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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

David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And Spiders From Mars

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On June 16, 1972, “RCA” label released “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, the fifth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded July – November 1971, February 1972, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Ken Scott and David Bowie. Magazine “Rolling Stone” placed “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” at number 40 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone, pennywhistle, string arrangements 
  • Mick Ronson – electric guitar, keyboards, autoharp, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
  • Woody Woodmansey – drums; congas
  • Rick Wakeman – harpsichord
  • Dana Gillespie – backing vocals
  • Ken Scott – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.  

  1. Five Years
  2. Soul Love
  3. Moonage Daydream
  4. Starman
  5. It Ain’t Easy – Ron Davies
  6. Lady Stardust
  7. Star
  8. Hang On to Yourself
  9. Ziggy Stardust
  10. Suffragette City
  11. Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

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

Pavement: Terror Twilight

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On June 8, 1999, “Matador” label released “Terror Twilight”, the fifth Pavement studio album. It was recorded June – December 1998, at “RPM Studios” in New York City, “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nastanovich – keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Ibold – vocals, bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Murcott – drums
  • Jonny Greenwood – harmonica
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. Spit on a Stranger
  2. Folk Jam
  3. You Are a Light
  4. Cream of Gold
  5. Major Leagues
  6. Platform Blues
  7. Ann Don’t Cry
  8. Billie
  9. Speak, See, remember
  10. The Hexx
  11. Carrot Rope

Richard Dawson: Peasant

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On June 2, 2017, “Weird World” label released “Peasant”, the fifth Richard Dawson album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Blank Studio” in Newcastle, UK, and was produced by Sam Grant and Richard Dawson.

Personnel:

  • Richard Dawson – vocal, guitar, drums, electronics, editing, recording, artwork, layout
  • John Davies – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn
  • Anghard Davies – violin
  • Rhodri Davies – harp, gong
  • Dawn Bothwell, Jake Billingsley, Nathalie Stern, Nev Clay, Rachael Macarthur, Sally Pilkington, Vic Eynon – chorus
  • Sarah Sullivan – vocal, recording
  • Sam Grant – recording, mixing
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Ben Wayman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Dawson.

  1. Herald (The Parent’s Crusade)
  2. Ogre
  3. Soldier
  4. Weaver (My Very Ancient Friend)
  5. Prostitute
  6. Shapeshifter
  7. Scientist
  8. Hob
  9. Beggar
  10. No-One
  11. Masseuse (The Pin of Quib)

Talking Heads: Speaking In Tongues

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On June 1, 1983, “Sire” label released “Speaking in Tongues”, the fifth Talking Heads studio album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at Blank Tape” in New York City, “Sigma Sound” in Philadelphia, “Compass Point” in Nassau, and was produced by David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. Artist Robert Rauschenberg won a “Grammy Award” for his work on the limited-edition LP version.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, bass guitar, percussion, design
  • Jerry Harrison – keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, backing vocals
  • Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Frantz – drums, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Wally Badarou – synthesizers
  • Bernie Worrell – synthesizers
  • Alex Weir – guitar
  • Steve Scales – percussion
  • Raphael Dejesus – percussion
  • David Van Tieghem – percussion
  • L. Shankar – double violin
  • Richard Landry – saxophone
  • Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
  • Dolette McDonald – backing vocals
  • Butch Jones – recording
  • John Convertino – recording assistant
  • Alex Sadkin – overdubbing, mixing
  • Frank Gibson – overdubbing assistant, mixing assistant
  • Jay Mark – overdubbing assistant, mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Robert Rauschenberg – limited edition cover art

Track listing:

All tracks are written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth.

  1. Burning Down the House
  2. Making Flippy Floppy
  3. Girlfriend is Better
  4. Slippery People
  5. I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
  6. Swamp
  7. Moon Rocks
  8. Pull Up the Rocks
  9. This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)

John Hicks: Same

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In May 1982, “Theresa” label released the self-titled, fifth John Hicks album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Different Fur Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Allen Pittman.

Personnel:

  • John Hicks – piano
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
  • Olympia Hicks – piano
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Mark Needham – recording, mixing
  • John Golden – lacquer cut
  • Paul Arslanian – producer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Pas De Trois (Dance for Three) – Paul Arslanian
  2. Steadfast – John Hicks
  3. For John Chapman – John Hicks
  4. Star-Crossed Lovers – Billy Strayhorn
  5. Littlest One of All – Bobby Hutcherson
  6. After the Morning – John Hicks
  7. That Ole Devil Called Love – Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
  8. Gypsy Folk Tales – Walter Davis

Boredoms: Super ae

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On May 25, 1998, “Warner Music Japan” label released “Super æ”, the fifth Boredoms studio album. It was recorded March 1996 – March 1998, and was produced by Masanobu Kondo and Yamantaka Eye.

Personnel:

  • Yamantaka Eye – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, loops, electronics
  • Yamamoto Seiichi – vocals, guitar
  • Yoshimi P-We – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet, Casio keyboard
  • Hira – vocals, bass guitar, percussion
  • Atari – drums, samples, percussion
  • EDA – drums, electronic percussion
  • Masayo Takise – mastering
  • Kazvnori Akita – design
  • Masanobu Kondo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Super You
  2. Super Are
  3. Super Going
  4. Super Coming
  5. Sueper Are You
  6. Super Shine
  7. Super Good

Black Mountain: Destroyer

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On May 24, 2019, “Dine Alone” label released “Destroyer”, the fifth Black Mountain studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by John Congleton and Stephen McBean.

Personnel:

  • Rachel Fannan – vocals
  • Brooke Worrel – vocal
  • Stephen McBean – vocals, electric guitar, bass, organ, percussion, electronic drums, e-bow, engineer
  • Jeremy Schmidt – synthesizer, mellotron, vocoder, keyboards arrangements, recording, artwork
  • Arjan Miranda – acoustic guitar, bass, e-bow
  • Brad Truax – bass
  • Steve Fishman – bass
  • Andy Anderson – bass
  • Adam Bulgasem – drums
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums
  • Kid Millions – drums
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen McBean, except where noted.

  1. Future Shades
  2. Home Arising – Jeremy Schmidt
  3. Closer to the Edge – Jeremy Schmidt
  4. High Rise
  5. Pretty Little Lazies
  6. Boogie Lover
  7. Licensed to Drive – Jeremy Schmidt
  8. FD’ 72

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