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Sum 41: Screaming Bloody Murder

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On March 29, 2011, “Island” label released “Screaming Bloody Murder”, the fifth Sum 41 studio album. It was recorded January-June 2010, at “Perfect Sound Studios”, “Capitol Studios”, “EastWest Studios” and “Studio Mr. Biz” in Hollywood, and was produced by Deryck Whibley.

Personnel:

  • Deryck Whibley– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, piano, mixing
  • James Levine– piano
  • Jason McCaslin– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Jocz– drums, percussion
  • Dan Chase – percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.– additional keyboards
  • Gil Norton– additional drums
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer
  • Jason Donaghy – engineer
  • Travis Huff – additional engineering
  • Joe Hirst – additional engineering
  • Robbes Steiglitz – engineer assistant
  • Ben O’Neil – engineer assistant
  • Ken Sluiter – engineer assistant
  • Brad Townsend – mixdown engineer
  • Andrew Schubert – mixdown engineer
  • Tom Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Femio Hernández – mixing assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Kristen Yiengst – artwork, photo coordination
  • James Minchin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Deryck Whibley, except where noted.

  1. Reason to Believe
  2. Screaming Bloody Murder – Deryck Whibley, Tom Thacker
  3. Skumfuk
  4. Time for You to Go
  5. Jessica Kill
  6. What Am I to Say
  7. Holy Image of Lies (A Dark Road Out of Hell Part 1)
  8. Sick of Everyone (A Dark Road Out of hell Part II)
  9. Happiness Machine (A Dark Road Out of Hell Part III)
  10. Crash
  11. Blood in My Eyes
  12. Baby You Don’t Wanna Know – Deryck Whibley, Matt Squire
  13. Back Where I Belong
  14. Exit Song

Mars Volta: Noctourniquet

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On March 26, 2012, “Warner Bros” label released “Noctourniquet”, the sixth and final Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2009-2011, and was produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López– guitar, keyboards, synths, bass, direction, arrangements
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala– vocals
  • Juan Alderete– bass guitar
  • Deantoni Parks– drums
  • Lars Stalfors– recording, mixing
  • Isaiah Abolin – recording
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Sonny Kay – layout, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. The Whip Hand
  2. Aegis
  3. Dyslexicon
  4. Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
  5. The Malkin Jewel
  6. Lapochka
  7. In Absentia
  8. Imago
  9. Motochwalker
  10. Trinkets Pale of Moon
  11. Vedamalady
  12. Noctournique
  13. Zed and Two Naughts

Roddy Woomble: The Impossible Songs & Other Songs

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On March 21, 2011, “Greenvoe Records” label released “The Impossible Song & Other Songs” third Roddy Woomble album. It was recorded in 2010, at “An Tobar” in Isle of Mull, and was produced by Roddy Woomble. The album’s artwork was by Mairi Hedderwick,

Personnel:

  • Roddy Woomble- lead vocals
  • Sorren Maclean – acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, organ, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Mhairi Hall – piano
  • Seonaid Aitken – piano, violin, backing vocals
  • Chick Lyall – piano
  • Michael Marra- organ
  • Gordon Maclean – double bass, accordion
  • Gavin Fox- bass guitar, accordion
  • Gregor Donaldson – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Phil Cunningham– accordion
  • Rob Hall – sopranino, soprano and tenor saxophones
  • Kevin Brolly – clarinet
  • Aidan O’Rourke – fiddle
  • Jill O’Sullivan – backing vocals
  • Gordon Maclean – recording
  • Tony Doogan – mixing, additional recording
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Darren Evans – layout
  • Rose Skelton – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roddy Woomble and Sorren Maclean, except where noted.

  1. A New Day Has Begun – Roddy Woomble, Sorren Maclean, Jones
  2. Make Something Out of What it’s Worth
  3. Work Like You Can
  4. Tangled Wire
  5. Roll Along – Roddy Woomble, Sorren Maclean, Jones
  6. Hour After Hour – Roddy Woomble, Sorren Maclean, Jones
  7. Leaving Without Gold
  8. New Frontier – Roddy Woomble, Sorren Maclean, Jones
  9. Old Town
  10. Living as You Always Have
  11. Gather the Day
  12. Between the Old Moon

The Stranglers: Giants

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On March 5, 2012, “Absolute” label released “Giants”, the seventeenth Stranglers studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, and was produced by Louie Nicastro, Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Baz Warne.

Personnel:

  • Baz Warne– vocals, guitar
  • Dave Greenfield– organ, keyboard
  • Jean-Jacques Burnel – vocals, bass
  • Jet Black– drums

Track listing:

  1. Another Camden Afternoon
  2. Freedom is Insane
  3. Giants
  4. Lowlands
  5. Boom Boom
  6. My Frickle Resolve
  7. Time Was Once on My Side
  8. Mercury Rising
  9. Adios (Tango)
  10. 15 Steps

Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

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On February 14, 2011, “Rock Action Records” label released “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will”, the seventh Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Chem 19 Studios” in Hamilton, Scotland, and was produced by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch, Barry Burns and Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Braithwaite– guitar
  • Barry Burns– guitar, keyboards
  • John Cummings– guitar
  • Dominic Aitchison– bass guitar
  • Martin Bulloch– drums
  • Luke Sutherland– additional guitar, violin, human singing
  • Kate Braithwaite – additional voices
  • Andrew Lazonby – additional voices
  • Kiko Loiacono – additional voices
  • Kim Supajirawatananon – additional voices
  • Paul Savage– engineer, mixing
  • Niall McMenamin – additional engineer, mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • DLT – design
  • Antony Crook – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns, except where noted.

