On September 25, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Free Love”, the third Sylvan Esso studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Sylvan Esso and John Hill.
On September 24, 2021, “Mega Collider” label released “Our Bande Àpart”, the seventh Third Eye Blind studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Lucy’s Meat Market” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Stephan Jenkins – vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
Kryz Reid – guitar
Colin Creev – vocals, keyboards, guitar
Alex LeCavalier – bass
Brad Hargreaves – drums
Bethany Cosentino – vocal
Peter Min – engineer
Neal Avron – mixing
Carlos de la Garza – mixing
Ryan Olson – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Ryan Short – editing
Curtis Peoples – vocal production
Daniel Nolan – technician
David Wexler – art direction
Jef Harmatz – illustrations, production design
Travis Shinn – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Stephan Jenkins, except where noted.
Goodbye to the Days of Ladies and Gentlemen
Box of Bones – Stephan Jenkins, Colin Creev
Again
Silverlake Neophyte
Dust Storm – Kryz Reid, Stephan Jenkins
The Dying Blood
Funeral Singers – Tim Rutili
To the Sea – Stephan Jenkins, Colin Creev
Time in Berlin – Stephan Jenkins, Colin Creev
Disorder – Ian Curtis, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner
On September 20, 2020, “100% Records” label released “History of Modern”, the eleventh Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2010, at “Motor Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphries, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes.
Personnel:
Andy McCluskey – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
Paul Humphreys – keyboards, backing vocals
Martin Cooper – keyboards
Malcolm Holmes – drums, percussion programming
Stuart Kershaw – piano, string arrangement
Hannah Peel – organ, samples, backing vocals
Mike Gould – percussion
Jessica Stavely-Taylor – backing vocals
Jessica Samuel – backing vocals
Monika Blomeid – backing vocals
Jennifer John – backing vocals
Lucy Styles – backing vocals
Doreen Edwards – backing vocals
Szhirley Rokahaim – backing vocals
Anna Ord – backing vocals
Abigail Clancy – backing vocals
Guy Katsav – additional programming, co-production
Track listing:
All tracks by Andy McCluskey, except where noted.
New Babies, New Toys
If You Want It – Andy McCluskey, Tracey Carmen
History of Modern (Part I)
History of Modern (Part II) – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
Sometimes
RFWK
New Holy Ground – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
The Future, The Past, and the Forever After
Sister Marie Says
Pulse – Andy McCluskey, Remee, Ali Tennant, Mich Hansen, Joseph Balmaati
Green – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw
Bondage of Fate – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Hannah Peel
The Right Side – Andy McCluskey, Simon Leonard, David Baker
On September 17, 2021, “Dogtree Records” released “Dearly Beloved”, the sixth Daughtry studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Sienna Recording Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Scot Stevens and Marti Frederiksen.
Personnel:
Chris Daughtry – lead vocals, third guitar
Josh Steely – lead guitar
Brian Craddock – rhythm guitar
Elvio Fernandes – keyboards, backing vocals, additional production
Josh Paul – bass, backing vocals
Brandon Maclin – drums, percussion
Sinclair – backing vocals
Evan Frederiksen – engineer, digital editing
Scott Stevens – mixing, digital editing, programming
Chris Baseford – mixing
Andrew Cruz – mastering
Marti Frederiksen – digital editing, programming
Brian Craddock – art direction, design
Mark Holman – additional production
Track listing:
Desperation – Chris Daughtry
World on Fire – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Heavy in the Crown – Chris Daughtry, John Cummings, Elvio Fernandes, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Changes are Coming – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Dearly Beloved – Chris Daughtry, Brian Craddock, Mark Holman
Cry for Help – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Asylum – Chris Daughtry, John Cummings, Elvio Fernandes, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Evil – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
The Victim – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
Somebody – Chris Daughtry
Call You Mine – Chris Daughtry, Deanna Daughtry
Lioness – Chris Daughtry
Break into My Heart – Chris Daughtry, Scott Stevens, Evan Frederiksen
On September 11, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released “American Head”, the sixteenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded December 2019 – January 2020, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Kirksey and Nicholas Ley.
Personnel:
Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing, layout, design
Steven Drozd – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, recording, mixing
Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, recording, mixing
Derek Brown – keyboards, guitar, percussion, recording mixing
Jake Ingalls – guitar, recording, mixing
Matt Kirksey – drums, percussion, keyboards, recording mixing
Nicholas Ley – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
Kacey Musgraves – vocal
Micah Nelson – additional guitar, additional vocals
Kacey Musgraves – additional vocals
Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing, mastering
Dennis Coyne – recording, mixing
George Salisbury – layout, design
Kenny Coyne – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by , Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Derek Brown, Jake Ingalls, Matt Kirksey and Nicholas Ley.
On September 11, 2020, “Infinity Industries” label released “Re-Animator”, the fifth Everything Everything studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by John Congleton and Alex Robertshaw.
