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Counting Crows: Somewhere Under Wonderland

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On September 2, 2014, “Capitol” label released “Somewhere Under Wonderland”, the seventh Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded December 2013 – February 2014, at “Fantasy Recording Studios” in Berkeley, and was produced by Brian Deck.

Personnel:

  • David Bryson – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück– guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, vocals, harmony vocals
  • Adam Duritz– lead vocals, piano, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham– keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers– bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios– drums, percussion, hand claps, harmony vocals
  • Dan Vickrey– guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Brian Deck– glockenspiel, hand claps, mixing
  • Eric Hillman, Brian Holl, John Paul Roney – backing vocals
  • Chris Watson – trumpet
  • Eric Hillman – vocal engineering
  • Shawn Dealey – engineer
  • Kabir Hermon – engineer
  • Jason Butler – engineer assistant
  • Albert Hernandez – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Felipe Molina – art conception, paintings

Track listing:

All lyrics by Adam Duritz.

  1. Palisades Park – Adam Duritz
  2. Earthquake Driver – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück
  3. Dislocation – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  4. God of Ocean Tides – Adam Duritz, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  5. Scarecrow – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  6. Elvis Went to Hollywood – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück
  7. Cover Up the Sun – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  8. John Appleseed’s Lament – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  9. Possibility Days – Adam Duritz

Eric Clapton & Friends: The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

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On July 29, 2014, “Bushbranch” label released “The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale”, the twenty-second Eric Clapton studio album. It features covers of  J. J. Cale songs. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars, dobro
  • Tom Petty– vocals
  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
  • John Mayer – vocals, guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar
  • Don White – vocals, guitar
  • Christine Lakeland– vocals, guitar
  • Reggie Young– guitar
  • Derek Trucks– guitar
  • Albert Lee– guitar
  • David Lindley– guitar
  • Don Preston– guitar
  • Mike Campbell- guitar
  • Doyle Bramhall II – guitar
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
  • Simon Climie– Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, piano, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals
  • Walt Richmond– Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, piano
  • Jimmy Markham – harmonica
  • Mickey Raphael– harmonica
  • Nathan East– bass
  • James Cruce – drums
  • Jim Karstein – drums
  • Jamie Oldaker– drums
  • David Teegarden – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Satnam Ramgotra – tabla
  • Michelle John – backing vocals
  • Sharon White– backing vocals
  • Alan Douglas – recording
  • Tony Castle, Bobby Tis and Ryan Ulyate – additional engineering
  • Jacob Dennis, Joe Kearns, Tim Marchiafava, Derek Parnell and Wendy Seidman – engineer assistant
  • Simon Climie – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Debbie Johnson – session coordinator
  • Catherine Roylance – art direction, design
  • Michael Putland – cover image
  • Yoshiyuki Sadamoto – cover illustration
  • Buddy Cannon – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by J.J. Cale except where noted.

  1. Call Me the Breeze
  2. Rock and Roll Records
  3. Someday – J.J. Cale, Walt Richmond
  4. Lies
  5. Sensitive Kind
  6. Cajun Moon
  7. Magnolia
  8. I Got the Same Old Blues
  9. Songbird
  10. Since You Said Goodbye
  11. I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) – Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard
  12. The Old Man and Me
  13. Train to Nowhere
  14. Starbound
  15. Don’t Wait – J. J. Cale, Christine Lakeland
  16. Crying Eyes

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Same

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On July 23, 2013, “Vagrant” label released the self-titled, third Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Alex Ebert.

Personnel:

  • Alex Ebert – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, electric bass, basketball, melodica, percussion, string arrangements
  • Jade Castrinos – vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
  • Christian Letts – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, mandolin, marching bass drum
  • Stewart Cole – vocals, trumpet, synths, piano, alto horn, flugelhorn, baritone horn, cornet, Hammond and Lowrey organs, Wurlitzer, pump organ, recorder
  • Mark Noseworthy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, tenor banjo, slide guitar, electric 12 string guitar, mandolin,
  • Crash – vocals
  • Orpheo McCord – vocals, percussion, drums, marimba
  • Nora Kirkpatrick- accordion, organ, keys, omnichord, vocals
  • Josh Collazo – vocals, drums, concert toms, percussion, alto saxophone
  • Seth Ford-Young – vocals, electric bass, upright bass
  • Aaron Arntz – piano
  • Nico Algietti – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – piano
  • Aaron Embry – piano, organ
  • Nathaniel Markman, Fred Bows, Susie Park – violin
  • Matt Linesch – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Better Days – Alex Ebert, Nico Aglietti
  2. Let’s Get High – Alex Ebert
  3. Two – Alex Ebert, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Noseworthy
  4. Please! – Alex Ebert
  5. Country-Calling – Alex Ebert
  6. Life Is Hard – Jade Castrinos, Alex Ebert
  7. If I Were Free – Alex Ebert, Josh Collazo, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Noseworthy
  8. In the Lion – Alex Ebert
  9. They Were Wrong – Alex Ebert
  10. In the Summer – Alex Ebert
  11. Remember to Remember – Jade Castrinos, Stewart Cole, Alex Ebert
  12. This Life – Alex Ebert, Nico Algietti

