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Supertramp: Some Things Never Change

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On March 24, 1997, “EMI” label released “Some Things Never Change”, the tenth Supertramp album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, “The Backyard Studio” in Encino, California, and was produced by Fred Mandel and Jack Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Rick Davies – vocals, keyboards, executive producer
  • Mark Hart – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • John Helliwell – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Cliff Hugo – bass
  • Bob Siebenberg – drums
  • Lee Thornburg – trombones, trumpets, backing vocals
  • Carl Verheyen – guitars
  • Tom Walsh – drums, percussion
  • Bob Danziger – kalimbas
  • Karen Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Kim Nail – backing vocals
  • Ian Gardiner, Jay Messina – engineer
  • Ian Gardiner, Mike Scotella – engineer assistant
  • Roy Clark, Brian Hargrove – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Richard Frankel – creative director
  • Dimo Safari – creative art
  • Dennis Keeley – portraits

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Davies, except where noted.

  1. It’s a Hard World
  2. You Win, I Lose
  3. Get Your Act Together
  4. Live to Love You
  5. Some Things Never Change
  6. Listen to Me Please
  7. Sooner or Later – Rick Davies, Mark Hart
  8. Help Me Down That Road
  9. And the Light
  10. Give Me a Chance – Rick Davies, Mark Hart
  11. Where There’s a Will
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Adam Ant: Wonderful

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On March 7, 1995, “EMI” label released “Wonderful”, the fifth Adam Ant studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Adam Ant – vocals
  • Boz Boorer – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Marco Pirroni – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bruce Witkin – bass, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Dave Ruffy – drums
  • John Reynolds – drums, drum programming
  • Chris Lawson – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Boz Boorer, except where noted.

  1. Won’t Take That Talk
  2. Beautiful Dream – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds
  3. Wonderful – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes
  4. 1969 Again
  5. Yin and Yang
  6. Image of Yourself
  7. Alien
  8. Gotta Be a Sin
  9. Vampires
  10. Angel
  11. Very Long Ride – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds

Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring

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On February 17, 1986, “EMI” label released “The Colour of Spring”, the third Talk Talk studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Battery Studios” and “Videosonics Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Friese-Greene.

Personnel:

  • Mark Hollis — lead vocals, piano, Variophon, organ, Mellotron, electric guitar, melodica
  • Tim Friese-Greene – piano, Kurzweil synthesizer, organ, Variophon, Mellotron
  • Paul Webb – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Lee Harris – drums
  • Steve Winwood — organ 
  • Ian Curnow – synthesizer solos
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar, dobro
  • David Rhodes — guitar
  • Mark Feltham — harmonica
  • Danny Thompson — acoustic bass
  • Alan Gorrie — electric bass 
  • Martin Ditcham — percussion
  • Morris Pert — percussion
  • Phil Reis — percussion
  • David Roach — soprano saxophone
  • Gaynor Sadler — harp
  • Children from the school of Miss Speake — children’s choir
  • Ambrosian Singers — choir
  • Dennis Weinrich — engineer
  • Dietmar Schillinger — engineer
  • Paul Schroeder — engineer
  • Pete Wooliscroft — engineer
  • James Marsh — cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Friese-Greene and Mark Hollis.

  1. Happiness is Easy
  2. I Don’t Believe in You
  3. Life’s What You Make It
  4. April 4th
  5. Living in Another World
  6. Give It Up
  7. Chameleon Day
  8. Time It’s Time

Zero: Carne Humana

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On January 16, 1987, “EMI” label released “Carne Humana”, the debut Zero album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Paul Mounsey.

Personnel:

  • Guilherme Isnard – vocals
  • Eduardo Amarante – guitars
  • Alfred “Freddy” Haiat – keyboard
  • Ricardo “Rick” Villas-Boas – bass
  • Malcolm Oakley – drums
  • Jorge Davidson – art direction
  • Mayrton Bahia – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guilherme Isnard, except where noted.

