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Peter Gabriel: I/O

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On December 1, 2023, “Real World” label released “I/O”, the tenth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – December 2022, at “Rexall Place” in Edmonton, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “British Grove” and “Copper House” in London, “High Seas” in Johannesburg, “Alfvénsalen” in Uppsala, “Fonoprint” in Bologna, and was produced by Peter Gabriel, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – lead, treated and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synths, programming, percussion, manipulated charango, glass harp, orchestral arrangements, choir arrangements, design concept
  • David Rhodes – guitars, acoustic and 12 string guitars, backing vocals
  • Katie May – acoustic guitar, percussion, synths, rhythm programming, guitar effects, engineer
  • Richard Evans – mandolin, D whistle
  • Tom Cawley – piano
  • Oli Jacobs – piano, synths, programming, engineer
  • Brian Eno – synths, manipulated guitars, ukulele, percussion, bells, rhythm programming and progressing, electric worms
  • Angie Pollock – synths
  • Tony Levin – basses
  • Don-E – bass synth
  • Ron Aslan – additional synths
  • Manu Katche – drums
  • Steve Gadd – brush loop
  • Ged Lynch – percussion
  • Oli Middleton – percussion
  • Hans-Martin Buff – additional percussion, synths
  • Richard Russell – filtered percussion
  • Evan Smith – saxophone
  • Josh Shpak – trumpet
  • Paolo Fresu – trumpet
  • Linnea Olson – cello
  • Melanie Gabriel – backing vocals
  • Rioghnach Connolly – backing vocals
  • Jennie Abrahamson – backing vocals
  • Richard Chappell – programming
  • Andrew Crowley – trumpet
  • Andy Wood – tenor trombone, euphonium
  • Tracy Holloway – tenor trombone
  • Richard Henry – bass trombone
  • David Powell – tuba
  • David Pyatt, Richard Bissill – French horn
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Charles Mutter, Cathy Thompson, Natalia Bonner, Richard George, Marianne Haynes, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon – violin
  • Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, Rachel Roberts – viola
  • Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, Chris Allan – cello
  • Chris Laurence, Stacey Watton, Lucy Shaw – double basses
  • John Metcalfe – orchestra conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Everton Nelson – orchestra leader
  • Ed Shearmur – orchestral arrangements
  • The Soweto Gospel Choir: Linda Sambo, Nobuhle Dhlamini, Phello Jiyane, Victoria Sithole – soprano
  • Maserame Ndindwa, Phumla Nkhumeleni, Zanele Ngwenya, Duduzile Ngomane – alto
  • George Kaudi, Vusimuzi Shabalala, Xolani Ntombela, Victor Makhathini – tenor
  • Thabang Mkhwanazi, Goodwill Modawu, Warren Mahlangu, Fanizile Nzuza – bass
  • Phello Jiyane (soprano), Duduzile Ngomane (alto), Vusimuzi Shabalala (tenor), Fanizile Nzuza (bass), Victor Makhathini (male voice Zulu improvisations), Phumla Nkhumeleni (female ululating and chanting) – soloist
  • Bongani (Honey) Ncube – musical director, vocal arrangements
  • Cecilia Rydinger – conductor, choir arrangements
  • Dom Shaw – choir arrangements, engineer assistant
  • Richard Chappell – pre-production engineer
  • Lewis Jones – engineer
  • Jacques Du Plessis – engineer
  • John Foyle – engineer
  • Erland von Heijne – engineer
  • Antonello D’Urso – engineer
  • Faye Dolle – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Hans-Martin Buff – Dolby Atmos mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Nadav Kander – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel.

