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Jeff Lynn’s Electric Light Orchestra: Alone In The Universe

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On November 13, 2015, “Columbia” label released “Alone in the Universe”, the thirteenth Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Bungalow Palace”, and was produced by Jeff Lynne. The album was certified Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lynne– lead and backing vocals,  guitar,  bass,  piano,  drums, keyboards, vibraphones,  mixing
  • Steve Jay– shaker, tambourine, engineer, mixing
  • Laura Lynne – backing vocals
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Ryab Corey – design, illustration
  • Rob Shanahan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lynne.

  1. When I Was a Boy
  2. Love and Rain
  3. Dirty to the Bone
  4. When the Night Comes
  5. The Sun Will Shine on You
  6. Ain’t It a Drag
  7. All My Life
  8. I’m Leaving You
  9. One Step at a Time
  10. Alone in the Universe

Queen: Made In Heaven

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On November 6, 1995, “Parlaphone” label released “Made in Heaven”, the fifteenth Queen studio album. Until the release of “Queen Forever” in 2014, it was the final album containing original material featuring the band’s original line up. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. The recordings were made in 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 – 1995, at “Mountain Studios” in Allerton Hill, Cosford Mill, and “Metropolis Studios”, and were produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; 2 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 3 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”; 2 x Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in Norway by “IFPI Norway”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; 2 x Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; 3 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”, and 4 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards,  programming
  • Brian May – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Roger Taylor– lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • John Deacon– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter, Miriam Stockley– backing vocals
  • David Richards– keyboards, engineer, mixing supervision, co-production
  • Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer, co-production
  • Josh Macrae– engineer, co-production
  • Reinhold Mack– recording of additional material in the 80’s
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Richard Gray – artwork, cover photography of Irena Sedlecká’s Mercury sculpture in Montreux

Track listing:

  1. It’s a Beautiful Day – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
  2. Made in Heaven – Freddie Mercury
  3. Let Me Live – Queen
  4. Mother Love – Freddie Mercury, Brian May
  5. My Life Has Been Saved – Queen, John Deacon
  6. I Was Born to Love You – Freddie Mercury
  7. Heaven for Everyone – Roger Taylor
  8. Too Much Love Will Kill You – Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers
  9. You Don’t Fool Me – Queen
  10. A Winter’s Tale – Queen, Freddie Mercury
  11. Yeah – Queen
  12. Untitled, Hidden Track – Queen, Brian May, John Taylor, David Richards

Jack Bruce

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On October 25, 2014, John Symon Asher “Jack” Bruce aka Jack Bruce died aged 71.  He was musician (bass guitar, double bass, guitar, piano),  singer and songwriter, best known as member and bass player of Cream. In his more than five decades long career, Bruce has performed and recorded with various famous musician including: Alexis Corner, Graham Bond, John Mayall, Manfred Mann, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Michael Gibbs, Tony Williams, Leslie West, Corky Laing, Carla Bley, Lou Reed, Michael Mantler, Charlie Mariano, John McLaughlin, Cozy Powell, Bernie Marsden, Trevor Rabin, Robin Trower, Mose Allison, Allan Holdsworth, Kip Hanrahan, Mark Nauseef, Miroslav Tadic, Anton Fier, Kenji Suzuki, Dick Heckstall – Smith, John Stevens, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman and John Medeski. In March 2011, “Rolling Stone” magazine  readers selected Bruce as the eighth greatest bass guitarist of all time. As leader, he released 14 studio and 8 live albums.

Weezer: Everything Will Be Alright In The End

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On October 7, 2014, “Republic Records” label released “Everything Will Be Alright in the End”, the ninth Weezer studio album. It was recorded January–July 2014, at “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ric Ocasek.

