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Paul McCartney: McCartney III

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On December 18, 2020, “Capitol” label released “McCartney III”, the 18th Paul McCartney album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Hogg Hill Mill” in Sussex, England, and was produced by Paul McCartney.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, double bass, acoustic piano, harpsichord, mellotron, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, Wurlitzer electric piano, drums, percussion, recorder
  • Rusty Anderson – electric guitar
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • Steve Orchard – engineer
  • Alex Pasco – engineer
  • Bob Kraushaar – engineer
  • Keith Smith – assistant engineer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Greg Kurstin – co-producer
  • George Martin – co-producer
  • Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design
  • Ed Ruscha – cover art typography
  • Mary McCartney – cover portrait, photography
  • Sonny McCartney – photography
  • Brian Clarke – stained glass

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

  1. Long Tailed Winter Bird
  2. Find My Way
  3. Pretty Boys
  4. Women and Wives
  5. Lavatory Lil
  6. Slidin’
  7. Deep Deep Feeling
  8. The Kiss of Venus
  9. Seize the Day
  10. Deep Down
  11. Winter Bird / When Winter Comes

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe: The Most Incredible Thing

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On March 14, 2011, “Parlaphone” label released “The Most Incredible Thing”, album by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. It featured music for the 2011 ballet of same name, based on 1870 fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Sven Helbig, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Wrocław Score Orchestra was recorded by “Teldex Studio Berlin” in the “Concert Hall of Polish Radio” in Wrocław, Poland

Personnel:

  • Neil Tenant – performer
  • Chris Lowe– performer, programming
  • Bartek Bober – concertmaster
  • Joris Bartsch Buhle – contractor
  • Pete Gleadall – programming
  • Andreas Gundlach – piano
  • Sven Helbig– orchestrations
  • Dominic Wheeler – Wrocław Score Orchestra conductor
  • Jan-Peter Klöpfel – copyist
  • Bob Kraushaar– mixing
  • Tobias Lehmann – sound engineer, editing
  • Tom Russbüldt – Pro Toolsengineer
  • Dietrich Zöllner – copyist

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

Act One

  1. Prologue
  2. The Grind
  3. The Challenge
  4. Help Me
  5. Risk
  6. Physical Jerks
  7. The Competition
  8. The Meeting” – 2:52

Act Two

  1. The Clock 1/2/3
  2. The Clock 4/5/6
  3. The Clock 7/8/9
  4. The Clock 10/11/12
  5. The Winner
  6. Destruction

Act Three

  1. Back to the Grind
  2. The Miracle – Ceremony
  3. The Miracle – Revolution
  4. The Miracle – Resurrection
  5. The Miracle – Colour and Light
  6. The Miracle – The Meeting (Reprise)
  7. The Wedding

Killing Joke: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

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In November 1986, “E.G.” label released “Brighter Than a Thousand  Suns”, the sixth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin” in Germany, and was produced by Chris Kimsey, Chris Tsangarides and Stewart Levine.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman– vocals, synthesizer
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker– guitar
  • Paul Raven– bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson – vocals, drums
  • Dave Kovacevic – synthesizer
  • Thomas Stiehler – engineer
  • Glen Skinner – engineer
  • Chris Kimsey– mixing
  • Bob Kraushaar– mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn– remixing

Track listing:

 All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Raven and Paul Ferguson.

  1. Adorations
  2. Sanity
  3. Chessboards
  4. Twilight of the Mortal
  5. Love of the Masses
  6. A Southern Sky
  7. Wintergardens
  8. Rubicon

Human League: Octopus

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On January 23, 1995, “EastWest Records” label released “Octopus”, the seventh Human League studio album.  It was recorded in 1994, at “Axis Studios” in Sheffield, “Human League Studio”, and was produced by Ian Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Philip Oakey – vocals, programming, design concept
  • Joanne Catherall – vocals, design concept
  • Susan Ann Sulley – vocals, design concept
  • Andy Gray – programming
  • Ian Stanley – programming
  • Bob Kraushaar – recording
  • David Dodd – engineer
  • Pete Stewart – additional engineering
  • Scott Boyce – engineer assistant
  • Farrow Design – design concept, design
  • Martin Lloyd – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Tell Me When – Beckett, Philip Oakey
  2. These Are the Days – Philip Oakey, Ian Stanley
  3. One Man in My Heart – Philip Oakey, Neil Sutton
  4. Words – Russell Dennett, Philip Oakey
  5. Filling up with Heaven – Philip Oakey, Ian Stanley
  6. Houseful of Nothing – Beckett, Philip Oakey, Ian Stanley
  7. John Cleese: Is He Funny? – Philip Oakey
  8. Never Again – Jo Callis, Philip Oakey
  9. Cruel Young Lover – Beckett, Russell Dennett, Philip Oakey