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Dead Can Dance: Aion

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On June 11, 1990, “4AD” label released “Aion”, the fifth Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at Brendan Perry’s estate in “Quivvy Church” in Ireland “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, England, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, design
  • David Navarro Sust – vocals
  • John Bonnar – keyboards, co-arrangements 
  • Robert Perry – bagpipes
  • Andrew Robinson – bass viol
  • Anne Robinson – bass viol
  • Honor Carmody – tenor viol
  • Lucy Robinson – tenor viol 

Track listing:

  1. The Arrival and the Reunion
  2. Saltarello
  3. Mephisto
  4. The Song of the Sibyl!
  5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
  6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
  7. The End of Words
  8. Black Sun
  9. Wilderness
  10. The Promised Womb
  11. The Garden of Zephirus
  12. Radharc

Blue Cheer: The Original Human Being

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In September 1970, “Philips” label released “The Original Human Being”, the fifth Blue Cheer album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Eric Albronda and Ralph Burns Kellogg.

Personnel:

  • Dickie Peterson – lead guitar, bass, guitar
  • Gary Lee Yoder– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, harp
  • Ralph Burns Kellogg– organ, piano, synthesizer, bass
  • Norman Mayell – drums, percussion, sitar, guitar

Track listing:

  1. Love of a Woman – Dickie Peterson
  2. Make Me Laugh – Ralph Burns Kellogg
  3. Pilot – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder
  4. Babaji (Twilight Raga) – Norman Mayell
  5. Preacher – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder
  6. Black Sun – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder
  7. Tears in My Bed – Ralph Burns Kellogg
  8. Man on the Run – Dickie Peterson
  9. Sandwich – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder
  10. Rest at Ease – Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder

Death Cab for Cutie: Kintsugi

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On March 31, 2015, “Atlantic” label released “Kintsugi”, the eighth Death Cab for Cutie album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Gibbard – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Walla– guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Nicholas Harmer– bass guitar
  • Jason McGerr– drums, percussion
  • Martin Cooke – engineer
  • Rich Costey– engineer, mixing
  • Nicolas Fournier – engineer
  • Mario Borgatta – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Joe Rudko – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Benjamin Gibbard, except where noted.

  1. No Room in Frame – Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer
  2. Black Sun
  3. The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
  4. Little Wanderer
  5. You’ve Haunted Me All My Life
  6. Hold No Guns
  7. Everything’s a Ceiling
  8. Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)
  9. El Dorado
  10. Ingénue
  11. Binary Sea