On September 13, 2015, Gary Dean Richrath died aged 65. He was musician (guitar, slide guitar), singer, songwriter and producer, member of the band Suburban 9 to 5, but was best known as the lead guitarist and songwriter of REO Speedwagon (1970 – 1989). As leader, Richrath released one album.
On September 4, 2015, “ECM” label released “Luys i Luso”, the seventh Tigran Hamasyan album. It was recorded October 2014, and was produced by Manfred Eicher. The album was released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
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On September 2, 2016, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Foreverland”, the eleventh Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2916, and was produced by Neil Hannon.
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All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.
On August 12, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Your Wilderness”, the eleventh Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Bruce Soord.
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All tracks by Bruce Soord.
On July 23, 2015, “Bird’s Rose Records” label released “Departure Song”, the third We Lost the Sea album. It was recorded in 2015, at “301 Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Tim Carr.
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On July 22, 2014, “Royal Mountain” label released the self-titled, debut Alvvays album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Chad VanGaalen. In 2015, “CBS Music” ranked it at number 1 on its list of “30 Best Canadian Albums of 2014”.
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All tracks by Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanley, except where noted.
On July 21, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Sacred Hearts Club”, the third Foster the People studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2017, and was produced by Mark Foster, Josh Abraham, Austin Mensales, Oligee, Lars Stalfors, Isom Innis, John Hill, Rob Cohen and Frans Mernick.
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On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.
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On July 8, 2016, “Vanguard” label released “Where the Light Shines Through”, the tenth Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Spot X Studio” in San Diego, California, and was produced by John Fields, Tim Foreman, Jon Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley.
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On June 22, 2015, “RCA Victor” label released “Get to Heaven”, the third Everything Everything studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Angelic Studios” in Northampton, “Crotch Int.” in Gilsland, “Making Do” in Manchester, “Eve Studios” in Bredbury, “Distillery” in Wiltshire, (all in England), and was produced by Stuart Price.
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All tracks by Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, and Michael Spearman.
