Tag Archives: 2012

Ulver: Childhood’s End

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On May 28, 2012, “Kscope” label released “Childhood’s End”, the ninth Ulver studio album. It was recorded in 2008 and 2011, at “Crystal Canyon Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, Jørn H. Sværen and Daniel O’Sullivan. Album cover features a photograph by Hoang Van Danh of Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese Air Force in 1972. The album is a collection of covers of “60s psychedelic tracks.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg- vocals, programming
  • Tore Ylwizaker – keyboards, programming
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Daniel O’Sullivan- guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Tomas Pettersen, Lars Pedersen – drums
  • Alexander Kloster-Jensen – electric guitar
  • Lars Christian Folkvord – bass
  • Espen Jørgensen, Trond Mjøen – electric and acoustic guitar
  • Mats Engen – bass, vocals, backing vocals
  • Sisi Sumbundu, Ingvild Langgård – vocals
  • Anders Møller – tambourine, shaker, congas
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronic effects

Track listing:

  1. Bracelets of Fingers (The Pretty Things) – Dick Taylor, Phil May, Wally Walter
  2. Everybody’s Been Burned (The Byrds) – David Crosby
  3. The Trap (Bonniwell’s Music Machine) – Sean Bonniwell
  4. In the Past (We the People) – Wayne Proctor
  5. Today (Jefferson Airplane) – Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
  6. Can You Travel in the Dark Alone? (Gandalf) – Peter Sando
  7. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (The Electric Prunes) – Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz
  8. Street Song (The 13th Floor Elevators) – Stacy Sutherland
  9. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (The Troggs) – Reg Presley
  10. Dark Is the Bark (The Left Banke) – George Cameron, Steve Martin Caro, Tom Finn
  11. Magic Hollow (The Beau Brummels) – Ron Elliott, Sal Valentino
  12. Soon There’ll Be Thunder (Common People) – Denny, Jerrald Robinett
  13. Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium) – William Cosby, Thom Wade
  14. Lament of the Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher) – Curt Boettcher
  15. I Can See the Light (The Fleur de Lys) – Bryn Haworth, Gordon Haskell
  16. Where Is Yesterday (The United States of America) – Dorothy Moskowitz, Ed Bogas, Gordon Marron

Alt-J: An Awesome Wave

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On May 25, 2012, “Infectious Music” label released “An Awesome Wave”, the debut Alt-J studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Iguana Studio” in London, and was produced by Charlie Andrew and Mark Bishop. The album certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Rachael Lander – cello
  • Kirsty Mangan – string arrangements; violin
  • St Ronan’s Chamber Choir– additional vocals
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • European Space Agency– cover photo provider

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury and Thom Green.

  1. Intro
  2. ❦ [The Ripe & Ruin]
  3. Tessellate
  4. Breezeblocks
  5. ❦ [Guitar]
  6. Something Good
  7. Dissolve Me
  8. Matilda
  9. Ms
  10. Fitzpleasure
  11. ❦ [Piano]
  12. Bloodflood
  13. Taro (ends at 5:04; hidden track Hand-Made starts at 10:04 following 5:00 of silence)

The Cult: Choice of Weapon

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On May 22, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Choice of Weapon”, the ninth Cult album. It was recorded March 2011-January 2012, and was produced by Chris Goss and Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Ian Astbury- lead vocals
  • Billy Duffy- guitars, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards- keyboards, strings
  • Chris Wyse- bass
  • John Tempesta– drums
  • Chris Goss- guitars, backing vocals
  • J. Celi- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy.

  1. Honey from a Knife
  2. Elemental Light
  3. The Wolf
  4. Life>Death
  5. For the Animals
  6. Amnesia
  7. Wilderness Now
  8. Lucifer
  9. A Pale Horse
  10. This Night in the City Forever

Visage: Hearts and Knives

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On May 20, 2013, “Blitz Club” label released “Hearts and Knives”, the fourth Visage studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, and was produced by John Bryan and Sare Havlicek. “Hearts and Knives” was the band’s first album of new material in 29 years.

Personnel:

  • Steve Strange– vocals
  • Robin Simon– guitar
  • Dave Formula– keyboards
  • Mick MacNeil– keyboards
  • Logan Sky – keyboards
  • Rich Mowatt – keyboards
  • Lauren Duvall – vocals
  • John Bryan – additional backing vocals
  • Steve Barnacle – bass
  • Sare Havlicek – keyboards, drums
  • “Wildcat” Will Blanchard – drums
  • Nigel Summers – additional guitar

Track listing:

  1. Never Enough
  2. Shameless Fashion
  3. She’s Electric (Coming Around)
  4. Hidden Sign
  5. On We Go
  6. Dreamer I Know
  7. Lost in Static
  8. I Am Watching
  9. Diaries of a Madman
  10. Breathe Life

