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Peter Gabriel: Same

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On September 10, 1982, “Charisma” label released the self-titled, fourth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Ashcombe House” in Bath, England, and was produced by Peter Gabriel and David Lord.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, Fairlight CMI, Prophet-5,  piano, surdo, additional drums, Linn LM-1 programming
  • David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals
  • John Ellis – guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Fast – Moog synthesizer, Prophet-5, electronic percussion
  • Stephen Paine – Fairlight CMI
  • David Lord – Polymoog and Prophet synthesizers, Fairlight CMI, piano
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, fretless bass guitar
  • Jerry Marotta – drum kit, surdo, percussion
  • Ekome Dance Company – Ghanaian
  • Roberto Laneri – treated saxophone
  • Morris Pert – traditional Ethiopian pipes, timbales, percussion
  • Jill Gabriel – backing vocals
  • Peter Hammill – backing vocals
  • David Lord – engineer
  • Andy Rose – engineer
  • Tim Wybrow – engineer
  • Julian Mendelsohn – remix
  • Danny Heaps – remix assistant
  • Neil Perry – engineer assistant
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering
  • Malcolm Poynter – album art]

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel.

  1. The Rhythm of the Heart
  2. San Jacinto
  3. I Have the Touch
  4. The Family and the Fishing Net
  5. Shock the Monkey
  6. Ley Your Hands on Me
  7. Wallflower
  8. Kiss of Life

The Michael Schenker Group: Built To Destroy

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On September 2, 1983, “Chrysalis” label released “Built to Destroy”, the fourth Michael Schenker Group (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Ridge Farm Studios Dorking” in Rusper, England, “Townhouse Studios” in London, and was produced by Louis Austin and MSG.

Personnel:

  • Michael Schenker – guitars, cover concept
  • Gary Barden – vocals
  • Andy Nye – keyboards
  • Chris Glen – bass
  • Ted McKenna – drums
  • Louis Austin – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Manwaring – engineer assistant
  • MSG – mixing
  • George Chambers – tape operator
  • Gavin MacKillop – tape operator
  • John Pasche – art direction
  • John Shaw – cover photography
  • Brian Aris – Inner sleeve photography
  • Caroline Dodd – cover model
  • Nigel Reeve – project coordinator
  • Hugh Gilmour – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Rock My Night Away – Andy Nye, Gary Barden
  2. I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Andy Nye, Michael Schenker, Ted McKenna
  3. The Dogs of War – Michael Schenker, Gary Barden
  4. Systems Falling – Michael Schenker, Gary Barden
  5. Captain Nemo – Michael Schenker
  6. Still Love That Little Devil – Michael Schenker, Gary Barden
  7. Red Sky – Michael Schenker, Gary Barden, Chris Glen, Ted McKenna, José Luis Campuzano
  8. Time Waits (For No One) – Andy Nye, Gary Barden
  9. Walk the Stage – Michael Schenker, Gary Barden

Alan Parsons: From The New World

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On July 15, 2022, “Frontiers Music” label released “From the New World”, the sixth Alan Parsons studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Parsonics” in Sussex, England, and was produced by Alan Parsons.

Personnel:

  • Alan Parsons – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
  • Todd Cooper – lead vocals, saxophone
  • Mark Mikel – lead and backing vocals, swarmmandel
  • Tommy Shaw – lead and backing vocals
  • James Durbin – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • P. J. Olsson – lead and backing vocals, programming
  • Tabitha Fair – lead and backing vocals
  • David Pack – lead vocal
  • Dan Tracey – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Kollman – guitar
  • Jeff Marshall – guitar
  • Joe Bonamassa – guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • Doug Powell – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tom Brooks – keyboards, arrangements, conductor
  • Matt McCarrin – keyboards
  • Andy Ellis – keyboards
  • Kim Bullard – keyboards
  • Guy Erez – bass
  • Danny Thompson – drums, percussion
  • Mika Larson – cello
  • Todd Cooper – backing vocals
  • Chris Shutters – backing vocals
  • Mark Mikel – backing vocals
  • Scott Hunt – backing vocals
  • Noah Bruskin – engineer
  • Dave Donelly – mastering
  • Ioannis – artwork
  • David Minasian – design, layout
  • Josefa Vaca – design, layout
  • Shlomi Pinto – photography

Track listing:

  1. Fare Thee Well – Alan Parsons, Doug Powell, Todd Cooper
  2. The Secret – Alan Parsons, Guy Erez, Jeff Kolman, Mike Mikel
  3. Uroboros – Alan Parsons, Doug Powell, Todd Cooper
  4. Don’t Fade Now – Alan Parsons, Andy Ellis, Guy Erez
  5. Give ‘Em My Love – Alan Parsons, James Durbin, Julian Colbeck
  6. Obstacles – Alan Parsons, Jeff Kollman, Mark Mikel
  7. I Won’t Be Led Astray – Alan Parsons, David Minasian, Kim Bullard
  8. You Are the Light – Alan Parsons, Dan Tracey, P.J. Olson
  9.  Halos – Alan Parsons, Dan Tracey, P.J. Olsson
  10. Goin’ Home – Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher
  11. Be My Baby – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector

Ben Howard: Is It?

