Tag Archives: 2020

Jerry Cantrell: Brighten

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On October 29, 2021, “Double J Music” label released “Brighten”, the third Jerry Cantrell album. It was recorded March 2020 – March 2021, at “Dave’s Room Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tyler Bates and Jerry Cantrell.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Cantrell – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Michael Rozon – pedal steel
  • Vincent Jones – piano, keyboards, strings
  • Jordan Lewis – piano
  • Duff McKagan – bass guitar
  • Gil Sharone – drums
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • Tyler Bates – strings, percussion, guitar
  • Greg Puciato – backing vocals
  • Lola Bates – backing vocals
  • Paul Figueroa – engineer
  • Joe Barresi – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.

  1. Alone
  2. Brighten
  3. Prism of Doubt
  4. Black Heart and Evil Done
  5. Siren Song
  6. Had to Know
  7. Nobody Breaks You
  8. Dismembered
  9. Goodbye – Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Don Broco: Amazing Things

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On October 22, 2021, “SharpTone” label released “Amazing Things”, the fourth Don Broco studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Decoy Studios” in Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, and was produced by Jason Perry and Dan Lancaster.

Personnel:

  • Rob Damiani – lead vocals, electronics
  • Simon Delaney – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Tom Doyle – bass guitar, programming
  • Matt Donnelly – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Gumshield
  2. Manchester Super Reds No. 1 Fun
  3. Swimwear Season
  4. Endorphins
  5. One True Prince
  6. Anaheim
  7. Uber
  8. How Are You Done with Existing?
  9. Bruce Willis
  10. Revenge Body
  11. Bad 4 Ur Health
  12. Easter Sunday

Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Return Of The Dream Canteen

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On October 14, 2022, “Warner Bros” label released “Return of the Dream Canteen”, the thirteenth Red Hot Chili Peppers studio album. It was recorded November 2020 – August 2021, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
  • John Frusciante – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Flea – bass
  • Chad Smith – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Josh Johnson – saxophone
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet
  • Vikram Devasthali – trombone
  • Aura T-09 – backing vocals
  • Bernie Grundman – engineer
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer
  • Dylan Neustadter – engineer
  • Ethan Mates – engineer
  • Jason Lader – engineer
  • Phillip Broussard Jr. – engineer
  • Chaz Sexton – engineer assistant
  • Jonathan Pfarr – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Jeremy Lubsey – mastering assistant
  • Sarah Zoraya – creative design, design
  • Julien Calemard – illustrations
  • Thami Nabil – illustrations
  • Clara Balzary – photography
  • Sami Bañuelos – band assistance
  • Charlie Bolois – studio technician
  • Lawrence Malchose – studio technician
  • Chris Warren – technician
  • Henry Trejo – technician
  • Eric Lynn – production coordination
  • Gage Freeman – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith.

  1. Tippa My Tongue
  2. Peace and Love
  3. Reach Out
  4. Eddie
  5. Fake as Fu@K
  6. Bella
  7. Roulette
  8. My Cigarette
  9. Afterlife
  10. Shoot Me a Smile
  11. Handful
  12. The Drummer
  13. Bag of Grins
  14. La La La La La La La La
  15. Copperbelly
  16. Carry Me Home
  17. In the Snow

Belle And Sebastian: Belle And Sebastian Write About Love

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On October 11, 2020, “Rough Trade” label released “Belle and Sebastian Write about Love”, the eighth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, photography, liner notes
  • Stevie Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Sarah Martin – vocals, violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet, French horn, arrangements
  • Norah Jones – vocals
  • Carey Mulligan – vocals
  • Noah Gladstone – trombone
  • Bruce Otto – bass trombone
  • Stephanie Stetson – French horn
  • Danielle Ondarza – French horn
  • Stephanie O’Keefe – French horn
  • Eric Gorfain – violin, conductor
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Melissa Reiner – violin
  • Amy Wickman – violin
  • Wes Precourt – violin
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Matt Cooker – cello
  • John Krovoza – cello
  • Todd Burke – engineer
  • Cameron Lister – engineer assistant
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing, programming
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Marisa Privitera – assistant

Track listing:

  1. I Didn’t See It Coming
  2. Come on Sister
  3. Calculating Bimbo
  4. I Want the World to Stop
  5. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
  6. Write About Love
  7. I’m Not Living in the Real World
  8. The Ghost of Rockschool
  9. Read the Blessed Pages
  10. I Can See Your Future
  11. Sunday’s Pretty Icons

