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The Bad Plus: For All I Care

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On October 20, 2008, “EmArcy” label released “For All I Care”, the eight Bad Plus (The) album. It was recorded in April 2008, at “Pachyderm” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, US, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano, bells
  • Reid Anderson – bass, vocals
  • David King – drums, vocals
  • Wendy Lewis – vocals
  • Brent Sigmeth – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Lithium – Kurt Cobain
  2. Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  3. Fém (Etude No. 8) – György Ligeti
  4. Radio Cure – Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy
  5. Long Distance Runaround – Jon Anderson
  6. Semi-Simple Variations – Milton Babbitt
  7. How Deep Is Your Love – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
  8. Barracuda – Ann Wilson, Michael DeRosier, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher
  9. Lock, Stock and Teardrops – Roger Miller
  10. Variation d’Apollon – Igor Stravinsky
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate – Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
  12. Semi-Simple Variations (alternate version) – Milton Babbitt

Wilco: Cousin

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On September 29, 2023, “dBpm” label released “Cousin”, the thirteenth Wilco studio album. It was recorded January 2019 – May 2023, at “The Loft” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Cate Le Bon.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, additional production, packaging design
  • Nels Cline – guitar
  • Pat Sansone – guitar
  • Mikael Jorgensen – piano, keyboards
  • John Stirratt – bass, synthesizer
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Cate Le Bon – bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Spencer Tweedy – percussion, backing vocals
  • Euan Hinshelwood – saxophone
  • Tom Schick – engineer, mixing additional production
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer assistant 
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Azuma Makoto – artwork
  • Alexa Viscius – packaging design
  • Shiinoki Shunsuke – photography
  • Ashwin Deepankar – technician
  • Jared Dottorelli – technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy

  1. Infinite Surprise
  2. Ten Dead
  3. Levee
  4. Evicted
  5. Sunlight Ends
  6. A Bowl and a Pudding
  7. Cousin
  8. Pittsburgh
  9. Soldier Child
  10. Meant to Be

Uncle Tupelo: Still Feel Gone

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On September 17, 1991, “Rockville” label released “Still Feel Gone”, the second Uncle Tupelo studio album. It was recorded June – July 1991, at “Longview Farm” in North Brookfield, “Fort Apache” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, harmonica
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Mike Heidorn – drums
  • Gary Louris – additional electric guitar 
  • Brian Henneman – acoustic guitar 
  • Chris Bess – piano, accordion
  • Sean Slade – organ, piano
  • Rich Gilbert – optigan

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy and Mike Heidorn, except where noted.

  1. Gun
  2. Looking for a Way Out
  3. Fall Down Easy
  4. Nothing
  5. Still Be Around
  6. Watch Me Fall
  7. Punch Drunk
  8. Postcard
  9. D. Boom
  10. True to Life
  11. Cold Shoulder
  12. Discarded
  13. If That’s Alright

Wilco: Schmilco

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On September 9, 2016, “dBpm” label released “Schmilco”, the tenth Wilco studio album. It was recorded in 2016, in Chicago, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy and Tom Schick.

Personnel:

  • Nels Cline – guitar
  • Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Pat Sansone – guitar, keyboard
  • Mikael Jorgensen – keyboard
  • John Stirratt – bass guitar
  • Glenn Kotche – drums
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Joan Cornellà – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy.

  1. Normal American Kids
  2. If I Ever Was a Child
  3. Cry All Day
  4. Common Sense
  5. Nope
  6. Someone Is Lose
  7. Happiness
  8. Qaurters
  9. Locator
  10. Shrug and Destroy
  11. We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl)
  12. Just Say Goodbye

Ian Hunter: Shrunken Heads

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On May 15, 2007, “Jerkin Crocus” label released “Shrunken Heads”, the eleventh Ian Hunter album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Andy York and Ian Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Ian Hunter – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Andy York – acoustic, electric and 12-string guitar, piano, banjo, ukulele, Wurlitzer, backing and gang vocals
  • James Mastro – slide, electric, solo, Barytone, buzzsaw guitar, e-bow
  • Jack Petruzzelli – mando, electric, Leslie, Phaser guitar, Omnichord, Wah-Wah
  • Mark Bosch – solo guitar
  • Andy Burton – keyboards, Wurlitzer, organ, accordion, piano
  • Peter Mushay – keyboards
  • Rick Tedesco – staccato piano
  • Graham Maby – bass, gang vocals
  • Tony Shanahan – upright bass
  • Steve Holley – drums, percussion, gang vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell – strings
  • Mary Lee Kortes – vocals, backing vocals
  • Christine Ohlman – vocals, backing vocals
  • A. Buryon – gang vocals
  • Jesse Hunter Patterson – gang vocals
  • Dennis Dunaway – gang vocals
  • Jeff Tweedy – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Words (Big Mouth) – Ian Hunter, Andy York
  2. Fuss About Nothin’
  3. When the World Was Round
  4. Brainwashed
  5. Shrunken Heads
  6. Soul of America
  7. How’s Your House
  8. Guiding Light
  9. Stretch
  10. I Am What I Hated When I Was Young
  11. Read ‘Em ‘N’ Weep
  12. Your Eyes
  13. Wasted
  14. Real or Imaginary

Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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On April 23, 2002, “Nonesuch” label released “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”, the fourth Wilco studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, at “The Loft” in Chicago, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy, Leroy Bach, Jay Bennett, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, guitar, bass, horn and string arrangements
  • Leroy Bach – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jay Bennett – keyboards, engineer
  • John Stirratt – bass, guitar, horn and strings arrangements
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Craig Christiansen
  • Jim O’Rourke – guitar, piano, synthesizer, additional engineering, mixing
  • Ken Coomer – drums
  • Jessy Greene – violin, cello
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
  • Chris Brickley – engineer
  • Jonathan Parker – additional engineering
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad – art direction, design
  • Sam Jones – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jeff Tweedy, all music by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett, except where noted.

