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Bloc Party: Hymns

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On January 29, 2016, “BMG” label released “Hymns”, the fifth Bloc Party studio album. It was recorded March – August 2015, at “Lynchmob Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Bran and Roy Kerr.

Personnel:

  • Kele Okereke – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, electric piano
  • Russell Lissack – lead guitar, programming
  • Justin Harris – bass guitar, synths, backing vocals
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Nicky Brown – choir, vocal arranger
  • Jesse Grant – choir
  • Geo Gabriel – choir
  • Jermaine Foster – choir
  • Max Hayes – engineer
  • Ben Jackson – co-engineering
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Rachael Wright – polaroids
  • Phil Armson at Big Active – design, imagery

Track listing:

All tracks by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, except where noted.

  1. The Love Within
  2. Only He Can Heal Me
  3. So Real
  4. The Good News
  5. Fortress
  6. Different Drugs
  7. Into the Earth
  8. My True Name
  9. Virtue
  10. Exes
  11. Living Lux
  12. The God Vibration (hidden track)

The Futureheads: Same

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On July 12, 2004, “679” label released the self-titled, debut Futureheads (The)  album. It was recorded in 2004 and was produced by Paul Epworth and Andy Gill.

Personnel:

  • Ross Millard – vocals, guitar
  • Barry Hyde – vocals, guitar
  • David “Jaff” Craig – vocals, bass guitar
  • Dave Hyde – drums
  • Adrian Newton, Andy Gill, Jerry Kandiah – engineer
  • Al O’Connell, Mark ‘Uptown Top’ Rankin, Richard Williams – additional engineering
  • Helen Ward – assistant engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge, Clive Goddard, Gareth Jones – mixing
  • Big Active – art direction
  • Damien Poulain – artwork
  • Tony Gibson – photography
  • Clare Shilland – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ross Millard, Barry Hyde, David Craig and Dave hyde, except where noted.

  1. Le Garage
  2. Robot
  3. A to B
  4. Decent Days and Nights
  5. Meantime
  6. Alms
  7. Danger of the Water
  8. Carnival Kids
  9. The City Is Here for You to Use
  10. First Day
  11. He Knows
  12. Stupid and Shallow
  13. Trying Not to Think About Time
  14. Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
  15. Man Ray

White Lies: Friends

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On October 7, 2016, “BMG” label released “Friends”, the fourth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Studio One” in London, ”The Distillery” in Bath, and was produced by Richard Wilkinson, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

Personnel:

  1. Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
  2. Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
  3. Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
  4. Phil Parsons – engineer
  5. David Wrench, Marta Salogni – mixing
  6. John Davis – mastering
  7. Markus Bagå – art direction, design
  8. Big Active – creative director
  9. Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

  1. Take It Out on Me
  2. Morning in LA
  3. Hold Back Your Love
  4. Don’t Want to Feel It All
  5. Don’t Want to Feel It All
  6. Summer Didn’t Change a Thing
  7. Swing
  8. Come On
  9. Right Place
  10. Don’t Fall

The Horrors: V

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On September 22, 2017, “Wolf Tone” and “Caroline International;” labels released “V”, the fifth Horrors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Church Studios”, and was produced by Paul Epworth, Faris Badwan, Joshua Third, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.

Personnel:

  • Faris Badwan– vocals
  • Joshua Third – guitars
  • Tom Furse – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
  • Rhys Webb – bass, synthesizers, guitars
  • Joe Spurgeon – drums, drum programming, synthesizers
  • Harry Edwards – cello
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer, mixing
  • Mandy Parnell – mastering
  • Big Active – design
  • Faris Badwan – design
  • Erik Ferguson – digital imaging
  • Riley Macintyre – assistant
  • Luke Pickering – assistant

Track listing:

  1. Hologram
  2. Press Enter to Exit
  3. Machine
  4. Ghost
  5. Point of No Reply
  6. Weighed Down
  7. Gathering
  8. World Below
  9. It’s a Good Life
  10. Something to Remember Me By

Foals: Total Life Forever

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On May 10, 2010, “Transgressive Records” label released “Total Life Forever”, the second Foals studio album. It was recorded in September 2009, at “Svenska Grammofon Studios” in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was produced by Luke Smith. The writers and editors, and the readers poll of the UK magazine “The Fly” voted “Total Life Forever” the “Best album of 2010”.

Personnel:

  • Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, drums, art direction
  • Jack Bevan – drums, art direction
  • Jimmy Smith – guitar, art direction
  • Walter Gervers – bass, art direction, backing vocals
  • Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
  • Caroline Wickberg – additional vocals
  • Ferg Peterkin – programming, engineer
  • Mike Crossey– recording assistant
  • Daniel Rejmer – engineer
  • Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Big Active, Tinhead – artwork
  • Steve Gullick, Dave Ma – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Walter Gervers and Edwin Congreave.

  1. Blue Blood
  2. Miami
  3. Total Life Forever
  4. Black Gold
  5. Spanish Sahara
  6. This Orient
  7. Fugue
  8. After Glow
  9. Alabaster
  10. 2 Trees
  11. What Remains