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Michael Franks: Blue Pacific

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On May 31, 1990, “Reprise” label released “Blue Pacific”, the eleventh Michael Franks album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Studio Ultimo” and “Soundworks West” in Los Angeles, “Ground Control Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way” and “Cherokee Studios” in Hollywood, “Larrabee Sound Studios” and “Schnee Studios” in North Hollywood, and was produced by Walter Becker, Tommy LiPumma and Jeff Lorber.

Personnel:

  • Michael Franks – vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Buzz Feiten – guitars, acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitars
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • John Beasley – keyboards
  • Joe Sample – acoustic piano
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer programming, synthesizer arrangements
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • ‘Ready’ Freddie Washington – bass
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Sean Franks – cymbals
  • Peter Erskine – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Michael Fisher – percussion
  • Marc Russo – alto saxophone
  • Bob Sheppard – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
  • Bunny Hull – backing vocals
  • Brenda Russell – backing vocals
  • Kareem – backing vocals
  • Livingston Taylor – backing vocals
  • Jeff Lorber – recording
  • Eric Rudd – recording assistant
  • Roger Nichols – recording, mixing
  • Al Schmitt – recording, additional recording
  • Chris Fuhrman – additional recording assistant
  • Tom Hardisty – recording assistant
  • Scott Ralston – recording assistant
  • Clif Norrell – recording assistant
  • Joey Wolpert – additional recording
  • Ed Torgerson – additional recording assistant
  • Gabe Moffat – additional recording assistant
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Alan Meyerson – mixing
  • Neal Pogue – mixing assistant
  • Ken Allardyce – mixing assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Sonny Abelardo – production coordinator
  • Carol Parks – production coordinator
  • Jeri and John Heiden – art direction, design
  • Kip Lott – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Franks.

  1. The Art of Love
  2. Woman in the Wave
  3. All I Need
  4. Long Slow Dance
  5. Vincent’s Ear
  6. Speak to Me
  7. On the Inside
  8. Chez Nous
  9. Blue Pacific
  10. Crayon Sun (Safe at Home)

Jacob Collier: Djesse Vol. 3

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On August 14, 2020, “Hajanga” label released “Djesse Vol. 3”, the fourth Jacob Collier album, and the third in “Djesse” series. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Jacob Collier. The album track “He Won’t Hold You” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals”.

Personnel:

  • Jacob Collier – vocals, instruments, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Tarriona “Tank” Ball – vocals
  • Erin Bentlage – vocals
  • Daniel Caesar – vocals 
  • Tori Kelly – vocals
  • Kimbra – vocals 
  • Kiana Ledé – vocals 
  • Mahalia – vocals 
  • Rapsody – vocals
  • T-Pain – vocals 
  • Ty Dolla Sign – vocals
  • Jessie Reyez – vocals 
  • MonoNeon – electric bass
  • James Copus – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Ben Bloomberg – backing vocals
  • Ella Collier – backing vocals
  • Sophie Collier – backing vocals
  • Suzie Collier – backing vocals 
  • Julia Easterlin – backing vocals
  • Michael Mayo – backing vocals 
  • Michael Peha – backing vocals
  • Nathan Schram – backing vocals 
  • Becca Stevens – backing vocals
  • Chelsea Stevens – backing vocals 
  • Malika Tirolien – backing vocals
  • JoJo – additional vocals
  • Kristen Sing – spoken word 
  • Marlanna Evans – vocal engineer
  • DJ Fai – vocal engineer
  • Wissam Ghorayeb – vocal engineer
  • Matthew Maroulakos – engineer assistant
  • Kerry Pompeo – engineer assistant 
  • Ben Bloomberg – mixing, programming, synthesizer programming, co-producer
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Emily Lazar – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Clarity – Jacob Collier
  2. Count the People – Jacob Collier, Jessie Reyez
  3. In My Bones – Jacob Collier, Kimbra Johnson, Tarriona Ball
  4. Time Alone with You – Jacob Collier, Daniel Caesar
  5.  All I Need – Jacob Collier, Michael Peha, Tyrone William Griffin Jr.
  6. In Too Deep – Jacob Collier
  7. Butterflies – Jacob Collier
  8. Sleeping on My Dreams – Jacob Collier
  9. Running Outta Love – Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly
  10. Light It Up on Me – Jacob Collier
  11. He Won’t Hold You – Jacob Collier, Marlanna Evans
  12. To Sleep – Jacob Collier

Al Green: Lay It Down

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On May 27, 2008, “Blue Note” label released “Lay It Down”, the 29th Al Green studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and James Poyser.

