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KT Tunstall: Nut

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On September 9, 2022, “EMI” label released “Nut”, the seventh KT Tunstall studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin, Martin Terefe, KT Tunstall, Sophie Ellis and Jimmy Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • KT Tunstall – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synths, programming
  • Oliver Roman – acoustic guitar
  • George Murphy – electric guitar, piano, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – piano, synths, keyboards, sequencer drums
  • Martin Terefe – bass guitar, guitars, piano, synths, percussion, vocoder, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Solomon Dorsey – bass
  • Andy Burrows – drums, percussion
  • Liam Howe – programming
  • Clem Cherry – programming

Track listing:

  1. Out of Touch – KT Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth, Kevin Cormack, Johnny Lynch
  2. I Am the Pilot – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis, Martin Terefe
  3. Three – KT Tunstall, Marty Benbrook
  4. Dear Shadow – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis
  5. Private Eyes – KT Tunstall, Tommy Danvers
  6. Canyons – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe
  7. Synapse – KT Tunstall
  8. Demigod – KT Tunstall, Greg Kurstin
  9. All the Time – KT Tunstall
  10. Brain in a Jar (hidden track) – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe

Tindersticks: Distractions

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On February 19, 2021, “Lucky Dog” and “City Slang” labels released “Distractions”, the 13th Tindersticks album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Le Chien Chanceux” and “RAK”, and was produced by Stuart Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Staples – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitars, drums, loops, programming, field recording, mixing
  • Dan McKinna – Wurlitzer piano, electric piano, bass guitar, string arrangements
  • David Boulter – keyboards
  • Neil Fraser – E-Bow, electric guitars
  • Earl Harvin – keyboards, snare drum, percussion
  • David Coulter – musical saw
  • David Kitt – additional guitar
  • Calina De La Mare, Lucy Wilkins, Rob Spriggs, Sarah Wilson – strings
  • Gina Foster – vocal
  • Côme Jalibert – storm recording, mixing
  • George Murphy – recording
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Sidonie Osborne Staples – front cover image
  • Ian Youngs – layout

Track listing:

  1. Man Alone (Can’t Stop Fadin’) – Stuart Staple
  2. I Imagine You – Stuart Staples, Dan McKinna
  3. A Man Needs a Maid – Neil Young
  4. Lady With the Braid – Dory Previn
  5. You’ll Have to Scream Louder – Daniel Treacy
  6. Tue-Moi – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staoles
  7. The Bough Bends – Stuart Staple

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