  1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart – Jeff Tweedy
  2. Kamera
  3. Radio Cure
  4. War on War
  5. Jesus, Etc.
  6. Ashes of American Flags
  7. Heavy Metal Drummer – Jeff Tweedy
  8. I’m the Man Who Loves You
  9. Pot Kettle Black
  10. Poor Places
  11. Reservations

Wilco: Cruel Country

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On May 27, 2022, “dBpm Records” label released “Cruel Country”, the twelfth Wilco studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “The Loft” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Tom Schick, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Mikael Jorgansen, Nels Cline and Pat Sansone.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, guitar, design
  • Pat Sansone – guitar, arrangements
  • Nels Cline – guitar
  • Mikael Jorgensen – keyboards
  • John Stirratt – bass
  • Glenn Kotche – drums
  • Jennifer Kummer – French horn
  • Tom Schick – engineer, mixing
  • Teddy Morgan – engineer
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer assistant, design
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad – design
  • Crystal Myers – design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Jeff Tweedy.

  1. I Am My Mother
  2. Cruel Country
  3. Hints
  4. Ambulance
  5. The Empty Condor
  6. Tonight’s the Night
  7. All Across the World
  8. Darkness Is Cheap
  9. Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull
  10. Tired of Taking It Out on You
  11. The Universe
  12. Many Worlds
  13. Hearts Hard to Find
  14. Falling Apart (Right Now)
  15. Please Be Wrong
  16. Story to Tell
  17. A Lifetime to Find
  18. Country Song Upside – Down
  19. Mystery Binds
  20. Sad Kind of Way
  21. The Plains

Jeff Tweedy: Love is the King

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On October 23, 2020, “dBpm Records” label released “Love Is the King”, the fourth Jeff Tweedy studio album. It was recorded in April 2020, at “The Loft” in Chicago, IL, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy and Tom Schick.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, whistling, design
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums, percussion, organ, tambourine, harmony vocals, design
  • Sammy Tweedy – harmony vocals
  • Tom Schick – engineering
  • Mark Greenberg – assistant engineering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Sheila Sachs – design
  • Robert Capa – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy, except where noted. 

  1. Love is the King
  2. Opaline
  3. A Robin or a Wren – George Saunders
  4. Gwendolyn
  5. Bad Day Lately
  6. Even I Can See
  7. Natural Disaster
  8. Save It for Me
  9. Guess Again
  10. Troubled
  11. Half Asleep

Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne

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On October 5, 1993, “Sire” label released “Anodyne”, the fourth and final Uncle Tupelo studio album. It was recorded May – June 1993 at “Cedar Creek Studio” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Brian Paulson.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals and guitar, mandolin
  • Max Johnston – fiddle and lap steel guitar, banjo, dobro
  • John Stirratt – guitar, bass guitar
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Ken Coomer – drums
  • Joe Ely – vocals
  • Brian Henneman – vocals
  • Lloyd Maines – pedal steel guitar
  • Doug Sahm – vocals, guitar
  • Brian Paulson – engineer, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Dave C. Birke – art direction, design
  • Dan Corrigan – photography

Track listing:

  1. Slate – Jay Farrar
  2. Acuff-Rose – Jedd Tweedy
  3. The Long Cut – Jeff Tweedy
  4. Give Back the Key to My Heart – Doug Sahm
  5. Chickamauga – Jay Farrar
  6. New Madrid – Jeff Tweedy
  7. Anodyne – Jay Farrar
  8. We’ve Been Had – Jeff Tweedy
  9. Fifteen Keys – Jay Farrar
  10. High Water – Jay Farrar
  11. No Sense in Lovin’ – Jeff Tweedy
  12. Steal the Crumbs – Jay Farrar

Neil Finn: The Sun Came Out

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On August 31, 2009, “Columbia” label released “The Sun Came Out”, the fifth Neil Finn album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Roundhead Studios”, and was produced by Jim Scott and Neil Finn.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, xylophone
  • Johnny Marr – vocals, electric guitar
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, electric guitar
  • Pat Sansone – piano, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, celesta, harmony vocals
  • Mikael Jorgesen – organ, synthesizer
  • Nels Cline – acoustic and slide guitar
  • Phil Selway – percussion
  • Elroy Finn – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion, drum machine
  • Luke Bullen – drums, body percussion, handclaps
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Lisa Germano – violin, electric guitar, theremin, harmony vocals
  • Liam Finn – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Hammond organ, loops
  • Bic Runga – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ivy Rossiter – backing vocals
  • Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium, flugelhorn
  • KT Tunstall – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, voice, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • John Stirratt – bass, harmony vocals
  • Cecilia Herbert – harmony vocals
  • Eliza Jane Barnes – harmony vocals
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Glenn Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Nile Marr – vocals, acoustic guitar

Track listing:

  1. Too Blue – Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy
  2. You Never Know – Jeff Tweedy
  3. Little by Little – Sharon Finn, Neil Finn
  4. Learn to Crawl – Ed O’Brien, Johnny Marr, Liam Finn, Neil Finn
  5. Girl, Make your Own Mind Up – Don McGlashan
  6. Hazel Black – KT Tunstall, Neil Finn
  7. Red Wine Bottle – Liam Finn, Chris Garland, Johnny Marr
  8. Black Silk Ribbon – KT Tunstall, Bic Runga
  9. Run in the Dust – Johnny Marr
  10. The Ties That Bind Us – Phil Selway
  11. What Could Have Been – Jeff Tweedy
  12. Duxton Blues – Glenn Richards
  13. Reptile – Lisa Germano