  1. Algum Vicio
  2. Quimeras
  3. Linha da Vida
  4. Abuso de Poder
  5. Medo de Voar
  6. Carne Human
  7. Seu Planeta
  8. Game Over
  9. Sem Pudor
  10. A Luta e o Prazer

Elvis Costello and The Imposters: The Boy Named If

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On January 14, 2022, “EMI” label released “The Boy Named If”, album by Elvis Costello and The Imposters (the 32nd Elvis Costello album). It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Sebastian Crys and Elvis Costello.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Steve Nieve – keyboards, piano
  • Davey Faragher – bass, upright bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Nicole Atkins – vocals
  • Sebastian Krys – backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Dex Green – recording
  • Daniel Galindo – engineer
  • Ron Taylor – engineer
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Elvis Costello.

  1. Farewell, OK
  2. The Boy Named If
  3.  Penelope Halfpenny
  4. The Difference
  5. What If I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
  6. Paint the Red Rose Blue
  7. Mistook Me for a Friend
  8. My Most Beautiful Mistake
  9. Magnificent Hurt
  10. The Man You Love to Hate
  11. The Death of Magic Thinking
  12. Trick Out the Truth
  13. Mr. Crescent

Jimmy Cliff: House of Exile

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In December 1974, “EMI” label released “House of Exile”, album by Jimmy Cliff. It was recorded in 1974, at “Dynamic Sounds Studios” and “Dimensional Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Jimmy Cliff.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Cliff – vocal, arranger
  • Dad Bryan – lead guitar, bottleneck and rhythm guitar
  • Hux Brown – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Gladstone Anderson – piano
  • Winston Wright – organ, Moog synthesizer, clavinet
  • Jackie Jackson – bass
  • Tommy McCook – saxophone, flute
  • Bobby Ellis – trumpet
  • Bob Howsall – engineer
  • Carl Piterson – engineer
  • Val Wright – illustration
  • Cream – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Cliff.

  1. Brother
  2. I Want to Know
  3. You Can’t Be Wrong and Get Right
  4. House of Exile
  5. Foolish Pride
  6. No. 1 Rip-Off Man
  7. Long Time No See
  8. I’ve Been Dead 400 Years
  9. Look What You Done to My Life, Devil Woman
  10. Music Maker
  11.  My Love Is Solid as a Rock
  12. Money Won’t Save You

J. Geils Band: You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd

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On October 5, 1984, “EMI” label released “You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd”, the eleventh and final J. Geils Band studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Long View Farm” in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and was produced by Seth Justman.

Personnel:

  • Seth Justman – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, keyboards, horns arrangements
  • J. Geils – guitars
  • Magic Dick – harmonicas, soprano saxophone, backing vocals
  • Danny Klein – bass guitar, “flex bass”
  • Stephen Jo Bladd – lead and backing vocals, drums

The Uptown Horns

  • Crispin Cioe – alto and baritone saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Litteral – trumpet
  • Phoebe Snow – backing vocals
  • Cookie Watkins, Fonda Rae, Judith Spears – backing vocals
  • The Institutional Radio Choir (directed by Carl Williams, Jr.) – backing vocals
  • Jim Donnelly – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Seth Justman and Paul Justman, all music by Seth Justman.

  1. Concealed Weapons
  2. Heavy Petting
  3. Wasted Young
  4. Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
  5. Tell ‘Em Jonesy
  6. You’re Getting’ Even While I’m Getting’ Old
  7. The Bite from Inside
  8. Californication
  9. I Will Carry You Home

The Babyshambles: Sequel to Prequel

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On September 3, 2013, “EMI” label released “Sequel to the Prequel”, the third Babyshambles (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Peter Doherty – lead vocal, electric guitar, percussion
  • Mick Whitnall – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stephen Street – electric guitar, tambourine, percussion, mixing
  • Stephen Large – piano, organ, melodica, recording
  • Drew McConnell – bass, double bass, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Falkner – drums, percussion
  • Miki Beavis – violin
  • David Lasserson – viola
  • Justin Hayward Young – backing vocals
  • Frederic Vectol – engineer
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Jonathan Gilmore – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Damien Hirst – artwork
  • Paul Kennedy – design
  • Eva Davier – photography
  • Pennie Smith – photography