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On June 16, 2023, “Island” label released “Is It?”, the fifth Ben Howard studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “Le Manoir de Léon in Léon” in Landes, France, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Nathan Jenkins.

Personnel:

  • Ben Howard – vocals, guitar, electric guitar, aerophones, electro-acoustic realization
  • Nathan Jenkins – synthesizer, programming, backing vocals, drum programming, mixing
  • Mickey Smith – guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, baritone, tape realization, backing vocals
  • Nat Wason – guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Richard Thomas – piano, synthesizer, harmonium, backing vocals
  • James Arben – saxophone, bass clarinet, oboe
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Michael McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, flute
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Bráulio Amado – artwork
  • Allan Wilson – photography
  • Roddy Bow – photography

Track listing:

  1. Couldn’t Make It Up – Ben Howard, Mickey Smith
  2. Walking Backwards – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mickey Smith
  3. Days of Lantana – Ben Howard, Mickey Smith – contains a sample of “Trois Beaux Oiseaux De Paradis”, written by Maurice Ravel and performed by Linda Thompson
  4. Life in the Time – Ben Howard, Mike Smith
  5. Moonraker – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  6. Richmond Avenue – Ben Howard, Michael McGoldrick, Mike Smith
  7. Interim of Sense – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  8. Total Eclipse – Ben Howard, Mike Smith
  9. Spirit – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  10. Little Planet – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith

Dead Can Dance: Aion

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On June 11, 1990, “4AD” label released “Aion”, the fifth Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at Brendan Perry’s estate in “Quivvy Church” in Ireland “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, England, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, design
  • David Navarro Sust – vocals
  • John Bonnar – keyboards, co-arrangements 
  • Robert Perry – bagpipes
  • Andrew Robinson – bass viol
  • Anne Robinson – bass viol
  • Honor Carmody – tenor viol
  • Lucy Robinson – tenor viol 

Track listing:

  1. The Arrival and the Reunion
  2. Saltarello
  3. Mephisto
  4. The Song of the Sibyl!
  5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
  6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
  7. The End of Words
  8. Black Sun
  9. Wilderness
  10. The Promised Womb
  11. The Garden of Zephirus
  12. Radharc

These New Puritans: Field Of Reeds

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On June 10, 2013 “Infectious Music” label released “Field of Reeds”, the third These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Studio P4 Funkhaus Nalepastraße” in Berlin, “Snap Studios” in London, “Modern World Studios” in Tetbury, England, and was produced by Graham Sutton and Jack Barnett.

Personnel:

  • Jack Barnett – vocals, piano, electric piano, organs, bass guitar, vibraphone, chromatic gongs, unpitched percussion, magnetic resonator piano, sound design, field recordings, drawings
  • Thomas Hein – bass guitar, roto-toms
  • George Barnett – drums, percussion, glass, artwork, photography
  • Elisa Rodrigues – vocals
  • Adrian Peacock – basso profondo
  • Elizabeth Turner – field recording vocal
  • Nicholas Ellis – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Henry Lowther – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Lindsay Kempley – French horn soloist
  • Daniel West – tenor and bass trombone
  • Pete Smith – tuba
  • Elspeth Hanson – viola
  • Chris Laurence – double bass
  • Toby Kearney – vibraphone soloist
  • Faith Leadbetter – piano, electric piano

Stargaze Ensemble

  • Andre de Ridder – conductor
  • Nikolaus Neuser – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Matthias Gödeker – French horn
  • Stefan Most – French horn
  • Florian Juncker – tenor trombone
  • Till Krause – bass trombone
  • Sebastian Kunzke – tuba
  • Paul Valikoski – violin
  • Daniella Strasfogel – violin
  • Justin Caullet – viola
  • Zoe Cartier – cello
  • Kristjan Orii Sigerleifsson – double bass

Synergy Vocal Ensemble

  • Micaela Haslam – director, soprano
  • Julia Wilson-James – soprano
  • Heather Cairncross – alto
  • Rachel Weston – alto
  • Phillip Brown – tenor
  • Andrew Busher – tenor

Children of St Mary’s Church of England Primary School

  • Charlie Dyer
  • Daisy Farthing
  • Maddie Farthing
  • Amber Motti
  • James Norris
  • Jacob Scotford
  • Bethany Scriven
  • Ben McLusky – additional pipe organ                                                             
  • Andrew McPherson – magnetic resonator piano setup and calibration
  • Shiloh – hawk
  • Alan Vaughan – hawk handler
  • Roy at TGM Glazing – glazier
  • Stool Trinovante – saxocone
  • Phill Brown – ensemble recordings
  • Ben McLusky – engineer assistant
  • Christian Bader – engineer assistant
  • Campbell Duncan – assistant engineer
  • Geoff Swan – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Paul Steet – artwork assistant
  • Willy Vanderperre – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Barnett, except where noted.

