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David Bowie: Hours

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On September 21, 1999, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album “Hours” was released on Internet. It was recorded April – June 1999, at “Seaview” in Bermuda, ”Looking Glass” and “Chung King” in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, 12-string guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar, drum programming, synthesizer programming
  • Chris Haskett – rhythm guitar
  • Marcus Salisbury – bass guitar
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, acoustic and electric 12-string guitar, mellotron, synth and drum programming
  • Mike Levesque – drums, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Everett Bradley – percussion
  • Holly Palmer – backing vocals
  • Kevin Paul – engineer
  • Ryoji Hata – engineer assistant
  • Jay Nicholas – engineer assistant
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels; except where noted.

  1. Thursday’s Child
  2. Something in the Air
  3. Survive
  4. If I’m Dreaming of My Life
  5. Seven
  6. What’s Really Happening? – lyrics by Alex Grant
  7. The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
  8. New Angels of Promise
  9. Brilliant Adventure
  10. The Dreamers

Buffalo Tom: Three Easy Pieces

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On July 9, 2007, “New West Records” label released “Three Easy Pieces”, the eight Buffalo Tom album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Q Division Studios” in Somerville, US, and was produced by Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis.

Personnel:

  • Bill Janovitz- vocals, guitar, piano, organ, percussion, trumpet
  • Chris Colbourn- vocals, bass, guitar
  • Tom Maginnis- drums, percussion
  • Tim Obetz- pedal steel guitar
  • Chris Toppin- backing vocals
  • Hilken Mancini- backing vocals
  • Clint Conley- backing vocals
  • Matt Beaudoin, Matt Tahaney – engineer
  • Tom Polce – mixing
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis

  1. Bad Phone Call
  2. Three Easy Pieces
  3. You’ll Never Catch Him
  4. Bottom of the Rain
  5. Lost Downtown
  6. Renovating
  7. Good Girl
  8. Pendleton
  9. Gravity
  10. Hearts of Palm
  11. September Shirt
  12. CC and Callas
  13. Thrown

Steven Wilson: Insurgentes

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On November 26, 2008, “Headphone Dust” label released “Insurgentes”, the first Steven Wilson solo album. It was recorded December 2007 – August 2008, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric pianos, keyboards, synthesizers, harmonium, mellotron, bass guitar, percussion, drums and keyboards programming, ambient noise, loops, mixing
  • Clodagh Simonds– vocals
  • Mike Outram – electric guitar
  • Sand Snowman – acoustic and processed acoustic guitars, recorders
  • Dirk Serries– guitar drones
  • Jordan Rudess– piano
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Michiyo Yagi– 17-string bass koto, 21-string koto
  • Gavin Harrison– drums , cymbals
  • Theo Travis– wah-flute, clarinet, saxophone
  • Steve Price, Maki Sasaki – engineer
  • Andy VanDette – mastering
  • Mark Prator, John Wesley – guitars engineer
  • Bert Baldwin – piano engineer
  • Lasse Hoile – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Harmony Korine
  2. Abandoner
  3. Salvaging
  4. Veneno para las hadas
  5. No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun
  6. Significant Other
  7. Only Child
  8. Twilight Coda
  9. Get All You Deserve
  10. Insurgentes

The Slip: Eisenhower

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On November 7, 2006, “Bar/None” label released “Eisenhower”, the fourth  Slip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Matthew Ellard.

Personnel:

  • Brad Barr– vocals, guitar
  • Marc Friedman– bass
  • Andrew Barr– drums
  • Chris Seligman – French horn
  • Grayson Farmer – flugelhorn
  • Gabri Athayde – cello
  • Nellie Fleischner, Rosie Kirincic, Isaac Taylor – vocals
  • Matthew Ellard, Drew Malamud – engineer, mixing
  • Mister Thecake – design, layout design
  • Kristen Smith, Matt Tahaney – assistant
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Children of December
  2. Even Rats
  3. If One of Us Should Fall
  4. Airplane/Primitive
  5. Suffocation Keep
  6. First Panda in Space
  7. The Soft Machine
  8. Life in Disguise
  9. Mothwing Bite
  10. The Original Blue Air
  11. Paper Birds

Matthew Good: Chaotic Neutral

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On September 25, 2015, “Warner Music Canada” label released “Chaotic Neutral”, the 10th Matthew Good solo album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Warne Livesey.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Good – vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Joel Livesey – second engineer
  • Warne Livesey – mixing
  • Andy Vandette – mastering
  • Derek Broad – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Good except where noted.

  1. All You Sons and Daughters
  2. Moment
  3. Kid Down the Well
  4. No Liars
  5. Harridan
  6. Tiger by the Tail
  7. Girls in Black
  8. Cloudbusting – Kate Bush
  9. Cold Water
  10. Army of Lions
  11. Los Alamos

Lovely Feathers: Hind Hinf Legs

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On April 18, 2006, “Equator Records” label released “Hind Hind Legs”, the second Lovely Feathers album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by James Shaw and Drew Malamud.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kupfert – vocals, guitar
  • Richard Yonofsky – vocals, guitar, entertainment
  • Daniel Suss – vocals, keyboard
  • Noah Bernamoff – bass
  • Ted Suss – drums
  • Drew Malamud – recording, mixing
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Kupfert, Richard Yonofsky, Noah Bernamoff, Daniel Suss and Ted Suss.

  1. Pope John Paul
  2. In The Valley
  3. I Really Like You
  4. Frantic
  5. Wrong Choice
  6. Mildly Decorated
  7. Photocorners
  8. The Only Appalachian Cornfield
  9. Ooh You Shocked Me
  10. E Man Sorrow
  11. Rod Stewart
  12. Breakfast Cake
  13. Lion Eats the Wildebeest

Porcupine Tree: Deadwing

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On March 28, 2005, “Lava” label released “Deadwing”, the eighth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded March – October 2004, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Gavin Harrison and Richard Barbieri.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, bass guitar, mixing
  • Richard Barbieri – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Colin Edwin – bass guitar
  • Gavin Harrison– drums, percussion
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt – guitar, backing vocals
  • Adrian Belew – guitar
  • Paul Northfield, George Schilling – recording
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Deadwing
  2. Shallow
  3. Lazarus
  4. Halo – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
  5. Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
  6. Mellotron Scratch
  7. Open Car
  8. Start of Something Beautiful – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
  9. Glass Arm Shattering – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson