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Gregory Porter: Nat King Cole & Me

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On October 27, 2017, “Blue Note” label released “Nat King Cole & Me”, the fifth Gregory Porter studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Air Studios” in London, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Esplande Studios” in New Orleans.

Personnel:

  • Gregory Porter– vocals
  • Terence Blanchard – trumpet
  • Christian Sands– piano
  • Reuben Rogers – bass
  • Ulysses Owens – drums
  • Vince Mendoza– arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Mona Lisa – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  2. Smile – Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
  3. Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
  4. L-O-V-E – Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler
  5. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas – Farres Osvaldo
  6. Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
  7. Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  8. When Love Was King – Gregory Porter
  9. The Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Helelr
  10. Ballenna – Bob Russell, Carl Sigman
  11. I Wonder Who My Daddy Is – Gladys Shelley
  12. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells

Squeeze: The Knowledge

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On October 13, 2017, “Love Records” label released “The Knowledge”, the fifteenth Squeeze studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Glenn Tilbrook, Laurie Latham and Andrew Jones.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Tilbrook– vocals, guitar, keyboards, finger cymbals, handclaps
  • Chris Difford– vocals; guitar
  • Yolanda Charles – bass
  • Stephen Large– keyboards
  • Simon Hanson– drums
  • Steve Smith– percussion; backing vocal
  • Seamus Beaghen – additional keyboards
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Dennis Greaves – guitar
  • Paul Jordanous – trumpet
  • Frank Mead, Chris Rand – saxophone
  • Matt Winch – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Cara McHardy – operatic vocals
  • Billie Godfrey, Bryan Chambers, Louise Marshall, Simon King – backing vocals
  • Ted Tilbrook – bass
  • Andrew Jones – bongos, handclaps
  • Louis Tilbrook – celesta
  • Chris McNally – harmonium

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.

  1. Innocence in Paradise
  2. Patchouli
  3. A&E
  4. Every Story
  5. Rough Ride
  6. Departure Lounge
  7. Final Score
  8. Please Be Upstanding
  9. The Ones
  10. Albatross
  11. Elmers End
  12. Two Forks

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice

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On October 13, 2017, “Matador”, “Marathon Artists” and “Milk! Records” labels released “Lotta Sea Lice” studio album by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. It was recorded January 2016 – March 2017, at “Newmarket Studios” in Melbourne.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Barnett – lead and backing vocals, guitars, tambourine, piano, cover art
  • Kurt Vile – lead and backing vocals, guitars. banjo, synthesizers
  • Mick Harvey– guitar, keyboards
  • Mick Turner– guitar
  • Alex Landragin – guitar
  • Jess Ribeiro – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Laakso– electric bass, VI bass, baritone guitar, keyboards
  • Bones Sloane – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Stella Mozgawa– drums
  • Dave Mudie – drums, backing vocals
  • Jim White– drums
  • Jade McInally – backing vocals
  • Callum Barter – mixing, engineer
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Tristan Ceddia – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Over Everything – Kurt Vile
  2. Let It Go – Courtney Barnett
  3. Fear Is Like a Forest – Jen Cloher
  4. Outta the Woodwork – Courtney Barnett
  5. Continental Breakfast – Kurt Vile
  6. On Script – Courtney Barnett
  7. Blue Cheese – Kurt Vile
  8. Peepin’ Tom – Kurt Vile
  9. Untogether – Tanya Donelly

Liam Gallagher: As You Were

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On October 6, 2017, “Warner Bros” label released “As You Were”, the debut Liam Gallagher solo album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Dan Grech-Marguerat and Andrew Wyatt. Producer Greg Kurstin won the 2018 “Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical”.

Personnel:

  • Liam Gallagher– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, art direction, design
  • Mike Moore – electric guitar, bass
  • Andrew Wyatt– acoustic guitar, drum programming, piano, bass, synth, additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Mehler– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Michael Tighe– acoustic guitar
  • Christian Madden – keyboards
  • Martin Slattery – keyboards, saxophone
  • Greg Kurstin– bass, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion, mellotron, piano, organ, tanpura
  • Drew McConnell – bass
  • Dan McDougall – drums, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Brown – saxophone
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • Mike Kearsey – trombone
  • Tom Pigott Smith – violin
  • Sally Herbert – violin, brass and strings arrangements
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bridget Sarai, Vicky Akintola – backing vocals
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat– programming
  • Davey Badiuk – programming
  • Greg Kurstin – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Pasco, Julian Burg, Joseph Rogers, Joe Rodgers – engineer
  • Ben Mclusky – engineer
  • Joel Davies, Charles Haydon Hicks, Matt Mysko – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing
  • Richard Woodcraft – brass section recording
  • Julian Simmons – brass section recording
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Hedi Slimane– cover shot, photography
  • Richard Welland – art direction, design
  • Pixie Higson – photography commissioning
  • Iain Archer– original song production

