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The Flaming Lips: The Terror

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On April 1, 2013, “Warner Bros” label released “The Terror”, the thirteenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded February–April 2012 at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, and “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock, Derek Brown, Dave Fridmann and Scott  Booker.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne– vocals, guitar, synthesizers
  • Derek Brown – guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Drozd– vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drums
  • Michael Ivins– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Phantogram– additional vocals
  • Dave Fridmann– recording, mixing, mastering
  • Michael Ivins – additional engineering
  • Mack Hawkins – additional engineering, recording, mixing
  • George Salisbury – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock and Derek Brown.

  1. .The Sun is Rising
  2. Be Free A Way
  3. Try to Explain
  4. You Lust
  5. The Terror
  6. You Are Alone
  7. Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die
  8. Turning Violet
  9. Always There..in Our Heads

The Flaming Lips: Embryonic

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On October 13, 2009, “Warner Bros” label released “Embryonic”, the twelfth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Kliph Scurlock, Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne– guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocoder, vocals, mixing, production
  • Steven Drozd– guitars, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals, mixing, production
  • Michael Ivins– bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, mixing, production, additional engineering
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann– mixing, programming, engineering, mastering
  • MGMT– additional singing and playing
  • Karen O– additional singing, screaming, animal sounds, noises
  • Thorsten Wörmann – spoken announcements

Track listing:

  1. Convinced of the Hex” – 3:56
  2. “The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine
  3. Evil
  4. Aquarius Sabotage
  5. See the Leaves
  6. If
  7. Gemini Syringes
  8. Your Bats
  9. Powerless
  10. The Ego’s Last Stand
  11. I Can Be a Frog
  12. Sagittarius Silver Announcement
  13. Worm Mountain
  14. Scorpio Sword
  15. The Impulse
  16. Silver Trembling Hands
  17. Virgo Self-Esteem Broadcast
  18. Watching the Planets

Tame Impala: Lonerism

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On October 5, 2012, “Modular Recordings” label released “Lonerism” the second  Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded 2010–2012, at Perth, Australia and in Paris, and was produced by Kevin Parker. In November 2012, “Lonerism” won the 2012 “J Award” for Australian “Album of the Year”. In 2013 tame Impala won the “Rolling Stone Australia” award for “2012 Album of the Year”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Parker– vocals, instrumentation, cover photogarphy
  • Jay Watson – piano, keys
  • Melody Prochet– spoken voice
  • Dave Fridmann– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Leif Podhajsky– artwork, layout
  • Matthew C. Saville – studio photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Parker, except “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Elephant”, by Kevin Parker and Jay Watson.

  1. Be Above It
  2. Endors Toi
  3. Apocalypse Dreams
  4. Mind Mischief
  5. Music to Walk Home By
  6. Why Won’t They Talk to Me?
  7. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  8. Keep on Lying
  9. Elephant
  10. She Just Won’t Believe Me
  11. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
  12. Sun’s Coming Up

 

Mercury Rev: Deserter’s Songs

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On September 29, 1998, “V2” label released “Deserter’s Songs” the fourth Mercury Rev studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Tarbox Road Studios”; “NRS Studios”’ “Six Hours Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann and Jonathan Donahue. In 1998, “NME” magazine named “Deserter’s Songs” album of the year.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue– vocals, acoustic guitar, Chamberlin strings
  • Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak– vocals, guitar reels, woodwinds
  • Dave Fridmann– piano, bass, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Chambers – clavinet, harpsichord, drums
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Jeff Mercel – drums
  • Adam Snyder – B3, Mellotron, Wurlitzer
  • Aaron Hurwitz – piano
  • Garrett Uhlenbrock– slide guitar
  • Scott Petito – upright electric bass
  • Suzanne Thorpe – flutes
  • Matt Jordan – flugelhorns
  • Jim Burgess – trombones
  • Garth Hudson– alto and tenor saxophone
  • Rachel Handman – violin
  • Amy Helm, Marie Spinosa – female vox and whistling
  • Mary Gavazzi Fridmann – female soprano
  • Joel Eckhouse – musical saw

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jonathan Donahue, except where noted, all music by Jonathan Donahue and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak.

