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Modest Mouse: This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About

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On April 16, 1996, “Up Records” label released “This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About”, the debut Modest Mouse studio album. It was recorded October – November 1995, at “Moon Studios” in Olympia, Washington, and was produced by Steve Wold.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock – vocals, guitar, drums
  • Eric Judy – bass, guitar
  • Jeremiah Green – drums, bass
  • Steve Wold – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Brent Arnold – cello
  • Nicole Johnson – vocals
  • Calvin Johnson – extra vocals
  • Scott Swayze – engineer
  • Steve Wold – engineer
  • Isaac Brock – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Isaac Brock, all music by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy and Jeremiah Green.

  1. Dramamine
  2. Breakthrough
  3. Custom Concern
  4. Might
  5. Lounge
  6. Beach Side Property
  7. Ionizes & Atomizes
  8. Head South
  9. Dog Paddle
  10. Novocain Stain
  11. Tundra / Desert
  12. Ohio
  13. Exit Does Not Exist
  14. Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
  15. Make Everyone Happy / Mechanical Birds
  16. Space Travel Is Boring

Marianne Faithfull: Same

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On April 15, 1965, “Decca” label released the self-titled, debut Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, at “Lansdowne Studios” and “Decca No. 2 Studio” in London, and was produced by Tony Calder.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Mike Leander – arrangements, direction
  • David Whitaker – arrangements
  • Jon Mark – arrangements
  • Peter Hitchcock – engineer
  • Gus Dudgeon – engineer
  • David Bailey – photography
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

  1. Come and Stay with Me – Jackie DeShannon
  2. If I Never Get to Love You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Time Takes Time – Barry Fantoni, Marianne Faithfull
  4.  He’ll Come Back to Me – Claude-Henri Vic, Michael Farr, Robert Gall
  5. Down Town – Tony Hatch
  6. Plaisir d’amour – David Whitaker
  7. Can’t You Hear My heartbeat – John Carter, Ken Lewis
  8. As Tears Go By – Andrew Loog Oldham, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  9. Paris Bells – Jon Birchell
  10. They Never Will Leave You – André Popp, Jean-Jacques Debout
  11. What Have They Done to the Rain – Malvina Reynolds
  12. In My Time of Sorrow – Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Page
  13. What Have I Done Wrong – Michael George Farr
  14. I’m a Loser – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel

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On April 12, 2019, “Partisans” label released “Dogrel”, the debut Fontaines D.C. studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Dan Carey.

Personnel:

  • Grian Chatten – vocals, tambourine
  • Carlos O’Connell – guitar, baritone guitar, piano, Buchla Music Easel, backing vocals
  • Conor Curley – guitar, baritone guitar, Nashville guitar, chord organ, backing vocals
  • Conor Deegan – bass guitar, piano, baritone guitar, surf guitar, Jupiter synth, backing vocals
  • Tom Coll – drums, tambourine, miscellaneous percussion 
  • Dan Carey – swarmatron, arpeggiator, mixing
  • Alexis Smith – engineer
  • Christina Wright – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – design
  • Bruce Davidson – cover photography
  • Richard Dumas – inner sleeve photography 

Track listing:

All tracks by Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll.

  1. Big
  2. Sha Sha Sha
  3. Too Real
  4. Television Screen
  5. Hurricane Laughter
  6. Roy’s Tune
  7. The Lotts
  8. Chequeless Reckless
  9. Liberty Belle
  10. Boys in the Better land
  11. Dublin City Sky

Louis Smith: Here Comes Louis Smith

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In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Here Comes Louis Smith”, the debut Louis Smith studio album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Audio Sonic Sound” in Brill Building, New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Louis Smith – trumpet
  • Buckshot La Funke (Cannonball Adderley) – alto saxophone
  • Duke Jordan – piano
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Smith, except where noted.

  1. Tribute to Brownie – Duke Pearson
  2. Brill’s Blues
  3. Ande
  4. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. South Side
  6. Val’s Blues

Kishi Bashi: 151a

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On April 10, 2012, “Joyful Boise Recordings” label released “151a”, the debut Kishi Bashi album. It was recorded 2011 -2012, at “Home Studios” in Norfolk, VA, “Apollinaire Rave”, “Chase Park Transduction”, “Yoed’s Apartment Studios”, and was produced by Kishi Bashi.

Personnel:

  • Kishi Bashi (Kaoru Ishibashi) – vocal, guitar, violin, keyboards, programming, mixing, mastering
  • Bryan Poole – guitar
  • James Huggins III – guitar
  • Thayer Serrano – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Nicolas Dobbratz – tambourine
  • Dottie Alexander – keyboards
  • Clayton Rychlik – percussion
  • Davey Pierce – synth, snare
  • Nick Gould – saxophone
  • Yoed Nir – cello
  • Jarrod Fowler – instruments
  • Sola Ravel – Asian child sounds
  • The Athens Biohazard Manplayers – vocals, handclaps
  • Drew Vandenberg – mixing
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • David J. Woodruff – artwork
  • Jerrod Landon Porter – artwork
  • Woodruff & Sons – layout
  • Katie Belle Moore – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kishi Bashi.

  1. Intro / Pathos, Pathos
  2. Manchester
  3. Bright Whites
  4. It All Began with a Burst
  5. Wonder Woman, Wonder Me
  6. Chester’s Burst Over the Hamptons
  7. Atticus, In the Desert
  8. I Am the Antichrist to You
  9. Beat the Bright Out of Me

Saga: Same

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On April 8, 1978, “Polydor” label released the self-titled, debut Saga studio album. It was recorded 1977 – 1978, at “Phase One Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Paul A. Gross.

Personnel:

  • Michael Sadler – lead vocals, keyboards, Moog synthesizer
  • Ian Crichton – guitars
  • Peter Rochon – lead keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer, keyboard programming, orchestration
  • Jim Crichton – bass guitar, Moog bass synthesizer
  • Steve Negus – drums, percussion, Moog drum
  • Alan Thorne – engineer, mixing
  • Zoran Busic – design, concept
  • Rene Zamic – illustrations

Track listing:

  1. How Long – lyrics by Michael Sadler, music by Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler, Peter Rochon
  2. Humble Stance – lyrics by Jim Crichton, music by Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Peter Rochon, Michael Sadler
  3. Climbing the Ladder – lyrics by Michael Sadler, music by Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Peter Rochon, Michael Sadler
  4. Will It Be You (Chapter Four) – lyrics by Jan Crichton, music by Ian Crichton, Jan Chrichton, Steve Negus, Peter Rochon, Michael Sadler
  5. Perfectionist – lyrics by Jan Crichton, music by Jan Crichton, Michael Sadler
  6. Give ‘Em the Money – lyrics by Jan Crichton, music by Jan Crichton, Michael Sadler
  7. Ice Nice – lyrics Jan Crichton, music by Jan Crichton
  8. Tired World (Chapter Six) – lyrics by Jan Crichton, music by Ian Crichton, Jan Crichton, Steve Negus, Peter Rochon, Michael Sadler

Sara Watkins: Same

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On April 7, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, debut Sara Watkins album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Henson Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Paul Jones.

Personnel:

  • Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle, ukulele
  • Sean Watkins – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jon Brion – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gillian Welch – electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Chris Eldridge – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin, piano, organ, electric piano, harmony vocals
  • Billy Cardine – dobro
  • Michael Witcher – dobro
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Chris Thile – mandola
  • Benmont Tench – piano
  • Byron House – bass
  • Mark Schatz – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • David Rawlings – drums, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rayna Gellert – fiddle
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Luke Bulla – harmony vocals
  • Claire Lynch – harmony vocals
  • Jenny Anne Mannan – harmony vocals
  • Tim O’Brien – harmony vocals
  • Aoife O’Donovan – harmony vocals
  • Dave Sinko – recording, mixing
  • Eric Conn – mastering
  • Wendy Stamberger – design
  • Jeremy Cowart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sara Watkins, except where noted.

  1. All This Time
  2. Long Hot Summer Days – John Hartfoed
  3. My Friend
  4. Freiderick
  5. Same Mistakes – Jon Brion
  6. Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
  7. Pony – Tom Waits
  8. Lord Won’t You Help Me – Norman Blake
  9. Jefferson
  10. Give Me Jesus
  11. Bygones
  12. Too Much – David Garza
  13. Will We Go
  14. Where Will You Be

Athlete: Vehicles & Animals

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On April 7, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Vehicles & Animals”, the debut Athlete studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Victor Van Vugt, Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willets and Steve Roberts.

Personnel:

  • Joel Pott – vocals, guitar
  • Tim Wanstall – keyboards
  • Carey Willetts – bass
  • Steve Roberts – drums
  • Matt Frost – additional programming 
  • Adam “A Skillz” Mills – additional programming
  • Victor Van Vugt – mixing
  • Pete Collis – engineer
  • Athlete – mixing
  • Bird & Bush – initial production 
  • Blue Source – art direction
  • Kam Tang – illustration
  • Ali Peck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willets and Steve Roberts.

  1. El Salvador
  2. Westside
  3. One Million
  4. Shake Those Windows
  5. Beautiful
  6. New Project
  7. You Got the Style
  8. Vehicles & Animals
  9. Out of Nowhere
  10. Dungeness
  11. You Know
  12. Le Casio

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: B.R.M.C.

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On April 3, 2001, “Virgin” label released “B.R.M.C.”, the debut Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sound City Studios”, “Brilliant Studios”, “BMRC Studios”, “One Way Studios”, and was produced by Peter Hayes, Robert Turner and Nick Jago.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica, mixing, art direction
  • Robert Turner – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing, art direction
  • Nick Jago – drums, percussion 
  • David Shiffman, Masaki Liu, Peter Hayes – engineer
  • Eric Greedy, Eric Miller, Mike Terry, Travis Crenshaw – engineer assistant
  • Masaki Liu – mixing, mastering 
  • Michael Patterson – mixing
  • Donald Lyles – mixing assistant
  • Mary Fagot – art direction
  • Ken Schles, Lindsay Ljungkull – photography
  • Tony Berg – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Hayes, Robert Turner and Nick Jago.

  1. Love Burns
  2. Red Eyes and Tears
  3. Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘N’ Roll (Punk Song)
  4. Awake
  5. White Palms
  6. As Sure as the Sun
  7. Rifles
  8. Too Real
  9. Spread Your Love
  10. Head Up High
  11. Salvation

Lost Girls: Menneskekollektivet

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On March 26, 2021, “Smalltown Supersound” label released “Menneskekollektivet”, the debut Lost Girls studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Øra Studios” Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Kyrre Laastad, Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocal, guitar
  • Håvard Volden – guitars, various instruments
  • Kyrre Laastad – recording, mixing
  • Mike Grinser – mastering
  • Jacob Grönbech Jensen – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jenny Hval except where noted, all music by Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden.

  1. Menneskekollektivet
  2. Losing Something – lyrics by Racter (with citation from The Policeman’s Beard)
  3. Carried By Invisible Bodies
  4. Love, Lovers
  5. Real Life