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Joanna Newsom: Divers

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On October 23, 2015, “Drag City” label released “Divers”, the fourth Joanna Newsom studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Joanna Newsom and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Joanna Newsom – vocals, harp, piano, Roland Juno-106, Minimoog, Schiedmayer celesta,  Marxophone, Mellotron(MK II and M400), Wurlitzer electric piano, Neupert clavichord, Fender Rhodes piano with bass,  Baldwin  electric  harpsichord, Baldwin Discoverer electronic organ, Estey pump organ, guitaret,harp, piano, keyboard and vocal arrangements
  • Dan Cantrell – Hammond organ, piano accordion, Andes recorder-keyboard, musical saw
  • Ryan Francesconi – electric guitar, electric bass, bouzouki, bağlama
  • Kevin Barker – electric guitar, banjo
  • Judith Linsenberg – alto, tenor and bass recorder
  • Logan Coale – double bass
  • Peter Newsom – drums, drum and percussion arrangements
  • Neal Morgan– drums
  • David Nelson – trombone
  • Andy Strain – trombone
  • Hideaki Adomori – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • James Smith – English horn
  • Ben Russell – violin
  • Rob Moose – violin
  • Matthew Slemela – violin
  • Naidia Sirota – viola
  • Nico Muhly– orchestral arrangements
  • David Longstreth– orchestral arrangements
  • Ryan Francesconi – arrangements, conductor
  • Dan Cantrell – additional arrangements
  • Noah Georgeson – additional arrangements
  • Kevin Barker – additional arrangements
  • Neal Morgan – drum and percussion arrangements
  • Steve Albini– engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Justin Rice – engineer
  • Sadaharu Yagi – engineer
  • Noah Georgeson– engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Kim Keever – cover art
  • Dan Osborn – layout designer
  • Annabel Mehran – photography
  • Paul Thomas Anderson– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joanna Newsom, except where noted.

  1. Anecdotes
  2. Sapokanikan
  3. Leaving the City
  4. Goose Eggs
  5. Waltz of the 101st Lightborne
  6. The Things I Say
  7. Divers
  8. Same Old Man – traditional
  9. You Will Not Take My Heart Alive
  10. A Pin-Light Bent
  11. Time, As a Symptom

Comets On Fire: Blue Cathedral

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On July 27, 2004, “Sub Pop” label released “Blue Cathedral”, the third Comets on Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Tim Green.

Personnel:

  • Ben Chasney – vocals, guitar
  • Ben Flashman – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Ethan Miller – vocals, guitar, organ
  • Utrillo Kushner – vocals, piano, drums, bells
  • Noel von Harmonson – vocals, guitar
  • Tim Daly – saxophone
  • Tim Green – engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Chasney, Ben Flashman, Utrillo Kushner, Ethan Miller and Noel von Harmonson.

  1. The Bee and the Cracking Egg
  2. Pussy Foot the Duke
  3. Whiskey River
  4. Organs
  5. The Antlers of the Midnight Sun
  6. Brotherhood of the Harvest
  7. Wild Whiskey
  8. Blue Tomb

Wolf Parade: Expo 86

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On June 29, 2010, “Sub Pop” label released “Expo 86”, the third Wolf Parade album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Hotel2Tango”  in Montreal, Quebec.

Personnel:

  • Dan Boeckner– vocals, guitar
  • Spencer Krug– vocals, keyboards
  • Dante DeCaro– guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion
  • Arlen Thompson – drums, engineer, mixing
  • Howard Bilerman- recording, mixing
  • Efrim Menuck- engineer
  • Gabrielle Butler – engineer
  • Harris Newman- mastering
  • Dusty Summers – design
  • Meqo Sam Cecil – photography
  • Nick DeCaro – back cover photography
  • Des Shearing – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Cloud Shadow on the Mountain – Spencer Krug
  2. Palm Road – Dan Boeckner
  3. What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had to Go This Way) – Spencer Krug
  4. Little Golden Age – Dan Boeckner
  5. In the Direction of the Moon – Spencer krug
  6. Ghost Pressure – Dan Boeckner
  7. Pobody’s Nerfect – Dan Boeckner
  8. Two Man in New Tuxedos – Spencer Krug
  9. Oh You, old Thing – Spencer Krug
  10. Yulia – Dan Boeckner
  11. Cave – o – Sapien – Spencer Krug

Red House Painters: Songs for a Blue Guitar

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On July 23, 1996, “Supreme Recordings” label released “Songs for a Blue Guitar”, the fifth Red House Painters studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “Record Two Studios” in Mendocino County, Comptche, California, “Hyde Street Studios” and  “Polk Street Recording” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mark Kozelek.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Stephanie Finch – backing vocals
  • Mark Needham – recording
  • Billy Anderson– engineer.
  • Darren Mora, Dale Lawton – second engineer
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Paul McMenamin (at v23) – art direction, design
  • Michele Turriani.- photography

Track listing:.

All tracks by Mark Kozelek, except where noted.

  1. Have You Forgotten
  2. Song for a Blue Guitar
  3. Make Like Paper
  4. Priest Alley Song
  5. Trailways
  6. I Feel the Rain Fall
  7. Long Distance Runaround – Jon Anderson
  8. All Mixed Up – Ric Ocasek
  9. Revelation Big Sur
  10. Silly Love Songs – Paul McCartney

 

 

 

 

The Shins: Oh, Inverted World

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On June 19, 2001, “Omnibus Records” label released “Oh, Inverted World”, the debut Shins studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, and was produced by James Mercer, Marty Crandall, Neil Langford and Jesse Sandoval

Personnel:

  • James Mercer – vocals, guitars, keyboards, xylophone, autoharp, programming, harmonium, percussion, harmonica
  • Marty Crandall – keyboards
  • Neil Langford – bass
  • Jesse Sandoval – drums, percussion
  • Dave Hernandez – bass
  • Neils Galloway – French horn
  • Melanie Crandall – cello
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Andrea Leah – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer.

