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Peter Gabriel: I/O

On December 1, 2023, “Real World” label released “I/O”, the tenth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – December 2022, at “Rexall Place” in Edmonton, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “British Grove” and “Copper House” in London, “High Seas” in Johannesburg, “Alfvénsalen” in Uppsala, “Fonoprint” in Bologna, and was produced by Peter Gabriel, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – lead, treated and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synths, programming, percussion, manipulated charango, glass harp, orchestral arrangements, choir arrangements, design concept
  • David Rhodes – guitars, acoustic and 12 string guitars, backing vocals
  • Katie May – acoustic guitar, percussion, synths, rhythm programming, guitar effects, engineer
  • Richard Evans – mandolin, D whistle
  • Tom Cawley – piano
  • Oli Jacobs – piano, synths, programming, engineer
  • Brian Eno – synths, manipulated guitars, ukulele, percussion, bells, rhythm programming and progressing, electric worms
  • Angie Pollock – synths
  • Tony Levin – basses
  • Don-E – bass synth
  • Ron Aslan – additional synths
  • Manu Katche – drums
  • Steve Gadd – brush loop
  • Ged Lynch – percussion
  • Oli Middleton – percussion
  • Hans-Martin Buff – additional percussion, synths
  • Richard Russell – filtered percussion
  • Evan Smith – saxophone
  • Josh Shpak – trumpet
  • Paolo Fresu – trumpet
  • Linnea Olson – cello
  • Melanie Gabriel – backing vocals
  • Rioghnach Connolly – backing vocals
  • Jennie Abrahamson – backing vocals
  • Richard Chappell – programming
  • Andrew Crowley – trumpet
  • Andy Wood – tenor trombone, euphonium
  • Tracy Holloway – tenor trombone
  • Richard Henry – bass trombone
  • David Powell – tuba
  • David Pyatt, Richard Bissill – French horn
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Charles Mutter, Cathy Thompson, Natalia Bonner, Richard George, Marianne Haynes, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon – violin
  • Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, Rachel Roberts – viola
  • Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, Chris Allan – cello
  • Chris Laurence, Stacey Watton, Lucy Shaw – double basses
  • John Metcalfe – orchestra conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Everton Nelson – orchestra leader
  • Ed Shearmur – orchestral arrangements
  • The Soweto Gospel Choir: Linda Sambo, Nobuhle Dhlamini, Phello Jiyane, Victoria Sithole – soprano
  • Maserame Ndindwa, Phumla Nkhumeleni, Zanele Ngwenya, Duduzile Ngomane – alto
  • George Kaudi, Vusimuzi Shabalala, Xolani Ntombela, Victor Makhathini – tenor
  • Thabang Mkhwanazi, Goodwill Modawu, Warren Mahlangu, Fanizile Nzuza – bass
  • Phello Jiyane (soprano), Duduzile Ngomane (alto), Vusimuzi Shabalala (tenor), Fanizile Nzuza (bass), Victor Makhathini (male voice Zulu improvisations), Phumla Nkhumeleni (female ululating and chanting) – soloist
  • Bongani (Honey) Ncube – musical director, vocal arrangements
  • Cecilia Rydinger – conductor, choir arrangements
  • Dom Shaw – choir arrangements, engineer assistant
  • Richard Chappell – pre-production engineer
  • Lewis Jones – engineer
  • Jacques Du Plessis – engineer
  • John Foyle – engineer
  • Erland von Heijne – engineer
  • Antonello D’Urso – engineer
  • Faye Dolle – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Hans-Martin Buff – Dolby Atmos mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Nadav Kander – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel.

“I/O” digital and CD version track listing (Bright-Side Mix)

  1. Panopticum
  2. The Court
  3. Playing for Time
  4. I/O
  5. Four Kinds of Horses
  6. Road to Joy
  7. So Much
  8. Olive Tree
  9. Love Can Heal
  10. This Is Home
  11. And Still
  12. Live and Let Live

