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Belle & Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

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On June 6, 2000, “Jeepster” label released “Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant”, the fourth Belle & Sebastian album. It was recorded in 2000, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Lee Murdoch – lead vocals
  • Stephen Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Sarah Martin – vocal, violin
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Helen McSherry, Peter Nicholson – cello
  • Gary Grochia – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Alistair Savage, Cheryl Crockett, Claire McKeown, Dervilagh Cooper, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Liza Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Fergusson – violin
  • Paul Fox – flute
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet
  • Jenny Divers – saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – trombone
  • Alistair Cooke , Francis Macdonald, Jonny Quinn – percussion
  • Tony Doogan – recording
  • Ian Grier, Willie Deans – recording assistants
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Andrew Symington – design
  • Laura Molloy – illustration
  • Con Carson – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Fought in a War
  2. The Model
  3. Beyond the Sunrise
  4. Waiting for the Moon to Rise
  5. Don’t Leave the Light on Baby
  6. The Wrong Girl
  7. The Chalet Lines
  8. Nice Day for a Sulk
  9. Women’s Realm
  10. Family Tree
  11. There’s Too Much Love

Kaada / Patton: Bacteria Cult

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On April 1, 2016, “Ipecac Recordings” label released “Bacteria Cult”, the third Kaada/Patton album. It was recorded 2015 – 2018, at “Fartein Valen” in Sveio, “Wrongroom” in Norway, and was produced by John Erik Kaada and Mike Patton.

Personnel:

  • John Erik Kaada – orchestration, arrangements
  • Mike Patton – performer
  • Orchestra – Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
  • Trond Husebø – conductor
  • Børre Mølstad – additional tuba and trombone 
  • Yi Yang – additional violin
  • Johannes Martens – additional cello
  • Kenneth Ryland – additional double bass
  • Lars Brenli – music preparation 
  • Åsgeir Grong – recording  
  • Øyvind Grong – recording assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  •  Helen Farr – score coordinator
  • Martin Kvamme – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Erik Kaada and Mike Patton.

  1. Red Rainbow
  2. Black Albino
  3. Peste Bubónica
  4. Papillon
  5. Dispossession
  6. A Burnt Out Case
  7. Imodium
  8. Fountain Gasoline

The Specials: Encore

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On February 1, 2019, “Island” label released “Encore”, the eighth Specials studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Torp Larsen.

Personnel:

  • Terry Hall – vocals
  • Lynval Golding – vocals, guitar
  • Horace Panter – bass guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Cradock – guitar
  • Kenrick Rowe – drums
  • Tim Smart – trombone, tuba
  • Pablo Mendelssohn – trumpet
  • Saffiyah Khan – guest vocals
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
  • George Murphy – engineer
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, and Nikolaj Torp Larsen, except where noted.

  1. Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys – Eddy Grant
  2. B.L.M.
  3. Vote for Me
  4. The Lunatics – Neville Staple, Terr Hall, Lynval Golding
  5. Breaking Point
  6. Blam Blam Fever – Earl Grant, V. E. Grant
  7. 10 Commandments – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Saffiyah Khan
  8. Embarrassed by You – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Mark Adams
  9. The Life and Times (Of a Man Called Depression)
  10. We Sell Hope

Camera Obscura: Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi

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On November 12, 2001, “Andmoresound” label released “Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi”, the debut Camera Obscura album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Stuart Murdoch.

Personnel:

  • Tracyanne Campbell – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Gavin Dunbar – bass, arrangements
  • John Henderson – vocals, percussion, arrangements
  • Kenny Mckeeve – guitar, mandolin, arrangements
  • Lee Thomson – drums, arrangements
  • Lindsay Boyd – keyboards, arrangements
  • Cheryll Crockett, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Lisa Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Ferguson – strings
  • Nigel Baillie – trumpet
  • Geoff Allan – bells, engineer
  • Stuart Murdoch – arrangements
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Anne Maclean – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracyanne Campbell.

  1. Happy New Year
  2. Eighties Fan
  3. Houseboat
  4. Pen and Notebook
  5. Swimming Pool
  6. Anti-Western
  7. I Don’t Do Crowds
  8. The Sun on His Back
  9. Arrangements of Shapes and Space

Frank Turner: No Man’s Land

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On August 16, 2019, “Xtra Mile” label released “No Man’s Land”, the eighth Frank Turner studio album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by Catherine Marks.

Personnel:

  • Frank Turner– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, synthesizer
  • Andrea Goldsworthy – upright bass
  • Gill Sandell – accordion, piano
  • Holly Madge – drums
  • Carol Jarvis – trombone
  • Clare McInerney – clarinet
  • Lionicio Saenz – trumpet
  • Netty Brown – trumpet
  • Jeff Dazey – saxophone
  • Anna Jenkins – violin, viola
  • Jo Silverston – cello
  • Jessica Guise – backing vocals
  • Rio Hellyer – vocal arrangements
  • Kat Marsh – vocal arrangements
  • Rebecca Need-Menear – vocal arrangements
  • Kate Pavil – vocal arrangements
  • Rachel Still – vocal arrangements
  • Eleanor Tinlin – vocal arrangements
  • Julia Webb – vocal arrangements
  • Marianne Johnson – vocal arrangements
  • Matt Nasir– string arrangements
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Adam “Cecil” Bartlett – engineer
  • Catherine Marks– mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Olivia M Healy – illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Turner.

