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Rush: Signals

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On September 9, 1982, “Anthem” label released “Signals”, the ninth Rush studio album. It was recorded April – June 1982, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Terry Brown, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.

Personnel:

  • Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, Moog Taurus pedals
  • Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitars, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Neil Peart – spoken word, drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Ben Mink – electric violin
  • Terry Brown – arrangements
  • Paul Northfield – engineer
  • Robbie Whelan – engineer assistant
  • JVC – digital mastering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, graphics, cover concept
  • Deborah Samuel – photography
  • Kineblok Inc. – photographic colour optics
  • Moon Records – executive production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Peart except where noted, all music is composed by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee.

  1. Subdivisions                                                                                                      
  2. The Analog Kid
  3. Chemistry – lyrics by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
  4. Digital Man
  5. The Weapon (Part II of Fear)
  6. New World Man
  7. Losing
  8. Countdown

Feist: The Reminder

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On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman

k. d. land: Ingénue

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On March 17, 1992, “Sire” label released “Ingénue”, the second k.d. lang studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Vancouver Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Greg Penny, k. d. lang and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • k.d. lang – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, tamboura, tambourine, percussion
  • Ben Mink – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, viola, violin, percussion, beatboxing, programming, string arrangements, engineer
  • Greg Leisz – steel, pedal steel and lap steel guitar
  • Teddy Borowiecki – keyboards, piano, accordion, santur
  • David Piltch – acoustic, electric and fretless bass guitar
  • Greg Penny – percussion, beatboxing, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Randall Stoll – drums
  • Graham Boyle – percussion, tympani, tambourine
  • Mryon Schultz – clarinet
  • Gary Burton – marimba, vibraphone
  • Ingrid Friesen, Martin Laba – pizzicato violin
  • John Friesen – cello
  • Marc Ramaer – engineer, mixing
  • Morrie Eaman – engineer
  • Steve Royea, Louie Teran, Pete Wonsiak – engineer assistant
  • Chris Puram – mixing assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
  • Greg Ross – design
  • Glen Erler – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted.

  1. Save Me
  2. The Mind of Love
  3. Miss Chatelaine
  4. Wash Me Clean – k. d. lang
  5. So It Shall Be – k. d. lang, Greg Penny
  6. Still Thrives This Love
  7. Season of Hollow Soul
  8. Outside Myself
  9. Tears of Love’s Recall
  10. Constant Craving

Geddy Lee: My Favourite Headache

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On November 14, 2000, “Anthem Records” label released “My Favourite Headache”, the debut Geddy Lee album. It was recorded in 2000, at “The Peasant’s Tent and Reaction Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Geddy Lee, Ben Mink and David Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, percussion, programming, string arrangements, engineer
  • Ben Mink – guitars, violin, violas, programming, string arrangements, engineer
  • Waylon Wall – steel guitar
  • Matt Cameron – drums
  • Jeremy Taggart – drums
  • John Friesen – cello
  • Pappy Rosen – backing vocals
  • Chris Stringer – additional percussion
  • Ed Wilson – additional programming
  • David Leonard – engineer, mixing 
  • Adam Kasper, Dennis Tougas – engineer
  • Sam Hofstedt, Sheldon Zaharko, Chris Stringer, Tom Heron, Jeff Elliot, Joel Kazmi, Ian Bodzasi – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Daniel Séguin – computer technical assistance

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Geddy Lee, all music by Geddy Lee and Ben Mink.

  1. My Favourite Headache
  2. The Present Tense
  3. Window to the World
  4. Working at Perfekt
  5. Runaway Train
  6. The Angel’s Share
  7. Moving to Bohemia
  8. Home on the Strange
  9. Slipping
  10. Still
  11. Grace to Grace

k.d. lang: Hymns of the 49th Parallel

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On July 27, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Hymns of the 49th Parallel”, the ninth k.d. lang studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Ben Mink and k.d. lang.

