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Tools: Lateralus

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On May 15, 2001, “Volcano Entertainment” label released “Lateralus”, the third Tools studio album. It was recorded October 2000 – January 2001, at “Cello Studios” in Hollywood, “The Hook”, “Big Empty Space”, and “The Lodge” in North Hollywood, and was produced by David Bottrill, Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chacellor and Danny Carey. In April 2021, the album was certified triple Platinum in US by the “RIAA”, and double Platinum in Australia and Canada. In 2002, the band won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Metal Performance” for the song” “Schism”.

Track listing:

  • Maynard James Keenan – vocals
  • Adam Jones – guitars, art director
  • Justin Chancellor – bass
  • Danny Carey – drums, percussion, samples
  • Statik (Collide) – machines
  • David Bottrill – engineer, mixing
  • Vince DeFranco (Synesthesia) – neurocistance, engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Alex Grey – illustrations

Track listing:

All lyrics by Maynard James Keenan, all by Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, and Justin Chancellor.

  1. The Grudge
  2. Eon Blue Apocalypse
  3. The Patient
  4. Mantra
  5. Schism
  6. Parabol
  7. Parabola
  8. Ticks & Leeches
  9. Lateralus
  10. Disposition
  11. Reflection
  12. Triad
  13. Faaip de Oiad

Bill Callahan: Gold Record

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On September 4, 2020, “Drag City” label released “Gold Record”, the seventh Bill Callahan album (eighteenth overall when including studio albums released as Smog). It was recorded in June 2019, at “Estuary Studio” in Austin, Texas.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Jaime Zuverza – bass
  • Adam Jones – drums
  • Carl Smith – baritone clarinet
  • Derek Phelps – flugelhorn
  • John Congleton – recording, mixing
  • Dan Osborn – front cover
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – back cover
  • Anubhav Saxena – highway photography
  • Erik Pronske – automobile photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. Pigeons
  2. Another Song
  3. 35
  4. Protest Song
  5. The Mackenzies
  6. Let’s Move to the Country
  7. Breakfast
  8. Cowboy
  9. Ry Cooder
  10. As I Wander

Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

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On June 14, 2019, “Drag City” label released “Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest”, the sixth Bill Callahan album (under his own name). It was recorded August 2018 – January 2019, at “Wonder Chamber” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Bill Callahan.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan– vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer, percussion, bowed psaltery, bowed banjo, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, Casio SK-1, drum machine, mellotron, piano, kalimba, organ, bells
  • Brian Beattie – upright bass, acoustic bass, electric upright bass, percussion, piano, pump organ, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, celesta, marimbula, bells
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Gary Newcomb – lap steel guitar
  • Adam Jones – drumkit
  • Dony Wynn – drumkit
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – backing vocals
  • Tori Olds – backing vocals
  • Brian Beattie – recording, mixing
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Joanna Skumanich – cover drawings
  • Dan Osborn – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan, except where noted.

  1. Shepherd’s Welcome
  2. Black Dog on the Beach
  3. Angela
  4. The Ballad of the Hulk
  5. Writing
  6. Morning is My Godmother
  7. 747
  8. Watch Me Get Married
  9. Young Icarus
  10. Released
  11. What Comes After Certainty
  12. Confederate Jasmine
  13. Call Me Anything
  14. Son of the Sea
  15. Camels
  16. Circles
  17. When We Let Go
  18. Lonesome Valley
  19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds
  20. The Beast