Tag Archives: 2023

Joe Jackson: What A Racket!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Robin Trower & Sari Schorr: Joyful Sky

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On October 27, 2023, “Provogue” label released “Joyful Sky”, album by Robin Trower and Sari Schorr. It was recorded in 2023, at “Studio 91” in Newbury, Berkshire, England,   and was produced by Robin Trower.

Personnel:

  • Robin Trower – guitar, bass, artwork
  • Sari Schorr – vocals
  • Adrian Gautrey – keyboards
  • Chris Taggart – drums
  • Sam Winfield – recoding, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Burn
  2. I’ll Be Moving On
  3. The Distance
  4. Peace of Mind
  5. Change It
  6. Joyful Sky
  7. Need for You
  8. The Circle Is Complete
  9. Flatter To Deceive
  10. I Will Always Be Your Shelter

The Kills: God Games

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On October 27, 2023, “Domino” label released “God Games”, the sixth Kills (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “The Church” in London, “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Sweetzerland” in Los Angeles, and was produced  Paul Epworth and Jamie Hince.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Hince – performance, artwork, photography
  • Alison Mosshart – performance, photography
  • Fred Martin – choir vocal arrangement, choir vocals
  • Zharia Clausell – choir vocals
  • Tiana Paul – choir vocals
  • Tai Philips – choir vocals
  • Tunay Raymond – choir vocals
  • Riley MacIntyre – additional production, engineer, mixing
  • Robert Adam Stevenson – additional engineering
  • Chiara Ferracuti – engineer assistant
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Adam Wong – mixing
  • Colin Leonard – mastering
  • Rachel Briggs – cover painting
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Paul J. Street – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart.

  1. New York
  2. Going to Heaven
  3. LA Hex
  4. Love and Tenderness
  5. 103
  6. My Girls My Girls
  7. Wasterpiece
  8. Kingdom Come
  9. God Games
  10. Blank
  11. Bullet Sound
  12. Better Days