“I/O” digital and CD version track listing (Bright-Side Mix)

  1. Panopticum
  2. The Court
  3. Playing for Time
  4. I/O
  5. Four Kinds of Horses
  6. Road to Joy
  7. So Much
  8. Olive Tree
  9. Love Can Heal
  10. This Is Home
  11. And Still
  12. Live and Let Live

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

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

Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree

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On February 22, 2008, “Mute” label released “Seventh Tree”, the fourth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Home Studio” in Somerset, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, synthesizers, recording, mixing, art direction, owl drawing
  • Will Gregory – synthesizers, recording, mixing
  • Richard Evans – guitars
  • Steve Evans – acoustic guitar
  • Alex Lee – acoustic and electric guitar, Nashville guitar, bass
  • Kit Morgan – acoustic guitar
  • Andrew Murphy – acoustic guitar
  • Simon Rogers – Indian guitar 
  • Adrian Utley – fuzz guitar, fuzz bass
  • Flood – keyboards, guitar, mixing
  • Aidan Love – keyboards, additional programming
  • Chris Goulstone – guitars, drum samples
  • Tony Hoffer – bass, overdub engineer, mixing
  • Charlie Jones – bass, twang bass
  • Mary Scully, Paddy Lannigan – double bass
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass 
  • Damon Reece – drums, percussion
  • Denny Weston Jr. – drums 
  • Nick Batt – additional drum programming
  • Max Dingle – additional drum programming
  • Everton Nelson, Jackie Shave, Boguslaw Kostecki, Ann Morfee, Chris Tombling, Mark Berrow, Cathy Thompson, Debbie Widdup, Alexander Bălănescu, Stephen Morris, Chris Clad, Tom Pigott-Smith, Dermot Crehan, Sonia Slany, Joanathan Rees, Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Jon Thorne, Peter Lale, Andy Parker, Katie Wilkinson, Chris Pitsilides – viola
  • David Daniels, Cathy Giles, Chris Worsey, Melissa Phelps, Robin Firman, Paul Kegg – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting
  • Everton Nelson – string leader
  • Ruth Wall – harp samples
  • Metro Voices – choir
  • Jenny O’Grady – choir master
  • Will Gregory – recording, mixing 
  • Bill Mims – overdub engineer, mixing assistant
  • Tim Oliver – additional engineer, additional recording
  • Jonathan Allen – strings recording
  • Stephen Marshall – strings recording assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Mat Maitland – art direction, design
  • Cathy Edwards – art direction
  • Serge Leblon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Clowns
  2. Little Bird
  3. Happiness
  4. Road to Somewhere
  5. Eat Yourself
  6. Some People
  7. A&E
  8. Cologne Cerrone Houdini
  9. Caravan Girl
  10. Monster Love

The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse

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On June 19, 2006, “Parlaphone” label released “Victory for the Comic Muse”, the ninth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2005, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo
  • Ian Watson – accordion
  • Andrew Skeet – piano, harpsichord
  • John Evans – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dougie Payne – electric bass
  • Simon Little – electric bass, double bass
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Charlotte Glasson – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Chris Richards – clarinet
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Matthew Gunner – French horn
  • Ilid Jones – oboe, cor anglais
  • Mike Kearsey – trombone
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Andrew Haveron – violin
  • Anna Kirkpatrick – violin
  • Calina De La Mare – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Rick Koster – violin
  • Ruth Rogers – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Camilla Pay – harp
  • Celine Saout – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon except where noted.

  1. To Die a Virgin
  2. Mother Dear
  3. Diva Lady
  4. A Lady of a Certain Age
  5. The Light of Day
  6. Threesome
  7. Party Fears Two – Billy Mackenzie, Alan Rankine
  8. Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
  9. The Plough
  10. Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont
  11. Snowball in Negative

