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Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball

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On March 6, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Wrecking Ball”, the seventeenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at Stone Hill at Bruce’s House, New Jersey, and was produced by Ron Aniello and Bruce Springsteen. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Wrecking Ball” at number-one on its “Top 50 albums of 2012” list.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– vocals,  guitars,  banjo,  piano,  organ,  drums,  percussion, loops
  • Ron Aniello– guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, drums, loops
  • Rob Lebret – electric guitar
  • Tom Morello– electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz– banjo, mandocello, lap steel guitar
  • Marc Muller – pedal steel
  • Steve Van Zandt– mandolin
  • Steve Jordan – tambourine
  • Charlie Giordano– accordion, piano, organ, synth, celeste
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • Matt Chamberlain– drums
  • Kevin Buell – marching drum
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophone
  • Curt Ramm, Darrel Leonard – trumpet solo
  • Curt Ramm, Clark Gayton, Stan Harrison, Ed Manion, Dan Levine, Art Baron – horns
  • Clif Norrell– tuba
  • Soozie Tyrell– violin
  • Patti Scialfa– vocal arrangements
  • Lisa Lowell
  • Soozie Tyrell
  • Michelle Moore
  • Cindy Mizelle – outro vocal
  • Ron Aniello
  • Kevin Buell
  • Ross Petersen, Ron Aniello, Clif Norrell, Rob Lebret – group vocals
  • Victorious Gospel Choir
  • Lilly “Crawford” Brown – director
  • New York Chamber Consort
  • Rob Mathes – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Mark “Spike” Stent, Rich Costey, Bob Clearmountain, Chris Lord-Alge, Ron Aniello, Ross Petersen – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. We Take Care of Our Own
  2. Easy Money
  3. Shackled and Drawn
  4. Jack of All Trades
  5. Death to My Hometown
  6. This Depression
  7. Wrecking Ball
  8. You’ve Got It
  9. Rocky Ground
  10. Land of Hope and Dreams
  11. We Are Alive

Ant-Bee: Electronic Church Muzik

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On February 28, 2011, “Barking Moondog” label relased “Electronic Church Muzik”, the fourth Ant-Bee studio album. It was recorded over the course of several years, and was produced by Billy James.

Personnel:

  • Billy James (The Ant-Bee) – vocals, tape,  percussion,  Mellotron, vibraphone, guitar, keyboards, harp, cuica, washboard, violin,  choir
  • Jan Akkerman– guitar
  • Peter Banks– guitar
  • Daevid Allen– vocals
  • Artemiy Artemiev– keyboards
  • Mark Boston(as Rockette Morton) – bass guitar
  • Michael Bruce– guitar, bass guitar, sitar, vocala, keyboards
  • Bruce Cameron– guitar, bass guitar, sitar
  • Jack Dougherty – pedal steel guitar
  • Bill Harkleroad(Zoot Horn Rollo) – guitar
  • Moogy Klingman– keyboards
  • Alessandro Pizzin – keyboards
  • Don Preston– Moog synthesizer, keyboards, electronics
  • Peter Frohmader– keyboards, electronics
  • Mike Logiovino – bass guitar
  • Bunk Gardner– saxophone, flute
  • Buzz Gardner– trumpet
  • Cor Gout – vocals
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock– vocals
  • Jimmy Carl Black– spoken word
  • Gilli Smyth– vocals, spoken word
  • Zad McGough – backing vocals
  • Rod Martin – trumpet
  • Groucho Marx– vocals
  • George Scala – recorder
  • Jim Sherwood(as Motorhead) – snorks

Track listing:

  1. Birth – Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  2. Living – Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
  3. The Language of the Body – Billy James, Daevid Allen
  4. Eye of Agamoto – Don Preston
  5. The Guff (Hall of Souls) – Peter Banks, Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  6. Mallard Flies Towards Heaven – Bill Harkleroad
  7. Ant-Bee’s Sunday Supper
  8. Flutter-Bye, Butter-Flye – Michael Bruce, Billy James
  9. Endless Journey – Peter Banks
  10. The Light – Billy James, Alessandro Pizzin
  11. Mannah – Jan Akkerman
  12. Psalm 23
  13. Hallelujah – Peter Frohmader, Billy James
  14. The Wrath – Part One (The Flood) – Billy James
  15. Secrets of the Dead – Bruce Cameron, Billy James
  16. Pennies From Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
  17. The Wrath – Part Two (Baptism Through Fire) – Billy James
  18. The Lords Prayer
  19. Angels
  20. Don’t You Ever Learn? – Todd Rundgren
  21. Re-Birth – Billy James, Gilli Smyth
  22. Final Benediction – Lord We Thank You

