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Silversun Pickups: Better Nature

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On September 25, 2015, “New Machine” label released “Better Nature”, the fourth Silversun Pickups studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnel:

  • Brian Aubert – lead and backing vocals, guitars
  • Nikki Monninger – lead and backing vocals, vibraphone
  • Joe Lester – keyboards, synthesizer, sound manipulation, drum machine, sequencer, backing vocals
  • Christopher Guanlao – drums, backing vocals
  • Jacknife Lee – additional keyboards, mixing, programming
  • Alan Moulder – mixing.

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester and Christopher Guanlao.

  1. Cradle (Better Nature)
  2. Connection
  3. Pins & Needles
  4. Friendly Fires
  5. Nightlight
  6. Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)
  7. Tapedeck
  8. Latchkey Kids
  9. Ragamuffin
  10. The Wild Kind

Chris Cornel: Higher Truth

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On September 18, 2015, “UM” label released “Higher Truth”, the fourth and final Chris Cornell studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Chris Cornell– vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion
  • Brendan O’Brien– guitar, bass, keyboards, hurdy-gurdy, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Patrick Warren – piano
  • Matt Chamberlain– drums
  • Anne Marie Simpson – strings
  • Billy Joe Bowers – engineer, mastering
  • Kyle Stevens, Tom Syrowski – engineer
  • Josh Graham – art direction
  • Suspended in Light – art direction
  • Jeff Lipsky– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Cornell.

  1. Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
  2. Dead Wishes
  3. Worried Moon
  4. Before We Disappear
  5. Through the Window
  6. Josephine
  7. Murderer of Blue Skies
  8. Higher Truth
  9. Let Your Eyes Wander
  10. Only These Words
  11. Circling
  12. Our Time in Universe

Young Gods: Echoes

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On September 16, 2016, “Wind-up Records” label released “Echoes”, the fourth Young Guns studio album. It was recorded in 2016 at “House of Loud”, and was produced by David Bendeth.

Personnel:

  • Gustav Wood – lead vocals
  • Fraser Taylor – lead guitar
  • John Taylor – rhythm guitar
  • Simon Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Chris Kamrada – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustav Wood, Fraser Taylor, John Taylor, Simon Mitchell and Chris Kamrada, except where noted.

  1. Bulletproof
  2. Echoes
  3. Careful What You Wish For
  4. Paranoid
  5. Mad World – Josh Strock, Stevie Aiello
  6. Awakening
  7. Living in a Dream Is So Easy
  8. Buried
  9. Mercury in Retrograde
  10. Paradise
  11. Afterglow

Madeline Peyroux: Half The Perfect World

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On September 12, 2006, “Rounder/Universal” labels released “Half the Perfect World”, the fourth Madeleine Peyroux studio album. It was recorded in April 2006, and was produced by Larry Klein.

Personnel:

  • Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks– guitars, ukulele
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
  • Sam Yahel– piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, Estey organ
  • d. lang -vocal
  • Larry Goldings– celeste
  • Gary Foster– alto saxophone
  • Till Brönner– trumpet
  • David Piltch – double bass
  • Scott Amendola– drums
  • Jay Bellerose– drums, additional cymbals
  • Mark Orton – string quertet arrangements
  • Carla Kihlstedt– violin
  • Graeme Jennings– violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola
  • Sam Bass – cello

Track listing:

  1. I’m All Right – Walter Becker, Madeleine Peyroux, Larry Klein
  2. The Summer Wind – Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer
  3. Blue Alert – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  4. Everybody’s Talkin’ – Fred Neil
  5. River – Joni Mitchell
  6. A Little Bit – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
  7. Once in a While – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
  8. (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night – Tom Waits
  9. Half the Perfect World – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
  10. La Javanaise – Serge Gainsbourg
  11. California Rain – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
  12. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner

Chantal Kreviazuk: Ghost Stories

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On August 29, 2006, “Sony BMG Music Canada” label released “Ghost Stories”, the fourth Chantal Kreviazuk studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida.

Personnel:

  • Chantal Kreviazuk – vocals, piano, bass guitar
  • Chris Chaney, Jason Lader, Raine Maida– bass guitar
  • Trey Henry – double bass
  • Earl Harvin– drums
  • Randy Cooke – drums, percussion
  • Lenny Castro– percussion
  • The Section Quartet – Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen, Richard Dodd, Leah Katz – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Chantal Kreviazuk.