  1. This Guy’s in Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. Fragment Two
  3. The Light in Your Name – Jack Barnett, Michel van der An
  4. V (Island Song)
  5. Spiral
  6. Organ Eternal
  7. Nothing Else
  8. Dream
  9. Field of Reeds

Catherine Wheel: Wishwille

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On May 23, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Wishville”, the fifth and final Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Helioscentric Studio” in Rye, East Sussex, England, and was produced by Tim – Friese Greene and Rob Dickinson.

Personnel:

  • Sara Lee – vocals
  • Rob Dickinson – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Futter – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Tim Friese-Greene – organ, piano
  • Neil Sims – vocals, bass, percussion, drums, loops
  • Jason Corsaro – engineer
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Storm Thorgerson – cover art
  • Peter Curzon – cover art
  • Stephen Stickler – photography
  • Rupert Truman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sparks Are Gonna Fly
  2. Gasoline
  3. Lifeline
  4. What We Want to Believe In
  5. All of That
  6. Idle Life
  7. Mad Dog
  8. Ballad of a Running Man
  9. Crème Caramel

Keane: Strangeland

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On May 4, 2012, “Island” label released “Strangeland”, the fourth Keane studio album. It was recorded 2011-2012, at “Sea Fog Studios” in East Sussex, England, “RAK Studios” and “Air Lyndhurst Hall” in London, and was produced by Dan Grech-Marquerat.

Personnel:

  • Tom Chaplin – vocal, guitar
  • Tim Rice-Oxley – vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Jesse Quinn – vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Richard Hughes – drums
  • Dave Fridmann – additional programming
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – engineer, mixing
  • Liam Burn – engineer
  • Tom Hough – engineer
  • Will Fenlon – engineer
  • Alfie Grant – engineer assistant
  • Duncan Fuller – mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Jesse Quinn and Richard Hughes.

  1. You Are Young
  2. Silenced by the Night
  3. Disconnected
  4. Watch How You Go
  5. Sovereign Light Café
  6. On the Road
  7. The Starting Line
  8. Black Rain
  9. Neon River
  10. Day Will Come
  11. In Your Own Time
  12. Sea Fog

Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid

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On March 17, 2008, “Fiction” label released “The Seldom Seen Kid”, the fourth Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2008, at “Blueprint Studios” in Manchester, England, and was produced by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – vocals, string and brass arrangements
  • Mark Potter – guitars
  • Craig Potter – keyboards, trumpet, mixing
  • Pete Turner – bass
  • Richard Jupp – drums
  • Richard Hawley – vocals
  • Tim Barber – trumpet
  •  Matt Ball – trombone
  • Sheona White – E-flat horn
  •  Ben Parsons – cornet
  • Nick Smart – cornet, flugel
  • Prabjote Osahn – violin, backing vocals
  • Stella Page – violin, viola, backing vocals
  • Ian Burdge – cello, backing vocals
  • Elbow Choir – backing vocals
  • Angela Thwaite – backing vocals
  • Louise Turner – backing vocals
  • Danny Evans – additional engineering
  • Danny McTague – additional engineering
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Mazen Murad – mastering
  • Oliver East – artwork
  • Red Design – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey except where noted, all music by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

  1. Starlings
  2. The Bones of You (contains elements of “Summertime” by George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin
  3. Mirrorball
  4. Grounds for Divorce
  5. An Audience with the Pope
  6. Weather to Fly
  7. The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
  8. The Fix – Richard Hawley, Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp.
  9. Some Riot
  10. One Day Like This
  11. We’re Away

The Boo Radleys: Keep On With Falling

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On March 11, 2022, “BooSTR Records” label released “Keep on with Falling”, the seventh Boo Radleys (The) album. It was recorded in 2021 at “Tower Studio” in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, and was produced by Tim Brown.

Personnel:

  • Simon “Sice” Rowbottom – vocals, guitar
  • Tim Brown – bass guitar, keyboards, mixing
  • Rob Cieka – drums, percussion
  • Edward Haughian – engineer
  • Paul Mac – mastering
  • Stephen A. Wood – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Brown, Rob Cieka, and Sice Rowbottom.

  1. I’ve Had Enough I’m Out
  2. Keep on with Falling
  3. All Along
  4. I Say a Lot of Things
  5. Tonight
  6. A Full Syringe and Memories of You
  7. Call Your Name
  8. Here She Comes Again
  9. You and Me
  10. I Can’t Be What You Want Me to Be
  11. Alone Together