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Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear

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On January 10, 2025, “Domino” label released “The Human Fear”, the sixth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “AYR” in Scotland, and was produced by Mike Ralph.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Dino Bardot – guitar, backing vocals
  • Julian Corrie – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bob Hardy – bass
  • Audrey Tait – drums, percussion
  • Clara Luciani – backing vocals
  • Gemma Chester – engineer
  • Josh Green – engineer
  • Anthony Ryan Denton – engineer assistant
  • Mark Ralph – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Kapranos, except where noted.

  1. Audacious
  2. Everydaydreamer – Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie
  3. The Doctor –Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie, Dino Bardot
  4. Hooked – Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  5. Build It Up –Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  6. Night or Day
  7. Tell Me I Should Stay
  8. Cats
  9. Black Eyelashes
  10. Bar Lonely – Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy
  11. The Birds

Ringo Starr: Look Up

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On January 10, 2025, “Universal Music Enterprise” label released “Look Up”, the twenty-first Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion, whistling
  • T Bone Burnett – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-string bass
  • Daniel Tashian – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string lead guitar, woodblock , 6-string bass, piano, harmony vocals
  • Billy Strings – harmony vocal, lead acoustic guitar, guitars, electric guitar
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Joe Walsh – slide guitar
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars
  • Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar, clarinet
  • Molly Tuttle – harmony and duet vocal, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin
  • Colin Linden – resonator guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Rebecca Lovell – mandolin, backing vocals
  • Andy Cata – piano
  • Mike Rojas – piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Dennis Crouch – bass
  • David Mansfield – string arrangement
  • Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – backing vocals
  • Megan Lovell – backing vocals
  • Alison Krauss – harmony vocal
  • Bruce Sugar – engineer
  • Michael Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiwicz – engineer
  • Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineer assistant
  • David Paulin – engineer assistant
  • Grant Wilson – engineer assistant
  • Joanna Finley – engineer assistant
  • Karl Wingate – engineer assistant
  • Michelle Freetly – engineer assistant
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. Breathless
  2. Look Up – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
  3. Time on My Hands – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian, Paul Kennerley
  4. Never Let Me Go
  5. I Live for Your Love – T-Bone Burnet, Bill Swan
  6. Come Back
  7. Can You Hear me Calling
  8. Rosetta
  9. You Want Some – Bill Swan
  10. String Theory – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
  11. Thankful – Bruce Sugar, Richard Starkey

White Denim: 12

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On December 6, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “12”, the twelfth White Denim studio album.

Personnel:

  • James Petralli – lead vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Michael Hunter
  • Tameca Jones – vocals
  • Jessie Payo – vocals
  • Josh Block
  • Finom
  • Eric Slick
  • Jared Samuel
  • Cat Clemons 

Track listing:

  1. Light On
  2. Econolining
  3. Flash Bare Ass
  4. Cat City #2
  5. Look Good
  6. Second Dimension
  7. I Still Exist
  8. Your Future as God
  9. Swinging Door
  10. We Can Move Along
  11. Hand Out Giving
  12. Precious Child

Father John Misty: Mahashmashana

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On November 22, 2024, “Sub Pop” label released “Mahashmashana”, the sixth Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Five Star”, “United Recording” and “East / West” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Josh Tillman and Drew Erickson.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman – vocals, performance, mixing, art direction
  • Drew Erickson – performance, arrangements
  • Jonathan Wilson – performance, additional mixing, executive production
  • Dan Bailey – performance
  • Eli Thomson – performance
  • David Vandervelde – performance
  • Chris Dixie Darley – performance
  • Jon Titterington – performance
  • Kyle Flynn – performance
  • Fletcher Sheridan – choir, choral conductor
  • Suzanne Waters – choir, soprano solo
  • Kathryn Shuman – choir
  • Kim Dawson – choir
  • Ann Sheridan – choir
  • Valerie Tambaoan – choir
  • Laura Flores Jackman – choir
  • Adam Faruqi – choir
  • Jarrett Johnson – choir
  • David Loucks – choir
  • Matthew Lewis – choir
  • Will Goldman – choir
  • Connor “Catfish” Gallaher – pedal steel
  • Benji – guitar
  • Alan Sparhawk – guitar
  • Dan Higgins – saxophone, flute
  • Logan Hone – saxophone
  • Jacob Scesney – saxophone
  • Tony Barba – saxophone
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Steve Holtman – trombone
  • Danielle Ondarza – French horn
  • Mark Hollingsworth – clarinet, flute
  • The Nona Quartet
  • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
  • Wynton Grant – violin
  • Zach Dillinger – viola
  • Jacob Braun – cello 
  • Christine Kim – cello
  • Grant Milliken – additional engineering
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Gabe Veltri – additional engineering
  • Jacob Kell – additional engineering
  • Franky Fox – additional engineering
  • Logan Taylor – additional engineering
  • Scott Moore – additional engineering
  • Sam Plecker – additional engineering
  • Dan Bailey – additional engineering
  • BJ Burton – mixing, additional production
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
  • Joe Roberts – artwork
  • Alex Kweskin – back cover photography
  • Evan Laffer – liner notes

