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Buggles: Adventures in Modern Recording

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On November 11, 1981, “Carrere Records” label released “Adventures in Modern Recording”, the second Buggles studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Sarm East Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and John Sinclair.

Personnel:

  • Geoff Downes– keyboards, drum programming
  • Trevor Horn– vocals, bass, guitar, drum programming
  • John Sinclair – vocals, drum programming, cymbals, guitar
  • Simon Darlow – keyboards, guitar
  • Chris Squire– sound effects
  • Anne Dudley– keyboards
  • Luís Jardim– percussion
  • Bruce Woolley– vocals
  • Danny Schogger, Rod Thompson – keyboards
  • Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn – engineer
  • Stuart Bruce – engineer assistant
  • Rory Kee – illustrator
  • Glenn Travis Associates – design

Track listing:

  1. Adventures in Modern Recording – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley
  2. Beatnik – Trevor Horn
  3. Vermillion Sands – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  4. I Am a Camera – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  5. On TV – Trevor Horn, Bruce Wooley, Rodney Thompson
  6. Inner City – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn
  7. Lenny – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  8. Rainbow Warrior – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, John Sinclair
  9. Adventures in Modern Recording (reprise) – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley

Muse: Simulation Theory

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On November 9, 2018, “Warner Bros” label released “Simulation Theory”, the eighth Muse studio album. It was recorded January 2017 – August 2018, at “Air” studio in London, and was produced by Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, Timbaland, Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.

Personnel:

  • Matt Bellamy– guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
  • Dominic Howard– drums
  • Chris Wolstenholme– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Campbell – brass
  • Mike Elizondo– keyboard
  • Tove Lo– additional vocals
  • Mike Elizondo– programming
  • Adam Hawkins– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Costey– engineer, mastering
  • Laurence Anslow – engineer assistant
  • Brent Arrowood – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Beans – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Jeremy Berman – assistant
  • Rob Bisel – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Phillip Broussard – assistant engineer, assistant producer
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer assistant
  • Tommaso Colliva – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Aleks Von Korff – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Martin Cooke – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Spike Stent– mixing
  • Michael Freeman – mixing
  • Pete Winfield – additional mixing
  • Chris Gehringer– mastering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Nick Fournier – producer assistant
  • Noah Goldstein – producer assistant
  • Sam Grubbs – producer assistant
  • Colin Willard – assistant, producer assistant
  • Dylan Neustadter – producer assistant
  • Chris Whitemyer – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Algorithm
  2. The Dark Side
  3. Pressure
  4. Propaganda – Matt Bellamy, Timothy Mosley, Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver
  5. Break It to Me
  6. Something Human
  7. Thought Contagion
  8. Get Up and Fight – Matt Bellamy, Johan Schuster
  9. Blockades
  10. Dig Down
  11. The Void

Gary Numan: Pure

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On November 7, 2000, “Eagle Records” label released “Pure”, the fourteenth Gary Numan album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Alien Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Numan and Sulpher.

Personnel:

  • Gary Numan – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Steve Harris – guitar
  • Rob Holliday– guitar, keyboards
  • Monti – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Richard Beasley – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Numan, except where noted.

  1. Pure
  2. Walking With Shadows
  3. Rip
  4. One Perfect Lie
  5. My Jesus
  6. Fallen
  7. Listen to My Voice
  8. A Prayer for the Unborn
  9. Torn
  10. Little Invitro
  11. I Can’t Breathe – Gary Numan, Rob Holliday, Monti

Syn: Syndestructible

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On October 31, 2005, “Umbrello” label released “Syndestructible”, the second  Syn album. It was recorded in Metropolis, London, and was produced by Paul Stacey and Gerard Johnson.

Personnel:

  • Steve Nardelli- lead vocals
  • Chris Squire- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Stacey – guitar, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Gerard Johnson- keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Chris Harrison – production assistant
  • Jamie Selway – production assistant
  • Henry Philpotts – production assistant

Track listing:

  1. Breaking Down Walls – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Paul Stacey
  2. Some Time, Some Way – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Paul Stacey, Gerard Johnson
  3. Reach Outro – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Paul Stacey, Gerard Johnson
  4. Cathedral of Love – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Gerard Johnson, Hamish Brewer
  5. City of Dreams – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire
  6. Golden Age – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire
  7. The Promise – Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Paul Stacey, Gerard Johnson

