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Sting:Ten Summoner’s Tales

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On March 1, 1993, “A&M” label released “Ten Summoner’s Tales”, the fourth Sting studio album. It was recorded June – December 1992, at “Lake House” in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Hugh Padgham and Sting.

Personnel:

  • Sting – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, harmonica, saxophone, arrangements
  • Dominic Miller – guitars
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • David Sancious – keyboards
  • Larry Adler – chromatic harmonica
  • Brendan Power – chromatic harmonica
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Nightingale – trombone
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Guy Barker – trumpet
  • Dave Heath – flute
  • Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian small pipes, fiddle
  • Simon Fischer – violin
  • Kathryn Greeley – violin
  • James Boyd – viola
  • Sian Bell – cello
  • David Foxxe – narration
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer, mixing
  • Andrew Bradfield – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Simon Osborne – engineer assistant
  • Roger Lian – digital editing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Danny Quatrochi – personal technical assistant
  • Richard Frankel – art direction, design
  • Norman Moore – art direction, design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted..

  1. Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith in You)
  2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
  3. Fields of Gold
  4. Heavy Cloud No Rain
  5. She’s Too Good for Me
  6. Seven Days
  7. Saint Augustine in Hell
  8. It’s Probably Me – Sting, Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
  9. Everybody Laughed but You
  10. Shape of My Heart – Sting, Dominic Miller
  11. Something the Boy Said
  12. Epilogue (Nothing ‘Bout Me)

Doves: Constellations For The Lonely

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On February 28, 2025, “EMI North” label released “Constellations for the Lonely”, the sixth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2024, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, England, and was produced by Dan Austin, Jim Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams.

Personnel:

  • Jimi Goodwin – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, drums; synthesizer, programming
  • Jez Williams – lead and backing vocals, guitar; bass guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, string arrangement, programming, mixing
  • Andy Williams – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, programming, samples
  • Martin Rebelski – keyboards
  • Fredrik Björling  – drums
  • Belinda Hammond – violin
  • Hannah Groarke-Young – violin
  • Jayne Coyle – viola
  • Elinor Gow – cello
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Martin King – engineer
  • Dan Austin – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

  1. Renegade
  2. Cold Dreaming
  3. In the Butterfly House
  4. Strange Weather
  5. A Drop in the Ocean
  6. Last Year’s Man
  7. Stupid Schemes
  8. Silent Teresa
  9. Orlando
  10. Southern Bell

Felt: Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty

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In February 1982, “Cherry Red” label released “Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty”, the debut Felt studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, and was produced by John A. Rivers.

Personnel:

  • Lawrence – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Maurice Deebank – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Nick Gilbert – bass guitar
  • Gary Ainge – drums

Tracks listing:

All lyrics by Lawrence, all music by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank.

  1. Evergreen Dazed
  2. Fortune
  3. Birdmen
  4. Cathedral
  5. I Worship the Sun
  6. Templeroy

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

The Bluetones: Expecting To Fly

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On February 12, 1996, “Superior Quality” label released “Expecting to Fly”, the debut Bluetones (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1995, in Ridge Farm, England, and was produced by Hugh Jones. The album was certified Platinum by “BPI” in England.

Personnel:

  • Mark Morriss – vocals, artwork concept
  • Adam Devlin – guitar, 12 string guitar, artwork concept
  • Scott Morriss – bass, backing vocals, artwork concept
  • Eds Chesters – drums, percussion, artwork concept
  • Caroline LaVelle – cello
  • Dan Crompton – blues harp
  • Mac McEldon – clavinet
  • Hugh Jones – mixing
  • Helen Woodward – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • Superstock – front cover photography
  • Marc Newman – front cover photography
  • Roger Sargent – band photography
  • Scott Morriss – additional photography
  • Trevor Ray Hart – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Mark Morriss, Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin and Scott Morriss, except where noted.

  1. Talking to Clarry
  2. Bluetonic – Mark Morriss, Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin, Scott Morriss, Adrian Mitchell
  3. Cut Some Rug
  4. Things Change
  5. The Fountainhead
  6. Can’t Be Trusted
  7. Slight Return
  8. Putting Out Fires
  9. Vampire
  10. A Parting Gesture
  11. Time & Again

The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

Big Big Train: Welcome To The Planet

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On January 28, 2022, “English Electric” label released “Welcome to the Planet”, the fourteenth Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, England, “Sweetwater” in Fort Wayne, Indiana, “Aubitt” in Southampton, England, “Castlesound” in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by David Longdon, Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom, Dave Foster and Clare Lindley.

