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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree

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On September 9, 2018, “Bad Seed Ltd” released “Skeleton Tree”, the sixteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “Retreat” in Brighton, UK, “La Frette” in La Frette-sur-Seine, in France, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, Wurlitzer, piano, baritone tenor guitar, violin, viola, drum treatments, drum loops, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – percussion, vibraphone, tubular bells, Wurlitzer, backing vocals
  • George Vjestica – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Else Torp – additional vocals
  • Ellie Wyatt – violin
  • Charlotte Glason – viola
  • Joe Giddey – cello
  • Kevin Paul – recording, additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Launay – recording
  • Jake Jackson – additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Cave – mixing
  • Warren Ellis – mixing
  • Jim Sclavunos – mixing
  • Chris Blakey – mixing assistant
  • Nicolas Quéré – mixing assistant
  • Arnaud Bequet – mixing assistant
  • Jonathan Ratovoarisoa – mixing assistant
  • John Prestage – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design
  • Alwin Küchler – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Jesus Alone
  2. Rings of Saturn
  3. Girl in Amber
  4. Magneto
  5. Anthrocene
  6. I Need You
  7. Distant Sky
  8. Skeleton Tree

Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra: Promises

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On March 26, 2021, “Luaka Bop” label released “Promises”, album by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Sargent Recorders” in Los Angeles, “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Floating Points (Sam Shepherd).

Personnel:

  • Sam Shepherd  – piano, harpsichord, celesta, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Oberheim 4 voice, Oberheim OB-Xa, Solina String Ensemble, Therevox ET-4.3, EMS Synthi, ARP 2600, Buchla 200e, string writing, string arrangements, mixing
  • Pharoah Sanders – voice, tenor saxophone
  • London Symphony Orchestra – strings
  • Sally Herbert – LSO conductor
  • Carmine Lauri – LSO lead
  • Olli Cunningham – score preparation
  • Colin Rae – score preparation
  • John Prestage – recording
  • Ashley Andrew-Jones – recording assistant
  • Gianluca Massimo – recording assistant
  • Jeremy Murphy – engineer
  • Sean Cook – engineer
  • Tim Pennells – mixing assistant
  • Julie Mehretu – cover artwork
  • Paul Diddy – design, layout
  • Eric Welles-Nyström – photography
  • Shawn Johnson – photography
  • Chris Bellman – lacquer cut
  • Yale Evelev – executive producer
  • Eric Welles-Nyström – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Shepherd.

  1. Promises (Movements 1 – 5)
  2. Promises (Movements 6 – 9)

Muse: Drones

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On June 5, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Drones”, the seventh Muse studio album. It was recorded October 2014 – April 2015, at “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.

Personnel:

  • Matt Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, arrangements
  • Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
  • Dominic Howard – drums
  • Will Leon Thompson – dialogue
  • Michael Shiloah – dialogue
  • John F. Kennedy – recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech 
  • Alessandro Cortini – modular synthesizers
  • Edoardo De Angelis – concertmaster, violin
  • Sarah Cross – violin
  • Freiherr von Dellingshausen – violin
  • Anna Minella – violin
  • Elia Mariani – violin
  • Gian Guerra – violin
  • Gian Lodigiani – violin
  • Gianmaria Bellisario – violin
  • Marco Corsini – violin
  • Michelle Torresetti – violin
  • Tommaso Belli – violin
  • Valerio D’Ercole – violin
  • Maria Lucchi – viola
  • Serena Palozzi – viola
  • Valentina Emilio Eria – viola
  • Andrea Scacchi – cello
  • Eliana Gintoli – cello
  • Francesco Sacco – cello
  • Martina Rudic – cello
  • Linati Omar – contrabass
  • Massimo Clavenna – contrabass
  • Audrey Riley – string arrangements, conductor
  • Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
  • Olle “Sven” Romo – additional programming
  • Tommaso Colliva – additional production, engineer
  • Adam Greenholtz – additional engineering
  • Eric Mosher – engineer assistant
  • Giuseppe Salvadori – engineer assistant
  • Jacopo Dorici – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – additional production, mixing
  • Marlo Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Giovanni Versari – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering 
  • Matt Colton – mastering 
  • Durand Trench – dialogue recording
  • Matt Mahurin – art direction, illustration, package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Dead Inside
  2. Drill Sergeant
  3. Psycho
  4. Mercy
  5. Reapers
  6. The Handler
  7. JFK
  8. Defector
  9. Revolt
  10. Aftermath
  11. The Globalist – Matt Bellamy, Edward Elgar
  12. Drones – Matt Bellamy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Biffy Clyro: Balance, Not Symmetry

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On May 17, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “Balance, Not Symmetry”, is Biffy Clyro soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, co-written by the band’s frontman Simon Neil. It was recorded at 2018 – 2019, at “AIR Studios” in London, “Monnow Valley Studio” Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, “ICP Studios” in Brussels, and was produced by Adam Noble, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion, marimba, strings, clapping
  • James Johnston – bass, clapping, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, marimba, keyboards, clapping, backing vocals
  • Adam Noble – bass, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jakwob – keyboards, programming
  • Fyfe Dangerfield – piano
  • Blair Mowat – programming, orchestral arrangements
  • James Hockley – programming
  • John Prestage – engineer
  • John Paul Reid – engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil, except where noted.

