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Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

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On February 14, 2023, “Sony Music”, “The Orchard” and “Perpetual Novice” labels released “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”, the fourth Caroline Polachek studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Caroline Polachek, Dan Nigro, Jim-E-Stack, Sega Bodega, Ariel Rechtshaid and Danny L Harle.

Personnel:

  • Caroline Polachek – lead vocals
  • Dan Nigro – guitar
  • Marco Lopez – guitar
  • Sega Bodega – guitar
  • Samuel Organ – guitar
  • Kirin J Callinan – guitar
  • Todd Oliver – guitar
  • Matthew Horton – guitar
  • Miquel Mestres – guitar
  • Danny L Harle – bass
  • Brìghde Chaimbeul – bagpipes
  • Nico Harle – additional vocals
  • The Trinity Choir – additional vocals
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Macks Faulkron – engineer
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Yuma Burgess – subway map
  • David Uzquiza – packaging art direction, monogram design
  • Isha Dipika Walia – package design
  • Aidan Zamiri – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Caroline Polachek and Danny L. Harle, except where noted.

  1. Welcome to My Island – Caroline Polachek, Daniel Nigro, James Harmon Stack
  2. Pretty in Possible
  3. Bunny Is a Rider
  4. Sunset – Caroline Polachek, Caroline Ailin, Salvador Navarrete
  5. Crude Drawing of an Angel
  6. I Believe – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Ariel Rechtshaid
  7. Fly to You – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Claire Elise Boucher
  8. Blood and Butter
  9. Hopedrunk Everasking

Diana Krall: Only Trust Your Heart

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On February 14, 1995, “GRP” label released “Only Trust Your Heart”, the second Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in September 1994, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Diana Krall – vocals, piano
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone 
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Rich Lamb – engineer assistant
  • Scott Austin – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Michael Landy – post-production
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production
  • Cara Bridgins – production coordination
  • Joseph Moore – production coordination assistant
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Freddie Paloma – graphic design
  • Carol Weinberg – photography
  • Sonny Mediana – studio photos
  • Michael Bourne – liner notes
  • Carl Griffin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
  2. Only Trust Your Heart – Benny Carter, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Love Being Here with You – Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger
  4. Broadway – Bill Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
  5. Folks Who Live on the Hill – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. I’ve Got the World on a String – Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
  7. Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  8. All Night Long – Curtis Lewis
  9. CES Craft – Ray Brown

John Waite: Temple Bar

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On February 14, 1995, “Imago” label released “Temple Bar”, the fifth John Waite studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Mike Shipley and John Waite.

Personnel:

  • John Waite – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
  • Shane Fontayne – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jack Johnson – electric guitar
  • Nick Moroch – acoustic guitar
  • Chuck Kentis – acoustic guitar, strings, keyboards, acoustic piano
  • Jeff Golub – guitars, dobro
  • Tim Pierce – electric guitar
  • Michael Fisher – tambourine 
  • Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Sanko – bass
  • Donnie Nossov – bass
  • John DeNicola – bass
  • Tony Beard – drums
  • Jimmy Keegan – drums
  • Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Tony Phillips – engineer
  • Dan Marnien – additional engineering
  • Donal Bray – engineer assistant
  • Eric Flickinger – engineer assistant
  • Tim Gerron – engineer assistant
  • Jen Monnar – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Alastair Thain – photography

Track listing:

  1. How Did I Get By Without You – John Waite, Mark Spiro, Tim Pierce
  2. Someone Like You – Van Morrison
  3. Piece of My Tears – John Waite, John DeNicola
  4. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
  5. Downtown – John Waite, Glen Burtnik
  6. In God’s Shadow – Keith Reid, John Waite, Anthony Krizan, John DeNicola
  7. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  8. The Glittering Prize – John Waite, Anthony Krizan
  9. More – John Waite, John Krizan
  10. In Dreams – John Waite, Mark Spiro

Nathaniel Rateliff: And It’s Still Alright

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On February 14, 2020, “Stax” label released “And It’s Still Alright”, the third Nathaniel Rateliff studio album. It was recorded 2019 -2020, at “National Freedom” in Cottage Grove, Oregon, “Broken Creek” in Littleton, Colorado, “Crown Lane Studios” in Denver, and was produced by Patrick Meese, James Barone and Nathaniel Rateliff.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, acoustic slide and electric guitar, bass, congas
  • Luke Mossman – electric guitar
  • Daniel Creamer – organ, mellotron, piano
  • Eric Swanson – pedal steel 
  • Elijah Thomson – bass 
  • Patrick Meese – drums, percussion, vibraphone, bass, keyboards, piano, theravox, synths, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • James Barone – noise synth, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Martino – backing vocals
  • Elizabeth Ziman – backing vocals
  • Joanna Schubert – backing vocals
  • Kelly Winrich – additional recording
  • Joshua Block – additional recording
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – design, photography
  • Emily Philpott – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. What a Drag
  2. And It’s Still Alright
  3. All or Nothing
  4. Expecting to Lose
  5. Tonight No. 2
  6. Mavis
  7. You Need Me
  8. Time Stands
  9. Kissing Our Friends
  10. Ruch On

String Forces: Same

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On February 14, 1999, “Profundus” label released the self-titled, debut String Forces album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Profundus Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Dorijan Jovanović.

