Tag Archives: 2022

Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor

On April 8, 2022, “Edition Records” label released “Forest Floor”, the third Fergus McCreadie studio album. It was recorded in July 2021, at “Quiet Money Studios” in Hastings, England, and was produced by Fergus McCreadie. In 2022, “Forest Floor” won the “Scottish Album of the Year” award.

Personnel:

  • Fergus McCreadie – piano
  • David Bowden – double bass
  • Stephen Henderson – drums
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer
  • James McMillan – recording, mixing
  • Michael Scherchen – mastering
  • Oli Bentley – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Fergus McCreadie.

  1. Law Hill
  2. The Unfurrowed Field
  3. Morning Moon
  4. Landslide
  5. Forest Floor
  6. The Ridge
  7. White Water
  8. Glade

Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers: Spencer Gets It Lit

On April 1, 2022, “Bronzerat” and “Shove Records” labels released “Spencer Gets It Lit”, a studio album by Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Bill Skibbe and Jon Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Jon Spencer – lead vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Sam Coomes – vocals, synth
  • M. Sord – drums
  • Bob Bert – percussion
  • Bill Skibbe – mixing
  • Dave Gardner – mastering
  • Katie Skelly – artwork
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Bob Coscarelli – photography
  • Brian Fox – producer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Spencer.

  1. Junk Man
  2. Get It Right Now
  3. Death Ray
  4. The Worst Facts
  5. Primary Baby
  6. Worm Town
  7. Bruise
  8. Lavabout Trap
  9. Push Comes to Shove
  10. My Hit Parade
  11. Rotting Money
  12. Strike 3
  13. Get Up & Do It
  14. Germ Vs. Jerk
  15. The Devil’s Ice Age

The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Unlimited Love

On April 1, 2022, “Warner Bros” label released “Unlimited Love”, the twelfth Red Hot Chili Peppers (The) album. It was recorded November 2020 – August 2021, at “Shangril-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
  • John Frusciante – co-lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, Mellotron
  • Flea – bass, piano, trumpet
  • Chad Smith – drums, percussion, tambourine, bass, shaker
  • Mathew Tollings – piano
  • Cory Henry – organ
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Josh Johnson – saxophone
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet
  • Vikram Devasthali – trombone
  • Aura T-09 – backing vocals
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer
  • Phillip Broussard Jr. – engineer
  • Jason Lader – engineer
  • Ethan Mates – engineer
  • Dylan Neustadter – engineer
  • Jonathan Pfarr – engineer assistant
  • Chaz Sexton – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Hewitt – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – vinyl mastering
  • Vlado Meller – CD and digital mastering
  • Jeremy Lubsey – CD and digital mastering assistant
  • Chris Warren – band technician
  • Henry Trejo – band technician
  • Lawrence Malchose – studio technician
  • Charlie Bolois – studio technician
  • Gage Freeman – co-ordinator production
  • Eric Lynn – co-originator production
  • Sami Bañuelos – band assistant
  • Sarah Zoraya and Aura T-09 – design
  • Clara Balzary – photography

Track listing:

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

  1. Black Summer
  2. Here Ever After
  3. Aquatic Mouth Gance
  4. Not the One
  5. Poster Child
  6. The Great Apes
  7. It’s Only Natural
  8. She’s a Lover
  9. These Are the Ways
  10. Whatchu Thinkin’
  11. Bastards of Light
  12. White Braids & Pillow Chair
  13. One Way Traffic
  14. Veronica
  15. Let ‘Em Cry
  16. The Heavy Wing
  17. Tengelo

Sakanaction: Adapt

On March 30, 2022, “NF records” label released “Adapt”, the eighth Sakanaction studio album.

Personnel:

  • Ichirō Yamaguchi – vocals, guitar
  • Motoharu Iwadera – guitar]
  • Ami Kusakari – bass, keyboards
  • Emi Okazaki – keyboards
  • Keiichi Ejima – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ichirō Yamaguchi.

  1. To
  2. Caravan
  3. Tsuki no Wan
  4. Plateau
  5. Shock!
  6. Eurynome
  7. Shandy Gaff
  8. Friendly

Aldous Harding: Warm Chris

On March 25, 2022, “4AD” label released “Warm Chris”, the fourth Aldous Harding studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by John Parish.

Personnel:

  • Aldous Harding – vocals, acoustic guitar, humming, piano, electric piano, bell
  • H. Hawkline – vocals, banjo, Fender Rhodes, guitar, electric guitar, bass,  Hammond organ, design, layout, photography
  • John Parish – vocals, bass, drums, Fender Rhodes, electric guitar, humming, keyboards, mixing, Hammond organ, percussion, producer, shaker, slide guitar, tambourine
  • Seb Rochford – drums
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – baritone saxophone, flugelhorn, horn
  • Jason Williamson – vocals
  • Hopey Parish – vocals
  • Ali Chant – vocals, mixing
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Steve Prescott – photographer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Aldous Harding.

  1. Ennui
  2. Tick Tock
  3. Fever
  4. Warm Chris
  5. Lawn
  6. Passion Babe
  7. She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
  8. Staring at the Henry Moore
  9. Bubbles
  10. Leathery Whip

Placebo: Never Let Me Go

On March 25, 2022, “So Recordings” label released “Never Let Me Go”, the eighth Placebo studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, and was produced by Adam Noble, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko – vocals, electric guitar, drum machine, keyboards, loops, percussion, synthesizer, whip, creative direction
  • Stefan Olsdal – electric bass, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, engineer
  • Matthew Lunn – drums
  • Pietro Garrone – drums
  • Adam Noble – programming, engineer, mixing
  • William Lloyd – programming, keyboard programming, engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Cody Jet Molko – backing vocals
  • Phil Lee – creative direction, design
  • Rachel Bungey – design
  • Stuart Ford – design
  • Mads Perch – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal, except where noted.

  1. Forever Chemicals – Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Steve Ludwin
  2. Beautiful James
  3. Hugz
  4. Happy Birthday in the Sky
  5. The Prodigal
  6. Surrpunded by Spies
  7. Try Better Next Time
  8. Sad White Reggae
  9. Twin Demons
  10. Chemtrails
  11. This Is What You Wanted
  12. Went Missing
  13. Fix Yourself – Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, William Lloyd

Kid Rock: Bad Reputation

On March 21, 2022, “Top Dog Records” label released “Bad Reputation”, the twelfth Kid Rock studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “The Allen Roadhouse” in Clarkston, Michigan, “Dixie Ridge” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Kid Rock.

Personnel:

  • Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie Sr.) – acoustic guitar, keyboards, B3 Organ, drums, percussion, programming, turntables, backing vocals
  • Monster Truck
  • Ed Jurdi – acoustic guitar
  • Gordy Quist – acoustic guitar
  • T.J. Watson – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dean James – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gannin Arnold – electric guitar
  • Gordy Quist – electric guitar
  • Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
  • Nathan Young – electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Vinnie Dombroski – electric guitar
  • Nick Bockrath – electric guitar
  • Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
  • Russ Phal – pedal steel guitar
  • Gordan Mote – piano
  • Jim “Moose” Brown – piano, B3 Organ
  • Dave Cohen – piano, B3 Organ, keyboards, synths
  • Jimmie “Bones” Trombly – piano, keyboards, B3 Organ, harmonica
  • Peter Keys – keyboards
  • Jim Jonsin – keyboards
  • Marlon Young – bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Alison Prestwood – bass guitar
  • Scott Davis – bass guitar
  • Mark Hill – bass guitar
  • Tony Lucido – bass guitar
  • David Roe Rorick – bass, drums
  • Jerry Roe – drums
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Miles McPherson – drums
  • John “Rook” Cappelletty – drums
  • Richard Millsap – drums
  • Mark Douthit – saxophone
  • Max Abrams – saxophone
  • Tim Watson – fiddle
  • Herschel Boone – backing vocals
  • Shannon Curfman – backing vocals
  • Gretchen Wilson – backing vocals
  • Robert James – backing vocals
  • Perry Coleman – backing vocals
  • Kate Falcon – backing vocals
  • Victoria Camp – backing vocals
  • Amanda Gene Rowland – backing vocals
  • Stacy Michelle – backing vocals
  • Peter G Abbott – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Kid Rock.

  1. Don’t Tell Me How to Live
  2. We the People
  3. My Kind of Country
  4. Bad Reputation
  5. Never Quit
  6. Shakedown
  7. Rockin’
  8. The Last Dance
  9. See You Again
  10. Still Somethin’
  11. She’s Your Baby (Now Rock Her)
  12. Never Enough
  13. Everything to Me
  14. Cold Beer
  15. Ala-Fuckin-Bama
  16. Am What I Am
  17. The Nashville I Know
  18. Fifty

Feeder: Torpedo

On March 18, 2022, “Big Teeth Music” label released “Torpedo”, the eleventh Feeder studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Tim Roe and Grant Nicholas.

Personnel:

  • Grant Nicholas – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
  • Taka Hirose – bass
  • Karl Brazil – drums
  • Geoff Holroyde – drums, percussion
  • Tim Rice – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Brian Sperber – keyboards

Track listing:

  1. The Healing
  2. Torpedo
  3. When It All Breaks Down
  4. Magpie
  5. Hide and Seek
  6. Decompress
  7. Wall of Science
  8. Slow Strings
  9. Born to Love You
  10. Submission
  11. Desperate Hour

Sea Girls: Homesick

On March 18, 2022, “Polydor” label released “Homesick”, the second Sea Girls studio album. It was recorded in November 2020 – April 2021, at “The Garage Topanga Canyon” in Los Angeles, “Stustustudio” in Brixton, and “Octagon” in London, and was produced by Jonny Coffer, Larry Hibbit, Jacknife Lee and Cass Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Henry Camamile – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Rory Young – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Andrew Dawson – bass, backing vocals
  • Oliver Khan – drums, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jacknife Lee – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, electric guitar, percussion, programming, engineer
  • Larry Hibbitt – keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, percussion, strings, string arrangement
  • Jonathan Green – piano
  • Cass Lowe – keyboards, percussion, programming
  • Davide Rossi – strings, string arrangement
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Luke Burgoyne – programming
  • Charles Hayden Hicks – programming
  • Alex O’Donovan – engineer
  • James Mottershead – engineer
  • Luke Ferrero – engineer assistant
  • Larry Hibbitt – engineer, mixing, tape realization
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing, mixing assistant
  • Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing, mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Hometown – Henry Camamile, Nick Hahn
  2. Sick – Henry Camamile, Nick Hahn
  3. Lonely – Henry Camamile, Jonny Coffer
  4. Someone’s Daughter Someone’s Son – Henry Camamile, Jacknife Lee, Justin Parker, Rich Cooper
  5. Sleeping With You – Henry Camamile, Jon Green
  6. Paracematol Blues – Cass Lowe, Henry Camamile
  7. Again Again – Henry Camamile, Gez O’Connell, Luke Fitton
  8. Lucky – Henry Camamile, Kieran Shudall
  9. Higher – Henry Camamile, Jacknife Lee, Justin Hayward Young
  10. Cute Guys – Henry Camamile, Max Wolfgang
  11. Friends – Henry Camamile, Oliver Khan, Rory Young