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Adrianne Lenker: Songs / Istrumentals

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On October 23, 2020, “4AD” label released “Songs” and “Instrumentals”, two Adrianne Lenker studio albums. It was recorded April – May 2020, at “Cabin” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, and was produced by Phil Weinrobe and Adrianne Lenker.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, paintbrush, needles of a white pine tree
  • Phil Weinrobe – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Brendan Ford – lacquer cut
  • Diane Lee – front and back cover paintings
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker.

Songs track listing:

  1. Two Reverse
  2. Ingydar
  3. Anything
  4. Forwards Beckon Rebound
  5. Heavy Focus
  6. Half Return
  7. Come
  8. Zombie Girl
  9. Not a Lot, Just Forever
  10. Dragon Eyes
  11. My Angel

Instrumentals track listing:

  1. Music for Indigo
  2. Mostly Chimes

Touché Amoré: Lament

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On October 9, 2020, “Epitaph” label released “Lament”, the fifth Touché Amoré studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at the “Bunker Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, “Favorite Gentlemen Studio” in Alpharetta, Georgia, and was produced by Ross Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Jeremy Bolm – vocals
  • Clayton Stevens – acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Nick Steinhardt – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, art direction, design
  • Tyler Kirby – bass, additional guitar
  • Elliot Babin – drums, keyboards, piano
  • Ross Robinson – keyboards, additional engineering
  • Jason Schimmel – keyboards, piano, additional engineering
  • Justice Tripp – backing vocals
  • Julien Baker – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Hull – additional vocals
  • Manchester Orchestra
  • Mike Balboa – engineer
  • Robert McDowell – additional recording 
  • Steve Evetts – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • George L Clarke – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin and Tyler Kirby, except where noted.

  1. Come Heroin
  2. Lament
  3. Feign
  4. Reminders
  5. Limelight – Jeremy Bolm, Clayton Stevens, Nick Steinhardt, Elliot Babin, Tyler Kirby, Andy Hull
  6. Exit Row
  7. Savoring
  8. A Broadcast
  9. I’ll Be Your Host
  10. Deflector
  11. A Forecast

Eartheater: Phoenix: Flames Are Dew upon My Skin

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On October 2, 2020, “PAN” label released “Phoenix: Flames Are Dew upon My Skin”, the fourth Eartheater studio album.

Personnel:

  • Eartheater (Alexandra Drewchin) – lead vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements, engineer, art direction
  • Ana Navarro – flute
  • Marua del Barrio – flute
  • Adam Markiewicz – violin
  • Belén Pérez – violin 
  • Celia Álvarez – violin
  • Laura Sorribas – cello
  • Marilu Donovan – harp
  • Santiago Latorre – engineer
  • Kiri Stensby – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • N MRE 08 – design
  • Daniel Sannwald – art direction, photography

Track listing

All tracks by Eartheater.

  1. Airborne Ashes
  2. Metallic Taste of Patience
  3. Below the Clavicle
  4. Burning Feather
  5. How to Fight
  6. Kiss of the Phoenix
  7. Volcano
  8. Fantasy Collision
  9. Mercurial Nerve
  10. Goodbye Diamond
  11. Bringing Me Back
  12. Diamond in the Bedrock
  13. Faith Consuming Hope

Robby Krieger: The Ritual Begins At Sundown

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On August 14, 2020, “The Players Club” label released “The Ritual Begins at Sundown”, the eight Robby Krieger album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Horse Latitude” and “Lotek Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Robby Krieger, Arthur Barrow and Michael Dumas.

Personnel:

  • Robby Krieger – guitar, painting
  • Tommy Mars – keyboards
  • Arthur Barrow – bass, guitar, synth
  • Chad Wackeman – drums
  • Joel Taylor – drums
  • Brad Dutz – percussion
  • Chuck Manning – saxophone
  • Vince Denham – saxophone
  • Jock Ellis – trombone
  • Adrian Byrns – flute
  • Aeb Byrne – flute
  • Shayna Adler – engineer
  • Michael Dumas – mixing
  • Bob Rice – mastering
  • Roy Koch – layout

Track listing:

  1. What Was That? – Arthur Barrow, Larry Klimas, Robby Krieger, Tom Brechtlein, Tommy Mars
  2. Side Home – Arthur Barrow, Robby Krieger
  3. The Drift – Arthur Barrow, Larry Klimas, Robby Krieger, Tommy Mars
  4. Chunga’s Revenge – Frank Zappa
  5. Hot Head – Arthur Barrow, Larry Klimas, Robby Krieger, Tom Brechtlein, Tommy Mars
  6. Yes, the River Knows – Robby Krieger
  7. The Hitch – Arthur Barrow, Joel Taylor, Robby Krieger, Tommy Mars, Vince Denham
  8. Dr Noir – Arthur Barrow, Joel Taylor, Robby Krieger, Tommy Mars, Vince Denham
  9. Bianca’s Dream – Vince Denham
  10. Screen Junkie – Arthur Barrow, Larry Klimas, Robby Krieger, Tom Brechtlein, Tommy Mars

King Buzzo And Trevor Dunn: Gift Of Sacrifice

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On August 14, 2020, “Icepac Recordings” label released “Gift of Sacrifice”, album by King Buzzo and Trevor Dunn. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound Of Sirens Studio” in Los Angeles.

Personnel:

  • King Buzzo – vocals, acoustic guitar, modular synth, noises, photography
  • Trevor Dunn – vocals, upright bass
  • Toshi Kasai – noises, recording, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Mackie Osborne – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Mental Vomit – King Buzzo, Trevor Dunn
  2. Housing, Luxury, Energy – King Buzzo
  3. I’m Glad I Could Help Out – King Buzzo
  4. Delayed Clarity – King Buzzo
  5. Junkie Jesus – King Buzzo, Trevor Dunn
  6. Science in Modern America – King Buzzo
  7. Bird Animal – King Buzzo
  8. Mock She – F. Leech Year
  9. Acoustic Junkie – King Buzzo, Trevor Dunn

Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier

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On August 13, 2020, “EMI” label released “The Final Frontier”, the fifteenth Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded January – March 2010, at “Compass Point” in Nassau, Bahamas, “The Cave” in Malibu, and was produced by Kevin Shirley. The album track “El Dorado” won the band a “Grammy Award” for “Best Metal Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Janick Gers – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars
  • Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, co-producer
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Terry Manning – studio technician
  • Brent Spear – studio technician
  • James McCullagh – assistant
  • Philip Scholes – SSL Duality technician
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stuart Crouch – art director, design
  • Andrew Yap – art direction, design
  • Anthony Dry – art direction, design
  • Rob Wallis – art direction, design
  • Melvyn Grant – cover illustration, working drawings, sketches
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

  1. Satellite 15…The Final Frontier – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  2. El Dorado – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  3. Mother of Mercy – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  4. Coming Home – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  5. The Alchemist – Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  6. Isle of Avalon – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  7. Starblind – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  8. The Talisman – Janick Gers, Steve Harris
  9. The Man Who Would Be King – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  10. When the Wild Wind Blows – Steve Harris

Eliot Bronson: Empty Spaces

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On July 24, 2020, “New Pain Records” label released “Empty Spaces”, the fifth Eliot Bronson album.

Personnel:

  • Eliot Bronson – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, harmonica, mellotron
  • Bret Hartly – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Will Robertson – piano, organ, accordion, bass, double bass, guitar, mixing
  • Colin Agnew – drums, percussion
  • Marla Feeney – violin
  • Andrew Colella – viola
  • Prisca Strothers – harmony vocals
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Brad Dickson – executive producer
  • Dave Gallagher – executive producer
  • Lisa Wiffledust – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Eliot Bronson.

  1. Visitor
  2. Let Me Go
  3. Good for You
  4. She Loves the Mountains
  5. Atlanta
  6. Montana
  7. Mountain in My Mind
  8. With Somebody
  9. Empty Spaces
  10. Gone

Lianne La Havas: Same

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On July 17, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled Lianne La Havas third album. It was recorded October – December 2019, in London, Bath and New York, and was produced by Lianne La Havas, Matt Hales, Beni Giles, Chris Tabron, Nick Hakim, Sam Crowe and Mura Masa.

