St-Père.

Personnel:

  • Benoît David- vocals
  • Michel St-Père – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Antoine Fafard – fretted and fretless bass, acoustic guitars
  • Nick D’Virgilio– drums
  • Marilène Provencher-Leduc – flute
  • Leszek Bujnowski – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Michel St- Père.

  1. A Morning Rise
  2. Pride
  3. Superstar
  4. The Unwinding of Time
  5. The World is a Game
  6. Dear Someone
  7. Time Goes By
  8. Another Day

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Same

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On June 21, 2011, “Fat Possum” label released the self – titled, debut Unknown Mortal Orchestra album. It was recorded in 2010. The album won the 2012 “Taite Music Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Ruban Nielson– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ruban Nielson.

  1. Ffunny Ffriends
  2. Bicycle
  3. Thought Ballune
  4. Jello and Juggernauts
  5. How Can You Luv Me
  6. Nerve Damage
  7. Little Blu House
  8. Strangers are Strange
  9. Boy Witch

Bon Iver: Same

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On June 17, 2011, “Jagjaguwar” label released the self – titled, second Bon Iver studio album. It was recorded November 2008 – December 2010, at “April Base” in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, and was produced by Justin Vernon.

Personnel:

  • Justin Vernon– voices, Korg M1, electric, baritone, nylon, high strung and tape head guitar, drums, bass, cymbals, 909, RE-201, CDO choirs, pianos, synth patches, choirs, banjo, synth, bass drum twelve-string delays, finger cymbals, tremolo piano, hands, additional string, and horn arrangements
  • Mike Lewis– soprano, alt and tenor saxophone, additional string and horn arrangements
  • Colin Stetson– alto and bass saxophone, flute, clarinets, additional string, and horn arrangements
  • Mikey Noyce – voice
  • Rob Moose– violins, violas, string and horn arrangements
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, RE-201, snare drums, brushes, bass drum, thighs, handclaps, granular synthesis, synth, drum source, gates, 909
  • Tom Wincek – granular synthesis
  • Sean Carey– voice, drums, choirs, vibraphone, bowed vibraphone, Harmony Engine, bass drum, mallet drums, processing
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel
  • Brian Joseph – RE-201, gates
  • Jim Schoenecker– granular synthesis
  • CJ “Carm” Camerieri – French horns, trumpets, pedal trumpets, muted trumpets, piccolo trumpet.an additional string and horn arrangements
  • Justin Vernon – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Joseph – engineer, mixing
  • Nate Vernon – additional engineering
  • Andy Immerman – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Gregory Euclide – paintings
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout, handwriting

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Vernon, except where noted.  “Calgary”, written by Vernon with Matt McCaughan.

  1. Perth
  2. Minnesota, WI
  3. Holocene
  4. Towers
  5. Michicant
  6. Hinnom, TX
  7. Wash
  8. Calgary
  9. Lisbon, OH
  10. Beth/Rest