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The Libertines: All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade

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On April 5, 2024, “EMI” label released “All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade”, the fourth Libertines (The) studio album. It was recorded February – March 2023, at “Albion Rooms” in Margate, Kent, England, and was produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

Personnel:

  • Carl Barât – vocals, guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Pete Doherty – vocals, backing vocals, guitar
  • John Hassall – vocals, backing vocals, bass, drums, synthesizer programming, piano
  • Gary Powell – vocals, backing vocals, drums, percussion, string arrangements
  • Richie Kennedy – pianoi, percussion, clapping, backing vocals, programming
  • Dimitri Tikovoï – Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, organ, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Julie Gay – backing vocals
  • Pascale Mason – backing vocals
  • Atholl Ransome – saxophone
  • Malcolm Strachan – trombone, trumpet
  • Fiona Brice – violin
  • Katrina Lee – violin
  • Liam Brolly – viola 
  • Alice Allen – cello
  • Claude Samuel Levine – theremin
  • Fiona Brice – string arrangements
  • The Haggis Horns – recording arrangements
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • Matthew Boyle – engineer
  • Ben Barker – engineer
  • Eliaz Le Floch – engineer assistant
  • Jason Stafford – engineer assistant
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing assistant
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Carl Barât, Pete Doherty, John Hassall and Gary Powell, except where noted.

  1. Run Run Run – Danny Connors
  2. Mustangs – Danny Connors
  3. I Have a Friend
  4. Merry Old England
  5. Man With the Melody – Oliver Rhys, Jamie Treays
  6. Oh Shit
  7. Night of the Hunter
  8. Baron’s Claw – Mike Moore
  9. Shiver
  10. Be Young
  11. Songs They Never Play on the Radio

Roy Harper: Man & Myth

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On September 23, 2013, “Bella Union” label released “Man & Myth”, the 22nd Roy Harper studio album. It was recorded in 2013, in Ireland, UK, USA, and was produced by Roy Harper, Jonathan Wilson and John Fitzgerald.

Personnel:

  • Roy Harper– vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson- banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • John Fitzgerald – bouzouki, Oud, bass guitar, guitar, engineer
  • Pete Townshend– electric guitar
  • Jason Borger – keyboard
  • Tony Franklin- bass guitar
  • Jake Blanton – bass guitar
  • Richard Gowen – drums, percussion
  • Fiona Brice- strings, brass
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Justin Grounds- violin
  • Bertrand Galen – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Roy Harper.

  1. The Enemy
  2. Time Is Temporary
  3. January Man
  4. The Stranger
  5. Cloud Cuckooland
  6. Heaven Is Here
  7. The Exile

Anna Calvi: Hunter

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On August 31, 2018, “Domino” label released “Hunter”, the third Anna Calvi studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Konk”, Anna Calvi’s studio in London, “Nick Launay’s Launmower Studios” in Hollywood, Ade’s house in Bristol, and was produced by Nick Launay and Anna Calvi.

Personnel:

  • Anna Calvi– vocals, guitar, synths, bass, piano, percussion
  • Mally Harpaz – vibraphone, glockenspiel, percussion, piano
  • Alex Thomas– drums, timpani, percussion
  • Adrian Utley– Solina, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, EBow, Mellotron, Swarmatron
  • Martyn Casey– bass
  • Ming Vauze – bass, synths, space station FX pedals
  • Gillian Rivers – viola, violin
  • Fiona Brice– violin; string arrangements
  • Ellie Stanford – violin
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Vicky Matthews – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Calvi.

  1. As a Man
  2. Hunter
  3. Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy
  4. Indies or Paradise
  5. Swimming Pool
  6. Alpha
  7. Chain
  8. Wish
  9. Away
  10. Eden

BNQT: Volume 1

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On April 28, 2017, “Dualtone” label released “Volume 1”, the debut BNQT studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Redwood Studios” in Denton, Texas, and was produced by Eric Pulido, Ben Bridwell, Alex Kapranos, Fran Healy and Jason Lytle.