Bryan Ferry: As Time Goes By

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On October 25, 1999, “Virgin” label released “As Time Goes By”, the tenth Bryan Ferry album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Lansdowne Studios” in London, and was produced by Bryan Ferry and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – lead vocals, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction
  • Phil Manzanera– guitar
  • Nils Solberg – guitar
  • Martin Wheatley – banjo
  • Colin Good – piano, musical director, arrangements
  • Jose Libertella – bandoneon
  • Luis Stazo – bandoneon
  • Cynthia Millar – Ondes Martenot
  • Chris Laurence – bass guitar
  • Richard Jeffries – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • John Sutton – drums
  • Paul Clarvis – drums
  • Frank Ricotti– percussion
  • Alan Barnes- clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Enrico Tomasso – trumpet
  • Bob Hunt – trombone
  • Malcolm Earle Smith – trombone
  • Nicholas Bucknail – clarinet
  • Robert Fowler – clarinet
  • Timothy Lines – clarinet
  • David White – clarinet
  • Anthony Pike – clarinet
  • Jim Tomlinson – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Abraham Leborovich – violin
  • Wilfred Gibson – violin
  • Gavyn Wright– violin
  • Boguslaw Kostecki – violin
  • David Woodcock – violin
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Philip Dukes – viola
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello
  • Hugh Webb – harp
  • James Sanger – programming
  • Mark Tucker – engineer
  • Steve Pelluet – engineer assistant
  • Chris Dibble, Sven Taits – additional engineering
  • Nick de Ville – art direction
  • Bogdan Zarkowski – artwork
  • Mike Owen – photography
  • Robin Trower- associate producer

Track listing:

  1. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  2. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  3. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. I’m in the Mood for Love – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  5. Where or When – Rodgers and Hart
  6. When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful – Harry Woods
  7. Sweet and Lovely – Charles Daniels, Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias
  8. Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
  9. Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon
  10. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein
  11. Falling in Love Again – Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner
  12. Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  13. You Do Something to Me – Cole Porter
  14. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  15. September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson

 

James Blunt: Moon Landing

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On October 18, 2013, “Custard Records” and “Atlantic” label released “Moon Landing”, the fourth James Blunt studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2013 in London, New York City and Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Rothrock, Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Dan Wilson and Ryan Tedder.

Personnel:

  • James Blunt– lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
  • Matt Chait – guitars
  • Tom Rothrock- guitars, keyboards
  • John Nau – keyboards
  • Sasha Krivtsov– bass
  • Charlie Paxson – drums, percussion
  • Mike Tarantino – engineer
  • Smith Carlson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Face the Sun – James Blunt, Steve Robson
  2. Satellites – James Blunt, Claude Kelly, Steve Mac
  3. Bonfire Heart – James Blunt, Ryan Tedder
  4. Heart to Heart – James Blunt, Daniel Parker, Daniel Omello
  5. Miss America – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  6. The Only One – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  7. Sun on Sunday – James Blunt, Claude Kelly, Steve Mac
  8. Bones – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  9. Always Hate Me – James Blunt, Ammar Malik
  10. Postcards – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  11. Blue on Blue – James Blunt, Steve McEwan

Wreckless Eric: The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric

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On October 13, 1978, “Stiff” label released “The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric”, the second Wreckless Eric studio album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Britannia Row Studios” in London, and was produced by Pete Solley.

Personnel:

  • Wreckless Eric – vocals
  • Malcolm Morley- acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jo Partridge – electric guitar solos, Spanish guitar solo
  • Eunan Brady – electric guitar
  • John Brown – bass guitar
  • Geir Waade – drums
  • Pete Solley– keyboards
  • Dick Hanson, John Earle – brass
  • Choir of The Latter Day Church of Non-Believers – choir
  • Gary Taylor – bass voice choir

Track listing:

All tracks by Wreckless Eric, except where noted.
Walking On The Surface of the Moon

  1. Take The Cash
  2. Dizzy – Freddy Weller, Tommy Roe
  3. Veronica
  4. Roll Over Rock-Ola
  5. I Wish It Would Rain
  6. The Final Taxi
  7. Let’s Go to the Pictures
  8. Girlfriend
  9. Crying, Waiting, Hoping – Buddy Holly

White Lies: Friends

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On October 7, 2016, “BMG” label released “Friends”, the fourth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Studio One” in London, ”The Distillery” in Bath, and was produced by Richard Wilkinson, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

Personnel:

  1. Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
  2. Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
  3. Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
  4. Phil Parsons – engineer
  5. David Wrench, Marta Salogni – mixing
  6. John Davis – mastering
  7. Markus Bagå – art direction, design
  8. Big Active – creative director
  9. Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

  1. Take It Out on Me
  2. Morning in LA
  3. Hold Back Your Love
  4. Don’t Want to Feel It All
  5. Don’t Want to Feel It All
  6. Summer Didn’t Change a Thing
  7. Swing
  8. Come On
  9. Right Place
  10. Don’t Fall

Benjamin Clementine: I Tell a Fly

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On September 29, 2017, “Behind” and “Virgin EMI” labels released “I Tell a Fly”, the second Benjamin Clementine studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “RAK Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios”, “Studio 13” in London, and was produced by Benjamin Clementine.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Clementine– vocals, artwork
  • Alexis Bossard – drums
  • Steve Sedgwick – recording, mixing
  • Max Anstruther – recording
  • Wes Maebe – recording
  • Robbie Nelson – recording
  • Duncan Fuller – recording assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Craig Mcdean – photography
  • Akatre – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Benjamin Clementine.

  1. Farewell Sonata
  2. God Save the Jungle
  3. Better Story Than a Safe
  4. Phantom of Aleppoville
  5. Paris Cor Blimey
  6. Jupiter
  7. Ode from Joyce
  8. One Awkward Fish
  9. By the Ports of Europe
  10. Quintessence
  11. Ave Dreamer