  1. Caring Is Creepy
  2. One by One All Day
  3. Weird Divide
  4. Know Your Onion
  5. Girl Inform Me
  6. New Slang
  7. The Celibate Life
  8. Girl on the Wing
  9. Your Algebra
  10. Pressed in a Book
  11. The Past and Pending

Sonic Youth: Evol

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In May 1986, “SST” label released “Evol”, the third Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “BC Studio” in Brooklyn, New York City, and was produced by Martin Bisi, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Lee Ranaldo– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Steve Shelley– drums, programming
  • Mike Watt– bass guitar
  • Martin Bisi– engineer
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, except where noted.

  1. Tom Violence – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  2. Shadow of a Doubt – lyrics by Kim Gordon
  3. Starpower – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  4. In the Kingdom #19 – lyrics by Lee Ranaldo
  5. Green Light – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  6. Death to Our Friends
  7. Secret Girl – lyrics by Kim Gordon
  8. Marilyn Moore –lyrics by Lydia Lunch, Kim Gordon
  9. Expressway to Yr. Skull – Thurston Moore

Sun Kill Moon: April

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On April 1, 2008, “Caldo Verde Records” label released “April”, the third Sun Kil Moon studio album. It was recorded March-August 2007, at “Hyde Street Studios” in San Francisco and “Well Recording” in Seattle, and was produced by Mark Kozelek.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek- vocals, guitar
  • Geoff Stanfield – bass guitar
  • Anthony Koutsos – drums
  • David Revelli – percussion
  • Michi Aceret – viola
  • Will Oldham- additional vocals
  • Ben Gibbard- additional vocals
  • Eric Pollard – additional vocals
  • Aaron Prellwitz – engineer
  • Geoff Stanfield – engineer
  • Jason McGerr– engineer
  • Steve Armstrong – additional engineering
  • HT Waterman – additional engineering
  • John Golden – mastering
  • David Rager – design
  • Nyree Watts – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Kozelek.

  1. Lost Verses
  2. The Light
  3. Lucky Man
  4. Unlit Hallway
  5. Heron Blue
  6. Moorestown
  7. Harper Road
  8. Tonight the Sky
  9. Like the River
  10. Tonight in Bilbao
  11. Blue Orchids

Bonus disc

  1. Tonight in Bilbao” (alternate version)
  2. The Light” (alternate version)
  3. Like the River” (alternate version)
  4. Tonight the Sky” (alternate version)

Mono: Hymn To The Immortal Wind

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On March 2009, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “Hymn to the Immortal Wind” the fifth Mono studio album. It was recorded and mixed in June and November 2008, at the “Electrical Audio Recording Studios” in Chicago,and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Takaakira “Taka” Goto – electric guitar
  • Yoda – electric guitars, Hammond B3 organ
  • Tamaki Kunishi – bass guitar, piano, harpsichord, glockenspiel
  • Yasunori Takada – drums, tympani, cymbals, glockenspiel
  • Jennifer Clippert – flute
  • Dave Max Crawford – conductor
  • Inger Petersen Carle – violin
  • Eille Bakkum – viola
  • Mark Anderson – cello
  • Alison Chesley – cello
  • Mellisa Bach – cello
  • Steve Albini- recording, engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Takaakira “Taka” Goto, Tamaki Kunishi, Yasunori Takada and Yoda.

  1. Ashes in the Snow
  2. Burial at Sea
  3. Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn
  4. Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm)
  5. Follow the Map
  6. The Battle to Heaven
  7. Everlasting Light

Faith No More: Angel Dust

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On June 8, 1992, “Slash Records” label released “Angel Dust”, the fourth Faith No More studio album. It was recorded January – March 1992, at “Coast Recorders” and “Brilliant Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mike Patton, Jim Martin, Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould, Mike Bordin and Fatt Wallace.

Personnel:

  • Mike Patton– vocals, melodica
  • Jim Martin– guitars
  • Roddy Bottum– keyboards
  • Billy Gould– bass
  • Mike Bordin– drums
  • Matt Wallace–engineer, mixing
  • Adam Munoz, Craig Doubet, Gibbs Chapman, Lindsay Valentine, Nikki Tafrallin – engineer assistant
  • David Bryson – co-mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Kim Champagne– artwork direction
  • Ross Halfin– band photography
  • Wernher Krutein– bird photography, Red Square photography adaptation
  • Mark Burnstein– meat photography

Track listing:

  1. Land of Sunshine – Mike Patton
  2. Caffeine – Bob Gould, Mike Patton
  3. Midlife Crisis – Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin, Bob Gould, Mike Patton
  4. RV – Roddy Bottum, Mike Patton, Bob Gould
  5. Smaller and Smaller – Bob Gould, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin, Matt Wallace
  6. Everything’s Ruined – Mike Patton, Bob Gould, Roddy Bottum
  7. Malpractice – Mike Patton
  8. Kindergarten – Mike Patton, Bob Gould, Jim Martin
  9. Be Aggressive – Roddy Bottum
  10. A Small Victory – Mike Patton, Bob Gould, Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin
  11. Crack Hitler – Mike Patton, Bob Gould, Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin
  12. Jizzlobber – Jim Martin, Mike Patton
  13. Midnight Cowboy – John Barry