Steve Miller Band: Fly Like An Eagle

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In May 1976, “Capitol” label released “Fly Like an Eagle”, the ninth Steve Miller Band album. It was recorded 1975-1976, at “CBS Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Steve Miller. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Fly Like an Eagle” at number 445 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Miller– vocals, guitar, keyboards, sitar, ARP Odyssey
  • Curley Cooke – guitar
  • Les Dudek– guitar
  • Joachim Young – B3 organ
  • James Cotton– harmonica
  • Charles Calamise – bass guitar
  • Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
  • Gary Mallaber– drums, percussion
  • Kenny Johnson – drums
  • Joe (JD) D’Andrea – percussion
  • John McFee– dobro
  • Mike Fusaro – recording
  • Jim Gains – mastering
  • Susan McCardle – photography
  • David Stahl – photography
  • John Palladino – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Space Intro – Steve Miller
  2. Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller
  3. Wild Mountain Honey – Steve McCarty
  4. Serenade – Steve Miller, Chris McCart
  5. Dance, Dance, Dance – Steve Miller, Joseph Cooper, Brenda Cooper
  6. Mercury Blues – C. Douglas
  7. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller
  8. Rock’n Me – Steve Miller
  9. You Send Me – Sam Cooke
  10. Blue Odyssey – Steve Miller
  11. Sweet Maree – Steve Miller
  12. The Window – Steve Miller, Jason Cooper

Donald Duck Dunn

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On May 13, 2012, Donald “Duck” Dunn died aged 70. He was musician (bass guitar), session musician, record producer, and songwriter, best known  for his 1960’s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.’s and as a session bassist for “Stax Records”.  He has performed and recorded with big number of famous musicians including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and The Blues Brothers Band. In 1992, Dunn was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s. “Bass Player” magazine ranked him at number  40 on its list of “The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time”.

Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods

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On May 8, 2012, “Dangerbird” label released “Neck of the Woods”, the third  Silversun Pickups studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnl:

  • Brian Aubert – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joe Lester – keyboards, sound manipulation
  • Nikki Monninger – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jacknife Lee – keyboards, mixing, programming
  • Christopher Guanlao – drums
  • Sam Bell – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Bishop – engineer assistant, editing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad – design
  • Todd Hido – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester and Christopher Guanlao.

  1. Skin Graph
  2. Make Believe
  3. Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
  4. Busy Bees
  5. Here We Are (Chancer)
  6. Mean Spirits
  7. Simmer
  8. The Pit
  9. Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)
  10. Gun-Shy Sunshine
  11. Out of Breath

Pennywise: All or Nothing

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On May 1, 2012, “Epitaph” label released “All or Nothing”, the tenth Pennywise studio album. It was recorded October 2011-January 2012, and was produced by Cameron Web.

Track listing:

  • Zoli Téglás– vocals
  • Fletcher Dragge– guitar
  • Randy Bradbury– bass
  • Byron McMackin– drums
  • Cameron Webb – engineer, mixing
  • Sergio Chavez – additional engineering
  • Gene Grimaldi – mastering

Track listing:

  1. All or Nothing
  2. Waste Another Day
  3. Revolution
  4. Stand Strong
  5. Let Us Hear Your Voice
  6. Seeing Red
  7. Songs of Sorrow
  8. X Generation
  9. We Have It All
  10. Tomorrow
  11. All Along
  12. United

The Dandy Warhols: This Machine

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On April 24, 2012, “The End” label released “This Machine”, the eighth Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded May-November 2011, and was produced by Jeremy Sherrer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström, Zia McCabe and Brent DeBoer.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, electric guitar
  • Peter Holmström– electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Zia McCabe– keyboards
  • David J– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Brent DeBoer– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tim Johnston – additional drums, backing vocals
  • Taylor Aglipay – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
  • Katie Presley – trumpet
  • Daniel Lamb – trombone
  • Kat Gardiner – theremin
  • Jeremy Sherrer – engineer
  • Mat Robins – engineer
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Sean Gothman – design, layout
  • Hickory Mertasching – cover painting
  • Dan Kivitka – cover photography
  • Steve Birch – additional album cover production
  • Elliot Lee Hazel – sleeve band portraits

Track listing:

  1. Sad Vacation – Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  2. The Autumn Carnival – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, David J
  3. Enjoy Yourself – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  4. Alternative Power to the People – Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  5. Well They’re Gone – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  6. Rest Your Head – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  7. 16 Tons – Merle Travis
  8. I Am Free – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  9. Seti vs. the Wow! Signal – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
  10. Don’t Shoot She Cried – Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe
  11. Slide – Brent DeBoer

Jack White: Blunderbuss

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On April 23, 2012, “Third Man Records” label released “Blunderbuss”, the debut Jack White album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Third Man Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, Rhodes, guitar case, clapping
  • Adam Hoskins – acoustic guitar
  • Jake Orrall – electric guitar
  • Olivia Jean – acoustic and electric guitar, clapping, drums
  • Fats Kaplin- fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel
  • Pokey LaFarge- mandolin, backing vocals
  • Brooke Waggoner- Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Joey Glynn – upright bass
  • Bryn Davies- upright bass, clapping
  • Jack Lawrence- bass guitar
  • Daru Jones – drums, tambourine
  • Carla Azar- drums, maracas, percussion, shaker, clapping
  • Patrick Keeler- drums
  • Emily Bowland – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Lillie Mae Rische – fiddle
  • Karen Elson- backing vocals
  • Ruby Amanfu- backing vocals
  • Ryan Koenig – backing vocals
  • Laura Matula – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Missing Pieces
  2. Sixteen Saltines
  3. Freedom at 21
  4. Love Interruption
  5. Blunderbuss
  6. Hypocritical Kiss
  7. Weep Themselves to Sleep
  8. I’m Shakin’- Ruddy Toombs
  9. Trash Tongue Talker
  10. Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy
  11. I Guess I Should Go to Sleep
  12. On and On and On
  13. Take Me with You When You G