Tag Archives: 2017

Universal Totem Orchestra: Mathematical Mother

On December 16, 2017, “Black Widow Records” label released “Mathematical Mother”, album by Universal Totem Orchestra. It was recorded in 2017, at “Mass Music Studios” and “Totem Records Studio”.

Personnel:

  • Ana Torres Fraile – voice
  • Daniele Valle – guitar
  • Fabrizio Mattuzzi – piano, keyboards
  • Yanik Lorenzo Andreatta – bass
  • UTO G. Golin – drums
  • Antonio Fedeli – saxophone
  • Marco Gadotti – recording
  • Giacomo Plotegher – recording
  • Gianfranco Menotti – recording, mixing
  • Maestro Danilo Capua – painting
  • Pino Pintabona – layout
  • Norbert Gerhold – lacquer cut
  • Luca Pinter – photography

Track listing:

  1. Terra Cava
  2. Codice Y16
  3. Elogio Del Dubbio
  4. Architettura Dell’Acqua
  5. Città Infinite
  6. Mare Verticale

The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You

On December 11, 2020, “Modular Recordings” label released “We Will Always Love You”, the third Avalanches (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Sing Sing” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Robert Chater.

Personnel:

  • Robert Chater – instruments, mixing
  • Tony Di Blasi – instruments, additional production, mix supervision
  • Andy Szekeres – instruments, additional production
  • Johnny Marr – guitar
  • Kurt Vile – vocals, guitar
  • John Carroll Kirby – piano, Moog, DX7, treated piano
  • Tom Rowlands – EMS and Roland System 700 synthesizers
  • Kelly Moran – piano, prepared piano
  • Mick Jones – piano
  • Mike Callander – additional modular tweaks, granular synths, tape delays, noise
  • Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel, melodica 
  • Tricky – vocals
  • Marta – vocals
  • Neneh Cherry – vocals
  • Clypso – vocals
  • Leon Bridges – vocals
  • Orono – vocals
  • Devonté Hynes – vocals
  • Perry Farrell – vocals
  • Sananda Maitreya – vocals
  • Pink Siifu – vocals
  • Denzel Curry – vocals
  • Sampa the Great – vocals
  • Karen O – vocals
  • Rivers Cuomo – vocals
  • Cornelius – vocals
  • MGMT – vocals, additional vocals
  • East Coast Inspirational Singers – vocals
  • The Australian Boys Choir – additional vocals
  • The Yarra Voices Choir – additional vocals
  • Etty Farrell – additional vocals
  • Cameron McVey – additional vocals
  • Wayne Coyne – additional vocals
  • Christian Scallan – recording, Arecibo message 2020 sonification
  • Jarvis Taveniere – recording
  • Zachary Zajdel – assistant engineering
  • Nate Haessly – assistant engineering
  • Clint Welander – mixing
  • Tony Espie – mixing supervision
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Jonathan Zawada – Barbara Payton sonification
  • Franck Marchis – Arecibo message 2020 sonification
  • iZNiiK – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Ghost Story – Orono Noguchi, Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  2. Song for Barbara Payton – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlasi, Andy Szekeres
  3. We Will Always Love You – Robert Chater, Tony DlBlasi, Andy Szekeres, Devonté Hynes. William “Smokey” Robinson
  4. The Divine Chord – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Ben Goldwasser, Andrew VanWyngarden, Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  5. Solitary Ceremonies – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlasi Andy Szekeres
  6. Interstellar Love – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Leon Bridges, Austen Jenkins, Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, Livingston Matthews
  7. Ghost Story Pt. 2 – Robert Chater, Tony DiBlast, Andy Szekeres, Noguchi, Bridges
  8. Reflecting Light – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Sananda Maitreva, Vashi Bunyan
  9. Carrier Waves – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  10. Oh the Sunn! – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Perry Farrell
  11. We Go On – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Gary Geld, Peter Udell, Matthew Urango
  12. Star Song. IMG – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  13. Until Daylight Comes – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Delroy Murray, Robin Achampong, Adrian Nichols, Matthew Thaws
  14. Wherever You Go – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, James Smith, Clypso, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey
  15. Music Makes Me High – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Nelson B. Miller, Stu Gardiner, Billi Rucker
  16. Pink Champagne – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  17. Take Care in Your Dreaming – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Denzel Curry, Thaws, Sampa Tembo
  18. Overcome – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres
  19. Gold Sky – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Kurt Vile, Wayne Coyne
  20. Always Black – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, Matthews
  21. Dial D for Devotion – Robert Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Andy Szekeres, David Berman, Jeremy Earl, Steven Tavaniere

Robert Finley: Goin’ Platinum

On December 8, 2017, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Goin’ Platinum!”, album by Robert Finley. It was recorded in 2017, at “Easy Eye” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dan Auerbach.

