Tag Archives: 2018

The Fratellis: In Your Own Sweet Time

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On March 16, 2018, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “In Your Own Sweet Time”, the fifth Fratellis (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Hobby Shop Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Jon Fratelli – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Barry Fratelli – bass
  • Mince Fratelli – drums, percussion
  • Stevie Black – strings, esraj
  • Tony Hoffer – additional keyboards, mixing
  • Will Foster – orchestral score
  • Cameron Lister – engineer
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Ben Brown – cover art
  • Jamie Farrell – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Fratelli, except where noted.

  1. Stand Up Tragedy
  2. Starcrossed Losers – Jon Fratelli, Will Foster
  3. Sugartown
  4. Told You So
  5. The Next Time We Wed
  6. I’ve Been Blind
  7. Laughing Gas
  8. Advaita Shuffle
  9. I Guess…I Suppose…
  10.  Indestructable
  11. I Am That

Snarky Puppy: Immigrance

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On March 15, 2019, “Ground UP” label released “Immigrance”, the thirteenth Snarky Puppy album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Michael League, Jay Jennings, Mike Maher, Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds, Zach Brock, Bill Laurance, Shaun Martin, Bobby Sparks, Justin Stanton, Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen, Larnell Lewis, Keita Ogawa, Jamison Ross, Jason Thomas, Marcelo Woloski and Nate Werth.

Personnel:

  • Michael League – bass guitar, oud
  • Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chris Bullock – tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, bansuri, percussion, bass, clarinet
  • Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone
  • Zach Brock – violin
  • Bill Laurance – piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Shaun Martin – Minimoog, clavinet, keyboards
  • Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ, clavinet, Minimoog, keyboards
  • Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, Prophet 6, keyboards, trumpet
  • Bob Lanzetti – guitars
  • Mark Lettieri – guitars
  • Chris McQueen – guitars
  • Larnell Lewis – drums
  • Keita Ogawa – drums, percussion
  • Jamison Ross – drums
  • Jason Thomas – drums
  • Marcelo Woloski – drums, percussion
  • Nate Werth – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Chonks – Michael League
  2. Bigly Strictness – Michael League
  3. Coven – Chris mc Queen
  4. Bling Bling – Chris Bullock
  5. Xavi – Michael League
  6. While We’re Young – Mike ‘Maz’ Maher
  7. Bad Kids to the Back – Justin Stanton
  8. Even Us – Michael League

Anna Von Hausswolff: Dead Magic

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On March 2, 2018, “City Slang” label released “Dead Magic”, the fourth Anna von Hausswolff studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Randall Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Anna von Hausswolff – vocals, pipe organ, Mellotron, design, layout, inner sleeve drawing
  • Karl Vento – guitar
  • Joel Fabiansson – guitar
  • Randall Dunn – Mellotron, Korg MS-20, sound designer, mixing
  • Filip Leyman – synthesizer
  • David Sabel – bass guitar
  • Ulrik Ording – drums
  • Shahzad Ismaily – percussion
  • Gyda Valtysdottir – strings
  • Úlfur Hansson – string arrangements
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Magnus Andersson – layout
  • Maria von Hausswolff – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna von Hausswolff.

  1. The Truth, the Glow, the Fall
  2. The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra
  3. Ugly and Vengeful
  4. The Marble Eye
  5. Källans återuppståndelse

Danielle Nicole: Cry No More

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On February 23, 2018, “Concord” label released “Cry No More”, the second Danielle Nicole album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Tony Braunagel.

Personnel:

  • Danielle Nicole – vocals, bass
  • Brandon Miller – guitar
  • Nick Schnebelen – guitar
  • Johnny Lee Schell – guitar, fiddle
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd – guitar
  • Luther Dickinson – guitar
  • Walter Trout – guitar
  • Sonny Landreth – slide guitar
  • Mike Finnigan – keyboards, organ
  • Mike Sedovic – keyboards, organ
  • Tony Braunagel – drums
  • Kudisan Kai – backing vocal
  • Maxanne Lewis – backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Danielle Schnebelen and Tony Braunagel, except where noted.

  1. Crawl – Jeff Paris, Tamara Champlin
  2. I’m Going Home 
  3. Hot Spell – Anthony La Peau, Bill Withers, Guy Caman
  4. Burnin’ for You
  5. Cry No More
  6. Poison the Well – Maia Sharp, Pamela Rose
  7. Bobby – Danielle Schnebelen
  8. Save Me
  9. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore – Prince Roger Nelson
  10. Baby Eyes – Danielle Schnebelen
  11. Pusher Man – Danielle Schnebelen, John Lardieri
  12. My Heart Remains – Danielle Schnebelen
  13. Someday You Might Change Your Mind
  14. Lord I Just Can’t Keep from Crying – Blind Willie Johnson

Deerhunter: Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?

