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Björk: Post

Bjork_Post

On June 13, 1995, “One Little Indian” label released “Post”, the second Björk solo studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Compass Point Studios” in the Bahamas, and was produced by Björk, Tricky and Nellee Hooper. “Post” was certified Platinum in Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 376 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Björk – vocals, keyboards, organ, string arrangements, brass arrangements, beat programming, arranger
  • Graham Massey– keyboards, programming
  • Tricky– keyboards, programming
  • Marius de Vries– keyboards, programming
  • Talvin Singh– percussion
  • Gary Barnacle– soprano sax
  • Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • Einar Orn – trumpet
  • Maurice Murphy – trumpet
  • Rob Smissen – viola
  • Tony Pleeth – cello
  • Guy Sigsworth– harpsichord
  • Jim Couza– hammer dulcimer
  • John Altman – orchestra arrangements, conductor
  • Howie Bernstein– programming, engineer, mixing
  • Marcus Dravs – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Lenny Franchi – programming, engineer
  • Eumir Deodato– string arrangements, conductor
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor
  • Gavin Wright – orchestra leader
  • Al Fisch – engineer
  • Al Stone – engineer
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing
  • Me Company – artwork packaging design
  • Martin Gardiner – lotus flower modeling
  • Stéphane Sednaoui – photography

Track listing:

  1. Army of Me – Björk, Graham Massey
  2. Hyperballad – Björk
  3. The Modern Things – Björk, Graham Massey
  4. It’s Oh So Quiet – Bert Reisfeld, Hans Lang
  5. Enjoy – Björk, Tricky
  6. You’ve Been Flirting Again – Björk
  7. Isobel – Björk, Marius de Vries, Nellee Hooper Sjón
  8. Possibly Maybe – Björk
  9. I Miss You – Björk, Howie Bernstein
  10. Cover Me – Björk
  11. Headphones – Björk, Tricky

 

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

On March 5, 2007, “Merge” label released”Neon Bible”, the second Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2006 in Farnham, New York, Budapest, and London, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury. “Neon Bible” was ranked at number four in the“NME” albums of the year list, fourth in magazine “Rolling Stone’s” list of albums of the year and album of the year of magazine “Q” for 2007. The album won the 2008 “Juno Award” for “Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Will Butler- vocals, keyboards, guitar, glockenspiel, bass, omnichord
  • Win Butler- vocals, bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electric guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, accordion, hurdy gurdy, drums, keyboards, glockenspiel, orchetral arrangements
  • Tim Kingsbury – vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, celesta
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Sarah Neufeld – vocals, violin
  • Richard Reed Parry – vocals, guitar, double bass, keyboards, celesta
  • Mélanie Auclair – cello
  • Hadji Bakara – effects
  • Owen Pallett– violin, orchestral arrangements
  • Liza Rey – harp
  • Marika Anthony Shaw– viola
  • Pietro Amato, Edith Gruber, Margaret Gundara, Jake Henry, Laurent Ménard, Geoffrey Shoesmith, Colin Stetson, Andreas Stoltzfus, Jacob Valenzuela, Martin Wenk – brass
  • Shauna Callender, Joanne Degand, Chantel Gero, Tasha Gero, Jean Sherwood – vocals
  • Peter F. Drucker – choir conductor
  • István Silló – orchestra conductor
  • Tracy Maurice – director, artwork, package design
  • François Miron– photography director
  • Christophe Collette – photography
  • Renata Morales – costume design

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury.

  1. Black Mirror
  2. Keep the Car Running
  3. Neon Bible
  4. Intervention
  5. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
  6. Ocean of Noise\
  7. The Well and the Lighthouse
  8. Antichrist Television Blues
  9. Windowsill
  10. No Cars Go
  11. My Body Is a Cage