On June 2, 2023, “Sour Mash” label released “Council Skies”, the fourth Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Lone Star Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Noel Gallagher and Paul Stacey.
Personnel:
- Noel Gallagher – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, mellotron, percussion, artwork concept and design
- Gem Archer – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, mouth organ
- Mikey Rowe – keyboards
- Russ Pritchard – bass guitar
- Chris Sharrock – drums
- Charlotte Marionneau – percussion
- Jess Greenfield – backing vocals
- Johnny Marr – electric guitar
- Paul Stacey – electric guitar, baritone guitar, Mellotron, piano, bass guitar
- Robert Smith – guitar, piano
- Keefus Ciancia – keyboards
- Geraint Watkins – accordion
- Jason Falkner – bass guitar
- Johnny Copland – live bass
- Jason Cooper – drums
- Emre Ramazanoglu – drums
- Jeremy Stacey – drums, percussion
- Jody Linscott, Peter Eckford, Gary Hammond – percussion
- Callum Marinho – the tube, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel, Mellotron, drum machines, percussion
- Clement St. Leonard – percussion, the funk box, keyboards, tubular bells, sound effects
- Graeme Blevins – saxophone
- Steve Hamilton – saxophone
- Tom Walsh – trumpet
- Joe Auckland – trumpet
- Ben Edwards – trumpet
- Alistair White – trombone
- Daniel Higham, Thomas Dunnett, Pete North – trombone
- Mark Frost – bass trombone
- Phillip Woods, Ruth O’Reilly, Franciso Gomez, Derryck Nasib – French horn
- The Wired Strings – strings
- Pet Shop Boys – additional vocals
Backing vocals:
- Roxys (Piney Gir, Amy Ashworth, Emma Brammer)
- Louise Clare Marshall
- Andrea Grant
- Lucita Jules
- Rosie Danvers (assisted by Tommy Danvers) – string arrangements
- Alistair White – brass arrangements
- Callum Marinho – engineer, mixing
- Beau Blaise – additional engineering
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Matthew Cooper – layout
- Kevin Cummins – artwork photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Noel Gallagher.
- I’m Not Giving Up Tonight
- Pretty Boy
- Dead to the World
- Open the Door, See What You Find
- Trying to Find a World That’s Been and Gone Part I
- Easy Now
- Council Skies
- There She Blows!
- Love Is a Rich Man
- Think of a Number
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