  1. Ghosts of You
  2. All I Can Do
  3. Spoke In Tongues
  4. Mad About You
  5. So Cold
  6. Waiting For The Sun
  7. You Blame Yourself
  8. Grow Up So Fast
  9. Wonderful
  10. Asylum
  11. Wendy House

Foals: What Went Down

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On August 28, 2015, “Transagressive Records” label released “What Went Down”, the fourth Foals studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “La Fabriue” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Jimmy Smith – guitar, keyboards
  • Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Walter Gervers – bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Bevan – drums
  • James Ford– additional keyboards, guitar, percussion
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Damien Arlot – studio assistant
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Daisuke Yokota – artwork, additional photogray
  • Neil Krug – additional photography
  • Mike Lythgoe – design

Track listing:

  1. What Went Down
  2. Mountain All My Gates
  3. Birch Tree
  4. Give It All
  5. Albatross
  6. Snake Oil
  7. Night Swimmers
  8. London Thunder
  9. Lonely Hunter
  10. A Knife in the Ocean

The Fratellis: Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied

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On August 21, 2015, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied”, the fourth Fratellis (The) album. It was recorded in November 2014, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Jon Fratelli– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Will Foster- piano, keyboards
  • Barry Fratelli – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mince Fratelli – drums, backing vocals
  • Cameron Lister – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer- mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Fratelli and Tony Hoffer.

  1. Me and the Devil
  2. Impostors (Little by Little)
  3. Baby Don’t You Lie to Me
  4. Desperate Guy
  5. Thief
  6. Dogtown
  7. Rosanna
  8. Slow
  9. Getting Surreal
  10. Too Much Wine
  11. Moonshine

Ray LaMontage: Good Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise

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On August 17, 2010, “RCA”, “Stone Dwarf” and “RED” labels released “God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise” the fourth Ray LaMontagne album. It was recorded in March 2010, at
“The Big Room” in Apple Hill, Massachusetts, and was produced by Ray LaMontagne.

Personnel:

  • Ray LaMontagne – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz– electric, pedal steel, acoustic, lap steel and electric baritone guitar, banjo, acoustic resonator steel guitar, mandola
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Ryan Freeland – accordion, recording, mixing
  • Jennifer Condos- bass
  • Jay Bellerose- drums
  • Megahn Foley – art direction, design
  • Mark Seliger – portrait photography
  • Tobias LaMontagne – still photography
  • Jay Bellerose, Sarah Sousa – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray LaMontagne.

  1. Repo Man
  2. New York City’s Killing Me
  3. God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
  4. Beg Steal or Borrow
  5. Are We Really Through
  6. This Love is Over
  7. Old Before Your Time
  8. For the Summer
  9. Like Rock & Roll and Radio
  10. Devil’s in the Jukebox

Bright Eyes: Lifted of the Story in the Soll, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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On August 13, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground”, the fourth Bright Eyes album. It was recorded December 2001 – January 2002, at “Presto!”, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, rhodes, organ
  • Mike Mogis– banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitar, dobro, pedal steel
  • Andy LeMaster– electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies
  • Ted Stevens– electric guitar
  • Maria Taylor– piano, organ, vocal harmonies
  • Matt Maginn, Casey Scott– bass
  • Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney– drums
  • Clark Baechle– drums, clarinet
  • Clay Leverett – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Jiha Lee– flute, vocal harmonies
  • Chris Brooks – piano
  • Sean Cole– harmonica
  • Julee Dunekacke– French horn
  • Margaret Fish – bassoon
  • Orenda Fink– trumpet, vocal harmonies
  • Jason Flatowicz– trombone
  • Katie Muth– oboe
  • Tiffany Kowalski– violin
  • Gretta Cohn– cello
  • Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir – vocal harmonies

Track listing:

  1. The Big Picture
  2. Method Acting
  3. False Advertising
  4. You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will
  5. Lover I Don’t Have to Love
  6. Bowl of Oranges
  7. Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
  8. Nothing Gets Crossed Out
  9. Make War
  10. Waste of Paint
  11. From a Balance Beam
  12. Laura Laurent
  13. Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)

The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Vavoom!

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On August 1, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Vavoom!”, the fourth Brian Setzer Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2000,, and was produced by Glen Ballard, Peter Collins and Dave Darling.

Personnel:

  • Brian Setzer – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Winchester – bass
  • Bernie Dresel – drums, percussion
  • Ray Hermann – saxophone
  • Tim Misica – saxophone
  • George McMullen, Robbie Hioki – trombone
  • Kevin Norton – trumpet
  • Mike Himelstein – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Setzer, except where noted.

  1. Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Brian Setzer, Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Carl Sigman, Mike Himelstein
  2. Jumpin’ East of Java
  3. Americano – Brian Setzer, Renato Carosone
  4. If You Can’t Rock Me
  5. Gettin’ In the Mood – Mike Himelstein
  6. Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder) – Brian Setzer, Mark Winchester
  7. Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  8. Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
  9. The Footloose Doll
  10. From Here to Eternity – Brian Setzer, Rick Bell
  11. That’s the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes
  12. 49 Mercury Blues
  13. Jukebox
  14. Gloria – Esther Navarro