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The Waterboys: All Souls Hill

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On April 6, 2022, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “All Souls Hill”, the fifteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Sussex, “The Bunker” in Welwyn, “Crow’s Nest” in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US, “Goyt Valley Sound”, “Miracle Studios”, “Nabby Road Studio” in Liverpool, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “Puck Towers”, “Rustic Souls” “Verlimont Studios” in Hampstead, England, “Wilbury Road Studios”, and was produced by Paul Brown, Simon Dine, James Hallawell and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, sound effects, soundscaping
  • “Brother” Paul Brown – keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • James Hallawell – piano, organ, mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Simon Dine – sound effects, lead guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Aongus Ralston – bass guitar
  • Ralph Salmins, Greg Morrow – drums
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Ian McNabb – backing vocals
  • Barny Fletcher – backing vocals
  • Rob D. Cureton – choir vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jason Eskridge – choir vocals, engineer
  • Niki Conley, Kiley Phillips – choir vocals
  • Ciaron Bell – engineer
  • Don Jackson – mastering
  • Ian James Ross – design
  • Kahn & Selesnik – photography
  • Howard Rankin – photography
  • Charlotte Annand – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Dine and Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. All Souls Hill
  2. The Liar
  3. The Southern Moon
  4. Blackberry Girl
  5. Hollywood Blues – James Hallawell, Aongus Ralston, Ralph Salmins, Mike Scott
  6. In My Dreams
  7. Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson
  8. Here We Go Again
  9. Passing Through – Dick Blakeslee

Marillion: Marbles

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On May 3. 2004. “Intact” label released “Marbles”, the 13th studio Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2002 – 2004, at “The Racket Club” in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Dave Meegan.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth – vocals, hammered dulcimer,  additional guitar
  • Steve Rothery – guitar, bass guitar
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Carrie Tree – additional vocals

Track listing:

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

  1. The Invisible Man
  2. Marbles I
  3. You’re Gone
  4. Angelina
  5. Marbles II
  6. Don’t Hurt Yourself
  7. Fantastic Place
  8. Marbles III
  9. Drilling Holes
  10. Marbles IV
  11. Neverland
  12. You’re Gone (single mix) – CD bonus track in Europe

Painkiller: The Great God Pan

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On April 18, 2025, “Tzadik” label released “The Great God Pan”, the tenth Painkiller album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Lad’s Old Room B14” in Birmingham, England, “Orange Music” in East Orange, New Jersey,.

  • John Zorn – alto saxophone
  • Bill Laswell – bass
  • Mick Harris – drums
  • Mick Harris – recording
  • James Dellatacoma – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Austin Osman Spare – illustration
  • Chippy – design
  • Heung-Heung Chin – design
  • Karath=Razar. Tomyo T. L. – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Mick Harris.

  1. Ercildoune
  2. Secret Sins

PJ Harvey & John Parish: A Woman A Man Walked By

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On March 27, 2009, “Island” label released “A Woman a Man Walked By”, the second PJ Harvey and John Parish album. It was recorded January 2006 – September 2008, at “Toybox Studios” and “Honorsound” in Bristol, England, “Hothead Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Flood, PJ Harvey and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • Polly Jean Harvey – vocals
  • John Parish – guitars, drums, organ, ukulele, banjo
  • Giovanni Ferrario – guitar, bass guitar
  • Eric Drew Feldman – bass guitar
  • Carla Azar – drums
  • Jean-Marc Butty – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

  1. Black Hearted Love
  2. Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
  3. Leaving California
  4. The Chair
  5. April
  6. A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children G
  7. The Soldier
  8. Pig Will Not
  9. Passionless, Pointless
  10. Cracks in the Canvas

The Fall: Live at the Witch Trials

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On March 16, 1979, “Step-Forward” label released “Live at the Witch Trials”, the debut Fall (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Sound Suite” in Camden, England, and was produced by Bob Sargeant, Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah, Marc Riley, Karl Burns and Yvonne Pawlett.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith – vocals, guitar
  • Martin Bramah – guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Yvonne Pawlett – keyboards
  • Marc Riley – bass guitar
  • Karl Burns – drums
  • Alvin Clark – engineer
  • John Wriothesley – artwork
  • Graham Rhodes – photography
  • Steve Lyons – photography

Track listing:

  1. Frightened – Mark E. Smith, Tony Friel
  2. Crap Rap 2/Like to Blow – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  3. Rebellions Jukebox – Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah
  4. No Xmas for John Quays – Mark E. Smith
  5. Mother-Sister – Mark E. Smith, Una Baines
  6. Industrial Estate – Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah, Tony Friel
  7. Underground Medicine – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  8. Two Steps Back – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  9. Live at the Witch Trials – Mark E. Smith
  10. Futures and Pasts – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  11. Music Scene – Martin Bramah, Yvonne Pawlett, Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley

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