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Thunder: Rip It Up

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On February 10, 2017, “earMUSIC” label released “Rip It Up”, the eleventh Thunder studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Luke Morley.

Personnel:

  • Danny Bowes – lead and backing vocals
  • Luke Morley – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ben Matthews – guitars, keyboards
  • Chris Childs – bass guitar
  • Gary James – drums, percussion
  • Lynne Jackaman – tambourine, featured and backing vocals
  • Heather Findlay – backing vocals
  • Susie Webb – backing vocals
  • Josh Tyrell – studio assistance
  • Jon Constantine – studio assistance
  • Joe Coghlan-Allen – studio assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Morley.

  1. No One Gets Out Alive
  2. Rip It Up
  3. She Likes the Cocaine
  4. Right from the Start
  5. Shakedown
  6. Heartbreak Hurricane
  7. In Another Life
  8. The Chosen One
  9. The Enemy Inside
  10. Tumbling Down
  11. There’s Always a Loser

Nicolas Kummert: La Diversité

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On February 10, 2017, “Edition Records” label released “La Diversité”, the debut Nicolas Kummert album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Sunny Side Inc.”, and was produced by Nicolas Kummert.

Personnel:

  • Nicolas Kummert – tenor saxophone
  • Lionel Loueke – guitar
  • Nicolas Thys – double bass
  • Karl Jannuska – drums
  • Nicolas Lefèvre – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Rainbow People
  2. Le Vent Se Lève
  3. Harmattan
  4. Lighthouse
  5. Hallelujah
  6. Gnossienne
  7. Gnossienne à Deux
  8. Liberté
  9. Le Peuple De L’Arc-en-ciel
  10. La Terre Ne Ment Pas
  11. Diversity Over Purity
  12. We’ll Be Alright
  13. And What If We’re Not?
  14. Hallelujah Again – in memory of Leonard Cohen

Elbow: Little Fictions

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On February 3, 2017, “Polydor” and “Concord” labels released “Little Fictions”, the seventh Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Blueprint Studios” in Salford, “Gargunnock House” in Stirling, “Elbow Rooms” in Manchester, and was produced by Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – lead vocals, guitar
  • Craig Potter – keyboard, piano, backing vocals
  • Mark Potter – guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Turner – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Alex Reeves – drums percussion
  • The Halle Orchestra, the Halle Ancoats Community Choir, members of London Contemporary Voices

Track listing:

  1. Magnificent (She Says)
  2. Gentle Storm
  3. Trust the Sun
  4. All Disco
  5. Head for Supplies
  6. Firebrand & Angel
  7. K2
  8. Montparnasse
  9. Little Fiction
  10. Kindling

Big Wreck: Grace Street

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On February 3, 2017, “Ole” and “Warner Music Canada” label released “Grace Street”, the fifth Big Wreck studio album. It was recorded July – November 2016, at “The Orange Lounge”, “The Farm Studios”, “Noble Street Studios”, and was produced by Ian Thornley and Garth Richardson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Thornley – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Paulo Neta – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Doherty – rhythm guitar
  • David McMillan – bass guitar
  • Chuck Keeping – drums, percussion
  • Alain Johannes – cigfiddle
  • Casey Marshall – additional backing vocals
  • Tyler Tasson – additional backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Thornley, except where noted.

  1. It Comes as No Surprise
  2. One Good Piece of Me
  3. Tomorrow Down
  4. You Don’t Even Know
  5. Useless
  6. A Speedy Recovery
  7. Motionless
  8. Digging In – lyrics by Ian Thornley, Casey Marshall
  9. The Receiving End – music by Ian Thornley, Alain Johannes
  10. Floodgates
  11. The Arborist
  12. Skybunk Marche – music by Ian Thornley, Brian Doherty
  13. All My Fears on You

Starset: Vessels

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On January 20, 2017, “Razor & Tie” label released “Vessels”, the second Starset studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Black Birch Studios” in Kennebunk, Maine, and was produced by Rob Graves.

