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The Zutons: The Big Decider

On April 26, 2024, “Icepop” label released “The Big Decider”, the fourth Zutons (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Abbey Road” in London, “Rockfield” in Monmoutshire, “Headbang”, “The Motor Museum” and “Coastal Sound” in Liverpool, “Decoy Sound” in Woodbridge, and was produced by Ian Broudie, Sean Payne and Nile Rodgers.

Personnel:

  • Dave McCabe – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, screwdriver guitars, slide guitar, synthesizers
  • Abi Harding – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Sean Payne – drums, percussion, bass guitar, additional keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, additional recordings, additional recording
  • Neil Bradley – keyboards, piano, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Jay Lewis – bass guitar, lead guitar, claps, backing vocals
  • Boyan Chowdhury – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Cunningham – bass guitar
  • Ian Broudie – backing vocals
  • Ben Truman – strings
  • Russell Graham – additional keyboards
  • Nile Rodgers – speech
  • Russell Graham – recording
  • Joe Rubel – recording
  • Stephen Harris – recording, mixing
  • Tom Roach – additional recording
  • John Barrett – additional engineering
  • Andy Maxwell – recording assistant
  • Jack Boston – recording assistant
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Leon Pearce – mixing
  • Nick Watson – mastering
  • Scott Jones Studio – art direction, design
  • Graham Blackburn – live photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave McCabe, Abi Harding, and Sean Payne, except where noted.

  1. Creeping on the Dancefloor
  2. Pauline
  3. Water
  4. In Your Arms – Dave McCabe, Abi Harding, Sean Payne, Ian Broudie
  5. Disappear – Dave McCabe, Abi Harding, Sean Payne, Neil Bradley
  6. Company
  7. The Big Decider
  8. Rise
  9. Best of Me

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid

On June 10, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Gold Rush Kid”, the third George Ezra studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Stuart Price, Joel Pott, Daniel Moyler and Barney Lister.

Personnel:

  • George Ezra – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Joel Pott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Daniel Moyler – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • David Klinke – guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Sims – bass, percussion, backing vocal
  • Stuart Price – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Barney Lister – bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Fabio De Oliveira – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hal Ritson – drums, programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, brass, performance arrangements
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lily Carassik – brass, backing vocals
  • Yasmin Ogilvie – brass, backing vocals
  • Matthew Benson – brass, backing vocals
  • The Dap Kings – brass, performance arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Kate Robinson – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Nirupam Raja Halder – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tamara Elias – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Max Baillie – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bryony Elizabeth Moody – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Mzansi Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Adam Scarborough – backing vocals
  • Evie Howard – backing vocals
  • Freddie Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jessica Barnett – backing vocals
  • Myla Pott – backing vocals
  • Ian Mizen – whistles
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Tobie Tripp – conductor, performance arrangements
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – engineer
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant
  • Joe Wyatt – engineer assistant
  • Tristan Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Loveland – engineer assistant
  • Connor Panayi – engineer assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – engineer assistant
  • Charles Haydon-Hicks – mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by George Ezra and Joel Pott, except where noted.

  1. Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)
  2. Green Green Grass – George Ezra, Joel Pott, Stuart Price
  3. Gold Rush Kid
  4. Manila
  5. Feel in Love at the End of the World – George Ezra
  6. Don’t Give Up
  7. Dance All Over Me
  8. I Went Hunting
  9. In the Morning – George Ezra
  10. Sweetest Human Being Alive
  11. Love Somebody Else
  12. The Sun Went Down – George Ezra

Weezer: OK Human

On January 29, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “OK Human”, the fourteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Jake Sinclair.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, piano
  • Brian Bell – piano, acoustic guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson – drums, backing vocals
  • Tara Helen O’Connor – flute, piccolo
  • Keisuke Ikuma – English horn, oboe
  • Pavel Vinnitsky – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Dan Shelly – bassoon
  • Erik Ralske – French horn
  • Anne Sharer – French horn
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Ray Riccomini – trumpet
  • Ryan Keberle – trombone
  • Sasha Romero – trombone
  • Lisa Kim – concert master, violin
  • Peter Bahng – violin
  • Ann Lehmann – violin
  • Matt Lehmann – violin
  • Joanna Maurer – violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Jung Sun Yoo – violin
  • Will Frampton – viola
  • Joel Noyes – viola
  • Michael Roth – viola
  • Becky Young – viola
  • Alan Stepansky – cello
  • Rob Mathes – arranger, horn conductor, string conductor, woodwind arrangement
  • Jonathan Allen – engineer
  • Perry Margouleff – engineer
  • Paul Pritchard – engineer
  • Suzy Shinn – engineer, vocal producer
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer
  • William Carroll – engineer
  • Zach Fisher – engineer
  • Brian Fombona – engineer
  • Rachel White – engineer
  • William Wittman – engineer
  • Karl Wingate – assistant engineer
  • Lazaro Zarate – assistant engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – assistant engineer
  • Branko Presley – assistant engineer
  • Lawton Burris – engineer assistant
  • John Sinclair – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Rivers Cuomo, except where noted.

  1. All My Favorite Songs – Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Ilsey Juber
  2. Aloo Gobi
  3. Grapes of Wrath
  4. Numbers
  5. Playing My Piano
  6. Mirror Image
  7. Screens
  8. Bird with a Broken Wind
  9. Dead Roses
  10. Everything Happens for a Reason
  11. Here Comes the Rain
  12. La Brea Tar Pits