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The Pretenders: Relentless

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On September 15, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “Relentless”, the twelfth Pretenders (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Battery Studios” and “Studio Bruxo” in London, and was produced by David Wrench.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, finger snaps
  • James Walbourne – electric guitar, bass, Mellotron, piano, organ, finger snaps, EBow guitar, Rhodes piano, Logan String Melody keyboard, backing vocals
  • Carwyn Ellis – acoustic guitar, organ, Mellotron, Ace Tone
  • Chris Hill – bass, upright bass
  • Dave Page – bass
  • Kris Sonne – drums, tambourine, finger snaps, backing vocals
  • David Wrench – bongos, finger snaps, Moog One synthesizer, Tempest drum machine, Space Echo effects, backing vocals
  • Jonny Greenwood – string arrangements
  • 12 Ensemble – strings
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Sprosen – engineer assistant
  • Graeme Stewart – string engineering
  • Omri Katan – string engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Stuart Crouch Creative – design, artwork
  • Solus – cover graffiti

Track listing:

All tracks by Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne.

  1. Losing My Sense of Taste
  2. A Love
  3. Domestic Silence
  4. The Copa
  5. Promise of Love
  6. Merry Widow
  7. Let the Sun Come In
  8. Look Away
  9. Your House Is on Fire
  10. Kust Let Go
  11. Vainglorious
  12. I Think About You Daily

Royal Blood: Back To The Water Below

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On September 1, 2023, “Warner Records” label released “Back to the Water Below”, the fourth Royal Blood studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kerr – lead and backing vocals, bass, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, guitar
  • Ben Thatcher – drums, percussion
  • Tom Hobden – violin, viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Pete Hutchings – engineer
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Kerr, all music by Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr.

  1. Mountains at Midnight
  2. Shiner in the Dark
  3. Pull Me Together
  4. The Firing Line
  5. Tell Me When It’s Too Late
  6. Triggers
  7. How Many More Times
  8. High Waters
  9. There Goes My Cool
  10. Waves

Blur: The Ballad Of Darren

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On July 21, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “The Ballad of Darren”, the ninth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 2023, at “Studio 13” in London and Devon, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Graham Coxon – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alex James – bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree – drums, backing vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards
  • Chris Storr – trumpet
  • Danny Marsden – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Nichol Thompson – trombone
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Sarah Tuke – violin
  • Ciara Ismail – viola
  • Izzi Dunn – cello
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineer, additional production
  • Mat Bartram – strings engineering, brass engineering
  • Giacomo Vianello – engineering assistant
  • Luke Pickering – engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Grace Banks – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Martin Parr – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. The Ballad
  2. St. Charles Square
  3. Barbaric
  4. Russian Strings
  5. The Everglades (for Leonard)
  6. The Narcissist
  7. Goodbye Albert
  8. Far Away Island
  9. Avalon
  10. The Heights

Let’s Eat Grandma: I’m All Ears

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On June 29, 2018, “Transgressive” label released “I’m All Ears”, the second Let’s Eat Grandma studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by David Wrench, Sophie (Sophie Xeon) and Faris Badwan.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hollingworth – various instruments
  • Rosa Walton – various instruments
  • David Wrench – programming, mixing
  • Cecile Desnos – engineer
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – engineer
  • Darren Webb – engineer
  • Max Heyes – engineer
  • Matt Colton – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Yanjun Cheng – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton, except where noted.

  1. Whitewater
  2. Hot Pink – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  3. It’s Not Just Me – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  4. Falling Into Me
  5. Snakes & Ladders
  6. Missed Call (1)
  7. I Will Be Waiting
  8. The Car’s Pyjamas
  9. Cool & Collected
  10. Ava
  11. Donnie Darko

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid

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On June 10, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Gold Rush Kid”, the third George Ezra studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Stuart Price, Joel Pott, Daniel Moyler and Barney Lister.

Personnel:

  • George Ezra – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Joel Pott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Daniel Moyler – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • David Klinke – guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Sims – bass, percussion, backing vocal
  • Stuart Price – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Barney Lister – bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Fabio De Oliveira – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hal Ritson – drums, programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, brass, performance arrangements
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lily Carassik – brass, backing vocals
  • Yasmin Ogilvie – brass, backing vocals
  • Matthew Benson – brass, backing vocals
  • The Dap Kings – brass, performance arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Kate Robinson – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Nirupam Raja Halder – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tamara Elias – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Max Baillie – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bryony Elizabeth Moody – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Mzansi Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Adam Scarborough – backing vocals
  • Evie Howard – backing vocals
  • Freddie Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jessica Barnett – backing vocals
  • Myla Pott – backing vocals
  • Ian Mizen – whistles
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Tobie Tripp – conductor, performance arrangements
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – engineer
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant
  • Joe Wyatt – engineer assistant
  • Tristan Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Loveland – engineer assistant
  • Connor Panayi – engineer assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – engineer assistant
  • Charles Haydon-Hicks – mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by George Ezra and Joel Pott, except where noted.

  1. Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)
  2. Green Green Grass – George Ezra, Joel Pott, Stuart Price
  3. Gold Rush Kid
  4. Manila
  5. Feel in Love at the End of the World – George Ezra
  6. Don’t Give Up
  7. Dance All Over Me
  8. I Went Hunting
  9. In the Morning – George Ezra
  10. Sweetest Human Being Alive
  11. Love Somebody Else
  12. The Sun Went Down – George Ezra

Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds: Council Skies

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On June 2, 2023, “Sour Mash” label released “Council Skies”, the fourth Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Lone Star Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Noel Gallagher and Paul Stacey.