Personnel:

  • Brian Bell – lead guitar, keyboard, synth, backing vocals
  • Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, synth, piano
  • Scott Shriner- bass guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson- drums, percussion, additional vocals
  • Patrick Stickles– guitar
  • Bobb Bruno- additional guitar arrangements
  • Daniel Brummel– keyboard, piano
  • Bethany Cosentino- additional vocals
  • Samuel Bell – engineer
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, additional production
  • Chris Owens – assistant engineer
  • Vanessa Wormer – engineer assistant
  • Alex Williams – engineer assistant
  • Tom Lord-Alge- mixing
  • Eddie Rendini – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen- mastering

Track listing:

  1. Ain’t Got Nobody – Rivers Cuomo
  2. Back to the Shack – Rivers Cuomo, Jacob Kasher
  3. Eulogy for a Rock Band – Rivers Cuomo, Daniel Brummel, Ryen Slegr
  4. Lonely Girl – Rivers Cuomo, Joshua Berman Alexander
  5. I’ve Had It Up to Here – Rivers Cuomo, Justin Hawkins
  6. The British Are Coming – Rivers Cuomo
  7. Da Vinci – Rivers Cuomo, Joshua Berman Alexander
  8. Go Away – Rivers Cuomo, Bethany Cosentino
  9. Cleopatra – Rivers Cuomo
  10. Foolish Father – Patrick Stickles
  11. The Futurescope Trilogy: I. The Waste Land – Rivers Cuomo
  12. The Futurescope Trilogy: II. Anonymous – Rivers Cuomo
  13. The Futurescope Trilogy: III. Return to Ithaka – Rivers Cuomo

Phil Selway: Weatherhouse

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On October 7, 2014, “Bella Union” label released “Weatherhouse” the second solo Phil Selway album. It was recorded 2013 in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Phil Ilhan and Quinta.

Personnel:

  • Phil Selway – vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine
  • Adem Ilhan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drum machine, marimba, programming, engineer
  • Quinta – vocals, clavichord, fender rhodes, marimba, mellotron, musical saw, hammond organ, percussion, piano, viola, violin

The Elysian Quartet

  • Jennymay Logan – violin
  • Emma Smith – violin
  • Vince Sipprell – viola
  • Laura Moody – cello
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – engineer
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Mandy Parnell – mastering
  • Ted Dewan – artwork, sdesign

Track listing:

  1. Coming Up for Air
  2. Around Again
  3. Let It Go
  4. Miles Away
  5. Ghosts
  6. It Will End in Tears
  7. Don’t Go Now
  8. Drawn to the Light
  9. Waiting for a Sign
  10. Turning It Inside Out

Johnny Marr: Playland

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On October 6, 2014, “New Voodoo Records” label released “Playland”, the second Johnny Marr solo studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Johnny Marr and James Doviak.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Marr– vocals, guitars
  • James Doviak – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Iwan Gronow– bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Mitchell – drums
  • Meredith Sheldon– backing vocals
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Nile Marr – backing vocals
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Jon Shard – cover shots
  • Mat Bancroft – collage
  • Laura Turner – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Marr.

  1. Back in the Box
  2. Easy Money
  3. Dynamo
  4. Candidate
  5. 25 Hours
  6. The Trap
  7. Playland
  8. Speak Out Reach Out
  9. Boys Get Straight
  10. This Tension
  11. Little King

New Order: Music Complete

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On September 25, 2015, “Mute” label released “Music Complete”, the tenth New Order studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, and was produced by Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, Tom Chapman, Stephen Morris, Stuart Price and Tom Rowlands.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Sumner– vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Gillian Gilbert– keyboards, synthesizers
  • Phil Cunningham– guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, electronic percussion
  • Tom Chapman– bass, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Stephen Morris– drums, percussion, keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
  • Joe Duddell– string arrangements, conductor (Manchester Camerata Strings)
  • Katie Stillman, Paula Smart, Karen Mainwaring, Simmy Singh, Sophie Mather, Gemma Bass, Anthony Banks, Sian Goodwin – violin
  • Rachel Jones, Jordan Bowron – viola
  • Nathaniel Boyd, Barbara Grunthal – cello
  • Daniel Storer – double bass
  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • Brandon Flowers– vocals, mixing
  • La Roux– vocals , backing vocals
  • Dawn Zee – backing vocals
  • Denise Johnson – backing vocals
  • Giacomo Cavagna – Italian spoken vocal
  • George Atkins – engineer
  • Danny Davies – engineer, pre-production
  • Jim Spencer – additional engineering
  • Rafael Pereira – additional engineering
  • Robert Root – additional engineering
  • Steve Dub – additional engineering
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Richard X, Pete Hofmann – mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Peter Saville– art direction
  • Paul Hetherington – design
  • Daniel Miller– executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks byBernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, Tom Chapman and Stephen Morris, except where noted.

