Tag Archives: 2018

Beach House: 7

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On May 11, 2018, “Sub Pop” and “Bella Union” labels released “7”, the seventh Beach House studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Apple Orchard” in Baltimore, Maryland, “Carriage House” in Stamford, Connecticut, “Palmetto” in Los Angeles, “Crown Lanes” in Denver, and was produced by Sonic Boom, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally.

Personnel:

  • Victoria Legrand – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, engineer
  • Alex Scally – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
  • James Barone – live drums, arrangements, engineer 
  • Sonic Boom – accordion, drill 
  • Mikhail Pivovarov – engineer
  • David Tolemei – engineer, additional editing and recording
  • Jason Quever – engineer
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Post Typography – album art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally.

  1. Dark Spring
  2. Pay No Mind
  3. Lemon Glow
  4. L’Inconnue
  5. Drunk in LA
  6. Dive
  7. Black Car
  8. Lose Your Smile
  9. Woo
  10. Girl of the Year
  11. Last Ride

James Blake: The Colour in Anything

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On May 6, 2018, “Polydor” label released “The Colour in Anything”, the third James Blake studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Shangri La Studios” in Malibu, California, and in London, and was produced by James Blake, Rick Rubin and Justin Vernon.

Personnel:

  • James Blake – vocals, keyboards. Mixing
  • Bon Iver
  • Connan Mockasin – bass guitar 
  • Chris Messina – vocoder effect 
  • Jason Lader – modular synth, recording
  • Matt Mysko – engineer, recording
  • David Kim – engineer, recording
  • B.J. Burton – engineer
  • Josh Smith – recording, mixing assistant
  • Sean Oakley – recording
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering 
  • Dan Foat – A&R
  • Burgess Studio – design, art direction
  • Sir Quentin Blake – illustration
  • Justin Vernon – additional production 
  • Rick Rubin –executive production 

Track listing:

All tracks by James Blake, except where noted.

  1. Radio Silence
  2. Points
  3. Love Me in Whatever Way
  4. Timeless
  5. f.o.r.e.v.e.r
  6. Put That Away and Talk to Me
  7. I Hope My Life (1-800 Mix)
  8. Waves Known Shores
  9. My Willing Heart – James Blake, Frank Ocean
  10. Choose Me
  11. I Need a Forest Fire – James Blake, Justin Vernon
  12. Noise Above Our Heads
  13. The Colour in Anything
  14. Two Men Down
  15. Modern Soul
  16. Always
  17. Meet You in the Maze – James Blake, Justin Vernon

Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 1

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On May 5, 2017, “Mercury Nashville” label released “From A Room: Volume 1”, the second Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton. In May 2018, the album was certified Platinum by the “RIAA” in the US, and won “Best Country Album” at the 60th “Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Morgane Stapleton – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Michael Webb – B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Gena Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Rachel Urquhart – illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson, except where noted.

  1. Broken Halos
  2. Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning – Gary P. Nunn, Donna Sioux Farar
  3. Second One to Know
  4. Up to No Good Livin’ – Chris Stapleton, Casey Beathard
  5. Either Way – Chris Stapleton, Tim James, Kendell Marvel
  6. I Was Wrong – Chris Stapleton, Craig Wiseman
  7. Without Your Love
  8. Them Stems – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Shawn Camp
  9. Death Row

Bad Religion: Age of Unreason

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On May 3, 2019, “Epitaph” label released “Age of Unreason”, the seventeenth Bad Religion album. Ut was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Carlos de la Garza, Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin – lead and backing vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Dimkich – guitar
  • Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals
  • Jamie Miller – drums
  • Gavin Caswell – slide guitar
  • Nico Gurewitz, Emi Gurewitz, Gina Gurewitz, Angelyn de la Garza, Lucia de la Garza, Mila De La Garza, Sue Lucarelli, Christine Morales, Kelly Kettering, Adriana Roda-Stuart, Felicia Risolo, Melody Margarit, Kathie Merritt, Matt McGreevey – additional backing vocals
  • Clint Welander – engineer
  • Zachary Zajdel – engineer assistant
  • Sergio Chavez – engineer assistant
  • Adam Chagnon – engineer assistant
  • Carlos de la Garza – mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Joe Barresi – mixing
  • Brian Judd – mixing assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction, design
  • David Black – cover photography
  • Alice Baxley – band photographs

Track listing:

All tracks by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, except where noted.

  1. Chaos from Within
  2. My Sanity
  3. Do the paranoid Style
  4. The Approach
  5. Lose Your Head
  6. End of History – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Carlos de la Garza
  7. Age of Unreason
  8. Candidate
  9. Faces of Grief – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
  10. Old Regime
  11. Big Black Dog
  12. Downfall
  13. Since Now
  14. What Tomorrow Brings
  15. The Profane Rights of Man

Mike Pinder

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On April 24, 2024, Michael Thomas Pinder died aged 82. He was musician (keyboards) and singer, known as the founding member and keyboards player of the band Moody Blues. Pinder was renowned for his contributions in the development and emergence of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music. In 2018, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of the Moody Blues.As leader Pinder released two albums.