KT Tunstall: Nut

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On September 9, 2022, “EMI” label released “Nut”, the seventh KT Tunstall studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin, Martin Terefe, KT Tunstall, Sophie Ellis and Jimmy Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • KT Tunstall – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synths, programming
  • Oliver Roman – acoustic guitar
  • George Murphy – electric guitar, piano, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – piano, synths, keyboards, sequencer drums
  • Martin Terefe – bass guitar, guitars, piano, synths, percussion, vocoder, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Solomon Dorsey – bass
  • Andy Burrows – drums, percussion
  • Liam Howe – programming
  • Clem Cherry – programming

Track listing:

  1. Out of Touch – KT Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth, Kevin Cormack, Johnny Lynch
  2. I Am the Pilot – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis, Martin Terefe
  3. Three – KT Tunstall, Marty Benbrook
  4. Dear Shadow – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis
  5. Private Eyes – KT Tunstall, Tommy Danvers
  6. Canyons – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe
  7. Synapse – KT Tunstall
  8. Demigod – KT Tunstall, Greg Kurstin
  9. All the Time – KT Tunstall
  10. Brain in a Jar (hidden track) – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe

Bill Callahan: Gold Record

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On September 4, 2020, “Drag City” label released “Gold Record”, the seventh Bill Callahan album (eighteenth overall when including studio albums released as Smog). It was recorded in June 2019, at “Estuary Studio” in Austin, Texas.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Jaime Zuverza – bass
  • Adam Jones – drums
  • Carl Smith – baritone clarinet
  • Derek Phelps – flugelhorn
  • John Congleton – recording, mixing
  • Dan Osborn – front cover
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – back cover
  • Anubhav Saxena – highway photography
  • Erik Pronske – automobile photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. Pigeons
  2. Another Song
  3. 35
  4. Protest Song
  5. The Mackenzies
  6. Let’s Move to the Country
  7. Breakfast
  8. Cowboy
  9. Ry Cooder
  10. As I Wander

The Pineapple Thief: Versions Of The Truth

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On September 4, 2020, “Kscope” label released “Versions of the Truth”, the 14th Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, England, “Soord Studios”, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Steve Kitch, John Sykes and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • John Sykes – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, marimba
  • Michael Schoenholtz- artwork
  • Scott Robinson – design, layout
  • Diana Seifert – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison.

  1. Versions of the Truth
  2. Break It All
  3. Demons
  4. Driving Like Maniacs
  5. Leave Me Be
  6. Too Many Voices
  7. Our Mire
  8. Out of Line
  9. Stop Making Sense
  10. The Game

Suuns: The Witness

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On September 3, 2021, “Joyful Noise Recordings” and “Secret City Records” labels released “The Witness”, the fifth Suuns album. It was recorded December 2019 – September 2020, at “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ben Shemie – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Yarmush – bass
  • Liam O’Neill – drums
  • Max Henry – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Mathieu Charbonneau – synthesizer
  • Erik Hove – saxophone, flute
  • Jace Lasek – engineer, mixing
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Studio Safar – design
  • Myriam Boulos – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Shemie, Joe Yarmush, Liam O’Neill and Max Henry.

  1. Third Stream
  2. Witness Protection
  3. C-Thru
  4. Timebender
  5. Clarity
  6. The Fix
  7. Go to My Head
  8. The Trilogy

Ulver: Flowers Of Evil

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On August 28, 2020, “House of Mythology” label released “Flowers of Evil”, the twelfth Ulver studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylvisaker, Ole Alexander Halstensgård and Jørn H. Sværen.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg – vocals, additional programming
  • Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
  • Anders Møller – percussion
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, electronics
  • Stian Westerhus – guitar
  • Ole Henrik Moe – viola, cello
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • John Stark – bass
  • Suzanne Sumbundu – vocals
  • Mimmi Tamba – vocals
  • Michael J. York – bagpipes
  • Martin Glover – mixing
  • Michael Rendall – mixing
  • Renée Jeanne Falconetti – cover still image

Track listing:

  1. One Last Dance
  2. Russian Doll
  3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
  4. Hour of the Wolf
  5. Apocalypse 1993
  6. Little Boy
  7. Nostalgia
  8. A Thousand Cuts

Marisa Anderdson And William Tyler: Lost Futures

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On August 27, 2021, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Lost Futures”, album by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler. It was recorded in September 2020, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine, Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – guitars, photography
  • William Tyler – guitars
  • Tucker Martine – bass, drums, recording, mixing
  • Gisela Rodriguez Fernandez – violin, viola
  • Patricia Vásquez Gómez – quijada
  • Cole Halverson – recording, mixing assistant
  • Amy Dragon – mastering
  • Sam Smith – cover art
  • Daniel Castrejón – design

Track listing:      

All tracks by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

  1. News About Heaven
  2. Lost Futures
  3. Pray for Rain
  4. Something Will Come
  5. At the Edge of the World
  6. Hurricane Light
  7. Life and Casualty
  8. Haunted By Water