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Feist: Multitudes

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On April 14, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Multitudes”, the sixth Feist studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Robbie Lackritz, Blake Mills, Mike Mills and Mocky.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and additional vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, recording 
  • Amir Yaghmai – acoustic and electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, violin, brass
  • Chilly Gonzales – keyboards
  • Shahzad Ismaily – keyboards, organ, electric bass, drums, additional vocals, engineer
  • Todd Dahlhoff – keyboards, bass guitar, clarinet
  • Blake Mills – bass guitar, drums
  • Gabe Noel – cello, keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Mocky – drums, keyboards, electric bass, piano, recording
  • David Ralicke – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – violin
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – additional vocals, percussion, field recording samples
  • Blake Mills – mixing
  • Robbie Lackritz – engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Lorge – mixing
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – engineer
  • Mark Vreeken – engineer
  • Pete Min – engineer
  • David Reichardt – engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Feist, except where noted.

  1. In Lightning
  2. Forever Before
  3. Love Who We Are Meant To
  4. Hiding Out in the Open
  5. The Redwing
  6. I Took All of My Rings Off
  7. Of Womankind
  8. Become the Earth
  9. Borrow Trouble – Feist, Mocky
  10. Martyr Moves
  11. Calling All the Gods – Feist, Todd Dahlhoff, Shahzad Ismaily
  12. Songs for Sad Friends

The Hidden Cameras: Home On Native Land

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On October 28, 2016, “Outside Music” label released “Home on Native Land”, the seventh Hidden Cameras (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rooster Recording Studio”, and was produced by Joel Gibb. 

Personnel:

  • Joel Gibb – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, additional recording
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Sam Gleason – guitar
  • Stew Crookes – pedal steel guitar, additional recording, mixing
  • Tim Bovaconti – lap steel guitar
  • Ron Sexsmith – piano, vocal
  • Laura Barrett – piano
  • Paul Mathew – double bass
  • Jon Hynes – bass
  • Don Kerr – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • John Power – drums
  • Lex Vaughn – drums
  • Aisslin Hosky – violin
  • Jamie McCarthy – violin
  • Andrew Eng – violin
  • Lief Mosbauh – viola
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Amy Laing – cello
  • Mike Olsen – cello
  • Ivan Turkalj – cello
  • Carly Stasko – handclaps
  • Trevor Norris – handclaps
  • Courtney Harrell – vocal
  • Sandy Mack – vocal
  • Jessica Joi – vocal
  • Danniel Gesundheit – vocal
  • Faye Allen – vocal
  • Allie X, Craig White, Reg Vermue, Jan Klesse, Jens Schärdel, Jordan Hunt, Tom Wu, Verity Susman – choir
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Mary Margaret O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Leslie Feist – backing vocals
  • Courtney Harrell, Sandy Mack – backing vocals
  • Coco Morier – backing vocals, additional recording
  • Chris Lowe – additional recording
  • Andrew Rosriguez – additional recording
  • James Butnon – additional recording
  • Nicolas Sierig – additional recording
  • Dan Misha Goldman – additional recording
  • Robbie Lackritz – additional recording, mixing
  • Shepemod – mixing
  • Jeff Carroll – mastering
  • Raymond Larabie – design
  • Jeff Harris – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Gibb, excepted where noted.

  1. The Day I Left Home
  2. He is the Boss of Me
  3. Ode To an Ah
  4. Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
  5. You and Me Again
  6. Last Driver’s Waltz – Wade Hemsworth
  7. Be What I Want
  8. Counting Stars
  9. The Great Reward
  10. Big Blue
  11. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  12. Drunk Dancer’s Waltz
  13. Had a Feeling Bout You
  14. Twilight of the Season

Feist: The Reminder

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On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman

BadBadNotGood: BBNG2

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On April 3, 2012, BadBadNotGood self – released “BBNG2”, bands second album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Revolution Recording” in Toronto, and was produced by Matthew A. Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski.

Personnel:

  • Matthew A. Tavares – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, arrangements, mixing, mastering
  • Chester Hansen – acoustic and electric bass, arrangements
  • Alexander Sowinski – drums, sampler, arrangements
  • Luan Phung – electric guitar
  • Leland Whitty – saxophone
  • Jack Clow – engineer
  • Matt MacNeill – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Connor Olthuis – artwork, photography
  • Sam Zaret – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew A. Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alexander Sowinski, except where noted.

