On September 23, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Weather Alive”, the eighth Beth Orton studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Beth Orton.
Personnel:
Beth Orton – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, loops, MIDI controller, electronics, engineer
On November 19, 2023, “Pompeii” label released “Hadsel”, the sixth studio Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Zach Condon.
Personnel:
Zach Condon (Zachary F. Condon) – trumpet, modular synthesizer, French horn, church organ, pump organ, glockenspiel, Moog Voyager, baritone ukulele, Rhythm Ace drum machine, piano, tenor ukulele, electric organ, continuo organ, tape delay, accordion, Roland RS-505, Roland Jupiter, percussion, bells, Auto-Orchestra drum machine, recording, mixing
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
On April 29, 2022, “Virgin EMI” label released “Ribbon Around the Bomb”, the fourth Blossoms studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.
Personnel:
Tom Ogden – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano
Josh Dewhurst – acoustic and electric guitar
Myles Kellock – keyboards
Charlie Salt – bass, clavinet, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Joe Donovan – drums
Ian Skelly – percussion
Ellie Stanford – violin
Hayley Pomfrett – violin
Jenny Sacha – violin
Patrick Kiernan – violin
Zara Benyounes – violin
Emma Owens – viola
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Rosie Danvers – cello, orchestration
Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
Niamh Rowe – backing vocals
Rich Turvey – engineer
Nick Taylor – engineer
Chris Taylor – engineer assistant
Matthew Watson – engineer assistant
Nathan Conboy – engineer assistant
Toby Renwick – engineer assistant
Will Bennett – engineer assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Tommy D – production assistant
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Tom Ogden, Josh Dewhurst, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan, and Miles Kellock, except where noted.
On February 25, 2022, “Concord” label released “The Tipping Point”, the seventh Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2021, and was produced by Charlton Pettus, Florian Reutter, Sacha Skarbek, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
Personnel:
Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, mixing
Curt Smith – vocals, keyboards, bass guitars, mixing
On November 12, 2021, “Partisan” label released “Crawler”, the fourth Idles studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Kenny Beats and Mark Bowen.
Personnel:
Joe Talbot – lead vocals, design
Mark Bowen – guitar, keyboards, engineer
Lee Kiernan – guitar
Adam Devonshire – bass guitar
Jon Beavis – drums
Colin Webster – saxophone
Charlotte Nicholls – cello
Dane Cross – additional vocals
Kenny Beats – engineer
Chris Fullard – engineer
Oli Middleton – engineer assistant
Stan Gravett – engineer assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Dani Bennett-Spragg – mixing assistant
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Tom Ham – photography
Mishi May – costume design
Track listing:
All tracks by Joe Talbot, Adam Devonshire, Jonathan Beavis, Lee Kiernan, and Mark Bowen.
On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.
Personnel:
Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
Andre Michot – accordion
Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
Orlando Primo – congas, djembe
Willonson Duprate – congas
Louis Michot – fiddle
Charlie Gabriel – saxophone
Mark Braud – trumpet
Wendell Brunious – trumpet
Liza Rey – harp
Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
Helen Gillet – strings
Harry Hardin – strings
Matt Rhody – strings
Sarah Neufeld – strings
Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
Michael Brun – additional synthesis
Emily Eck – recording
Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer
Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording
Julia Simpson – additional recording
Owen Pallett – additional recording
James Seymour – additional recording
Mark Lawson – additional recording
Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
Justin Tocket – recording assistant
Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
Joy Stacey – recording assistant
Pablo Godin – recording assistant
Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Nigel Godrich – mixing
Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering
Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
Steve Mackey – pre-production
JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
Julia Simpson – album creative production
Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
Camille Pajot – studio art director
Rick Rose – digitech
Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
JF Lalonde – additional photography
Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development
Track listing:
All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.
Age of Anxiety I
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Prelude
End of the Empire I-III
End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
The Lightning I
The Lightning II
Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
On May 5, 2014, “XL” label released “Luminous”, the fourth Horrors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Craig Silvey, Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.
Personnel:
Faris Badwan – lead vocal, arrangements, art direction, design
Joshua Hayward – guitar, arrangements, art direction, design
Tom Furse – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction, design
Rhys Webb – bass, arrangements, art direction, design
Joe Spurgeon – drums, percussion, arrangements, art direction, design
Cathy Lucas – violin
Frank Ricotti – marimba, vibraphone
Craig Silvey – recording, mixing
Eduardo de la Paz Canal – recording
Greg Calbi, Ryan Smith – mastering
Marc Donaldson – art direction, design
Nic Shonfeld – art direction, design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon, except where noted.
Chasing Shadows
First Day of Spring
So Now You Know
In and Out of Sight
Jealous Sun
Falling Star – Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rgys Webb, Joe Spurgeon, Paul Epworth
On September 11, 2020, “Heavenly” and “Virgin” labels released “The Universal Want”, the fifth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, “EVE Studios” in Stockport, “The Big Red Studios” in Macclesfield, “Vada Studio” in Alcester, and was produced by Dan Austin, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin and Andy Williams.
Personnel:
Jez Williams – vocals, guitar, string arrangements, engineer, mixing
Jimi Goodwin – lead vocals, bass, guitar
Andy Williams – vocals, drums
Martin Rebelski – piano, keyboards, modular synth
Tony Allen – drums
Dan Austin – programming
Belinda Hammond, Hannah Groarke-Young – strings
Colin Williams, Kim Wedderburne, Mark Menzies, Se-ember Yaor, Yvonne Shelton – backing vocals
Dan Austin – engineer, mixing
Henry Broadhead, Joel Patchett, Jake Evans, George Perks – engineer assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Dani Bennett Sprag – mixing assistant
Matt Colton – mastering
Maria Lax – photography
Jon Shard – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.
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.
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