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George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid

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On June 10, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Gold Rush Kid”, the third George Ezra studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Stuart Price, Joel Pott, Daniel Moyler and Barney Lister.

Personnel:

  • George Ezra – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Joel Pott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Daniel Moyler – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • David Klinke – guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Sims – bass, percussion, backing vocal
  • Stuart Price – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Barney Lister – bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Fabio De Oliveira – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hal Ritson – drums, programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, brass, performance arrangements
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lily Carassik – brass, backing vocals
  • Yasmin Ogilvie – brass, backing vocals
  • Matthew Benson – brass, backing vocals
  • The Dap Kings – brass, performance arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Kate Robinson – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Nirupam Raja Halder – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tamara Elias – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Max Baillie – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bryony Elizabeth Moody – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Mzansi Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Adam Scarborough – backing vocals
  • Evie Howard – backing vocals
  • Freddie Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jessica Barnett – backing vocals
  • Myla Pott – backing vocals
  • Ian Mizen – whistles
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Tobie Tripp – conductor, performance arrangements
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – engineer
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant
  • Joe Wyatt – engineer assistant
  • Tristan Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Loveland – engineer assistant
  • Connor Panayi – engineer assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – engineer assistant
  • Charles Haydon-Hicks – mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by George Ezra and Joel Pott, except where noted.

  1. Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)
  2. Green Green Grass – George Ezra, Joel Pott, Stuart Price
  3. Gold Rush Kid
  4. Manila
  5. Feel in Love at the End of the World – George Ezra
  6. Don’t Give Up
  7. Dance All Over Me
  8. I Went Hunting
  9. In the Morning – George Ezra
  10. Sweetest Human Being Alive
  11. Love Somebody Else
  12. The Sun Went Down – George Ezra

Florence And The Machine: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

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On May 29, 2015, “Island” label released “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”, the third Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “The Pool”, “Angel”, “Urchin”, “Lightship”, “123”, “Sarm Studio”, and “No. 1 Baltic Place” in London, “Bedrock Rehearsal” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Kid Harpoon, John Hill, Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Isabella Summers, Brett Shaw and Dan Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, body percussion, stamps, claps, piano, percussion
  • Rob Ackroyd – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
  • Leo Abrahams – acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Kid Harpoon – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano, CP 70 synth, drums, percussion, bass, brass writing, brass arrangements
  • Alex Beitzke – guitar 
  • Steve Jones – electric guitar 
  • Rusty Bradshaw – piano 
  • Orlando Leopard – piano, bass, harmonium, organ, additional arrangements
  • Iain Berryman – piano, harmonium, acoustic guitar, body percussion, cornet 
  • James Hallawell – Hammond organ, Farfisa, piano, organ
  • Isabella Summers – Rhodes organ, synths, bass, keys, strings, stamps, claps, drums, percussion, programming
  • Robin Baynton – Rhodes organ, piano, organ
  • Mark Saunders – bass
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Lucy Shaw – bass 
  • Chris Hayden – drums, percussion
  • Matt Ingram – drums, percussion
  • James Ford – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, piano, keys, synth, programming, woodwind arrangements
  • Paul Epworth – drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synths, organ
  • Charlie Hugall – percussion, programming
  • Brett Shaw – additional percussion
  • Tom Monger – harp 
  • Markus Dravs – glockenspiel, percussion, synths, bass synth, programming, body percussion, electric guitar, woodwind arrangements
  • Janelle Martin – backing vocals
  • Nim Miller – backing vocals
  • Baby N’Sola – backing vocals 
  • John Hill – synths, brass writing, brass arrangements
  • Wayne Francis – saxophone 
  • John Barclay – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Philip Cobb – trumpet, flugel trumpet
  • Andy Crowley – trumpet
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet
  • Nick Walters – trumpet 
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugel
  • Adman Dayes – trombone 
  • Andy Wood – trombone, Euphonium
  • Richard Edwards – tenor trombone
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Pip Eastop – French horn
  • Sam Jacobs – French horn
  • Elise Campbell – French horn
  • Oren Marshall – tuba
  • Eliza Marshall – flute, alto flute
  • Ed Tarrant – Euphonium
  • Rebecca Wood – oboe, Cor Anglais
  • Pete Harrison – bassoon 
  • Pete Prokopiw – harp, cimbalom, programming
  • Will Owen – brass arrangements, string arrangements
  • Ali Helnwein – brass arrangements, string arrangements, strings 
  • Sally Herbert – orchestration, conducting, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, brass orchestration, brass conducting, woodwind arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Ian Belton – violin
  • Emlyn Singleton – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Julia Singleton – violin
  • John Smart – violin
  • Ann Morfee – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Ciaran McCabe – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin 
  • Rick Koster – violin 
  • Oli Langford – violin 
  • Bruce White – viola 
  • Nick Barr – viola 
  • Fiona Bonds – viola
  • Ian Rathbone – viola
  • Max Baillie – viola
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Benson – additional keys, programming, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Robin Baynton – engineer, strings recording, brass recording, flute recording, woodwind recording
  • Mat Bartram – brass recording, strings recording, flute recording, engineer
  • Ronan Phelan – brass recording assistant, strings recording assistant, flute recording assistant
  • Joe Kearns – engineer
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Charlie Hugall – engineer, mixing
  • Jonathan Sagis – engineer assistant
  • Iain Berryman – engineer assistant, additional engineering
  • Dan Cox – additional engineering
  • Brett Shaw – engineer, mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing 
  • Craig Silvey – mixing 
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
  • Will Donbavand – mixing assistant
  • Ben Roulston – engineer
  • Alex Beitzke – engineer
  • Geoff Swan – mixing assistant
  • John Catlin – mixing assistance
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Tabitha Denholm – creative direction, insert photography
  • Brian Roettinger – art direction
  • Tom Beard – cover photography, insert photography
  • Vincent Haycock – insert photography