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On January 18, 2019, “4AD” label released “Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?”, the eighth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Marfa Recording” in Marfa, TX, “Sonic Ranch” in TX, “Seahorse Sound” in Los Angeles, “Maze” in Atlanta, “Attic of B. Cox” in Grant Park, Atlanta, and was produced by Cate Le Bon, Ben H. Allen, Ben Etter, Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Moses Archuleta, Josh McKay and Javier Morales.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, synthesizer, percussion, auxiliary drums, Chamberlin, tapes, engineer, mixing
  • Lockett Pundt – vocals, acoustic, slide, electric and twelve string guitars, mandolin, organ, piano, electric harpsichord; synthesizer
  • Javier Morales – piano, electric piano, Chamberlin, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, marimba, bass synthesizer, contrabass
  • Josh McKay – bass, contrabass, marimba, piano, electric piano, bells
  • Moses Archuleta – drums, synthesizer, mandolin
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, mandolin, harpsichord
  • Tim Presley – abstract lead guitar on “Futurism”
  • Ben H. Allen III – synthetic bass system, mixing
  • Ian Horrocks – contrabass
  • James Cox – bass vocals
  • Ben Etter – engineer, mixing
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradford Cox, except where noted. 

  1. Death in Midsummer
  2. No One’s Sleeping
  3. Greenpoint Gothie
  4. Element
  5. What Happens to People?
  6. Détournement
  7. Futurism
  8. Tarnung – Lockett Pundt
  9. Plains
  10. Nocturne

Shame: Songs Of Praise

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On January 12, 2018, “Dead Oceans” label released “Songs of Praise”, the debut Shame studio album. It was recorded in April 2017, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Nathan Boddy and Dan Foat.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Steen – lead vocals
  • Sean Coyle-Smith – guitar, backing vocals
  • Eddie Green – guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Finerty – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Charlie Forbes – drums, backing vocals
  • Dan Foat – keyboards, programming
  • Nathan Boddy – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Holly Whitaker – backing vocals 
  • Sean Genockey – engineer
  • Joe Jones – assistant engineer
  • Paul Carr – assistant engineer
  • Ric Baxendale – additional engineering
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Samir Alikhanizadeh – additional production
  • Miles Johnson – design
  • Holly Whitaker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle-Smith, Eddie Green, Josh Finerty and Charlie Forbes.

  1. Dust on Trial
  2. Concrete
  3. One Rizla
  4. The Lick
  5. Tasteless
  6. Donk
  7. Gold Hole
  8. Friction
  9. Lampoon
  10. Angie

Van Morrison: The Prophet Speaks

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On December 7, 2018, “Exile Production” and “Caroline” labels released “The Prophet Speaks”, the 40th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Studio D” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Joey DeFrancesco and Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone, harmonica
  • Joey DeFrancesco – organ, keyboards, trumpet
  • Dan Wilson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Troy Roberts – acoustic bass, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Michael Ode – drums
  • Jim Stern – tambourine, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Shana Morrison – backing vocals
  • Joel Jaffe – engineer assistant
  • Kenny Evans – engineer assistant
  • Jason Victorine – engineer assistant
  • Paperjam Design – design
  • Richard Wade – photography

Track listing:

  1. Gonna Send Send you Back to Where I Got You From – Eddie Vinson, Leona Blackman
  2. Dimples – John lee Hooker, James Bracken
  3. Got to Go Where the Love Is – Van Morrison
  4. Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
  5. 5 am Greenwich Mean Time – Van Morrison
  6. Gotta Get You Off My Mind – Solomon Burke, Delores Burke, Josephine Burke Moore
  7. Teardrops – J. D. Harris
  8. I Love the Life I Live – Willie Dixon
  9. Worried Blues / Rollin’ and Tumblin’ – J. D. Harris
  10. Ain’t Gonna Moan No More – Van Morrison
  11. Love Is a Five Letter Word – Gene Barge
  12. Love Is hard Work – Van Morrison
  13. Spirit Will Provide – Van Morrison
  14. The Prophet Speaks – Van Morrison

Denny Laine

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On December 5, 2023, Brian Frederick Arthur Hines aka Denny Laine died aged 79. He was musician (guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and harmonica), singer and songwriter, a founder of the Moody Blues, member of Electric String Band, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Denny Laine and the Diplomats, Denny Laine Band, but was best known as founding member of The Wings. Laine recorded and performed with variety of artists including Mike McGear, Steve Holley, Laurence Juber, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Balls and Linda McCartney. As leader he released twelve albums. In 2018, Laine was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of the Moody Blues.

Mark Knopfler: Down The Road Wherever

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On November 16, 2018, “British Grove Records” label released “Down the Road Wherever”, the ninth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2017, January – February 2018, at “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Richard Bennett – guitars
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Guy Fletcher – keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Cox – keyboards
  • Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – whistle
  • Lance Ellington – backing vocals
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Kris Drever – backing vocals
  • Imelda May – backing vocals
  • Martin Hollis – engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Trapper Man
  2. Back on the Dance Floor
  3. Nobody’s Child
  4. Just a Boy Away from Home
  5. When You Leave
  6. Good on You Son
  7. My Bacon Roll
  8. Nobody Does That
  9. One Song at a Time
  10. Floating Away
  11. Slow Learner
  12. Heavy Up
  13. Matchstick Man

The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun

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On November 16, 2018, “Napalm Records” label released “Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun”, the tenth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded February – June 2018, at “Shangri La Studios”, in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar, bass guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Eric Forman – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Charissa Nielsen, Briana Lee, Missi Hale – additional backing vocals
  • Dana Nielsen – recording, mixing
  • Jason Lader – additional recordings, strings recording
  • Davis Spreng – additional recordings
  • Vlado Meller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

  1. Knights of Malta
  2. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)
  3. Travels
  4. Solara
  5. Alienation
  6. Marchin’ On
  7. With Sympathy – Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin
  8. Seek and You Shall Destroy