  1. Earl – Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  2. Vices
  3. Rotten Decay
  4. Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist
  5. Bastard / Lemonade – Tyler Gregory Okonma
  6. CHSTR
  7. UWM
  8. DMZ
  9. CMYK – James Blake
  10. Flashing Light – Kanye West
  11. You Made Me Realize – Kevin Patrick Shields

Kings of Convenience: Peace or Love

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On June 18, 2021, “EMI” label released “Peace or Love”, the fourth Kings of Convenience studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Antonio Pulli, Cristian Heyne, Davide Bertolini, Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm, Phil Weinrobe, Robert Jønnum, Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye.

Personnel:

  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals, nylon-string acoustic guitar, piano, drums, mixing
  • Erlend Øye – vocals, steel-string acoustic guitar, programming, recording, mixing
  • Feist – vocals
  • Davide Bertolini – upright bass, viola da gamba
  • Alexander Grieg – bowed upright bass
  • Tobias Hett – viola
  • Alexander von Mehren – bass, marimba, keyboards
  • Davide Bertolini – mixing, recording, upright bass 
  • Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm – mixing, recording
  • Cristian Heyne – recording
  • Robert Jønnum – mixing, recording
  • Antonio Pulli – mixing, recording
  • Phil Weinrobe – recording
  • Fernando Herrera Bastidas – mixing, recording
  • Jørgen Træen – mastering
  • Norman Nitzsche – mastering
  • Sascha Steinfurth – guitar technician
  • Glauco Canalis – photography
  • Salvo Alibrio – photography
  • Andrea Moschella – graphic design
  • Sascha Steinfurth – consultant
  • Øystein Bruvik – album title

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.

  1. Rumors
  2. Rocky Trail
  3. Comb My Hair
  4. Angel
  5. Love Is a Lonely Thing – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye, Leslie Feist, Stefano Ortisi
  6. Fever – Tobias Hett, Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye
  7. Killers
  8. Ask for Help
  9. Catholic Country – Glambek Bøe Øye, Davide Bertolini, Camilla Staveley-Taylor, Emily Staveley-Taylor, Jessica Staveley-Taylor
  10. Song About It
  11. Washing Machine

Broken Social Scene: Hug of Thunder

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On July 7m 2017, “Arts & Crafts” label released “Hug of Thunder”, the fifth Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “The Bathouse”, “Union Sound Company”, “Mixart Studios”, “Lost Tin Rooster Studio”, “Sunset Studio”, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Nyles Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Broken Social Scene – Amy Millan, Andrew Whiteman, Ariel Engle, Brendan Canning, Charles Spearin, David French, Emily Haines, Evan Cranley, Jimmy Shaw, Jason Collett, John Crossingham, Julia Hambleton, Justin Peroff, Kevin Drew, Leslie Feist, Lisa Lobsinger, Ohad Benchetrit, Sam Goldberg
  • Nyles Spencer – engineer
  • Charles Spearin, Joe Chiccarelli, Shawn Everett – additional engineering
  • Alex Gamble – engineer assistant
  • Shawn Everett – mixing
  • Ivan Wayman – mixing assistant
  • Justin Peroff, Kimikimo – artwork, layout, design
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant

Track listing:

  1. Sol Luna – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Shawndra Everett
  2. Halfway Home – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Ariel Engle, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  3. Protest Song – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Emily Haines, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  4. Skyline – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  5. Stay Happy – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Ariel Engle, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  6. Vanity Pail Kids – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  7. Hug of Thunder – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  8. Towers and Masons – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Ariel Engle, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  9. Victim Lover – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Evan Cranley Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  10. Please take Me with You – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  11. Gonna Get Better – Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Ariel Engle, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman
  12. Mouth Guards of the Apocalypse – Brendan Canning, Evan Cranley, Jimmy Shaw, Sam Goldberg, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman

Broken Social Scene: Same

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On October 4, 2005, “Arts & Crafts” label released the self-titled, third Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, and was produced by David Newfeld.  At the 2006 “Juno Awards” it won the award for “Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Drew
  • Brendan Canning
  • Andrew Whiteman
  • Charles Spearin
  • John Crossingham
  • Evan Cranley
  • Justin Peroff
  • James Shaw
  • Leslie Feist
  • Emily Haines
  • Jessica Moss
  • Ohad Benchetrit
  • Martin Davis Kinack
  • Torquil Campbell
  • Jo-ann Goldsmith
  • David Newfeld
  • Julie Penner
  • Jason Tait
  • K-os
  • Murray Lightburn
  • Noah Mintz
  • Louise Upperton

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning.