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

The Divine Comedy: Casanova

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On April 29, 1996, “Setanta” label released “Casanova”, the fourth Divine Comedy (the) studio album. It was June 1995 – January 1996, and was produced by Darren Allison and Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon– vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, , Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, tympani, arrangements, art direction
  • Darren Allison– drums, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • John Allen – celeste, whistle
  • Joby Talbot– piano, alto saxophone, orchestration, arrangements, conductor,
  • Bryan Mills – bass
  • Alex McRonald – flute
  • Adrian Roach – oboe
  • Titch Walker – trumpet
  • Jane Butterfield – trombone
  • Robin Hayward – tuba
  • Rebecca Hayes – violin
  • Yuri Kalnitz – violin
  • Emile Chitikov – violin
  • Eos Counsell – violin
  • Mark Knight– violin
  • Alison Fletcher – violin, viola
  • Anna Giddey – violin
  • Alex Postlethwaite – violin
  • Laura Samuel – violin
  • Padraic Savage– violin
  • Alice Pratley – violin
  • Charlotte Glasson – viola
  • Ruth Goldstein – cello
  • Kathy Brown – cello
  • Joe Richards – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Jane Watkins – cello
  • Alice Reynolds – laughs
  • Andy Chase – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Gurling – engineer assistant
  • Chris Scard – engineer assistant
  • Robbie Kazandjian – engineer assistant
  • Paul Mysiak – engineer assistant
  • Darren Nash – engineer assistant
  • Gerard Navarro – engineer assistant
  • Gareth Parton – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Rob Crane – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Something for the Weekend
  2. Becoming More Like Alfie
  3. Middle-Class Heroes
  4. In & Out of Paris & London
  5. Charge
  6. Songs of Love
  7. The Frog Princess
  8. A Woman of the World
  9. Through a Long & Sleepless Night
  10. Theme from Casanova
  11. The Dogs & the Horsess

I Am Kloot: Let It All In

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On January 21, 2013, “Shepherd Moon” label released “Let It All In”, the sixth and final I Am Kloot studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • John Bramwell – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Jobson – bass
  • Andy Hargreaves – drums
  • Millienia Strings – strings
  • Max Baillie – viola, violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Dan Broad – guitar
  • Christian Madden – synthesizer
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet
  • Nicholas Madden – saxophone
  • Kathryn Edwards – choir
  • John Purton – choir
  • Natalie Purton – choir
  • Rosie Purton – choir
  • Sinead Fletcher – choir
  • Denise Johnson – choir
  • Spencer Rule – choir
  • Emma Towers – choir
  • Erika Van Steensburg – choir
  • Jude Wilcock – choir
  • Becca Williams – choir
  • Guy Garvey – brass and string arrangements
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Craig Potter – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Paul Brownless – design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Bramwell.

  1. Bullets
  2. Let Them All In
  3. Hold Back the Night
  4. Mouth on Me
  5. Shoeless
  6. Even the Stars
  7. Masquerade
  8. Some Better Day
  9. These Days Are Mine
  10. Forgive Me These reminders

Stereophonics: Keep The Village Alive

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On September 11, 2015, “Stylus Records” label released “Keep the Village Alive”, the ninth Stereophonics studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2014, at “ICP Studios” in Brussels, Belgium, “Stylus Studios” in London, and was produced by Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Kelly Jones- lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Adam Zindani- guitar, backing vocals
  • Richard Jones- bass guitar
  • Jamie Morrison– drums
  • Sam Yapp, Javier Weyler– drums
  • Mikey Rowe – Wurly
  • Jim Lowe – additional Hammond, programming
  • Neil Cowley – additional piano
  • Tony Kirkham – additional piano, Hammond
  • Rosie Danvers – cello
  • Helen Hathorn – violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • David Arnoldwith Kelly Jones – orchestral arrangements
  • Nicholas Dodd – orchestration

Orchestra

  • John Bradbury – leader
  • Eos Chater, Dorina Markoff, John Bradbury, Johnathan Strange, Oli Langford, Christina Emanuel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Jackie Hartley, Peter Hanson, Ralph De Souza, Johnathan Rees, David Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Natalia Bonner – violin section
  • Reiad Chibah, Julia Knight, Sue Dench, Nick Barr – viola section
  • Nick Cooper, Chris Worsey, Adrian Bradbury, Frank Schaefer – cello section
  • Pete Smith – tuba
  • Roger Argente – bass trombone
  • Andy Wood – tenor trombone
  • Phillip Eastop, Mike Murray, Corinne Bailey, Martin Owen – French horns
  • Daniel Newell, Jason Evans, Andy Cowley, Amos Miller – B♭ Trumpet
  • Eos Chater – violin
  • Gay-Yee Westerhoff – cello
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Paul Edouard-Laurendeau – studio assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kelly Jones.

  1. C’est la Vie
  2. White Lies
  3. Sing Little Sister
  4. I Wanna Get Lost With You
  5. Song for the Summer
  6. Fight or Flight
  7. My Hero
  8. Sunny
  9. Into the World
  10. Mr and Mrs Smith