Tag Archives: 2012

Tindersticks: The Something Rain

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On February 20, 2012, “Lucky Dog Recordings” label released “The Something Rain”, the ninth Tindersticks studio album. It was recorded May – August, 2011, at “Le Chien Chanceux” in Creuse, France, and was produced by Stuart A. Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart A. Staples – vocals
  • David Boulter – vocals, piano, organ
  • Neil Fraser – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dan McKinna – bass
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • David Kitt – guitar
  • Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Andy Nice – soprano saxophone, cello
  • Julian Siegel – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Will Wilde – chromatic harmonica
  • Gina Foster – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Chocolate – David Boulter
  2. Show Me Everything – David Boulter, Stuart Staples
  3. This Fire of Autumn – Stuart Staples
  4. A Night So Still – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staples
  5. Slippin’ Shoes – Stuart Staples
  6. Medicine – Stuart Staples
  7. Frozen – David Kitt, Stuart Staples
  8. Come Inside – Stuart Staples
  9. Goodbye Joe – David Boulter

Joakim Thåström: Beväpna dig med vingar

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On February 15, 2012, Razzia Records” label released “Beväpna dig med vingar”, the seventh Joakim Thåström album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Ulf Ivarsson.

Personnel:

  • Joakim Thåström – vocals, synth, scrap etc.
  • Pelle Ossler – guitar, choir, foot stomping
  • Conny Nimmersjö – guitar, choir, foot stomping
  • Ola Gustavsson – acoustic guitar
  • Niklas Hellberg – piano
  • Mikael Nilzén – synth
  • Ulf Ivarsson – bass, synth, programming, choir etc.
  • Anders Hernestam – drums
  • Per Hägglund – drum synth
  • Raymond King – strings
  • Idde Schultz – choir, voice
  • Amanda Ooms – voice

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joakim Thåström, all music by Joakim Thåström, except where noted.

  1. Arm Yourself with Wings – Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund
  2. Let It Rain – Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund
  3. The Taste of You – Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund
  4. Samarkand –  Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund
  5. St. Anne’s Cathedral
  6. The Dance Band Singer
  7. Down at the Machinist – Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund
  8. Brunkeberg Square
  9. Stop When I Want –  Joakim Thåström, Per Hägglund

The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

Aeon Station: Observatory

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On December 10, 2021, “Sub Pop” label released “Observatory”, the debut Aeon Station studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Tom Beaujour and Kevin Whelan.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Whelan – vocals, piano, guitar, bass, cello
  • Greg Whelan – guitar
  • Jerry MacDonald – drums
  • Mary Ann Coronel Whelan – backing vocals
  • Tom Beaujour – mixing
  • Dusty Summers – design, art direction
  • Patrick Glennon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Whelan.

  1. Hold On
  2. Leaves
  3. Fade
  4. Everything at Once
  5. Move
  6. Queens
  7. Empty Rooms
  8. Air
  9. Better Love
  10. Alpine Drive

Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

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On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
  • Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Ginger Baker – percussion
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion
  • Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
  • 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
  • Tony Visconti – orchestrations
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre: Live FRom New York

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On September 24, 2012, “Provogue Records” label released “Beacon Theatre: Live from New York”, the fifth Joe Bonamassa live album. It was recorded in November 2011, at “Beacon Theatre” in New York City, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar
  • Rick Melick – keyboards
  • Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
  • Tal Bergman – percussion
  • Beth Hart – vocals
  • John Hiatt – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paul Rodgers – vocals
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Eric Roa – Pro Tools engineer, system engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing, photography
  • Jonathan Smith – monitor engineer
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Mike Hickey – guitar technician
  • Thomas Jeffries – drum technician
  • Colin Moody – bass technician, keyboard technician, stage manager
  • Mark Weiss – photography
  • David Wexler – photography
  • Dennis Friel – photography
  • Christie Goodwin – photography
  • Warren Cracknell – production manager
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Bonamassa, except where noted.

  1. 72nd St. Subway Blues (Intro)
  2. Slow Train – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
  3. Cradle Rock – Rory Gallagher
  4. When the Fire Hits the Sea
  5. Midnight Blues – Gary Moore
  6. Dust Bowl
  7. The River – Joe Bonamassa, Bob Held
  8. I’ll Take Care of You – Brook Benton
  9. Sinner’s Prayer – Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson
  10. You Better Watch Yourself – Walter Jacobs, Joe Bonamassa
  11. Steal Your Heart Away – Bobby Parker
  12. Bird on a Wire – Leonard Cohen
  13. Down Around My Place – John Hiatt
  14. I Know a Place – John Hiatt
  15. Blue and Evil
  16. Walk in My Shadow – Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers
  17. Fire and Water – Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers
  18. Mountain Time – Joe Bonamassa, Will Jennings
  19. Young Man Blues – Mose Allison
  20. If Heartaches Were Nickels – Warren Hayes
  21. Woke Up Dreaming – bonus track

Lars Winnerbäck: Hosianna

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On September 18, 2013, “Universal” label released “Hosianna”, the tenth Lars Winnerbäck studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “Grouse Lodge Studios” in Ireland, “Decibel Studios” in Sweden, and was produced by Lars Winnerbäck and Jerker Odelholm.