Personnel:

  • Eric Pulido – vocals, guitar
  • Ben Bridwell – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Alex Kapranos – vocals, guitar
  • Fran Healy – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, sitar, drums
  • Jason Lytle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Dave Deshazo, Scott Lee, Aaron McClellan – bass
  • Ruby Amanfu, Katrina Cain – vocals
  • Devin Eddleman – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Monsch – tenor saxophone
  • Spenser Liszt – baritone saxophone
  • Micah Bell – piccolo trumpet, trumpet
  • Pete Clagget – trumpet
  • David Pierce – trombone, horn arrangements
  • Fiona Brice – violin, string arrangements
  • Stephen Hussey – violin
  • Kotono Sato – viola
  • Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Jesse Chandler – horn arrangements
  • Julian Simmons – engineer
  • Matt Pence – mixing, mastering
  • Sebastiaan Bremer – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Restart – Eric Pulido, Jesse Chandler, Joey McClellan, McKenzie Smith
  2. Unlikely Force – Ben Bridwell
  3. 100 Million Miles – Jason Lytle
  4. Mind of a Man – Fran Healy
  5. Hey Banana – Alex Kapranos
  6. Real Love – Eric Pulido, Jesse Chandler, Joey McClellan, McKenzie Smith
  7. Failing at Feeling – Jason Lytle
  8. LA on My Mind – Fran Healy
  9. Tara – Ben Bridwell
  10. Fighting the World – Alex Kapranos

John Grant: Queen of Denmark

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On April 19, 2010, “Bella Union” label released “Queen of Denmark”, the debut John Grant solo album. It was recorded July – October 2008 and May – July 2009, at “Midlake Recording Studio” in Denton, Texas, and was produced by Paul Alexander, Eric Pulido and John Grant.

Personnel:

  • John Grant– lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Eric Pulido – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Eric Nichelson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Paul Alexander – bass, bassoon
  • McKenzie Smith – drums
  • Tim Smith– flute
  • Jesse Chandler – piano
  • Britt Herrington – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Robert Gomez – guitar
  • Bryan Van Divier – baritone guitar
  • Fiona Brice– strings
  • Buffi Jacobs – cello
  • David Pierce – trombone
  • Sara Lov– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. TC and Honeybear
  2. Marz
  3. Where Dreams Go to Die
  4. Sigourney Weaver
  5. Chicken Bones
  6. Silver Platter Club
  7. It’s Easier
  8. Outer Space
  9. Jesus Hates Faggots
  10. Caramel
  11. Leopard & Lamb
  12. Queen of Denmark

Midlake: The Courage of Others

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On February 1, 2010, “Bella Union” label released “The Courage of Others”, the third Midlake studio album. The album cover pays homage to Andrei Tarkovsky movie “Andrei Rublev”.

Personnel:

  • Tim Smith – vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, recorder, piano, keyboards
  • Eric Pulido – guitars, dulcimer, autoharp, percussion, backing vocals
  • Eric Nichelson – guitars, autoharp, percussion
  • Max Townsley – electric guitar
  • Paul Alexander – bass, electric guitar, bassoon
  • McKenzie Smith – drums, percussion
  • Jesse Chandler – harpsichord
  • Fiona Brice – violin
  • Stephanie Dosen- harmony vocals
  • Matt Pence – mixing
  • Dave McNair – mastering
  • Eric Pulido – design
  • Rob Gungor – design
  • Tim Smith design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Smith.

  1. Acts of Man
  2. Winter Dies
  3. Small Mountain
  4. Core of Nature
  5. Fortune
  6. Rulers, Ruling All Things
  7. Children of the Grounds
  8. Bring Down
  9. The Horn
  10. The Courage of Others
  11. In the Ground

Placebo: Loud Like Love

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On September 16, 2013, “Universal” label released “Loud Like Love”, the seventh Placebo studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Adam Noble.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, cimbalom, backing vocals
  • Bill Lloyd – keyboards, bass guitar
  • Steve Forrest– drums, percussion
  • Fiona Brice– string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Adam Noble – programming, mixing
  • Fabian Waltmann – additional programming
  • Mike Horner – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Joseph Llanes – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest.

  1. Loud Like Love
  2. Scene of the Crime
  3. Too Many Friends
  4. Hold on to Me
  5. Rob The Bank
  6. A Million Little Pieces
  7. Exit Wounds
  8. Purify
  9. Begin the End
  10. Bosco

Placebo: Battle For The Sun

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On June 8, 2009, “PIAS” label released “Battle for the Sun”, the sixth Placebo studio album. It was recorded August-September 2008, at “Metalworks Studios” in Canada, and was produced by David Bottrill.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko– vocals, guitar, Springtime guitar, keyboards, piano
  • Bill Lloyd – keyboards
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Steve Forrest– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Alex Cooksey – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Fiona Brice– string arrangements
  • Peter Cardinalli – brass arrangements
  • Hazel Fernandes – backing vocals
  • Valerie Etienne – backing vocals
  • James Brown – engineer
  • Kevin Dietz – engineer
  • Wayne Cochrane – engineer assistant
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Darren Lawson – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Tim Young – Redux Edition remastering
  • Joseph Llanes – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest, except where noted.