Aggrolites: Rugged Road

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On February 22, 2011, “Young Cub records” label released “Rugged Road”, the fifth  Aggrolites studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Young Cub Records Studio”, in Boston, MA, “Kissy Pig Studios” in Aliston, MA, and was produced by Jesse Wagner, Roger Rivas, Brian Dixon, Jeff Rofredo and Alex McKenzie.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Wagner – vocals, lead guitar
  • Brian Dixon – rhythm guitar
  • Roger Rivas – organ
  • Jeff Rofredo – bass
  • Alex McKenzie – drums
  • Craig Welsch – engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Jeannie Epiphan – original artwork
  • Marc Beaudette, Roger Rivas – layout, design
  • Raised Fist Propaganda – photography
  • Alex Lalli – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Trial and Error
  2. Enemy Dub
  3. Dreamin on Erie
  4. Eye of Obarbas
  5. The Aggro Band Plays On
  6. Camel Rock
  7. In the Cut
  8. The Heat
  9. Complicated Girl
  10. Out of Sight

The Cranberries: Roses

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On February 21, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Roses”, the sixth   Cranberries (The) studio album. It was recorded 18 April – 15 May and 20 – 22 June 2011, at “Metalworks Studios” in Mississauga, Ontario and “Miloco Studios” in London, and was produced by Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  1. Dolores O’ Riordan– lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards
  2. Mike Hogan – bass, backing vocals
  3. Noel Hogan– lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  4. Fergal Lawler – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Dolores O’ Riordan, all music by Dolores O’ Riordan and Noel Hogan, except where noted.

  1. Conduct
  2. Tomorrow – Dolores O’ Riordan
  3. Fire & Soul
  4. Raining in my Heart
  5. Losing My Mind
  6. Schizophrenic Playboy
  7. Waiting in Walthamstow – Dolores O’ Riordan
  8. Show Me – Dolores O’ Riordan
  9. Astral Projections
  10. So Good – Dolores O’ Riordan
  11. Roses

Lambchop: Mr. M

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On February 21, 2012, “Merge” label released “Mr. M”, the eleventh Lambchop album. It was recorded 2009 – 2011, at “The Beach House” in Nashville Tennessee, “Admiralspalast” in Berlin, and was produced by Kurt Wagner and Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, harmonica, synthesizer, painting
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Scott Martin – drums, percussion, noises
  • Ryan Norris – organ, guitar
  • William Tyler – guitar
  • Tony Crow – piano
  • Billy Contreras – fiddle
  • Roy Agee – horns, trombone
  • Denis Solee – horns, woodwind
  • A London String Ensemble – ensemble
  • Tosca String Quartet – ensemble
  • Jonathan Marx – noises
  • Cortney Tidwell– backing vocals
  • Mason Neely, Peter Stopshinski – string arrangements
  • Mark Nevers – recording
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • New Formalists – design

 Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner.

  1. If Not I’ll Just Die
  2. 2B2
  3. Gone Tomorrow
  4. Met
  5. Gar
  6. Nice Without Mercy
  7. Buttons
  8. The Good Life (is wasted)
  9. Kind Of
  10. Betty’s Overture
  11. Never My Love

Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy

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On February 16, 2018, “Matador” label released “Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)”, the eleventh Car Seat Headrest album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Will Toledo. It is a complete re-recording and reworking of the band’s 2011 sixth studio album, “Twin Fantasy”.

Personnel:

  • Will Toledo – vocals, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Ethan Ives – guitar
  • Seth Dalby – bass
  • Andrew Katz – drums
  • Degnan Smith – acoustic guitars
  • Adam Stilson – various sounds
  • Amanda Schiano di Cola – trumpet
  • Jeff Walker – trombone
  • Adam Stilson – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Ward – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Toledo.

  1. My Boy (Twin Fantasy)
  2. Beach Life-in-Death
  3. Stop Smoking (We Love You)
  4. Sober to Death
  5. Nervous Young Inhumans
  6. Bodys
  7. Cute Thing – contains elements of “Ana Ng”, written by John Linnelland John Flansburgh
  8. High to Death
  9. Famous Prophets (Stars)
  10. Twin Fantasy (Those Boys)

The Dears: Degeneration Street

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On February 15, 2011,”Dangerbird” label released “Degeneration Street”, the fifth Dears (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Sound Factory Studio B” in Hollywood, CA, “Studio Mixart” in Montreal, QC, Canada, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Murray Lightburn– vocals, guitars, album art, layout
  • Natalia Yanchak– vocals, keyboards, album art, layout
  • Rob Benvie– vocals, guitars, keyboards, album art, layout
  • Patrick Krief– vocals, guitars, album art, layout
  • Robert Arquilla – vocals, bass guitar, album art, layout
  • Jeff Luciani – drums, percussion
  • Liam O’Neil – baritone saxophone
  • Evan Cranley– trombone
  • Chris Seligman – French horn
  • Mélanie Bélair – violin
  • François Pilon – violin
  • Bojana Milinov – viola
  • Sheila Hannigan – cello
  • Maia Davies + Anna Ruddick – “Ooh/Aahs”
  • David Shiffman – recording
  • Tony Hoffer – mastering
  • “Big Bass” Brian Gardener – mastering
  • Cameron Lister, Marie Lewis – assistant
  • Pierre-Philippe Boulay – assistant
  • Patrick Francis Guay, Rory Wilson – album art, layout
  • Richmond Lam – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Murray Lightburn, Natalia Yanchak, Rob Benvie, Patrick Krief, Robert Arquilla and Jeff Luciani.

