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Manic Street Preachers: Gold Against The Soul

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On June 21, 1993, “Columbia” label released “Gold Against the Soul”, the second Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded January – March 1993, at “Outside Studios” in Checkendon, England, and was produced by Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead and backing vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Richey Edwards (credited as Richey James) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Kewley – piano, Hammond organ
  • Nicky Wire– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Sean Moore– drums, sampled percussion, drum programming, additional programming, backing vocals
  • Shovel– percussion
  • Dave Eringa– piano, Hammond organ, engineer, mixing
  • Nick Ingham – string arrangements
  • Lee Phillips, Andy Baker – engineer assistant
  • Dave Bascombe – mixing
  • Giles Cowley, Andy Bradfield – mixing assistant
  • Mitch Ikeda – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.

  1. Sleepflower
  2. From Despair to Where
  3. La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
  4. Yourself
  5. Life Becoming a Landslide
  6. Drug Drug Druggy
  7. Roses in the Hospital
  8. Nostalgic Pushead
  9. Symphony of Tourette
  10. Gold Against the Soul

Eric Johnson: Bloom

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On June 14, 2005, “Favored Nations” label released “Bloom”, the fifth Eric Johnson studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Saucer Sound”, “Surfland”, “One Good Ear”, “Studio B”, “No Favors”, and was produced by Eric Johnson and Richard Mullen.

Personnel:

  • Eric Johnson – vocals, acoustic, classical and electric guitar,piano, pedal steel, electric sitar, bass, synth, Rhodes electric piano
  • Adrian Legg- guitar
  • Rich Harvey – acoustic piano
  • Steve Barber – vocals, acoustic piano, Moog synth
  • Chris Maresh, Roscoe Beck- bass
  • Tal Bergman, Barry “Frosty” Smith, Tom Brechtlein – drums
  • Tony Phillips – drums, bass, synth
  • Tommy Taylor – percussion, drums
  • Bill Maddox – percussion, drums
  • James Fenner – percussion
  • Tom Burrit – percussion
  • Brad Evilsizer – percussion
  • Salvatore Banzai La Rocca – harmonica
  • Shawn Colvin, Lisa Tingle, Jody Lazo – vocals
  • Richard Mullen – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Johnson, except where noted.

  • Prelude
  1. Bloom
  2. Summer Jam
  3. My Back Pages – Bob Dylan
  4. Good to Me
  5. Columbia
  6. 12 to 12 Vibe
  • Courante
  1. Sea Secret
  2. Sad Legacy
  3. From My Heart
  4. Cruise the Nile
  5. Tribute to Jerry Reed
  6. Your Sweet Eyes
  • Allemande
  1. Hesitant
  2. Sunnaround You
  3. Magnetized
  4. Ciel

Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want?

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On June 2, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Is This the Life We Really Want?” the fifth Roger Waters album. It was recorded 2010 – 2017, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Roger Waters– vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Nigel Godrich– keyboards, guitar, sound collages, arrangements
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson– guitar, keyboards
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.– keyboards
  • Lee Pardini – keyboards
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Jessica Wolfe– vocals
  • Holly Laessig – vocals
  • David Campbell– string arrangements

All tracks written by Roger Waters, except where noted.

  1. When We Were Young
  2. Déjà Vu
  3. The Last Refugee
  4. Picture That
  5. Broken Bones
  6. Is This the Life We Really Want?
  7. Bird in a Gale
  8. The Most Beautiful Girl
  9. Smell the Roses
  10. Wait for Her – Roger Waters, Mahmoud Darwish.
  11. Oceans Apart
  12. Part of Me Died

Mumm-Ra: These Things Move In Threes

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On May 28, 2007, “Columbia” label released “These Things Move in Threes”, the debut Mumm-Ra album.

Personnel:

  • James “Tate” Arguile – guitar
  • Niall Buckler – vocals, bass
  • James “Noo” New – lead vocals, backing guitar, keyboard
  • Oli Frost – vocals, guitar
  • Gareth “the Rock” Jennings – drums
  • Tommy B – keyboards
  • James Taylor Jr. – art direction, illustrations
  • Andy Hayes – design
  • Ellis Parrinder – photography

Track listing:

  1. Now or Never
  2. Out of the Question
  3. These Things Move in Threes
  4. She’s Got You High
  5. Song B
  6. The Sick Deal
  7. Light Up This Room
  8. Starlight
  9. This Is Easy
  10. What Would Steve Do?
  11. Down Down Down

The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing

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On May 16, 2008, “Columbia” label released “We Started Nothing”, the debut The Ting Tings studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, at Salford, Greater Manchester, and was produced by Jules De Martino.