The Flaming Lips: King’s Mouth: Music And Songs

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On April 13, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “King’s Mouth: Music and Songs”, the fifteenth Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dennis Coyne, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Derek Brown and Matt Duckworth Kirksey.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, recording, artwork, design, layout
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, recording
  • Derek Brown – keyboards, guitars, percussion, recording
  • Matt Duckworth Kirksey – drums, percussion, keyboards, recording
  • Mick Jones – narrator
  • Steven Drozd – guitar
  • Jake Ingalls – piano, keyboards
  • Nicholas Ley – drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing, mastering, additional production
  • Dennis Coyne – recording
  • George Salisbury – layout, design
  • Chris Bellman – lacquer cut
  • Mike Fridmann – additional production

Track listing:

  1. We Don’t Know How and We Don’t Know Why
  2. The Sparrow
  3. Giant Baby
  4. Mother Universe
  5. How Many Times
  6. Electric Fire
  7. All for the Life of the City
  8. Feedaloodum Beedle Dot
  9. Funeral Parade
  10. Dipped in Steel
  11. Mouth of the King
  12. How Can a Head

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Sex & Food

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On April 6, 2018, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Sex & Food”, the fourth Unknown Mortal Orchestra studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Panoram” in Mexico City, “Union” in Seoul, South Korea, “Phu Sa” in Hanoi, Vietnam, “Rasmus auga” in Reykjavik, Iceland, Ruban Nielson’ basement in Portland, Oregon, Kody Nielson’s home studio in Auckland, New Zealand, was produced by Ruban Nielson.

Personnel:

  • Ruban Nielson – vocals, guitars, bass, Rhodes piano, synthesizer, MPC, electric sitar, piano, drones, drums, percussion, strings, HC-TT, mixing
  • Jacob Portrait – bass, synthesizer, additional engineering, co-producer
  • Kody Nielson – drums, synthesizer, piano, percussion, additional engineering, co-producer
  • Quincy McCrary – organ
  • Chris Nielson – saxophone
  • Naomi Win – violin
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Neil Krug – cover art
  • Miles Johnson – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Ruban Nielson, except where noted.

  1. A God Called Hubris – Ruban Nielson, Kody Nielson
  2. Major League Chemicals
  3. Ministry of Alienation
  4. Hunnybee – Ruban Nielson, Kody Nielson, Jacob Portrait
  5. Chronos Feasts on His Children
  6. American Guilt – Ruban Nielson, Kody Nielson, Jacob Portrait
  7. The Internet of Love (That Way)
  8. Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays – Ruban Nielson, Kody Nielson
  9. This Doomsday
  10. How Many Zeros
  11. Not in Love We’re Just High
  12. If You’re Going to Break Yourself

Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog

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On April 6, 2018, “Saddle Creek” label released “Bark Your Head Off, Dog”, the fourth Hop Along album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Joe Reinhart.

Personnel:

  • Frances Quinlan – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, artwork, layout
  • Joe Reinhart – guitar, Rhodes piano, organ, mandolin, engineer
  • Noah Beresin – synthesizer, keyboards
  • Tyler Long – bass
  • Mark Quinlan – drums, percussion
  • Sarah Larsen – violin, viola 
  • Rachel Icenogle – strings, cello, strings arrangements
  • Marry Lattimore – harp
  • Chrissy Tashjian – backing vocals
  • Kyle Pulley – engineer
  • Jackie Milestone, Mark Watter, Phil Edfors, Shane Woods – additional engineering
  • Ben Weiss, Ethan Farmer, Pat Quigley – recording assistant
  • Ryan Schwabe – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Frances Quinlan.

  1. How Simple
  2. Somewhere a Judge
  3. How You Got Your Limp
  4. Not Abel
  5. The Fix in Motion
  6. Once That Suits Me
  7. What the Writer Meant
  8. Look of Love
  9. Prior Things

Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

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On March 30, 2018, “Impulse!” label released “Your Queen Is a Reptile”, the third Sons of Kemet studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris.

Personnel:

  • Shabaka Hutchings – saxophone
  • Theon Cross – tuba
  • Seb Rochford – drums
  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Moses Boyd – drums
  • Maxwell Hallett – drums
  • Eddie Hick – drums
  • Nubya Garcia – saxophone
  • Pete Wareham – saxophone
  • Josh Idehen – vocals
  • Congo Natty – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Shabaka Hutchings.

  1. My Queen Is Ada Eastman
  2. My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
  3. My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
  4. My Queen Is Anna Julia Cooper
  5. My Queen Is Angela Davis
  6. My Queen Is Nanny of the Maroons
  7. My Queen Is Yaa Asantewaa
  8. My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu
  9. My Queen Is Doreen Lawrence