  1. Omega Dog
  2. 5 Chords
  3. Blood
  4. Thrones
  5. Lamentation
  6. Torches
  7. Galactic Tides
  8. Yesteryear
  9. Stick With Me Kid
  10. Tiny Man
  11. Easy Suffering
  12. Unsung
  13. 1854
  14. Degeneration Street

Nicole Atkins: Mondo Amore

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On February 8, 2011, “Razor & Tie” label released “Mondo Amore”, the second Nicole Atkins album. It was recorded in 2010 at Seaside Lounge, Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was produced by Nicole Atkins and Phil Palazzolo.

Personnel:

  • Nicole Atkins – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synth, bass, arranger
  • Gary Tedder, Jeff Plate , Yim Yames -vocals
  • Phil Palazzolo – guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Irina Yalkowsky – guitar, slide guitar
  • Foley Stewart – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Bradley York, David Moltz – guitar
  • Brendan Ryan – organ
  • Dan Chen – piano, organ, engineer
  • Danny Clinch – harmonica
  • Jeremy Kay – bass
  • Anthony Chick – bass guitar
  • Adam Christgau, Christopher Donofrio – drums
  • Gillian Rivers – violin
  • Allison Seidner, Isabell Fairbanks – cello
  • Phil Palazzolo – recording, mixing
  • David Richman – design
  • Ryan Turner – back cover illustrations
  • Danny Clinch, Lucia Holm – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicole Atkins, except where noted.

  1. Vultures
  2. Cry Cry Cry – Nicole Atkins, Robert Harrison
  3. Hotel Plaster – Nicole Atkins, Robert Harrison
  4. You Come to Me – music by Dan Chen, Nicole Atkins, lyrics by Nicole Atkins
  5. My Baby Don’t Lie
  6. This Is for Love – Nicole Atkins, Robert Harrison
  7. You Were the Devil – music by Bradley York, Nicole Atkins, lyrics by Nicole Atkins
  8. War is Hell – music by Dan Chen, Nicole Atkins, lyrics by Nicole Atkins
  9. Heavy Boots – music by Dan Wilson, Nicole Atkins, lyrics by Nicole Atkins
  10. The Tower – Nicole Atkins, Robert Harrison

Deerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evil

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On January 25, 2011, “Polyvinyl” label released “Deerhoof vs. Evil”, the tenth Deerhoof studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Greg Saunier, Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich and Ed Rodríguez.

Personnel:

  • Greg Saunier– vocals, drums
  • John Dieterich – guitar
  • Ed Rodríguez – guitar
  • Satomi Matsuzaki – vocals, bass
  • Greg Saunier- mixing, mastering
  • Matthew Goldman – design, art direction
  • Sarah Cass – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Rodriguez, Greg Saunier, John Dieterich, and Satomi Matsuzaki, except where noted.

  1. Qui Dorm, Només Somia
  2. Behold a Marvel in the Darkness
  3. The Merry Barracks
  4. No One Asked to Dance
  5. Let’s Dance the Jet – Mikis Theodorakis
  6. Super Duper Rescue Heads!
  7. Must Fight Current
  8. Secret Mobilization
  9. Hey I Can
  10. C’Moon
  11. I Did Crimes for You
  12. Almost Everyone, Almost Always

The Decemberists: The King Is Dead

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On January 14, 2011, “Capitol” label released “The King Is Dead”, the sixth  Decemberists (The) album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Pendarvis Farm” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Colin Meloy– vocals, acoustic , 12-string,  baritone and tenor guitar, harmonica, pump organ, percussion
  • Chris Funk– pedal steel, electric guitar,  banjo, bouzouki
  • Jenny Conlee–   piano,  organ,  accordion, Wurlitzer
  • Nate Query– bass guitar, cello
  • John Moen– drums, tambourine, shaker, percussion, backing vocals
  • Peter Buck– mandolin, 12-string electric, electric and baritone guitar
  • Annalisa Tornfelt – violin
  • David Rawlings– backing vocals
  • Gillian Welch– backing vocals
  • Laura Veirs– backing vocals
  • Tucker Martine– tambourine, recording, mixing
  • Rich Hipp, Clinton Welander – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Jeri Heiden for SMOG Design, Inc. – design
  • Carson Ellis – illustration, lettering
  • Autumn de Wilde – photography

Track listing:

All songs by Colin Meloy.

  1. Don’t Carry it All
  2. Calamity Song
  3. Rise to Me
  4. Rox in the Box
  5. January Hymn
  6. Down by the Water
  7. All Arise!
  8. June Hymn
  9. This is the Way We Fight
  10. Dear Avery