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Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

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On October 10, 2011, “PAX AM” and “Capitol” labels released “Ashes & Fire”, the 13th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Neal Casal – acoustic guitar
  •  Norah Jones – piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – B3 Hammond, piano, electric piano
  • Daniel Clarke – B3 Hammond
  • Gus Seyffert – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Samuel Dixon – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • The Section Quartet – stings
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen – violins
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mandy Moore – backing vocals
  • Chris Stills – backing vocals
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering and cutting for vinyl production
  • Andy West – art
  • David Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams.

  1. Dirty Rain
  2. Ashes & Fire
  3. Come Home
  4. Rocks
  5. Do I Wait
  6. Chains of Love
  7. Invisible Riverside
  8. Save Me
  9. Kindness
  10. Lucky Now
  11. I Love You But I Don’t Know What to Say

Fall Out Boy: Folie à Deux

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On December 10, 2008, “Island” label released “Folie à Deux”, the fourth Fall Out Boy studio album. It was recorded January – March 2008, at the “Pass Studios and the Casita” in Hollywood, and was produced by Neal Avron and Pharel Williams.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Stump – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, art direction
  • Joe Trohman – lead guitar, art direction
  • Pete Wentz – bass guitar, unclean vocals, art direction
  • Andy Hurley – drums, art direction
  • William Beckett, Elvis Costello, Travis McCoy, Doug Neumann, Gabe Saporta – guest vocals
  • Debbie Harry – guest vocals
  • Brendon Urie – guest vocals, piano
  • Alexander DeLeon – guest vocals
  • Lil Wayne – guest vocals
  • Pharrell Williams – synthesizer
  • Andrew Coleman – recording
  • Ryan Kennedy – recording assistant
  • Erich Talaba – engineer, Pro Tools
  • Neal Avron – mixing
  • Nicolas Fournier – mixing assistant
  • Kiki Cholewka, Bob Mallory, Zephyrus Sowers – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Pamela Litty – photography
  • Andy West – album design
  • JP Robinson – art coordination
  • Luke Chueh – cover artwork
  • Ronald Kurniawan – inside artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hurley, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman and Pete Wentz, except where noted.

  • Lullaby (pre – hidden track)
  • Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes
  • I Don’t Care – Norman Greenbaum, Andy Hurley, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Pete Wentz
  • She’s My Winona
  • America’s Suitehearts
  • Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet
  • The (Shipped) Gold Standard
  • (Coffee’s for Closers)
  • What a Catch, Donnie
  • 27
  • Tiffany Blews
  • w.a.m.s.
  • 20 Dollar Nose Bleed
  • West Coast Smoker

Lucinda Williams: Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

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On June 30, 2023, “Highway 20 records” label released “Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart”, the 15th Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tom Overby, Lucinda Williams and Ray Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals
  • Ray Kennedy – acoustic guitar, tambourine, Vox Continental organ, engineer, mixing
  • Travis Stephens – acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Joshua Grange – electric guitar
  • Derek Cruz – electric guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Jim Oblon – electric guitar
  • Margo Price – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans – B3, piano, Vox Jaguar organ
  • Rob Clores – piano
  • Steve Mackie – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Will Sayles – drums
  • Lawrence Rothman – horns, chamberlin, Novachord, arrangements, strings recording
  • Angel Olsen – backing vocals
  • Jeremy Ivey – backing vocals
  • Siobhan Maher Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Buddy Miller – backing vocals
  • Sophie Gault – backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen – backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Tommy Stinson – backing vocals
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Phillip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Colin Lott – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Andy West – design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Get the Band Back Together – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  2. New York Comeback – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  3. Last Call for the Truth – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  4. Jukebox – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin, Travis Stephens
  5. Stolen Moments – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby
  6. Rock n Roll Heart – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  7. This Is Not My Town – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  8. Hum’s Liquor – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  9. Where the Song Will Find Me – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  10. Never Gonna Fade Away – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby

The Killers: Sam’s Town

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On October 2, 2006, “Island” label released ”Sam’s Town”, the second Killers (The) studio album. It was recorded February – June 2006, at “Studio at the Palms” in Paradise, Nevada, “Criterion Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood, Alan Moulder, Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.

