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Chvrches: Screen Violence

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On August 27, 2021, “EMI” label released “Screen Violence”, the fourth Chvrches studio album. It was recorded in 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland and in Los Angeles, US, and was produced by Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty.

Personnel:

  • Lauren Mayberry – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Iain Cook – keyboards, guitar, bass, programming, mixing
  • Martin Doherty – keyboards, guitar, bass, additional vocals, programming, mixing
  • Robert Smith – vocals, backing vocals, bass
  • Samuel Stewart – vocal engineering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Scott Kiernan – creative direction
  • Lary 7 – original cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Iain Cook, Martin Doherty, and Lauren Mayberry, except where noted.  

  1. Asking for a Friend
  2. He Said She Said
  3. California
  4. Violent Delights
  5. How Not to Drown – Robert Smith
  6. Final Girl
  7. Good Girls
  8. Lullabies
  9. Nightmares
  10. Better You Don’t

Fontaines D. C.: Romance

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On August 23, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Romance”, the fourth Fontaines D.C. studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Grian Chatten – lead vocals, piano, guitar
  • Conor Curley – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Carlos O’Connell – guitar, Mellotron, Yamaha Reface, backing vocals
  • Conor Deegan III – co-lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tom Coll – drums, percussion, guitar
  • James Ford – fuzz guitar, mixing
  • Freddy Woodsworth – keyboard arrangements
  • Anthony Cazade – engineer
  • Animesh Raval – strings recording engineer 
  • Samuel Borst – engineer assistant
  • Carlos O’Connell – art direction
  • Texas Maragh – art direction
  • Lulu Lin – cover images

Track listing:

All tracks by Grian Chatten, Conor Curley, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll, except where noted.

  1. Romance
  2. Starbuster
  3. Here’s the Thing
  4. Desire
  5. In the Modern World
  6. Bug
  7. Motorcycle Boy
  8. Sundowner – Grian Chatten, Conor Curley
  9. Horseness Is the Whatness – Carlos O’Connell
  10. Death Kink
  11. Favourite

Foster The People: Paradise State Of Mind

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On August 16, 2024, “Atlantic” label released “Paradise State of Mind”, the fourth Foster the People studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2024, at “EastWest” in Hollywood, “The Church” in London, and was produced by Chrome Sparks, Paul Epworth, Mark Foster and Isom Innis.

Personnel:

  • Mark Foster – lead vocals, synthesizer, guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion, engineer
  • Sean Cimino – guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Isom Innis – piano, synthesizer, drums, programming, engineer
  • Jack Peñate – guitar, backing vocals, programming
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Jherek Bischoff – double bass 
  • Jeremy Malvin – bass, synthesizer, programming
  • Paul Epworth – synthesizer, drums, backing vocals
  • Aaron Redfield – drums
  • Jacob Scesney – tenor and baritone vocals, Western concert flute, bass saxophone
  • Stewart Cole – chant vocal, trumpet, baritone horn, flugelhorn, synthesizer
  • Paul Jacob Cartwright – concert master
  • Alyssa Park – violin
  • Andrew Duckles – violin
  • Ina Veli – violin
  • Kerenza Peacock – violin
  • Luanne Homzy – violin
  • Paul Jacob Cartwright – violin
  • Zach Dellinger – violin
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Lily Kershaw – backing vocals
  • Riley MacIntyre – programming
  • Jherek Bischoff – string arrangements
  • Chaz Sexton – engineer
  • Patrick Ford – engineer
  • Riley MacIntyre – engineer
  • Luke Pickering – engineer
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Mayumi Heider – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hansel – painting

Track listing:

  1. See You in the Afterlife – Mark Foster, Isom Innis, Riley McIntyre
  2. Lost in Space – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  3. Yake Me Back – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  4. Ket Go – Mark Foster, Sarah Aarons, Paul Epworth
  5. Feed Me – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  6. Paradise State of Mind – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Jack Peñate
  7. Glitchzig – Mark Foster
  8. The Holy Shangri-La – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Riley McIntyre, Asa Taccone
  9. Sometimes I Wanna Be Bad – Mark Foster
  10. Chasing Low Vibrations – Mark Foster, Ison Innis, Jeremy Malvin
  11. A Diamond to Be Born – Mark Foster, Ison Innis

Aretha Franklin: Laughing on the Outside

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On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals
  • Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
  • Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
  • Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
  • C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
  • Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  • Robert Ascher – trombone
  • Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
  • R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
  • Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello

Track listing:

  1. Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
  2. For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
  3. Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  4. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  5. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
  6. Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
  7. Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
  8. Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
  9. If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  10. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  11. Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
  12. I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt

Jungle: Volcano

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On August 11, 2023, “Caiola” and “AWAL” labels released “Volcano”, the fourth Jungle album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Studio”, “Metropolis” in London, and was produced by Josh Lloyd and Mood Talk.