  1. Holes
  2. Tonite It Shows
  3. Endlessly
  4. I Collect Coins
  5. Opus 40
  6. Hudson Line – lyrics by Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak
  7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room)
  8. Goddess on a Hiway
  9. The Funny Bird
  10. Pick Up If You’re There
  11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp – lyrics by Jimmy Chambers

 

MGMT: Same

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On September 17, 2013, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut MGMT studio album. It was recorded February 2012 – March 2013, at :Vacation Island: and “Tarbox Road Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Boynton – additional recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Alejandro Cardenas – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden; all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser except where noted.

  1. Alien Days
  2. Cool Song No. 2
  3. Mystery Disease
  4. Introspection – Faine Jade cover
  5. Your Life Is a Lie
  6. A Good Sadness
  7. Astro-Mancy
  8. I Love You Too, Death
  9. Plenty of Girls in the Sea
  10. An Orphan of Fortune

Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam

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On May 14, 1991, “Mint Films / Jungle Records” label released “Yerself Is Steam”, the debut Mercury Rev album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, and was produced by David Baker, Jonathan Donahue,Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper,Dean Wareham, Suzanne Thorpe and Jimy Chambers.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue– vocals, silver pickup guitar
  • Grasshopper– unafon guitar reels
  • Suzanne Thorpe – point red flute
  • Dave Fridmann– bass explore, Majestic Bellowphone, additional engineering
  • David Baker– vocals
  • Jimy Chambers– drums, blue-line
  • Gavazzi – trumpet
  • Dean Wareham – additional vocals
  • Keith Cleversley – engineer
  • Mooneyham – artwork
  • Kristin Peterson – photography

Track listing:

All songs written by Jonathan Donahue, Grasshopper, Dave Friedmann, Suanne Thorpe and Jimmy Chambers.

  1. Chasing a Bee
  2. Syringe Mouth
  3. Coney Island Cyclone
  4. Blue and Black
  5. Sweet Oddysee of a Cancer Cell t’ th’ Center of Yer Heart
  6. Frittering
  7. Continuous Trucks and Thunder Under a Mother’s Smile
  8. Very Sleepy Rivers

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder

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On January 29, 2007, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah self-released their second album “Some Loud Thunder”.  It was recorded in 2006, at “Tarbox Road Studios” and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Alec Ounsworth – vocals, guitar
  • Robbie Guertin – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tyler Sargant – bass, backing vocals
  • Dave Friedmann – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Robbie Guertin – artwork

All tracks by Alec Ounsworth, except where noted.

  1. Some Loud Thunder
  2. Emily Jean Stock
  3. Mama, Won’t You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?
  4. Love Song No. 7
  5. Satan Said Dance
  6. Upon Encountering the Crippled Elephant
  7. Goodbye to Mother and the Cove – Alec Ounsworth, Tyler Sargent, Sean Greenhalgh
  8. Arm and Hammer
  9. Yankee Go Home
  10. Underwater (You and Me)
  11. Five Easy Pieces

MGMT: Oracular Spectacular

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On January 22, 2008, “Columbia” label released “Oracular Spectacular”, the first MGMT major label studio album. It was recorded March – April 2007, and was produced by Dave Fridmann. In 2012, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked  “Oracular Spectacular” at number 494 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Vanwyngarden – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
  • Ben Goldwasser– keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, rhythm guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser except where noted.

  1. Time to Pretend
  2. Weekend Wars
  3. The Youth
  4. Electric Feel – VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Will Berman
  5. Kids
  6. 4th Dimensional Transition
  7. Pieces of What
  8. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
  9. The Handshake
  10. Future Reflections