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Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching

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On September 27, 2024, “Partisan” label released “Dance, No One’s Watching”. the third Ezra Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones.

Personnel:

  • Joe Armon-Jones – synthesiser
  • James Mollison – tenor saxophone
  • Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet
  • TJ Koleoso – bass
  • Femi Koleoso – drums
  • Yazmin Lacey – vocals
  • Olivia Dean – vocals
  • M.anifest – vocals
  • Moonchild Sanelly – vocals
  • David Wrench – mixing

Track listing:

All music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, and TJ Koleoso, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. The Herald
  3. Palm Wine
  4. Cloackroom Link Up (Act 1) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  5. God Gave Me Feet for Dancing – lyrics by Yazmin Lacey, Craigie Dodds
  6. Ajala
  7. The Traveller – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Larry Heard
  8. In the Dance (Act 2) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  9. N29
  10. No One’s Watching Me – lyrics by Olivia Dean, music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Olivia Dean
  11. Our Element (Act 3) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  12. Hear My Cry – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison,, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Gerald Peters, Marvia Providence
  13. Shaking Body
  14. Expensive
  15. Street Is Calling – lyrics by M.anifest, Moonchild Sanelly, music by M.anifest, Moonchild Sanelly, Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso
  16. Lights On (Act 4) – Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  17. Why I Smile
  18. Have Patience
  19. Everybody

Muse: Absolution

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On September 22. 2003, “Taste Media” label released “Absolution”, the third Muse studio album. It was recorded September 2002 – June 2003, at “Grouse Lodge” in Rosemount, Minnesota, “Air” and “Livingston” in London, “Cello” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Paul Reeve, Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Chris Wolstenholme  – bass, backing vocals
  • Dominic Howard – drums, programming, percussion
  • Audrey Riley – string arrangements
  • Paul Reeve – backing vocals, vocal samples
  • Spectrasonic’s Symphony of Voices – vocal samples
  • Rich Costey – engineer, mixing
  • Wally Gagel – engineer, digital engineering, additional production
  • John Cornfield – engineer
  • Roger Lian – digital editing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson, Dan Abbott – design
  • Lee Baker – layout, design
  • Sam Winston – typography
  • Rupert Truman, Sean Winstanley – photography
  • Perou – band photography
  • Dennis Smith, Safta Jaffery – executive production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Matthew Bellamy; all music by Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.

  1. Intro
  2. Apocalypse Please
  3. Time is Running Out
  4. Sing for Absolution
  5. Stockholm Syndrome
  6. Falling Away with You
  7. Interlude
  8. Hysteria
  9. Blackout
  10. Butterflies and Hurricanes
  11. The Small Print
  12. Endlessly
  13. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
  14. Ruled by Secrecy

Surrender To The Air: Same

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On March 12, 1996, “Elektra” label released the self-titled, debut Surrender to the Air studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Trey Anastasio.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Allen – saxophone
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Trey Anastasio – guitar
  • John Medeski – organ
  • Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
  • Jon Fishman – drums
  • Bob Gulloti – drums
  • Michael Ray – trumpet
  • James Harvey – trombone
  • Kofi Burbridge – flute
  • Damon R. Choice – vibraphone
  1. Intro
  2. And Furthermore
  3. We Deflate
  4. And Furthemore
  5. Down
  6. Intro
  7. And Furthemore
  8. And Furthermore
  9. Out

Sade: Lovers Rock

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On November 13, 2000, “Epic” label released “Lovers Rock”, the fifth Sade studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – August 2000, at “Sarm Hook End” and “Deliverance” in London, “El Cortijo” in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain, and was produced by Mike Pela, Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman. In 2002, “Lovers Rock” earned Sade the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album”.

Personnel:

  • Sade Adu – vocals, arrangements
  • Stuart Matthewman – guitars, woodwinds, programming, arrangements
  • Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Paul S. Denman – bass, arrangements
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Janusz Podrazik – keyboards
  • Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Mike Pela – recording
  • Andy “Nipper” Davies – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Intro – design
  • Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photographs
  • Sophie Muller – cover photography
  • Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.

  1. By Your Side
  2. Flow
  3. King of Sorrow
  4. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
  5. All About Our Love
  6. Slave Song
  7. The Sweetest Gift
  8. Every Word
  9. Immigrant – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik
  10. Lovers Rock
  11. It’s Only Love That Gets You Through – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik

Bill Nace: Through A Room

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On November 11, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Through a Room”, the third Bill Nace studio album. It was recorded in 2021, in Philadelphia, and was produced by Cooper Crain and Bill Nace.

Personnel:

  • Bill Nace – electric guitar, tape, hurdy gurdy, pipe, taishōgoto, noises
  • Carl Saff – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Daniel Higgs – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Nace.

