Tag Archives: 2020

Mount Kimble: Crooks & Lovers

On July 19, 2020, “Hotflush” label released “Crooks & Lovers”, the debut Mount Kimble studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Dominic Maker and Kai Campos.

Personnel:

  • Dominic Maker 
  • Kai Campos
  • Sam John – mastering
  • Gordon Curtis – design
  • Tyrone Lebon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dominic Maker and Kai Campos.

  1. Tunnelvision
  2. Would Know
  3. Before I Move Off
  4. Blind Night Errand
  5. Adriatic
  6. Carbonated
  7. Ruby
  8. Ode to Bear
  9. Field
  10. Mayor
  11. Between Time

Barenaked Ladies: Detour De Force

On July 16, 2021, “Raisin’ Records” label released “Detour de Force”, the thirteenth Barenaked Ladies studio album. It was recorded February – August 2020, at “The Herbert/Robertson Hideaway”, “Noble Street Studios”, “Vespa Studios”, and was produced by Eric Ratz and Mark Howard. 

Personnel:

  • Ed Robertson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, drums, percussion
  • Kevin Hearn – vocals, pianos, keyboards, Continuum, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, drum loops
  • Jim Creeggan – vocals, electric and double bass, cello, electric guitar, Taurus pedals, string and horn arrangements
  • Tyler Stewart – vocals, drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Flip – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  2. Good Life – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  3. New Disaster – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
  4. Big Back Yard – Kevin Hearn
  5. Live Well – Ed Robertson
  6. Flat Earth – Ed Robertson, Danny Michel
  7. Here Together – Jim Creeggan, James Bryan McCollum
  8. Roll On – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin, Craig Wiseman
  9. Bylaw – Kevin Hearn
  10. God Forbid – Ed Robertson, Donovan Woods
  11. Paul Chambers – Jim Creeggan, Mike Evin
  12. The National Park – Kevin Hearn
  13. Man Made Lake – Ed Robertson, Donovan Woods
  14. Internal Dynamo – Kevin Hearn

John Grant: Boy From Michingan

On June 25, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Boy from Michigan”, the fifth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Green House Studios” in Reykjavik, Iceland, “Hljóðriti Studios” in Hafnarfjörður, in Iceland, and was produced by Cate Le Bon and John Grant.

Personnel:

  • John Grant – vocals, vocoder, piano, synthesizer, synth-bass, synthesizer programming, drum programming, mixing
  • Cate Le Bon – guitar, bass, saxophone, clarinet, synthesizer, synth-bass, percussion, arrangements
  • Paul Alexander – bass
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Euan Hinshelwood – saxophone
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • Matt Pence – engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Gil Corral – portraits
  • Scott King – art direction
  • Casey Raymond – artwork
  • Rob Israel – artwork
  • Rhys Atkinson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. Boy from Michigan
  2. County Fair
  3. The Rusty Bull
  4. The Cruise Room
  5. Mike and Julie
  6. Best in Me
  7. Rhetorical Figure
  8. Just So You Know
  9. Dandy Star
  10. Your Portfolio
  11. The Only Baby
  12. Billy

Roberta Flack: First Take

On June 20, 1969, “Atlantic” label released “First Take”, the debut Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Atlantic” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “First Take” at number 451 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
  • Bucky Pizzarelli – guitars
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Ray Lucas – drums, percussion
  • Seldon Powell, Frank Wess – saxophone
  • Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff – violin
  • Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • William S. Fischer – horn and string arrangements, string conducting
  • William Arlt – recording
  • Bob Liftin – remix
  • Stanislaw Zagorski – design
  • Ken Heinen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Compared to What – Gene McDaniels
  2. Angelitos Negros – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste
  3. Our Ages or Our Hearts – Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway
  4. I Told Jesus – traditional, arranged by Roberta Flack
  5. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen
  6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
  7. Tryin’ Times – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
  8. Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf

Neil Young: Homegrown

On June 19, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Homegrown”, the 42nd Neil Young studio album. The album consists of material recorded June – December 1974, January 1975, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, “Broken Arrow Ranch” in Redwood City, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Ramport” in London, and was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan and Ben Keith.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Emmylou Harris – vocal, backing vocals
  • Sandy Mazzeo – vocal
  • Ben Keith – vocals, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, dobro, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Robbie Robertson – guitar
  • Stan Szelest – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Joe Yankee – piano
  • Tim Drummond – vocals, bass
  • Levon Helm – drums
  • Karl T. Himmel – drums
  • Sandy Mazzeo – backing vocals
  • Tom Wilkes – cover art
  • John Hanlon – assembly, pre-mastering, restoration

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Separate Ways
  2. Try
  3. Love Is a Rose
  4. Homegrown
  5. Florida
  6. Kansas
  7. We Don’t Smoke It No More
  8. White Line
  9. Vacancy
  10. Little Wing
  11. Star of Bethlehem

Bartees Strange: Farm To Table

On June 17, 2022, “4AD” label released “Farm to Table”, the second Bartees Strange studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “38 North Studio”, “4AD Studios”, “Strange Land Stufios”, “Tonal Park”, and was produced by Dave Cerminara, Chris Connors, Steph Marziano and Bartees Strange.

Personnel:

  • Bartees Strange – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, tambourine, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, percussion, effects, programming, recording, engineer
  • Chris Connors – electric guitar, 12 string guitar, bass guitar, synth brass, piano, synthesizer, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Graham Richman – electric guitar, 12-string guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano
  • Dan Kleederman – electric and slide guitar, bass guitar
  • Austin Vos – slide guitar
  • Don Godwin – piano, tuba, sousaphone
  • Dave Cerminara – synthesizer, drum programming, recording, engineer
  • John E. Daise – bass guitar
  • Joe Kennedy – bass guitar
  • Fabian Prynn – drums, recording, engineer
  • Dillon Treacy – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Jordyn Blakely – drums, percussion
  • Conor Murphy – horns, trumpet
  • Eliza Vera – backing vocals
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Niek Truijen – artwork
  • John Brooks – recording, engineer
  • Alison Fielding – design

Track listing:

  1. Heavy Heart – Chris Connors, John E. Daise, Dan Kleederman, Graham Richman, Bartees Strange, Carter Zumtobel
  2. Mulholland Dr. – Dan Kleederman, Bartees Strange
  3. Wretched – Bartees Strange
  4. Cosigns – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  5. Tours – Steph Marziano, Bartees Strange
  6. Hold the Line – Bartees Strange
  7. We Were Only Close for Like Two Weeks – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  8. Escape This Circus – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
  9. Black Gold – Bartees Strange
  10. Hennessy – Bartees Strange

Hinds: The Prettiest Curse

On June 5, 2020, “Mom + Pop Music” label released “The Prettiest Curse”, the third Hinds studio album. It was recorded in 2020, in New York City and London, and was produced by Jennifer Decilveo.

Personnel:

  • Carlotta Cosials – vocals, guitar
  • Ana García Perrote – vocals, guitar
  • Ade Martín – bass guitar
  • Amber Grimbergen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Carlotta Cosials, Amber Grimbergen, Ade Martín, and Ana Perrote.

  1. Good Time Bad Times
  2. Just Like Kids (Miau)
  3. Riding Solo
  4. Boy
  5. Come Back and Love Me
  6. Burn
  7. Take Me Back
  8. The Play
  9. Waiting for You
  10. This Moment Forever

Janet Devlin: Confessional

On June 5, 2020, “Insomnia Music” label released “Confessional”, the third Janet Devlin studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Jonathan Quarmby.

