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Mark Lanegan: I’ll Take Care Of You

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On September 21, 1999, “Sub Pop” label released “I’ll Take Care of You”, the fourth Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Mike Johnson – guitar
  • Martin Feveyear – organ, percussion, piano, Wurlitzer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Berlin – organ, flute, piano
  • Mark Hoyt – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
  • Van Conner – bass
  • Mark Pickerel – drums
  • Mark Boquist – drums
  • Barrett Martin – percussion, vibraphone
  • David Krueger – violin
  • Brett Eliason – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – layout design
  • Stanford Wilson – photography
  • Chris Takino – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Carry Home – Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  2. I’ll Take Care of You – Brook Benton
  3. Shiloh Town – Tim Hardin
  4. Creeping Coastline of Lights – Leaving Trains
  5. Badi-Da – Fred Neil
  6. Consider Me – Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones
  7. On Jesus’ Program – Overton Vertis Wright
  8. Little Sadie – traditional
  9. Together Again – Buck Owens
  10. Shanty Man’s Life – Stephen Harrison Paulus
  11. Boogie Boogie – Tim Rose

Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R

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On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
  • Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
  • Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
  • Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
  • Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
  • Reggie Young – horns
  • Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
  • Mike Johnson – backing vocals
  • Pete Stahl – backing vocals
  • Rob Halford – backing vocals
  • Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
  • Bradley Cook – engineer
  • Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
  • Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Druff – guitar technician
  • Marek – noise, mixing
  • Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.

  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
  2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
  3. Leg of Lamb
  4. Auto Pilot
  5. Better Living Through Chemistry
  6. Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
  7. Quick and to the Pointless
  8. In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
  9. Tension Head
  10. Lightning Song – Dave Catching
  11. I Think I Lost My Headache

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers: Imposter

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On November 12, 2021, “Columbia” label released “Imposter”, the third Dave Gahan and Soulsavers album. It was recorded in November 2019, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rich Machin and Dave Gahan.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals, harmonica
  • Tony Foster – guitar, pedal steel
  • James Walbourne – guitar
  • Rich Machin – guitar, synthesizer
  • Ed Harcourt – piano
  • Sean Read – organ, piano
  • Kevin Bales – drums, percussion
  • Martyn Lenoble – upright and electric bass
  • Janet Ramus – vocals
  • Wendi Rose – vocals
  • Travis Cole – vocals
  • Eric Weaver – engineer
  • Kaushlesh Garry Purohit – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Dark End of the Street – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  2. Strange Religion – Mark Lanegan
  3. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  4. I Held My Baby Last Night – Elmore James
  5. A Man Needs a Maid – Neil Young
  6. Metal Heart – Chan Marshall
  7. Shut Me Down – Rowland S. Howard
  8. Where My Love Lies Asleep – Gene Clark
  9. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons
  10. The Desperate Kingdom of Love – PJ Harvey
  11. Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan
  12. Always on My Mind – Wayne Carson, Mark James, Johnny Christopher

Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow

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On May 8,2020, “Heavenly Recordings” label released “Straight Songs of Sorrow”, the twelfth and final Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Alain Johannes and Mark Lanegan.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals, Moog DFAM drum synth, Moog Sirin bass synth, Moog Sub Phatty, Organelle synth, ARP Omni 2 synth, Yamaha SK10 synth, Roland TR-909 drum machine, Roland Juno synth, Roland TR-909 drum machine, Oberheim DMX drum machine, Organelle synth, Organelle synth, BOSS DR Rhythm 550, bass, electric guitar; Roland Juno synth
  • Alain Johannes – vocals, Yamaha SK10 synth, Shakers, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, frame drum, drum programming, bass, Minimoog synth, drum programming, Casio synth, resonator guitar, hang drum, harmonium, flutes, bass, percussion, cigfiddle, Mellotron strings, Novation Bass Station, Casio beatbox, Drum Brute, Buchla Music Easel, Linn Drum drum machine
  • Adrian Utley – acoustic and electric guitar, Minimoog, Korg 3200 synth
  • Mark Morton – acoustic guitar
  • Dylan Carlson – electric guitar 
  • Shelley Brien – vocals, Yamaha SK10, Moog Sub Phatty, Roland 909 drum machine, Casiotone 701
  • Ed Harcourt – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • John Paul Jones – mellotron
  • Jack Bates – bass
  • Jack Irons – drums, percussion
  • Michael Parnin – Gibson Maestro King drum machine, Eli 7030 drum machine, mixing
  • Wesley Eisold – vocals
  • Greg Dulli – vocals
  • Warren Ellis – fiddle
  • Sietse Van Gorkom – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan, except where noted.

