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The Proclaimers: Let’s Hear It For The Dogs

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On April 27, 2015, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Let’s Hear It for the Dogs”, the tenth Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at Rockfield Studios” in Wales, and was produced by Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Sean Genockey – guitar
  • Zac Ware – electric guitar
  • Stevie Christie – keyboards
  • Garry John Kane – bass
  • Clive Jenner – drums
  • Martin Winning – brass
  • Matt Holland – brass
  • Andrew Walters – violin
  • Joanna Walters – violin
  • Andrew Walters – violin
  • Joanna Walters – violin
  • Bernard Kane – viola
  • Nathan Stone – cello
  • The Vulcan String Quartet – strings
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Dave Eringa – mixing
  • Ed Woods – mastering
  • Lewis MacDonald – cover design
  • Rose Lawrence – sleeve design
  • Kenny MacDonald – photography
  • Murdro MacLeod – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Reid and Charlie Reid.

  1. You Built Me Up
  2. Be with Me
  3. In My Home
  4. Tuesday Afternoon
  5. Then Again
  6. What School?
  7. I’m Still Around
  8. The Other Side
  9. Forever Young
  10. Ten Tiny Fingers
  11. Through Him
  12. Rainbow & Happy Regrets
  13. Moral Compass

Manic Street Preachers: The Ultra Vivid Lament

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On September 10, 2021, “Columbia” label released “The Ultra Vivid Lament”, the fourteenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Nicky Wire – bass, design concept, photography
  • Sean Moore – drums, percussion
  • Julia Cumming – vocal
  • Mark Lanegan – vocal
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – additional guitar, additional keyboards
  • Dave Eringa – additional keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Southall – backing vocals
  • Wayne Murray – additional backing vocals
  • Jack Boston, Jake Faber, Loz Williams, Tony O’Flaherty – additional engineering
  • Bernard Kane – strings arrangements
  • David Wrench – mixing, additional programming
  • Matt Colton – lacquer cut, mastering
  • Black Finch Design, James Isaacs – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore.

  1. Still Snowing in Sapporo
  2. Orwellian
  3. The Secret He Had Missed
  4. Quest for Ancient Colour
  5. Don’t Let the Night Divide Us
  6. Diapause
  7. Complicated Illusions
  8. Into the Waves of Love
  9. Blank Diary Entry
  10. Happy Bored Alone
  11. Afterending

Public Service Broadcasting: Every Valley

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On July 7, 2017, “PIAS Recordings” label released “Every Valley”, the third Public Service Broadcasting studio album. It was recorded January – February 2017, at “Leeders Vale Studios” and “Ebbw Vale Institute” in Ebbw Vale, Wales, and was produced by J. Willgoose Esq.

Personnel:

  • J Willgoose, Esq. – vocals, guitars, synths, percussion, wurlitzer, mixing
  • JF Abraham – bass guitar, trumpet, percussion,  brass and string arrangements
  • Wrigglesworth – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, vibraphone, monster clap
  • Rittipo – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Toby Street – trumpet
  • Edward Hallinan – tuba
  • Kevin O’Hara – French horn
  • Oliver Hickie – French horn
  • James Pillai – French horn
  • Craig MacDonald – French horn
  • Iain Maxwell – tenor trombone, bass trombone
  • Barnaby Philpott – bass trombone, tenor trombone
  • Holly Cook – double bass
  • Katey Day – double bass
  • Simon Howes – violin
  • Dan Jones – violin
  • Sue Lord – violin
  • Sarah Loveridge – violin
  • Naomi Rump – violin
  • Bernard Kane – viola
  • January Tewson – viola
  • Ian Vorley – viola
  • Abigail Blackman – cello
  • Emma Bryden – cello
  • Katy Cox – cello
  • Beaufort Male Choir – choir vocals
  • James Dean Bradfield– vocals
  • Lisa Jên Brown– vocals
  • Tracyanne Campbell– vocals, vocoder
  • Haiku Salut- vocals, accordion, percussion
  • Paul Blakeman – recording setup
  • Jack Bonney – studio setup
  • James Campbell – engineer
  • Jon Constantine – engineer assistant
  • Matt Davies – drum tech
  • Giles Floodgate – studio setup
  • Phil Armson – art direction, design
  • Gerard Saint – art direction, design
  • Hannah Benkwitz – album cover
  • Andrew MacColl – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Willgoose, Esq., except where noted.

  1. Every Valley
  2. The Pit
  3. People Will Always Need Coal
  4. Progress
  5. Go to the Road
  6. All Out
  7. Turn No More – James Dean Bradfield, Idris Davies, J. Willgoose, Esq
  8. They Gave Me a Lamp – Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood, Louise Croft, JFAbraham, Willgoose, Esq
  9. You + Me – Lisa Jên Brown, Willgoose, Esq
  10. Mother of the Village
  11. Take Me Home – Rod Edwards, Roger Hand

Manic Street Preachers: Postcards From A Young Man

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On September 20, 2010, “Columbia” label released “Postcards from a Young Man”, the tenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded October 2009 – June 2010, at “Faster Studio” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore, Dave Eringa and Loz Williams.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, mandola
  • Nicky Wire– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ian McCulloch– co-lead vocals
  • John Cale– keyboards, noise
  • Duff McKagan– bass guitar
  • Sean Moore– drums, percussion, trumpet
  • Loz Williams – piano, Hammond organ, mellotron
  • Nick Naysmith – piano, Hammond organ
  • Andy Walters – strings, string arrangements
  • Joanna Walters, Carly Worsford, Bernard Kane, Simon Howes, Nathan Stone, Richard Phillips, Claudine Liddington – strings
  • Catrin Wyn Southall – vocal arrangements, backing vocals
  • Melissa Henry, Osian Rowlands, Gareth Treseder, Fflur Rowlands, Roland George, Aled Powys Williams – backing vocals
  • Loz Williams – engineer
  • Dave Eringa– engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nicky Wire; all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, except where noted.

  1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
  2. Postcards from a Young Man
  3. Some Kind of Nothingness – Wire
  4. The Descent (Pages 1 & 2)
  5. Hazelton Avenue
  6. Auto-Intoxication
  7. Golden Platitudes
  8. I Think I Found It – James Dean Bradfield
  9. A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun
  10. All We Make Is Entertainment
  11. The Future Has Been Here 4Ever
  12. Don’t be Evil