Tag Archives: Jamal Ruhe

Guided By Voices: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank

Leave a comment

On July 1, 2022, “Guided by Voices, Inc.” label released “Tremblers and Goggles by Rank”, the 36th Guided by Voices studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Magic Door” in Montclair, New Jersey, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar, cover art, layout
  • Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin March – drums, backing vocals
  • Ray Ketchem – drums engineering
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Vince Williams – artwork
  • Joe Patterson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Lizard on the Red Brick Wall
  2. Alex Bell
  3. Unproductive Funk
  4. Roosevelt’s Marching Band
  5. Goggles by Rank
  6. Cartoon Fashion (Bongo Lake)
  7. All Sick Again
  8. Bongo Lake
  9. Letter Man, Better Man
  10. Bring on the Fobs
  11. Boomerang
  12. . Focus on the Flock
  13. Puzzle Two
  14. Who Wants to Go Hunting

Guided By Voices: Crystal Nuns Cathedral

Leave a comment

On March 4, 2022, “Guided by Voices, Inc.” label released “Crystal Nuns Cathedral”, the 35th Guided by Voices studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar, artwork, layout
  • Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals, strings arrangements
  • Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin March – drums, backing vocals
  • Ray Ketchem – drums engineering
  • Travis Harrison – mixing
  • Jeff Powell – mastering (for vinyl) 
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • J. Colangelo – drums technician
  • Joe Patterson – layout, back cover treatment, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Eye City
  2. Re-Develop
  3. Climbing a Ramp
  4. Never Mind the List
  5. Birds in the Pipe
  6. Come North Together
  7. Forced to Sea
  8. Huddled
  9. Excited Ones
  10. The Eyes of Your Doctor
  11. Mad River Man
  12. Crystal Nuns Cathedral

Built To Spill: Untethered Moon

1 Comment

On April 18, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Untethered Moon”, the eighth Built to Spill studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Jackpot! Recording Studio” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Doug Martsch and Sam Coomes.

Personnel:

  • Doug Martsch – lead and backing vocals, guitar, cover photography
  • Sam Coomes – piano, mellotron, keyboards, shaker 
  • Jason Albertini – bass
  • Steve Gere – drums
  • Caitlin Gallupe, Duncan MacConnell, Jordan Minkoff – backing vocals
  • Adam Lee – recording, mixing
  • Larry Crane – recording
  • Sam Coomes – recording, mixing
  • Travis Harrison – mixing
  • Jeremy Sherrer – mixing
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Erin Cunningham – painting
  • Doug Martsch, Karena Youtz, Tamara Shores – design
  • John Shinn – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Martsch, Sam Coomes, Jason Albertini and Steve Gere, with contribution in the lyrics by Karena Youtz.

  1. All Our Songs
  2. Living Zoo
  3. On the Way
  4. Some Other Song
  5. Never Be the Same
  6. C.R.E.B.
  7. Another Day
  8. Horizon to Cliff
  9. So
  10. When I’m Blind

Guided By Voices: Surrender Your Poppy Field

Leave a comment

On February 20, 2020, “Guided By Voices Inc.” label released “Surrender Your Poppy Field”, the 30th Guided By Voices album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Serious Business Music” and “Magic Door”, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Bare Jr. – vocals, guitar
  • Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar, art direction, layout
  • Doug Gillard – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, melodica, arranger
  • Mark Shue – bass
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Abby Shue – vocal
  • Travis Harrison – recording
  • Ray Ketchem – additional recording
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Joe Patterson – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Year of the Hard Hitter
  2. Volcano
  3. Queen Parking Lot
  4. Arthur Has Business Elsewhere
  5. Cul De Sac Kids
  6. Cat Beats a Drum
  7. Windjammer
  8. Steely Dodger
  9. Stone Cold Moron
  10. Physician
  11. Man Called Blunder
  12. Woah Nelly
  13. Andre the hawk
  14. Always Gone
  15. Next Sea Level

Laura Stevenson: Wheel

Leave a comment

On April 23, 2013, “Don Giovanni Records” label released “Wheel”, the third Laura Stevenson album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Marcata Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Kevin McMahon.

Personnel:

  • Laura Stevenson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, arrangements
  • Peter Naddeo – banjo, electric and lap steel guitar, mandolin, arrangements engineer
  • Alex Billig – accordion, percussion, baritone saxophone, slide whistle, arrangements
  • Mike Campbell – bass guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Dave Garwacke – drums, percussion, arranger, design
  • Kelly Pratt – flugelhorn, French horn, trumpet, engineer
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Michelle Young – cello
  • Kevin McMahon – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Rosenstock – engineer
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Susan Naddeo – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Stevenson.

  1. Renée
  2. Triangle
  3. Runner
  4. Every Tense
  5. Bells & Whistles
  6. Sink, Swim
  7. The Hole
  8. Eleonora
  9. The Move
  10. Journey to the Center of the Earth
  11. Telluride
  12. L-Dopa
  13. The Wheel