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The Auteurs: Now I’m a Cowboy

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On May 9, 1994, “Hut” label released “Now I’m a Cowboy”, the second Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” in Protocol, Milo, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luka Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • James Banbury – cello, Hammond
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny Rockford – drums
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Louise Elliot – saxophone
  • Belinda Sykes – oboe
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Pete Hoffman – engineer assistant
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Lenny Valentino
  2. Brainchild
  3. I’m a Rich Man’s Toy
  4. New French Girlfriend
  5. The Upper Classes
  6. Chinese Bakery
  7. A Sister Like You
  8. Underground Movies
  9. Life Classes / Life Model
  10. Modern History
  11. Daughter of a Child

Snow Patrol: Final Straw

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On August 4, 2003, “Fiction” label released “Final Straw”, the third Snow Patrol studio album. It was recorded in February 2003, at “Britannia Row Studios” and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 6 x Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA” and 6 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Lightbody– vocals, guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Mark McClelland– bass, keyboards
  • Jonny Quinn– drums
  • Nathan Connolly– guitar, backing vocals
  • James Banbury – piano, strings, cello
  • Fiona McCapra – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Iain Archer– backing vocals
  • Ben Georgiades – engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Louie Teran – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Gary Lightbody; all music by Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Nathan Connolly and Jonny Quinn, except where noted.

  1. How to be Dead
  2. Wow
  3. Gleaming Auction
  4. Whatever’s Left
  5. Spitting Games
  6. Chocolate
  7. Run – Iain Archer, Gary Lightbody,Mark McClelland, Nathan Connolly,Jonny  Quinn
  8. Grazed Knees
  9. Ways & Means – Iain Archer, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Nathan Connolly, Jonny Quinn
  10. Tiny Little Fractures
  11. Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking – Iain Archer, Gary Lightbody,Mark McClelland, Nathan Connolly, Jonny Quinn
  12. Same

The Auteurs: How I Learned To Love The Bootboys

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On July 5, 1999, “Hut” label released “How I Learned to Love the Bootboys”, the fourth and final Auteurs (The) album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Luke Haines, Pete Hofmann and Phil Vinall.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines– vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • James Banbury – keyboards, programming, strings
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny C. Rockford – drums
  • Chris Wyles – drums
  • Theresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle, Bern Davis – cello
  • Sarah Nixey– backing vocals
  • John Moore – backing vocals
  • Pete Hofmann – mixing
  • Rip – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines, except where noted.

  1. The Rubettes – Luke Haines, John Moore, Bickerton, Waddington
  2. 1967
  3. How I Learned to Love the Bootboys
  4. Your Gang, Our Gang
  5. Some Changes
  6. School
  7. Johnny and the Hurricanes
  8. The South Will Rise Again
  9. Asti Spumante – Luka Haines, S. Medway–Smith
  10. Sick of Hari Krisna
  11. Lights Out
  12. Future Generation

Editors: An End Has A Start

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On June 25, 2007, “Kitchenware” label released “An End Has a Start”, the second Editors album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Tom Smith – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Chris Urbanowicz – lead guitar, synthesizer
  • Russell Leetch– bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ed Lay– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Edith Bowman– performer
  • Robert Whitaker – performer
  • Alison Dodds – violin
  • Fiona McCapra – violin
  • James Banbury – cello, string arrangements
  • Tom McFall – choir, chorus, engineer
  • Anne Struther – choir, chorus
  • Garret Lee – choir, chorus
  • Jacknife Lee– programming, engineer, mixing
  • Sam Bell – performer, programming, engineer
  • Jon Gray – performer, engineer
  • Pete Hofmann – engineer
  • Dani Castelar – performer, engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Idris Khan – images, cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch and Edward Lay.

  1. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
  2. An End Has a Start
  3. The Weight of the World
  4. Bones
  5. When Anger Shows
  6. The Racing Rats
  7. Push Your Head Towards the Air
  8. Escape the Nest
  9. Spiders
  10. Well Worn Hand