Track listing:

  1. Wall of Glass – Liam Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, Andrew Wyatt, Michael Tighe, Andrew Sidney Fox
  2. Bold – Liam Gallagher
  3. Greedy Soul – Liam Gallagher, Simon Jons
  4. Paper Crown – Andrew Wyatt, Michael Tighe
  5. Foe What It’s Worth? – Liam Gallagher, Simon Jons
  6. When I’m in Need – Liam Gallagher, Grech-Marguerat Archer
  7. You Better Run – Liam Gallagher
  8. I Get By – Liam Gallagher
  9. Chinatown – Andrew Wyatt, Michael Tighe
  10. Come Back to Me – Laim Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, Andrew Wyatt
  11. Universal Dream – Liam Gallagher
  12. I’ve All I Need – Liam Gallagher

JP Cooper: Raised Under Grey Skies

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On October 6, 2017, “Island” label released “Raised Under Grey Skies”, the debut JP Cooper album It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mike Spencer, Hannah Vasanth, Crispin Hunt, Adam Bartlett, Two Inch Punch, Fred Ball, Jamie Hartman, David Pramik, Jon Hume, Hank Solo, Greg Wells and Wesley Muoria-Chaves.

Personnel:

  • JP Cooper – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, whistle
  • Math Allen – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jonathan Howard, Joseph Paul Murphy, Crispin Hunt – electric guitar
  • Jon Hume – acoustic guitar
  • Adam Rust, Hannah Vasanth, Jamie Hartman – piano
  • Hannah Vasanth, Troy Miller – Hammond organ
  • Adam Rust, Crispin Hunt, Hank Solo – keyboards
  • Adam Bartlett, Adam Rust, Crispin Hunt- bass
  • Andre Fisher, Fred Ball, Hank Solo – drums
  • Adam Bartlett, Crispin Hunt,Jonathan Howard – percussion
  • Jonathan Howard, Joseph Paul Murphy – trumpet
  • Anna Croad, Anna Phoebe,Charlotte Andrews- violin
  • Dominic Moore, Emma Owens,Maxine Moore – viola
  • Anne Melita Beryl, Ben Cashell,Bryony James – cello
  • Brenda Okioga, Ebony Frear,Elizabeth Komba– backing vocals
  • Lasse Enersen – string arrangements
  • Darren Heelis, Jon Hume, Mike Spencer – drum programming

Track listing:

  1. We Were Raised Under Grey Skies – John Paul Cooper, Adriano Buffone
  2. September Song – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila, Benjamin McIldowie, Jon Cobbe Hume
  3. Good Friend – John Paul Cooper, David Bayley, Andrew MacFarlane, Edmund Irwin-Singer Joe Seaward, Benjamin Ash, Frederik Ball
  4. All This Love – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila
  5. The Only Reason – John Paul Cooper
  6. Passport Home – John Paul Cooper, Jamie Hartman
  7. She’s on My Mind – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila, McIldowie Hume
  8. Wait – John Paul Cooper, Mark Taylor, Patrick Mascall
  9. Change – John Paul Cooper, Alex Smith
  10. Closer – John Paul Cooper, Joseph Murphy, Jonathan Howard
  11. Beneath The Streetlights And The Moon – John Paul Cooper, Greg Weels
  12. In the Silence – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila
  13. Momma’s Players – John Paul Cooper, Vasanth Michael Omari Jr.

Charles Aznavour

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On October 1, 2018, Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian aka Charles Aznavour died aged 94. He was singer, lyricist, actor, public activist and diplomat, regarded as one of the most popular and respected French music artists. In his career long more than 70 years, he wrote and co-wrote 1000 songs, and recorded more than 1200 songs. In 1998, “CNN” named Aznavour “Entertainer of the Century”. In 2017, he was awarded star on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”.

Primus: The Desaturating Seven

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On September 29, 2017, “ATO Records” label released “The Desaturating Seven” the ninth Primus studio album. It was recorded at “Rancho Relaxo” in California, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass guitar, upright bass
  • Larry LaLonde – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Tim “Herb” Alexander – drums, percussion
  • Justin Chancellor – the goblin master

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool.

