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Scorpions: Eye II Eye

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On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.

Personnel:

  1. Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
  2. Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  3. Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  4. Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
  5. James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
  6. Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
  7. Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
  8. Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
  9. Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
  10. Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
  11. A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
  12. Bill Schnee – mixing
  13. Chris Kimsey – mixing
  14. Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  15. Dirk Rudolph – design
  16. Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.

  1. Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
  2. To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
  3. Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
  4. 10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  5. Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  6. Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
  7. What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  8. Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
  9. Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
  10. Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  11. Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
  12. Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
  13. Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
  14. A Moment in a Million Years – Klaus Meine

Nina Hagen: Unity

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On December 9, 2022, “Grönland Records” label released “Unity”, the fourteenth Nina Hagen album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Nina Hagen, Sasha Perera, Warner Poland and Michael Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Nina Hagen – vocal
  • Oren Gerlitz – guitar bass guitar
  • Warner Poland – guitar, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Fred Sauer – keyboards
  • Michael O’ Ryan – bass
  • Marcellus Puhlemann – drums
  • Toto Wolf – drums
  • Michael Wolf – arrangements, engineer
  • Bo – mastering
  • Walter Schonauer – design
  • Ute Ville-Koczi – photography

Track listing:

  1. Shadrack – Robert MacGimsey
  2. United Women of the World – Nina Hagen
  3. Unity – George Clinton, Nina Hagen, Tequila Mockingbird, Warner Poland
  4. 16 Tons – Merle Travis
  5. Atomwaffensperrvertrag – Nina Hagen, Sasha Perera
  6. Gib mir deine Liebe – Nina Hagen, Sasha Perera
  7. Venusfliegenfalle – Nina Hagen, Warner Poland
  8. Redemption Day – Sheryl Crow
  9. Geld, Geld, Geld – Nina Hagen, Warner Poland
  10. Die Antwort Weiss ganz allein der Wind – Bob Dylan, Hans Bradtke
  11. Open My Heart (Dinner Time) – Nina Hagen, Warner Poland
  12. It Doesn’t Matter Now – Bob Geldof

Jon Anderson: Survival & Other Stories

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On June 6, 2011, “Gonzo/Voiceprint” label released “Survival & Other Stories”, the fourteenth Jon Anderson album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by Jon Anderson and Jane Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Stefan Podell – orchestration
  • Ryan Fraley – orchestration
  • Christophe Lebled – soundscape
  • Daniel Reinker – viola
  • Patrick MacDougall – mixing
  • Mike Pietrini – mastering
  • Jay Nungesser – package design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jon Anderson, all music as noted.

  1. New New World – Jamie Dunlap
  2. Understanding Truth – Peter Kiel
  3. Unbroken Spirit – Jann Castor
  4. Love of the Life – Dan Spollen
  5. Big Buddha Song – Kevin Shima
  6. Incoming – Dan Spollen
  7. Effortlessly – Jamie Dunlap
  8. Love and Understanding – Steve Layton
  9. Just One Man – Jeremy Cubert
  10. Sharpening the Sword – Jamie Dunlap
  11. Cloudz – Paul Quinn

Blue Öyster Cult: Curse of the Hidden Mirror

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On June 5, 2001, “CMC / Sanctuary” label released “Curse of the Hidden Mirror”, the fourteenth Blue Öyster Cult studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Millbrook Sound Studios” in Millbrook, New York, and was produced by Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma.

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom – vocals, stun guitars, associate producer
  • Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser – vocals, lead guitars
  • Allen Lanier – rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Danny Miranda – bass, backing vocals
  • Bobby Rondinelli – drums, percussion
  • Norman DelTufo – percussion
  • George Cintron – backing vocals
  • Paul Orofino – engineer, mixing
  • Leon Zervos – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Dance on Stills – Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  2. Showtime – Eric Bloom, John Trivers
  3. The Old Gods Return – Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  4. Pocket – Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  5. One Step Ahead of the Devil – Eric Bloom, Danny Miranda, Bobby Rondinelli, John Shirley
  6. I Just Like to Be Bad – Eric Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, John Shirley
  7. Here Comes That Feeling – Donald Roeser, Dick Trismen
  8. Out of the Darkness – Danny Miranda, Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  9. Stone of Love – Donald Roseser, Richard Meltzer
  10. Eye of the Hurricane – Eric Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, Donald Roeser, Bobby Rondinelli, John Shirley
  11. Good to Feel Hungry – Danny Miranda, Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley

Drive – By Truckers: Welcome 2 Club XIII

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On June 3, 2022, “ATO” label released “Welcome 2 Club XIII”, the fourteenth Drive-By Truckers released on June 3, 2022. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Favid Barne.

Personnel:

  • Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar, mandocello
  • Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
  • Jay Gonzalez – keyboards, guitars and vocals
  • Matt Patton – bass, bass 6 and vocals
  • Brad Morgan – drums
  • Margo Price – vocals
  • Schaefer Liana – vocals
  • Mike Mills – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted.

  1. The Driver
  2. Maria’s Awful Disclosures – Mike Cooley
  3. Shake and Pine
  4. We Will Never Wake You in the Morning
  5. Welcome 2 Club XIII
  6. Forged in Hell and Heaven Sent
  7. Every Single Storied Flameout – Mike Cooley
  8. Billy Ringo in the Dark
  9. Wilder Days

Peter Frampton: Thank You Mr. Churchill

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On May 27, 2010, “Eagle Rock” and “New Door Records” labels released “Thank You Mr. Churchill”, the fourteenth Peter Frampton studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Peter Frampton – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, dulcimer, E-bow, Wurlitzer, ukulele
  • Eddie Willis, Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
  • Rob Jones – grand piano, synthesizer
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
  • Bob Babbitt, Craig Young – bass
  • Matt Cameron – drums, percussion
  • Chad Cromwell, Kenneth “Spider” Rice – drums
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Julian Frampton – vocals
  • Kira Small, Marcia Ware, Scat Springs – backing vocals
  • Don Gunn – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Frampton; except where noted.