Personnel:

  • Lars Winnerbäck – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Joakim Thåström – vocals
  • Ola Nyström – guitar
  • Mattias Blomdahl – guitar, choir
  • Anders Boba Lindström – piano, choir
  • David Nyström – piano, choir
  • Jerker Odelholm – bass
  • Robert Eriksson – drums, percussion
  • Annika Granlund – trumpet, choir
  • Sara Isaksson – choir
  • Johan Persson – choir
  • Ronny Lahti – recording, mixing
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Lars Winnerbäck.

  1. Vi åkte aldrig ut till havet
  2. Gå med mig vart jag går
  3. Monsterteorin
  4. Vem som helst blues
  5. Det gick inte
  6. Skolklockan
  7. Utkast till ett brev
  8. Ett slags liv
  9. När det blåser från ditt hall
  10. Hosianna

Elephant 9 with Reine Fiske: Atlantis

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On September 7, 2012, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Atlantis”, album by Elephant 9 with Reine Fiske. It was recorded in September 2011, at “Atlantis Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen, Ståle Storløkken, Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen and Torstein Lofthus.

Personnel:

  • Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Ståle Storløkken – grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, synthesizer
  • Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen – electric bass, percussion
  • Torstein Lofthus – drums, percussion
  • Reine Fiske – classical and electric guitar
  • Christian Engfelt – engineer, mixing
  • Janne Hansson – engineer
  • Janne Hansson – engineer assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Black Hole – Ståle Storløkken
  2. The Riddler – Ståle Storløkken
  3. Atlantis – Ståle Storløkken
  4. A Foot in Both – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
  5. Psychedelic Backfire – Ståle Storløkken
  6. A Place In Neither – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
  7. Freedom’s Children – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

Anna von Hausswolff: Ceremony

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On July 18, 2012, “Kning Disc” label released “Ceremony”, the second Anna von Hausswolff studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Annedal Church” and Filip Leyman’s studio in Gothenburg, and was produced by Filip Leyman.

Personnel:

  • Anna von Hausswolff – vocals, pipe organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Maria von Hausswolff – vocals
  • Xenia Krissin – vocals, zither
  • Karl Vento – guitar
  • Joel Fabiansson – guitar
  • Daniel Ögren – guitar, clavioline
  • Filip Leyman – synthesizer, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Christopher Cantillo – drums
  • Philip Granqvist – mastering
  • Mattias Nilsson – design
  • Anders Nydam – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna von Hausswolff, except where noted.

  1. Epitaph of Theodor
  2. Deathbed
  3. Mountains Crave
  4. Goodbye
  5. Red Sun
  6. Epitaph of Daniel
  7. No Body – Daniel Ögren.
  8. Liturgy of Light
  9. Harmonica
  10. Ocean
  11. Soba
  12. Funeral for My Future Children
  13. Sun Rise

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel…

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On June 19, 2012, “Epic” label released “The Idler Wheel…”, the fourth Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2011, at “Stanley” in Los Feliz, California, “NBB” in New York City, and was produced by Charley Drayton and Fiona Apple. in 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine placed the album at number 213 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple (credited as “Feedy”) – singins, field recording, loops, truck stomping, dance partner, thighs, percussion, piano, celeste, timpani, voice strings, bass keyboard
  • Charley Drayton (credited as “Seedy”) – baritone vocals, voice of pain, kora, autoharartworkp, truck stomping, dance partner, percussion, Teisco guitar, guitar, bouzouki, marimba, drum set, voice strings, thighs, field recording, pillow, string harp
  • Sebastian Steinberg – acoustic bass, Harmony guitar
  • Maude Maggart – high harmony
  • John Would – recording
  • Eddison Sainsbury – recording
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Eric Roinestad – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Fiona Apple.

  1. Every Single Night
  2. Daredevil
  3. Valentine
  4. Jonathan
  5. Left Alone
  6. Werewolf
  7. Periphery
  8. Regret
  9. Anything We Want
  10. Hot Knife