Personnel:
Jonathan Higgs – lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar
Alex Robertshaw – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Peter Sené – keyboards, percussion
Jeremy Pritchard – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Michael Spearman – drums, backing vocals
John Congleton – engineer, mixing
Duncan Fuller, Tom A.D. Fuller – engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering
Antony Kitson – artwork, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, and Michael Spearman.
On September 10, 2021, “Columbia” label released “The Ultra Vivid Lament”, the fourteenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
On August 21, 2020, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Good Luck, Seeker”, the fourteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Puck Fingers and Brother Paul.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, archeology
Paul Brown – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, archeology, programming
Steve Wickham – acoustic and electronic fiddle
Aongus Ralston – bass
Ralph Salmins – drums, percussion
Gavin Ralston – sonic guitar
James Hallawell – organ, keyboards, sonics, backing vocals, additional production
Peadar O’Riada – organ, tin whistle
David Hood – bass
Mark Smith – bass
Jeremy Stacey – drums
Justin Hallawell – distant drums
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, The Unthanks – horns, sonics
Jess Kavanagh, Zeenie Summers – backing vocals
Blaine Harrison – backing vocals
Irakli Gabriel – street voice
Chris O’Brien – additional engineering
Dave Montuy – additional engineering
Tim Martin, Jack Power – additional engineering
John Cornfield – additional engineering
Lester Salmins – drum recording
Don Jackson – mastering
Puck Fingers, Brother Paul – mixing
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
B.C. Nowlin – cover painting (Taoseno Sky, oil on canvas)
Mike Scott – front cover concept, design, photography
Ian Ross – design
Pixabay, Creative Commons, Engin Akyurt – photography
Track listing:
The Soul Singer – Mike Scott
(You’ve Got To) Kiss a Frog or Two – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Low Down in the Brown – traditional
Dennis Hopper – Mike Scott, Paul Brown
Freak Street – Mike Scott
Sticky Fingers – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Why Should I Love You – Kate Bush
The Golden Work – Mike Scott, Aongus Ralston, Charles Williams
My Wanderings in the Weary Land – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime – Mike Scott, James Hallawell
Good Luckm Seeker – Mike Scott, Adrian McNally, Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank, Niopha Keegan, Chris Price, Sandy Smith, Dion Fortune
Beauty in Repetition – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
Everchanging – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
On August 21, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was”, the tenth Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “ARC” and “Pageturners Lounge” in Omaha, “Electro Vox” in Los Angeles, “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott.
Personnel:
Conor Oberst – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Mike Mogis – electric guitar, pedal steel, banjo, Marxophone, synth bass, percussion, hammer dulcimer, bajo sexto, programming
Nathaniel Walcott – piano, trumpet, flugelhorn, Hammond organ, electric pianos, synthesizers, vibraphone, Omnichord, Mellotron, harpsichord, orchestra and choir arrangements
Dan McCarthy – piano
Flea – bass
Macey Taylor – bass
Jenny Lee Lindberg – bass
Jon Theodore – drums, percussion, timpani
Kip Skitter – percussion
Joe Fuchs – bagpipes
Joe Todero – bagpipes
Malcolm Wilbur – bagpipes
John Mitchell – baritone saxophone
Jon Lewis – trumpet
Daniel Rosenboom – trumpet
Johanna Borenstein – flute
Lara Wickes – oboe, English horn
Don Foster – clarinet
Alex Iles – trombone
Steve Holtman – trombone
Jessica Guideri – violin
Tammy Hatwan – violin
Jackie Brand – violin
Roberto Cani – violin
Paul Cartwright – violin
Nina Evtuhov – violin
Gerry Hilera – violin
Ana Landauer – violin
Natalie Leggett – violin
Michele Richards – violin
Jenny Takamatsu – violin
John Wittenberg – violin
Rob Brophy – viola
Tom Lea – viola
Luke Maurer – viola
Rodney Wirtz – viola
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
Erika Duka – cello
Dane Little – cello
Charlie Tyler – cello
Suzie Katayama – orchestra conductor
Corina Figueroa Escamilla – vocals
Nancy Oberst – vocals
Miwi La Lupa – vocals
Andy LeMaster – vocals
Susan Sanchez – vocals
Jesca Hoop – vocals
James Connor – choir vocals
Quishima Dixon – choir vocals
Natalie Ganther – choir vocals
Anthony Johnston – choir vocals
Edward Lawson – choir vocals
Jennifer Lee – choir vocals
Sharetta Morgan-Harmon – choir vocals
Marquee Perkins – choir vocals
Jason McGee – choir conductor
Mike Mogis – engineer, mixing
Michael Harris – engineer
Steve Churchyard – engineer
Adam Roberts – engineer assistant
Nik Fackler – engineer assistant
Aaron Gum – engineer assistant
Chris Cerullo – engineer assistant
Chandler Harrod – engineer assistant
Andy LeMaster – engineer assistant
Tim Thomas – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Zack Nipper – artwork, layout
Rob Walters – diorama photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Conor Oberst, except where noted, all music by Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott.
Pageturners Rag
Dance and Sing
Just Once in the World – Conor Oberst, Miwi La Lupa