Track listing:

All lyrics by Josh Tolman.

  1. Mahashmashana – Josh Tillman
  2. She Cleans Up – Josh Tillman, Oscar Carls, Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Linus Hillborg, Henrik Höckert, Elias Jungqvist, Sebastian Murphy, Tor Sjödén
  3. Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose – Josh Tillman
  4. Mental Health – Josh Tillman, Drew Erickson
  5. Screamland – Josh Tillman
  6. Being You – Josh Tillman, Zach Tillman, David Vandervelde
  7. I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All – Josh Tillman
  8. Summer’s Gone – Josh Tillman, Drew Erickson

Michael Kiwanuka: Small Chages

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On November 22, 2024, “Polydor” label released “Small Changes”, the fourth Michael Kiwanuka studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo.

Personnel:

  • Michael Kiwanuka – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, Wurlitzer, piano, drums
  • Inflo – drums, piano, backing vocals, keyboards, Rhodes, synthesizer, bass guitar
  • James Payne – electric slide guitar 
  • Jimmy Jam – organ, Hammond organ
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Brian Burton – drums, synthesizer programming
  • Alecia Chakour – backing vocals
  • Stevvi Alexander – backing vocals
  • LaVance Colley – backing vocals
  • Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocals
  • Emily Holligan – backing vocals
  • Simone Richards – backing vocals
  • Rosie Danvers – string arrangements
  • Pete Anthony – orchestra conductor
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer, mixing
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer
  • Tom Hardistry – strings engineering, strings recording
  • Chandler Harrod – strings recording
  • Alex Kalteziotis – engineer assistant
  • Brian Bair – engineer assistant
  • Dave Clarke – engineer assistant
  • Emily Reeves – engineer assistant
  • Emma Marks – engineer assistant
  • Jacob Spitzer – engineer assistant
  • Max Anstruther – engineer assistant
  • Noah Rastegar – engineer assistant
  • Rich Wheeler – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Nelson – engineer assistant
  • Rich Wheeler – strings engineer assistant
  • Ryan Nelson – strings engineer assistant
  • Dave Clarke – strings engineer assistant
  • Brian Bair – strings engineer assistant
  • Ben Baptie – additional engineering
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Yout – art
  • Marcus Grey – photography, creative direction
  • Jeremy Ngatho Cole – creative direction, design
  • Jude Amponsah – design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Michael Kiwanuka, Brian Burton, and Dean Josiah Cover, except where noted.

  1. Floating Parade
  2. Small Changes
  3. One and Only
  4. Rebel Soul
  5. Lowdown (Part I)
  6. Lowdown (Part II)
  7. Follow Your Dreams
  8. Live for Your Love
  9. Stay By My Side
  10. The Rest of Me
  11. Four Long Years – Michael Kiwanuka, Brian Burton

Elvis Costello & T Bone Burnett: The Coward Brothers

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On November 21, 2024, “New West” label released “The Coward Brothers”, album by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett. It was recorded in 2024, at “Electric Lady” in New York, “East Iris” and “Blackbird” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett (as Henry and Howard Coward).

