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Paul Weller: As Is Now

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On October 11, 2005, “Yep Roc” label released “As Is Now”, the eight Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in March 2005, at “Wheeler End Studios” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Jan “Stan” Kubert and Paul Weller.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Steve Cradock – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Steve White – drums
  • Benjamin Herman – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Jacko Paake – soprano and tenor saxophone 
  • Jan Van Duikeren – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Arlia De Ruiter, Pauline Terlouw – violin
  • Mieke Honingh – viola
  • Bastiaan Van Der Werf – cello
  • Williem Friede – strings arrangements
  • Simon Halfon – design
  • Joeri Saal – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller.

  1. Blink and You’ll Miss It
  2. Paper Smile
  3. Come On / Let’s Go
  4. Here’s the Good News
  5. The Start of Forever
  6. Pan
  7. All on a Misty Morning
  8. From the Floorboards Up
  9. I Wanna Make It Alright
  10. Savages
  11. Fly Little Bird
  12. Roll Along Summer
  13. Bring Back the Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
  14. The Pebble and the Boy

Ocean Colour Scene: One For The Modern

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On September 13, 1999, “Island” label released “One From the Modern”, the fourth Ocean Colour Scene album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Moseley Shoals” in Birmingham, England, and was produced by Brendan Lynch.

Personnel:

  • Simon Flowers – vocals, acoustic guitar, recording
  • Stephen Cradock – vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, recording
  • Andy Bennett – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Oscar Harrison – drums, recording
  • Tony Griffiths, Chris Griffiths – backing vocals
  • Austin Kilburn, Dan Sprigg – engineer
  • Brendan Lynch, Martin “Max” Heyes – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkens – lacquer cut
  • Pete Kelsey – design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Fowler, Stephen Cradock, Andy Bennett and Oscar Harrison.

  1. Profit in Peace
  2. So Low
  3. I Am the News
  4. No-one at All
  5. Families
  6. Step by Step
  7. July
  8. Jane She Got Excavated
  9. Emily Chambers
  10. Soul Driver
  11. The Waves
  12. I Won’t Get Grazed

Julian Cope: Saint Julian

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On March 2, 1987, “Island” label released “Saint Julian”, the third Julian Cope album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Warne Livesey and Ed Stasium.

Personnel:

  • Julian Cope – vocals, 9-string rhythm guitar, as Double DeHarrison performs organ, Hohner clavinet
  • Donald Ross Skinner – electric, slide, and ‘airhead’ guitar,screams
  • James Eller – bass guitar
  • Chris Whitten – drums
  • Warne Livesey – synthesizer, strings
  • Paul Crockford – Ace Tone organ
  • Richard Frost (credited asKeith-Richard Frost) – string machine
  • Kate St. John – cor anglais
  • Dee Lewis, Tessa Niles – chorus vocals, chorus agreement vocals
  • Felix Kendall – recording engineer
  • George Schilling – recording engineer
  • P. St. John Nettleton, Island Art – sleeve design
  • Peter Ashworth – cover photography
  • Lawrence Watson – inner photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope, except where noted..

  1. Trampolene
  2. Shot Down
  3. Eye’s Volcano (Covered in Sin)
  4. Spacehopper
  5. Planet Ride
  6. World Shut Your Mouth
  7. Saint Julian
  8. Pulsar
  9. Screaming Secrets
  10. A Crack in the Clouds

Ocean Colour Scene: Same

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On March 1, 1992, “Fontana” label released the self-titled, debut Ocean Colour Scene album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Brendan Lynch.

Personnel:

  • Simon Fowler – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Steve Cradock – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Oscar Harrison – drums, backing vocals
  • Iain Huddy – percussion
  • Tony Hennigan – flute, cello
  • Alison Moyet – backing vocals
  • Tim Palmer – mixing
  • Joe Dilworth – photography
  • Martin Jenkins – photography
  • Valerie Phillips – photography
  • Neil Thorpe – photography
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Damon Minchella and Oscar Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Talk On
  2. How About You
  3. Giving It All Away
  4. Justine
  5. Do Yourself a Favour – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  6. Third Shade of Green
  7. Sway
  8. Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days
  9. One of Those Days
  10. Is She Coming Home
  11. Blue Deep Ocean
  12. Reprise

