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Kasabian: For Crying Out Load

On May 5, 2017, “Columbia” label released “For Crying Out Loud”, the sixth Kasabian studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “The Sergery” in Leicester, “RAK Studios” and “The Strongroom” in London, and was produced by Sergio Pizzorno and Tim Carter.

Personnel:

  • Tom Meighan– vocals
  • Sergio Pizzorno– vocals, sguitars, bass guitar, synthesizers, piano, drum programming, mixing
  • Chris Edwards– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Matthews– drums, percussion
  • Tim Carter – guitar, organ, additional programming
  • Ben Kealey– piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • Andrew Kinsman – saxophone
  • Fay Lovsky – backing vocals, saw
  • Dirty Pretty Strings – strings
  • Ennio Pizzorno – synthesizers
  • Lucio Pizzorno – synthesizers
  • Stephen McLaughlin– engineer, mixing
  • Steph Marziano – engineer
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Mike Stent– mixing
  • Craig Silvey- mixing
  • Marli Wren – mixing assistant
  • Michael Freeman- mixing assistant
  • Martin Cooke – mixing assistant
  • Nicolas Fournier – mixing assistant
  • Max Prior – mixing assistant
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Aitor Throup– design, art direction
  • David Marques – design
  • Daft Apeth – artwork
  • Neil Bedford – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sergio Pizzorno.

  1. III Ray (The King)
  2. You’re in Love with a Psycho
  3. Twentyfourseven
  4. Good Fight
  5. Wasted
  6. Comeback Kid
  7. The Party Never Ends
  8. Are You Looking for Action?
  9. All Through the Night
  10. Sixteen Blocks
  11. Bless This Acid House
  12. Put Your Life on It

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Wanderlust

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On January 20, 2014, “EBGB’s” label released “Wanderlust”, the fifth Sophie Ellis-Bextor studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “State of the Ark” in London, and was produced by Ed Harcourt.

Personnel:

  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor– vocals
  • Ed Harcourt– guitar, keyboards, piano, samples, synth, backing vocals, arrangement, conducting
  • Seton Daunt– guitar
  • Richard Jones– bass
  • Arnulf Lindner – double bass
  • Phil Wilkinson – drums, percussion
  • Dirty Pretty Strings – strings
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Rosie Langley – violin
  • Polly Wiltshire – viola
  • Amy Langley – cello
  • London Bulgarian Choir– choir
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer, mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering
  • Michael Nash Associates – art direction
  • Sophie Muller– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ed Harcourt.

  1. Birth of an Empire
  2. Until the Stars Collide
  3. Runaway Daydreamer
  4. The Deer & the Wolf
  5. Young Blood
  6. Interlude
  7. 13 Little Dolls
  8. Wrong Side of the Sun
  9. Love Is a Camera
  10. Cry to the Beat of the Band
  11. When the Storm Has Blown Ove