  1. Thank You Mr. Churchill – Peter Frampton, John Regan
  2. Solution – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  3. Road to the Sun – Peter Frampton, Julian Frampton
  4. I’m Due a You – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  5. Vaudeville Nanna and the Banjolele – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  6. Asleep at the Wheel
  7. Suite: Liberte. A. Megumi B. Huria Wat
  8. Restraint – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  9. I Want it Back
  10. Invisible Man – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  11. Black Ice
  12. Non North America edition
  13. I Understand – (bonus track)
  14. A Thousand Dreams – (bonus track)

UFO: Walk on Water

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On April 14, 1995, “Zero Corporation” label released “Walk on Water”, the fourteenth UFO album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Rumbo Recorders” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Ron Nevison.

Personnel:

  • Phil Mogg – vocals
  • Michael Schenker – guitar
  • Paul Raymond – keyboards, guitar
  • Pete Way – bass
  • Andy Parker – drums
  • Mark Philips – backing vocals
  • Ron Nevison – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Mogg and Michael Schenker.

  1. A Self-Made Man
  2. Venus
  3. Pushed to the Limit
  4. Stopped by a Bullet (of Love)
  5. Darker Days
  6. Running on Empty
  7. Knock, Knock
  8. Dreaming of Summer
  9. Doctor Doctor ’95 (re-recorded version)
  10. Lights Out ’95 (re-recorded version)

Weezer: OK Human

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On January 29, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “OK Human”, the fourteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Jake Sinclair.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, piano
  • Brian Bell – piano, acoustic guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson – drums, backing vocals
  • Tara Helen O’Connor – flute, piccolo
  • Keisuke Ikuma – English horn, oboe
  • Pavel Vinnitsky – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Dan Shelly – bassoon
  • Erik Ralske – French horn
  • Anne Sharer – French horn
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Ray Riccomini – trumpet
  • Ryan Keberle – trombone
  • Sasha Romero – trombone
  • Lisa Kim – concert master, violin
  • Peter Bahng – violin
  • Ann Lehmann – violin
  • Matt Lehmann – violin
  • Joanna Maurer – violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Jung Sun Yoo – violin
  • Will Frampton – viola
  • Joel Noyes – viola
  • Michael Roth – viola
  • Becky Young – viola
  • Alan Stepansky – cello
  • Rob Mathes – arranger, horn conductor, string conductor, woodwind arrangement
  • Jonathan Allen – engineer
  • Perry Margouleff – engineer
  • Paul Pritchard – engineer
  • Suzy Shinn – engineer, vocal producer
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer
  • William Carroll – engineer
  • Zach Fisher – engineer
  • Brian Fombona – engineer
  • Rachel White – engineer
  • William Wittman – engineer
  • Karl Wingate – assistant engineer
  • Lazaro Zarate – assistant engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – assistant engineer
  • Branko Presley – assistant engineer
  • Lawton Burris – engineer assistant
  • John Sinclair – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Rivers Cuomo, except where noted.

  1. All My Favorite Songs – Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Ilsey Juber
  2. Aloo Gobi
  3. Grapes of Wrath
  4. Numbers
  5. Playing My Piano
  6. Mirror Image
  7. Screens
  8. Bird with a Broken Wind
  9. Dead Roses
  10. Everything Happens for a Reason
  11. Here Comes the Rain
  12. La Brea Tar Pits

Eels: Extreme Witchcraft

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On January 28, 2022, “E Works” and “PIAS” label released “Extreme Witchcraft”, the fourteenth Eels studio album. It was recorded March – October 2021, and was produced by E and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • E (Mark Oliver Everett) – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • John Parish – guitar, recording, mixing
  • Koool G Murder – bass guitar, recording, mixing
  • P-Boo – drums, recording, mixing
  • Ryan Bosch – recording, mixing
  • Don Hersch – mastering 
  • Philip Beaudreau – design
  • Gus Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by E (Mark Oliver Everett) and John Parish, except where noted.

  1. Amateur Hour
  2. Good Night on Earth
  3. Strawberries & Popcorn
  4. Steam Engine – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon
  5. Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve – Mark Oliver Everett
  6. Stumbling Bee
  7. The Magic
  8. Better Living Through Desperation
  9. So Anyway
  10. What It Isn’t – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon
  11. Learning While I Lose – Mark Oliver Everett, Mike Sawitzke
  12. I Know You’re Right – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon

Manic Street Preachers: The Ultra Vivid Lament

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On September 10, 2021, “Columbia” label released “The Ultra Vivid Lament”, the fourteenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Nicky Wire – bass, design concept, photography
  • Sean Moore – drums, percussion
  • Julia Cumming – vocal
  • Mark Lanegan – vocal
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – additional guitar, additional keyboards
  • Dave Eringa – additional keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Southall – backing vocals
  • Wayne Murray – additional backing vocals
  • Jack Boston, Jake Faber, Loz Williams, Tony O’Flaherty – additional engineering
  • Bernard Kane – strings arrangements
  • David Wrench – mixing, additional programming
  • Matt Colton – lacquer cut, mastering
  • Black Finch Design, James Isaacs – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore.

  1. Still Snowing in Sapporo
  2. Orwellian
  3. The Secret He Had Missed
  4. Quest for Ancient Colour
  5. Don’t Let the Night Divide Us
  6. Diapause
  7. Complicated Illusions
  8. Into the Waves of Love
  9. Blank Diary Entry
  10. Happy Bored Alone
  11. Afterending