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Def Leppard: Diamond Star Halos

On May 27, 2022, “Bludgeon Riffola” and “Mercury” labels released “Diamond Star Halos” the twelfth Def Leppard studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Ronan McHugh, Joe Elliot, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell and Rick Allen.

Personnel:

  • Joe Elliott – lead vocals, guitar, additional engineering
  • Phil Collen – guitar, backing vocals, additional engineering
  • Vivian Campbell – guitar, backing vocals, additional engineering
  • Rick Savage – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, additional engineering
  • Rick Allen – drums
  • Alison Krauss – lead vocals
  • Mike Garson – piano
  • Debbi Blackwell-Cook – backing vocals
  • Dave Bassett – backing vocals
  • Eric Gorfain – string arrangements
  • Ross Hogarth – recording engineer
  • Ronan McHugh – drum programmer, editor, engineer, mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Collen, except where noted.

  1. Take What You Want – Joe Elliott, Rick Savage
  2. Kick – Dave Bassett, Phil Collen
  3. Fire It Up – Phil Collen, Sam Hollander
  4. This Guitar – C.J. Vanston, Phil Collen
  5. SOS Emergency – Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
  6. Liquid Dust
  7. U Rok Mi
  8. Goodbye for Good This Time – Joe Elliott
  9. All We Need – Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
  10. Open Your Eyes – Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
  11. Gimme a Kiss – Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
  12. Angels (Can’t Help You Now) – Joe Elliott
  13. Lifeless – Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
  14. Unbreakable – Joe Elliott
  15. From Here to Eternity – Rick Savage

Conor Oberst: Upside Down Mountain

On May 19, 2014, “Nonesuch” label released “Upside Down Mountain”, the sixth Conor Oberst studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Conor Oberst. The cover art is a painting by Ian Felice entitled “The Creation of the Bulls”.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson – vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards, bass, drums, piano , organ, glockenspiel
  • Andy LeMaster – bass, guitar, voice, percussion, drums, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Blake Mills– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Omar Velasco – guitar
  • Mike Mogis – pedal steel
  • Joshua Grange – pedal steel
  • Macey Taylor – bass
  • Cully Symington – drums, percussion
  • Jason Boesel – drums
  • Ben Brodin – vibraphone
  • Klara Söderberg, Johanna Söderberg – vocals
  • Corina Figueroa Escamilla – vocals
  • Orenda Fink – vocals
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet, piano, organ, keyboard
  • Scott Vicroy – saxophone
  • Pete Madsen – trombone
  • Leslie Fagan – flute
  • John Klinghammer – clarinet
  • Corina Figureoa-Esamilla and Phillip Schaffart – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Oberst.

  1. Time Forgot
  2. Zigzagging Toward the Light
  3. Hundreds of Ways
  4. Artifact #1
  5. Lonely at the Top
  6. Enola Gay
  7. Double Life
  8. Kick
  9. Night at Lake Unknown
  10. You Are Your Mother’s Child
  11. Governor’s Ball
  12. Desert Island Questionnaire
  13. Common Knowledge

INXS: Kick

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On October 19, 1987, “WEA” label released “Kick”, the sixth INXS studio album.  It was recorded 1986–1987, at the “Rhinoceros Recordings” in Sydney, and “Studio De La Grande Armée” in Paris, and was produced by Chris Thomas. This is band’s commercially most successful album and is certified 6 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Hutchence– lead vocals
  • Tim Farriss– guitar
  • Kirk Pengilly– vocals, guitar, saxophone
  • Andrew Farriss– keyboards, guitar
  • Garry Gary Beers– bass guitar
  • Jon Farriss– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, except where noted.

  1. Guns in the Sky – Michael Hutchence
  2. New Sensation
  3. Devil Inside
  4. Need You Tonight
  5. Mediate – Andrew Farris
  6. The Loved One – Ian Clyne, Gerry Humphreys, Rob Lovett
  7. Wild life
  8. Never Tear Us Apart
  9. Mystify
  10. Kick
  11. Calling All Nations
  12. Tiny Daggers