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello (as Howard Coward) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, upright piano, organ, sounds, electric bass, tambourine, drums, whistle, bass drum, handclaps, drum machine, Moog synthesizer, grand piano, congas, percussion
  • T Bone Burnett (as Henry Coward) – vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, six-string bass, electric sitar
  • Christopher Guest (as Christopher Guest-Coward) – vocals, “missiles”, acoustic guitar
  • Colin Linden – electric sitar, electric guitar, slide dobro 
  • Dennis Crouch – double bass 
  • Russell Pahl – pedal steel
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Paul Kowert – arco bass 
  • Diana Krall (as Jean Coward) – upright piano, grand piano
  • “Peter Coward” – military drum 
  • “Dexter Coward” – gunshots
  • “Concepta Collins” – heels
  • Rachael Moore – mixing, recording
  • Michael Piersante – mixing, recording
  • Gavin Larssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – vinyl mastering
  • Billy Theriot – additional engineering
  • Miek Stankiewicz – additional engineering
  • Collin Bryson – engineer assistant
  • Austin Brown – engineer assistant
  • Karl Wingate – engineer assistant
  • Eddie Roberts – engineer assistant
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination
  • Drew Christie – illustrations
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. Always – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  2. Like Licorice – Elvis Costello
  3. My Baby Just Squeals (You Heel) – Elvis Costello
  4. The Devil’s Wife – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  5. Tipsy Woman – Elvis Costello
  6. My baby Just Purrs (You’re Mine, Not Hers) – Elvis Costello
  7. My Baby Just Whistles (Here Comes the Missiles) Elvis Costello
  8. World Serious – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  9. Early Shirley – Elvis Costello
  10. Yesteryear Is Near – Elvis Costello
  11.  Birkenhead Girl – Elvis Costello
  12. Smoke-Ring Angel – Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  13. Wooden Woman – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  14. (I Don’t Want Your) – Lyndon Johnson – Elvis Costello
  15. Lotta Money – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  16. Pure Bubblegum – Elvis Costello
  17. Cathy Com Home – Elvis Costello
  18. Bygones – T Bone Burnett
  19. Row Me Once – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  20. Clown Around Town – Elvis Costello

Primal Scream: Come Ahead

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On November 8, 2024, “BMG” label released “Come Ahead”, the twelfth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by David Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals
  • Andrew Innes – guitar, mandolin, synthesizer
  • Simone Butler – spoken word
  • Anna Caragnano – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Renee Alleyne – rap vocals, spoken word
  • Daniel Gethin – alto vocals
  • Josh Quinlan – baritone vocals
  • Sophie Ellis – soprano vocals
  • Matthew Minter – tenor vocals
  • Cian Nugent – guitar
  • Alex White – piano, horn, saxophone
  • Daniel Thomas – piano
  • Benjamin Darvill – harmonica 
  • Darrin Morris – keyboards
  • David Holmes – keyboards, loops
  • Brian Irvine – keyboards, conductor
  • Dan Bodwel – double bass
  • Maeve Sheil – double bass
  • Paul Stephens – double bass
  • Jason Falkner – bass guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Emre Ramanzanoglu – drums
  • Davey Chegwidden – percussion
  • Bogdan Sofei – violin
  • Larissa O’Grady – violin
  • Cillian O’Breachin – violin
  • David O’Doherty – violin
  • Nina Lin – violin
  • Emma Masterson – violin
  • Ingrid Nichola – violin
  • Christine Kenny – violin
  • David McElroy – violin
  • Nathan Sherman – viola
  • David Kenny – viola
  • Adele Govier – viola 
  • Andreea Banciu – viola
  • Yseult Cooper Stockdale – cello
  • Aoife Burke – cello
  • Paula Hughes – cello
  • Adrian Mantu – cello
  • Felix Stephens – cello, conductor
  • House Gospel Choir – backing vocals
  • David Wrench – additional programming
  • Felix Stephens – arrangements, string arrangements, engineer
  • Brian Irvine – arrangements, strings arrangements
  • Josh Quinlan – arrangements
  • Ralph Allwood – arrangements
  • Daniel Thomas – arrangements
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Debbie Smith – engineer
  • Alan Kelly – engineer
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Amy Ratcliffe – studio assistant
  • Grace Banks – studio assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie and David Holmes, except where noted.

