On September 18, 2020, “Mascot” label released “Violent Allies”, the ninth 10 Years studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Howard Benson.
Personnel:
Jesse Hasek – vocals
Matt Wantland – guitar
Brian Vodinh – guitar, bass, drums, keys, programming, backing vocals
In September 1966, “Phillips” label released “Wild Is the Wind”, the sixth Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney. In 2020, it was ranked 212 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arranger
Horace Ott – arranger
Sid Mark – liner notes
I Love Your Lovin’ Ways – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
Four Woman – Nina Simone
What More Can I Say – Horace Ott, Wade Brown Jr.
Lilac Wine – James Shelton
That’s All I Ask – Horace Ott
Break Down and Let It All Out – Van McCoy
Why keep On Breaking My Heart – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
Wild is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – traditional
On September 11, 2020, Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert, died aged 77. He was musician (guitar, Hammond organ), singer and songwriter, regarded as reggae pioneer, with six decades long career. He had major influence on popularizing reggae music with songs like “Monkey Man”, “Funky Kingston” and “Pressure Drop”. Even the genre’s name is credited as genesis from his 1968’s song “Do the Reggay”. With his band Toots and the Maytals, he won “Grammy Award” in 2006, for his album “True Love”.
On September 11, 2020, “Inside Out” label released “Sola Gratia”, the eleventh Neal Morse studio album. It was recorded in April 2020, and was produced by Neal Morse.
On September 11, 2020, “Heavenly” and “Virgin” labels released “The Universal Want”, the fifth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, “EVE Studios” in Stockport, “The Big Red Studios” in Macclesfield, “Vada Studio” in Alcester, and was produced by Dan Austin, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin and Andy Williams.
Personnel:
Jez Williams – vocals, guitar, string arrangements, engineer, mixing
Jimi Goodwin – lead vocals, bass, guitar
Andy Williams – vocals, drums
Martin Rebelski – piano, keyboards, modular synth
Tony Allen – drums
Dan Austin – programming
Belinda Hammond, Hannah Groarke-Young – strings
Colin Williams, Kim Wedderburne, Mark Menzies, Se-ember Yaor, Yvonne Shelton – backing vocals
Dan Austin – engineer, mixing
Henry Broadhead, Joel Patchett, Jake Evans, George Perks – engineer assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Dani Bennett Sprag – mixing assistant
Matt Colton – mastering
Maria Lax – photography
Jon Shard – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.
On August 21, 2020, “Sub Pop” label released “Sugaregg”, the third Bully studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Pachyderm” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, “Palace Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Alicia Bognanno, John Congleton and Graham Walsh.
On August 18, 2020, Jack Morris Sherman died aged 64. He was musician (guitar), recorded and performed with Bob Dylan, Feargal Sharkey, Peter Case, Bill Madden, Gerry Goffin, George Clinton, but was best known as member of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
On August 14, 2020, “MontyRay” label, released “Even in Exile”, the second James Dean Bradfield album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Door to the River Studio” in Caerleon, Wales, UK, and was produced by Loz Williams.“Even in Exile” is a concept album based on the life and death of the Chilean activist, singer and poet Víctor Jara, with lyrics by poet and playwright Patrick Jones.
Personnel:
James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar, double bass, bass, harmonica, piano, keyboards
Richard Beak – drums
Loz Williams – engineer
Dave Eringa – mixing
Matt Colton – mastering
S Mark Gubb – artwork, design, layout
Track listing:
All lyrics by Patrick Jones, all music by James Dean Bradfield, except where noted.
Recuerda
The Boy from the Plantation
There’ll Come a War
Seeking the Room with the Three Windows – James Dean Bradfield, Richard Beak, Loz Williams
Thirty Thousand Milk Bottles
Under the Mimosa Tree – James Dean Bradfield, Gavin Fitzjohn
On August 14, 2020, “14th Floor” label released “A Celebration of Endings”, the eighth Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Lotus Easter Studio” in Santa Monica, California, “United Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, “Abbey Road Studios”, “RAK Studios” and Rockstone Studios in London, and was produced by Rich Costey and Steve Mac.
Personnel:
Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitars
James Johnston – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Zac Rae – additional keyboards
Steve Mac – additional keyboards
Rob Mathes – string arrangements, conducting
Jenny Nendick – conducting
Jackie Shave – concertmaster
Magnus Johnston – violin
Perry Montague-Mason – violin
Patrick Kiernan – violin
Pete Hanson – violin
Natalia Bonner – violin
Cathy Thompson – violin
Debbie Widdup – violin
Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
Chris Tombling – violin
Bruce White – viola
Peter Lale – viola
Rachel Roberts – viola
Caroline Dearley – cello
Ian Burdge – cello
Jonathan Williams – cello
Caroline Dearley – cello
Jonathan Allen – string recording
Paul Pritchard – string recording assistant
Neil Dawes – string recording assistant
KT Pipal – engineering
Mario Borgatta – engineering
Wesley M. Seidman – engineering
Cecil Barlett – engineering
Dann Pursey – engineering
Koby Merman – additional mix engineering and digital editing
On August 7, 2020, “earMUSIC” label released “Whoosh!”, the twenty-first Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Tracking Room”, “Anarchy Studios” and “Ocean Way” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.
Personnel:
Ian Gillan – vocals
Steve Morse – guitars
Don Airey – keyboards
Roger Glover – bass
Ian Paice – drums
Saam Hashemi – programming
Ayana George, Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
Bob Ezrin – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
John Metcalf – orchestra arrangements
Alan Umstead – conductor
Julian Shank – engineer, mixing
Alex Krotz, Jaime Sickora – engineer
Zach Pepe – engineer assistant
Nick Spezia – orchestra recording
Justin Cortelyou – mixing, tracking
Jason Elliott, Justin Francis – mixing
Bryce Robertson – tracking assistant
Eric Boulanger – mastering
Jekyll & Hyde – cover art, design
Ben Wolf – band photography
Elena Saharova – landscape photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.