I Am Kloot: Let It All In

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On January 21, 2013, “Shepherd Moon” label released “Let It All In”, the sixth and final I Am Kloot studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • John Bramwell – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Jobson – bass
  • Andy Hargreaves – drums
  • Millienia Strings – strings
  • Max Baillie – viola, violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Dan Broad – guitar
  • Christian Madden – synthesizer
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet
  • Nicholas Madden – saxophone
  • Kathryn Edwards – choir
  • John Purton – choir
  • Natalie Purton – choir
  • Rosie Purton – choir
  • Sinead Fletcher – choir
  • Denise Johnson – choir
  • Spencer Rule – choir
  • Emma Towers – choir
  • Erika Van Steensburg – choir
  • Jude Wilcock – choir
  • Becca Williams – choir
  • Guy Garvey – brass and string arrangements
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Craig Potter – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Paul Brownless – design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Bramwell.

  1. Bullets
  2. Let Them All In
  3. Hold Back the Night
  4. Mouth on Me
  5. Shoeless
  6. Even the Stars
  7. Masquerade
  8. Some Better Day
  9. These Days Are Mine
  10. Forgive Me These reminders

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Who Built The Moon?

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On November 24, 2017, “Sour Mash” label released “Who Built the Moon?”, the third Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded October 2013 – June 2017, at “Drama Studios” in Belfast, “The Pool and Hoxa HQ” in London, and was produced by David Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Noel Gallagher– vocals, guitars
  • Johnny Marr– guitar, harmonica
  • Paul Weller– organ
  • Keefus Cianda – keyboards
  • Martin Slattery– piano, tin whistle
  • Kaidi Tathum – keyboards
  • David Holmes – keyboards, programming, tape loops
  • Samuel Dixon– bass guitar
  • Jason Falkner– bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey– drums
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums, programming
  • Pete Lockett– percussion
  • Mike Rowe – keyboards
  • Charlotte Courbe aka Le Volume Courbe– French spoken word
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone
  • James SK Wān – Rhodes
  • Dominic Glover – trumpet
  • Gabe Noel – cello
  • Rob Lewis – cello
  • Emma Smith and Vince Sipprell – strings
  • Adelaide McKenzie, Beverley Skeete, Sara-Jane Skeete, Mary Pearce, YSÉE aka Audrey Gbaguidi, Michelle John, Janet Ramus, Una McGeogh, Georgina McGeogh – backing vocals
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – mixing, engineer
  • Tristin Norwell– additional engineer
  • Paul “Strangeboy” Stacey – lead vocal recording
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Gareth Halliday – artwork
  • Sara Macdonald – artwork cover model
  • David Newton – cover model photography
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Lawrence Watson – booklet photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. Fort Knox
  2. Holy Mountain – contains elements from “Chewin’ Gum Kid” by Rodell
  3. Keep on Reaching
  4. It’s a Beautiful World
  5. She Taught Me How to Fly
  6. Be Careful What You Wish For
  7. Black & White Sunshine
  8. Interlude (Wednesday Part 1)
  9. If Love Is the Law
  10. The Man Who Built the Moon
  11. End Credits (Wednesday Part 2)

 

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Chasing Yesterday

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On February 25, 2015, “Sour Mash” label released “Chasing Yesterday”, the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Strangeways” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Noel Gallagher and Amorphous Androgynous.

Personnel:

  • Noel Gallagher– vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars,  bass,  mellotron, piano, keyboards, percussion, electric washboard, artwork concept
  • Paul Stacey– electric guitars, bass, mellotron, keyboards, recording
  • Johnny Marr– electric guitar
  • Mike Rowe – keyboards
  • Jeremy Stacey– drums
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, bass clarinet
  • The Wired Strings – strings
  • Matt Howe – strings recording
  • Beccy Byrne – backing vocals
  • Vula Malinga– backing vocals
  • Joy Rose – backing vocals
  • Garry Cobain– backing vocals
  • Rosie Danvers – string arrangements
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – layout, design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography
  • Jen Stacey – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. Riverman
  2. In the Heat of the Moment
  3. The Girl With X0Ray Eyes
  4. Lock All the Doors
  5. The Dying of the Light
  6. The Right Stuff
  7. While the Song Remains the Same
  8. The Mexican
  9. You Know We Can’t Go Back
  10. Ballad of the Mighty I