Personnel:

  • Al Green – vocals
  • Anthony Hamilton – vocals, backing vocals
  • Corinne Bailey Rae – vocals, backing vocals
  • John Legend – vocals, backing vocals
  • Chalmers “Spanky” Alford – guitar
  • Randy Bowland – additional guitar
  • James Poyser – piano, organ
  • Adam Blackstone – bass
  • Owen Biddle – bass
  • Ahmir Questlove Thompson – drums
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • Danny Sadownick – percussion
  • The Dap-Kings Horns – horns
  • Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson Smith – baritone saxophone
  • Jaguar Wright, Mercedes Martinez – backing vocals
  • Larry Gold – string orchestrator, conductor
  • Richard Nichols, Eli Wolf – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Green.

  1. Lay It Down
  2. Just for Me
  3. You’ve Got the Love I Need
  4. No One Like You
  5. What More Do You Want from Me
  6. Take Your Time
  7. Too Much
  8. Stay With Me (By the Sea)
  9. All I Need
  10. I’m Wild About You
  11. Standing in the Rain

Switchfoot: Native Tongue

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On January 18, 2019, “Fantasy” label released “Native Tongue”, the eleventh  Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Melody League Studios” in San Diego, and was produced by Tim Foreman , Jon Foreman, Brent Kutzle, Tyler Chester and  Tyler Spry. At the 50th “Dove Awards”, the album won “Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year”.

Track listing:

  • Jon Foreman– lead vocals, guitar
  • Jerome Fontamillas– keyboards, guitar
  • Drew Shirley– guitar
  • Tim Foreman– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Chad Butler– drums, percussion
  • Kaela Sinclair– vocals
  • Tanner Sparks– guitar
  • Brent Kutzle– guitar, keyboards
  • Tyler Chester – keyboards, acoustic guitar
  • Tyler Spry – keyboards, guitar, background vocals, programming
  • Bear Rinehart – keyboards
  • John Painter – marching drums, horns, strings
  • David Davidson – violin
  • David Angell – violin
  • Monisa Angell – viola
  • Betsy Lamb – viola
  • Craig Nelson – contrabass
  • Paul Nelson – cello
  • Keith Tutt II – cello
  • Brandon Collins – string arrangement
  • Steve Wilmot – programming
  • Tanner Sparks– engineer, mixing
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • Bryan Cook – mixing
  • John Nathaniel – mixing
  • Joe Laporta – mastering
  • Bear Rinehart– additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Foreman and Tim Foreman, except where noted.

  1. Let It Happen – Jon Foreman
  2. Native Tongue – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Brent Kutzle
  3. All I Need
  4. Voices – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Brent Kutzle, Ryan Tedder, Tyler Spry
  5. Dig New Streams
  6. Joy Invincible
  7. Prodigal Soul
  8. The Hardest Art
  9. Wonderful Feeling
  10. Take My Fire
  11. The Strength To Let Go
  12. Oxygen
  13. We’re Gonna Be Alright
  14. You’re the One I Want – Jon Foreman

Radiohead: In Rainbows

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On October 10, 2007,Radiohead self – released “In Rainbows”, bands seventh album. It was recorded February 2005 – June 2007, and was produced by Nigel Godrich;

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork (artwork by pseudonym Dr. Tchock)
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – vocal, guitar
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • The Millennia Ensemble – strings
  • Everton Nelson – leading violin
  • Sally Herbert – conducting
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway.

  1. .15 Step
  2. Bodysnatchers
  3. Nude
  4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
  5. All I Need
  6. Faust Arp
  7. Reckoner
  8. House of Cards
  9. Jigsaw Falling into Place
  10. Videotape

Awolnation: Megalithic Symphony

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On March 15, 2011, “Red Bull” label released “Megalithic Symphony”, the debut Awolnation studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Red Bull Studios”, “Awol Studio”, “Avatar Studios”, “Main and Market”, “Gymnasium”, “Fireside Sound Studio”, and was produced by Aaron Bruno, Jimmy Messer and Brian West.