Personnel:

  • Josh Lloyd – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, drums, drum programming, keyboards, percussion, recording, mixing, art direction, design
  • Tom McFarland – vocals, guitar, organ, synthesizer, bells, additional production
  • Lydia Kitto – vocals, guitar, flute, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, live drums, percussion, additional production
  • Erick the Architect – vocals
  • Channel Tres – vocals
  • Roots Manuva – vocals
  • Jnr Williams – vocals
  • Bas – vocals
  • Declan Lennon – bass guitar, synthesizers, organ
  • Will Fry – congas, extra percussion
  • Rosie Danvers – string arrangements
  • Wired Strings – strings
  • Harpaal Sanghera – engineer assistant
  • Tucan – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • James Moruzzi – design, font, logo design

Track listing:

  1. Us Against the World – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto
  2. Holding On – Josh Lloyd, Lydia Kitto, Declan Lennon
  3. Candle Flame – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Erick Elliot
  4. Dominoes – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Dave Linden,. Ben Raleigh
  5. I’ve Been in Love – Josh Lloyd, Lydia Kitto, Sheldon Young
  6. Back on 74 – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto
  7. You Ain’t No Celebrity – Josh Lloyd, Lydia Kitto, Rodney Smith
  8. Coming Back – Josh Lloyd, Lydia Kitto
  9. Don’t Play – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Larry H. Jordan , Jamie Lloyd-Taylor
  10. Every Night – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto
  11. Problemz – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto
  12. Good at Breaking Hearts – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Jnr Williams
  13. Palm Trees – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto
  14. Pretty Little Thing – Josh Lloyd, Thomas McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Abbas Hammad

Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss

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On August 7, 2015, “Sargent House” label released “Abyss”, the fourth Chelsea Wolfe studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Eimwood Recording Studio” in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Chelsea Wolfe – vocals, bass, guitar, piano
  • D.H. Phillips – lap steel guitar
  • Mike Sullivan – guitar
  • Ben Chisholm – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, layout, photography
  • Dylan Fujioka – drums
  • Ezra Buchla – vocals, viola
  • John Congleton – engineer
  • Henrik Uldalen – cover art, paintings

Track listing:

All tracks by Chelsea Wolfe, except where noted.

  1. Carrion Flowers
  2. Iron Moon – Chelsea Wolfe, Karlos Rene Ayala
  3. Dragged Out
  4. Maw
  5. Grey Days
  6. After the Fall
  7. Crazy Love
  8. Simple Death
  9. Survive
  10. Color of Blood – Jesse K. Phillips
  11. The Abyss

Rainbow: Down To Earth

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On August 3, 1979, “Polydor” label released “Down to Earth”, the fourth Rainbow studio album. It was recorded March – July 1979, at “Château Pelly de Cornfeld” in France, “Kingdom Sound Studios” in Long Island, and was produced by Roger Glover.

Personnel:

  • Graham Bonnet – lead vocals
  • Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals
  • Cozy Powell – drums, percussion
  • Gary Edwards – engineer
  • Michael Palmer, Leigh Mantle – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover, except where noted.

  1. All Night Long
  2. Eyes of the World
  3. No Time to Lose
  4. Makin’ Love
  5. Since You Been Gone – Russ Ballard
  6. Love’s No Friend
  7. Danger Zone
  8. Lost in Hollywood – Ritchie Blackmore, Cozy Powell

