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The All American Rejects: Kids In The Street

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On March 26, 2012, “DGC” label released “Kids in the Street”, the fourth All-American Rejects (The) studio album. It was recorded April – June 2011, at “The Village Recorder” and “Rocket Carousel Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Greg Wells.

Personnel:

  • Tyson Ritter – vocals, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, gang vocals
  • Nick Wheeler – lead guitar, drum corp, additional percussion, programming, gang vocals
  • Mike Kennerty – rhythm guitar, gang vocals
  • Chris Gaylor – drums, drum corp, additional percussion, gang vocals
  • Greg Wells – piano, keyboards, programming
  • Kevin Saulnier – piano 
  • Willy Wells – bass, gang vocals
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Ron Blake – horns 
  • Francisco Torres – horns 
  • The Mac – gang vocals 
  • Julianne Lackey – gang vocals 
  • Nick Fishbaugh – gang vocals 
  • Sean Caragher – gang vocals 
  • Florida – gang vocals 
  • Jackie Petrie – gang vocals
  • Natalie Besharat – gang vocals 
  • Alex Kandel – additional vocals
  • Audra Mae – additional vocals
  • Alex Kandel – additional vocals
  • MIKA – additional vocals
  • Elizaveta – additional vocals
  • Zack Ritter – additional vocals
  • Joel McNeely – orchestra arrangements
  • Ian MacGregor – recording
  • Chris Owens – recording assistant
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Greg Wells – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Phil Seaford – mixing assistant
  • Jeremiah “Florida” Langdon – guitar tech
  • John Oreshnick – drum tech
  • Sean Caragher – monitor engineer
  • Jon Danovic – photography
  • Brennan Maxwell – photography
  • Jon Danovic – creative
  • Ianthe Zevos – creative
  • Mamelok Papercraft – mask design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler.

  1. Someday’s Gone
  2. Beekeeper’s Daughter
  3. Fast and Slow
  4. Heartbeat Slowing Down
  5. Walk Over Me
  6. Out the Door
  7. Kids in the Street
  8. Bleed Into Your Mind
  9. Gonzo
  10. Affection
  11. I for You

Tommy Shaw: The Great Divide

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On March 22, 2011, “Pazzo Music” label released “The Great Divide”, the debut Tommy Shaw album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis and Will Evankovich.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Shaw – lead vocals, guitars, resonator guitar, dobro
  • Brad Davis – guitars
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • Scott Vestal – banjo
  • Greg Davis – banjo
  • Rob Ickes – dobro
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Byron House – bass
  • Chris Brown – drums
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Will Evankovich – guitars, backing vocals, engineer, editing, mixing
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • Alison Krauss – backing vocals
  • Matt Andrews – engineer
  • Gordon Hammond – additional engineering
  • Alan Hertz – mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Sterling Bacon – design, layout
  • Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommy Shaw, except where noted.

  1. The Next Right Thing
  2. ShawBack In Your Kitchen – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  3. Sawmill – Tommy Shaw
  4. The Great Divide – Tommy Shaw, Paula Breedlove
  5. Shadows in the Moonlight – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  6. Get On The One
  7. Umpteen Miles – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis
  8. Cavalry – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  9. Afraid To Love – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis
  10. Give ’em Hell Harry
  11. I’ll Be Coming Home – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis

Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Hot House

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On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton — vibraphone
  • Chick Corea — piano
  • Ilmar Gavilan — violin
  • Melissa White — violin
  • Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
  • Paul Wiancko — cello
  • Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
  • Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
  • Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
  • Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Steve Fallone — mastering
  • Glenn Suyker — piano technician
  • Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
  • Marc Bessant — graphics
  • Ernest Gregory — photography
  • Dan Muse — liner note coordination
  • Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
  • Bill Rooney — executive producer
  • Andrew Elliott — personal assistant

Track listing:

  1. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  2. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  4. Time Remembered – Bill Evans
  5. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  6. Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  9. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  10. Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea

The Strokes: Angles

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On March 18, 2011, “RCA” label released “Angles”, the fourth Strokes (The) album. It was recorded July 2009 – December 2010, at “Electric Lady”, “Avatar” in New York City, “One Way” in Upstate New York, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, Gus Oberg, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

Personnel:

  • Julian Casablancas – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Nick Valensi – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Albert Hammond, Jr. – rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Nikolai Fraiture – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Fabrizio Moretti – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gus Oberg – recording, engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – recording
  • Justin Gerrish – engineer assistant
  • Noah Georgeson – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Guy Pouppez – cover painting
  • Lizzie Nanut – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

  1. Machu Picchu
  2.  Under Cover of Darkness
  3. Two Kind of Happiness
  4. You’re So Right
  5. Taken for a Fool
  6. Games
  7. Call Me Back
  8. Gratisfaction
  9. Metabolism
  10. Life Is Simple in the Moonlight

Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean

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On January 25, 2011, “4AD” label released “Kiss Each Other Clean”, the fourth Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Brian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocal, guitar, banjo, bass, piano, harmonica, percussion, illustration, photography
  • Sarah Simpson – vocal
  • Jim Becker – guitar
  • Rob Burger – organ, accordion
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards
  • Matthew Lux – bass guitar
  • Benny Massarella – drums, percussion
  • Brian Deck – drums
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Joe Adamick – drums
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Nate Lepine – saxophone
  • Justin Amolsch – trumpet
  • Tim Coffman – trombone
  • Jake Westermann – recording
  • Brian Deck – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Ray Janos – mastering
  • The Heads of State – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

  1. Walking Far from Home
  2. Me and Lazarus
  3. Tree by the River
  4. Monkeys Uptown
  5. Half Moon
  6. Rabbit Will Run
  7. Godless Brother in Love
  8. Big Burned Hand
  9. Glad Man Singing
  10. Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me

Twenty One Pilots: Vessel

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On January 8, 2013, “Fueled by Ramen” label released “Vessel”, the third Twenty One Pilots studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “Rocket Carousel Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Greg Wells.