Fink: Hard Believer

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On July 14, 2014, “Ninja Tune” label released “Hard Believer”, the sixth Fink studio album.It was recorded in November 2013 in Los Angeles, and was produced by Billy Bush.

Personnel:

  • Fin Greenall– lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards
  • Guy Whittaker – acoustic and electric bass, BVs
  • Tim Thornton– drums, acoustic and electric guitars, BVs
  • Ruben Hein– piano
  • Zac Rae – synths, effects

Track listing:

All tracks by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted.

  1. Hard Believer
  2. Green and the Blue
  3. White Flag
  4. Pilgrim – Fin Greenall, Guy Whittaker, Tim Thornton, Ruben Hein, Zac Rae, Mackichan
  5. Two Days later
  6. Shakespeare
  7. Truth Begins
  8. Looking Too Closely
  9. Too Late
  10. Keep Falling – Fin Greenall, Guy Whittaker, Tim Thornton, Ruben Hein, Zac Rae, Ryan Keen

Phish: Fuego

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On June 24, 2014, “JEMP” label released “Fuego”, the twelfth Phish studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Muscle Shoals” in Alabama, Nashville, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio – vocals, guitar
  • Page McConnell – vocals, keyboards
  • Mike Gordon – vocals, bass
  • Jon Fishman – vocals, drums
  • Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Doug Moffet, Vincent Ciesielski – horns
  • Vicki Hampton, Maureen Murphy, Joshua Guillaume, Bob Ezrin, Marie Lewey, Cindy Walker, Carla Russell – backing vocals
  • Reavis Mitchell – programming
  • Justin Cortelyou – recording, mixing
  • John Gifford III – recording
  • Jarod Snowden – mixing
  • Joshua Guillaume, Ben Collette, Kam Lutcherhand, Justin Francis, Jared Slomoff, Garry Brown – additional engineering
  • Bob Ezrin – mastering
  • Ben Collette – pre-production engineer
  • Paco Pomet – paintings
  • Jeri Heiden, Julia Mordaunt – design
  • Mike Burns, Brian Brown, Kevin Brown, Lee Scott – technical assistance
  • Kim Markovchick – production coordination

Track listing:

  1. Fuego – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell
  2. The Line – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon,Page McConnell
  3. Devotion to a Dream – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  4. Halfway to the Moon – Page McConnell
  5. Winterqueen – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  6. Sing Monica – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  7. 555 – Spafford, Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski
  8. Waiting All Night – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell
  9. Wombat – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell
  10. Wingsuit – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell

Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence

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On June 13, 2014, “Polydor” label released “Ultraviolence”, the third Lana Del Rey studio album. It was recorded 2013-2014, and was produced by Dan Auerbach, Lana Del Rey, Rick Novels, Blake Stranathan, Paul Epworth, Lee Foster, Daniel Heath and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • Lana Del Rey – lead and backing vocals
  • Kenny Vaughan– acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, mellotron
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Blake Stranathan – guitars
  • Blake Stranathan – guitar
  • Pablo Tato – guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – electric guitar, shaker, 12–string acoustic guitar,
  • synthesizer, claps, backing vocals, mixing
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Seth Kauffman – synthesizer, claps, electric guitar, omnichord, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ed Harcourt– piano
  • Rick Nowels– piano
  • Leon Michaels – synthesizer, piano, mellotron, tambourine, percussion, tenor saxophone, claps
  • Nick Movshon– bass guitar, upright bass, drums, piano, claps
  • Tom Herbert– bass guitar
  • Brian Griffin – drums
  • Collin Dupuis – drum programming, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen– philicorda, mellotron
  • Leo Taylor– drums
  • Maximilian Weissenfeldt – claps, drums
  • Alfreda McCrary Lee – backing vocals
  • Ann McCrary – backing vocals
  • Regina McCrary – backing vocals
  • Daniel Heath – arrangements
  • Matthew McGaughey – orchestration
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer
  • Milton Gutiérrez – engineer
  • Phil Joly – engineer, tracking engineer, mixing
  • Julian Burg – additional engineering
  • Vira Byramji – engineer assistant
  • Andy Zisakis – engineer assistant
  • Kieron Menzies – vocal engineering
  • Alex Pasco – additional engineering
  • Robert Orton– mixing
  • Greg Kurstin– mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Mat Maitland– design
  • Neil Krug – photography
  • Myan Soffia – additional photography