  1. Ready to Go Home – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  2. Love Insurrection – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  3. Heal Yourself
  4. Innocent Money – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  5. Melancholy Man – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  6. Love Ain’t Enough
  7. Circus of Life
  8. False Flag – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Brian irvine
  9. Deep Dark Waters – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  10. The Centre Cannot Hold
  11. Settler’s Blues

King Stingray: For The Dreams

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On November 8, 2024, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “For the Dreams”, the second King Stingray studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “El Rancho”, “Roy’s House”, “The Grove”, “Frying Pan”, “Inventions”, and was produced by Roy Kellaway.

Personnel:

  • Dimathaya Burarrwanga – lead vocals, front cover drawing
  • Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu – lead vocals
  • Yimila Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo
  • Roy Kellaway – electric guitar, engineer
  • Campbell Messer – bass guitar
  • Lewis Stiles – drums
  • Mathias Dowle – additional instrumentation, engineer
  • Chris Collins – engineer, additional production
  • Luke Postill – engineer, additional production
  • Ryan Fallis – engineer
  • Justin Stanley – mixing, additional production
  • Tas Wilson – artwork
  • Kris Keogh – front cover drawing
  • Maclay Heriot – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Dimathaya Burarrwanga, Roy Kellaway, Yimila Gurruwiwi, Campbell Messer, and Lewi Stiles.

  1. Light Up the Path
  2. Best Bits
  3. Southerly
  4. Lookin’ Out
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Nostalgic
  7. Day Off
  8. Through the Trees
  9. Soon As
  10. What’s the Hurry?
  11. Come to the Surface
  12. Cat 5 (Cyclone)

The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World

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On November 1, 2024, “Fiction” label released “Songs of a Lost World”, the fourteenth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2022, at “Rockfield” in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, six-string bass, keyboards, arrangements, mixing, recording assistance, sleeve concept, pictures of stone
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitars
  • Roger O’Donnell – keyboards
  • Simon Gallup – bass
  • Jason Cooper – drums, percussion
  • Paul Corkett – recording, mixing
  • Jack Boston – recording assistant
  • Joe Jones – recording assistant
  • Bunny Lake – recording assistant
  • Matt Colton – digital and CD mastering
  • Miles Showell – vinyl mastering
  • Andy Vella – art, design
  • Janez Pirnat – Bagatelle sculpture

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith.

  1. Alone
  2. And Nothing Is Forever
  3. A Fragile Thing
  4. Warsong
  5. Drone: Nodrone
  6. I Can Never Say Goodbye
  7. All I Ever Am
  8. Endsong

Train: Save Me, San Francisco

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On October 26, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Save Me, San Francisco”, the fifth Train studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk, Martin Terefe, Gregg Wattenberg, S*A*M and Sluggo Espionage. In February 2024, the album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Pat Monahan – lead and backing vocals
  • Jimmy Stafford – guitars
  • Scott Underwood – drums, percussion
  • Sean Gould – bass, slide guitar
  • Claes Bjorklund – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, piano, mellotron
  • The Ghost Of Harlem Keyboards – piano
  • Nikolaj Torp – Hammond organ
  • Espen Lind – ukulele, keyboards, piano, bass guitar
  • Jerry Becker – honky piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, piano
  • Josh Berger – bass
  • Martin Terefe – bass
  • Gregg Wattenberg – bass
  • The Lovesponge Strings – strings
  • David Davidson – violin, string arrangements
  • David Angell – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • Sarighani Reist – cello
  • Sakai – backing vocals
  • Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
  • Andreas Olsson – programming
  • Mark Endert – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Save Me, San Francisco – Patrick Monahan, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  2. Hey, Soul Sister – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  3. I Got You – Patrick Monahan, Kevin Griffin, Patrick Simmons
  4. Parachute – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  5. This Ain’t Goodbye – Patrick Monahan, Ryan Tedder
  6. If It’s Love – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  7. You Already Know – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg, Jimmy Stafford
  8. Words – Patrick Monahan, Jerry Becker, Luis Maldonado
  9. Brick by Brick – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  10. Breakfast in Bed – Patrick Monahan, Scott Underwood
  11. Marry Me – Patrick Monahan