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White Stripes: White Blood Cells

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On July 3, 2001, “Sympathy for the Record Industry” label released “White Blood Cells”, the third White Stripes studio album. It was recorded in February 2001, at “Easley-McCain Recording” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White. “Spin” magazine named “White Blood cells” the “Best Album of 2001”; in 2003, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 20 on its list of  the “Top 100 Albums of All Time”; in 2012, “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 497 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– lead vocals, guitar, piano, organ, mixing
  • Meg White– drums, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Stewart Sikes – engineer, mixing
  • Twirly Red – leyout, design
  • The Third Man – layout, design
  • Patrick Pantano – photography
  • Fred Kevorkian – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White.

  1. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
  2. Hotel Yorba
  3. I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
  4. Fell in Love With a Girl
  5. Expecting
  6. Little Room
  7. The Union Forever
  8. The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
  9. We’re Going to Be Friends
  10. Offend in Every Way
  11. I Think I Smell a Rat
  12. Aluminum
  13. I Can’t Wait
  14. Now Mary
  15. I Can Learn
  16. This Protector

 

The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania

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On June 19, 2012, “EMI” label released “Oceania”, the eighth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded April – September 2011, and was produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jeff Schroeder– guitar
  • Nicole Fiorentino– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Byrne– drums, backing vocals
  • Kevin Dippold – engineer, backing vocals
  • Ryan Grostefon – engineer
  • Sam Wiewel – engineer
  • David Bottrill– mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Jason Willwerth – assistant
  • Noel Waggener – art direction
  • Richard Shay – photography
  • Greg Norman – studio technician
  • Balthazar de Ley – studio technician
  • Geoff Benge – guitar technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Corgan.

  1. Quasar
  2. Panopticon
  3. The Celestials
  4. Violet
  5. My Love is Winter
  6. One Diamond, One Heart
  7. Pinwheels
  8. Oceania
  9. Pale Horse
  10. The Chimera
  11. Glissandra
  12. Inkless
  13. Wildflower

Eagles: Same

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On June 1, 1972, “Asylum” label released the self-titled, debut Eagles album. It was recorded in February 1972, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 368 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The single “Take It Easy” is part of the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” of the “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”. In March 2001, the album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Frey– vocals, guitars, slide guitar
  • Bernie Leadon– vocals, guitars, banjo
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar
  • Don Henley– vocals, drums
  • Glyn Johns– engineer
  • Gary Burden– art direction, design
  • Henry Diltz– photography

Track listing:

  1. Take it Easy – Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey
  2. Witchy Woman – Don Henley, Bernie Leadon
  3. Chug All Night – Glenn Frey
  4. Most of Us Are Sad – Glenn Frey
  5. Nightingale – Jackson Browne
  6. Train Leaves Here This Morning – Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon
  7. Take the Devil – Randy Meisner
  8. Earlybird – Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner
  9. Peaceful Easy Feeling – Jack Tempchin
  10. Tryin’ – Randy Meisner

Laura Marling: Once I Was an Eagle

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On May 27, 2013, “Virgin” label released “Once I Was an Eagle” the fourth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded 2012 at “Third Crow Studio” in Bath, and was produced by Ethan Johns.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling- vocals, guitar
  • Ruth de Turberville – cello
  • Ethan Johns – drums
  • Rex Horan – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted. 

  1. Take the Night Off
  2. .I Was an Eagle
  3. You Know
  4. Breathe
  5. Master Hunter
  6. Little Love Caster
  7. Devil’s Resting Place
  8. Interlude – Ethan Johns
  9. Undine
  10. Where Can I Go
  11. Once
  12. Pray for Me
  13. When Were You Happy? (And How Long Has That Been)
  14. Love Be Brave
  15. Little Bird
  16. Saved These Words

Robin Gibb

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On May 20, 2012, Robin Hugh Gibb died aged 62.  He was singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the Bee Gees. With more than 200 million albums sold worldwide, Bee Gees are one of the most successful groups of all time. From 2008 to 2011, Gibb was President of the “Heritage Foundation”, honouring figures in British culture.

Iggy & the Stooges: Ready to Die

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On April 30, 2013, “Fat Possum Records” label released “Ready to Die”, the fifth Iggy and the Stooges studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, CA and was produced by James Williamson.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • James Williamson– guitar
  • Scott Thurston– keyboards
  • Michelle Willis– pump organ
  • Mike Watt– bass
  • Mark Culbertson – double bass
  • Scott Asheton– drums
  • Jason Butler – percussion
  • Toby Dammit– percussion
  • Steve Mackay– saxophone
  • Petra Haden– violin, backing vocals
  • Hugh Marsh– violin
  • Jesse Nichols – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Iggy Pop and James Williamson.

  1. Burn
  2. Sex & Money
  3. Job
  4. Gun
  5. Unfriendly World
  6. Ready to Die
  7. DD’s
  8. Dirty Deal
  9. Beat That Guy
  10. The Departed

Josh Tilman: Fear Fun

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On April 30, 2012, “Sub Pop” label released “Fear Fun”, the debut Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Josh Tillman.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman– vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, various instruments
  • Jonathan Wilson– acoustic and electric guitar , baritone and 12-string guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, piano, organ, Wurlitzer, trumpet
  • Ben Peeler – pedal steel
  • Keefus Green– piano , synthesizers, mellotron
  • Gabriel Noel – strings, upright bass
  • Casey Wescott– bass guitar, harpsichord, piano
  • Wylie Gelber– bass guitar
  • Zach Tillman – bass guitar
  • Sara Watkins– fiddle
  • Leslie Stevens – backing vocals
  • Hugo Nicolson– omni-chord program
  • Jonathan Wilson – engineer
  • Hugo Nicolson – engineer
  • Wylie Gelber– engineer assistant
  • Phil Ek– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dimitri Drjuchin – cover painting, interior artwork
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – design
  • Sasha Barr – design
  • Emma Garr – insert photograph

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Tilman.

  1. Funtimes in Babylon
  2. Nancy from Now On
  3. Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
  4. I’m writing a Novel
  5. O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me
  6. Misty’s Nightmares 1&2
  7. Only Son of the Ladies Man
  8. This is Sally Hatchet
  9. Well, You Can Do Without Me
  10. Now I’m Learning to Lobe the War
  11. Tee Pees 1-12
  12. Everyman Needs a Companion

Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral

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On February 6, 2012, “4AD” label released “Blues Funeral”, the seventh Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded January – May 2011, at “4AD Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alain Johannes.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan- vocals
  • Alain Johannes- guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Rosser, Duke Garwood, David Catching- guitar
  • Aldo Struyf- keyboards, guitar
  • Martyn LeNoble– bass
  • Jack Irons- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan.

  1. The Gravedigger’s Song
  2. Bleeding Muddy Water
  3. Gray Goes Black
  4. St Louis Elegy
  5. Riot in My House
  6. Ode to Sad Disco
  7. Phantasmagoria Blues
  8. Quiver Syndrome
  9. Harborview Hospital
  10. Leviathan
  11. Deep Black Vanishing Train
  12. Tiny Grain of Truth

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

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On January 31, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Old Ideas”,the twelfth Leonard Cohen studio album.  It was recorded in 2011, at Cohen’s own studio at his house in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Sanders and Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, guitar, arranging, programming
  • Neil Larsen – Hammond B3, piano, synth bass, percussion, cornet
  • Ed Sanders- vocals, guitar
  • Jordan Charnofsky – guitar
  • Sharon Robinson- vocals, synth bass
  • Chris Wabich – drums
  • Robert Korda – violin
  • Bela Santeli – violin
  • The Webb Sisters- vocals
  • Dana Glover- vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes- backing vocals
  • Patrick Leonard – programming

Track listing:

  1. Going Home – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  2. Amen – Leonard Cohen
  3. Show Me the Place – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  4. Darkness – Leonard Cohen
  5. Anyhow – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  6. Crazy to Love You – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  7. Come Healing – Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
  8. Banjo – Leonard Cohen
  9. Lullaby – Leonard Cohen
  10. Different Sides – Leonard Cohen

Pepe Deluxe: Queen Of The Wave

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On January 30, 2012, “Catskills” label released “Queen of the Wave”, the fourth Pepe Deluxé album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by James Spectrum.

Personnel:

  • Paul Malmström – synthesizer, handclaps, organ, recorder, harpsichord, guitar, horns, tambourine, bass, violin, cello, clarinet, harmonium, piano, glockenspiel, flute, triangle, vibraphone, harp
  • Boi Crompton, Chris Cote, Johanna Försti, Lumimarja Wilenius, Sara Welling, Tuire Lukka – vocals
  • Miikka Paatelainen – guitar, bass, balalaika, bouzouki, glockenspiel, vibraphone
  • Kai Hahto, Markku Reinikainen, Teppo Mäkynen – drums
  • Timo Lassy – flute, saxophone, horns
  • Kati Pirttimaa – pipe organ
  • Jukka Eskola – trumpet, French horn
  • Mikko Mustonen – tuba, trombone
  • Jarmo Saari – viola, guitar
  • James Spectrum – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Queenswave
  2. A Night and a Day
  3. Go Supersonic
  4. Temple of United Fire
  5. Contain Thyself
  6. Hesperus Garden
  7. Grave Prophecy
  8. In the Cave
  9. My Flaming Thirst
  10. Iron Giant
  11. The Storm
  12. Riders on the first Ark