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The 1975: Being Funny In Foreign Language

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On October 14, 2022, “Dirty Hit” label released “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”, the fifth 1975 (the) studio album. It was recorded January – May 2022, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, and was produced by Matthew Healy, George Daniel and Jack Antonoff.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion, string arrangements, creative direction
  • Adam Hann – guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ross MacDonald – bass, double bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • George Daniel – drums, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, percussion, programming, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Jack Antonoff – guitar, piano, drums, backing vocals, violin, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, string arrangements
  • Tommy King – keyboards, synthesizers
  • BJ Burton – programming, synthesizers
  • Jamie Squire – piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, synthesizers, organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Oli Jacobs – Wurlitzer
  • John Waugh – saxophone
  • Zem Audu – saxophone
  • Evan Smith – brass
  • Bobby Hawk – strings, string arrangements
  • Warren Ellis – strings, string arrangements
  • Michelle Zauner – backing vocals
  • Carly Holt – additional vocals
  • Sabrina the Teenage DJ – programming
  • Bobby Hawk – string arrangements
  • Ben Hudson – additional programming
  • BJ Burton – additional production
  • Laura Sisk – engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – engineer
  • Dom Shaw – engineer assistant
  • Katie May – engineer assistant
  • Freddy Williams – engineer assistant
  • John Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Dani Perez Carasols – engineer assistant
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Evan Smith – additional engineering
  • Jon Gautier – additional engineering
  • Andrew Gearhart – additional engineering
  • Dave Gross – additional engineering
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Samuel Burgess-Johnson – artwork, creative direction
  • Patricia Villirillo – creative direction
  • Ed Blow – creative direction
  • Samuel Bradley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Healy and George Daniel, with co-writers as noted.

  1. The 1975 – BJ Burton, Tommy King
  2. Happiness – DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
  3. Looking for Somebody (To Love) – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire
  4. Part of the Band – Jamie Squire
  5. Oh Caroline – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  6. I’m in Love with You – Adam Hann
  7. All I Need to Hear – Jamie Squire
  8. Wintering – Jacob Bugden
  9. Human Too – Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  10. About You
  11. When We Are Together – Rob Milton

Geordie Greep: The New Sound

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On October 4, 2024, “Rough Trade” label released “The New Sound”, the debut Geordie Greep studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – March 2024, at “RAK”, “Fish Factory”, “Hermitage Works”, “New Sound” and “HOXA HQ” in London, “Estudio Do Tuto” and “Da Pá Virada” in Sao Paulo, and was produced by Seth Evans.

Personnel:

  • Geordie Greep – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, accordion, fretless bass, organ, electric piano, bass
  • Seth Evans – vocals and backing vocals, electric and upright bass, piano, talk box, oboe, percussion, horn arrangements, co–production
  • Paul Jones – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Daniel Rogerson – electric guitar
  • Deschanel Gordon – piano
  • Diarra Walcott–Ivanhoe – piano
  • Chicao Montorfano – electric piano
  • Fabio Sá – electric and upright bass
  • Michael Dunlop – electric and upright bass
  • John Jones – double bass
  • Thiaguinho Silva – drums, percussion
  • Andrei Martynchyk – drums
  • Morgan Simpson – drums
  • Giles King–Ashong – drums
  • Dennys Silva – percussion
  • Adé Eggún Crispin Robinson – percussion
  • Deji Ijishakin – saxophone
  • Billy Rowlatt – trumpet
  • Richard Leigh – trumpet
  • Freddie Wordsworth – trumpet
  • Joe Bristow – trombone
  • Matt Seddon – trombone
  • Nina Lim, Kuari May – violin
  • Freya Hicks – viola
  • Felix Stephens – cello
  • Felix Gonzalez – backing vocals
  • Felix Stephens – string arrangements
  • Harvey Grant – special arrangement for horns, piano, double bass, and vocal
  • Liam Hebb – engineer
  • Margo Broom – engineer
  • Nathan Ridley – engineer
  • Rafa Barreto – engineer
  • Sid Souza – engineer
  • Thiago “Big” Rabello – engineer
  • Victor Neri – engineer
  • Simone Gallazio – engineer
  • Tuto Ferraz – engineer
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Geordie Greep, except where noted.

  1. Blues
  2. Terra
  3. Holy, Holy
  4. The New Sound
  5. Walk Up
  6. Through a War – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  7. Bongo Season
  8. Motorbike – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  9. As If Waltz
  10. The Magician
  11. If You Are But a Dream – Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe, Nal Bonx

The National: First Two Pages Of Frankestein

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On April 28, 2023, “4AD” label released “First Two Pages of Frankenstein”, the ninth National (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Long Pond” in Hudson Valley, New York, and was produced by Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf.