Personnel:

  • Katie White– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jules De Martino– vocals, drums, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Dave Sardy– mixing
  • Matt Irwin, Denis Kleiman – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jules De Martino and Katie White.

  1. Great DJ
  2. That’s Not My Name
  3. Fruit Machine
  4. Traffic Light
  5. Shut Up and Let Me Go
  6. Keep Your Head
  7. Be the One
  8. We Walk
  9. Impacilla Carpisung
  10. We Started Nothing

Dreamcar: Same

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On May 12, 2017, “PLOF” “LLC” “Columbia” labels released the self-titled, debut Dreamcar studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Tim Pagnotta.

Personnel:

  • Davey Havok– lead vocals
  • Tom Dumont– guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Kanal– bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Adrian Young– drums, percussion
  • Gabrial McNair – keyboards
  • Scheila Gonzalez– saxophone
  • Duane Diebolt/Master Control Program – illustrations
  • Tina Ibañez – art direction, design
  • Steve Erle – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Kanal, Adrian Young, Tom Dumont, and Davey Havok.

  1. After I Confessed
  2. Kill for Candy
  3. Born to Lie
  4. On the Charts
  5. All of Dead Girls
  6. Ever Lonely
  7. The Assailant
  8. The Preferred
  9. Slip on the Moon
  10. Don’t Let Me Love
  11. Do Nothing
  12. Show Me Mercy

The Raveonettes: Pretty in Black

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On May 3, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Pretty in Black”, the second  Raveonettes studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sune Rose Wagner and Richard Gottehrer.

Personnel:

  • Sharin Foo – vocals, bass guitar, percussion
  • Manoj Ramdas – guitar
  • Sune Rose Wagner – guitar, bass, drums, percussion
  • Stella Psaroudakis – voices, spoken word
  • Anders Christensen – bass guitar, organ, percussion
  • Jakob Hoyer – drums
  • Moe Tucker – drums, percussion
  • Ronnie Spector – vocals
  • Martin Rev – keyboards
  • Patrick Fong – design
  • Nitin Vadukul – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sune Rose Wagner, except where noted.

  1. The Heavens
  2. Seductress of Bums
  3. Love in a Trashcan
  4. Sleepwalking
  5. Uncertain Times
  6. My Boyfriend’s Back – Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer
  7. Here Comes Mary
  8. Red Train
  9. Twilight
  10. Somewhere in Texas
  11. You Say You Lie
  12. Ode to L.A.
  13. If I Was Young

Neighbourhood: I Love You

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On April 22, 2013, “Columbia” label released “I Love You”, the debut Neighbourhood studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Justyn Pilbrow and Emile Haynie.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Rutherford – vocals
  • Zach Abels – lead guitar
  • Jeremy Freedman – rhythm guitar
  • Mikey Margott – bass guitar
  • Bryan Sammis – drums, percussion
  • Chris Mullings – engineer
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Tony Mantz – mastering

Track listing:

  1. How – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis
  2. Afraid – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie
  3. Everybody’s Watching Me (Uh Oh) – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie
  4. Sweater Weather – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman
  5. Let It Go – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis, Michael Margot
  6. Alleyways – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis
  7. D.Y.W.F.M? – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis
  8. Flawless – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis
  9. Female Robbery – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman
  10. Staying Up – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis
  11. Float – Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Jeremy Freedman, Emile Haynie, Bryan Sammis

Cliff Richard: Cliff

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In April 1959, “Columbia” label released “Cliff”, the debut Cliff Richard (and his band the Drifters, later known as the Shadows) album. It was recorded 9 – 10 February 1959, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Norrie Paramor.

Personnel:

  • Cliff Richard– lead vocals
  • Hank Marvin– lead guitar
  • Bruce Welch- rhythm guitar
  • Jet Harris– bass guitar
  • Tony Meehan– drums
  • Mike Sammes Singers– backing vocals
  • Malcolm Addey – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Apron Strings – George David Weiss, Aaron Schroeder
  2. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  3. Down the Line – Roy Orbison
  4. I Got a Feeling – Baker Knight
  5. Jet Black – Jet Harris
  6. Baby I Don’t Care – Leiber, Stoller
  7. Donna – Ritchie Valens
  8. Move It – Ian Samwell
  9. Ready Teddy – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell
  10. Too Much – Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman
  11. Don’t Bug Me Baby – Leon Luallen, Johnny Bragg
  12. Driftin’ – Hank Marvin
  13. That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison
  14. Be-Bop-A-Lula – Gene Vincent
  15. Danny – Ben Weisman, Fred Wise
  16. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On – Dave “Curly” Williams