Personnel:

  • Janet Devlin – vocals
  • Jonathan Quarmby – piano, acoustic guitar, guitar, bass guitar, low whistle, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, mixing
  • Michael Giverin – guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
  • Richard Walker – acoustic guitar, guitar, harp, backing vocals
  • Oscar Golding – guitar
  • Peter Brown – accordion
  • Nick Ereaut – double bass
  • Sam Odiwe – bass guitar
  • Daniel Bingham – drums
  • Brian Fleming – bodhrán, percussion
  • Eoin Dillon – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Anna Mary Donaghy – fiddle
  • Anna Phoebe McElligott – violin
  • Paul Statham – cello, programming
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Floriane Blancke – harp
  • Nathan Thomas – backing vocals
  • Gav Skeggs – backing vocals
  • Grace Davies – backing vocals
  • Rick Chambers – backing vocals
  • Jim Molyneux – backing vocals
  • Esme Allen-Quarmby – backing vocals
  • Poppy Allen-Quarmby – backing vocals
  • Harry Harrington – backing vocals
  • Marc Rapson – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Confessional – Janet Devlin, Nathan Thomas
  2. So Cold – Janet Devlin, Paul Statham
  3. Saint of the Sinners – Janet Devlin, Bradley Mair, Jonathan Quarmby
  4. Cinema Screen – Janet Devlin, Lauren Aquilina
  5. Speak – Janet Devlin, Jonathan Quarmby, Fiona Bevan
  6. Honest Man – Janet Devlin
  7. Love Song – Janet Devlin, Fiona Bevan, Jonathan Quarmby
  8. Big Wide World – Janet Devlin, Lauren Aquilina
  9. Away with the Faires – Janet Devlin, Paul Statham
  10. Sweet Sacred Friend – Janet Devlin, Fiona Bevan, Jonathan Quarmby
  11. Holy Water – Janet Devlin, Jonathan Quarmby
  12. Better Now – Janet Devlin, David Sneddon, Anu Pillai

Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting

On June 4, 2021, “EMI Music Australia” label released “Dreamers Are Waiting”, the seventh Crowded House studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Valentine”, “United Recording”, “Roundhead”, and was produced by Neil Finn, Liam Finn, Michell Froom, Nick Seymour and Elroy Finn.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, percussion
  • Liam Finn – vocals, guitar, drums
  • Mitchell Froom – keyboards
  • Nick Seymour – vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Elroy Finn – vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Finn, except where noted.

  1. Bad Times Good – Neil Finn, Liam Finn, Elroy Finn, Nick Seymour
  2. Playing with Fire – Neil Finn, Liam Finn
  3. To the Island
  4. Sweet Tooth
  5. Whatever You Want
  6. Show Me the Way
  7. Goodnight Everyone – Liam Finn
  8. Too Good for This World – Neil Finn, Liam Finn
  9. Start of Something – Liam Finn, Neil Finn
  10. Real Life Woman
  11. Love Isn’t Hard at All – Elroy Finn, Neil Finn
  12. Deeper Down

Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend

On June 4, 2021, “Dirty Hit” label released “Blue Weekend”, the third Wolf Alice studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “ICP” in Brussels, “Iguana” in London, and was produced by Markus Dravs.

Personnel:

  • Ellie Rowsell – vocals, guitar, piano, bass, programming, Mellotron, synth, Wurlitzer, string arrangement
  • Joff Oddie – acoustic guitar, 12 string classical guitar, classical guitar, guitar, piano, glock, synth, claps, electric upright bass, bass, tenor resonator, backing vocals, programming
  • Theo Ellis – bass, programming
  • Joel Amey – drums, percussion, synth, guitar, Stylophone, claps, backing vocals, programming
  • Iain Berryman – keys, trumpet, glasses, programming
  • Markus Dravs – synth, programming
  • Joel Workman – electric upright bass
  • Owen Pallett – violin, viola, string arrangement
  • Michael Peter Olsen – cello
  • Iain Berryman – engineer, additional production
  • Joel Workman – engineer assistant, additional engineering
  • Charlie Andrew – vocal production, additional vocal production, additional vocal recording 
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Jordan Hemingway – creative direction, photography
  • Jamie Reid – art direction
  • Aiden Miller – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ellie Rowsell, Joff Oddie, Theo Ellis and Joel Amey.

  1. The Beach
  2. Delicious Things
  3. Lipstick on the Glass
  4. Smile
  5. Safe from Heartbreak (If You Never Fall in Love)
  6. How Can I Make it OK?
  7. Play the Greatest Hits
  8. Feeling Myself
  9. The Last Man on Earth
  10. No Hard feelings
  11. The Beach II