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Robert Cray: That’s What I Heard

On February 28, 2020, “Nozzle” label released “That’s What I Heard”, the 20th Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cray – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Steve Perry – vocals
  • The Craylettes – vocals
  • The Steves – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Dover Weinberg – keyboards
  • Richard Cousins – bass
  • Terence F. Clark – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone, recording
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Steve Genewick – additional recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Keith Brogdon – cover design
  • Jeff Katz – cover photography
  • Antonie Sanfuentes – additional photography
  • Gregory Zaccaria – guitar technician
  • Paul Jamieson – drums technician

Track listing:

  1. Anything You Want – Robert Cray
  2. Burying Ground – Don Robey
  3. You’re the One – Deadric Malone
  4. This Man – Robert Cray
  5. You’ll Want Me Back – Curtis Mayfield
  6. Hot – Robert Cray
  7. Promises You Can’t Keep – Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson, Steve Jordan
  8. To Be with You – Robert Cray
  9. My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
  10. Can’t Make Me Change – Robert Cray
  11. A Little Less Lonely – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  12. Do It – Jack Ashford, Lorraine Chandler

Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow

On May 8,2020, “Heavenly Recordings” label released “Straight Songs of Sorrow”, the twelfth and final Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Alain Johannes and Mark Lanegan.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals, Moog DFAM drum synth, Moog Sirin bass synth, Moog Sub Phatty, Organelle synth, ARP Omni 2 synth, Yamaha SK10 synth, Roland TR-909 drum machine, Roland Juno synth, Roland TR-909 drum machine, Oberheim DMX drum machine, Organelle synth, Organelle synth, BOSS DR Rhythm 550, bass, electric guitar; Roland Juno synth
  • Alain Johannes – vocals, Yamaha SK10 synth, Shakers, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, frame drum, drum programming, bass, Minimoog synth, drum programming, Casio synth, resonator guitar, hang drum, harmonium, flutes, bass, percussion, cigfiddle, Mellotron strings, Novation Bass Station, Casio beatbox, Drum Brute, Buchla Music Easel, Linn Drum drum machine
  • Adrian Utley – acoustic and electric guitar, Minimoog, Korg 3200 synth
  • Mark Morton – acoustic guitar
  • Dylan Carlson – electric guitar 
  • Shelley Brien – vocals, Yamaha SK10, Moog Sub Phatty, Roland 909 drum machine, Casiotone 701
  • Ed Harcourt – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • John Paul Jones – mellotron
  • Jack Bates – bass
  • Jack Irons – drums, percussion
  • Michael Parnin – Gibson Maestro King drum machine, Eli 7030 drum machine, mixing
  • Wesley Eisold – vocals
  • Greg Dulli – vocals
  • Warren Ellis – fiddle
  • Sietse Van Gorkom – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan, except where noted.

  1. I Wouldn’t Want to Say
  2. Apples from a Tree – Mark Lanegan, Mark Morton
  3. This Game of Love
  4. Ketamine
  5. Bleed All Over
  6. Churchbells, Ghosts
  7. Internal Hourglass Discussion
  8. Stockholm City Blues
  9. Skeleton Key
  10. Daylight in the Nocturnal House
  11. Ballad of a Dying Rover
  12. Hanging On (For DRC) – Mark Lanegan, Mark Morton
  13. Burying Ground – Shelley Brien, Mark Lanegan
  14. At Zero Below
  15. Eden Lost and Found – Shelley Brien, Mark Lanegan