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St. Vincent: Daddy’s Home

On May 14, 2021, “Loma Vista Recordings” label released “Daddy’s Home”, the sixth St. Vincent studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Electric Lady” in New York, “Rough Customer” in Brooklyn, “Conway” and “Compound Fracture” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark. “Daddy’s Home” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Annie Clark – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, sitar guitar, modular synthesizer, lap steel, bass, Wurlitzer, keyboards, Mellotron, vibes, art direction, creative direction
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Jack Antonoff – drums, percussion, bass, Wurlitzer, acoustic and electric guitar synthesizers, Mellotron, piano, clavinet, clavichord, backing vocals
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, Wurlitzer
  • Patrick Kelly – bass
  • Sam KS – drums, congas
  • Cian Riordan – drums
  • Evan Smith – saxophones, flute, clarinet, horns, guitar, synthesizers
  • Michael Leonhard – trumpet, trombone
  • Daniel Hart – violin
  • Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals
  • Kenya Hathaway – backing vocals
  • Laura Sisk – recording
  • Peter Labberton – recording
  • John Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Jon Sher – engineer assistant
  • Cian Riordan – additional recording, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Leah Lehrer – art direction, creative direction
  • Liz Lambert – art direction
  • Mishka Westell – package design
  • Zackery Michael – photography
  • Avigail Collins – styling
  • Pamela Neal – hair
  • Hinako Nishiguch – makeup

Track listing:

All tracks by Annie Clark, except where noted.

  1. Pay Your Way in Pain – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  2. Down and Out Downtown
  3. Daddy’s Home – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  4. Live in the Dream
  5. The Melting of the Sun
  6. Humming (Interlude 1)
  7. The Laughing Man – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  8. Down – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  9. Humming (Interlude 2)
  10. Somebody Like Me
  11. My Baby Wants a Baby – Annie Clark, Florrie Palmer
  12. …At the Holiday Party – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  13. Candy Darling
  14. Humming (Interlude 3)

Phil Collins: …But Seriously

On November 20, 1989,”Virgin” label released “…But Seriously”, the fourth Phil Collins studio album. It was recorded April – October 1989, at “The Farm” in Chiddingfold, Surrey, UK, “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”, 5 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”, 7 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, Diamond in France by “SNEP”, 6 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, Platinum in Hong Kong by “IFPI Hong Kong”, 3 x Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”, Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”, 2 x Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”, Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, 2 x Platinum in Portugal by “AFP”,  7 x Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”, 5 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”, 9 x Platinum in UK by “BPI and 4 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Phil Collins– vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine, keyboards, mixing
  • Eric Clapton– guitar
  • Dominic Miller- guitar
  • Daryl Stuermer– guitar
  • Steve Winwood– Hammond organ
  • Leland Sklar– bass guitar
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Pino Palladino– bass guitar
  • David Crosby– vocals
  • Stephen Bishop– vocals
  • The Phenix Horns:
    • Don Myrick– saxophone
    • Louis Satterfield– trombone
    • Harry Kim– trumpet
    • Rhamlee Michael Davis – trumpet
  • Alex Brown, Marva King, Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals
  • Tom Tom 84 – horn arrangements
  • Maurice Spears – music preparation
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Goodreau, Simon Osbourne – engineer assistant
  • Trevor Key– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Collins, except where noted.

  1. Hang in Long Enough
  2. That’s Just the Way It Is
  3. Find a Way to My Heart
  4. Colours
  5. Father to Son
  6. Another Day in Paradise
  7. All of My Life
  8. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
  9. Do You Remember?
  10. I Wish It Would Rain Down

Madonna: Like A Prayer

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On March 21, 1989, “Sire” label released “Like a Prayer”, the fourth Madonna studio album. It was recorded September 1988 – January 1989, at “D&D Recording” in New York City, “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, and was produced by Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Stephen Bray and Prince. In 2003, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 239 of its list of “500 greatest album of all time”. In 2006, magazine “Q” ranked the album at number 14 in its list of “40 Best Albums of the ’80s”. In 2012, “Slant Magazine” ranked the album at number 20 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”. “Like a Prayer” was certified quadruple platinum by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Madonna – madona, synthesizer
  • Niki Haris, Marilyn Martin, Donna DeLory, Ali Nadirah, Lynne Fiddmont, Rose Banks, Marcos Loya, The Andrae Crouch Choir – vocals
  • Chester Kamen, David Williams, Dann Huff, Bruce Gaitsch – guitar
  • Sandra Crouch – tambourine
  • Jai Winding, Stephen Bray – synthesizer
  • Patrick Leonard – acoustic piano, B3 organ, clavinet, synthesizer
  • Guy Pratt, Randy Jackson – bass
  • Chuck Findley, David Boruff, Steven Madaio, Dick Hyde – brass section
  • Jonathan Moffett, Jeff Porcaro, John Robinson – drums
  • Luis Conte, Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Joseph Mayer, Richard Todd – French horns
  • Marcos Loya – requinto
  • Joe Porcaro – marimba
  • Larry Corbett – solo cello
  • Chuck Findley – horn arrangements
  • Bill Meyers – strings arranged and conducted
  • Suzie Katayama – concertmaster
  • Bill Bottrell, Eddie Miller, Stephen Shelton, Heidi Hanschu – engineer
  • Michael Vail Blum, Robert Salcedo, Stacy Baird, Joe Schiff – additional engineering
  • Bill Bottrell – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Herb Ritts – photography
  • Jeri Heiden – art design

Track listing:

All tracks by Madonna, except where noted.

  1. Like a Prayer – Madonna and Patrick Leonard
  2. Express Yourself – Madonna and Stephen Bray
  3. Love Song – Madonna, Prince and Roger Nelson
  4. Till Death Do Us part
  5. Promise to Try
  6. Cherish
  7. Dear Jessie
  8. Oh Father
  9. Keep It Together – Madonna and Stephen Bray
  10. Spanish Eyes
  11. Art of Contrition