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Mandy Moore: In Real Life

On May 13, 2022, “Verve Forecast” label released “In Real Life”, the seventh Mandy Moore studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Mike Viola.

Personnel:

  • Mandy Moore – lead vocals
  • Taylor Goldsmith – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Madison Cunningham – electric guitar
  • Sean Watkins – acoustic guitar
  • Mike Viola – piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion, arrangements, engineer
  • Lee Pardini – piano, Hammond B3, keyboards
  • Davey Faraghar – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Anna Bishop – violin
  • Alana Carithers – violin
  • Jeannette Jang – violin
  • Stacy Matthews – violin
  • Adrian Pintea – violin
  • Meredith Riley – violin
  • Jocelyn Smith – violin
  • Treesa Gold – violin, string contractor
  • Elizabeth OHara – viola
  • Molly Sharp – viola
  • Susy Yim – viola
  • Ryan Lannan – cello
  • Jess Wolfe – vocals
  • Inara George – vocals
  • Holly Laessig – vocals
  • Trey Pollard – conductor, string arrangements
  • Adrian Olsen – strings engineer
  • Dave Cerminara – engineer, mixing
  • Gal Petel – mixing assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering

Track listing:

  1. In Real Life -Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith
  2. Heartlands – Mandy Moore, Taylor Goldsmith, Madison Love, Matthew Koma
  3. Little Dreams – Sam Farrar, Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith
  4. Just Maybe – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith
  5. Living in Between – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith
  6. In Other Words – Many Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith, Sam Farrar
  7. Four Moons – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith, Sam Farrar
  8. Little Victories – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith, Matthew Koma
  9. Heavy Lifting – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith
  10. Brand New Nowhere – Mandy Moore, Mike Viola, Taylor Goldsmith, Matthew Koma
  11. Every Light – Mandy Moore, Taylor Goldsmith

The War on Drugs: A Deeper Understanding

On August 25, 2017, “Atlantic” label released “A Deeper Understanding”, the fourth War on Drugs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Adam Granduciel. “A Deeper Understanding” won “Best Rock Album” at the “60th Annual Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Adam Granduciel – vocals, Linn drum, samplers, Yamaha CS-5, piano, Wurlitzer, mellotron, Hammond organ, E70 organ, Nashville guitars, acoustic guitars and electric guitars, vibes, celeste, Juno 106, synthesizers, bass guitar, Korg Trident, harmonica, Arp Solina, Vox Jaguar, Roland Juno-60, tape loops, Vox organ, drums, percussion
  • Robbie Bennett – Prophet 12, piano, celeste, Hammond organ, Rhodes, Baldwin organ, backing vocals
  • Anthony LaMarca – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, drums, backing vocals
  • Jon Natchez – baritone saxophone
  • Dave Hartley – bass guitar, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, fretless bass, Höfner bass, backing vocals
  • Charlie Hall – drums, percussion, electric guitar, vibes, backing vocals
  • Patrick Berkery – drums, percussion
  • Michael Bloch – electric rhythm guitar, electric guitar
  • Meg Duffy – slide guitar
  • Max Hart – Prophet 6, Oberheim expander, pedal steel
  • Otto Hauser – drums, percussion
  • Darren Jesse – drums, percussion
  • Michael Johnson – Arp Odyssey
  • Josh Kauffman – amplified voice, electric guitar
  • Parker Kindred – percussion
  • Sterling Laws – drums, percussion
  • Lucius (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig) – backing vocals 
  • Carter Tanton – acoustic guitar
  • The Dove & The Wolf (Louise Hayat & Paloma Gil) – backing vocals
  • Shawn Everett – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Granduciel, except where noted.

  1. Up All Night
  2. Pain
  3. Holding On – lyrics by Adam Granduciel, music by Adam Granduciel, Robbie Bennett
  4. Strangest Thing
  5. Knocked Down
  6. Nothing to Find
  7. Thinking of Peace
  8. In Chains
  9. Clean Living
  10. You Don’t Have to Go

Dawes: Passwords

On June 22, 2018, “HUB” label released “Passwords”, the sixth Dawes studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Jonathan Wilson.

Personnel;

  • Taylor Goldsmith– lead vocals, guitar, piano, synth, electric sitar
  • Lee Pardini – keyboards, piano, synth, vibraphone, kalimba, backing vocals
  • Wylie Gelber– bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Jonathan Wilson– guitar, drum machine, synth noise
  • Lucius(Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig) – backing vocals
  • Trevor Menear – slide guitar
  • Josh Johnson – alto sax
  • Luis Mascaro – violin
  • Ina Veli – violin
  • Tom Lea – viola
  • Peter Jacobson – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Taylor Goldsmith, except where noted.

  1. Living in the Future
  2. Stay Down – Taylor Goldsmith, Jason Boesel, Blake Mills
  3. Crack the Case
  4. Feed the Fire – Taylor Goldsmith, Jason Boesel
  5. My Greatest Invention
  6. Telescope
  7. I Can’t Love
  8. Mistakes We Should Have Made – Taylor Goldsmith, Jason Boesel
  9. Never Gonna Say Goodbye
  10. Time Flies Either Way