  1. I Wouldn’t Want to Say
  2. Apples from a Tree – Mark Lanegan, Mark Morton
  3. This Game of Love
  4. Ketamine
  5. Bleed All Over
  6. Churchbells, Ghosts
  7. Internal Hourglass Discussion
  8. Stockholm City Blues
  9. Skeleton Key
  10. Daylight in the Nocturnal House
  11. Ballad of a Dying Rover
  12. Hanging On (For DRC) – Mark Lanegan, Mark Morton
  13. Burying Ground – Shelley Brien, Mark Lanegan
  14. At Zero Below
  15. Eden Lost and Found – Shelley Brien, Mark Lanegan

Screaming Trees: Clairvoyance

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On February 13, 1986, “Velvetone” label released “Clairvoyance”, the debut Screaming Trees studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Velvetone Studio” in Ellensburg, WA, and was produced by Steve Fisk.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – lead vocals, violin
  • Gary Lee Conner – guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Pickerel – drums, percussion
  • Steve Fisk – piano, organ
  • Joey Conner – backing vocals
  • Joanne Conner – backing
  • Michael Peterson – backing vocals
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Sam Albright – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan, Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel.

  1. Orange Airplane
  2. You Tell Me All These Things
  3. Standing on the Edge
  4. Forever
  5. Seeing and Believing
  6. I See Stars
  7. Lonely Girl
  8. Strange Out Here
  9. The Turning
  10. Clairvoyance

Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio

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On October 21, 2014, “Vagrant” label released “Phantom Radio”, the ninth Mark Lanegan, credited as the Mark Lanegan Band. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Alain Johannes.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Alain Johannes – acoustic and electric guitar, verb guitar, Brushverb guitar, E-bow guitar, wah guitar, mandolin, bass, Moog bass, Prophet 5, harmonium, pocket piano, Moog bass, Wurlitzer, saxophones, flutes, filter Moog, Mellotron, Rhodes, kick drums, electronic drums, percussion, Rhodes, backing vocals
  • Martyn LeNoble – bass, fretless bass, upright bass
  • Jack Irons – drums
  • Jeff Fielder – acoustic guitar, Leslie guitar
  • Brett Nelson – guitar
  • Aldo Struyf – synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, electric guitar, percussion, synthetic horns, sampled horns
  • Sietse Van Gorkom – synthesizer, bass, saloon piano, acoustic guitar, strings, clarinet, electronic drums
  • Jean-Philippe De Gheest – drums
  • Shelley Brien – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan.

  1. Harvest Home
  2. Judgment Time
  3. Floor of the Ocean
  4. The Killing Season
  5. Seventh Day
  6. I Am the Wolf
  7. Torn Red Heart
  8. Waltzing in Blue
  9. The Wild People
  10. Death Trip to Tulsa
  11. Dry Iced
  12. No Bells on Sunday
  13. Sad Lover
  14. Jonas Pap
  15. Smokestack Magic

Manic Street Preachers: The Ultra Vivid Lament

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On September 10, 2021, “Columbia” label released “The Ultra Vivid Lament”, the fourteenth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Dave Eringa.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Nicky Wire – bass, design concept, photography
  • Sean Moore – drums, percussion
  • Julia Cumming – vocal
  • Mark Lanegan – vocal
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – additional guitar, additional keyboards
  • Dave Eringa – additional keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Southall – backing vocals
  • Wayne Murray – additional backing vocals
  • Jack Boston, Jake Faber, Loz Williams, Tony O’Flaherty – additional engineering
  • Bernard Kane – strings arrangements
  • David Wrench – mixing, additional programming
  • Matt Colton – lacquer cut, mastering
  • Black Finch Design, James Isaacs – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore.