Personnel:

  • Brandon Flowers – lead vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Dave Keuning – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Stoermer – bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. – drums, percussion
  • Adrina Hanson, Maryam Haddad, Tristan Moyer – strings
  • Tommy Marth – saxophone
  • Neeraj Khajanchi – trombone
  • Jake – keyboards, trumpet
  • Corlene Byrd, Louis XIV – backing vocals
  • Max Dingel, Mark Gray – engineering
  • Flood, Alan Moulder – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Savours – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Andy West – art direction, design
  • Suzanne Hackett Morgan – painting
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Doug Joswick – package production

Track listing

  1. Sam’s Town – Brandon Flowers
  2. Enterlude – Brandon Flowers
  3. When You Were Young – Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
  4. Bling (Confession of a King) – Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer
  5. For Reasons Unknown – Brandon Flowers
  6. Read My Mind – Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer
  7. Uncle Jonny – Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer
  8. Bones – Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
  9. My List – Brandon Flowers
  10. This River Is Wild – Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer
  11. Why Do I Keep Counting? – Brandon Flowers
  12. Exitlude – Brandon Flowers

Dixie Drags: Free Fall

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On May 27, 1977, “Capricorn” label released “Free Fall”, the second Dixie Dregs studio album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, and was produced by Stuart Levine.

Personnel:

  • Steve Morse– guitar, banjo, keyboards, guitar synth
  • Stephen Davidowski – keyboards
  • Allen Sloan – strings, violin, viola, electric violin
  • Andy West– bass guitar
  • Rod Morgenstein– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Morse.

  1. Free Fall
  2. Holiday
  3. Hand Jig
  4. Moe Down
  5. Refried Funky Chicken
  6. Sleep
  7. Cruise Control
  8. Cosmopolitan Traveler
  9. Dig the Ditch
  10. Wages of Weirdness
  11. Northern Lights

Ryan Adams: Prisoner

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On February 17, 2017, “PAX AM” label released “Prisoner”, the 16th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Ryan Adams.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, piano, harmonica, cover painting, photography
  • Mike Viola– guitar
  • Daniel Clarke – organ
  • Charlie Stavish – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Johnny T. Yerington – drums, percussion, photography
  • Jason Boesel– drums
  • Joe Sublett – saxophone
  • Beatriz Artola – engineer, mixing
  • Phil Joy – engineer
  • Rachel Jones, Lee Foster – engineer assistant
  • Reuben Cohen, Gavin Lurssen– mastering
  • Andy West – design
  • Scott Newton Noah Abrams – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, except where noted.

  1. Do You Still Love Me? – Ryan Adams, Daniel Clarke
  2. Prisoner – Ryan Adams, Mike Viola
  3. Doomsday
  4. Haunted House
  5. Shiver and Shake
  6. To Be Without You
  7. Anything I Say to You Now
  8. Breakdown
  9. Outbound Train
  10. Broken Anyway
  11. Tightrope
  12. We Disappear

Dixie Dregs: What If

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In March 1978, “Capricorn” label released “What If” the third Dixie Dregs studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Chateau Recorders”, and was produced by Ken Scott.

Personnel:

  • Steve Morse – guitar, banjo
  • Mark Parrish – keyboards
  • Allen Sloan – violin, viola
  • Andy West – bass guitar
  • Rod Morgenstein – vocals, drums
  • Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola – engineer assistant
  • Diana Marie Kaylan – art direction
  • Earl KJlasky – design

Track listing:

  1. Take It Off the Top – Steve Morse
  2. Odyssey – Steve Morse
  3. What If – Steve Morse
  4. Travel Tunes – Andy West
  5. Ice Cakes – Steve Morse
  6. Little Kids – Steve Morse
  7. Gina Lola Breakdown – Steve Morse, Lyndon
  8. Night Meets Light – Steve Morse