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The Damned: Darkadelic

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On April 28, 2023, “Edel” and “earMusic” label released “Darkadelic”, the twelfth Damned (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Kore Studios” in London, “Broadfields Studios” in Watford, and was produced by Thomas Mitchener.

Personnel:

  • Dave Vanian – vocals
  • Captain Sensible – vocals, guitar
  • Monty Oxymoron – keyboards
  • Paul Gray – bass
  • William Granville-Taylor – drums
  • Thomas Mitchener – EBow guitar
  • Don Jenkins – tambourine
  • Chris Coull – trumpet
  • Emily Vanian – violin
  • Marty Love – backing vocals
  • Thomas Mitchener – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Knight – assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Graham Humphreys – cover, layout
  • David Read – ‘A Damned Picture’ globe

Track listing:

All tracks by Captain Sensible, except where noted.

  1. The Invisible Man – Dave Vanian, Paul Gray
  2. Bad Weather Girl – Captain Sensible, Paul Gray
  3. You’re Gonna Realise – Dave Vanian
  4. Beware of the Clown
  5. Western Promise – Dave Vanian
  6. Wake of the Dead – Captain Sensible, Martin Newell
  7. Follow Me – Captain Sensible, Paul Gray
  8. Motorcycle Man – Paul Gray
  9. Girl I’ll Stop at Nothing
  10. Leader of the Gang
  11. From Your Lips – Dave Vanian
  12. Roderick – Dave Vanian

Joe Jackson: What A Racket!

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On November 24, 2023, “earMusic” label released “What a Racket!”, the 21st Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Patrick Dillett and Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – recording supervision
  • Max Champion – baritone voice, arrangements
  • Albert Bonehill – first violin
  • Bessie Macdermott – second violin
  • Harry Penrose – viola
  • Hetty Leno – violoncello
  • Eugene Robey – contrabass
  • Jack Chevalier – drums, cymbals, pots, pans, Maltese gong
  • Vesta Merson – flute, piccolo
  • Dan Fyffe – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Gus Leybourne – trumpet
  • George Tilley – trombone
  • B. Waldorf – pianoforte
  • Patrick Dillett – recording supervision
  • David Lawrence – character depiction
  • Type Twenty Five – typography, graphic embellishments

Track listing:

All tracks by (Max Champion fictional music hall performer) – Joe Jackson

  1. (Overture): Why, Why, Why?
  2. The Sporting Life
  3. Dear Old Mum – A London-Irish Lament
  4. Monty Mundy (Is Maltese)!
  5. The Shades of Night
  6. What a Racket!
  7. The Bishop and the Actress
  8. Think of the Show – A Thespian’s Lament
  9. Never So Nice in the Morning
  10. Health & Safety
  11. Worse Things Happen at Sea

Skunk Anansie: Anarchytecture

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On January 15, 2016, “earMusic” and “Carosello Records” labels released “Anarchytecture”, the sixth Skunk Anansie studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Skin – lead and backing vocals
  • Martin “Ace” Kent – guitar
  • Richard “Cass” Lewis – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Richardson – drums, percussion
  • Pete Davis – keyboards, programming
  • Tom Dalgety – recording
  • Robbie Nelson – engineer
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
  • Ryan Art – artwork
  • No Curves – cover art
  • Emilio Tini – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Skin, Martin Kent, Richard Lewis and Mark Richardson, except where noted.

  1. Love Someone Else – Skin, Martin Buttrich
  2. Victim
  3. Beauty Is Your Curse
  4. Death to the Lovers
  5. In the Back Room
  6. Bullets
  7. That Sinking Feeling
  8. Without You
  9. Suckers!
  10. We Are Flames
  11. I’ll Let You Down

Status Quo: Backbone

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On September 6, 2019, “earMusic” label released “Backbone”, the 33rd Status Quo studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “ARSIS Studios”, and was produced by Francis Rossi.

Personnel:

  • Francis Rossi – vocals, lead guitar, mixing
  • Richie Malone – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • John “Rhino” Edwards – vocals, basses, guitars
  • Andy Bown – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Leon Cave – drums, percussion
  • Andy Brook – engineer, recording, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Waiting For a Woman – Francis Rossi, Robert Keith Young
  2. Cut Me Some Slack – Francis Rossi – John “Rhino” Edwards
  3. Liberty Lane – Francis Rossi, John “Rhino” Edwards
  4. I See You’re in Some Trouble – Francis Rossi, Robert Keith Young
  5. Backing Off – Andy Bown, Francis Rossi
  6. I Wanna Run Away with You – Francis Rossi, Robert Keith Young
  7. Backbone – Francis Rossi, John “Rhino” Edwards
  8. Better Take Care – John David
  9. Falling Off the World – Leon Cave
  10. Get Out of My Head – Richie Malone
  11. Running Out of Time – Andy Bown, Francis Rossi

Marillion: An Hour Before It’s Dark

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On March 4, 2022, “Intact” and “earMUSIC” labels released “An Hour Before It’s Dark”, the 20th Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Racket Club” in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “Ace” in Aartselaar, Belgium, and was produced by Michael Hunter, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth – lead vocals
  • Steve Rothery – electric guitar
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass guitar
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Choir Noir – vocals
  • Michael Hunter – recording, mixing
  • Simon Ward – artwork

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth; all music by Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

  1. Be Hard on Yourself
  2. Reprogram the Gene
  3. Only a Kiss
  4. Murder Machine
  5. The Crow and the Nightingale
  6. Sierra Leone
  7. Care

Thunder: Rip It Up

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On February 10, 2017, “earMUSIC” label released “Rip It Up”, the eleventh Thunder studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Luke Morley.

Personnel:

  • Danny Bowes – lead and backing vocals
  • Luke Morley – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ben Matthews – guitars, keyboards
  • Chris Childs – bass guitar
  • Gary James – drums, percussion
  • Lynne Jackaman – tambourine, featured and backing vocals
  • Heather Findlay – backing vocals
  • Susie Webb – backing vocals
  • Josh Tyrell – studio assistance
  • Jon Constantine – studio assistance
  • Joe Coghlan-Allen – studio assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Morley.

  1. No One Gets Out Alive
  2. Rip It Up
  3. She Likes the Cocaine
  4. Right from the Start
  5. Shakedown
  6. Heartbreak Hurricane
  7. In Another Life
  8. The Chosen One
  9. The Enemy Inside
  10. Tumbling Down
  11. There’s Always a Loser

Deep Purple: Turning to Crime

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On November 26, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Turning to Crime”, the twenty-second Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Steve Morse – vocals, guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – vocals and backing vocals, bass, additional keyboards, percussion
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals and backing vocals
  • Leo Green – tenor saxophone, horns arrangement
  • Matt Holland – trumpet
  • Gina Forsyth – fiddle
  • Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box
  • Julian Shank – percussion
  • Nicole Thalia – backing vocals
  • Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. 7 and 7 is – Arthur Lee
  2. Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey “Piano” Smith
  3. Oh Well – Peter Green
  4. Jenny Take a Ride! – Bob Crew
  5. Watching the River Flow – Bob Dylan
  6. Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
  7. Dixie Chicken – Lowell George, Fred Martin
  8. Shapes of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Ralf, Paul Samwell-Smith
  9. The Battle of New Orleans – Jimmy Driftwood
  10. Lucifer – Bob Seger
  11. White Room – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  12. Caught in the Act
  13. Going Down – Don Nix
  14. Green Onions – Booker T, Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.
  15. Hot Lanta – Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
  16. Dazed and Confused – Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  17. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood

Blackmore’s Night: Nature’s Light

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On March 12, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Nature’s Light”, the eleventh Blackmore’s Night studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Ritchie Blackmore.

Personnel:

  • Ritchie Blackmore – acoustic and electric guitars, hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa, mandola, executive producer
  • Candice Night – lead and harmony vocals, woodwinds, tambourine
  • Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Autumn and Rory Blackmore – backing vocals
  • Pat Regan – orchestral arrangements, engineer, assistant producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.

  1. Once Upon December
  2. Four Winds
  3. Father in the Wind
  4. Darker Shade of Black – Ritchie Blackmore
  5. The Twisted Oak
  6. Nature’s Light
  7. Der letzte Musketier – Ritchie Blackmore
  8. Wish You Were Here (2021) – Teijo Olavi Leskela
  9. Going to the Faire
  10. Second Element – Petersen, Pirs, Meissner, Schwarz

Thunder: Please Remain Seated

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On January 18, 2019, “earMusic” label released “Please Remain Seated”, the twelfth Thunder studio album. It was recorded in 2018 at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Luke Morley.

Personnel:

  • Danny Bowes – vocals
  • Luke Morley – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ben Matthews – guitar, keyboards
  • Tom Oliver – keyboards
  • Chris Childs – bass guitar
  • Gary “Harry” James – drums, percussion
  • Emily Lynn – backing vocals
  • Lara Smiles – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Morley, except where noted.

  1. Bigger Than Both of Us
  2. Future Train – Luke Morley, Ben Matthews, Hogland
  3. Girl’s Going Out of Her Head
  4. I’m Dreaming Again
  5. Fly on the Wall
  6. Just Another Suicide – Luke Morley, Gary James
  7. Empty City – Luke Morley, Taylor
  8. Miracle Man
  9. Blown Away
  10. Loser
  11. She’s So Fine – Luke Morley, Taylor
  12. Low Life in High Places
  13. Stand Up – Luke Morley, Gary James
  14. River of Pain Like a Satellite
  15. Robert Johnson’s Tombstone
  16. Higher Ground
  17. Everybody Wants Her – Luke Morley, Danny Bowes, Ben Matthews, Gary James
  18. Long Way from Home

Deep Purple: Whoosh!

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On August 7, 2020, “earMUSIC” label released “Whoosh!”, the twenty-first Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Tracking Room”, “Anarchy Studios” and “Ocean Way” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – vocals
  • Steve Morse – guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – bass
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Saam Hashemi – programming
  • Ayana George, Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
  • Bob Ezrin – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • John Metcalf – orchestra arrangements
  • Alan Umstead – conductor
  • Julian Shank – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Krotz, Jaime Sickora – engineer
  • Zach Pepe – engineer assistant
  • Nick Spezia – orchestra recording
  • Justin Cortelyou – mixing, tracking
  • Jason Elliott, Justin Francis – mixing
  • Bryce Robertson – tracking assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Jekyll & Hyde – cover art, design
  • Ben Wolf – band photography
  • Elena Saharova – landscape photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.

  1. Throw My Bones
  2. Drop the Weapon
  3. We’re All the Same in the Dark
  4. Nothing at All
  5. No Need to Shout
  6. Step by Step
  7. What the What
  8. The Long Way Round
  9. The Power of the Moon
  10. Remission Possible
  11. Man Alive
  12. And the Address – Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord
  13. Dancing in My Sleep (bonus track)