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Foals: What Went Down

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On August 28, 2015, “Transagressive Records” label released “What Went Down”, the fourth Foals studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “La Fabriue” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Jimmy Smith – guitar, keyboards
  • Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Walter Gervers – bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Bevan – drums
  • James Ford– additional keyboards, guitar, percussion
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Damien Arlot – studio assistant
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Daisuke Yokota – artwork, additional photogray
  • Neil Krug – additional photography
  • Mike Lythgoe – design

Track listing:

  1. What Went Down
  2. Mountain All My Gates
  3. Birch Tree
  4. Give It All
  5. Albatross
  6. Snake Oil
  7. Night Swimmers
  8. London Thunder
  9. Lonely Hunter
  10. A Knife in the Ocean

Depeche Mode: Spirit

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On March 17, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Spirit”, the 14th Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded April – August 2016, at “Jungle City Studios” in New York City, “Sound Design” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by James Ford. The album was certified Platinum in France “SNEP” and 2 x Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan– lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Martin Gore– guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, lead vocals
  • Andy Fletcher– keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • James Ford- mixing, drums, pedal steel guitar
  • Matrixxman– programming
  • Kurt Uenala– programming, bass guitar
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer, mixing
  • Connor Long, Óscar Muñoz, David Schaeman – engineer assistant
  • Brendan Morawski – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– cover, all visuals and art-direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

  1. Going Backwards
  2. Where’s the Revolution
  3. The Worst Crime
  4. Scum
  5. You Move – Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan
  6. Cover Me – Martin L. Gore, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  7. Eternal
  8. Poison Heart – Dave Gahan, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  9. So Much Love
  10. Poorman
  11. No More (This Is the Last Time) – Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala
  12. Fail

Los Campesinos!: Six Scenes

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On February 24, 2017, “Wichita Recordings” label released “Sick Scenes”, the sixth Los Campesinos! studio album. It was recorded in 2016, in Fridão parish of Amarante, Portugal, and was produced by John Goodmanson and Tom Campesinos.

Personnel:

  • Gareth Campesinos! – vocals
  • Neil Campesinos! – guitar
  • Tom Campesinos! – guitar, brass arrangements
  • Rob Campesinos! – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Kim Campesinos! – vocals, keyboards
  • Matt Campesinos! – vocals, bass
  • Jason Campesinos! – drums, percussion
  • Kelly Pratt – brass
  • Jherek Bischoff– violin
  • Aniela Marie Perry – cello
  • Jimmy Robertson – mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • N. Taylor– artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Gareth David; all music by Tom Bromley.

  1. Renato Dall’Ara
  2. Sad Suppers
  3. I Broke Up in Amarante
  4. A Slow, Slow Death
  5. The Fall of Home
  6. 5 Flucloxacillin
  7. Here’s to the Fourth Time!
  8. For Whom the Belly Tolls
  9. Got Stendhal’s
  10. A Litany/Heart Swells
  11. Hung Empty