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Methyl Ethel: Everything Is Forgotten

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On March 3, 2017, “4AD” label released “Everything Is Forgotten”, the second Methyl Ethel studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by James Ford and Jake Webb. At the 2017 “West Australian Music Industry Awards”, the album won “Best Album” award.

Personnel:

  • Jake Webb – vocals, instrumentation, recording
  • Thom Stewart – organ
  • James Ford – drums, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Noël Besson – vocals
  • Holly Fewson – cover painting
  • Phil Laslett – design

All tracks by Jake Webb, except where noted.

  1. Drink Wine
  2. Ubu
  3. No. 28
  4. Femme Maison / One Man House
  5. L’Heure des Sorcières
  6. Act of Contrition
  7. Groundswell
  8. Hyakki Yako
  9. Summer Moon
  10. Weeds Through the Rind
  11. Schlager

Ariel Pink: Pom Pom

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On November 18, 2014, “4AD” label released “Pom Pom”, the tenth Ariel Pink studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Ariel Pink.

Personnel:

  • Ariel Pink – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, artwork, layout
  • Joe Kennedy – synthesizer, harmonies, backing vocals
  • Kenny Gilmore – drums, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering, editing
  • Don Bolles – drums, guitar, harmonies, backing vocals, recording
  • Jorge Elbrecht – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sampler
  • Shags Chamberlain – vocals, synthesizer, bass, sequencing, programming
  • Justin Raisen – guitar
  • Jason Pierce – guitar
  • Alex Brettin – twelve-string guitar
  • Jack Name – vocals, guitar, analog synthesizer, radar, OPS
  • Ben Brown – guitar, vibraphone, violin arrangements, organ
  • Ben Salomon – vibraphone
  • Tim Koh – vocals, bass, drums
  • Chloe Sykes – vocals
  • Piper Kaplan – vocals
  • Soko Sokolinski – vocals
  • Cole Greif-Neill – programming drums, live drums, Ableton, Logic
  • Jimi Hey – drums, electronic flute
  • Phillip Haut – engineering
  • Samlir Kholija – engineering, recording
  • David Ives – mastering
  • Matt Fishbeck – artwork, layout
  • Linda Rosenberg – photography

Track listing:

  1. Plastic Raincoats in the Pig Parade – Ariel Pink, Kim Fowley
  2. White Freckles – Ariel Pink, Kenny Gilmore
  3. Four Shadows – Ariel Pink, Don Bolles
  4. Lipstick – Ariel Pink
  5. Not Enough Violence – Alex Kazemi, Ariel Pink, Don Bolles, Shags Chamberlain
  6. Put Your Number in My Place – Ariel Pink, Jorge Elbrecht
  7. One Summer Night – Pink Ariel
  8. Nude Beach a Go-Go – Pink Ariel, Kim Fowley
  9. Goth Bomb – Pink Ariel
  10. Dinosaur Carebears – Ariel Pink, Joe Kennedy, Shags Chamberlain
  11. Negativ Ed – Ariel Pink
  12. Sexual Athletics – Ariel Pink, Don Bolles, Kim Fowley
  13. Jell-O – Ariel Pink, Kim Fowley
  14. Black Ballerina – Ariel Pink
  15. Picture Me Gone – Ariel Pink, Justin Raisen, Mary Raisen
  16. Exile on Frog Street – Ariel Pink, Joe Kennedy, Kim Fowley
  17. Dayzed Inn Daydreams – Ariel Pink

Big Thief: Two Hands

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October 11, 2019, “4AD” label released “Two Hands”, the fourth Big Thief studio album. It was recorded July 2018 – April 2019, at “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “Sound City” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, guitar
  • Buck Meek – vocals, guitar
  • Max Oleartchik – vocals, bass,percussion
  • James Krivchenia – vocals, drums, percussion, mallets, cymbal
  • Andrew Sarlo – engineer, mixing
  • James Krivchenia – engineer, mixing
  • Dom Monks – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Todd Carder – tape liaison
  • Keith Nelson – tape liaison
  • Sam Griffin Owens – tape liaison
  • Mario Ramirez – assistance
  • Joseph Lorge – assistance
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout
  • Dustin Condren – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker, except where noted.

