On July 15, 2022, “Matador” label released “The Other Side of Make Believe”, the seventh Interpol studio album. It was recorded September 2021 – January 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark “Fllod” Ellis.
Personnel:
Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
Daniel Kessler – lead guitar, piano
Sam Fogarino – drums
Flood – guest vocals
Richie Kennedy – guest vocals
Juliet Seger – guest vocals
Jacob Tressider – guest vocals
Richie Kennedy – recording, additional production
Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
Tom Herbert – mixing
Alan Moulder – mixing, additional production
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering
Jacob Tressider – studio assistant
Undercard (Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina) – artwork
Tim Head – front cover art
Nicolas Ortega – rear cover art
Atiba Jefferson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.
On April 10, 1990, “Jive” label released “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”, the debut A Tribe Called Quest studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Calliope Studios”, and “Battery Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Q-Tip.
Personnel:
Q-Tip – performer, mixing
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – scratching, programming
Phife Dawg – performer
Jarobi White – performer
Lucien – backing vocals
Bob Power – engineer
Shane Faber – engineer
Tim Latham – engineer
Bob Coulter – engineer
Anthony Saunders – engineer
Paije Hunyady – cover art
Bryant Peters – cover art
Ari Marcopoulos – photography
Justin Herz – photography
Kool DJ Red Alert – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg and Jarobi White.
On February 4, 1985, “A&M” label released “Secret Secrets”, the ninth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Battery Studios” in Willesden, London, and was produced by Mike Howlett.
Personnel:
Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, arrangements
David Rhodes – acoustic and electric guitar
Alan Murphy – rhythm guitar
Joe Jackson – piano
Nick Plytas – keyboards, synthesizers
Adrian Lee – synthesizers
Pino Palladino – bass guitar
Mel Gaynor – drums, timpani
David Bitelli – saxophone
Wesley Magoogan – saxophone
Steve Sidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
Paul Spong – trumpet
Rick Taylor – trombone
Raul D’Oliveira – lead flugelhorn
Flachra Trench – strings orchestration
Dave Bitelli – horns scored
Bryan “Chuck” New – engineer
Jon Hallett, Stephen McLaughlin – engineer assistant
On September 15, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “Relentless”, the twelfth Pretenders (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Battery Studios” and “Studio Bruxo” in London, and was produced by David Wrench.
Personnel:
Chrissie Hynde – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, finger snaps
On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.
On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.
Personnel:
Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
Sam Bush – mandolin
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
Joe Spivey – fiddle
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Nashville String Machine – string section
Ronn Huff – string arrangements
Nick Keca – claps
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
Warren Peterson – engineer
Simon Pressey – engineer
Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
Nick Keca – engineer
Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
Craig White – engineer assistant
Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted
On February 17, 1986, “EMI” label released “The Colour of Spring”, the third Talk Talk studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Battery Studios” and “Videosonics Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Friese-Greene.
Personnel:
Mark Hollis — lead vocals, piano, Variophon, organ, Mellotron, electric guitar, melodica
Tim Friese-Greene – piano, Kurzweil synthesizer, organ, Variophon, Mellotron
Paul Webb – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lee Harris – drums
Steve Winwood — organ
Ian Curnow – synthesizer solos
Robbie McIntosh – guitar, dobro
David Rhodes — guitar
Mark Feltham — harmonica
Danny Thompson — acoustic bass
Alan Gorrie — electric bass
Martin Ditcham — percussion
Morris Pert — percussion
Phil Reis — percussion
David Roach — soprano saxophone
Gaynor Sadler — harp
Children from the school of Miss Speake — children’s choir
On November 23, 1987, “Vertigo” label released “The Eternal Idol”, the thirteenth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded October 1986 – March 1987, at “Air Studios” in Montserrat, “Air Studios” and “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Glixman, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Chris Tsanqarides.
Personnel:
Tony Martin – lead vocals
Tony Iommi – guitar
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
Bob Daisley – bass
Eric Singer drums
Ray Gillen – sinister laugh
Bev Bevan – percussion
Jeff Glixman – engineer
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – engineer
Chris Tsangarides – engineer, mixing
Shoot That Tiger – art direction, design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Bob Daisley and Geoff Nicholls, all music by Tony Iommi.
On April 30, 1982, “Jive” label released the self-titled, debut A Flock of Seagulls album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Battery Studios”, and was produced by Mike Howlett and Bill Nelson. In 1983, the album track “D.N.A.” won a “Grammy Award” for “Best Rock Instrumental Performance”.
Personnel:
Mike Score – lead vocals, keyboards, additional rhythm guitar
Paul Reynolds – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Frank Maudsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ali Score – drums, percussion
Mark Dearnley – engineer
Mike Shipley – engineer
“BillBo” – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds.
On March 21, 2005, “Sanctuary” label released “A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad”, the seventh Ocean Colour Scene studio album. It was recorded March – April 2004, at “Piersie Lodge” in Kirriemuir, Scotland, “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
Personnel:
Simon Fowler – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Steve Cradock – guitar, bass, piano, xylophone, harmonium, tambura, percussion
Oscar Harrison – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Paul Weller – guitar
Dave Eringa – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, programming, mixing
Jools Holland – organ
Jacko Peake – alto and baritone saxophone
Dominic Glover – trumpet
Anne Stephenson, Gini Ball, Julia Singleton, Sally Herbert – violin
Claire Orsler – viola
John McCusker – violin, viola
Ian Budge – cello
Sally Herbert – string arrangements
Guy Massey – engineer, mixing
Matt Hyde – engineer
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock and Oscar Harrison, except where noted..
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