Personnel:

  • Aaron Bruno– vocals, synthesizer, drums, percussion, keyboards, bass guitar, Rhodes, guitar, piano
  • Kenny Carkeet – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • David Amezcua – bass guitar
  • Hayden Scott – drums
  • Drew Stewart, Christopher Thorn – guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Aaron Bruno, except where noted.

  1. Megalithic Symphony
  2. Some Sort of Creature
  3. Soul Wars – Aaron Bruno, Eric Stenman
  4. People – Aaron Bruno, Eric Stenman
  5. Jump on My Shoulders
  6. Burn It Down – Aaron Bruno, Jimmy Messer
  7. Guilty Filthy Soul – Aaron Bruno, Jimmy Messer
  8. Kill Your Heroes – Aaron Bruno, Brian West
  9. My Nightmare’s Dream
  10. Sail
  11. Wake Up
  12. Not Your Fault
  13. All I Need – Aaron Bruno, Jimmy Messer
  14. Knights of Shame – Aaron Bruno, Cameron Duddy

The Temptations: With a Lot of Soul

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On July 17, 1967, “Gordy” label released “The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul”, the fifth Temptations (The) studio album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, in Hitsville, Detroit, and was produced by Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Frank Wilson and Ivy Jo Hunter.

Personnel:

  • David Ruffin– vocals (baritone, tenor)
  • Eddie Kendricks– vocals (tenor, falsetto)
  • Paul Williams– vocals (baritone)
  • Melvin Franklin– vocals (bass)
  • Otis Williams– vocals (tenor, baritone)

Track listing:

  1. (I Know) I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
  2. Ain’t No Sun Since You’ve Been Gone – Cornelius Grant, Sylvia Moy, Norman Whitfield
  3. All I Need – Frank Wilson, E. Holland,  Dean Taylor
  4. (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It’s You That I Need – Holland, Norman Whitfield
  5. No More Water in the Well – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers
  6. Save My Love for a Rainy Day – Roger Penzabene, Norman Whitfield
  7. Just One Last Look – Holland–Dozier–Holland
  8. Sorry is a Sorry Word – Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter
  9. You’re My Everything – Cornelius Grant, Roger Penzabene, Norman Whitfield
  10. Now That You’ve Won Me – Smokey Robinson
  11. Two Sides to Love – Sylvia Moy, Norman Whitfield
  12. Don’t Send Me Away – Eddie Kendricks, Smokey Robinson

Air: Moon Safari

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Moonsafari

On January 16, 1998, “Virgin” label released “Moon Safari”, the debut Air studio album. It was recorded April to June 1997, at the “Around the Golf” and “Studio Gang” in Paris, and “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced byJean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin . “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 93 on its list of “Best Album of the Nineties” ; the French edition of the same magazine, ranked  “Moon Safari” at  number 65 on its list of the “100 Greatest French rock albums”.

  • Jean-Benoît Dunckel – vocals, keyboards, synths, organ, piano, pan pipes, hand claps, glockenspiel
  • Eric Regert – organ
  • Patrick Woodcock – guitar, trombone
  • Nicolas Godin– vocals, bass, synths, guitar, hand claps, harmonica, glockenspiel, piano, organ, pan pipes, drums, percussion
  • Marlon – drums
  • Alf (a.k.a. Stephane Briat) – hand claps
  • Caroline L. – hand claps
  • Beth Hirsch– vocals
  • Enfants square Burcq – vocals
  • David Whitaker– string arrangements, conducor

Track listing:

All tracks by Air, except where noted.

  1. La femme d’argent
  2. Sexy Boy
  3. All I Need – lyrics by Beth Hirsch
  4. Kelly Watch the Stars
  5. Talisman
  6. Remember – co-written by Jean-Jacques Perrey
  7. You Make It Easy – lyrics by Beth Hirsch
  8. Ce matin là – co-written by Patrick Woodcock
  9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
  10. Le voyage de Pénélope