  1. Balance, Not Symphony
  2. All Singing and All Dancing – John Hill
  3. Different Kind of Love – John Feldmann
  4. Sunrise
  5. Pink
  6. Colour Wheel – Stuart Price
  7. Gates of Heaven – John Feldmann
  8. Fever Dream
  9. Navy Blue
  10. Tunnels and Trees
  11. Plead
  12. The Naturals
  13. Yellow
  14. Touch
  15. Jasabiab
  16. Following Master
  17. Adored

The Divine Comedy: Foreverland

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On September 2, 2016, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Foreverland”, the eleventh Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2916, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitars, keyboards, mandolin, banjo, zither, harmonica, bass, drums
  • Andrew Skeet – piano
  • Simon Little – bass guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Ian Watson – accordion
  • Celine Saout – harp
  • Karen Glen – harpsichord
  • Jake Jackson – backing vocals, claps, whistle solo
  • David Jackson – penny whistle
  • Cathy Davey – vocals
  • Billy Cooper – piccolo trumpet
  • Rosie Jenkins – oboe
  • Jake Jackson – mixing
  • Michele G. Catri – mixing
  • Fiona Cruickshank – mixing
  • John Prestage – mixing
  • Luna Picoli-Truffaut – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork, design
  • Raphaël Neal – photography
  • John Service – packaging production
  • Natalie de Pace – executive producer 

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Napoleon Complex
  2. Foreverland
  3. Catherine the Great
  4. Funny Peculiar
  5. The Pact
  6. To the Rescue
  7. How Can You Leave Me on My Own
  8. I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)
  9. My Happy Place
  10. A Desperate Man
  11. Other People
  12. The One Who Loves You

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen

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On October 4, 2019, “Ghosteen Ltd” label released “Ghosteen”, the seventeenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Woodshed” in Malibu, “NightBird” in West Hollywood, “Retreat” in Brighton, “Candy Bomber” in Berlin, “Air” in London, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, mixing, design
  • George Vjestica – guitar
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, flute, violin, piano, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – vibraphone, percussion
  • Augustin Viard – ondes Martenot
  • Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – tablas
  • Bruce White – first viola
  • Nick Cooper – first cello
  • Mary Scully – first double bass
  • Ben Foster – string arrangement, conducting
  • Sam Thompson – string arrangements assistant
  • Lance Powell – recording, mixing
  • Kevin Paul – recording
  • Ben Thackeray – recording
  • Jake Jackson – recording
  • Alex Csak – recording assistant
  • Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – recording assistant
  • Richard Biethan – recording assistant
  • Ingo Krauss – recording assistant
  • Oliver Klemp – recording assistant
  • John Prestage – recording assistant
  • Warren Ellis – mixing
  • Andrew Dominik – mixing
  • John Armstrong – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering, lacquer cutting
  • Tom duBois – cover art
  • Hingston Studio – design
  • Matthew Thorne – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Spinning Song
  2. Bright Horses
  3. Waiting for You
  4. Night raid
  5. Sun Forest
  6. Galleon Ship
  7. Ghosteen Speaks
  8. Leviathan
  9. Ghosteen
  10. Fireflies
  11. Hollywood

Florence and the Machine: High as Hope

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On June 29, 2018, “Virgin EMI” label released “High as Hope”, the fourth Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Beacon House” in Los Angeles, “123” in London, and was produced by Emile Haynie, Florence Welch, Brett Shaw, Thomas Bartlett, and Tobias Jesso Jr.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch– vocals, drums, percussion, piano, additional synths, drawing
  • Robert Ackroyd – guitars, ukelele
  • Tom Monger – harp
  • Emile Haynie– synths, drums
  • Brett Shaw – Rhodes, synths, programming, bass, additional drums, additional percussion
  • Thomas Bartlett– piano, Mellotron, organ, synths, bass, keyboards
  • Andrew Wyatt– bass, piano, Mellotron, additional synths
  • Jonathan Wilson– guitars, additional drums
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
  • Carla Azar– drums
  • Kamasi Washington– tenor saxophone, horns arrangement
  • Jamie xx– drums, synths
  • James Gadson– additional drums
  • Jasper Randall – vocal contracting
  • Angela Parrish – backing vocals
  • Leslie Stevens – backing vocals
  • Sampha Sisay– piano
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.– additional keyboards, piano
  • Josh Tillman– additional guitar
  • Nathan Willett– backing vocals
  • Lu Lu McJunkins – cello
  • Sally Herbert – arrangements, conducting
  • Tom Bailey – recording
  • Emile Haynie – recording
  • Brett Shaw – recording
  • Tim Montague – additional recording
  • Morgan Stratton – additional recording
  • Michael Harris – additional recording
  • Keith Gretlein – additional recording
  • Zachary Zajdel – engineer assistant
  • Christopher Cerullo – engineer assistant
  • Derrick Stockwell – engineer assistant
  • Matt Mysko – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Olli Cunningham – score supervision
  • Brian Roettinger – art direction
  • Tom Beard – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Florence Welch, except where noted.

