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Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: Cosmic Transitions

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On May 12, 2021, “Division” label released “Cosmic Transitions”, the second Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few studio album. It was recorded in September 2020, at “Van Gelder Studio” in New Jersey, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Isaiah Collier – saxophone
  • Mike King – piano
  • Jeremiah Hunt – bass
  • Michael Shekwoaga Ode – drums

Track listing:

  1. Invocation
  2. I. Forgiveness
  3. Part II. Humility
  4. Part III. Understanding
  5. Part IV. Truth and Guidance
  6. Part V. Mercury’s Retrograde

Van Morrison: Latest Record Project, Volume 1

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On May 7, 2021, “Exile Production” and “BMG” labels released “Latest Record Project, Volume 1”, the 42nd Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded, in 2020, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, harmonica, alto saxophone
  • Dave Keary – acoustic, electric and classical guitar, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals
  • Jim Mullen – electric guitar
  • Stuart McIlroy – piano
  • Paul Moran – piano, Hammond organ
  • Richard Dunn – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet
  • Pete Hurley – bass guitar
  • Paul Moore – bass guitar
  • Gavin Scott – bass guitar
  • Mez Clough – drums, backing vocals
  • Colin Griffin – drums, percussion
  • Jeff Lardner – drums
  • Teena Lyle – percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Ben McAuley – percussion
  • Chris J White – tenor saxophone
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • P.J. Proby – vocals
  • Chris Farlowe – vocals
  • Crawford Bell, Dana Masters, Kelly Smiley – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison.

  1. Latest Record Project
  2. Where Have All the Rebels Gone?
  3. Psychoanalysts Ball
  4. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
  5. Tried to Do the Right Thing
  6. The Long Con
  7. Thank God for the Blues
  8. Big Lie
  9. A Few Bars Early
  10. It Hurts Me Too
  11. Only a Song
  12. Diabolic Pressure
  13. Deadbeat Saturday Night
  14. Blue Funk
  15. Double Agent
  16. Double Bind
  17. Love Should Come with a Warning
  18. Breaking the Spell
  19. Up County Down
  20. Duper’s Delight
  21. My Tune After a While
  22. He’s Not the Kingpin
  23. Mistaken Identity
  24. Stop Bitching, Do Something
  25. Western Man
  26. They Own the Media
  27. Why Are You on Facebook
  28. Jealousy

Sharon Van Etten: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

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On May 6, 2022, “Jagjaguwar” label released “We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong”, the sixth Sharon Van Etten studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Daniel Knowles and Sharon Van Etten.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Van Etten – vocals, keyboards, guitar, tambourine, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, recording
  • Devin Hoff – guitar
  • Benji Lysaght – guitar
  • Zachary Dawes – guitar
  • Dave Palmer – piano
  • Charley Damski – synthesizer, guitar, glockenspiel
  • Daniel Knowles – bass, percussion
  • Jorge Balbi – drums, percussion
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Owen Pallett – strings
  • Jorge Balbi – programming 
  • Daniel Knowles – programming, recording
  • Mike Piersante – recording
  • Beatriz Artola – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sharon Van Etten.

  1. Darkness Fades
  2. Home to Me
  3. I’ll Try
  4. Anything
  5. Born
  6. Headspace
  7. Come Back
  8. Darkish
  9. Mistakes
  10. Far Away

Arcade Fire: We

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On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. 

Personnel:

  • Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
  • Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
  • Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
  • Andre Michot – accordion
  • Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
  • Orlando Primo – congas, djembe 
  • Willonson Duprate – congas
  • Louis Michot – fiddle
  • Charlie Gabriel – saxophone 
  • Mark Braud – trumpet
  • Wendell Brunious – trumpet
  • Liza Rey – harp 
  • Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
  • Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
  • Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
  • Helen Gillet – strings
  • Harry Hardin – strings
  • Matt Rhody – strings
  • Sarah Neufeld – strings
  • Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
  • Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
  • Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
  • Michael Brun – additional synthesis
  • Emily Eck – recording
  • Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer 
  • Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
  • Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording 
  • Julia Simpson – additional recording 
  • Owen Pallett – additional recording 
  • James Seymour – additional recording 
  • Mark Lawson – additional recording 
  • Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
  • Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
  • Justin Tocket – recording assistant
  • Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
  • Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
  • Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
  • Joy Stacey – recording assistant
  • Pablo Godin – recording assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing
  • Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
  • Steve Mackey – pre-production
  • JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
  • Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
  • Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
  • Julia Simpson – album creative production
  • Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
  • IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
  • Camille Pajot – studio art director
  • Rick Rose – digitech
  • Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
  • Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
  • EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
  • Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
  • Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
  • Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
  • JF Lalonde – additional photography
  • Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
  • Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
  • Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.

  1. Age of Anxiety I
  2. Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
  3. Prelude
  4. End of the Empire I-III
  5. End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
  6. The Lightning I
  7. The Lightning II
  8. Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
  9. Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
  10. We 

John Scofield: Same

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On May 6, 2022, “ECM” label released the self-titled, the 46th John Scofield album. It was recorded in August 2021, at “Top Story Studio: in Katonah, New York, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Scofield – electric guitar, loops, liner notes
  • Tyler McDiarmid – engineer
  • Christoph Stickel – mastering
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Luciano Rossetti – cover photo
  • Manfred Eicher – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Coral – Keith Jarrett
  2. Honest I Do – John Scofield
  3. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Danny Boy – traditional
  5. Elder Dance – John Scofield
  6. Mrs. Scofield’s Waltz – John Scofield
  7. Junco Partner – traditional
  8. There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  9. My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
  10. Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
  11. Since You Asked – John Scofield
  12. Trance De Jour – John Scofield
  13. You Win Again – Hank Williams

Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks of God

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On April 30, 2021, “Loma Vista” label released “The Million Masks of God”, the sixth Manchester Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Echo Mountain” in Asheville, North Caroliina, “Favorite Gentlemen” in Atlanta, Georgia, “Sound City” in Los Angeles, “Concord Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, Catherine Marks and Ethan Gruska.

