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Counting Crows:Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!

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On May 9, 2025, “BMG” label released “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”, the eighth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Vrian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and harmony vocals, piano
  • David Bryson – guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
  • Dan Vickrey – guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion, harmony vocals
  • Curtis Watson – trumpet
  • Dave Drago – backing vocals
  • Neil Strauch – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • Beth Hoeckel – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Adam Duritz.

  1. With Love, From A-Z
  2. Spaceman in Tulsa
  3. Boxcars
  4. Virginia Through the Rain
  5. Under the Aurora
  6. The Tall Grass
  7. Elevator Boots
  8. Angel of 14th Street
  9. Bobby and the Rat-Kings

The Rascals: Peaceful World

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On May 5, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Peaceful World”, the eighth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1970 – March 1971, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey, William Salter – bass guitar
  • Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
  • Jon Robert Smith , Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Annie Sutton – backing vocals
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Buddy Buono – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals
  • James Green, Jerry Lee Smith – recording
  • Bob Irwin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Sky Trane
  2. In and Out of Love – Buzzy Feiten
  3. Bit of Heaven
  4. Love Me
  5. Mother Nature Land
  6. Icy Water – Buzzy Feiten
  7. Happy Song
  8. Love Letter
  9. Little Dove
  10. Visit to Mother Nature Land
  11. Getting Nearer
  12. Peaceful World

The Square: Adventures

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On April 1, 1984, “Sony Music Entertainment Japan” label released “Adventures”, the eighth T-Square studio album.

Personnel:

  • Masahiro Andoh – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Takeshi Itoh – alto saxophone, lyricon
  • Hirotaka Izumi – piano, synthesizers
  • Toyoyuki Tanaka – electric bass
  • Tohru Hasebe – drums
  • Keiko Yamakawa – harp
  • Kanesaki Group – horns
  • Nakanishi Ensemble – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Masahiro Andoh, except where noted.

  1. Adventures (Prologue)
  2. All About You
  3. Night Dreamer
  4. Sister Marian
  5. Rodan – Toyoyuki Tanaka
  6. Jubilee
  7. Cape Light – Hirotaka Izumi
  8. Travelers – Hirotaka Izumi
  9. Adventures (Epilogue)

Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia

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On March 28, 2025, “Down the Road” label released “Arcadia”, the eighth Alison Krauss & Union Station studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Allison Krauss, Barry Bales, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block and Russell Moore.

Personnel:

  • Alison Krauss – lead and harmony vocals, strings, fiddle
  • Barry Bales – tenor and bass vocals, upright bass
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro, lap steel guitar
  • Ron Block – tenor vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Russell Moore – lead and baritone vocals
  • Dan Tyminski – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Viktor Krauss – piano
  • Jeff Taylor – accordion
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • Gary Paczosa – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Looks Like the End of the Road – Jeremy Lister
  2. The Hangman – Viktor Krauss, Maurice Ogden
  3.  The Wrong Way – Robert Lee Castleman, Don Tyminski
  4. Granite Mills – Tim Eriksen
  5. One Ray of Shine – Viktor Krauss, Sarah Siskind
  6. Richmond on the James – G.T. Burgess, Alison Krauss
  7. North Side Girl – JD McPharson
  8. Forever – Robert Lee Castleman
  9. Snow – Bob Lucas
  10. There’s a Light Up Ahead – Jeremy Lister

Steven Wilson: The Overview

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On March 14, 2025, “Fiction” label released “The Overview”, the eighth Steven Wilson studio album. It was recorded December 2023 – August 2024, in London, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming, keyboards, percussion, piano, pump organ, mixing, engineer
  • Adam Holzman – piano, Rhodes, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Randy McStine – vocals and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, sound effects, ukulele
  • Niko Tsonev – guitar
  • Craig Blundell – drums
  • Theo Travis – saxophone
  • Rotem Wilson – spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Objects Outlive Us – Steven Wilson, Andy Partridge
  2. No Monkey’s Paw
  3. The Buddha of the Modern Age
  4. Objects: Meanwhile
  5. The Cicerones
  6. Ark
  7. Cosmic Sons of Toil
  8. No Ghost on the Moor
  9. Heat Death of the Universe
  10. The Overview
  11. Perspective
  12. A Beautiful Infinity I
  13. Borrowed Atoms
  14. A Beautiful Infinity II
  15. Infinity Measured in Moments
  16. Permanence

The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys Today!

