On May 15, 2020, “Matador” label released “Set My Heart on Fire Immediately”, the fifth Perfume Genius studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Blake Mills.
On November 9, 1999, “Epic” label released “When the Pawn…”, the second Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, and was produced by Jon Brion. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “When the Pawn…” at number 108 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.
Personnel:
Fiona Apple – vocals, piano, synthesized bass, art concept, design
Jon Brion – various instruments, engineer assistant, mixing
Mike Elizondo – bass
Greg Cohen – bass guitar
Jonathan “Butch” Norton, Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Wendell Kelly, Jean Martinelli, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo – horns
Mike Breaux – woodwind
Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, Wurlitzer
Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Susan Chatman, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Edmund Stein, John Wittenberg – violin
Robert Becker, Denyse Buffman, Scott Haupert, Maria Newman – viola
Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama – cello
John Bainbridge – arrangements, orchestration
Tom Banghart, Rob Brill, Greg Collins, Bryan Jackson, Steve Mixdorf, John Tyree – engineer assistant
On September 15, 2008, “Warner Bros” label released “Under the Radar”, the third Daniel Powter album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by Linda Perry.
Personnel:
Daniel Powter – vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards
Linda Perry – guitar, mellotron, , backing vocals, engineer
Seth Von Paulus – acoustic guitar
David Levita – guitar
Pete Thorn – guitar
Val McCallum – guitar
Jeff Young – electric piano, Hammond organ
Paul III – bass
Samuel Dixon – bass
Nathan Wetherington – drums
Victor Indrizzo – drums
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Drew Hester – percussion
Harvey Mason – timpani
Alwyn Wright, Alyssa Park, Amy Wickman, Audrey Solomon, Cameron Patrick, Daphne Chen, Marisa Kuney, Melissa Reiner, Terry Glenny – violin
On August 20, 2021, “Universal Music New Zealand” label released “Solar Power”, the third Lorde studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Conway” in Los Angeles, “Roundhead” in Auckland, “Rough Customer” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Lorde, Malay and Jack Antonoff.
Personnel:
Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) – vocals
Jack Antonoff – acoustic and electric guitars, string acoustic guitar, bass, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards, Mellotron, Farfisa, drums, percussion, programming, mixing
On June 17, 2022, “Matador” label released “Ugly Season”, the sixth Perfume Genius studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Blake Mills and Perfume Genius.
Personnel:
Perfume Genius (Michael Alden Hadreas) – vocals, synthesizer, piano
On July 19, 2019, “Good Soldier Records” label released the self-titled, debut Freya Ridings album. It was recorded in 2019, at “RAK Studios”, “Livingston Studios”, “The Church”, “Sleeper Sounds”, “Good Soldier Songs Studios”, “The Pool Recording Studio”, “One Eye Jack’s”, “Real World Studios”, “Amusement Studios”, “Echo Studios”, “Capitol Studios”, “Chateau Relaxeau” and “The Village Recorder” and was produced by Matt Chamberlain, Carey Willetts, Luke Fitton, Alex H. N. Gilbert, Chris Braide, Dave Bassett, Greg Kurstin, Daniel Nigro, Yves Rothman and Ollie Green.
Ollie Green – bass, keyboards, handclaps, programming, recording, engineer
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Yves Rothman – bass, synth, programming
Liz Bradley – bass
Steve Lewinson – bass
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Garrett Ray – drums
Matt Racher – drums, percussion
Alex H. N. Gilbert – percussion, handclaps, arrangements
Ilona Geller – violin, viola
Chris Tombline, Jon Hill, Leo Payne, Mitch McGuggan – violin
Pieter Lale, Sue Dench – viola
Ann Marie Calhoun – viola
Ann Lines, Audrey Riley, Ewan Philips – cello
Irina Chirkova – cello
Kinga Back – cello
Simone Daly Richards – backing vocals, handclaps
Emily Holligan – backing vocals, handclaps
Brendan Reilly – backing vocals, handclaps
Kate Brady, Zella Day – backing vocals
Charlie Moss – handclaps
David Campbell – arrangements
Audrey Riley – arrangements
Tom Elmhirst – programming, mixing
Brandon Bost – programming assistant, mixing assistant
Dan Priddy – programming, additional production
Marc Crew – programming, additional production
Dave Bassett – programming
Fiona Cruickshank – recording
Alex Pasco – recording, engineer
Julian Burg – recording, engineer
John Hanes – engineer, mixing
Martin Cooke – engineer
Nicolas Fournier – engineer
Paul “P Dub” Walton – recording, additional engineering
Daniel Moyler – recording, engineer
Alex Williams, Amanda Merdzan, Ben Loveland, Connor Panayi, Darren Jones, Fraser Latimer, Gus Pirelli, Henri Davies, Joe Wander, Matt Rist, Oli Jacobs, Patrick Phillips, Rob Brinkman, Steve Genewick – recording assistant
Brandon Bost – mixing, programming
Tom Elmhirst – mixing, programming
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Tom Coyne – mastering
Ted Jensen – mastering
James Rowan – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Freya Ridings, except where noted.
Posion
Lost Without You
Castles – Daniel Nigro, Freya Ridings
You Mean the World to Me – Freya Ridings, K. McIntosh
Love Is Fire – Freya Ridings, M.I.R. Busbee
Holy Water – A. Evert, A. Tirheimer, Frey Ridings, M. Moorris
Blackout – Freya Ridings, Ollie Green
Ultraviolet – Freya Ridings, Luke Fitton
Still Have You – B. McKee, Chris Braides, Freya Ridings
On October 29, 2021, “Decca” label released “Ocean to Ocean”, the sixteenth Tori Amos studio album. It was recorded in 2021. At “Martian Engineering Studios” in Cornwall, UK, “Cyclops Sound Studio”, “Studio Mezzanotte” in Los Angeles, “Brickhill Studios” in Orleans, Massachusetts, and was produced by Tori Amos.
Personnel:
Tori Amos – vocals, piano, Hammond B3, keyboards, Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano
Mark Hawley – guitar, dobro, recording, mixing
John Philip Shenale – Marxophone, Optigan, sampling, synthesizer, additional keyboards, Hammond organ
On August 10, 2021, “Monkeywrench Records” label released “I Should Be Outside”, the fourth Jeff Ament album. It was recorded in 2021, in Horseback Ridge.
On July 11, 2006, “Reincarnate Music” label released “Play Pause Stop”, the fifth Benevento/Russo Duo album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Matt Chamberlain and Tom Biller.
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
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