Personnel:

  • Noel Gallagher – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, mellotron, percussion, artwork concept and design
  • Gem Archer – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, mouth organ
  • Mikey Rowe – keyboards
  • Russ Pritchard – bass guitar
  • Chris Sharrock – drums
  • Charlotte Marionneau – percussion
  • Jess Greenfield – backing vocals
  • Johnny Marr – electric guitar
  • Paul Stacey – electric guitar, baritone guitar, Mellotron, piano, bass guitar
  • Robert Smith – guitar, piano
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards
  • Geraint Watkins – accordion
  • Jason Falkner – bass guitar
  • Johnny Copland – live bass
  • Jason Cooper – drums
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums, percussion
  • Jody Linscott, Peter Eckford, Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Callum Marinho – the tube, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel, Mellotron, drum machines, percussion
  • Clement St. Leonard – percussion, the funk box, keyboards, tubular bells, sound effects
  • Graeme Blevins – saxophone
  • Steve Hamilton – saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Joe Auckland – trumpet
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Daniel Higham, Thomas Dunnett, Pete North – trombone
  • Mark Frost – bass trombone
  • Phillip Woods, Ruth O’Reilly, Franciso Gomez, Derryck Nasib – French horn
  • The Wired Strings – strings
  • Pet Shop Boys – additional vocals

Backing vocals:

  • Roxys (Piney Gir, Amy Ashworth, Emma Brammer)
  • Louise Clare Marshall
  • Andrea Grant
  • Lucita Jules
  • Rosie Danvers (assisted by Tommy Danvers) – string arrangements
  • Alistair White – brass arrangements
  • Callum Marinho – engineer, mixing
  • Beau Blaise – additional engineering
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Kevin Cummins – artwork photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight
  2. Pretty Boy
  3. Dead to the World
  4. Open the Door, See What You Find
  5. Trying to Find a World That’s Been and Gone Part I
  6. Easy Now
  7. Council Skies
  8. There She Blows!
  9. Love Is a Rich Man
  10. Think of a Number

Paul Weller: Fat Pop (Volume 1)

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On May 14, 2021, “Polydor” label released “Fat Pop (Volume 1)”, the sixteenth Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Black Barn Studios” in Surrey, UK.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Rhodes, harp, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer, drums, percussion, clapping
  • Steve Cradock – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, harp, percussion, timpani, tubular bells, bass , string arrangements  
  • Steve Pilgrim – acoustic and electric guitar, drums, conga, clapping
  • Anthony Brown – electric guitar
  • Steve Brookes – slide guitar
  • Charles Rees – synthesizer, Moog bass, synth bass, Hammond organ, Mellotron, percussion, sound effects, drum programming
  • Jan Kybert – Hammond organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, sound effects, percussion, programming
  • Tom Doyle – electric piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, drum programming
  • Andy Crofts – bass, acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, melodica, timpani, clapping, synthesizer,  organ, zither
  • Tom Heel – Moog bass, backing vocals
  • Ben Gordelier – drums, percussion, clapping
  • Paraorchestra – orchestra
  • Paul Wright – sarangi
  • Jacko Peake – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Anthony Gaylard – tenor saxophone 
  • Phil Veacock – saxophone
  • Steve Trigg – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Dave Boraston – trumpet
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Antonia Pagulatos – violin
  • Stella Page – viola
  • Katy Cox – cello
  • Lia Metcalfe – vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low – vocals, backing vocals
  • Leah Weller – backing vocals
  • Hannah Peel – string arrangements
  • White Label – string arrangements
  • Charles Rees – editing, engineer, mixing
  • Fiona Cruickshank – engineer
  • Jan Kybert – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.

  1. Cosmic Fringes
  2. True – Paul Weller, Lia Metcalfe
  3. Fat Pop – Paul Weller, Jan Kybert
  4. Shades of Blue – Leah Weller, Paul Weller
  5. Glad Times – Paul Weller, Tom Doyle, Anthony Brown
  6. Cobweb/Connections
  7. Testify – Paul Weller, Andy Fairweather Low
  8. That Pleasure
  9. Failed
  10. Moving Canvas
  11. In Better Times
  12. Still Glides the Stream – Paul Weller, Steve Cradock

James Blake: The Colour in Anything

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On May 6, 2018, “Polydor” label released “The Colour in Anything”, the third James Blake studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Shangri La Studios” in Malibu, California, and in London, and was produced by James Blake, Rick Rubin and Justin Vernon.

Personnel:

  • James Blake – vocals, keyboards. Mixing
  • Bon Iver
  • Connan Mockasin – bass guitar 
  • Chris Messina – vocoder effect 
  • Jason Lader – modular synth, recording
  • Matt Mysko – engineer, recording
  • David Kim – engineer, recording
  • B.J. Burton – engineer
  • Josh Smith – recording, mixing assistant
  • Sean Oakley – recording
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering 
  • Dan Foat – A&R
  • Burgess Studio – design, art direction
  • Sir Quentin Blake – illustration
  • Justin Vernon – additional production 
  • Rick Rubin –executive production 

Track listing:

All tracks by James Blake, except where noted.

  1. Radio Silence
  2. Points
  3. Love Me in Whatever Way
  4. Timeless
  5. f.o.r.e.v.e.r
  6. Put That Away and Talk to Me
  7. I Hope My Life (1-800 Mix)
  8. Waves Known Shores
  9. My Willing Heart – James Blake, Frank Ocean
  10. Choose Me
  11. I Need a Forest Fire – James Blake, Justin Vernon
  12. Noise Above Our Heads
  13. The Colour in Anything
  14. Two Men Down
  15. Modern Soul
  16. Always
  17. Meet You in the Maze – James Blake, Justin Vernon