Personnel:

  • Dorijan Jovanović – bass, recording
  • Alfrida Tozieva – viola
  • Sasho Trendafilov – guitars
  • Vlatko Ikonomov – drums
  • Jelena Brajović – vocal
  • Elena Manovska – vocal

Track listing:

  1. Sensi
  2. Lateral Fight
  3. Up on the River
  4. Dawnless
  5. Tabula Rasa
  6. In D I, An
  7. Shine!
  8. Sub City Dance
  9. This City
  10. Levitate
  11. Trance G

tame Impala: The Slow Rush

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On February 14, 2020, “Modular” and “Island Australia” labels released “The Slow Rush”, the fourth Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at Kevin Parker’s home studio in Fremantle, Australia, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kevin Parker. At the 2020 “ARIA Music Awards”, “The Slow Rush” won five categories: “ARIA Award for Album of the Year”, “Best Group”, “Best Rock Album”, “Engineer of the Year” and “Producer of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Parker – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, mixing, art concept
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone– mastering
  • Glen Goatze – co-executive production
  • Neil Krug – photography, design, art concept

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Parker.

  1. One More Year
  2. Instant Destiny
  3. Borderline
  4. Posthumous Forgiveness
  5. Breathe Deeper
  6. Tomorrow’s Dust
  7. On Track
  8. Lost in Yesterday
  9. Is It True
  10. It Might Be Time
  11. Glimmer
  12. One More Hour

Huey Lewis and the News: Weather

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On February 14, 2020, “New Hulex” and “BMG” labels released “Weather”, the tenth Huey Lewis and the News studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Trout Farm Studios” in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Huey Lewis and Johnny Colla.

Personnel:

  • Huey Lewis – lead vocals, harmonica
  • Johnny Colla – vocals, guitar, saxophone, sequencing
  • Stef Burns – vocals, guitar
  • James Harrah – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Hopper – vocals, keyboards
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Bill Gibson – vocals, drums
  • Jeffrey Babko – piano
  • Ric Wilson – guitar
  • John McFee – steel guitar
  • Chris Barnes – trumpet
  • Johnnie Bamont – baritone saxophone
  • Marvin McFadden – trumpet
  • Rob Sudduth – tenor saxophone
  • Bryan Dyer – backing vocals
  • Lorin Rowan – backing vocals
  • Niko Ellison – backing vocals
  • Karl Perazzo – percussion

Track listing:

  1. While We’re Young – John Colla, Huey Lewis, John Pierce
  2. Her Love Is Killin’ Me – John Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
  3. I Am There for You – John Colla, Huey Lewis
  4. Hurry Back Baby – Bill Gibson, Huey Lewis
  5. Remind Me Why I Love You Again – John Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes
  6. Pretty Girls Everywhere – Eugene Church, Thomas Williams, John Colla
  7. One of the Boys – John Colla, James Harrah, Huey Lewis

Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps

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On February 14, 2011, “Sub Pop” label released “Dynamite Steps”, the fifth Twilight Singers album. It was recorded in 2010, in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Arcadia in California, New Orleans and Bogalusa, Louisiana, and was produced by Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, and Tommaso Colliva.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, guitars, piano, synth bass, mellotron, bass, drums, Rhodes, prophet
  • Joseph Arthur – vocals, harmonica
  • Ani DiFranco – vocals
  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Leta Lucy – vocals
  • Carina Round – vocals
  • Chris Jordan – piano
  • Dave Rosser – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Nick McCabe – guitar
  • Mathias Schneeberger – guitar, bass
  • Jon Skibic – guitar, bass
  • Steve Nalepa – synth, strings
  • Amy Farris – violin, viola, cello
  • Rick G. Nelson – violin, cello
  • Petra Haden – vocals, violin
  • Scott Ford – vocals. bass
  • Joshua Blanchard – dobro
  • Greg Wieczorek – drums, percussion
  • Cully Symington – drums
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • David Henderson – drums
  • Mike Napolitano – timpani

Track listing:

  1. Last Night in Town
  2. Be Invited
  3. Waves
  4. Get Lucky
  5. On the Corner
  6. Gunshots
  7. She Was Stolen
  8. Blackbird and the Fox
  9. Never Seen No Devil
  10. The Beginning of the End
  11. Dynamite Steps

Vangelis: The City

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On February 14, 1990, “WEA International” label released “The City”, the 15th Vangelis studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Hotel de la Ville” in Rome and “Mega Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Vangelis.

Personnel:

  • Vangelis – synthesizers, drum machines, arrangements
  • Roman Polanski– narrative
  • Emmanuelle Seigner – narrative
  • Kathie Hill – voices
  • Kimura Reiko – voices
  • Mixamo Yuko – voices
  • Red Tiger! – art direction, design
  • Stathis Zalikis – photography
  • Vassilis Markis – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vangelis.

  1. Dawn
  2. Morning Papers
  3. Nerve Centre
  4. Side Streets
  5. Good to See You
  6. Twilight
  7. Red Lights
  8. Procession

Roy Harper: Velentine

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On February 14, 1974, “Harvest” label released “Valentine”, seventh Roy Harper album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Peter Jenner and Roy Harper.

Personnel:

  • Roy Harper– vocals, guitar
  • Pete Sears- electric bass
  • Mike Gibbs – brassarrangement
  • Ronnie Lane- electric bass
  • Steve Broughton – percussion
  • David Bedford- orchestral arrangements
  • Joe Petagno – artwork (carbon Roy Harper portrait)

Track listing:

All tracks by Roy Harper, except where noted.

  1. Forbidden Fruit
  2. Male Chauvinist Pig Blues
  3. I’ll See You Again
  4. Twelve Hours of Sunset
  5. Acapulco Gold
  6. Commune
  7. Magic Woman (Liberation Reshuffle)
  8. Che
  9. North Country – traditional, arranged by Roy Harper
  10. Forever