Trevor Horn: Echoes: Ancient And Modern

On December 1, 2023, “Deutsche Grammophon” label released “Echoes: Ancient & Modern”, the fifth Trevor Horn album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Trevor Horn – keyboards, guitar, double bass, bass guitar, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Iggy Pop – vocals
  • Tori Amos – vocals, piano, vocal production
  • Toyah – vocals
  • Seal – vocals
  • Lady Blackbird – vocals
  • Rick Astley – vocals
  • Marc Almond – vocals
  • Andrea Corr – vocals
  • Jack Lukerman – vocals
  • Steve Hogarth – vocals
  • Hayley Sanderson – vocals, backing vocals
  • Robert Fripp – guitar
  • Lol Crème – guitar
  • Phoebe Lunny – guitar
  • Alex McArthur – guitar
  • Simon Bloor – guitar, keyboards
  • Phil Palmer – guitar
  • Alan Connor – piano
  • Alan Clark – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Jimmy Wood – harmonica
  • Jon Evans – bass guitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac – bass, keyboards
  • Ash Soan – drums
  • Earl Harvin – drums
  • Alex Torjussen – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Calum Landau – percussion
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet
  • Tashya Lorien – backing vocals, vocal production
  • Izzy Chase – backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Bryan Chambers – backing vocals
  • Louise Marshall – backing vocals
  • Mica Paris – backing vocals
  • Jesper Nielsen – programming
  • Tim Weidner – programming
  • Dave McCracken – programming
  • Julian Hinton – string arrangements
  • George Oulton – engineer
  • Mat Bartram – engineer
  • Alex McArthur – engineer
  • Luis Gómez – engineer
  • Max Bisgrove – engineer
  • Tim Weidner – engineer, mixing
  • Jesper Nielsen – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Mark Hawley – engineer, additional production
  • Sidney Claire Meyer – mastering
  • Aaron Horn – recording arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Swimming Pools (Drank) – Kendrick Lamar, Nikhil Seetharam, Tyler Williams
  2. Steppin’ Out – Joe Jackson
  3. Owner of a Lonely Heart – Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire
  4. Slave to the Rhythm – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson, Bruce Woolley
  5. Love Is a Battlefield – Michael Chapman, Holly Knight
  6. Personal Jesus – Martin Gore
  7. Drive – Ric Ocasek
  8. Relax – Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole
  9. White Wedding – Billy Idol
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  11. Avalon – Bryan Ferry

Joe Jackson: What A Racket!

On November 24, 2023, “earMusic” label released “What a Racket!”, the 21st Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Patrick Dillett and Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – recording supervision
  • Max Champion – baritone voice, arrangements
  • Albert Bonehill – first violin
  • Bessie Macdermott – second violin
  • Harry Penrose – viola
  • Hetty Leno – violoncello
  • Eugene Robey – contrabass
  • Jack Chevalier – drums, cymbals, pots, pans, Maltese gong
  • Vesta Merson – flute, piccolo
  • Dan Fyffe – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Gus Leybourne – trumpet
  • George Tilley – trombone
  • B. Waldorf – pianoforte
  • Patrick Dillett – recording supervision
  • David Lawrence – character depiction
  • Type Twenty Five – typography, graphic embellishments

Track listing:

All tracks by (Max Champion fictional music hall performer) – Joe Jackson

  1. (Overture): Why, Why, Why?
  2. The Sporting Life
  3. Dear Old Mum – A London-Irish Lament
  4. Monty Mundy (Is Maltese)!
  5. The Shades of Night
  6. What a Racket!
  7. The Bishop and the Actress
  8. Think of the Show – A Thespian’s Lament
  9. Never So Nice in the Morning
  10. Health & Safety
  11. Worse Things Happen at Sea

Vince Clarke: Songs Of Silence

On November 17, 2023, “Mute” label released “Songs of Silence”, the third Vince Clarke studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2023, and was produced by Vince Clarke.

Personnel:

  • Vince Clarke – modular synthesizer, mixing
  • Stefan Betke – mastering
  • Paul A. Taylor – art direction
  • Eugene Richards – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vince Clarke, except where noted.

  1. Cathedral
  2. White Rabbit
  3. Passage
  4. Imminent
  5. Red Planet
  6. The Lamentations of Jeremiah” – Vince Clarke, Reed Hays
  7. Mitosis
  8. Blackleg
  9. Scarper
  10. Last Transmission

Juliana Hatfield: Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO

On November 17, 2023, “American Laundromat” label released “Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO”, the twentieth Juliana Hatfield studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Juliana Hatfield.

Personnel:

  • Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, additional drums, recording
  • Ed Valauskas – bass guitar, recording, editing, photography
  • Jed Davis – drums
  • Chris Anzalone – recording
  • James Bridges – recording
  • Andy Chase – recording
  • Patrick DiCenso – mixing
  • Sean Glonek – mastering
  • Nicole Anguish – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

  1. Sweet Is the Night
  2. Can’t Get It Out of My Head
  3. Showdown
  4. Strange Magic
  5. Don’t Bring Me Down
  6. Telephone Line
  7. Secret Messages
  8. Bluebird Is Dead
  9. From the End of the World
  10. Ordinary Dream 

Beirut: Hadsel

On November 19, 2023, “Pompeii” label released “Hadsel”, the sixth studio Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Zach Condon.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon (Zachary F. Condon) – trumpet, modular synthesizer, French horn, church organ, pump organ, glockenspiel, Moog Voyager, baritone ukulele, Rhythm Ace drum machine, piano, tenor ukulele, electric organ, continuo organ, tape delay, accordion, Roland RS-505, Roland Jupiter, percussion, bells, Auto-Orchestra drum machine, recording, mixing
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Francesco Donadello – mastering
  • Lina Gaisser – artwork, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Zachary F. Condon.

