Tag Archives: 2019

Meat Puppets: Dusty Notes

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On March 8, 2019, “Megaforce Records” label released “Dusty Notes”, the fifteenth Meat Puppets studio album.

Personnel:

  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass, banjo
  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Elmo Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Stabinsky – keyboards
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Sam Hundley – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Sam Hundley – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Warranty
  2. Nine Pins
  3. On
  4. Unfrozen Memory
  5. Dusty Notes
  6. The Great Awakening
  7. Sea of Heartbreaker – Hal David, Paul Hampton
  8. Nightcap
  9. Vampyr’s Winged Fantasy
  10. Outflow

John Mayall: Nobody Told Me

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On February 22, 2019, “Forty Below Records” label released “Nobody Told Me”, the 38th John Mayall album. It was recorded in 2018, at “606 Studios” in Northridge, California,  and was produced by Eric Come.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocal, keyboards, harmonica, artwork, design
  • Joe Bonamassa – guitar
  • Steven Van Zandt – guitar
  • Alex Lifeson – guitar
  • Carolyn Wonderland – guitar
  • Larry McCray – guitar
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar
  • Billy Watts – guitar
  • Ron Dziubla – saxophone
  • Mark Pender – trumpet
  • Richard A. Rosenberg – trombone
  • Greg Rzab – bass guitar
  • Jay Davenport – drums
  • Eric Corne – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • David Gomez – photography
  • Cristina Arrigoni – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. What Have I Done Wrong – Sam Meghett
  2. The Moon Is Full – Gwendolyn Colins
  3. Evil and Here to Stay – Jeff Healey, Tom Stephen
  4. That’s What Love Make You Do – Milton Campbell
  5. Distant Lonesome Train – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  6. Delta Hurricane – Arno Hecht, Bob Funk
  7. The Hurt Inside – Gary Moore
  8. It’s So Tough – John Mayall
  9. Like It Like You Do – John Mayall
  10. Nobody Told Me – John Mayall

Claypool Lennon Delirium: South of Reality

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On February 22, 2019, “ATO Records” label released “South of Reality”, the second Claypool Lennon Delirium studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Occidental, California, and was produced by Sean Lennon and Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool– vocals, all instruments, songwriter, engineer, mixing
  • Sean Lennon– vocals, all instruments
  • Paulo Baldi– drums
  • Adam Gates – voices
  • Josh Adam Meyers – voices
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Agent Ogden – design, layout
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography
  • Hisaki Yasuda – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon.

  1. Little Fishes
  2. Blood and Rockets: Movement I, Saga of Jack Parsons / Movement II, Too the Moon
  3. South of Reality
  4. Boriska
  5. Easily Charmed by Fools
  6. Amethyst Realm
  7. Toady Man’s Hour
  8. Cricket Chronicles Revisited: Pt. 1, Ask Your Doctor / Pt. 2, Psyde Effects
  9. Like Fleas

Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock

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On February 8, 2019, “Merge” label released “Sunshine Rock”, the 13th Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 2018 at “Tiny Telephone” in Oakland, “Tiny Telephone B” in San Francisco, “Granary Music” in San Francisco and “Granary Music” in Berlin, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, orchestral arrangements
  • Jason Narducy– bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Wurster– drums, percussion
  • Alison Chesley – cello, orchestral score transcriptions
  • Prague TV Orchestra – cellos, violas, violins
  • Paul Martens – transcription consultant
  • Mikel Toms – orchestra conductor
  • Jan Košulič – orchestra engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould, except where noted.

  1. Sunshine Rock
  2. What Do You Want Me to Do
  3. Sunny Love Song
  4. Thirty Dozen Roses
  5. The Final Years
  6. Irrational Poison
  7. I Fought
  8. Sun King
  9. Lost Faith
  10. Camp Sunshine
  11. Send Me a Postcard – Robbie van Leeuwen
  12. Western Sunset

Ian Brown: Ripples

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On February 1, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Ripples”, the seventh Ian Brown studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Ian Brown.

Personnel:

  • Ian Brown – vocals, guitars, tambourine, bongos, cabassa, congas,  cymbals, drums, glockenspiel, guiro, maracas, rainstick, shaker, stick, triangle, artwork, design, cover photo
  • Casey Brown – guitars, tambourine, bass, bongos, drums, glockenspiel, keyboards, piano, electric piano, Tibetan bowls, triangle, sleeve photo
  • Frankie Brown – guitars, percussion
  • David Brown – piano, sleeve photo
  • Darren Heelis – engineer
  • Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Brown, excepted where noted.

  1. First World Problems
  2. Black Roses – Barrington Levy
  3. Breathe and Breath Easy (The Everness of Now)
  4. The Dream and the Dreamer
  5. From Chaos to Harmony
  6. It’s Raining Diamonds
  7. Ripples
  8. Blue Sky Day
  9. Soul Satisfaction
  10. Break Down the Walls (Warm-Up Jams) – Michael Campbell

Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry

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On January 25, 2019, “ECM” label released “Trio Tapestry”, the 29th Joe Lovano album. It was recorded in March 2018, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, tarogato, gong
  • Carmen Castaldi – drums, percussion
  • Marilyn Crispell – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Lovano.