  1. Restless
  2. Singularity – Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, Tom Chapman, Stephen Morris, Tom Rowlands
  3. Plastic
  4. Tutti Frutti
  5. People on the High Line
  6. Stray Dog
  7. Academic
  8. Nothing But a Fool
  9. Unlearn This Hatred – Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, Tom Chapman, Stephen Morris, Tom Rowlands
  10. The Game

Richard D James: Syro

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On September 19, 2014, “Warp” label released “Syro” the sixth Richard D James aka Aphex Twin studio album. It was recorded over a period of several years in various studios—including James’ own studio in rural Scotland, and was produced by Richard D James.”Syro” won 2015 “Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album”.

Personnel:

  • Richard D James– piano, synthesizers, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocoder, programming
  • Mandy Parnell – mastering
  • Beau Thomas – mastering
  • The Designers Republic– design, cover art
  • Anastasia Rybina – design, puckography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard D James.

  1. minipops 67 (source field mix)
  2. XMAS_EVET10 (thanaton3 mix)
  3. produk 29
  4. 4 bit 9d api+e+6
  5. 180db_
  6. CIRCLONT6A (syrobonkus mix)
  7. fz pseudotimestretch+e+3
  8. CIRCLONT14 (shrymoming mix)
  9. syro u473t8+e (piezoluminescence mix)
  10. PAPAT4 (pineal mix)
  11. s950tx16wasr10 (earth portal mix)
  12. aisatsana

Joe Sample

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On September 12, 2014, Joseph Leslie “Joe” Sample died aged 75. He was musician (piano, keyboards) and composer, one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders (Crusaders from 1971), and has performed with some of the biggest names of the contemporary music, including Miles Davis, The Supremes, George Benson, B.B King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eric Clapton and Steely Dan.

U2: Songs Of Innocence

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On September 9, 2014, “Island” label released “Songs of Innocence”, the thirteenth U2 studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2014, and was produced by Danger Mouse, with additional production from Paul Epworth,Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney and Flood. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Italy by “FIMI” and 2 x Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.

Personnel:

  • Bono– lead vocals, keyboards, guitar, dulcimer
  • The Edge– guitar, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Larry Mullen, Jr.– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Brian Burton– keyboards, programming, additional percussion, choral arrangement
  • Ryan Tedder– keyboards, acoustic guitar, programming
  • Paul Epworth– keyboards, slide guitar, additional percussion, claps, programming
  • Flood– keyboards
  • Leo Pearson – keyboards
  • Declan Gaffney – acoustic guitar, keyboards, claps, additional percussion, programming, vocal effects, backing vocals
  • “Classy” Joe Visciano – claps, backing vocals
  • Caroline Dale– cello, string arrangement
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Lykke Li– vocals
  • Greg Clark – choir
  • Carlos Ricketts – choir
  • Tabitha Fair – choir
  • Kim Hill – choir
  • Quiona McCollum – choir
  • Nicki Richards – choir
  • Everett Bradley – choir
  • Bobby Harden – choir
  • Ada Dyer – choir

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono and The Edge, all music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

  1. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
  2. Every Breaking Wave
  3. California (There Is No End to Love)
  4. Song for Someone
  5. Iris (Hold Me Close)
  6. Volcano
  7. Raised by Wolves
  8. Cedarwood Road
  9. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
  10. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
  11. The Troubles