  1. White Noise
  2. Mexican Grand Prix – Mogwai, Luke Sutherland
  3. Rano Pano
  4. Death Rays
  5. San Pedro
  6. Letters to Metro
  7. George Square Thatcher Death Party
  8. How to Be a Werewolf
  9. Too Raging to Cheers
  10. You’re Lionel Richie

David Crosby: Croz

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On January 28, 2014, “Blue Castle Records” label released “Croz”, the fourth David Crosby studio album. The first Crosby’s studio album in 20 years, was recorded 2011 – 2013, and was produced by Daniel Garcia.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby— vocals, electric guitar
  • Marcus Eaton — vocals, acoustic, 12-string acoustic and electric guitar, electric sitar
  • Shane Fontayne— vocals, electric guitar, bass, percussion
  • Mark Knopfler— lead guitar
  • James Raymond — vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer bass, drum programming
  • Todd Caldwell — Hammond B-3 organ
  • Steve Tavaglione— electronic wind instrument, soprano saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis— trumpet
  • Kevin McCormick — bass
  • Leland Sklar— bass
  • Steve DiStanislao— drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. What’s Broken – James Raymond
  2. Time I Have – David Crosby
  3. Holding on to Nothing – David Crosby, Sterling Price
  4. The Clearing – James Raymond
  5. Radio – David Crosby, James Raymond
  6. Slice of Time – David Crosby, Marcus Eaton, James Raymond
  7. Set That Baggage Down – David Crosby, Shane Fontayne
  8. If She Called – David Crosby
  9. Dangerous Night – David Crosby, James Raymond
  10. Morning Falling – David Crosby, James Raymond
  11. Find a Heart – David Crosby, Marcus Eaton, James Raymond

Gang Of Four: Content

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On January 24, 2011, “Grönland Records” label released “Content”, the seventh Gang of Four studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Andy Gill.

Personnel:

  • Jon King – vocals, melodica
  • Andy Gill – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas McNeice – bass
  • Mark Heaney – drums
  • Eddi Reader – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Gill and Jon King

  1. She Said You Made a Thing of Me
  2. You Don’t Have to Be Mad
  3. Who Am I?
  4. I Can’t Forget Your Lonely Face
  5. You’ll Never Pay for the Farm
  6. I Party All the Time
  7. A Fruitfly in the Beehive
  8. It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good
  9. Do As I Say
  10. I Can See from Far Away

The Black Keys: El Camino

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On December 6, 2011, “Nonesuch” label released “El Camino”, the seventh Black Keys studio album. It was recorded March – May 2011, at “Easy Eye Sound Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. At the 55th “Annual Grammy Awards”, The Black Keys won the award for “Best Rock Album”, “Best Rock Performance” and “Best Rock Song” for “Lonely Boy”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach– vocals, guitars
  • Patrick Carney– drums
  • Brian Burton– keyboards
  • Leisa Hans – vocals
  • Heather Rigdon – vocals
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – vocals
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer
  • Collin Dupuis – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Ben Baptie – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks written Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Brian Burton.

  1. Lonely Boy
  2. Dead and Gone
  3. Gold on the Ceiling
  4. Little Black Submarines
  5. Money Maker
  6. Run Right Back
  7. Sister
  8. Hell of a Season
  9. Stop Stop
  10. Nova Baby
  11. Mind Eraser

Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow

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On November 21, 2011, “Fish People” label released “50 Words for Snow”, the tenth studio Kate Bush album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by Kate Bush.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush– lead, backing and chorus vocals, bass, piano,  keyboards
  • Dan McIntosh – guitar
  • Danny Thompson– bass
  • Del Palmer– bass, bells
  • John Giblin– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Albert McIntosh – lead vocals
  • Michael Wood – featured vocals
  • Stefan Roberts – featured vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low– featured vocals
  • Elton John– featured vocal
  • Stephen Fry (as Prof. Joseph Yupik) – featured vocals
  • Jonathan Tunick – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  • Del Palmer – recording
  • Simon Rhodes – recording
  • Chris Bolster, John Barrett – assistant
  • Stephen W. Tayler – additional engineering
  • Stephen W. Tayler – mixing
  • Stanley Gabriel – assistant
  • Jim Jones, Robert Houston, Patrick Phillips, Kris Burton – assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – assistant
  • Doug Sax , James Guthrie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Snowflake
  2. Lake Tahoe
  3. Misty
  4. Wild Man
  5. Snowed in at Wheeler Street
  6. 50 Words for Snow
  7. Among Angels