Personnel:

  • Tyler Joseph – lead vocals, ukulele, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, keytar, programming, additional production
  • Josh Dun – drums, auxiliary percussion
  • Greg Wells – additional synthesizers, programming, mixing
  • Ian McGregor – recording
  • Howie Weinberg, Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Virgilio Tzaj – art direction, design
  • Reel Bear Media – art direction, design, photography
  • Rob Gold – art manager
  • Josh Skubel – packaging production

Track listing:

All tracks by Tyler Joseph, except where noted.

  1. Ode to Sleep
  2. Holding On to You – Tyler Joseph, Maurice Gleaton, Charles Hammond, Robert Hill, Deangelo Hunt, Bernard Leverette, Gerald Tiller, Migraine
  3. Jamall Willingham.
  4. House of Gold
  5. Car Radio
  6. Semi-Automatic
  7. Screen
  8. The Run and Go
  9. Fake You Out
  10. Guns for Hands
  11. Trees
  12. Truce

Fred Frith: Field Days

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In November 2015, “Fred” label released “Field Days (The Amanda Loops)”, album by Fred Frith. It was recorded in 2011, at “Guerilla Recordings” in Oakland, California, and was produced by Fred Frith.

Personnel:

  • Fred Frith – all instruments, except the below noted
  • Daan Vandewalle – piano
  • William Winant – percussion
  • Lotte Anker – saxophone
  • Arte Sax Quartet – saxophones
  • Carla Kihlstedt – Nyckelharpa, violin
  • Arditti Quartet – strings
  • Kiku Day – Shakuhachi
  • Myles Boisen – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Fred Frith.

  1. Prologue
  2. Run Don’t Walk
  3. One Road, Many Destinations
  4. Shimmer, Simmer
  5. Up Ahead
  6. Desert Sundown
  7. Ran Didn’t Hide
  8. Hills Have Eyes
  9. Moving on Sideways
  10. Moving on Up
  11. Act of Faith
  12. Home Stretch
  13. Jumped In
  14. Epilogue

Etta James: The Dreamer

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On November 8, 2011, “Verve Forecast” label released “The Dreamer”, the twenty-ninth and final Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Fort Athens Studios”, and was produced by Etta James, Josh Sklair, Danto and Sametto.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • Big Terry De Rouen, Bobby Murray, Leo Nocentelli – guitar
  • Josh Sklair – guitar
  • Divid Kirk Mathews – keyboards
  • Sametto James – bass
  • Donto James – drums, engineer
  • Jimmy Z – saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, arrangements
  • Kraig Kilby – trombone
  • Terry Howard – engineer
  • Ed Cherney – mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Rudy Calvo – make-up
  • Artis Mills, Lupe De Leon – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Groove Me – King Floyd
  2. Champagne & Wine – Otis Redding
  3. Dreamer – Bobby Bland
  4. Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
  5. Misty Blue – Bob Montgomery
  6. Boondocks – Little Big Town
  7. Cigarettes & Coffee – Otis Redding
  8. In the Evening – Ray Charles
  9. Too Tired – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
  10. That’s the Chance You Take – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
  11. Let Me Down Easy – Little Milton

Т.Б. Трачери: Кинки во нервозна џунгла

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On October 29, 2011, “KRAN Records” label released “Кинки Во Нервозна Џунгла”, the fourth and the final Т.Б. Трачери album.

Personnel:

  • Kircho Arsovski – vocal, guitar
  • Ivica Dimitrijevic – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kiril Arsov – bass, backing vocals
  • Andrej Atanasov Edi – drums
  • Aleksandra Popovska – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kircho Arsovski.

  1. Идол
  2. Знам Дека Не Ме Сакаш
  3. Дивајн
  4. Кукла
  5. Shitkicker
  6. Лени
  7. Зомби
  8. Трачер Über Alles
  9. Ти Мора Да Си Трачер
  10. Холивуд Вавилон
  11. Onga Dance
  12. На Мене Мисли Ти
  13. Жена Ми
  14. Jungle Drums
  15. Чоко
  16. Линда

Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart

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On September 2, 2011, “Jocoserious Records” label released “Artificial Heart”, the eighth Jonathan Coulton studio album. It was recorded September 2010 – June 2011, and was produced by John Flansburgh.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Coulton – vocals, guitar, ukulele, other things
  • Suzanne Vega – vocals
  • Sara Quin – vocals
  • John Roderick – vocals
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Jon Spurney – keyboards
  • Chris Anderson – bass
  • Marty Beller – drums
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Stan Harrison – saxophone, saxophone arrangements
  • Dorit Chrysler – theremin

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonathan Coulton, except where noted.

  1. Sticking It to Myself
  2. Artificial Heart
  3. Nemeses – John Roderick
  4. The World Belongs to You
  5. Today with Your Wife
  6. Sucker Punch
  7. Glasses
  8. Je Suis Rick Springfield
  9. Alone at Home
  10. Fraud
  11. Good Morning Tucson
  12. Now I Ame an Arsonist
  13. Down Today
  14. Dissolve
  15. Nobody Loves You Like Me
  16. Still Alive – Sara Quinn
  17. Want You Gone
  18. The Stache