Personnel:

  • Andy Hull – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer
  • Robert McDowell – guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Ethan Gruska – keyboards, guitar, percussion, programming
  • Andy Prince – bass guitar
  • Tim Very – drums, percussion
  • Caroline Swon – additional vocals
  • Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
  • Dowell Gandy – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Martens – engineer assistant
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, Ethan Gruska, Andy Prince and Tim Very.

  1. Inaudible
  2. Angel of Death
  3. Keel Timing
  4. Bed Head
  5. Annie
  6. Telepath
  7. Let it Storm
  8. Dinosaur
  9. Obstacle
  10. Way Back
  11. The Internet

Birdy: Young Heart

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On April 30, 2021, “Atlantic” label released “Young Heart”, the fourth Birdy (Jasmine Van den Bogaerde) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Mill Pond Music Studio”, “Moxe Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 53” and “The Church” in London, and was produced by Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Jasmine Van den Bogaerde – vocals, guitar, piano, mellotron, synthesizer, organ, vocal recording
  • Daniel Tashian – synthesizer, bass, mellotron, backing vocals, recording
  • James Ford – synthesizer, 12-string guitar, drums, harmonium, Hammond organ
  • Ian Fitchuk – bass guitar, drums, mellotron, recording
  • Tyler Summers – bass clarinet, flute
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Austin Hoke – cello
  • Rachel Moore – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Mark Stent – mixing
  • Camden Clarke – mixing assistant
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Josh Moore – music editor
  • Jonny Wright – additional production
  • Sara Law – executive production

Track listing:

  1. The Witching Hour – Intro – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Daniel Tashian
  2. Voyager – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  3. Loneliness – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Jamie Scott
  4. The Otherside – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  5. Surrender – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  6. Nobody Knows Me Like You Do – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde
  7. River Song – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  8. Second Hand News – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Jonathan Wright
  9. Deepest Lonely – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Neil Ormandy
  10. Lighthouse – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Rachel Furner
  11. Chopin Waltz in A Minor (Interlude) – Frederic Chopin
  12. Evergreen – Jasmin Van den Bogaerde, Benjamin Jaffe, Wendy Wang
  13. Little Blue – Jasmin Van den Bogaerde, Bastian Langebaek
  14. Celestial Dancers – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Foy Vance, James Ford
  15. New Moon – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian
  16. Young Heart – Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, Ethan Johns

Ted Nugent: Detroit Muscle

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On April 29, 2022, “Pavement Entertainment” label released “Detroit Muscle”, the 18th Ted Nugent album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Michael Lutz, Ted Nugent and Jason Hartless.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent – lead vocals, guitar
  • Greg Smith – bass, backing vocals
  • Jason Hartless – drums, backing vocals
  • Michael Lutz – backing vocals
  • Andy Patalan – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Tim Patalan – engineer
  • Christopher Franchi – artwork
  • Doug Banker – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent.

  1. Detroit Muscle
  2. Come and Take It
  3. Born in the Motorcity
  4. American Campfire
  5. Drivin’ Blind
  6. Just Leave Me Alone
  7. Alaska
  8. Winterspring Summerfall
  9. Leave the Lights On
  10. Feedback Grindfire
  11. Star Spangled Banner

Robin Trower: No More Worlds to Conquer

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On April 29, 2022, “Provogue” label released “No More Worlds To Conquer”, the 26th Robin Trower album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Studio 91” and “Boogie Lab”, and was produced by Robin Trower.

Personnel:

  • Robin Trower – guitar, bass, artwork
  • Richard Watts – vocal
  • Paddy Milner – organ
  • Livingstone Brown – bass, recording, mixing
  • Chris Taggart – drums
  • Sam Winfield – recording
  • Eric Krause – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Trower.

  1. Ball of Fire
  2. No More Worlds to Conquer
  3. Deadly Kiss
  4. Birdsong
  5. Losing You
  6. Waiting for the Rain to Fall
  7. Wither on the Vine
  8. Cloud Across the Sun
  9. Fire to Ashes
  10. The Razors Edge
  11. I Will Always Be Your Shelter

Melody’s Echo Chamber: Emotional Eternal

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On April 29, 2022, “Domino” label released “Emotional Eternal”, the third Melody’s Echo Chamber studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Buller & Bäng” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swahn and Reine Fiske.

Personnel:

  • Melody Prochet – vocal, recording
  • Gustav Ejstes – organ, piano, flute
  • Moussa Fadera – drums
  • Johan Holmegard – drums
  • Josefin Runsteen – strings
  • Fredrik Swahn – recording, mixing
  • Reine Fiske – recording, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Drew Tetz – artwork (phenakistoscope)
  • Diane Sagnier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Melody Prochet, Fredrik Swan and Reine Fiske.

  1. Emotional Eternal
  2. Looking Backward
  3. Pyramids in the Clouds
  4. The Hypnotist
  5. Personal Message
  6. Where the Water Clears the Illision
  7. A Slow Dawning of Peace
  8. Alma the Voyage