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The Prodigy: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned

On August 11, 2004, “XL Recordings” label released “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned”, the fourth Prodigy (The) studio album. It was recording September 1998 – April 2004, and was produced by Liam Howlett.

Personnel:

  • Liam Howlett – keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, guitar, bass guitar, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Maxim Reality – vocals
  • Keith Flint – vocals
  • Neil McLellan – additional programming, engineer, mixing, co-production
  • Damian Taylor – Pro Tools engineer
  • Scott Donaldson – guitar
  • Mike Horner – guitar
  • Jim Davies – guitar
  • Matt Robertson – guitar, additional programming, “recreation work”
  • Noel Gallagher – bass guitar
  • Jim Hunt – flute
  • Liam Gallagher – vocals
  • Juliette Lewis – vocals
  • Ping Pong Bitches – vocals
  • Princess Superstar – vocals
  • Twista – vocals
  • Shahin Badar – vocals
  • Kool Keith – vocals
  • Paul “Dirtcandy” Jackson – vocals
  • Hannah Robinson – additional vocals
  • Louise Boone – additional vocals
  • Rinse – “recreation work”
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • House & Cook – artwork
  • Jan “Stan” Kybert – additional production
  • David Pemberton – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Liam Howlett, except where noted.

  1. Spitfire
  2. Girls
  3. Memphis Bells – Liam Howlett, Neil McLellan
  4. Get Up Get Off
  5. Hotride
  6. Wake Up Call
  7. Action Radar
  8. Medusa’s Path
  9. Phoenix
  10. You’ll Be Under My Wheels – Liam Howlett, Neil McLellan
  11. The Way It Is
  12. Shoot Down – Liam Howlett, Neil McLellan

Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe

On September 6, 2019, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Valve Bone Woe”, the second Chrissie Hynde studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marius DeVries and Eldad Guetta.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals
  • James Walbourne – guitars
  • Peter Roth – nylon string guitar
  • Marcel Camargo – nylon string guitar
  • Eldad Guetta – keyboards, guitars, trumpet, bass, percussion
  • David Hartley – piano, Rhodes
  • Marius de Vries – synths, piano
  • Matt Robertson – additional keyboards
  • Liran Doran – bass
  • Tal Wilkenfeld – bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • The Valve Bone Woe Orchestra

Track listing:

  1. How Glad I Am – Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams
  2. Caroline, No – Tony Asher, Brian Wilson
  3. I’m a Fool to Want You – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters – Charles Mingus
  6. Once I Loved – Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  8. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  9. River Man – Nick Drake
  10. Absent Minded Me – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  11. Naima – John Coltrane
  12. Hello, Young Lovers – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  13. No Return – Ray Davies
  14. Que reste-l-il de nos amours – Charles Trenet

Elbow: Giants of All Sizes

On October 11, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Giants of All Sizes”, the eighth Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Clouds Hill” in Hamburg, “The Dairy” in Brixton, “604 Studios” in Vancouver, “Blueprint Studios” in Salford, and was produced by Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – vocals, string arrangements, art direction
  • Craig Potter – keyboards, mixing, art direction
  • Mark Potter – guitars, art direction
  • Pete Turner – bass guitar, art direction
  • The Plumedores (Dean Casement, Andy Hargreaves, Danny McTague, Mark Potter, Mat Skinner) – vocals
  • Nathan “Nathan Sudders” Sudders – vocals
  • Jesca Hoop – additional vocals
  • Chilli Chilton – backing vocals
  • Sarah Field – trumpet, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Alex Reeves – drums, percussion
  • Matt Robertson – string arrangement
  • Marius de Vries – string arrangements
  • Violeta Barreña – violin
  • The Hallé Orchestra – strings
    • Jonathan Heyward – conductor
    • Sarah Ewins, Nicola Clarke, Zoe Coleman, Peter Liang, Michelle Marsh, Steven Proctor – first violin
    • Rosemary Attree, Paulette Bayley, Elizabeth Bosworth, Helena Buckie, Philippa Heys, John Purton – second violin
    • Cameron Campbell, Chris Emerson, Julian Mottram, Timothy Pooley – viola
    • Dale Culliford, Jane Hallett, David Petri, Clare Rowe, Nick Trygstad, Simon Turner – cello
    • Daniel Storer, Yi Xin Salvage – double bass
  • Danny Evans – engineer
  • Tom Baird – additional engineering
  • Sebastian Muxfeldt – additional engineering
  • Pedro Dzelme – engineer assistant
  • Charlie Leake – engineer assistant
  • Gary Hadfield – engineer assistant
  • Katie May – engineer assistant
  • Ollie Middleton – engineer assistant
  • Ian Stewart – engineer assistant
  • VGC – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey, all music by Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner.

  1. Dexter & Sinister
  2. Seven Veils
  3. Empires
  4. The Delayed
  5. White Noise White Heat
  6. Doldrums
  7. My Trouble
  8. On Deronda Road
  9. Weightless