Personnel:

  • Dustin Bates – vocals, guitars, additional programming
  • Rob Graves – guitars, programming
  • Alex Niceforo – programming
  • Igor Khoroshev – programming, strings and orchestra arrangements
  • Josh Baker – additional programming
  • Paul Trust – additional programming
  • Ron DeChant – additional backing vocals
  • Joe Rickard – drums
  • David Davidson – violin
  • David Angell – violin
  • Elizabeth Lamb – viola
  • Anthony Lamarchina – cello
  • Rob Graves – engineer
  • Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
  • Justin Spotswood – engineer
  • Ben Grosse – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Paul Decarli – digital editing
  • Joe Rickard – digital editing, additional pre-production
  • Josh Baker – additional pre-production
  • Sahaj Ticotin – additional pre-production
  • Paul Trust – additional pre-production

Track listing:

  1. The Order – Dustin Bates
  2. Satellite – Dustin Bates, Joe Rickard
  3. Frequency – Dustin Bates, Paul Trust, Rob Graves
  4. Die for You – Dustin Bates, Daniel Ticotin
  5. Ricochet – Dustin Bates, Joe Rickard
  6. Starlight – Dustin Bates, Daniel Ticotin
  7. Into the Unknown – Dustin Bates, Mitch Marlow
  8. Gravity of You – Dustin Bates, Josh Baker, Rob Graves
  9. Back to Earth – Dustin Bates, Joe Rickard
  10. Last to Fall – Dustin Bates, Daniel Ticotin, Rob Graves
  11. Bringing it Down – Dustin Bates, Paul Trust, Rob Graves
  12. Unbecoming – Dustin Bates, Josh Baker
  13. Monster – Dustin Bates, Johnny Andrews, Rob Graves
  14. Telepathic – Dustin Bates, Daniel Ticotin, Jeff Halavacs, Rob Graves
  15. Everglow – Dustin Bates, Joe Rickard, Rob Graves

Sean Danielsen: Production of Isolation

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On January 13, 2017, “God Hates Me Music” label released “Production of Isolation”, the third Sean Danielsen album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Sean Danielsen.

Personnel:

  • Sean Danielsen – vocal, guitar, various instruments, programming, engineer
  • Eddie Wohl – programming, mixing
  • Matt Dalton – mastering
  • Chris Sehenuk – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Danielsen.

  1. Scattered Ashes
  2. Still
  3. The Light
  4. Back to Sleep
  5. Skin
  6. Tennessee
  7. All This Talk
  8. Parasite
  9. Is It Wrong
  10. Wedding Song

The Teskey Brothers: Half Mile Harvest

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On January 12, 2017, “Half Mile Harvest Recordings” label released “Half Mile Harvest”, the debut Teskey Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Half Mile Recording Studios” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Sam Teskey and Brendon Love.

Personnel:

  • Sam Teskey – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Teskey – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • Brendon Love – bass, guitar percussion, backing vocals
  • Liam Gough – drums, percussion
  • Reuben Lewis – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Sametz – trombone
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • CDALTRON – lacquer cut
  • John Fish – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Teskey, John Teskey, Brendon Love and Liam Gough, except where noted.

  1. Crying Shame
  2. I Love a Woman – Billy Myles
  3. Pain and Misery
  4. Shiny Moon
  5. Reason Why
  6. Louisa
  7. Love Her with a Feeling
  8. Til’ the Sky Turns Black
  9. Hard Feeling
  10. Honeymoon

One Ok Rock: Ambitions

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On January 11, 2017, “A-Sketch” label released “Ambitions”, the eighth One Ok Rock. It was recorded in 2016, at “Foxy Studios” in Los Angeles, “The Hideout Studios” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Colin Brittain, John Feldmann, Dan Lancaster, Andrew Goldstein, Kane Churko, CJ Baran, Takahiro Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Ryota Kohama and Tomoya Kanki.

