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Radiohead: Com Lag (2plus2isfive)

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On March 24, 2004, “Toshiba-EMI” label released “Com Lag (2plus2isfive)”, the sixth Radiohead EP. It was recorded September 2002, February – November 2003, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Johnny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Cristian Vogel – remix
  • Four Tet – remix
  • Stanley Donwood – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. 2 + 2 = 5 (recorded live at “Earls Court” in London)
  2. Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel remix)
  3. I Will (Los Angeles version)
  4. Paperbag Writer
  5. I Am a Wicked Child
  6. I Am Citizen Insane
  7. Skttrbrain (Four Tet remix)
  8. Gagging Order
  9. Fog (Again) (live)
  10. Where Bluebirds Fly

Van Halen: 5150

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On March 24, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “5150”, the seventh Van Halen studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – February 1986, at “5150 Studios” in Studio City, California, and was produced by Micki Johns, Donn Landee, Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen.

Personnel:

  • Sammy Hagar – lead and backing vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Eddie Van Halen – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
  • Michael Anthony – bass guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Alex Van Halen – drums, art direction
  • Donn Landee – engineer
  • Ken Deane – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Dan Chapman – illustration
  • Jeri McManus – art direction
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen.

  1. Good Enough
  2. Why Can’t This Be Love
  3. Get Up
  4. Dreams
  5. Summer Nights
  6. Best of Both Worlds
  7. Love Walks In
  8. 5150
  9. Inside

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Prototype

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On March 24, 2017, “Shanachie” label released “Prototype”, the tenth Jeff Lorber Fusion album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Cocoa Butt” in Culver City, California, “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Mannerism Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber. “Prototype” won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards, guitars, synth bass, recording, mixing
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars, rhythm guitar, guitar solo
  • Chuck Loeb – melody guitar
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Jairus Mozee – guitars
  • Larry Koonse – guitars, guitar solo
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Jimmy Haslip – electric bass, bass
  • Gary Novak – drums
  • Andy Snitzer – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
  • David Mann – horns, horn arrangements, orchestra and string arrangements
  • Michael Thompson – guitar recording
  • David Mann – horns recording
  • Peter Mokran – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Raifi Minasian – graphic and package design
  • Alex Solca – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lorber, except where noted.

  1. Hyperdrive
  2. Prototype
  3. Test Drive
  4. What’s the Deal
  5. Vienna
  6. The Badness
  7. Hidden Agenda – Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip
  8. Gucci
  9. Park West
  10. River Song

Alan Bashung: Bleu pétrole

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On March 24, 2008, “Barclay” label released “Bleu pétrole”, the twelfth and the last Alain Bashung studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alice’s Restaurant” in New York City, “Buzz Studio” in Paris, “Studios ICP” in Brussels, “Jackpot Studios” in Portland, “Looking Glass Studios” in New York, and was produced by Gaëtan Roussel and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • Alain Bashung – vocals
  • Gaëtan Roussel – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
  • Marc Ribot – electric guitar, banjo
  • M. Ward – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Arman Méliès – electric guitar, banjo
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, guitars, keyboard, drum machine
  • Simon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Martyn Barker – drums, bongo
  • Tahar Boukhlifa – drums
  • Marian Tache, Erik Sluys, Dick Uten, Bart Lemmens, Tatjana Scleck, Christophe Pochet, Cristina Constantinescu, Annelies Broeckhoven – violin
  • François Grietje – viola
  • Hans Vandaele, Karel Steylaerts – cello
  • Mark Steylaerts – strings direction
  • Jérôme Witz, element-s – cover art and graphisms
  • Ludovic Carême – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Gaëtan Roussel, except where noted.

  1. Je t’ai manqué
  2. Résidents de la République
  3. Tant de nuits – Joseph d’Anvers, Arman Méliès, Alain Bashung
  4. Hier à Sousse
  5. Vénus
  6. Comme un lego – Gérard Manset
  7. Sur un trapeze
  8. Je tuerai la pianiste – Gérard Manset – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  9. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen, adapted by Graeme Allwright
  10. Le Secret des Banquises – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  11. Il voyage en solitaire – Gérard Manset

Depeche Mode: Memento Mori

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On March 24, 2023, “Columbia” label released “Memento Mori”, the fifteenth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded July – October 2023, at “Electric Ladyboy” in Santa Brabara, “Shangri-La” in Malibu, and was produced by James Ford.  

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead vocals
  • Martin L. Gore – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, guitar
  • James Ford – programming, synthesizer, guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, percussion, strings, additional strings arrangement
  • Davide Rossi – strings, cello, violin, strings arrangements
  • Desiree Hazley – violin
  • Luanne Homzy – violin
  • Christian Eigner – programming
  • Peter Gordeno – programming
  • Marta Salogni – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Adrian Hierholzer – vocal engineering
  • Francine Perry – engineer assistant
  • Grace Banks – engineer assistant
  • Gregg White – engineer assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn – cover, all visuals, art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore except where noted.

  1. My Cosmos Is Mine
  2. Wagging Tongue – Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan
  3. Ghost Again – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  4. Don’t Say You Love Me – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  5. My Favourite Stranger – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  6. Soul with Me
  7. Caroline’s Monkey – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  8. Before We Drown – Martin L. Gore, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  9. People Are Good
  10. Always You
  11. Never Let Me Go
  12. Speak to Me – Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, James Ford, Marta Salogni

Fall Out Boy: So Much (for) Stardust

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On March 24, 2023, “Fueled by Ramen” label released “So Much (for) Stardust”, the eighth Fall Out Boy album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Neal Avron.