Amadou & Mariam: Dimanche à Bamako

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On August 2, 2005, “Because Music” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Dimanche à Bamako”, the fourth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, and was produced by Manu Chao.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko — vocals, guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir
  • Manu Chao — vocals, choir, guitar, programming, editing, engineer
  • Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano
  • François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards
  • Loïc Landois — harmonica
  • Laurent Griffon — bass
  • Cédric Lesouquet — double bass
  • Stephane San Juan — drums, tabla
  • Philippe Teboul — percussion
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly — vocals
  • Samou Bagayoko — choir
  • Ousmane Cissé — choir
  • Stéphane Hamokrane — choir
  • Tiemoko Traoré — choir
  • Boubacar Dembele — djembe
  • Nicolas Auriauit — trumpet
  • Ibrahim Maalouf — trumpet
  • Roy Paci — trumpet
  • Pierre Hauthe — trombone
  • Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
  • Renaud Lacoche — saw
  • Antoine Halet — engineer
  • Laurent Jaïs — engineer, mixing
  • Marc Antoine Moreau — engineer, artistic director, executive producer
  • Tony Cousins — mastering
  • Philippe Avocat — assistant
  • Jean-Loup Morette — assistant
  • Marie Laure Dagnaux — photography

Track listing:

  1. M’Bifé – Mariam Doumbia, Manu Chao
  2. M’Bifé Balafon – Manu Chao
  3. Coulibaly – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. La Réalité – Amadou Bagayoko
  5. Sénégal Fast Food – Amadou Bagayoko, Manu Chao, Mariam Doumbia
  6. Artistiya – Mariam Doumbia
  7. La Fête au Village – Amadou Bagayoko
  8. Camions Sauvages – Amadou Bagayoko, Manu Chao, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Beaux Dimanches – Amadou Bagayoko
  10. La Paix – Amadou Bagayoko
  11. Djanfa – Amadou Bagayoko, Manu Chao, Mariam Doumbia
  12. Taxi Bamako – Manu Chao
  13. Politic Amagni – Amadou Bagayoko, Manu Chao, Ousmane Cissé, Tiemoko Traoré
  14. Gnidjougouya – Mariam Doumbia
  15. M’Bifé Blues Man Chao, Mariam Doumbia

Big Brother And The Holding Company: How Hard It Is

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On August 1, 1971, “Columbia” label released “How Hard It Is”, the fourth and final Big Brother and the Holding Company studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “CBS Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Roscoe Segal and Roy Segal.

Personnel:

  • Sam Andrew – vocals, guitar
  • David Schallock – lead guitar
  • Peter Albin – guitar, bass, mandolin, vibraslap
  • James Gurley – bass
  • David Getz – drums, percussion, marimba, piano
  • Mike Finnigan – vocals, keyboards
  • Kathi McDonald – vocals
  • Nick Gravenites – vocals
  • David Brown, George Engfer, George Horn, Mike Larner – recording
  • Dennis Nolan – artwork

Track listing:

  1. How Hard It Is – David Getz, Sam Andrew
  2. You’ve Been Talkin’ ‘Bout Me, Baby – Ray Rivera, Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch
  3. House on Fire – David Getz, Louis Rappaport
  4. Black Widow Spider – Sam Andrew
  5. Last Band on Side One – Roscoe Segel, Sam Andrew
  6. Nu Boogaloo Jam – Dan Nudelman, Sam Andrew
  7. Maui – Roscoe Segel, Sam Andrew
  8. Shine On – David Getz, Peter Albin, Sam Andrew
  9. Buried Alive in the Blues – Nick Gravenites
  10. Promise Her Anything but Give Her Arpeggio – David Schallock

Three: The End Is Begun

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On July 24, 2007, “Metal Blade Records” label released “The End Is Begun”, the fourth Three studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Jersville Studios” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

Personnel:

  • Joey Eppard — vocals, guitar
  • Billy Riker — guitar
  • Joe Stote — keyboards, percussion
  • Daniel Grimsland — bass guitar
  • Chris “Gartdrumm” Gartmann — drums
  • Jerry Marotta — additional percussion, taos drums
  • Daniel Grimsland — string arrangements
  • Toby Wright — mixing
  • Louie Toran — mastering
  • Roman Klum — production engineer
  • Dennis Sibeijn — artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joey Eppard, except where noted, all music by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

  1. The Word Is Born of Flame
  2. The End Is Begun
  3. Battle Cry
  4. All That Remains
  5. My Divided Falling
  6. Serpents in Disguise – lyrics by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker
  7. Been to the Future
  8. Bleeding Me Home
  9. Live Entertainment
  10. Diamond in the Crush
  11. Shadow Play
  12. These Iron Bones
  13. The Last Day