Personnel:

  • Robert Finley – vocals
  • Dan Auerbach – bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, Mellotron, percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • Duane Eddy – guitar
  • Russ Pahl – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ray Jacildo – harpsichord, keyboard bass, organ, trombone
  • Dave Roe – upright bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums, percussion
  • Jeffrey Clemens – drums, percussion
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – clapping, vocals, backing vocals
  • Bobby Wood – chimes, congas, glockenspiel, marimba, percussion, piano, vibraphone, Wurlitzer
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone
  • Ronell Johnson – trombone
  • Leisa Hans – clapping, vocals, backing vocals
  • Pat McLaughlin – backing vocals
  • Allen Parker – engineer, mixing
  • Austin Atwood – engineer
  • Josh Ditty – engineer
  • Shawn Gough – engineer assistant
  • Alex Skelton – engineer assistant
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Get It While You Can – Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  2. Medicine Woman – Dan Auerbach, Roger Cook, Bobby Wood
  3. If You Forget My Love – Dan Auerbach, David Ferguson, Pat McLaughlin
  4. Three Jumpers – Dan Auerbach
  5. Honey, Let Me Stay the Night – Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin
  6. You Don’t Have to Do Right – Dan Auerbach, David Ferguson, Pat McLaughlin
  7. Complications – Dan Auerbach, Roger Cook, Bobby Wood
  8. Real Love Is Like Hard Time – Dan Auerbach, Nick Lowe
  9. Empty Arms – Dan Auerbach
  10. Holy Wine – Dan Auerbach, David Ferguson, Pat McLaughlin

Dan Michaelson: First Light

On December 8, 2017, “The State 51 Conspiracy” label released “First Light”, the second Dan Michaelson album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dan Michaelson.

Personnel:

  • Dan Michaelson – vocals, mixing
  • Arnulf Lindner – double bass, string arrangements
  • Yusuf Narcin – trombone
  • Guillem Calvo Martinez de Albéniz – violin, viola
  • Peter Fletsher – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Michaelson.

  1. Careless
  2. Sand
  3. Someone Else’s Dream
  4. Stone
  5. Careless Reprise
  6. Old Kisses
  7. But I’ll Never Be Lost
  8. First Light
  9. Don’t Let It Pass

Imagine Dragons: Origins

On November 9, 2018, “Kidinakorner”, “Polydor” and “Interscope” labels released “Origins”, the fourth Imagine Dragons studio album. It was recorded November 2017 – October 2018, and was produced by Alex da Kid, Mattman & Robin, John Hill, Joel Little, Tim Randolph, and Jayson DeZuzio.

Personnel:

  • Dan Reynolds – lead and additional backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, engineer
  • Wayne Sermon – acoustic and electric guitar, violin, backing vocals; engineer
  • Ben McKee – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Platzman – drums, viola, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kygo – vocals
  • Elisa – vocals
  • Alex da Kid – programming, executive production
  • Mattman & Robin – engineer
  • Ido Zmishlany – engineer
  • Rob Cohen – engineer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Jorgen Odegard – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Tyler Spratt – mixing assistant
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Beeple – cover art
  • Dina Hovsepian – design, layout
  • Eric Ray Davidson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, and Daniel Platzman, additional writers as below.

  1. Natural – Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Justin Tranter
  2. Boomerang – Jorgen Odegard
  3. Machine – Alexander Grant
  4. Cool Out – Tim Randolph
  5. Bad Liar – Jorgen Odegard, Aja Volkman
  6. West Coast
  7. Zero – John Hill
  8. Bullet in a Gun – Grant, Jayson DeZuzio
  9. Digital – Grant
  10. Only – Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Justin Tranter
  11. Stuck – Grant, Jayson DeZuzio
  12. Love – Ido Zmishlany

Robert Plant: Carry Fire

On October 13, 2017, “Nonesuch” and “Warner Bros” labels released “Carry Fire”, the eleventh Robert Plant studio album. It was Plant’s second studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Attic Studio” in Bristol, “The Bee Barn” in Bala, “Billy Fuller’s Home Studio” in Bristol, “Black Earth Studios” in Bath, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Robert Plant.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant – vocals
  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals
  • The Sensational Space Shifters:

Justin Adams – guitar, oud

Liam “Skin” Tyson – guitar

John Baggott – keyboards

Billy Fuller – bass guitar

Dave Smith – drums

  • Seth Lakeman – viola, fiddle
  • Redi Hasa – cello

Track listing:

  1. The May Queen – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Liam Tyson
  2. New World… – Robert Plant, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam Tyson
  3. Season’s Song – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Liam Tyson
  4. Dance with You Tonight – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam Tyson
  5. Carving up the World Again… A Wall and Not a Fence – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Liam Tyson
  6. A Way with Words – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott
  7. Carry Fire – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam Tyson
  8. Bones of Saints – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam Tyson
  9. Keep It Hid – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott
  10. Bluebird over the Mountain – Ersel Hickey
  11. Heaven Sent – Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam Tyson

William Patrick Corgan: Ogilala

On October 13, 2017, “Martha’s Music” label released “Ogilala”, the second Billy Corgan (under his full name William Patrick Corgan) studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Shangri-La Recording Studio” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin and Billy Corgan.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan (as William Patrick Corgan) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Mellotron, photography
  • James Iha – guitar, mellotron
  • Sierra Swan – occasional backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan.

  1. Zowie
  2. Processional
  3. The Spaniards
  4. Aeronaut
  5. The Long Goodbye
  6. Half-Life of an Autodidact
  7. Amarinthe
  8. Antietam
  9. Mandarynne
  10. Shiloh
  11. Archer

Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In The Alps

On September 22, 2017, “Dead Oceans” label released “Stranger in the Alps”, the debut Phoebe Bridgers studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Zeitgeist” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska.

Personnel:

  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Ethan Gruska – keyboards, piano, drums, percussion, drum programming, guitar, bass, baritone guitar, bandura, jet engine, “that incessant toe tapping”
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Berg – guitar, keyboards, recording
  • Harrison Whitford – guitar
  • Daniel Rhine – upright bass
  • Marshall Vore – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Conor Oberst – vocals
  • John Doe – vocals
  • Rob Moose – strings
  • Gabe Witcher – violin
  • Gabe Noel – cello, bass
  • Rob Moose – string arrangements
  • Mike Mogis – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Angela Deane – artwork
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – layout
  • Elaine Gandola – photography
  • Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography
  • Bridgers’ mother – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phoebe Bridgers, except where noted.

  1. Smoke Signals – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  2. Motion Sickness – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  3. Funeral
  4. Demi Moore – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford
  5. Scott Street – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  6. Killer
  7. Georgia
  8. Chelsea
  9. Would You Rather – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Tony Berg
  10. You Missed My Heart – Mark Kozalek, Jimmy LaValle
  11. Smoke Signals (reprise) – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore

Ariel Pink: Dedicated To Bobby Jameson

On September 15, 2017, “Mexican Summer” label released “Dedicated to Bobby Jameson”, the eleventh Ariel Pink studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Tierra Mia Studios”, “Perfect Sound Studios”, “Ultrasound Studios”, “ABC Recording Studios”, “Kingsize Soundlabs”, “Stones Throw Studios”, “Downtown Rehearsal”, “Amorosa Studios”, “Red Bull Studios”, and was produced by Ariel Pink.

Personnel:

  • Ariel Pink – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, mixing, art direction, design
  • Dâm-Funk – vocals
  • Kenny Gilmore – engineer, mixing
  • Juliette Amoroso – engineer
  • Alle Norton – engineer
  • Patrik Berger – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Robert Beatty – art direction, design
  • Charlotte Ercoli Coe – photography
  • Jillian Alexander – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ariel Pink, except where noted.

  1. Time to Meet Your God – Kenneth Gilmore, Ariel Pink
  2. Feels Like Heaven
  3. Death Patrol – Allison Norton, Ariel Pink
  4. Santa’s in the Closet
  5. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
  6. Time to Live
  7. Another Weekend – Patrick Berger, Måns Lundberg, Ariel Pink
  8. I Wanna Be Young
  9. Bubblegum Dreams – Jorge Elbrecht, Ariel Pink
  10. Dreamdate Narcissist
  11. Kitchen Witch – Charlotte Ercoli Coe, Ariel Pink
  12. Do Yourself a Favor – Michael Collins, Ariel Pink
  13. Acting – Damon Riddick, Ariel Pink

Neil Young: Hitchhiker

On September 8, 2017, “Reprise” label released “Hitchhiker”, the 39th Neil Young studio album. It was recorded in August 1976, at “Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, California, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs and John Hanlon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Richard Kaplan – engineer
  • David Briggs – mixing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Pocahontas
  2. Powderfinger
  3. Captain Kennedy
  4. Hawaii
  5. Give Me Strength
  6. Ride My Liama
  7. Hitchhiker
  8. Campaigner
  9. Human Highway
  10. The Old Country Waltz