Personnel:

  • Joe Trohman – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Patrick Stump – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Pete Wentz – vocals, bass guitar
  • Andy Hurley – drums, percussion
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr.– bass trombone, trombone
  • Dan Fornero – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Wayne Bergeron – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra
  • Dan Higgins – woodwinds
  • Julia Waters Tillman – choir
  • Luther Waters – choir
  • Maxine Waters Willard – choir
  • Oren Waters – choir
  • Ethan Hawke – vocals
  • Marvel Jane Love Wentz – additional vocals
  • Steve McLaughlin – engineer
  • Neal Avron – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley, except where noted.

  1. Love from the Other Side
  2. Heartbreak Feels So Good
  3. Hold Me Like a Grudge
  4. Fake Out
  5. Heaven, Iowa
  6. So Good Right Now – Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley, Robert Byrd
  7. The Pink Seashell – Ethan Hawke, Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley
  8. I Am My Own Muse
  9. Flu Game
  10. Baby Annihilation
  11. The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years)
  12. What a Time to Be Alive
  13. So Much (for) Stardust

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily: Love In Exile

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On March 24, 2023, “Verve” label released “Love in Exile”, album by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily.

Personnel:

  • Arooj Aftab – vocals, arrangements
  • Vijay Iyer – piano, Rhodes piano, electroacoustic realization, arrangements
  • Shahzad Ismaily – electric bass, Moog synthesizer, arrangements
  • Damon Whittemore – recording, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily.

  1. To Remain to Return
  2. Haseen Thi
  3. Shadow Forces
  4. Sajni
  5. Eyes of the Endless
  6. Sharabi
  7. To Remain to Return (excerpt)

Supertramp: Some Things Never Change

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On March 24, 1997, “EMI” label released “Some Things Never Change”, the tenth Supertramp album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, “The Backyard Studio” in Encino, California, and was produced by Fred Mandel and Jack Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Rick Davies – vocals, keyboards, executive producer
  • Mark Hart – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • John Helliwell – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Cliff Hugo – bass
  • Bob Siebenberg – drums
  • Lee Thornburg – trombones, trumpets, backing vocals
  • Carl Verheyen – guitars
  • Tom Walsh – drums, percussion
  • Bob Danziger – kalimbas
  • Karen Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Kim Nail – backing vocals
  • Ian Gardiner, Jay Messina – engineer
  • Ian Gardiner, Mike Scotella – engineer assistant
  • Roy Clark, Brian Hargrove – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Richard Frankel – creative director
  • Dimo Safari – creative art
  • Dennis Keeley – portraits

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Davies, except where noted.

  1. It’s a Hard World
  2. You Win, I Lose
  3. Get Your Act Together
  4. Live to Love You
  5. Some Things Never Change
  6. Listen to Me Please
  7. Sooner or Later – Rick Davies, Mark Hart
  8. Help Me Down That Road
  9. And the Light
  10. Give Me a Chance – Rick Davies, Mark Hart
  11. Where There’s a Will

The New Birth: Coming Together

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On March 24, 1972, “RCA” label released “Coming Together”, the third New Birth (The) studio album. It was recorded 1970 – 1971, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.

Personnel:

  • Bert De Coteaux – arrangements, conductor 
  • Harvey Fuqua – arrangements, conductor 
  • Vernon Bullock – arrangements, conductor
  • Jim Crotty – engineer
  • Acy Lehman – art direction
  • Frank Mulvey – design
  • George Adams – photography
  • Vince Aletti – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Two Kinds of People (I Am) – Vernon Bullock
  2. Oh Baby, I Love the Way – Harvey Fugua
  3. Yesterday I Heard the Rain – Armando Manzanero, Gene Lees
  4. African City – Ann Bogan, Harvey Fugua, Leslie Wilson, Melvin Wilson
  5. I Don’t Want to Do Wrong – Bibba Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner, William Guest
  6. Don’t Knock My Love – Brad Shapiro, Wilson Pickett
  7. If I Can’t have You – Brook Benton, Etta James, Harvey Fugua
  8. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Hausen
  9. Unh Song – Harvey Fugua, Vernon Bullock
  10. Come Back into My Life – Vernon Bullock

Chon: Grow

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On March 24, 2015, “Sumerian Records” label released “Grow”, the debut Chon studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Eric Palmquist, Shaun Lopez
and Eric Broyhill.

Personnel:

  • Mario Camarena – guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, piano
  • Erick Hansel – guitar, bass, piano
  • Drew Pelisek – vocals, bass guitar
  • Nathan Camarena – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Brian Evans – drums
  • Matt Garstka – drums
  • Eric Palmquist – tracking, recording, audio engineer
  • Shaun Lopez – mixing
  • Eric Broyhill – mastering
  • Daniel McBride – artwork, layout, photography
  • Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel – additional art
  • Steven Conteras – additional photography

Track listing:

  1. Drift
  2. Story
  3. Fall
  4. Book
  5. Can’t Wait
  6. Suda
  7. Knot
  8. Moon
  9. Splash
  10. Perfect Pillow
  11. Echo
  12. But