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Arkells: High Noon

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On August 5, 2014, “Dine Alone Records” and “Universal Music Canada” labels released “High Noon”, the third Arkells studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “The Hobby Shop” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Max Kerman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Micheal DeAngelis – vocals, guitar
  • Anthony Carone – vocals, keyboards, strings, arranger
  • Nick Dika – bass guitar
  • Tim Oxford – drums, percussion
  • Leland Whitty – tenor saxophone
  • Dana Grey – baritone saxophone
  • Ernesto Barahona – trombone
  • Christine Chesebrough – violin
  • Kelly Lefaive – violin
  • Emma Vachon-Tweeny – viola
  • Igor Saika-Voivod – cello, score, conductor
  • Cameron Lister – recording
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Eric Ratz – engineer, mixing
  • Harry Hess – mastering
  • Micheal DeAngelis – design
  • Brooks Reynolds – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Max Kerman, Micheal DeAngelis, Anthony Carone, Nick Dika and Tim Oxford.

  1. Fake Money
  2. Come to Light
  3. Cynical Bastards
  4. 11:11
  5. Never Thought That This Would Happen
  6. Dirty Blonde
  7. What Are You Holding on To?
  8. Hey Kids!
  9. Leather Jacket
  10. Crawling Through the Window
  11. Systematic

Bleachers: Strange Desire

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On July 11, 2014, “RCA” label released “Strange Desire”, the debut Bleachers album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Jack Antonoff, John Hill, Greg Kurstin and Vince Clarke.

Personnel:

  • Jack Antonoff – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, drums, string arrangement, programming
  • Little Ricky Antonoff – guitar
  • Greg Kurstin – synths, electric guitars, drums
  • Vince Clarke – keyboards, programming
  • John Hill – drums, guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Jon Shiffman – drums
  • Victoria Parker – violin
  • Phillip Peterson – cello, string arrangement
  • Emile Haynie – programming
  • Kurt Uenala – programming
  • Grimes – vocals
  • Yoko Ono – spoken word
  • Cyrus Grace Dunham – spoken word
  • Sara Quin – backing vocals
  • Rachel Antonoff – backing vocals
  • Andrew Dost – backing vocals
  • Mae Whitman – backing vocals
  • Lena Dunham – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Antonoff and John Hill, except where noted.

  1. Wild Heart
  2. Rollercoaster
  3. Shadow – Jack Antonoff, John Hill, Emile Haynie
  4. I Wanna Get Better
  5. Wake Me – Jack Antonoff, Patrick Berger, John Hill
  6. Reckless Love
  7. Take Me Away – Jack Antonoff, Claire Boucher, John Hill
  8. Like a River Runs
  9. You’re Still a Mystery
  10. I’m Ready to Move On / Wild Heart Reprise – Jack Antonoff, Yoko Ono, Jack Hill
  11. Who I Want You to Love – Jack Antonoff, Jack Hill, Emile Haynie

The Offspring: Let the Bad Times Roll

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On April 16, 2021, “Concord” label released “Let the Bad Times Roll”, the tenth Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2019, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Noodles – guitar, backing vocals
  • Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Pete Parada – drums
  • Alan Chang – piano
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Jason Powell – saxophone, clarinet
  • Phil Jordan – trumpet
  • Eric Marbauch – trombone
  • Ricardo “Tiki” Pasillas – additional percussion
  • Jason “Blackball” McLean – additional vocals
  • Dave Pierce – sound design
  • Bob Rock – mixing, engineer
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Daveed Benito – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland, except where noted.

  1. This Is Not Utopia
  2. Let the bad Times Roll
  3. Behind Your Walls
  4. Army of One
  5. Breaking These Bones
  6. Coming for You
  7. We Never Have Sex Anymore
  8. In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
  9. The Opioid Diaries
  10. Hassan Chop
  11. Gone Away
  12. Lullaby

The Black Sorrows: Certified Blue

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On April 4, 2014, “Head Records” label released “Certified Blue”, the fourteenth Black Sorrows (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Woodstock Studios”, and was produced by Joe Camilleri and John McAll.

Personnel:

  • Joe Camilleri – vocals, guitar, harp, percussion
  • Claude Carranza – vocals, guitar
  • John McAll – vocals, keyboards
  • Mark Gray – vocals, bass
  • Angus Burchall – drums
  • Tim Wilson – alto saxophone, flute
  • Julien Wilson – tenor saxophone
  • Greg Clarkson – baritone saxophone
  • James Mustafa – trumpet
  • Travis Woods – trumpet
  • Ben Gillespie – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Roarin’ Town
  2. Certified Blue
  3. Can’t Give Up on You
  4. Wake Me Up in Paradise
  5. Save Me
  6. Return of the Voodoo Sheiks
  7. Righteous Blues
  8. Lovers Waltz
  9. Man of Straw
  10. The Devil Came Knockin’ on Sunday

Clutch: Earth Rocker

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On March 15, 2013, “Weathermaker Music” label released “Earth Rocker”, the tenth Clutch studio album. It was recorded in October 2012, and was produced by Machine.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
  • Tim Sult – guitar
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums, percussion
  • Machine – engineer, mixing
  • Alberto De Icaza – additional engineering, editing
  • Randy LeBouf – editing
  • Paul Logas – mastering
  • Zakk Cervini, Justin Aufdemkampe – producer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines and Jean-Paul Gaster.

  1. Earth Rocker
  2. Crucial Velocity
  3. Mr. Freedom
  4. D.C. Sound Attack
  5. Unto the Breach
  6. Gone Cold
  7. The Face
  8. Book, Saddle & Go
  9. Cyborg Bette
  10. Oh, Isabella
  11. The Wolf Man Kindly Requests…

One Ok Rock: Jinsei x Boku=

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On March 6, 2013, “A-Sketch” label released “Jinsei×Boku=”, the sixth One Ok Rock studio album.

Personnel:

  • Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi – lead vocals, arranger
  • Toru Yamashita – guitars, arranger
  • Ryota Kohama – bass guitar, arranger
  • Tomoya Kanki – drums, percussion, arranger
  • Makoto Minagawa – piano 
  • Kiyohide Ura – piano
  • Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass
  • Mio Okamura – violin 
  • Shohei Yoshida – violin 
  • Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola
  • Robin Dupuy – cello 
  • Ayano Kasahara – cello
  • Mari Masumoto – cello
  • Akkin – programming, arranger
  • Kenichi Arai – engineer 
  • Takashi Kagami – engineer
  • John Feldmann – mixing 
  • Tommy English – mixing 
  • Tue Madsen – mixing 
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing 
  • Kazuaki Seki – art direction
  • Daichi Shiono – design

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi , music as noted.

  1. Introduction – Where Idiot Should Go – Toru Yamashita
  2. Ending Story – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
  3. Onion – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
  4. The Beginning – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
  5. Clock Strikes – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
  6. Be the Light – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
  7. Nothing Helps – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Tomoya, Ryota
  8. Juvenile – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
  9. All Mine – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi
  10. Smiling Down – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita
  11. Deeper Deeper – Ryota, Tomoya
  12. 69 – Takahiro Taka Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Tomoya, Ryota
  13. The Same As… Takahiro Taka Moriuchi

Billy Hart: One is the Other

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On March 4, 2014, “ECM” label released “One Is the Other”, the twelve Billy Hart album. It was recorded April – May 2013, At “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Billy Hart – drums
  • Mark Turner – tenor sax
  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Ben Street – double bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Hart, except where noted.

  1. Lennie Groove – Mark Turner
  2. Maraschino – Ethan Iverson
  3. Teule’s Redemption
  4. Amethyst
  5. Yard
  6. Sonnet for Stevie – Mark Turner
  7. Some Enchanted Evening – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Big Trees – Ethan Iverson

Bigelf: Into the Maelstrom

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On March 3, 2014, “Inside Out Music” label released “Into the Maelstrom”, the fourth Bigelf studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Damon Fox.

Personnel:

  • Damon Fox – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Luis Maldonado – guitar
  • Duffy Snowhill – bass
  • Mike Portnoy – drums
  • Steve Linsley – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Fox.

  1. Incredible Time Machine
  2. Hypersleep
  3. Already Gone
  4. Alien Frequency
  5. The Professor & the Madman
  6. Mr. Harry McQuhae
  7. Vertigod
  8. Control Freak
  9. High
  10. Edge of Oblivion
  11. Theater of Dreams
  12. ITM

Mike Gordon: Overstep

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On February 25, 2014, “Megaplum/ATO Records” label released “Overstep”, the fourth Mike Gordon studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie.

Personnel:

  • Mike Gordon – vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer, organ, loops
  • Scott Murawski – vocals, electric guitar, cymbal
  • Matt Chamberlain – vocals, drums, drums programming, loops
  • Todd Isler – drums, percussion
  • Craig Myers – xalam, percussion
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – tambourine, shaker
  • Robert Walter – keyboards, organ, pedal steel guitar
  • Julia Mordaunt – vibe tube, art direction, layout
  • Tom Cleary – piano, keyboards, accordion
  • Rob O’Dea – engineer
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – engineer
  • Fred Kevorkian – mastering
  • Chuck Anderson – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Gordon and Scott Murawski.

  1. Ether
  2. Tiny Little World
  3. Jumping
  4. Yarmouth Road
  5. Say Something
  6. Face
  7. Paint
  8. Different World
  9. Peel
  10. Long Black Line
  11. Surface

Elliot Smith: Either/Or

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On February 25, 1997, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “Either/Or”, the third Elliot Smith studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Elliot Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked Either/Or at number 149 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 216 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Elliott Smith – vocals, all instruments, mixing
  • Larry Crane – recording
  • Joanna Bolme – mixing, back cover photography
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Don C. Tyler – mastering
  • Neil Gust – sleeve layout
  • Debbie Pastor – front cover photography

Track listing

All tracks by Elliott Smith.

  1. Speed Trials
  2. Alameda
  3. Ballad of Big Nothing
  4. Between the Bars
  5. Pictures of Me
  6. No Name No.5
  7. Rose Parade
  8. Punch and Judy
  9. Angeles
  10. Cupid’s Trick
  11. 2.45 AM
  12. Say Yes