  1. June
  2. Hunger – Florence Welch, Tobias Jesso Jr., Emile Haynie
  3. South London Forever – Florence Welch, Brett Shaw
  4. Big God – Florence Welch, Jamie Smith
  5. Sky Full of Song – Florence Welch, Emilie Hayine, Thomas Bartlett
  6. Grace – Florence Welch, Emile Haynie, Tobias Jesso Jr.
  7. Patricia – Florence Welch, Emile Haynie, Thomas Bartlett
  8. 100 Years
  9. The End of Love – Florence Welch, Tobias Jesso Jr.
  10. No Choir – Florence Welch, Emile Hayine, Andrew Wyatt

The Divine Comedy: Office Politics

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On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Max Spiers – oboe
  • David Pyatt – French horn
  • John Ryan – French horn
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Templeton – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Martin Robertson – clarinet
  • Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Warren Zielinski – cello
  • Jake Jackson – engineer
  • Ber Quinn – engineer
  • Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Leach – assistant engineer
  • John Prestage – assistant engineer
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Ben Meadows – photography
  • Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Queuejumper
  2. Office Politics
  3. Norman and Norma
  4. Absolutely Obsolete
  5. Internal Machines
  6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
  7. Psychological Evaluation
  8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
  9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
  10. A Feather in Your Cap
  11. I’m Stranger Here
  12. Dark Days Are Here Again
  13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  14. Opportunity’ Knox
  15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  16. When the Working Day Is Gone

Muse: Simulation Theory

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On November 9, 2018, “Warner Bros” label released “Simulation Theory”, the eighth Muse studio album. It was recorded January 2017 – August 2018, at “Air” studio in London, and was produced by Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, Timbaland, Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.

Personnel:

  • Matt Bellamy– guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
  • Dominic Howard– drums
  • Chris Wolstenholme– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Campbell – brass
  • Mike Elizondo– keyboard
  • Tove Lo– additional vocals
  • Mike Elizondo– programming
  • Adam Hawkins– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Costey– engineer, mastering
  • Laurence Anslow – engineer assistant
  • Brent Arrowood – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Beans – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Jeremy Berman – assistant
  • Rob Bisel – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Phillip Broussard – assistant engineer, assistant producer
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer assistant
  • Tommaso Colliva – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Aleks Von Korff – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Martin Cooke – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Spike Stent– mixing
  • Michael Freeman – mixing
  • Pete Winfield – additional mixing
  • Chris Gehringer– mastering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Nick Fournier – producer assistant
  • Noah Goldstein – producer assistant
  • Sam Grubbs – producer assistant
  • Colin Willard – assistant, producer assistant
  • Dylan Neustadter – producer assistant
  • Chris Whitemyer – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Algorithm
  2. The Dark Side
  3. Pressure
  4. Propaganda – Matt Bellamy, Timothy Mosley, Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver
  5. Break It to Me
  6. Something Human
  7. Thought Contagion
  8. Get Up and Fight – Matt Bellamy, Johan Schuster
  9. Blockades
  10. Dig Down
  11. The Void

Placebo: Loud Like Love

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On September 16, 2013, “Universal” label released “Loud Like Love”, the seventh Placebo studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Adam Noble.

Personnel:

  • Brian Molko– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Stefan Olsdal– bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, cimbalom, backing vocals
  • Bill Lloyd – keyboards, bass guitar
  • Steve Forrest– drums, percussion
  • Fiona Brice– string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Adam Noble – programming, mixing
  • Fabian Waltmann – additional programming
  • Mike Horner – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Joseph Llanes – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest.

  1. Loud Like Love
  2. Scene of the Crime
  3. Too Many Friends
  4. Hold on to Me
  5. Rob The Bank
  6. A Million Little Pieces
  7. Exit Wounds
  8. Purify
  9. Begin the End
  10. Bosco