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Frank Turner: FTHC

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On February 11, 2022, “Xtra Mile” label released “FTHC” (Frank Turner Hardcore), the ninth Frank Turner studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “ARC” in Oxford, “WAYout” in Sierra Leone and “Dock Street Studios” in London, and was produced by Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Frank Turner – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ben Lloyd – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tarrant Anderson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Nasir – piano, keyboards, organ, backing vocals, photography
  • Jason Isbell – electric guitar
  • Rich Costey – electric guitar, programming, percussion
  • Koby Berman – additional synths, falsetto vocals
  • Ilan Rubin – drums
  • Dominic Howard – drums
  • Jason McGerr – drums
  • WAYout Arts Crew – percussion
  • Kevin Fennell – drums
  • Simon Neil – additional vocals
  • Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – engineer
  • Matt Taylor – additional engineering
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Koby Berman – additional production
  • Rob Parry – artwork
  • Thomas Lacey – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Turner, except where noted.

  1. Non Servianm
  2. The Gathering
  3. Haven’t Been Doing So Well
  4. Untainted Love
  5. Fatherless – Frank Turner, Matt Nasir
  6. My Bad
  7. Miranda
  8. A Wave Across a Bay
  9. The Resurrectionists – Frank Turner, Matt Nasir
  10. Punches
  11. Perfect Score
  12. The Work
  13. Little Life
  14. Farewell to My City

Sum 41: Underclass Hero

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On July 18, 2007, “Island” label released “Underclass Hero”, the fourth Sum 41 studio album. It was recorded November 2006 – March 2007, at “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and “Sage & Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Deryck Whibley.

Personnel:

  • Deryck Whibley – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Cone – bass
  • Stevo – drums, percussion
  • Michael Railton – piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Dan Chase – percussion
  • David Campbell – string arrangement
  • Doug McKean – engineer
  • Keith Armstrong – engineer assistant
  • Adam Fuller – engineer assistant
  • Nathan Johns – engineer assistant
  • Nik Karpen – engineer assistant
  • Wesley Seidman – engineer assistant
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Patrick Hegarty – design
  • Brian Lauzon – package design, photography
  • Matt Taylor – package design, photography
  • Jonathan Mannion – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Deryck Whibley, except where noted.

  1. Underclass Hero – Deryck Whibley, Steve Kocz
  2. Walking Disaster
  3. Speak of the Devil
  4. Dear Father
  5. Count Your Last Blessings
  6. Ma Poubelle – Deryck Whibley, Steve Kocz
  7. March of the Dogs
  8. The Jester
  9. With Me
  10. Pull the Curtain
  11. King of Contradiction
  12. Best of Me
  13. Confusion and Frustration in Modern Times
  14. So Long Goodbye

Motion City Soundtrack: Go

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On June 12, 2012, “Epitaph” and “The Boombox Generation” labels released “Go”, the fifth Motion City Soundtrack studio album. It was recorded June – October 2011, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was produced by Ed Ackerson.

Personnel:

  • Justin Pierre – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joshua Cain – vocals, guitar
  • Jesse Johnson – Moog, keyboard
  • Matt Taylor – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Tony Thaxton – drums, percussion
  • Dan Lawonn – cello
  • Erica Burton – viola
  • Josh Misner – violin
  • Zachary Scanlan – violin
  • The Laurels String Quartet
  • Chris Shaw – mixing
  • Peter Anderson – engineer assistant
  • Bradley Hale – art direction, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Justin Pierre, all music by Justin Pierre, Joshua Cain, Jesse Johnson, Matt Taylor and Tony Thaxton.

  1. Circuits and Wires
  2. True Romance
  3. Son of a Gun
  4. Timelines
  5. Everyone Will Die
  6. The Coma Kid
  7. Boxelder
  8. The Worst Is Yet to Come
  9. Bad Idea
  10. Happy Anniversary
  11. Floating Down the River

Other Lives: Same

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On April 7, 2009, “TBO Records” and “PIAS Recordings” label released the self-titled, debut Other Lives album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Joey Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Eric Kiner – electric and steel guitar
  • Gus Seyffert – electric guitar, organ
  • Josh Onstott – bass, mellotron, backing vocals,
  • Joey Waronker – percussion
  • Matt Taylor – art direction
  • Sachiko – art direction

Track listing:

  1. E Minor
  2. Don’t Let Them
  3. Black Tables
  4. End of the Year
  5. Speed Tapes
  6. Paper Cities
  7. Matador
  8. It Was the Night
  9. How Could This Be
  10. AM Theme
  11. Epic

Him: Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13

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On February 8, 2010, “Sire” label released “Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13”, the seventh HIM strudio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “The Lair Studios” and “NRG Studios” in Los Angeles, California, and was produced by Matt Squire.

