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Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree

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On February 22, 2008, “Mute” label released “Seventh Tree”, the fourth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Home Studio” in Somerset, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, synthesizers, recording, mixing, art direction, owl drawing
  • Will Gregory – synthesizers, recording, mixing
  • Richard Evans – guitars
  • Steve Evans – acoustic guitar
  • Alex Lee – acoustic and electric guitar, Nashville guitar, bass
  • Kit Morgan – acoustic guitar
  • Andrew Murphy – acoustic guitar
  • Simon Rogers – Indian guitar 
  • Adrian Utley – fuzz guitar, fuzz bass
  • Flood – keyboards, guitar, mixing
  • Aidan Love – keyboards, additional programming
  • Chris Goulstone – guitars, drum samples
  • Tony Hoffer – bass, overdub engineer, mixing
  • Charlie Jones – bass, twang bass
  • Mary Scully, Paddy Lannigan – double bass
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass 
  • Damon Reece – drums, percussion
  • Denny Weston Jr. – drums 
  • Nick Batt – additional drum programming
  • Max Dingle – additional drum programming
  • Everton Nelson, Jackie Shave, Boguslaw Kostecki, Ann Morfee, Chris Tombling, Mark Berrow, Cathy Thompson, Debbie Widdup, Alexander Bălănescu, Stephen Morris, Chris Clad, Tom Pigott-Smith, Dermot Crehan, Sonia Slany, Joanathan Rees, Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Jon Thorne, Peter Lale, Andy Parker, Katie Wilkinson, Chris Pitsilides – viola
  • David Daniels, Cathy Giles, Chris Worsey, Melissa Phelps, Robin Firman, Paul Kegg – cello
  • Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting
  • Everton Nelson – string leader
  • Ruth Wall – harp samples
  • Metro Voices – choir
  • Jenny O’Grady – choir master
  • Will Gregory – recording, mixing 
  • Bill Mims – overdub engineer, mixing assistant
  • Tim Oliver – additional engineer, additional recording
  • Jonathan Allen – strings recording
  • Stephen Marshall – strings recording assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Mat Maitland – art direction, design
  • Cathy Edwards – art direction
  • Serge Leblon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Clowns
  2. Little Bird
  3. Happiness
  4. Road to Somewhere
  5. Eat Yourself
  6. Some People
  7. A&E
  8. Cologne Cerrone Houdini
  9. Caravan Girl
  10. Monster Love

Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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On October 6, 2003, “Rough Trade” label released “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, the sixth Belle & Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Sarm West Studios” in London, Sarm Hook End” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, “Berkeley Street Studios” in Glasgow, “Parkgate Studios” in Catsfield, and “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, arrangements
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Keddes – keyboards, arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Dave McGowan – bass, arrangements
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums, arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Sue Bohling – cor anglaise
  • Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – alto saxophone
  • Stan Sulzman – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – tenor saxophone 
  • Chris Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins – trumpet
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt – trumpet 
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – tenor trombone
  • Chris Dean – tenor trombone
  • Jeremy Price – tenor trombone
  • Richard Edwards – bass trombone
  • Chris Cowie – oboe
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Richard Berry – French horn
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Kathleen Stevenson – piccolo flute
  • Perry Montague-Mason, Benedict Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Kathy Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello 
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Trevor Horn – arrangements
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements
  • Steve Price – recording
  • Julian Mendelsohn – recording
  • Mat Bartram – recording
  • Tim Lambert – additional engineering
  • Phil Tyreman – engineer assistant
  • Dan Vickers – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Robert Orton – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – additional mixing
  • Michael Bannister – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Divine Inc. – design
  • Stuart David – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Step into my Office, Baby
  2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  3. If She Wants Me
  4. Piazza, New York Catcher
  5. Asleep on a Sunbeam
  6. I’m a Cuckoo
  7. You Don’t Send Me
  8. Wrapped Up in Books
  9. Lord Anthony
  10. If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
  11. Roy Walker
  12. Stay Loose

Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings

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On August 14, 2020, “14th Floor” label released “A Celebration of Endings”, the eighth Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Lotus Easter Studio” in Santa Monica, California, “United Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, “Abbey Road Studios”, “RAK Studios” and Rockstone Studios in London, and was produced by Rich Costey and Steve Mac.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitars
  • James Johnston – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Zac Rae – additional keyboards
  • Steve Mac – additional keyboards
  • Rob Mathes – string arrangements, conducting
  • Jenny Nendick – conducting
  • Jackie Shave – concertmaster
  • Magnus Johnston – violin
  • Perry Montague-Mason – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Pete Hanson – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Cathy Thompson – violin
  • Debbie Widdup – violin
  • Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
  • Chris Tombling – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Rachel Roberts – viola
  • Caroline Dearley – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Jonathan Williams – cello
  • Caroline Dearley – cello
  • Jonathan Allen – string recording
  • Paul Pritchard – string recording assistant
  • Neil Dawes – string recording assistant
  • KT Pipal – engineering
  • Mario Borgatta – engineering
  • Wesley M. Seidman – engineering
  • Cecil Barlett – engineering
  • Dann Pursey – engineering
  • Koby Merman – additional mix engineering and digital editing
  • Dalton Ricks – additional mix engineering
  • Ross Newbauer – additional mix engineering
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • James Rushent – additional production
  • Chris Laws – additional programming, engineering
  • Joe La Porta – mastering
  • Thomas Robson – cover artwork
  • Simon Neil – additional artwork, art direction
  • Richard Welland – art direction
  • Ash Reynolds – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil, except where noted.

  1. North of No South
  2. The Champ
  3. Weird Leisure
  4. Tiny Indoor Fireworks
  5. Worst Type of Best Possible
  6. Space – Steve Mac
  7. End Of
  8. Instant History – Steve Mac, Ammar Malik
  9. The Pink Limit
  10. Opaque
  11. Cop Syrup

The Delays: Everything’s the Rush

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On May 5, 2008, “Fiction” label released “Everything’s the Rush”, the third Delays studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Greg Gilbert – lead vocals, guitar
  • Aaron Gilbert – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
  • Colin Fox – bass
  • Rowly – drums
  • Paddy Lannigan – bass
  • Chris Laurence – bass
  • Perry Mason – strings
  • Warren Zielinski – strings
  • James McLeod – strings
  • Johnathan Rees – strings
  • Mark Berrow – strings
  • Liz Edwards – strings
  • Christopher Tombling – strings
  • Dai Emanuel – strings
  • Michael McMenemy – strings
  • Boguslav Kostecki – strings
  • Patrick Kiernan – strings
  • David Woodcock – strings
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – strings
  • Cathy Thompson – strings
  • Jackie Shave – strings
  • Rita Manning – strings
  • Julian Leaper – strings
  • Wil Malone – strings arrangements
  • Rachel Bolt – viola
  • Ivo Jan van der Werff – viola
  • George Robertson – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Garfield Jackson – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Ben Chappell – cello
  • Tony Pleeth – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Tim Bran – programming
  • Clive Goddard – engineer
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • William Paden Hensley – digital editing, mixing assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, except where noted.

  1. Girl’s On Fire
  2. Hooray
  3. Love Made Visible
  4. One More Lie in
  5. Keep It Simple
  6. Pieces – Greg Gilbert
  7. Touch Down
  8. Friends Are False
  9. No Contest
  10. Silence – Greg Gilbert
  11. Jet Lag

Craig Armstrong: As If to Nothing

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On February 19, 2002, “EMI” label released “As If to Nothing”, the second Craig Armstrong album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Craig Armstrong.

Personnel:

  • Craig Armstrong – guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, orchestral arrangements, arranger
  • Bono – vocal
  • Catherine Bott – soprano vocal
  • Evan Dando – vocal
  • Antye Greie-Fuchs – vocal
  • David McAlmont – vocal
  • Swati Natekar – vocal
  • Wendy Stubbs – vocal
  • Mogwai – featured artist
  • Ali MacLeod – guitar
  • John Parricelli – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Simon Chamberlain – piano
  • Photek – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Jake Davies – keyboards, programming
  • Stephen Hilton – keyboards, arranger, programming
  • Richard Norris – keyboards, programming, engineer
  • Simon Benson – bass
  • Paul Morgan – bass
  • Mary Scully – bass
  • Chris Laurence – bass
  • Paddy Lannigan – bass
  • Leon Bosch – bass
  • Mike Brittain – bass
  • Hanif Khan – tabla
  • John Anderson Concert Orchestra – oboe
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • Rachel Allen – violin
  • Mark Berrow – violin
  • Dermot Crehan – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Benedict Cruft – violin
  • Michael McMenemy – violin
  • Alison Kelly – violin
  • Eddie Roberts – violin
  • Rita Manning – violin
  • Rebecca Hirsch – violin
  • Simon Fischer – violin
  • Antonia Fuchs – violin
  • Peter G. Hanson – violin
  • Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
  • Iain King – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Katherine Shave – violin
  • Julian Leaper – violin
  • David Woodcock – violin
  • Douglas Mackie – violin
  • Jackie Shave – violin
  • Pauline Lowbury – violin
  • Perry Mason – violin
  • Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Cathy Thompson – violin
  • James McLeod – violin
  • Maciej Rakowski – violin
  • Boguslav Kostecki – violin
  • Bill Benham – viola
  • Laurence Power – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Robert Smissen – viola
  • Timothy Grant – viola
  • Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Donald McVay – viola
  • Gustav Clarkson – viola
  • Ben Chappell – cello
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Tony Lewis – cello
  • Frank Schaefer – cello
  • Paul Kegg – cello
  • Naomi Wright – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Fiona Hibbert – harp
  • Andy Findon – flute
  • Nina Robertson – flute
  • Paul Archibald – trumpet
  • Andrew Crowley – trumpet
  • Lindsay Shilling – trombone
  • Richard Bissill – horn
  • Paul Gardham – horn
  • Jenny O’Grady – choir, choir coordinator
  • Cecilia Weston – conductor
  • Paul Badley – choir
  • Claire Henry – choir
  • Androcew Gray – choir
  • Michael Pearn – choir
  • David Porter Thomas – choir
  • Michael Clarke – choir
  • John Bowley – choir
  • Sarah Leonard – choir
  • Tom Pearce – choir
  • Helen Parker – choir
  • Mary Carewe – choir
  • Rosalind Waters – choir
  • Simon Preece – choir
  • Michael Dorf – choir
  • Simon Grant – choir
  • Andrew Gray – choir
  • Susan Flannery – choir
  • Steven Lindsay – background vocals
  • David Donaldson – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Geoff Allan – engineer
  • Andy Bradfield – mixing
  • Rick Guest – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Armstrong, except where noted.

