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Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

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On October 10, 2011, “PAX AM” and “Capitol” labels released “Ashes & Fire”, the 13th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Neal Casal – acoustic guitar
  •  Norah Jones – piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – B3 Hammond, piano, electric piano
  • Daniel Clarke – B3 Hammond
  • Gus Seyffert – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Samuel Dixon – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • The Section Quartet – stings
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen – violins
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mandy Moore – backing vocals
  • Chris Stills – backing vocals
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering and cutting for vinyl production
  • Andy West – art
  • David Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams.

  1. Dirty Rain
  2. Ashes & Fire
  3. Come Home
  4. Rocks
  5. Do I Wait
  6. Chains of Love
  7. Invisible Riverside
  8. Save Me
  9. Kindness
  10. Lucky Now
  11. I Love You But I Don’t Know What to Say

Bad Religion: Age of Unreason

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On May 3, 2019, “Epitaph” label released “Age of Unreason”, the seventeenth Bad Religion album. Ut was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Carlos de la Garza, Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin – lead and backing vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Dimkich – guitar
  • Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals
  • Jamie Miller – drums
  • Gavin Caswell – slide guitar
  • Nico Gurewitz, Emi Gurewitz, Gina Gurewitz, Angelyn de la Garza, Lucia de la Garza, Mila De La Garza, Sue Lucarelli, Christine Morales, Kelly Kettering, Adriana Roda-Stuart, Felicia Risolo, Melody Margarit, Kathie Merritt, Matt McGreevey – additional backing vocals
  • Clint Welander – engineer
  • Zachary Zajdel – engineer assistant
  • Sergio Chavez – engineer assistant
  • Adam Chagnon – engineer assistant
  • Carlos de la Garza – mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Joe Barresi – mixing
  • Brian Judd – mixing assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction, design
  • David Black – cover photography
  • Alice Baxley – band photographs

Track listing:

All tracks by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, except where noted.

  1. Chaos from Within
  2. My Sanity
  3. Do the paranoid Style
  4. The Approach
  5. Lose Your Head
  6. End of History – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Carlos de la Garza
  7. Age of Unreason
  8. Candidate
  9. Faces of Grief – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
  10. Old Regime
  11. Big Black Dog
  12. Downfall
  13. Since Now
  14. What Tomorrow Brings
  15. The Profane Rights of Man

Best Coast: The Only Place

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On May 15, 2012, “Mexican Summer” label released “The Only Place”, the second Best Coast studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jon Brion.

Personnel:

  • Bethany Cosentino – vocals, guitar
  • Bobb Bruno – drums, guitar, bass guitar
  • Jon Brion– percussion, keyboards, 12-string guitar, lap steel, six-string bass
  • Greg Koller – engineer, mixing
  • Eric Caudieux – editor
  • Jake Gorski – assistant engineer
  • Chandler Harrod – assistant engineer
  • Patricia Sullivan – mastering
  • Dan Schechter – art direction, design
  • David Black – in-studio photography
  • Jess Rotter – landscape illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Bethany Cosentino.

  1. The Only Place
  2. Why I Cry
  3. Last Year
  4. My Lifes
  5. No One Like You
  6. How They Want Me to Be
  7. Better Girl
  8. Do You Love Me Like You Used To
  9. Dreaming My Life Away
  10. Let’s Go Home
  11. Up All Night