Track listing:

  1. Fireman – Mick Whitnall, Peter Doherty, Drew McConnell
  2. Nothing Comes to Nothing – Mick Whitnall, Peter Doherty, Stephen Street
  3. New Pair – Drew McConnell, Peter Doherty
  4. Farmer’s Daughter – Peter Doherty, Mick Whitnall
  5. Fall from Grace – Drew McConnell, Robinson, Peter Doherty
  6. Maybelline – Mick Whitnall, Peter Doherty
  7. Sequel to the Prequel – Peter Doherty, Mick Whitnall, Drew McConnell
  8. Dr. No – Mick Whitnall, Peter Doherty, Drew McConnell
  9. Penguins – Drew McConnell, Peter Doherty
  10. Picture Me in a Hospital – Peter Doherty, Drew McConnell
  11. Seven Shades – Drew McConnell, Peter Doherty
  12. Minefield – Peter Doherty, Drew McConnell, Mick Whitnall, Robinson

Kings of Convenience: Peace or Love

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On June 18, 2021, “EMI” label released “Peace or Love”, the fourth Kings of Convenience studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Antonio Pulli, Cristian Heyne, Davide Bertolini, Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm, Phil Weinrobe, Robert Jønnum, Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye.

Personnel:

  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals, nylon-string acoustic guitar, piano, drums, mixing
  • Erlend Øye – vocals, steel-string acoustic guitar, programming, recording, mixing
  • Feist – vocals
  • Davide Bertolini – upright bass, viola da gamba
  • Alexander Grieg – bowed upright bass
  • Tobias Hett – viola
  • Alexander von Mehren – bass, marimba, keyboards
  • Davide Bertolini – mixing, recording, upright bass 
  • Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm – mixing, recording
  • Cristian Heyne – recording
  • Robert Jønnum – mixing, recording
  • Antonio Pulli – mixing, recording
  • Phil Weinrobe – recording
  • Fernando Herrera Bastidas – mixing, recording
  • Jørgen Træen – mastering
  • Norman Nitzsche – mastering
  • Sascha Steinfurth – guitar technician
  • Glauco Canalis – photography
  • Salvo Alibrio – photography
  • Andrea Moschella – graphic design
  • Sascha Steinfurth – consultant
  • Øystein Bruvik – album title

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

  1. Rumors
  2. Rocky Trail
  3. Comb My Hair
  4. Angel
  5. Love Is a Lonely Thing – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Leslie Feist, Stefano Ortisi
  6. Fever – Tobias Hett, Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye
  7. Killers
  8. Ask for Help
  9. Catholic Country – Glambek Bøe Øye, Davide Bertolini, Camilla Staveley-Taylor, Emily Staveley-Taylor, Jessica Staveley-Taylor
  10. Song About It
  11. Washing Machine

Little River Band: Sleeper Catcher

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On May 26, 1978, “EMI” label released “Sleeper Catcher”, the fourth Little River Band album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Armstrong Studios” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by  John Boylan, Glenn Shorrock, David Briggs, Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble, George McArdle and Derek Pellicci. The album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitar, Roland synthesizer guitars
  • Beeb Birtles – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Graham Goble – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, vocal arrangements
  • George McArdle – bass
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • Vernon Hill – flute
  • Bob Venier – flugelhorn
  • Pan Raines – harp
  • Peter Sullivan – acoustic and electric pianos
  • Peter Jones – electric piano
  • Mal Logan – Hammond organ
  • Rick Formosa – conductor, orchestral arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Fall from Paradise – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  2. Lady – Graham Goble
  3. Red-Headed Wild Flower – Beeb Birtles, Ed Nimmervoll
  4. Light of Day – Beeb Birtles
  5. So Many Paths – Glenn Shorrock, Idris Jones
  6. Reminiscing – Graham Goble
  7. Sanity’s Side – Glenn Shorrock, Chris Dawes
  8. Shut Down Turn Off – Glenn Shorrock
  9. One for the Road – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble