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The Proclaimers: Persevere

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On May 22, 2001, “Persevere Records” label released “Persevere”, the fourth Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, at “Mastermix Studios” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Craig Reed – vocals, harmonica
  • Stuart Nisbel – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, mandoilin
  • Andy Dee – twelve string guitar, lap steel and slide guitar, baritone guitar, sitar, dobro
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel and slide guitar
  • Dirk Freymouth – acoustic guitar
  • Daithi Sproule – acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – electric guitar
  • Rick Sampson – banjo
  • Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle
  • Chuck Leavell – piano, grand piano, electric piano, organ, sampler
  • Dan Newton – accordion
  • Hutch Hutchinson – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums, tambourine, bell tree, shaker, handclaps
  • Andy Green – musical assistance
  • Mall Field – musical assistance
  • Chris Kimsey – arrangements, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Tom Tucker – recording
  • Colin Usher – design, photography
  • Daniel Corrigan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Reid and Charlie Reid.

  1. There’s a Touch
  2. Sweet Little Girls
  3. A Land Fit for Zeros
  4. How Many Times
  5. One Too Many
  6. That’s When He Told Her
  7. Scotland’s Story
  8. When You’re in Love
  9. She Arouses Me So
  10. Everybody’s a Victim
  11. Don’t Give It to Me
  12. Heaven Right Now
  13. Slowburner
  14. Act of Remembrance

Charles Lloyd and the Marvels: Tone Poem

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On March 12, 2021, “Blue Note” label released “Tone Poem”, album by Charles Lloyd and the Marvels (the 48th Charles Lloyd overall). It was recorded in 2020, at “Eastwest Studios”, “Noches Del Botánico” and Santa Barbara Sound Design”, and was produced by Charles Lloyd and Dorothy Darr.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – alto flute, tenor saxophone, liner notes
  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – guitar
  • Reuben Rogers – bass
  • Eric Harland – drums
  • Adam Camardella – recording
  • Dom Camardella – recording
  • Michael C. Ross – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Dorothy Darr – design, photography
  • Meat and Potatoes Inc. – layout
  • Watanabe Toru – liner notes
  • Joe Harly – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Peace – Ornette Coleman
  2. Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
  3. Anthem – Leonard Cohen
  4. Dismal Swamp -Charles Lloyd
  5. Tone Poem – Charles Lloyd
  6. Monk’s Mood – Thelonious Monk
  7. Ay Amor (Live) – Villa Fernandez Ignacio Jacinto
  8. Lady Gabor – Gabor Szabo
  9. Prayer – Charles Lloyd

Joshua Radin: Simple Times

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On September 9, 2008, “Mom + Pop” label released “Simple Times”, the second Joshua Radin album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood and was produced by Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Radin – lead vocal, guitar
  • Patty Griffin – vocal
  • Meiko – vocal
  • Erin McCarley – vocal
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, mandolin
  • Jesse Harris – mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – guitar, mixing
  • Jason Borger – piano, electric piano, mellotron
  • Jonathan Flaugher – bass
  • Joey Waronker, Vic Indrizzo – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Denny Levine – brass
  • Bill Mimms – engineer
  • Dog Boehm – mixing
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Alexa Wilkinson – art direction, design
  • Autumn DeWilde – photography

Track listing:

  1. One of Those Days
  2. I’d Rather Be with You
  3. Sky
  4. Friend Like You
  5. Brand New Day
  6. They Bring Me to You
  7. Vegetable Car
  8. Free of Me
  9. You Got Growin’ Up to Do
  10. We Are Okay
  11. No Envy, No Fear

Sixpence Non the Richer: Lost in Transition

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On August 7, 2012, “Tyger Jim” label released “Lost in Transition”, the sixth Sixpence None the Richer studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, and was produced by Daniel Tashian and Jim Scott.

Personnel:

  • Leigh Nash – vocals
  • Matt Slocum – guitar, cello
  • Justin Cary – bass, baritone guitar
  • Will Sayles – drums, percussion, photography
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Jason Lehning – keyboards, mixing
  • Cason Cooley – keyboards
  • Jim Scott – engineer, mixing, percussion
  • John Painter – horns
  • Kevin Dean – additional engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Don Clark – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. My Dear Machine – Matt Slocum, Jamieson, Daniel Tashian
  2. Radio – Matt Slocum, Ashworth
  3. Give It Back – Matt Slocum, Leigh Nash, Fitchuk
  4. Safety Line – Matt Slocum, Shive
  5. When You Call Me – Leigh Nash, Wilson
  6. Should Not Be This Hard – Matt Slocum, Wilson
  7. Go Your Way – Matt Slocum, Ashworth
  8. Failure – Matt Slocum
  9. Don’t Blame Yourself – Matt Slocum, Ashworth
  10. Stand My Ground – Leigh Nash, Wilson
  11. Sooner than Later – Leigh Nash, Wilson
  12. Be OK – Matt Slocum, Jamieson, Daniel Tashian

Jackson Browne: Downhill From Everywhere

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On July 23, 2021, “inside Recordings” label released “Downhill from Everywhere”, the fifteenth Jackson Browne studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Groove Masters” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jackson Browne.

Personnel:

  • Jackson Browne – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, vihuela
  • Jason Crosby – piano
  • Jeff Young – vocals, piano, Hammond organ
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Val McCallum – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, tenor guitar
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Waddy Wacthel – electric guitar
  • Mark Goldenberg – electric guitar
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Davey Faragher – bass
  • Jenifer Condos – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Mauricio Lewak – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Raul Rodriguez – handclaps
  • Allathea Mills – vocals
  • Chavonne Stewart – vocals
  • Leslie Mendelson – vocals
  • Paul Dieter – recording
  • Nate Kunkel – recording
  • Kevin Smith – recording, mixing
  • Ryan Freeland – recording, mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Rueben Cohen – mastering

Track listing:

All songs by Jackson Browne, except where noted.

  1. Still Looking for Something
  2. My Cleveland Heart – Jackson Browne, Val McCallum
  3. Minutes to Downtown
  4. A Human Touch – Jackson Browne, Steve McEwan, Leslie Mendelson
  5. Love Is Love – Jackson Browne, David Belle
  6. Downhill from Everywhere – Jackson Browne, Greg Leisz, Jeff Young
  7. The Dreamer – Jackson Browne, Eugene Rodriguez, David Hidalgo
  8. Until Justice Is Real
  9. A Little Soon to Say
  10. A Song for Barcelona – Jackson Browne, Mauricio Lewak, Bob Glaub, Jeff Young, Greg Leisz, Val McCallum

Randy Newman: Bad Love

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On June 1, 1999, “Dreamworks” label released “Bad Love”, the ninth Randy Newman studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1999, at “Sunset Sound”, “Sound Factory”, “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake.

Personnel:

  • Randy Newman – vocals, piano, arranger, conductor
  • Steve Donnelly – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Mitchell Froom – keyboards
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone
  • Martin Krystall – saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – saxophone
  • Brian Scanlon – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Stu Blumberg – trumpet
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone
  • George Thatcher – trombone
  • James Self – tuba
  • Carmen Carter, Donna Davidson, Linda Harmon, Scottie Haskell, Luana Jackman, Teresa James, Melissa Mackay, Kate Markowitz, Bobbi Page, Sally Stevens-Eskew, Carmen Twillie, Terry Wood, Herb Pedersen – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

  1. My Country
  2. Shame
  3. I’m Dead (But I Don’t Know It)
  4. Every Time It Rains
  5. The Great Nations of Europe
  6. The One You Love
  7. The World Isn’t Fair
  8. Big Hat, No Cattle
  9. Better Off Dead
  10. I Miss You
  11. Going Home
  12. I Want Everyone to Like Me

Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride

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On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in  Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Tommy King – piano
  • Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals 
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
  • David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jake Longstreth – guitar
  • John Nixon – guitar
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
  •  Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Sam Gendel – saxophone
  • Serena McKinney – violins 
  • Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
  • Jude Law – lead vocals
  • Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
  • Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
  • Dalton Ricks – engineer
  • Nick Rowe – engineer
  • Chris Kasych – engineer
  • John DeBold – engineer
  • Hiroya Takayama – engineer
  • Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
  • Dave Schiffman – engineer
  • P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Jude Law – engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Nick Harwood – art direction
  • Primo Kahn – cover design
  • Public-Library – cover design
  • Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
  2. Harmony Hall
  3. Bambina
  4. This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
  5. Big Blue
  6. How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
  7. Unbearably White
  8. Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
  9. Married in a Gold Rush
  10. My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
  11. Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  12. Sunflower
  13. Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  14. 2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
  15. We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
  16. Stranger
  17. Spring Snow – Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, Sam Gendel
  18. Jerusalem, New York, Berlin

Paul Westerberg: Suicaine Gratifaction

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On February 23, 1999, “Capitol” label released “Suicaine Gratifaction”, the third Paul Westerberg studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Paul Westerberg and Don Was.

Personnel:

  • Paul Westerberg – vocals, guitar
  • Shawn Colvin – vocals
  • Suzie Katayama – accordion, cello
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Richard Todd – French horn
  • Don Was – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • Dave Pirner – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Westerberg.