Personnel:

  • Takahiro “Taka” Moriuchi – vocals
  • Toru Yamashita – guitar
  • Ryota Kohama – bass
  • Tomoya Kanki – drums
  • Avril Lavigne – vocal
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Ben Sabin – piano, additional engineering, digital editing
  • Nolan Sipe – additional vocals
  • Aimer – backing vocals
  • Nick Long – backing vocals, additional instruments
  • Colin Brittain – programming, recording, mixing, engineer, editing 
  • John Feldmann – recording
  • Dan Lancaster – engineer, mixing
  • Jonathan Gerring – programming, additional production
  • Neil Avron – mixing
  • Zakk Cervini – programming, engineer, mixing, editing, additional production
  • Matt Pauling – programming, engineer, editing, additional production
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Kane Churko – engineer, mixing, mastering 
  • Mike Shinoda – additional production
  • Florian Ammon – additional vocal recording, engineer
  • Tyler Carter – vocal direction
  • Chris Baseford – vocal production
  • Phil Threlfall – vocal recording
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Bruno Agra – drum tech
  • Kazuaki Seki – art direction
  • Daichi Shiono – design

Track listing:

  1. Ambitions (introduction) – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Bruno Agra
  2. Bombs Away – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Bruno Agra
  3. Taking Off – Takahiro Moriuchi, Dan Lancaster, Nick Long
  4. We Are – Toru Yamashita, Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  5. 20/20 – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  6. Always Coming Back – Takahiro Moriuchi, Totu Yamashita, John Feldmann
  7. Bedroom Warfare – Takahiro Moriuchi, Nolan Sipe, Andrew Goldstein
  8. Lost in Tonight – Takahiro Moriuchi, Kame Churko
  9. I Was King – Takahiro Moriuchi, John Feldmann, Simon Wilcox, Colin Brittain
  10. Listen – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  11. One Way Ticket – Takahiro Moriuchi, CJ Baran, Nick Long
  12. Bon Voyage – Toru Yamashita, Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain
  13. Start Again – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long
  14. Take What You Want – Takahiro Moriuchi, Colin Brittain, Nick Long

You Me at Six: Night People

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On January 6, 2017, “Infectious” label released “Night People”, the fifth You Me at Six studio album. It was recorded February – June 2016, at “Black Bird” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jacquire King.

Personnel:

  • Josh Franceschi – lead vocals
  • Chris Miller – lead guitar
  • Max Helyer – rhythm guitar
  • Matt Barnes – bass guitar
  • Dan Flint – drums
  • Jacquire King – programming
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Studio Juice – art direction
  • Alex Page – photography
  • David East – photography
  • Max Fairlough – photography
  • Matt Salacuse – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Josh Franceschi, all music by Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, Max Helyer, Matt Barnes and Dan Flint, except where noted.

  1. Night People
  2. Plus One – Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, Max Helyer, Matt Barnes, Dan Flint, Crispin Hunt
  3. Heavy Soul
  4. Take on the World – Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, Max Helyer, Matt Barnes, Dan Flint, Iain Archer
  5. Brand New
  6. Sweat
  7. Make Your Move
  8. Can’t Hold Back – Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, Max Helyer, Matt Barnes and Dan Flint, Crispin Hunt
  9. Spell it Out
  10. Give

Thom Bell

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On December 22, 2022, Thomas Randolph Bell died aged79. He was producer, arranger and songwriter, regarded as one of the creators of the Philadelphia soul in the 70’. As songwriter, arranger and producer he worked with Hattie Winston, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, The Spinners, New York City, Elton John, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Denice Williams, Jerry Butler, Archie Bell & the Drells, Jerry Bell, Dionne Warwick, The O’Jays, Dusty Springfield.  and James Ingram. In 2016, Bell was inducted into the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”, and into the ”Musicians Hall of Fame”.