Personnel:

  • David Longdon – vocals, tambourine, mellotron, piano, flute
  • Dave Foster – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-and 12-string electric guitars
  • Rikard Sjöblom – Hammond organ, mellotron, guitar, ARP synthesizer, accordion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, piano, 12 string acoustic guitar
  • Carly Bryant – vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Clare Lindley – vocals, violin
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals, 12 string-acoustic guitar, 6 string-acoustic guitar, mellotron, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals, spoken voice
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, vibraphone, mellotron, percussion loops, keyboards, sleigh bells, Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer; percussion
  • John Storey – euphonium
  • Nick Stones – French horn
  • Dave Desmond – trombone, brass arrangementс
  • Ben Godfrey – trumpet
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • Derek Reeves – violin
  • Aidan O’Rourke – violin, soundscapes
  • Riaan Vosloo – double bass
  • Stuart Hamilton – engineer
  • Bobby Dellarocco, Shawn Dealey – engineer
  • Rob Aubrey – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Sarah Louise Ewing – artwork
  • Ioan Hazell – engineer assistant
  • Rachel Leonard – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Made from Sunshine – lyrics by David Longdon, music by Dave Foster
  2. The Connection Plan – Nick D’Virgilio
  3. Lanterna – Gregory Spawton
  4. Capitoline Venus – Gregory Spawton
  5. A Room with No Ceiling – Richard Sjöblom
  6. Proper Jack Froster – Gregory Spawton
  7. Bats in the Belfry – Nick D’Virgilio
  8. Oak and Stone – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom
  9. Welcome to the Planet – Carly Bryant

The Twilight Sad: It Won’t Be Like This All The Time

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On January 18, 2019, “Rock Action” label released “It Won’t be like This All the Time”, the fifth Twilight Sad (The) studio album. It was recorded January – February 2018, at “Middle Farm Studios” in Devon, England, and was produced by Andy MacFarlane.

Personnel:

  • James Alexander Graham – vocals
  • Andy MacFarlane – guitars
  • Brendan Smith – keyboards
  • Jonathan Docherty – bass
  • Jonny Scott – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Bush – engineer
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dave “DLT” Thomas – artwork
  • Robert Smith – “vambo” (musical guidance)

Track listing:

All lyrics by James Alexander Graham; all music by Andy MacFarlane.

  1. (10 Good Reasons for Modern Drugs)
  2. Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting
  3. The Arbor
  4. VTr
  5. Sunday Day 13
  6. I/m Not Here (missing face)
  7. Auge/Maschine
  8. Keep It All to Myself
  9. Girl Chewing Gum
  10. Let’s Get Lost
  11. Videograms

Fantasy: Paint A Picture

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In December 1973, “Polydor” label released “Paint a Picture”, the only Fantasy album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Peter Sames.

Personnel:

  • Paul Lawrence – vocals, twelve-string guitar, arrangements
  • Peter James – vocals, lead guitar, arrangements
  • David Metcalfe – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
  • David Read – vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Jon Webster – vocals, percussion, arrangements
  • Andrew Pryce Jackman – brass arrangements
  • Graham Preskett – cello arrangements
  • David Grinstead – engineer
  • Larry Learmonth – design
  • Pete Lavery – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Metcalfe, David Read and Paul Lawrence.

  1. Paint a Picture
  2. Circus
  3. The Award
  4. Politely Insane
  5. Widow
  6. Icy River
  7. Thank Christ
  8. Young Man’s Fortune
  9. Gnome Songe
  10. Silent Mime

Models: Local &/Or General

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On October 31, 1981, “Mushroom” label released “Local &/or General”, the second Models studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Farmyard Studios” in Bucks, England, and was produced by Stephen W Tayler. Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie and Janis Freidenfields.

Personnel;

  • Sean Kelly — vocals, guitar, clarinet
  • Andrew Duffield — keyboards, EMS Synthi AKS
  • Mark Ferrie — bass guitar
  • Janis Freidenfelds — percussion, traps, syncussion
  • Stephen W Tayler – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Cohen – engineer
  • Steve Brown – remix
  • Roy Snell – artwork
  • Anton Corbijn – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield, except where noted.

  1. Local and / or General – Sean Kelly
  2. Truth About Truth About Scientists
  3. Unhappy – Mark Ferrie, Andrew Duffield
  4. Telstar – Joe Meek
  5. Dying for My Country at the War – Sean Kelly
  6. Telstar – Joe Meek
  7. Bantam Had – Sean Kelly
  8. Man O’ Action – Sean Kelly, Mask Hough
  9. Drunk in the House – Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie, Mark Hough
  10. Tearing Hair Out – Sean Kelly
  11. Rate of Change