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On March 8, 1965, “Capitol” label released “The Beach Boys Today!” the eighth Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded in June 1964 – January 1965, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals, electric rhythm guitar, bass guitar
  • Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word
  • Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, four and six-string bass guitar, grand, upright and tack piano, Baldwin harpsichord, Farfisa and Hammond organ, conductor, mixing
  • Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word, lead, rhythm and 12-string guitar, six-string bass guitar
  • Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony, backing, and double-tracked vocals (11), spoken word, drums, percussion, hi-hat, tambourine, tom-tom
  • Glen Campbell – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Barney Kessel – classical guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Bill Pitman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – baritone guitar, bass guitar
  • Billy Strange – acoustic and electric guitar, electric mandolin, ukulele
  • Ron Swallow – tambourine, woodblock
  • John Gray – grand piano
  • Don Randi – grand and tack upright piano, organ
  • Leon Russell – grand piano, organ, vibraphone 
  • Carl Fortina – accordion
  • Carrol Lewis – double-reed harmonica
  •  Billy Lee Riley – double-reed harmonica
  • Tommy Tedesco – autoharp, baritone and electric guitar, mandolin 
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums, woodblocks, sleigh bells, triangle, tambourine, castanets, temple block, claves, timbales
  • Earl Palmer – drums, timbales
  • Russ Titelman – percussion
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone 
  • Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
  • Earl Leaf – spoken word
  • “Louie” (last name unknown) – castanets
  • Marilyn Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word
  • Peter Christ – cor Anglais
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Julius Wechter – vibraphone, bell tree, timpani, tambourine, congas, claves
  • Jerry Williams – vibraphone, timpani
  • Craig Slowinski – vocal
  • Chuck Britz – engineer 
  • Larry Levine – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Do You Wanna Dance? – Bobby Freeman
  2. Good to My Baby – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  3. Don’t Hurt My Little Sister – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  4. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  5. Help Me, Ronda – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  6. Dance, Dance, Dance – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love
  7. Please Let Me Wonder – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  8. I’m So Young – William H. “Prez” Tyus
  9. Kiss Me Baby – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  10. She Knows Me Too Well – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  11. In The Back of My Mind – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  12. Bull Session with the Big Daddy – Brian Wilson, Mike Love

Kings Of Leon: When You See Yourself

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On March 5, 2021, “RCA” label released “When You See Yourself”, the eighth Kings of Leon studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Blackbird” in Nashville, and was produced by Markus Dravs.

Personnel:

  • Caleb Followill – vocals, guitar
  • Matthew Followill – vocals, guitar, synthesiser
  • Jared Followill – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Nathan Followill – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Timothy Deaux – backing vocals
  • Liam O’Neil – piano, organ, mellotron, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Iain Berryman – engineer
  • Sean Badum – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away
  2. The Bandit
  3. 100.000 People
  4. Stormy Weather
  5. A Wave
  6. Golden Restless Age
  7. Time in Disguise
  8. Supermarket
  9. Claire & Eddie
  10. Echoing
  11. Fairytale

Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back

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On February 12, 2010, “Real World / Virgin” label released “Scratch My Back”, the eighth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “AIR Lyndhurst” in London, and “Real World Studios” in Box, England, and was produced by Peter Gabriel and Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, arrangements, design concept
  • Melanie Gabriel – vocals
  • London Scratch Orchestra – orchestra performance
  • Hungarian Orchestra – orchestra performance
  • The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford – choir
  • John Metcalfe – arrangements, orchestration, additional recording, mixing
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements, orchestration
  • Will Gregory – arrangements
  • Randy Newman – arrangements
  • Richard Chappell – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Kurina Támas – recording
  • Kölcsényi Attila – recording
  • Steve Orchard – recording
  • Olga Fitzroy – recording assistant, Pro Tools editor
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Pete Sené – engineer assistant
  • Mark Claydon – mixing assistant
  • Laurence Greed – Pro Tools editor assistant
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Bessant – graphic design, design concept
  • Nadav Kander – photography
  • David Hiscock – photography

Track listing:

  1. Heroes – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  2. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa
  3. Mirrorball – Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp
  4. Flume – Justin Vernon
  5. Listening Wind – David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
  6. The Power of Love – Lou Reed
  7. My Body Is a Cage – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tom Kingsbury, Will Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld
  8. The Book of Love – Stephin Merritt
  9. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
  10. Après Moi – Regina Spektor
  11. Philadelphia – Neil Young
  12. Street Sprint (Fade Out) – Thom Yorke, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, Phil Selway

Helado Negro: Phasor

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On February 9, 2024, “4AD” label released “Phasor”, the eighth Helado Negro studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Helado Negro.

Personnel:

  • Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange) – vocals, instrumentation, engineer, mixing
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, tone bells 
  • Opal Hoyt – vocals, piano
  • Jason Ajemian – bass
  • Andy Stack – bass
  • Jason Nazary – drums, percussion
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion
  • Benjamin Julia – drums, percussion
  • Matt Crum – drums, percussion
  • Savannah Harris – drums, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Rob Frye – drums, percussion
  • Zach Cooper – tempo consultation
  • Rachel Alina – mastering
  • Crystal Zapata – design
  • Kristi Sword – drawing
  • Sol Talamantes – inner sleeve photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Roberto Carlos Lange.

  1. LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)
  2. I Just Want to Wake Up With You
  3. Best of You and Me
  4. Colores Del Mar
  5. Echo Tricks Me
  6. Out There
  7. Flores
  8. Wish You Could Be Here
  9. Es Una Fantasia

Blue Effect: Svět hledačů

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In December 1979, “Pantone” label released “Svět hledačů”, the eighth Blue Effect studio album. It was recorded September –December 1978, at “Smetana Theatre Studio” in Prague, Czech Republic.

Personnel:

  • Radim Hladík – vocals, guitars
  • Lešek Semelka – vocals, synthesizer , piano , celesta , clavinet , wind instruments
  • Oldřich Veselý – vocals, string synthesizer , synthesizer, piano, clavinet
  • Vlado Čech – drums , percussion , wind instruments

Track listing:

  1. Following the Footsteps of Women
  2. I Am Looking for My Own Self
  3. Paradise
  4. Wisdom from the Old Age
  5. The Miracle of One Night