  1. Our Faces Split the Coast in Half
  2. Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)
  3. 7/4 (Shoreline)
  4. Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast
  5. Major Label Debut
  6. Fire Eye’d Boy
  7. Windsurfing Nation
  8. Swimmers
  9. Hotel
  10. Handjobs for the Holidays
  11. Superconnected
  12. Bandwitch
  13. Tremoloa Debut
  14. It’s All Gonna Break

Feist: Monarch

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On August 24, 1999, Feist self-released their debut album “Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)”. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, in Toronto, and was produced by Dan Kurtz.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – vocals, guitar
  • Jamie Shields – keyboards
  • Dan Kurtz – bass
  • Josh Hicks – drums
  • Daniel Stone – percussion
  • Jurij Konje – percussion
  • Simon Craig – percussion
  • Martin Tielli, Andrew Whiteman – guitar
  • José Contreras- guitar
  • Jason Beck- melodica
  • Akiko Kojima, Sandy Baron – violin
  • Pam Bettger – viola
  • Alex Mac Master – cello
  • Daddy Szigeti – string arrangements
  • Eric Ratz – recording
  • Dan Kurtz- recording, mixing
  • Glen Marshall – mixing
  • Noah Mintz – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. It’s Cool to Love Your Family
  2. The Onliest
  3. La Sirena
  4. One Year A.D.
  5. Monarch
  6. That’s What I Say, It’s Not What I Mean
  7. Flight #303
  8. Still True
  9. The Mast
  10. New Torch – Jason Beck

Wilco: Same

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On June 30, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, seventh Wilco studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Roundhead” studios in Auckland, New Zealand and The Wilco Loft in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jim Scott, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt and Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy– vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar
  • Nels Cline– electric guitar, lap steel, electric “shorty” 12-string, loops, electric 12-string guitar, slide guitar
  • Mikael Jorgensen– piano, bowed piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Glenn Kotche– drums, percussion, chimes, cimbalom, gunpowder
  • Pat Sansone– Wurlitzer electric piano,  harpsichord,  Fender  Rhodes,  Mellotron, dulcimer, celeste, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, field organ, Hammond organ, tambourine, pump organ, Optigan organ, backing vocals
  • John Stirratt– bass, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
  • Leslie Feist– vocals
  • Neil Finn– backing vocals
  • Jason Tobias – slide cimbalom

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy, except where noted.

  1. Wilco (The Song)
  2. Deeper Down” – Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone
  3. One Wing
  4. Bull Black Nova
  5. You and I
  6. You Never Know
  7. Country Disappeared
  8. Solitaire
  9. I’ll Fight
  10. Sonny Feeling
  11. Everlasting Everything

Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record

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On May 4, 2010, “Arts & Crafts” label released “Forgiveness Rock Record”, the fourth Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Drew – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, bass, vibraphone
  • Brendan Canning – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards, loop, piano
  • Andrew Whiteman – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Charles Spearin – Farfisa organ, electric and acoustic guitar, guitar effects, bass, keyboards, melodica, memory Moog, trumpet
  • Justin Peroff – vocals, drum machine, drums, percussion, prepared piano, art direction, artwork, cover painting
  • John McEntire – drums, synthesizer, gong, omnichord, sequencers, vibraphone, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing
  • Lisa Lobsinger, Jason Collett, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Sam Prekop – vocals
  • Sam Goldberg – vocals, backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, sitar, xylophone,
  • Ohad Benchetrit – acoustic and electric slide guitar, engineer
  • James Shaw – vocals, guitar
  • Martin Davis Kinack – guitar
  • Eric Claridge – bass
  • Leon Kingstone – saxophones
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet
  • Evan Cranley, David Hodge – trombone
  • Paul Von Mertens – clarinet, flute
  • Julie Penner, Susan Voelz – violin
  • Alison Chesley – cello
  • John Crossingham – backing vocals
  • Sebastien Grainger – backing vocals
  • Joe McKay – artwork, layout
  • Elisabeth Chicoine – photography

Track listing:

  1. World Sik
  2. Chase Scene
  3. Texico Bitches
  4. Forced to Love
  5. All to All
  6. Art House Director
  7. Highway Slipper Jam
  8. Ungrateful Little Father
  9. Meet Me in the Basement
  10. Sentimental X’s
  11. Sweetest Kill
  12. Romance to the Grave
  13. Water in Hell
  14. Me and My Hand