Track listing:

  1. Cruel World – Lana Del Rey, Blake Stranathan
  2. Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath
  3. Shades of Cool – Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels
  4. Brooklyn Baby – Lana Del Rey, Barrie O’Neill
  5. West Coasts – Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels
  6. Sad Girl – Lana Del Rey – Rick Nowels
  7. Pretty When You Cry – Lana Del Rey, Blake Stranathan
  8. Money Power Glory – Lana Del Rey, Greg Kurstin
  9. Fucked My Way Up to the Top – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath
  10. Old Money – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath, Robbie Fitzsimmons
  11. The Other Woman – Jessie Mae Robinson

Jimmy Eat World: Damage

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On June 11, 2013, “RCA” label released “Damage”, the eighth Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded in October 2012, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Alain Johannes, Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tom Linton – guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Zach Lind – drums
  • Alain Johannes– additional guitar
  • James Brown – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
  • Michael Elins – photography

Track listing:

  1. Appreciation
  2. Damage
  3. Lean
  4. Book of Love
  5. I Will Steal You Back
  6. Please Say No
  7. How’d You Have Me
  8. No, Never
  9. Byebyelove
  10. You Were Good

Garbage: Strange Little Birds

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On June 10, 2016, “Stunvolume” label released “Strange Little Birds”, the sixth Garbage studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, at “GrungeIsDead” in Silver Lake, and “Red Razor” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Billy Bush, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig.

Personnel:

  • Duke Erikson– instrumentation, backing vocals
  • Shirley Manson– vocals
  • Steve Marker– instrumentation, additional production
  • Butch Vig– instrumentation, additional recording
  • Eric Avery– bass
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass
  • Billy Bush– engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Emily Lazar– mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction
  • Ryan Corey – art direction, design, illustration, additional photography
  • Joseph Cultice– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by  Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig.

  1. Sometimes
  2. Empty
  3. Blackout
  4. If I Lost You
  5. Might Drive Loneliness
  6. Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
  7. Magnetized
  8. We Never Tell
  9. So We Can Stay Alive
  10. Teaching Little Fingers to Play
  11. Amends

Allen Toussaint: American Tunes

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On June 10, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “American Tunes”, the twentieth and the final Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded May 2013 – October  2015, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint– vocals, piano
  • Rhiannon Giddens– vocals
  • Bill Frisell– electric guitar
  • Adam Levy– gut-string guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks– second piano, orchestral arrangement
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose– drums, percussion
  • Greg Leisz– weissenborn
  • Charles Lloyd– tenor saxophone
  • Cameron Stone – cello
  • Amy Shulman – harp

Track listing:

  1. Delores’ Boyfriend – Allen Toussaint
  2. Viper’s Drag – Thomas “Fats” Waller
  3. Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al Neiburg
  4. Mardis Gras in New Orleans – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  5. Lotus Blossom – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evareleased ns
  7. Big Chief – Earl King
  8. Rocks in My Bed – Duke Ellington
  9. Danza, Op. 33 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  10. Hey Little Girl – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  11. Rosetta – Earl “Fatha” Hines
  12. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  13. Southern Nights – Allen Toussaint
  14. American Tune – Paul Simon

Black Sabbath: 13

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On June 10, 2013, “Vertigo” label released “13”, the nineteenth and final Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded August 2012-January 2013, at “Shangri La Studios” in Malibu, California, “Tone Hall” in Lapworth, Warwickshire, UK, and was produced by Rick Rubin. The album was certified Platinum in Brazil by “Pro-Musica Brazil”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada” and Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.

Personnel:

  • Ozzy Osbourne– vocals, harmonica
  • Tony Iommi– acoustic and electric guitars
  • Geezer Butler– bass guitar
  • Brad Wilk– drums, percussion
  • Greg Fidelman– engineer
  • Mike Exeter – additional engineering
  • Dana Nielsen– additional engineering
  • Andrew Scheps– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore – mastering
  • Nick Dart, Neil Bowen – design

Track listing:

All lyrics written by Geezer Butler, all music  by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler.

  1. End of the Beginning
  2. God is Dead
  3. Loner
  4. Zeitgeist
  5. Age of Reason
  6. Live Forever
  7. Damaged Soul
  8. Dear Father