Personnel:

  • Matt Berninger
  • Aaron Dessner
  • Bryce Dessner – orchestration
  • Bryan Devendorf
  • Scott Devendorf
  • Benjamin Lanz – touring member
  • Kyle Resnick – touring member
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocal
  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocal
  • Taylor Swift – vocal
  • Thomas Bartlett
  • Lisa Hannigan
  • Curt Kiser
  • James McAlister
  • So Percussion (Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Teuting, Eric Cha-Beach)
  • Mina Tindle
  • Andi Toma
  • Jan St. Werner

London Contemporary Orchestra

  • Robert Ames – conductor
  • Harry George – copyist
  • Cassandra Gurling – recording project manager
  • Amy Hinds – orchestra manager
  • Charlotte Marino – assistant orchestra manager
  • Galya Bisengalieva – 1st violin
  • Marianne Haynes – 1st violin
  • Venetia Jollands – 1st violin
  • Raja Halder – 1st violin
  • Charis Jenson – 1st violin
  • Ellie Consta – 1st violin
  • Kirsty Mangan – 1st violin
  • Nicole Crespo O’Donoghue – 1st violin
  • Zahra Benyounes – 1st violin
  • Agata Daraskaite – 1st violin
  • Alexandra Caldon – 1st violin
  • Anna Ovsyanikova – 1st violin
  • Kirsty Mangan – 1st violin
  • Juan Gonzalez – 1st violin
  • Anna De Bruin – 1st violin
  • Matthew Bain – 1st violin
  • Gillon Cameron – 2nd violin
  • Hazel Correa – 2nd violin
  • Claire Hazelton – 2nd violin
  • Guy Button – 2nd violin
  • Mathhew Bain – 2nd violin
  • Radhika De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Mandhira De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Radhika De Saram – 2nd violin
  • Miles Brett – 2nd violin
  • Claire Kennington – 2nd violin
  • Akiko Ishikawa – 2nd violin
  • Jonny Byers – cello
  • Laura Moody – cello
  • Rebecca Burden – cello
  • Ashok Klouda – cello
  • Sergio Serra – cello
  • Peteris Sokolovskis – cello
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Louise McMonagle – cello
  • Daisy Vatalaro – cello 
  • Jonathan Low – recording, mixing
  • Bella Blasko – recording
  • James McAlister – additional production
  • Tony Berg – additional vocal production 
  • Sean O’Brien – additional vocal recording
  • Will Maclellan – additional vocal recording
  • Adam Armstrong – additional recording
  • David Chalmin – additional recording
  • Greg Giorgio – additional recording
  • Peter Katis – additional recording
  • Matt Latchaw – additional recording
  • Jake Merritt – additional recording
  • Matt Poirier – additional recording
  • Ber Quinn – additional recording
  • Ben Rice – additional recording
  • Chad Wahlbrink – additional recording
  • Jeremy Murphy – orchestra recording
  • Liam Hebb – assistant orchestra recording
  • Fiona Cruickshank – orchestra recording
  • Laura Beck – assistant orchestra recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Pentagram (Luke Hayman, Shigeto Akiyama, Gracia Lee)
  • John Solimine – cover photography of Lou Solimine
  • Josh Goleman – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Once Upon a Poolside – Matt Barninger, Carin Besser, Bryce Dessner
  2. Eucalyptus – Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner
  3. New Order T-Shirt – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  4. This Isn’t Helping – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  5.  Tropic Morning News – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  6. Alien – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Bryce Dessner
  7. The Alcott – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
  8. Grease in Your Hair – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  9. Ice Machines – Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner
  10. Your Mind Is Not Your Friend – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner
  11. Send for Me – Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner

Royal Blood: Back To The Water Below

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On September 1, 2023, “Warner Records” label released “Back to the Water Below”, the fourth Royal Blood studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kerr – lead and backing vocals, bass, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, guitar
  • Ben Thatcher – drums, percussion
  • Tom Hobden – violin, viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Pete Hutchings – engineer
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Kerr, all music by Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr.

  1. Mountains at Midnight
  2. Shiner in the Dark
  3. Pull Me Together
  4. The Firing Line
  5. Tell Me When It’s Too Late
  6. Triggers
  7. How Many More Times
  8. High Waters
  9. There Goes My Cool
  10. Waves

Richard Ashcroft: Natural Rebel

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On October 19, 2018, “Righteous Phonographic Association” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Natural Rebel”, the fifth Richard Ashcroft studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “State of the Ark”, “The Bunker”, “Tileyard Studfios”, “Hoxa HQ”, and was produced by Jon Kelly, Emre Ramazanoglu and Richard Ashcroft.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Steve Wyreman – guitar, bass
  • Ben Trigg – keyboards, strings
  • Jon Kelly – keyboards
  • Matt Johnson – keyboards
  • Steve Wyreman – keyboards
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Glover, Nichol Thomson, Jim Hunt – brass
  • Olli Kraus – strings, strings arrangements
  • Bruce White, Charis Jenson, Everton Nelson, Galya Bisengalieva, Gemma Dunne, Katie Wilkinson, Marianne Haynes, Richard George, Tom Pigott-Smith – strings
  • Andrea Grant, Lorraine Cato – backing vocals
  • Ben Trigg – strings arrangements
  • Dani Spragg, Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Army of Few – design
  • Dean Chalkley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. All My Dreams
  2. Birds Fly
  3. Surprised by the Joy
  4. That’s How Strong
  5. Born to Be Strangers
  6. That’s When I Feel It
  7. We All Bleed
  8. A Man in Motion
  9. Streets of Amsterdam
  10. Money Money