  1. Kitty Litter
  2. Ashtray Heart – Brian Molko, Steve Ludwin, Jordan Page
  3. Battle for the Sun – Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal
  4. For What It’s Worth
  5. Devil in the Details
  6. Bright Lights
  7. Speak in Tongues
  8. The Never-Ending Why
  9. Julien
  10. Happy You’re Gone
  11. Breathe Underwater
  12. Come Undone
  13. Kings of Medicine

Patrick Wolf: The Bachelor

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On June 1, 2009, “Bloody Chamber Music” released “The Bachelor”, the fourth Patrick Wolf studio album. It was recorded 2008 -2009, at ”Parkgate Studios” in Battle Hastings, “Olympic Studios”, “Assault and Battery Studios”, “The Dairy”, “Bankside Lofts”, “Ken Thomas’s House”, “The Fritzl Dungeon” in London, “The Hellish Vortex” in Berlin, “Studio de La Reine” in Paris, and was produced by Patrick Wolf.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Wolf – vocals, balalaika, ukulele, electronics, viola, grand piano, organ, harmonium, programming, string arrangements, mixing
  • Thomas White – guitar
  • Nick Haward – bass guitar, double bass
  • Marcello Vig – drums
  • Thomas Bloch – Ondes Martenot
  • Derek Apps – clarinet
  • Debs White, Gillon Cameron, Louisa Aldridge, Sarah Button, Stephen Hussey, Victoria Sutherland – violin
  • Emma Owens, Fiona Leggat, Lucy Morgan – viola
  • Helen Rathbone, Ivan Hussey, Tim Wells, Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Eliza Carthy – vocals, fiddle
  • Rose Marie – Irish whistle
  • David Coulter – saw
  • Aaron Sokell, Amy Stead, Chinique Blackwood, Jenny LaTouche, Patsy McKay, Waleed Isaacs (Gospel Choir) – vocals
  • Alice Davies, Edward Larrikin, Eliza Carthy, Victoria Sutherland, William Pollock (Tribe Vocals) – vocals
  • Fiona Brice,Patrick Wolf, Patsy McKay – conductor choir
  • Fiona Brice – string arrangements
  • Tilda Swinton – narrator
  • Al Lawson, Catherin Marks, Dave Emery*, Jonathan Krisp, Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Ken Thomas, Mark Allaway – engineer
  • Jonathan Shakhovskoy – mixing, co-producer
  • Nick Thornton Jones, Warren Du Preez – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Patrick Wolf, except where noted.

  1. Kriegspiel
  2. Hard Times
  3. Oblivion
  4. The Bachelor
  5. Damaris – lyrics from the old Appalachian folk song “Poor Little Turtle Dove”
  6. Thickets
  7. Count of Casualty
  8. Who Will?
  9. Vulture
  10. Blackdown – Patrick Wolf, Alec Empire
  11. The Sun Is Often Out
  12. Theseus
  13. Battle
  14. The Messenger – Patrick Wolf, Alec Empire

Placebo: Meds

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Placebo meds

On March 13, 2006, “Virgin” label released “Meds”, the fifth Placebo studio album. It was recorded in December 2005 and January 2006, at “RAK Studios”, “Livingston Studios” and “Sarm West Studios” in London, and was produced by Dimitri Tikovoï.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass, guitar, keyboardsm backing vocals
  • Steve Hewitt– drums
  • Alison Mosshart– vocals
  • Michael Stipe– vocals
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Sarah Button – violin
  • Krista Caspersz – violin
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Jessie Murphy – violin
  • Tom Piggot-Smith – violin
  • Ellie Stanford, Deborah White, Lucy Wilkins, Dave Williams – violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Katherine Shave – viola
  • Reiad Ceibah –viola
  • Fiona Griffiths – viola
  • Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Ian Burge –cello
  • Helen Rathbone – cello
  • Sarah Willson – cello
  • Fiona Brice– string arrangements
  • Alex Cowper – design

Track listing:

  1. Meds
  2. Infra-Red
  3. Drag
  4. Space Monkey
  5. Follow the Cops Back Home
  6. Post Blue
  7. Because I Want You
  8. Blind
  9. Pierrot the Clown
  10. Broken Promise
  11. One of a Kind
  12. In the Cold Light of Morning
  13. Song to Say Goodbye