Personnel:

  • Ville Valo − lead vocals, artwork, art direction
  • Mikko “Linde” Lindström − guitar
  • Mikko “Mige” Paananen − bass
  • Janne “Burton” Puurtinen − keyboards
  • Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen − drums
  • Larry Goetz – programming
  • Travis Huff − engineer
  • Steve Tippeconnic − recording assistant
  • Tate Hall − recording assistant
  • Dave Colvin – recording assistant
  • Neal Avron − mixing
  • Nicholas Fournier – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Matt Taylor – artwork
  • Varnish Studio Inc – art direction
  • 2Rabbits Studios – screen prints
  • David Roemer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ville Valo.

  1. In Venere Veritas
  2. Scared to Death
  3. Heartkiller
  4. Dying Song
  5. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)
  6. Love, the Hardest Way
  7. Katherine Wheel
  8. In the Arms of Rain
  9. Ode to Solitude
  10. Shatter Me with Hope
  11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love in Limbo)
  12. Like St. Valentine
  13. The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness

Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way to Blue

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On September 29, 2009, “Virgin / EMI” label released “Black Gives Way to Blue”, the fourth Alice in Chains studio album. It was recorded October 2008 – March 2009, at “Studio 666” in Northridge, California, “Henson Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall, Mike Inez, and Sean Kinney.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Cantrell– lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • William DuVall– lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, art direction
  • Mike Inez– bass, backing vocals, art direction
  • Sean Kinney– drums, percussion, art direction
  • Elton John– piano
  • Lisa Coleman– vibraphone
  • Chris Armstrong – tabla
  • Stevie Black – string arrangements, engineer
  • Paul Figueroa – recording
  • Nick Raskulinecz – recording
  • John Lousteau, Martin Cooke, Kevin Mills – engineer assistant
  • Randy Staub – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Matt Taylor – art direction, design
  • James Minchin III – band photography
  • Rocky Schenck – package interior photography
  • Emmanuel Polanco – illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.

  1. All Secrets Known
  2. Check My Brain
  3. Last of My Kind – Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall
  4. Your Decision
  5. A Looking in View – Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
  6. When the Sun Rose Again
  7. Acid Bubble
  8. Lesson Learned
  9. Take Her Out
  10. Private Hell
  11. Black Gives Way to Blue

Tracy Chapman: Our Bright Future

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On November 11, 2008, “Elektra” label released “Our Bright Future”, the eight Tracy Chapman studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Tracy Chapman and Larry Klein.
Personnel:

  • Tracy Chapman – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Joe Gore – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Dean Parks– guitar, clarinet, mandolin, pedal steel
  • Jared Faw – piano
  • Larry Goldings – keyboards
  • Michael Webster, Rob Burger – keyboards
  • Larry Klein– bass, organ
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
  • Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckel harpa
  • Rock Deadrick – backing vocals
  • Helik Hadar – engineer
  • Kevin Mills – engineer assistant
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Matt Taylor – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracy Chapman.

  1. Sing for You
  2. I Did It All
  3. Save Us All
  4. Our Bright Future
  5. For a Dream
  6. Thinking of You
  7. A Theory
  8. Conditional
  9. Something to See
  10. The First Person on Earth
  11. Spring

The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist

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On July 10, 2007, “Reprise” label released “Zeitgeist”, the seventh Smashing Pumpkins (The) album. It was recorded August 2006 – February 2007, and was produced by Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Terry Date and Roy Thomas Bake.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jimmy Chamberlin– drums, percussion
  • Roy Thomas Baker– recording , mixing
  • Terry Date– recording
  • Chris Owens, Kevin Mills, Alex Pavlides, Zephyrus Sowers, Bo Joe, Davey Rieley – engineer assistant
  • Bjorn Thorsrud– recording , mixing assistant
  • Vanessa Parr, Noel Zancanella – mixing assistant, engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant) – design
  • Matt Taylor– package art direction
  • Cynthia Obsenares – photo shoot costume design
  • Amber Griffin – photo shoot hair, makeup
  • Christina Wagner – photo shoot producer
  • Bruce Dickson, Justin Corrigan – photo shoot art supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Corgan.

  1. Doomsday Clock
  2. 7 Shades of Black
  3. Bleeding the Orchid
  4. That’s the Way (My Love Is)
  5. Tarantula
  6. Starz
  7. United States
  8. Neverlost
  9. Bring the Light
  10. (Come On) Let’s Go!
  11. For God and Country
  12. Pomp and Circumstances