  1. Intro
  2. Les Echos (Piece for Tuba)
  3. Boil First
  4. E:E
  5. When Orange
  6. Crooked Teeth
  7. The Giant
  8. Ann
  9. Outro

Gilbert O’Sullivan: Back To Front

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In October 1972, “MAM” label released “Back to Front”, the second Gilbert O’Sullivan studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Audio International Studios” in London, and was produced by Gordon Mills.

Personnel:

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan – vocals, piano, vocals, whistling
  • Chris Spedding – guitars
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Frank Barber – drums, arrangements
  • Johnnie Spence – arrangements
  • Peter Rynston – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gilbert O’Sullivan.

  1. Intro
  2. I Hope You’ll Say
  3. In My Hole
  4. Clair
  5. That’s Love
  6. Can I Go with You
  7. But I’m Not Outro
  8. I’m in Love with You
  9. Who Was It?
  10. What Could Be Nicer (Mum, the Kettle’s Boling)
  11. Out of the Question
  12. The Golden Rule
  13. I’m Leaving
  14. Outro

Tom Waits: Nighthawks At Diner

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On October 21, 1975, “Asylum” label released “Nighthawks at the Diner”, the third Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in July 1975, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Mike Melvoin – piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Jim Hughart – upright bass
  • Bill Goodwin – drums
  • Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. Opening Intro
  2. Emotional Weather Report
  3. Intro
  4. On a Foggy Night
  5. Intro
  6. Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)
  7. Intro
  8. Better Off Without a Wife
  9. Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)
  10. Intro
  11. Warm Beer and Cold Women
  12. Intro
  13. Putnam County
  14. Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) – Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss
  15. Nobody
  16. Intro
  17. Big Joe and Phantom 309 – Tommy Faile
  18. Spare Parts II and Closing

Meat Puppets: Golden Lies

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On September 26, 2000, “Atlantic” label released “Golden Lies”, the tenth Meat Puppets album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood and Paul Leary.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – lead vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Kyle Ellison – vocals, guitar, co-producer
  • Andrew Duplantis – vocals, bass
  • Shandon Sahm – drums 
  • Mat Mitchell – programming
  • Jim Vollentine – engineer assistant
  • Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
  • Joseph Cultice – photography
  • Martin Ogolter – artwork
  • Shayne Ivy – artwork, design
  • John Plymale – co-producer

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Armed and Stupid
  3. I Quit
  4. Lamp
  5. Hercules
  6. Batwing
  7. Take Off Your Clothes
  8. You Love Me
  9. Pieces of Me
  10. Push the Button
  11. Tarantula
  12. Endless Wave
  13. Wipeout
  14. Fatboy/Fat/ Requiem

Miles Davis: Aura

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On September 12, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Aura”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded January – February 1985, at “Easy Sound Studio” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Palle Mikkelborg. This was Miles Davis’s final album released in his lifetime.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Bent Jædig, Flemming Madsen, Jesper Thilo, Per Carsten, Uffe Karskov – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Benny Rosenfeld, Idrees Sulieman, Jens Winther, Palle Bolvig, Perry Knudsen, Palle Mikkelborg – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jens Engel, Ture Larsen, Vincent Nilsson – trombone
  • Ole Kurt Jensen – bass trombone
  • Axel Windfeld – bass trombone, tuba
  • Niels Eje – oboe, English horn
  • Bjarne Roupé, John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Kenneth Knudsen, Ole Kock Hansen, Thomas Clausen – keyboards
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
  • Bo Stief – Fender bass, fretless bass
  • Lennart Gruvstedt – drums
  • Vincent Wilburn Jr. – electronic drums
  • Ethan Weisgaard, Marilyn Mazur – percussion
  • Lillian Thornquist – harp
  • Eva Hess-Thaysen – vocals
  • Palle Mikkelborg – arrangements
  • Henrik Lund, Niels Erik Land – engineer
  • Stacy Drummond – art direction
  • Gilles Larrain – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Palle Mikkelborg

  1. Intro
  2. White
  3. Yellow
  4. Orange
  5. Red
  6. Green
  7. Blue
  8. Electric Red
  9. Indigo
  10. Violet

Snail Mail: Lush

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On June 8, 2018, “Matador” label released “Lush”, the debut Snail Mail studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Outlier Inn” in Woodridge, New York, “Doctor Wu’s” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Jake Aron.

Personnel:

  • Lindsey Jordan – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Bass – bass
  • Ray Brown – drums
  • Jake Aron – piano, organ, ambient guitar, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • James Richardson – French horn 
  • Sam Ubl – percussion 
  • Jonathan Schenke – engineer
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Lucas Carpenter – engineer assistant
  • Mike Zimmerman – design
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lindsey Jordan.

  1. Intro
  2. Pristine
  3. Speaking Terms
  4. Heat Wave
  5. Stick
  6. Let’s Find an Out
  7. Golden Dreams
  8. Full Control
  9. Deep Sea
  10. Anytime