Tag Archives: 2014

Passenger: Whispers II

Leave a comment

On April 20, 2010, “Black Crow” label released “Whispers II”, the sixth Passenger studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Mike Rosenberg and Chris Vallejo.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rosenberg – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Stu Hanter – Fender rhodes, glockenspiel, organ, piano
  • Matthew Keegan – brass, brass arrangement, woodwind, woodwind arrangements
  • Scott Anlin – piano
  • Tim Hardin – mandolin
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
  • Chris Vallejo – mellotron, engineer, mixing
  • Alex Boneham – electric bass, contrabass
  • Cameron Lindy – bass
  • Peter Marin – drums
  • Tony Azzopardi, Jess Clampa – percussion
  • James Greening – saxophone, clarinet
  • Nick Garbet – trumpet, trombone
  • Marianne Broadfoot, Kerry Martin – violin
  • Shelley Soerensen – viola
  • Rowena Macneish – cello
  • The Enigma Quartet – strings
  • Nicholas Buc – string arrangements
  • Phil Churchill, Andrew Dale, Geraldine Hollett, Stu Larsen, The Once, Georgia Mooney – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Rosenberg.

  1. Fear of Fear
  2. Catch in the Dark
  3. A Thousand Matches
  4. I’ll Be Your Man
  5. Travelling Alone
  6. David
  7. Words
  8. The Way That I Need You
  9. Strangers
  10. Nothing’s Changed

Afgan Whigs: Do To The Beast

Leave a comment

On April 15, 2014, “Sub Pop” label released “Do to the Beast”, the seventh Afghan Whigs studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Burbank” in Joshua Tree, Silverlake,” Algiers Point” in New Orleans, Cincinnati, and was produced by Greg Dulli.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli- vocals, rhythm guitar, mixing
  • Dave Rosser, Jon Skibic, Mark McGuire – guitars
  • John Curley- bass
  • Patrick Keeler – drums
  • Kerry Brown, Rick Nelson, David Rosser, Justin Smith, Christopher  Thorn, John Curley – engineer
  • Mike Napolitano, Mathias Schneeberger – engineer, mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Christopher Friedman – artwork, layout
  • Amanda Demme– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli.

  1. Parked Outside
  2. Matamoros
  3. It Kills
  4. Algiers
  5. Lost in the Woods
  6. The Lottery
  7. Can Rova
  8. Royal Cream
  9. I Am Fire
  10. These Sticks

Manchester Orchestra: Cope

Leave a comment

On April 1, 2014, “Favorite Gentlemen / Loma Vista Recordings” labels released “Cope”, the fourth Manchester Orchestra studio album. It was recorded June 2012 – March 2013, at “Fluxivity Studios” in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by Dan Hannon, Andy Hull, Chris Freeman, Andy Prince and Tim Very.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hull – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Freeman – keyboards
  • Andy Prince – bass
  • Tim Very – drums
  • Robert McDowell – guitar, engineer
  • Nick Day, Brad Fisher – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Jordan Noel – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hull.

  1. Top Notch
  2. Choose You
  3. Girl Harbor
  4. The Mansion
  5. The Ocean
  6. Every Stone
  7. All That I Really Wanted
  8. Trees
  9. Indentions
  10. See It Again
  11. Cope

Steve Hackett: The Night Siren

Leave a comment

On March 24, 2017, “Inside Out Music” label released “The Night Siren”, the twenty-fifth Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2017, and was produced by Steve Hackett, Roger King and Benedict Fenner.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars,  oud,  charango, sitar, harmonica
  • Malik Mansurov – tar
  • Roger King, Benedict Fenner – keyboards, programming
  • Leslie-Miriam Bennett – keyboards
  • Nad Sylvan, Jo Hackett – vocals
  • Amanda Lehmann – vocals
  • Dick Driver – double bass
  • Kobi Farhi, Mīrā ‘Awaḍ, Nick D’Virgilio– drums
  • Gulli Briem – drums, cajon, percussion
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Rob Townsend – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, flageolet, quena, duduk, bass clarinet
  • John Hackett– flute
  • Ferenc Kovács – trumpet
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Troy Donockley– uilleann pipes
  • Sara Kovács – didgeridoo

Track listing:

  1. Behind the Smoke – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  2. Martina Sea – Steve Hackett
  3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Amanda Lehmann
  4. El Niño – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  5. Other Side of the Wall – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  6. Anything but Love – Steve Hackett
  7. Inca Terra – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  8. In Another Life – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King, Troy Donockley
  9. In the Skeleton Gallery – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  10. West to East – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  11. The Gift – Leslie-Miriam Bennet, Benedict Fenner

Craig Finn: We All Want The Same Things

Leave a comment

On March 24, 2017, “Partisan Records” label released “We All Want the Same Things”, the third Craig Finn studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Josh Kaufman.

