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Dave Gahan & Soulsavers: Imposter

On November 12, 2021, “Columbia” label released “Imposter”, the third Dave Gahan and Soulsavers album. It was recorded in November 2019, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rich Machin and Dave Gahan.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals, harmonica
  • Tony Foster – guitar, pedal steel
  • James Walbourne – guitar
  • Rich Machin – guitar, synthesizer
  • Ed Harcourt – piano
  • Sean Read – organ, piano
  • Kevin Bales – drums, percussion
  • Martyn Lenoble – upright and electric bass
  • Janet Ramus – vocals
  • Wendi Rose – vocals
  • Travis Cole – vocals
  • Eric Weaver – engineer
  • Kaushlesh Garry Purohit – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Dark End of the Street – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  2. Strange Religion – Mark Lanegan
  3. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  4. I Held My Baby Last Night – Elmore James
  5. A Man Needs a Maid – Neil Young
  6. Metal Heart – Chan Marshall
  7. Shut Me Down – Rowland S. Howard
  8. Where My Love Lies Asleep – Gene Clark
  9. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons
  10. The Desperate Kingdom of Love – PJ Harvey
  11. Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan
  12. Always on My Mind – Wayne Carson, Mark James, Johnny Christopher

Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe

On September 6, 2019, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Valve Bone Woe”, the second Chrissie Hynde studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marius DeVries and Eldad Guetta.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals
  • James Walbourne – guitars
  • Peter Roth – nylon string guitar
  • Marcel Camargo – nylon string guitar
  • Eldad Guetta – keyboards, guitars, trumpet, bass, percussion
  • David Hartley – piano, Rhodes
  • Marius de Vries – synths, piano
  • Matt Robertson – additional keyboards
  • Liran Doran – bass
  • Tal Wilkenfeld – bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra

Track listing:

  1. How Glad I Am – Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams
  2. Caroline, No – Tony Asher, Brian Wilson
  3. I’m a Fool to Want You – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters – Charles Mingus
  6. Once I Loved – Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  8. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  9. River Man – Nick Drake
  10. Absent Minded Me – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  11. Naima – John Coltrane
  12. Hello, Young Lovers – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  13. No Return – Ray Davies
  14. Que reste-l-il de nos amours – Charles Trenet

The Pretenders: Hate for Sale

On July 17, 2020, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Hate for Sale”, the eleventh Pretenders (The) album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar,
  • James Walbourne – guitar
  • Nick Wilkinson – bass guitar
  • Martin Chambers – drums
  • Duke Quartet
  • Stephen Street – keyboards, mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Stuart Crouch Creative – design, artwork
  • Matt Holyoak – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne.

  1. Hate for Sale
  2. The Buzz
  3. Lightning Man
  4. Turf Accountant Daddy
  5. You Can’t Hurt a Fool
  6. I Didn’t Know When to Stop
  7. Maybe Love Is in NYC
  8. Junkie Walk
  9. Didn’t Want to Be This Lonely
  10. Crying in Public