Track listing:

  1. Ship to Wreck – Florence Welch, Tom Hull
  2. What Kind of Man – Florence Welch, Tom Hull, John Hill
  3. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  4. Queen of Peace – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
  5. Various Storms & Saints – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
  6. Delilah – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  7. Long & Lost – Florence Welch, Ester Dean
  8. Caught – Florence Welch, James Ford
  9. Third Eye – Florence Welch
  10. St. Jude – Florence Welch, James Ford
  11. Mother – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth

Richard Ashcroft: Natural Rebel

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On October 19, 2018, “Righteous Phonographic Association” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Natural Rebel”, the fifth Richard Ashcroft studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “State of the Ark”, “The Bunker”, “Tileyard Studfios”, “Hoxa HQ”, and was produced by Jon Kelly, Emre Ramazanoglu and Richard Ashcroft.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Steve Wyreman – guitar, bass
  • Ben Trigg – keyboards, strings
  • Jon Kelly – keyboards
  • Matt Johnson – keyboards
  • Steve Wyreman – keyboards
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Glover, Nichol Thomson, Jim Hunt – brass
  • Olli Kraus – strings, strings arrangements
  • Bruce White, Charis Jenson, Everton Nelson, Galya Bisengalieva, Gemma Dunne, Katie Wilkinson, Marianne Haynes, Richard George, Tom Pigott-Smith – strings
  • Andrea Grant, Lorraine Cato – backing vocals
  • Ben Trigg – strings arrangements
  • Dani Spragg, Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Army of Few – design
  • Dean Chalkley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. All My Dreams
  2. Birds Fly
  3. Surprised by the Joy
  4. That’s How Strong
  5. Born to Be Strangers
  6. That’s When I Feel It
  7. We All Bleed
  8. A Man in Motion
  9. Streets of Amsterdam
  10. Money Money

Badly Drawn Boy: It’s What I’m Thinking (Part One Photographing Snowflakes)

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On October 4, 2010, “V2” label released “It’s What I’m Thinking (Part One Photographing Snowflakes)”, the seventh Badly Drawn Boy album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Stephen Hilton.

Personnel:

  • Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) – vocal, guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, photography
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar
  • Woodrow Wilson Jackson III – guitar, percussion
  • Mike TV (Mike Bottomley) – guitar, effects
  • Ollie Collins – bass
  • Stephen Fretwell – bass
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Che Beresford – drums
  • Jay Sikora – drums
  • Everton Nelson – strings leader
  • English Session Orchestra
  • Geese – strings, strings arrangements
  • Chris Tombling, Eos Chater, Gareth Griffiths, Kerenza Paecock, Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Bruce White, Maxine Moore, Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Caroline Dale, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey – cello
  • Stephen Hilton – synthesizer, sampler, noises, recording, mixing
  • Matt Dunkley – conductor, strings arrangements
  • Seadna McPhail – recording
  • Geoff Foster – strings recording
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Andy Votel – artwork
  • Dom Kelly – strings contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Gough.