Personnel:

  • Lianne La Havas – lead and backing vocals, guitar, snare drums
  • Elroy Powell – vocals
  • Bruno Major – guitar, piano
  • Nick Hakim – electric guitar, Mellotron, Minimoog, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, drum programming
  • Sam Crowe – keyboards, piano, Rhodes, Moog
  • Chris Tabron – keyboards
  • James Wyatt – keyboards, Moog, piano, Rhodes, claps, vocoder, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Burniss Travis – double bass
  • Joe Harrison – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Yves Fernandez – bass guitar, claps
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Matt Hales – bass guitar, Rhodes, drum programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Hal Ritson – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Mark Guiliana – drums, percussion
  • Dan See – drums, percussion
  • Homer Steinwess – drums
  • Gareth Lockrane – flute
  • Tim Mcnalley – viola, cello
  • Davide Rossi – violin, viola, cello, string arrangement
  • Paul Castelluzzo – whistle
  • Frida Touray – backing vocals, claps
  • Dan Grech – additional programming
  • Robert Wilkes – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Sam Crowe – engineer
  • Joe Harrison – engineer
  • Homer Steinwess – engineer
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – engineer
  • Nick Hakim – engineer, recording
  • Bill Malina – engineer
  • Nate Odden – engineer
  • Chris Tabron – engineer, mixing
  • Beni Giles – mixing, additional vocal recording
  • Matt Hales – mixing, vocal engineering
  • Dan Grech – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Augusto Sanchez – engineer assistant
  • Brandon Peralta – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant, additional vocal recording

Track listing:

  1. Bittersweet – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, DiFosco Ervin, Jr., Isaac Hayes, Rudy Love
  2. Read My Mind – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Benjamin Edwards
  3. Green Papaya – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe, Frida Touray
  4. Can’t Fight – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Alexander Crossan
  5. Paper Thin – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  6. Out of Your Mind (interlude) – Lianne La Havas, Geordan Reid-Campbell
  7. Weird Fishes – Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway
  8. Please Don’t Make Me Cry – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Nicholas Hakim
  9. Seven Times – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  10. Courage – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Joseph Harrison
  11. Sour Flower – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe

John McLaughlin: Liberation Time

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On July 16, 2021, “Abstract Logix” label released “Liberation Time”, the 20th John McLaughlin album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, in Monaco, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Cairo, and was produced by John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  1. John McLaughlin – guitar, piano
  2. Julian Siegel – tenor saxophone
  3. Gary Husband – keyboards, drums
  4. Oz Ezzeldin – piano
  5. Roger Rossignol – piano
  6. Sam Burgess – bass
  7. Etienne Mbappe – bass
  8. Jérôme Regard – bass
  9. Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  10. Jean-Michel Aublette – drums, bass
  11. Ranjit Barot – drums, Konokol vocals
  12. Nicolas Viccaro – drums

Track listing:

  1. As the Spirit Sings – Sam Burgess, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin
  2. Singing Our Secrets – Jean Michel Aublette, John McLaughlin, Roger Rossignol
  3. Lockdown Blues – Ranjit Barot, Gary Husband, Etienne Mbappe, John McLaughlin
  4. Mila repa – John McLaughlin
  5. Right Here, Right Now, Right On – Osam Exeldin, John McLaughlin, Jerome Regard, Julian Siegal, Nicolas Viccaro
  6. Shade of Blue – John McLaughlin
  7. Liberation Time – Sam Burgess, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin

Senses Fail: Hell Is In Your Head

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On July 15, 2022, “Pure Noise Records” label released “Hell Is in Your Head”, the eighth Senses Fail studio album. It was recorded February – September 2020, and was produced by Beau Burchell.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Nielsen – vocals, guitar, programming
  • Gavin Caswell – guitar, bass guitar
  • Dan Trapp – drums
  • Spencer Charnas – vocal
  • SeeYouSpaceCowboy
  • Beau Burchell – engineer, mixing
  • Ken Andrews – mixing
  • Mike Kalajian – mastering
  • Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design
  • Ryan Sanders – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Nielsen.

  1. Burial of the Dead
  2. End of the World/A Game of Chess
  3. The Free Sermon
  4. I Am Error
  5. Death by Water
  6. What the Thunder Said
  7. Miles to Go
  8. Lush Rimbaugh
  9. Hell is in Your Head
  10. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving
  11. Grow Away from Me