  1. Jinny Bingham’s Ghost
  2. Sister Rosetta
  3. I Believed You, William Blake
  4. Nica
  5. A Perfect Wife
  6. Silent Key
  7. Eye of the Day
  8. The Death of Dora Hand
  9. The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead
  10. The Lioness
  11. The Hymn of Kassiani
  12. Rescue Annie
  13. Rosemary Jane

The Divine Comedy: Office Politics

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On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Max Spiers – oboe
  • David Pyatt – French horn
  • John Ryan – French horn
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Templeton – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Martin Robertson – clarinet
  • Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Warren Zielinski – cello
  • Jake Jackson – engineer
  • Ber Quinn – engineer
  • Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Leach – assistant engineer
  • John Prestage – assistant engineer
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Ben Meadows – photography
  • Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Queuejumper
  2. Office Politics
  3. Norman and Norma
  4. Absolutely Obsolete
  5. Internal Machines
  6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
  7. Psychological Evaluation
  8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
  9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
  10. A Feather in Your Cap
  11. I’m Stranger Here
  12. Dark Days Are Here Again
  13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  14. Opportunity’ Knox
  15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  16. When the Working Day Is Gone

New Order: Lost Sirens

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On January 11, 2013, “Rhino Entertainment” label released “Lost Sirens”, the ninth New Order album. It is compilation of tracks recorded during the production of 2005’s album “Waiting for the Sirens’ Call”, but did not ended on the album final release. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, at “Real World” in Box, England, and was produced by Tore Johansson, Stuart Price, Mac Quayle, Jim Spencer, Stephen Street, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Sumner– vocals, guitars, synthesizers, programming
  • Phil Cunningham– guitars, synthesizers, programming
  • Peter Hook– 4 and 6-stringed bass
  • Stephen Morris– drums, synthesizers, programming
  • Stephen Street– mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend– mixing
  • Jim Spencer – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Studio Parris Wakefield – art direction, design
  • Gary Lancaster – project management

Track listing:

All tracks by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham.

  1. I’ll Stay with You
  2. Sugarcane
  3. Recoi
  4. Californian Grass
  5. Hellbent
  6. Shake It Up
  7. I’ve Got a Feeling
  8. I Told You So (Crazy World Mix)

Johnny Marr: Call The Comet

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On June 15, 2018, “New Voodoo” label released “Call the Comet”, the third Johnny Marr album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “The Crazy Face Factory” in Manchester, and was produced by Johnny Marr and Doviak.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Marr– vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Doviak – vocals, keyboards
  • Iwan Gronow– vocals, bass guitar
  • Jack Mitchell – drums
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Marr.

  1. Rise
  2. The Tracers
  3. Hey Angel
  4. Hi Hello
  5. New Dominions
  6. Day In Day Out
  7. Walk Into the Sea
  8. Bug
  9. Actor Attractor
  10. Spiral Cities
  11. My Eternal
  12. A Different Gun

Frank Turner: Be More Kind

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On May 4, 2018, “Xtra Mile Recordings” label released “Be More Kind”, the seventh Frank Turner studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Niles City Sound Studios” in Fort Worth, Texas, “East West Studios” in Los Angeles, “Livingston Studios” in London, and was produced by Austin Jenkins, Joshua Blocks, Charlie Hugall and Chris Vivion.

Personnel:

  • Frank Turner– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ben Lloyd– electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Tarrant Anderson– bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Nasir– piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Nigel Powell– drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals
  • Clay Pritchard – saxophone
  • Justin Barbee – trumpet
  • Russell Echols – trumpet
  • Bill Churchville – trumpet
  • John Mason – french horn
  • Fred Greene – tuba
  • Veronica Gan – violin
  • Anna Jenkins – violin
  • Buffi Jacobs – cello
  • Jo Silverston – cello
  • Njia Martin – backing vocals
  • Brandon Mills – backing vocals
  • Bonnie Bishop – backing vocals
  • Abraham Ademola – backing vocals
  • Philippa Ashdown – backing vocals
  • Austin Jenkins – backing vocals
  • Chris Tedesco – conductor
  • Austin Jenkins – arrangements
  • Joshua Block – engineer
  • Chris Vivion – engineer
  • Brendon Dekora – engineer
  • Charlie Hugall – mixing
  • Matt Lawrence – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Ben Rix – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Turner, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Worry
  2. 1933
  3. Little Changes
  4. Be More Kind
  5. Make America Great Again
  6. Going Nowhere
  7. Brave Face
  8. There She Is
  9. 21st Century Survival Blues
  10. Breakout
  11. Common Ground
  12. The Lifeboat
  13. Get it Right

Mogwai: Every Country’s Sun

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On September 1, 2017, “Rock Action” label released “Every Country’s Sun”, the ninth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Braithwaite – vocals, guitar
  • Barry Burns – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar
  • Dominic Aitchison – bass
  • Martin Bulloch – drums
  • Dave Fridmann– mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • DLT – design, illustration
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant, production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns.

  1. Coolverine
  2. Party in the Dark
  3. Brain Sweeties
  4. Crossing the Road Material
  5. Aka 47
  6. 20 Size
  7. 1000 Foot Face
  8. Don’t Believe the Fife
  9. Battered at a Scramble
  10. Old Poisons
  11. Every Country’s Sun