  1. Hadsel
  2. Arctic Forest
  3. Baion
  4. So Many Plans
  5. Melbu
  6. Stokmarkness
  7. Island Life
  8. Spillhaugen
  9. January 18th
  10. Süddeutsches Ton-Bild-Studio
  11. The Tern
  12. Regulatory

Daneshevskaya: Long Is The Tunnel

On November 10, 2023, “Winspear” label released “Long Is the Tunnel”, the debut Daneshevskaya studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Ruben Radlauer, Artur Szerejko and Hayden Ticehurst.

Personnel:

  • Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman – vocals
  • Madeline Leshner – keyboards
  • Artur Szerejko – guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Hayden Ticehurst – synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Ruben Radlauer – drums, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Lewis Evans – saxophone
  • Finnegan Shanahan – violin
  • Winona Hudec – layout, design
  • Marcus Maddox – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman, except where noted.

  1. Challenger Deep
  2. Somewhere in the Middle
  3. Bougainvillea – Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman, Madeline Leshner
  4. Big Bird
  5. Pink Mold
  6. ROY G BIV
  7. Ice Pigeon

Drop Nineteens: Hard Light

On November 3, 2023, “Wharf Cat” label released “Hard Light”, the third Drop Nineteens studio albums. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Greg Ackell and Steve Zimmerman.

Personnel:

  • Greg Ackell – vocals, guitar, artwork, design
  • Paula Kelley – vocals, guitar
  • Motohiro Yasue – guitar
  • Steve Zimmerman – bass guitar, engineer
  • Pete Koeplin – drums
  • Max Rose – tenor and baritone saxophone, additional engineering
  • Aaron Tap – additional engineering
  • Brian Charles – mixing
  • Carl Saff – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Greg Ackell, all music by Greg Ackell, Steve Zimmerman, Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue and Peter Koeplin, except where noted.

  1. Hard Light
  2. Scapa Flow
  3. Gal
  4. Tarantula
  5. The Price Was High
  6. Rose with Smoke
  7. A Hitch
  8. Lookout
  9. Another One Another
  10. Policeman Getting Lost – arranged by Paula Kelley, music and lyrics by the Clientele
  11. T

Lol Tolhurst, Budgie And Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles

On November 3, 2023, “PIAS Recordings” label released “Los Angeles”, album by Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee. It was recorded in Jacknife Lee’s home studio, in Topanga, California, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnel:

  • Jacknife Lee – voice, drums, percussion, vibraphone, keyboards, loops, synth, guitar, bass, recorder, engineer, mixing
  • Budgie – voice, drums, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
  • Laurence Tolhurst – drums, percussion, vibraphone, synth, loops, photography
  • The Edge – guitar
  • Jordan Katz – horns
  • Pan Amsterdam  – voice, trumpet
  • Davide Rossi – strings
  • Arrow De Wilde, Betsey Lee, Bobby Gillespie, Esme Lee, Isaac Brock, James Murphy, Lonnie Holley – voice
  • Matt Bishop – engineer
  • John Davis – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All lyrics as noted, all music by Budgie, Jacknife Lee and Lol Tolhurst.

  1. This is What It Is (To Be Free) – Bobby Gillespie, Jacknife Lee
  2. Los Angeles – James Murphy
  3. Uh Oh – Arrow de Wilde
  4. Ghosted at Home – Bobby Gillespie
  5. Train with No Station – Lol Tolhurst, Gray Tolhurst
  6. Bodies – Lonnie Holley
  7. Everything and Nothing
  8. Travel Channel – Pan Amsterdam
  9. Country of the Blind – Bobby Gillespie
  10. The Past (Being Eaten)
  11. We Got to Move – Isaac Brock
  12. Noche Oscura
  13. Skins – James Murphy

Bar Italia: The Twits

On November 3, 2023, “Matador” label released “The Twits”, the fourth Bar Italia studio album. It was recorded February – April 2023, at band’s home studio in Mallorca, Spain, and was produced by Nina Cristante, Jezmi Fehmi and Sam Fenton.

Personnel:

  • Nina Cristante – vocals, engineer
  • Sam Fenton – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Jezmi Taril Fehmi – vocals, guitar
  • Marta Salogni – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Nina Cristante, Jezmi Fehmi, and Sam Fenton.

  1. My Little Tony
  2. Real House Wibes (Desperate House Vibes)
  3. Twist
  4. World’s Greatest Emoter
  5. Calm Down with Me
  6. Shoo
  7. Que Surprise
  8. Hi Fiver
  9. Brush w Faith
  10. Glory Hunter
  11. Sounds Like You Had to Be There
  12. Jelsy
  13. Bibs