  1. Then
  2. The Trek
  3. The Valley
  4. The Scheme
  5. The Dream
  6. The Storm
  7. The Ends?

Van Morrison: Roll With The Punches

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On September 22, 2017, “Caroline” label released “Roll with the Punches”, the 37th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison– vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion, saxophone
  • Jeff Beck– electric guitar
  • Ned Edwards – electric guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Dave Keary – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Stuart McIlroy, Jason Rebello– piano
  • Paul Moran – Hammond organ, trumpet
  • Georgie Fame– vocals, Hammond organ
  • Paul Jones – vocals, harmonica
  • Chris Hill – double bass
  • Pete Hurley, Paul Moore – electric bass
  • Laurence Cottle– electric bass, trombone
  • Mez Clough – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Colin Griffin, James Powell – drums
  • Dan Ellis– percussion
  • Chris Farlowe– vocals
  • Sumudu Jayatilaka, Dana Masters, Elizabeth Williams – backing vocals
  • Gerry McLernon, Tristan Powell, Matt Tait, Enda Walsh – engineer, mixing
  • Will Purton – engineer, mixing
  • Poppy Kavanagh, Rowan McIntosh, Phil Parsons, Patrick Phillips – engineer assistant
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Richard Wade – photography

Track listing:

  1. Roll With the Punches – Van Morrison, Don Black
  2. Transformation – Van Morrison
  3. I Can Tell – Ellas McDaniel, Samuel Smith
  4. Stormy Monday/ Lonely Avenue – T-Bone Walker / Doc Pomus
  5. Goin’ to Chicago – Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing
  6. Fame – Van Morrison
  7. Too Much Trouble – Van Morrison
  8. Bring It on Home to Me – Sam Cooke
  9. Ordinary People – Van Morrison
  10. How Far From God – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  11. Teardrops from My Eyes – Rudy Toombs
  12. Automobile Blues – Samuel Hopkins
  13. Benediction – Mose Allison
  14. Mean Old World – T-Bone Walker
  15. Ride on Josephine – Ellas McDaniel

The Clientele: Music for the Age of Miracles

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On September 22, 2017, “Merge” label released “Music for the Age of Miracles”, the sixth Clientele (The) studio album.

Personnel:

  • Alasdair MacLean – vocals, guitar, tape, arrangements
  • James Hornsey – bass
  • Mark Keen – drums, percussion, piano, arrangements
  • Anthony Harmer – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, beats, brass and string arrangements, conducting
  • Lupe Núñez-Fernández – vocals
  • Leon Beckenham, Freddie Bois – trumpet
  • Dave Oxley – French horn
  • Barbara Bartz – violin
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Sebastian Millett – cello
  • Anne Gray – tenor recorder
  • Joyce Efia Harmer – descant recorder
  • Anthony Harmer, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Shuta Shinoda – recording
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Daniel Murphy – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Alasdair MacLean, James Hornsey and Mark Keen, except where noted.

  1. The Neighbour
  2. Lyra in April – Mark Keen
  3. Lunar Days
  4. Falling Asleep
  5. Everything You See Tonight Is Different from Itself
  6. Lyra in October
  7. Everyone You Meet
  8. The Circus
  9. Constellations Echo Lanes
  10. The Museum of Fog
  11. North Circular Days – Mark Keen
  12. The Age of Miracles

Ringo Starr: Give More Love

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On September 15, 2017, “UM” label released “Give More Love”, the 19th Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Roccabella West” in Los Angeles; “Fred’s Kitchen” in Stockholm, and was produced by Ringo Starr.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr– vocals, percussion, drums, guitar, mixing
  • Paul McCartney– bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Lukather– guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Joe Walsh– guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Frampton– guitar, backing vocals
  • Greg Leisz, Steve Dudas, Dave Stewart, Gary Nicholson, Jeff Lynne, Matthew Pynn, Tom Hnatow – guitar
  • Petter Ericson Stakee – guitar, backing vocals, percussion
  • Mark Charles Heidinger – vocals, guitar, bass, vocals
  • Jim Cox – keyboards, piano, organ
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards
  • Edgar Winter – piano, saxophone, backing vocals
  • Glen Ballard– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bob Malone– piano
  • Nathan East, Don Was, Matt Bissonette, Erik MacQueen – bass
  • Fredrik Aspelin – drums, percussion
  • Robby Consenza – drums, percussion, harmonica
  • Bruce Sugar – drum programming, keyboards; recording, mixing, editing
  • Greg Bissonette– percussion
  • Timothy B. Schmit, Richard Page, Amy Keys, Windy Wagner, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman– backing vocals
  • Rose Guerin – vocals
  • Viktor Buck – backing vocals; engineering
  • Fred Appelquist – engineering
  • Peter R. Ericson – additional production
  • Duane Lundy — additional engineering, additional production

Track listing:

  1. We’re on the Road Again – Richard Starkey, Steve Lukather
  2. Laughable – Richard Starkey, Peter Frampton
  3. Show Me the Way – Richard Starkey, Steve Lukather
  4. Speed of Sound – Richard Starkey, Richard Marx
  5. Standing Still – Richard Starkey, Gary Burr
  6. King of the Kingdom – Richard Starkey, Van Dyke Parks
  7. Electricity – Richard Starkey, Glen Ballard
  8. So Wrong So Long – Richard Starkey, Dave Stewart
  9. Shake It Up – Richard Starkey, Gary Nicholson
  10. Give More Love – Richard Starkey, Gary Nicholson