  1. One Time In
  2. Seeds of Change
  3. Razzle Dazzle
  4. Sparkle Lights
  5. Mystic
  6. Piano / Drum Episode
  7. Gong Episode
  8. Rare Beauty
  9. Spirit Lake
  10. Tarrassa
  11. The Smiling Dog

The Dandy Warhols: Why You So Crazy

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On January 25, 2019, “Dine Alone” label released “Why You So Crazy”, the tenth Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe and Peter Holmstrom.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, mixing, cover photo
  • Zia McCabe – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Brent DeBoer – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
  • Peter Holmstrom – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Thomas Lauderdale – piano
  • Hunter Noack – piano
  • Brandon Eggleston – engineer, mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Sean Gothman – layout, design
  • James Jean – design
  • Jacob Pander – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor.

  1. Fred’n’Ginger
  2. Terraform
  3. Highlife
  4. Be Alright
  5. Thee Elegant Bum
  6. Sins Are Forgiven
  7. Next Thing I Know
  8. Small Town Girls
  9. To the Church
  10. Motor City Steel
  11. Forever
  12. Ondine

Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow

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On January 18, 2019, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Remind Me Tomorrow”, the fifth Sharon Van Etten studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Sargent Recorders”,  “Studio 64” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Van Etten– vocals, piano, organ
  • Heather Woods Broderick– backing vocals, synthesizer, electric piano
  • Zachary Dawes – bass, synthesizer
  • McKenzie Smith – drums, percussion
  • Luke Reynolds– lap steel guitar, guitar, tape loops, synthesizer, keyboards, celesta, bass
  • John Congleton– percussion, organ, theremin, synthesizer, drone, drum programming, tape loops, drum machine, loops, sequencer, engineering, mixing
  • Jamie Stewart– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bells, percussion
  • Lars Horntveth– guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds, piano, celesta
  • Brian Reitzell– drums, organ, percussion, drone, cymbal
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Stella Mozgawa– drums
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Tyler Karmen – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cutting
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Katherine Dieckmann– front cover photography
  • Rob Houston – inner sleeve photography
  • Maya Judd – inner sleeve photography
  • Len Prince– inner sleeve, back cover, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sharon Van Etten, except where  noted.

  1. I Told You Everything
  2. No One’s Easy to Love
  3. Memorial Day
  4. Comeback Kid – Sharon Van Etten, Sam Cohen
  5. Jupiter 4
  6. Seventeen – Sharon Van Etten, Kate Davis
  7. Malibu
  8. You Shadow
  9. Hands
  10. Stay

Guster: Look Alive

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On January 18, 2019, “Ocho Mule” label released “Look Alive”, the eighth Guster studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Leo Abrahams and John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Miller – lead vocals, guitar
  • Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar
  • Luke Reynolds – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, pedal steel, programming
  • Brian Rosenworcel – drums
  • Leo Abrahams – electric bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, technician, mixing
  • Sam Cohen – vocals, programming, engineer
  • Jon Natchez – trombone, trumpet, euphonium, flugelhorn, alto, baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Graham Lessard – engineer
  • Jason Tawkin – engineer
  • John Congleton – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Collin Dupuis – mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Nicky Rheaume – art direction
  • Nikki Virbitsky – artwork
  • Dave Waplington – layout, design
  • John Rummen – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner, Luke Reynolds and Brian Rosenworcel.

  1. Look Alive
  2. Don’t Go
  3. Hard Times
  4. Hello Mister Sun
  5. Overexcited
  6. Summertime
  7. Terrified
  8. Mind Kontrol
  9. Not for Nothing
  10. When You Go Quiet

Switchfoot: Native Tongue

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On January 18, 2019, “Fantasy” label released “Native Tongue”, the eleventh  Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Melody League Studios” in San Diego, and was produced by Tim Foreman , Jon Foreman, Brent Kutzle, Tyler Chester and  Tyler Spry. At the 50th “Dove Awards”, the album won “Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year”.

Track listing:

  • Jon Foreman– lead vocals, guitar
  • Jerome Fontamillas– keyboards, guitar
  • Drew Shirley– guitar
  • Tim Foreman– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Chad Butler– drums, percussion
  • Kaela Sinclair– vocals
  • Tanner Sparks– guitar
  • Brent Kutzle– guitar, keyboards
  • Tyler Chester – keyboards, acoustic guitar
  • Tyler Spry – keyboards, guitar, background vocals, programming
  • Bear Rinehart – keyboards
  • John Painter – marching drums, horns, strings
  • David Davidson – violin
  • David Angell – violin
  • Monisa Angell – viola
  • Betsy Lamb – viola
  • Craig Nelson – contrabass
  • Paul Nelson – cello
  • Keith Tutt II – cello
  • Brandon Collins – string arrangement
  • Steve Wilmot – programming
  • Tanner Sparks– engineer, mixing
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • Bryan Cook – mixing
  • John Nathaniel – mixing
  • Joe Laporta – mastering
  • Bear Rinehart– additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Foreman and Tim Foreman, except where noted.

  1. Let It Happen – Jon Foreman
  2. Native Tongue – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Brent Kutzle
  3. All I Need
  4. Voices – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Brent Kutzle, Ryan Tedder, Tyler Spry
  5. Dig New Streams
  6. Joy Invincible
  7. Prodigal Soul
  8. The Hardest Art
  9. Wonderful Feeling
  10. Take My Fire
  11. The Strength To Let Go
  12. Oxygen
  13. We’re Gonna Be Alright
  14. You’re the One I Want – Jon Foreman