  1. In Safe Hands
  2. The Order of Things
  3. Too Many Miracles
  4. What Tomorrow Brings
  5. I Saw You Walk Away
  6. It’s What I’m Thinking
  7. You Lied
  8. A Pure Accident
  9. This Electric – Janine Rostron
  10. This Beautiful Idea

Florence and the Machine: Lungs

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On July 3, 2009, “Island” label released “Lungs”, the debut Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2009, at “The Garden”,  “The Pool”, “The Synagogue”, “Strongroom 33 / Space Cave”, “The Smokehouse” and “The Dairy” in London, and was produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Stephen Mackey, Isabella Summers and Eg White.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, additional drumming, percussion, art direction
  • Rob Ackroyd – guitar, bass guitar
  • Tom Monger – harp
  • Christopher Lloyd Hayden – drums
  • Isabella Summers – piano, additional drumming, percussion
  • Tim McCall – guitar
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar
  • Duncan “Pixie” Mills – Hammond organ
  • Stephen Mackey – bass guitar
  • Mete Burch Bator – bass guitar
  • Martin Slattery – drums
  • James Ford – drums, bass guitar, additional piano; organ
  • Charlie Hugall – additional drumming, percussion, additional bass
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements, violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Charlie Henry – cello
  • LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals
  • Victoria Akintola – backing vocals
  • Mark Rankin – recording 
  • Jimmy Robertson – recording, mixing
  • Duncan “Pixie” Mills – engineer assistant
  • Ben Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Al Riley – engineer assistant
  • James Ford – mixing
  • Stephen Mackey – mixing
  • Richard Flack – mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing 
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Ben Mortimer – final edit
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Tabitha Denholm – art direction
  • Hugh Frost – layout
  • Orlando Weeks – lung illustration
  • Tom Beard – photography
  • Wade Fletcher – live photograph

Track listing:

  1. Dog Days Are Over – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  2. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  3. I’m Not Calling You a Liar – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  4. Howl – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  5. Kiss With a Fist – Florence Welch, Matt Allchin
  6. Girl With One Eye – Matt Allchin, Davis Ashby, James McCool
  7. Drumming Song – Florence Welch, James Ford, Crispin Hunt
  8. Between Two Lungs – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  9. Cosmic Love – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  10. My Boy Builds Coffins – Florence Welch, Christopher Lloyd Hayden, Rob Ackroyd
  11. Hurricane Drunk – Florence Welch, Eg White
  12. Blinding – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
  13. You’ve Got the Love – John Bellamy, Arnecia Michelle Harris. Anthony B. Stephens

Goldfrapp: Tales of Us

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On September 6, 2013, “Mute” label released “Tales of Us”, the sixth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded April – May 2013, at “Angel Recording Studios” in London, and was produce by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, instruments, artwork direction
  • Will Gregory – instruments, string arrangements
  • Steve Evans – acoustic guitar, additional programming
  • Aidan Love – additional programming
  • Nick Ingman – string scoring, string conducting
  • Charlie Jones – double bass
  • Alex Lee – bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, Nashville guitar
  • John Parricelli – guitar 
  • Ross Hughes – acoustic guitar, cavaquinho 
  • Chris Laurence – double bass 
  • Martyn Barker – Indian guitar, drums
  • Paul Cowgill – horse effects 
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • John Metcalfe – viola 
  • Louisa Fuller – violin 
  • String section –
    • Everton Nelson, Steve Morris, Emlyn Singleton, Warren Zielinski, Rita Manning, Richard George, Ian Humphries, Patrick Kiernan, Ann Morfee, Debbie Widdup, Kathy Shave, Dave Williams, Rusty Pomeroy, Boguslaw Kostecki, Tom Pigott-Smith, Mark Berrow – violin
    • Peter Lale, Bill Hawkes, Bruce White, Andy Parker, Nick Barr, Morgan Goff – viola
    • Ian Burdge, Sophie Harris, Nick Cooper, Penny Driver, Chris Allan – cello
    • Chris Laurence, Richard Pryce, Stacey Watton – double bass 
  • Martyn Barker – drums
  • John Parish – drums
  • Greg Freeman – additional engineering
  • Eduardo de la Paz – additional engineering, mixing assistance 
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Gary Thomas – string recording
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Mat Maitland – artwork direction
  • Annemarieke van Drimmelen – photography
  • Julie Rubio – image treatments
  • Lenka Rayn H. – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Jo
  2. Annabel
  3. Drew
  4. Ulla
  5. Alvar
  6. Thea
  7. Simone
  8. Stranger
  9. Laurel
  10. Clay

Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings

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On August 14, 2020, “14th Floor” label released “A Celebration of Endings”, the eighth Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Lotus Easter Studio” in Santa Monica, California, “United Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, “Abbey Road Studios”, “RAK Studios” and Rockstone Studios in London, and was produced by Rich Costey and Steve Mac.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitars
  • James Johnston – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Zac Rae – additional keyboards
  • Steve Mac – additional keyboards
  • Rob Mathes – string arrangements, conducting
  • Jenny Nendick – conducting
  • Jackie Shave – concertmaster
  • Magnus Johnston – violin
  • Perry Montague-Mason – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Pete Hanson – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Cathy Thompson – violin
  • Debbie Widdup – violin
  • Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
  • Chris Tombling – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Rachel Roberts – viola
  • Caroline Dearley – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Jonathan Williams – cello
  • Caroline Dearley – cello
  • Jonathan Allen – string recording
  • Paul Pritchard – string recording assistant
  • Neil Dawes – string recording assistant
  • KT Pipal – engineering
  • Mario Borgatta – engineering
  • Wesley M. Seidman – engineering
  • Cecil Barlett – engineering
  • Dann Pursey – engineering
  • Koby Merman – additional mix engineering and digital editing
  • Dalton Ricks – additional mix engineering
  • Ross Newbauer – additional mix engineering
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • James Rushent – additional production
  • Chris Laws – additional programming, engineering
  • Joe La Porta – mastering
  • Thomas Robson – cover artwork
  • Simon Neil – additional artwork, art direction
  • Richard Welland – art direction
  • Ash Reynolds – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil, except where noted.

  1. North of No South
  2. The Champ
  3. Weird Leisure
  4. Tiny Indoor Fireworks
  5. Worst Type of Best Possible
  6. Space – Steve Mac
  7. End Of
  8. Instant History – Steve Mac, Ammar Malik
  9. The Pink Limit
  10. Opaque
  11. Cop Syrup

The Specials: Encore

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On February 1, 2019, “Island” label released “Encore”, the eighth Specials studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Torp Larsen.

Personnel:

  • Terry Hall – vocals
  • Lynval Golding – vocals, guitar
  • Horace Panter – bass guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Cradock – guitar
  • Kenrick Rowe – drums
  • Tim Smart – trombone, tuba
  • Pablo Mendelssohn – trumpet
  • Saffiyah Khan – guest vocals
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
  • George Murphy – engineer
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, and Nikolaj Torp Larsen, except where noted.

  1. Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys – Eddy Grant
  2. B.L.M.
  3. Vote for Me
  4. The Lunatics – Neville Staple, Terr Hall, Lynval Golding
  5. Breaking Point
  6. Blam Blam Fever – Earl Grant, V. E. Grant
  7. 10 Commandments – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Saffiyah Khan
  8. Embarrassed by You – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Mark Adams
  9. The Life and Times (Of a Man Called Depression)
  10. We Sell Hope

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen

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On October 4, 2019, “Ghosteen Ltd” label released “Ghosteen”, the seventeenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Woodshed” in Malibu, “NightBird” in West Hollywood, “Retreat” in Brighton, “Candy Bomber” in Berlin, “Air” in London, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, mixing, design
  • George Vjestica – guitar
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, flute, violin, piano, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – vibraphone, percussion
  • Augustin Viard – ondes Martenot
  • Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – tablas
  • Bruce White – first viola
  • Nick Cooper – first cello
  • Mary Scully – first double bass
  • Ben Foster – string arrangement, conducting
  • Sam Thompson – string arrangements assistant
  • Lance Powell – recording, mixing
  • Kevin Paul – recording
  • Ben Thackeray – recording
  • Jake Jackson – recording
  • Alex Csak – recording assistant
  • Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – recording assistant
  • Richard Biethan – recording assistant
  • Ingo Krauss – recording assistant
  • Oliver Klemp – recording assistant
  • John Prestage – recording assistant
  • Warren Ellis – mixing
  • Andrew Dominik – mixing
  • John Armstrong – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering, lacquer cutting
  • Tom duBois – cover art
  • Hingston Studio – design
  • Matthew Thorne – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Spinning Song
  2. Bright Horses
  3. Waiting for You
  4. Night raid
  5. Sun Forest
  6. Galleon Ship
  7. Ghosteen Speaks
  8. Leviathan
  9. Ghosteen
  10. Fireflies
  11. Hollywood

The Divine Comedy: Office Politics

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On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Max Spiers – oboe
  • David Pyatt – French horn
  • John Ryan – French horn
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Templeton – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Martin Robertson – clarinet
  • Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Warren Zielinski – cello
  • Jake Jackson – engineer
  • Ber Quinn – engineer
  • Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Leach – assistant engineer
  • John Prestage – assistant engineer
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Ben Meadows – photography
  • Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Queuejumper
  2. Office Politics
  3. Norman and Norma
  4. Absolutely Obsolete
  5. Internal Machines
  6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
  7. Psychological Evaluation
  8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
  9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
  10. A Feather in Your Cap
  11. I’m Stranger Here
  12. Dark Days Are Here Again
  13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  14. Opportunity’ Knox
  15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  16. When the Working Day Is Gone