Personnel:

  • Craig Finn – vocals, guitar
  • Josh Kaufman – vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, organ, piano, synthesizer, overdub engineer
  • Sam Kassirer – vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Joe Russo – vocals, bass
  • Caithlin De Marrais, Annie Nero – vocals
  • Tad Kubler – guitar, synthesizer
  • Joe Russo – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Matt Barrick – drums, percussion
  • Stuart Boogie – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • James Goodwin – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Dwyer – engineer assistant
  • Dave Gardner – mastering
  • Donovan Brien – layout
  • Dan Monick – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jester & June
  2. Preludes
  3. Ninety Bucks
  4. Birds Trapped in the Airport
  5. God in Chicago
  6. Rescue Blues
  7. Tangletown
  8. It Hits When It Hits
  9. Tracking Shots
  10. Be Honest

James Bay: Chaos And The Calm

Leave a comment

On March 23, 2015, “Republic Records” label released “Chaos and the Calm”, the debut James Bay album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jacquire King. The album was certified Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark” and 2 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • James Bay – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Eli Beaird – bass
  • Ian Fitchuk – drums, keyboards, percussion
  • Eric Darken– percussion
  • Jonathan Yudkin– cello, viola

Track listing:

  1. Craving – James Bay, Iain Archer
  2. Hold Back the River – James Bay, Iain Archer
  3. Let It Go – James Bay, Paul Barry
  4. If You Ever Want to Be in Love – James Bay, Jimmy Hogarth, Steve McEwan
  5. Best Fake Smile – James Bay, Iain Archer
  6. When We Were on Fire – James Bay, Jon Green
  7. Move Together – James Bay, Jamie Hartman
  8. Scars – James Bay
  9. Collide – James Bay, Thomas EP Hull
  10. Get Out While You Can – James Bay, Ed Harcourt
  11. Need the Sun to Break – James Bay, Joel Pott
  12. Incomplete – James Bay, Jake Gosling, Chris Leonard

Foster the People: Supermodel

Leave a comment

On March 14, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Supermodel”, the second Foster the People studio album. It was recorded December 2012 – January 2013, and was produced by Paul Epworth and Mark Foster.

Personnel:

  • Mark Foster – vocals, celeste, concept, drums, guitar, harpsichord, percussion, piano, programming, synthesizer, synthesizer bass, vibraphone
  • Jacob Fink – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Pontius – drums, backing vocals
  • Paul Epworth – drums, horn, programming, synthesizer
  • Sean Cimino – effects, guitar, pedal steel, backing vocals
  • Isom Innis – drums, guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • Luca Venter – drums
  • Matthew Wilcox – drum programming, drums
  • Stewart Cole – horn
  • Amy Langley – cello
  • Greg Kurstin – programming
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Hartwell Jones – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Nicolas Fournier, Bo Hill, Martin Cooke – mixing assistant
  • Dave Bett – creative director
  • Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
  • Young & Sick – design, illustrations

Track listing:

  1. Are You What You Want to Be? – Mark Foster, Greg Kurstin
  2. Ask Yourself – Mark Foster, Greg Kurstin
  3. Coming of Age – Mark Foster, Isom Innis, Jacob Fink, Sean Cimino, Paul Epworth
  4. Nevermind – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth
  5. Pseudologia Fantastica – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth
  6. The Angelic Welcome of Mr. Jones – Mark Foster, Isom Innis
  7. Best Friend – Mark Foster, Isom Innis
  8. A Beginner’s Guide to Destroying the Moon – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Mike Volpe
  9. Goats in Trees – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth
  10. The Truth – Mark Foster, Isom Innis, Matthew Wilcox, Luca Venter
  11. Fire Escape – Mark Foster

of Montreal: Aureate Gloom

Leave a comment

On March 3, 2015, “Polyvinyl” label released “Aureate Gloom”, the thirteenth of Montreal studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Barnes- vocals, guitars
  • Bennett Lewis – guitars
  • Jojo Glidewell – keys, synth
  • Bob Parins – bass, clarinet
  • Clayton Rychlik – vocals, drums, percussion, clarinet
  • Kishi Bashi – vocals, strings

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kevin Barnes.

  1. Bassem Sabry
  2. Last Rites At The Jane Hotel
  3. Empyrean Abattoir
  4. Aluminum Crown
  5. Virgilian Lots
  6. Monolithic Egress
  7. Apollyon Of Blue Room
  8. Estocadas
  9. Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other
  10. Like Ashoka’s Inferno Of Memory

American Authors: Oh, What a Life

Leave a comment

On March 3, 2014, “Mercury” label released “Oh, What a Life”, the debut American Authors studio album. It was recorded 2011 -2013, and was produced by Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta.

Personnel:

  • Zac Barnett– lead vocals, guitar
  • James Adam Shelley – lead guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dave Rublin – bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Sanchez – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Zac Barnett, James Shelley, Dave Rublin, Matthew Sanchez, Shep Goodman, and Aaron Accetta, except where noted.

  1. Believer
  2. Think About It
  3. Best Day of My Life
  4. Luck
  5. Trouble
  6. Hit It
  7. Home
  8. Love
  9. Heart of Stone
  10. Ghost
  11. Oh, What a Life – Zac Barnett, James Shelley, Dave Rublin, Matthew Sanchez

The Mavericks: Mono

Leave a comment

On February 17, 2015, “Valory” label released “Mono”, the eighth Mavericks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Raul Malo.

Personnel:

  1. Raul Malo – vocals, guitars
  2. Eddie Perez – guitars
  3. Jerry Dale McFadden – vocals, keyboards
  4. Paul Deakin – drums

Track listing:

  1. All Night Long – Raul Malo
  2. Summertime (When I’m with You) – Raul Malo
  3. Pardon Me – Raul Malo, Allan Miller
  4. What Am I supposed to Do – Raul Malo
  5. Stones We Could Tell – Raul Malo, Wally Wilson
  6. What You Do to Me – Raul malo, Alan Miller
  7. Let It Rain (Over Me) – Raul Malo
  8. The Only Question Is – Raul Malo
  9. Out the Door – Raul Malo
  10. (Waiting For) The World to End – Raul Malo, Alan Miller
  11. Fascinate Me – Raul Malo, Jerry Dale McFadden
  12. Nitty Gritty – Doug Sahm