  1. It’s a Wonderful Lie
  2. Self-Defense
  3. Best Thing That Never Happened
  4. Lookin’ Out Forever
  5. Born for Me
  6. Final Hurrah
  7. Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves
  8. Fugitive Kind
  9. Sunrise Always Listens
  10. Whatever Makes You Happy
  11. Actor in the Street
  12. Bookmark

Natalie Merchant: Motherland

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On November 13, 2001, “Elektra” label released “Motherland”, the third Natalie Merchant album. It was recorded July – September 2001, at “Allaire Studios”, “Sunset Sound” and “Clinton Studios”, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett and Natalie Merchant.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant – vocal, piano, Rhodes piano
  • Erik Della Penna – electric guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, banjo, lap steel guitar, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Elizabeth Steen – Hammond organ, mellotron, Wurlitzer piano, piano
  • Gabriel Gordon – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Keefus Ciancia – piano, Hammond organ, keyboard
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, pump organ
  • Guy Klucevsek – accordion
  • Van Dyke Parks – accordion
  • Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Jeremy McCoy – bass guitar
  • Graham Maby – bass guitar
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Carla Azar – drums 
  • Katie Goldberg – vocal
  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Kate Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
  • Kelly Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
  • Stephen Barber – arranger, conductor
  • David Ralicke – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone
  • Philip Myers – French horn
  • Sandra Church – alto flute
  • David Krakauer – clarinet
  • Mitchell Estrin – bass clarinet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Chris Tedesco – trumpet
  • Sandra Park – violin, string contractor
  • Krystof Kuznik – violin
  • Bruno Eicher – violin
  • Ann S. Kim – violin
  • Lisa E. Kim – violin
  • Karen Marx – violin
  • Robert T. Shaw – violin
  • Fiona Simon – violin
  • Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
  • Jung Sun Yoo – violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Laura Seaton – violin
  • Nick Cords – viola
  • Vivek Kamath – viola
  • Karen Dreyfus – viola
  • Elizabeth Dyson – cello
  • Sarah Seiver – cello
  • Alan Stepansky – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant.

  1. This House Is on Fire
  2. Motherland
  3. Saint Judas
  4. Put the Law on You
  5. Build a Levee
  6. Golden Boy
  7. Henry Darger
  8. The Worst Thing – Spanish lyrics by Daniel de la Calle 
  9. Tell Yourself
  10. Just Can’t Last
  11. Not in This Life
  12. I’m Not Gonna Beg

St. Vincent: Masseduction

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On October 13, 2017, “Loma Vista Records” label released “Masseduction”, the fifth St. Vincent studio album. It was in 2017 at “Electric Lady” in New York, “Rough Consumer” in Brooklyn, “Compound Fracture” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent. At the 61st “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Masseduction” won the award for “Best Recording Package” and “Best Rock Song” for its title track.

Personnel:

  • Annie Clark – vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizers, additional engineering
  • Jack Antonoff – piano, synthesizers, bass, bass, drums, mellotron, programming, string arrangements, additional engineering
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, synthesizers
  • Bobby Sparks – keyboards 
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel 
  • Rich Hinman – pedal steel 
  • Tuck Andress – guitar
  • Daniel Mintseris – synthesizers
  • Lars Stalfors – synthesizers, programming 
  • Mike Elizondo – bass 
  • Pino Palladino – bass 
  • Evan Smith – saxophone 
  • Kamasi Washington – saxophone 
  • Margot – strings 
  • Philip A. Peterson – cello 
  • Timothy Garland – violin
  • Patti Andress – vocals
  • Jenny Lewis – vocals
  • Kid Monkey – vocals
  • Toko Yasuda – vocals
  • Sounwave – programming
  • Adam Pickrell – programming
  • Laura Sisk – engineer
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Brent Arrowood – additional engineering
  • Alonzo Lazaro – additional engineering
  • Miro Mackie – additional engineering
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Catherine Marks – mixing
  • Brandon Boost – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Willo Perron & Associates – creative direction
  • NONOT – package design
  • Nedda Afsari – photography
  • Lars Stalfors – co-production
  • John Congleton – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Hang on Me – Annie Clark
  2. Pills – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears
  3. Masseduction – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  4. Sugarboy – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  5. Los Angeles – Annie Clark
  6. Happy Birthday, Johnny – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  7. Savior – Annie Clark
  8. New York – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  9. Fear the Future – Annie Clark
  10. Young Lover – Annie Clark
  11. Dancing with a Ghost – Annie Clark
  12. Slow Disco – Annie Clark, Joy Williams
  13. Smoking Section – Annie Clark