  1. Rock and Sing
  2. Forgotten Eyes
  3. The Toy
  4. Two Hands
  5. Those Girls
  6. Shoulders
  7. Not
  8. Wolf
  9. Replaced – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek
  10. Cut My Hair

Lush: Scar

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On October 9, 1989, “4AD” label released “Scar”, the debut Lush mini album. It was recorded in July 1989, at “Blackwing” in London, and was produced by John Fryer, Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson, Steve Rippon and Chris Acland.

Personnel:

  • Miki Berenyi – lead vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Emma Anderson – guitar, backing vocals, engineer
  • Steve Rippon – bass, engineer
  • Chris Acland – drums, engineer
  • John Fryer – engineer
  • Christopher Bigg – design
  • Vaughan Oliver – design
  • Jim Friedman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Baby Talk – Miki Berenyi
  2. Thoughtforms – Emma Anderson
  3. Scarlet – Emma Anderson, Miki Berenyi
  4. Bitter – Miki Berenyi
  5. Second Sight – Miki Berenyi
  6. Etheriel – Emma Anderson, Miki Berenyi

Mojave 3: Out of Tune

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On October 5, 1998, “4AD” label released “Out of Tune”, the second Mojave 3 studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Cava Sound Workshops”, “The Farm” in Tywardreath, “Fortress Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Neil Halstead – vocals, guitar
  • Simon Rowe – guitar
  • Rachel Goswell – bass, backing vocals
  • Ian McCutcheon – drums, tambourine, shaker
  • Lisa Millett – vocals
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Alan Forrester – organ, piano
  • Roman Breslin – trombone
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Halstead.

  1. Who Do You Love
  2. Give What You Take
  3. Some Kinda Angel
  4. All Your Tears
  5. Yer Feet
  6. Caught Beneath Your Heel
  7. Keep It All Hid
  8. Baby’s Coming Home
  9. To Whom Should I Write

Brendan Perry: Eye of the Hunter

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On October 4, 1999, “4AD” label released “Eye of the Hunter”, the debut Brendan Perry album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Quivvy Church” in Cavan, Ireland, and was produced by Brendan Perry.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Perry – vocals, 12-string and electric guitar, mandolin, keyboards, art direction
  • Martin Quinn – pedal steel guitar
  • Glen Garrett – electric bass guitar, upright bass guitar
  • Liam Bradley – drums
  • Michael Brunnock – backing vocals
  • Walter Coelho – mastering
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Dennis Di Cicco – back cover photography
  • Vaughan Oliver – textures

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Perry, except where noted.

  1. Saturday’s Child
  2. Voyage of Brain
  3. Medusa
  4. Sloth
  5. I Must Have Been Blind – Tim Buckley
  6. The Captive Heart
  7. Death Will Be My Bride
  8. Archangel

His Name Is Alive: Home Is in Your Head

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On September 9, 1991, “4AD” label released “Home Is in Your Head”, the second His Name Is Alive studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer and Warren Defever.

Personnel:

  • Warren Defever – guitar, pencil guitar, bass, samples
  • Karin Oliver – vocals, guitar
  • Melissa Elliott – guitar, pencil guitar
  • Jymn Auge – guitar, song
  • Denise James – vocals, song
  • Karen Neal – vocals
  • Damian Lang – drums, rainmaker, crashers, bone
  • Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer – mixing
  • Gus Shaw – mastering
  • Vaughan Oliver/v23 – art direction, design
  • Dominic Davies – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Defever, except where noted.

  1. Are You Comin’ Down This Weekend?
  2. Her Eyes were Huge Things
  3. The Charmer
  4. Hope Called in Sick [Song of Schizophrenia, Part One]
  5. My Feathers Needed Cleaning [Song of Schizophrenia, Part Two]
  6. The Well [Song of Schizophrenia, Part Three]
  7. There’s Something Between Us and He’s Changing My Words – Bone Machine
  8. The Phoenix, a Pool of Ice
  9. Are We Still Married?
  10. Put Your Finger in Your Eye
  11. Home is in Your Head
  12. Why People Disappear
  13. Here Eyes are Huge
  14. Save the Birds
  15. Chances are We are Mad
  16. Mescalina
  17. Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking
  18. Very Bad a Bitter Hand
  19. Beautiful and Pointless
  20. Tempe
  21. Spirit and Body
  22. Love’s a Fish Eye
  23. Dreams are of the Body/The Other Body

Lisa Gerrard: The Mirror Pool

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On August 21, 1995, “4AD” label released “The Mirror Pool”, the debut Lisa Gerrard album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Eaton Studio” and “ABC Studios” in Melbourne, Gerrard’s studio in Gippsland, and was produced by Lisa Gerard.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, yang ch’in, arranger, engineer
  • John Bonnar – vocals, keyboards, arranger, conductor
  • Pieter Bourke – vocals, bass tabla, camel drum, small and large derabukka, handclapping
  • Dimitry Kyryakou – vocals, bouzouki, arranger
  • Jacek Tuschewski – vocals, engineer
  • The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Robin Gray – engineer
  • Garry Havrillay – engineer
  • Guy Charbonneau – mixing
  • Charlie Bouis – mixing assistant
  • Jacek Tuschewski – cover art
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Dennis Keeley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Gerard, except where noted.

  1. Violina (The Last Embrace)
  2. La Bas (Song of the Drowned)
  3. Persian Love Song (The Silver Gun) – traditional
  4. Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow) – Lisa Gerard, Andrew Claxton
  5. The Rite
  6. Ajhon
  7. Glorafin
  8. Majhnavea’s Music Box
  9. Largo – Handel
  10. Werd
  11. Laurelei – arranged by Lisa Gerard, John Bonnar, Dimitry Kyryakou
  12. Celon
  13. Venteles
  14. Swans
  15. Nilleshna
  16. Gloradin

Throwing Muses: Red Heaven

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On August 11, 1992, “4AD” label released “Red Heaven”, the fifth Throwing Muses album. It was recorded January – May 1992, at “Fort Apache Studios” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Boyer, Kristin Hersh and David Narcizo.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitars, front cover artwork
  • Leslie Langston – bass guitar
  • David Narcizo – drums, backing vocals
  • Bob Mould – vocals
  • Steve Boyer – engineer
  • Victor Deyglio – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Christine Cano – package design, front cover artwork
  • David Narcizo – handwritten lyrics
  • Michael Lavine – band photography
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – production assistance
  • Artie Smith – production assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristin Hersh.

  1. Furious
  2. Firepile
  3. Dio
  4. Dirty Water
  5. Stroll
  6. Pearl
  7. Summer St.
  8. Vic
  9. Backroad
  10. The Visit
  11. Dovey
  12. Rosetta Stone
  13. Carnival Wig

His Name Is Alive: Livonia

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On June 25, 1990, “4AD” label released “Livonia”, the debut His Name Is Alive album. It was recorded 1985 – 1990, at “Graceland Studios” in New Boston, Michigan, and Warren Defever’s house in Livonia, Michigan, and was produced by Warren Defever, Ivo Watts-Russell, and John Fryer.

Personnel:

  • Warren Defever – guitars, basses, samples
  • Karin Oliver – vocals
  • Angie Carozzo – vocals
  • Jymn Auge – guitar
  • Tracy – bassoon
  • Damian Lang – percussion
  • Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer – mixing
  • Vaughan Oliver/v23 – art direction, design
  • Chris Bigg – design assistance
  • Beverly Carruthers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Defever, Karin Oliver, Angie Carozzo, Jymn Auge, Tracy and Damian Lang.

  1. As We Could Ever
  2. e-nicole
  3. If July
  4. Some and I
  5. fossil
  6. E-Nicole
  7. Caroline’s Supposed Demon
  8. Fossil
  9. reincarnation
  10. You and I Have Seizures
  11. How Ghosts Affect Relationships
  12. Darkest Dreams