  1. Still Snowing in Sapporo
  2. Orwellian
  3. The Secret He Had Missed
  4. Quest for Ancient Colour
  5. Don’t Let the Night Divide Us
  6. Diapause
  7. Complicated Illusions
  8. Into the Waves of Love
  9. Blank Diary Entry
  10. Happy Bored Alone
  11. Afterending

Mark Lanegan: Imitations

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On September 17, 2013, “Vagrant Records” and “Heavenly Records” labels released “Imitations”, the eighth Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Billy Stover – piano
  • Mike Johnson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alain Johannes – cigfiddle, mellotron, acoustic and ebo guitar
  • Jeff Fielder – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Andrew Joslyn – violin, viola
  • Rebecca Filice – cello
  • Mark Hoyt – backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jason Staczek – harpsichord
  • Eric Padget – trumpet
  • Tom Yoder – trombone
  • Drew Church – bass
  • Duff McKagan – bass
  • Barrett Martin – vibraphone, tambourine, drums, percussion
  • Bill Rieflin – drums, percussion, pump organ, mellotron
  • Mark Pickerel – drums

Track listing:

  1. Flatlands – Chelsea Wolve
  2. She’s Gone – Vern Gosdin
  3. Deepest Shade – Greg Dulli
  4. You Only Live Twice – Leslie Bricusse, John Barry
  5. Pretty Colors – Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor
  6. Brompton Oratory – Nick Cave
  7. Solitaire – Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
  8. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht (English lyrics by Manheim – Willett)
  9. I’m Not the Loving Kind – John Cale
  10. Lonely Street – Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S.Stevenson
  11. Élégie Funèbre – Gérard Manset
  12. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert (English lyrics by Johnny Mercer)

Screaming Trees: Even If and Especially When

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On March 28, 1987, “SST” label released “Even If and Especially When” the second Screaming Trees studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Velvetone” in Ellensburg, WA, and was produced by Steve Fisk, Mark Lanegan, Van Conner, Gary Lee Conner and Mark Pickerel.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Gary Lee Conner – guitar, organ, back cover photography
  • Van Conner – bass
  • Mark Pickerel – drums
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Diane Szukovathy – design
  • Jeff Price – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Transfiguration
  2. Straight Out to Any Place
  3. World Painted
  4. Don’t Look Down
  5. Girl Behind the Mask
  6. Flying
  7. Cold Rain
  8. Other Days and Different Planets
  9. The Pathway
  10. You Know Where It’s All
  11. Back Together
  12. In the Forest

Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps

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On February 14, 2011, “Sub Pop” label released “Dynamite Steps”, the fifth Twilight Singers album. It was recorded in 2010, in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Arcadia in California, New Orleans and Bogalusa, Louisiana, and was produced by Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, and Tommaso Colliva.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, guitars, piano, synth bass, mellotron, bass, drums, Rhodes, prophet
  • Joseph Arthur – vocals, harmonica
  • Ani DiFranco – vocals
  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Leta Lucy – vocals
  • Carina Round – vocals
  • Chris Jordan – piano
  • Dave Rosser – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Nick McCabe – guitar
  • Mathias Schneeberger – guitar, bass
  • Jon Skibic – guitar, bass
  • Steve Nalepa – synth, strings
  • Amy Farris – violin, viola, cello
  • Rick G. Nelson – violin, cello
  • Petra Haden – vocals, violin
  • Scott Ford – vocals. bass
  • Joshua Blanchard – dobro
  • Greg Wieczorek – drums, percussion
  • Cully Symington – drums
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • David Henderson – drums
  • Mike Napolitano – timpani

Track listing:

  1. Last Night in Town
  2. Be Invited
  3. Waves
  4. Get Lucky
  5. On the Corner
  6. Gunshots
  7. She Was Stolen
  8. Blackbird and the Fox
  9. Never Seen No Devil
  10. The Beginning of the End
  11. Dynamite Steps