  1. Ruthless Gravity
  2. Wake Up in New York – Craig Armstrong, Evan Dando
  3. Miracle
  4. Amber
  5. Finding Beauty
  6. Waltz – Craig Armstrong, Antye Greie – Fuchs
  7. Inhaler
  8. Hymn 2
  9. Snow
  10. Starless II with a sample from “Starless” (King Crimson- Red) – Craig Armstrong, Bill Bruford, David Cross, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton
  11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
  12. Niente
  13. Sea Song
  14. Let It Be Love
  15. Choral Ending

 

Paul Hartnoll: The Ideal Condition

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On May 28, 2007, “ACP Recordings” label released “The Ideal Condition”, the debut Paul Hartnoll studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Angel  Studiosd”, and was produced by Paul Hartnoll and Chris Elliott.

Track listing:

  • Paul Hartnoll – vocal, guitar, synthesizer, mixing
  • David Nolte – guitar, autoharp
  • Chris Elliot – piano
  • Chris Laurence, Markus Van Horn, Mary Scully, Patrick Lannigan – double bass
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Michael Smith – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Andy Findon – saxophone
  • Bruce White, Ian Balmain, Paul Archibald – trumpet
  • Helen Keen, Philippa Davies – flute
  • Andy Wood, Mike Hext, Simon Gunton – tenor trombone
  • Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall – clarinet
  • Julie Andrews, Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • David Thorne – oboe
  • Leila Ward – oboe, cor Anglais
  • Mike Thompson, Richard Berry, Richard Watkins – French horn
  • Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Clad, Chris Tombling, David Emanuel, Dave Woodstock, Dermot Crehan, Liz Edwards, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague Mason, Simon Fischer, Steve Morris, Thomas Bowes, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Bruce White, Catherine Bradshaw, Chris Pitsillides, Ivo Van Der Werff, Jom Thorne, Kate Musker, Morgan Goff, Peter Lale – viola
  • Andy Nice, Anthony Pleeth, Dave Daniels, Frank Schafere, Jonathan Williams, Marton Loveday – violoncello
  • Joy Smith – harp
  • Chris Elliot – arrangements, conductor
  • Rachel Weston – soprano vocal
  • Gibson, Alison Jiear, A. Busher, Ann De Renais, Catherine Bott, Cherith Milburn Erver, Christopher Foster, David Porter Thomas, Deborah Miles Johnson, Emma Brain Gabbott, Gerrad Bentall, G. O’Beirne, H. Cairncross, Helen Brookes, Helen Templeton, Janet Mooney, Jenny O’Grady, John Kingsley Smith, Karen Woodhouse, Lawrence Wallington, Michael Clarke, Mary Carewe, Michael Pearn, Morag MacKay, Payl Badley, Rachel Weston, Samantha Shaw, Sarah Eyden, Simon Preece, Stephen Alder, Tom Pearce – choir
  • Jenny O’Grady – chorus master
  • Iestyn Polson – engineer, mixing
  • Gary Thomas – engineer, mixing
  • Gordon Davidson – engineer
  • Paul Hartnol – mixing
  • Kevin Metcalf – mastering
  • Mutt Ink. LLC – illustration, design
  • David Butterworth – score, copyist

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Hartnoll, except where noted.

  1. Haven’t We Met Before?
  2. For Silence
  3. Simple Sounds
  4. Please
  5. The Unsteady Waltz
  6. Nothing Else Matters
  7. Patchwork Guilt
  8. Aggro
  9. Dust Motes

Supergrass: Same

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On September 20, 1999, “Parlaphone” label released the self-titled, third Supergrass album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Sawmills Studio” and “Ridge Farm Studio”, and was produced by Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn, Danny Goffey and John Cornfield.

Personnel:

  • Gaz Coombes – lead vocals, guitar
  • Rob Coombes – keyboards
  • Mick Quinn – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Danny Goffey – drums, backing vocals
  • Satin Singh – percussion
  • Gavyn Wright, Patrick Kieran, Boguslav Kostecki, Jackie Shave – violin
  • Bill Benham, Andrew Parker – viola
  • Martin Loveday, Frank Shaefer – cello

Track listing:

  1. Moving
  2. Your Love
  3. What Went Wrong (In Your Head)
  4. Beautiful People
  5. Shotover Hill
  6. Eon
  7. Mary
  8. Jesus Came from Outta Space
  9. Pumping on Your Stereo
  10. Born AgainFaraway
  11. Mama & Papa