Personnel:

  • k.d. lang – vocals
  • Ben Mink – acoustic and electric guitar, fiddle, digital editinig
  • Teddy Borowiecki – piano, accordion, keyboard
  • David Piltch – electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar
  • Clayton Cameron – drums
  • Ralph Morrison – violin, concert master
  • Tiffiany Yi Hu – violin
  • Sara Parkins – violin
  • David Stenske – violin
  • Cynthia Fogg – viola
  • Brian Dembow – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Stephen Erdody – cello
  • Armen Ksadjikian – cello
  • Cecilia Tsan – cello
  • Eumir Deodato – conductor, string arrangements
  • David Leonard – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • John Morrical – assistant
  • David Eaman, John Musgrave, Russell Nash – technical assistant
  • David Sherr – contractor
  • Tom Calderaro – copylist
  • Andy Goldsworthy – cover photography
  • Jeri Heiden, John Heiden – photography

Track listing:

  1. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
  2. Simple – k.d. lang, David Piltch
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
  5. The Valley – Jane Siberry
  6. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  7. One Day I Walk – Bruce Cockburn
  8. Fallen – Ron Sexsmith
  9. Jericho – Joni Mitchell
  10. Bird on a Wire – Leonard Cohen
  11. Love is Everything – Jane Siberry

Rush: Snakes & Arrows

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On May 1, 2007, “Anthem Records” label released “Snakes & Arrows” the 18th Rush studio album. It was recorded November – December 2006, at “Grandmaster” in Los Angeles, “Allaire” in Shokan, New York, and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.

Personnel:

  1. Alex Lifeson – 6 and 12-string acoustic and electronic guitars, mandola, mandolin, bouzouki, arrangements
  2. Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, arrangements
  3. Neil Peart – drums, electronic percussion, tambourine, arrangements
  4. Ben Mink – strings
  5. Nick Raskulinecz – arrangements, additional engineering, mixing
  6. Richard Chycki – engineer, mixing
  7. Matt Snedecor – engineer assistant
  8. Andrew Alekel – engineer assistant
  9. Scott Moore – engineer assistant
  10. Inaam Haq – pre-production assistant
  11. Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
  12. Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations
  13. Harish Johari – cover painting
  14. Andrew MacNaughtan – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Peart, all music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, except where noted.

  1. Far City
  2. Armor and Sword
  3. Workin’ Them Angels
  4. The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)
  5. Spindriff
  6. The Main Monkey Business
  7. The Way the Wind Blows
  8. Hope – Alex Lifeson
  9. Faithless
  10. Bravest Face
  11. Good News First
  12. Malignant Narcissism
  13. We Hold On

Heart: Beautiful Broken

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On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, autoharp
  • Nancy Wilson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar, marxophone, autoharp, handclaps, whispers 
  • Ben Smith – drums, percussion, claps, snaps
  • Craig Bartock – acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar,  percussive guitar, claps, snaps, backing vocals
  • Chris Joyner – synthesizers, piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, field organ, nylon-string guitar 
  • Dan Rothchild – bass, Moog bass, upright bass, additional synthesizer, Hammond B3, additional piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, textures, handclaps
  • James Hetfield – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
  • Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Péter Illényi – conducting
  • Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
  • Ken Sluiter – additional textures, claps, snaps
  • Billy Mims – claps, snaps
  • Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
  • Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
  • Bill Mims – additional engineering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Gentry Studer – mastering engineering assistance
  • Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
  • Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
  • Greg Fidelman – additional engineering
  • Kurina Tamás – strings recording engineering
  • Brian McGuffey – artwork
  • Nancy Wilson – art direction
  • Anna Knowlden – photography
  • Dan Rothchild – photography

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Version – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Mink, James Alan Hetfield
  2. Two – Shafer “Ne-Yo” Smith, Jesse “Corporal” Wilson, Adam “Royal Z’ Waldman
  3. Sweet Darlin – Ann Wilson
  4. I Jump – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rothchild
  5. Johnny Moon – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  6. Heaven – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  7. City’s Burning – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  8. Down on Me – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  9. One Word – Nancy Wilson
  10. Language of Love – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis