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Young Fathers: Heavy, Heavy

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On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.

Personnel:

  • Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
  • Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
  • Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
  • Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
  • Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
  • Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
  • Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
  • Anele Mthembu – vocals
  • Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
  • Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
  • Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
  • Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
  • Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
  • Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Baptie – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.

  1. Rice
  2. I Saw
  3. Drum
  4. Tell Somebody
  5. Geronimo
  6. Shoot Me Down
  7. Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
  8. Sink or Swim
  9. Holy Moly
  10. Be Your Lady

Badly Drawn Boy: The Hour of Bewilderbeast

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On June 26, 2000, “XL” label released “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”, the debut Badly Drawn Boy studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Badly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson and Ken Nelson. “The Hour of Bewilderbeast” won the 2000 “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, drum machine,  tambourine, harp, handclaps, whistling, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards,  organ, drum machine organs, percussion, crash cymbal,  vibraphone, xylophone,  sound effects, string arrangements
  • Jez Williams– slide and electric guitar
  • Matt Wardle – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Martin Rebelski– Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, keyboards
  • Gary Wilkinson – keyboards, drum programming, sirens, noises
  • Jimi Goodwin– bass
  • Sam Morris – bass, keyboards, French horn, handclaps
  • Andy Votel– drum programming, effects, piano, keyboards, strings samples, samples
  • Ian Smith – drums, electric guitar, percussion, vibraphone, handclaps
  • Sean Kelly – drums, handclaps
  • Spencer Birtwhistle – drums
  • Adrian Dacre – drums
  • Joe Robinson – drum programming, loops, theremin, effects, sound effects
  • Andy Williams– drums
  • Sophie Williams – handclaps
  • Ian Rainford – handclaps
  • Derrick Santini – handclaps
  • Northern New Orleans Brass Band – horns
  • Matt McGeever – cello, handclaps
  • Paul Taylor – string arrangements
  • Clare Hewitt – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough).

  1. The Shining
  2. Everybody’s Stalking
  3. Bewilder
  4. Fall in a River
  5. Camping Next to Water
  6. Stone on the Water
  7. Another Pearl
  8. Body Rap
  9. Once Around the Block
  10. This Song
  11. Bewilderbeast
  12. Magic in the Air
  13. Cause a Rockslide
  14. Pissing in the Wind
  15. Blistered Heart
  16. Disillusion
  17. Say It Again
  18. Epitaph

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake

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On February 14, 2011, “Island” label released “Let England Shake”, the eighth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded April and May 2010, at “Eype Church” in Dorset, and was produced by Flood, Mick Harvey, John Parish and PJ Harvey. In September 2011 the album won the coveted “Mercury Prize”, in November 2011, won the “Uncut Music Award” and was named “Album of the Year” in the 2012 “Ivor Novello Awards”.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, autoharp, saxophone, zither, violin, layout, design, drawings
  • John Parish– guitar, drums, percussion,  trombone,  rhodes , mellotron, xylophone, backing vocals
  • Mick Harvey– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, bass harmonica, piano, organ, rhodes, xylophone, backing vocals
  • Jean-Marc Butty – drums, backing vocals
  • Sammy Hurden – backing vocals
  • Greta Berlin – backing vocals
  • Lucy Roberts – backing vocals
  • Rob Crane –layout, design
  • Michelle Henning – design
  • Seamus Murphy, Cat Stevens – photography

Track listing:

All songs written and composed by PJ Harvey.

  1. Let England Shake
  2. The Last Living Rose
  3. The Glorious Land
  4. The Words That Maketh Murder
  5. All and Everyone
  6. On Battleship Hill
  7. England
  8. In the Dark Places
  9. Bitter Branches
  10. Hanging in the Wire
  11. Written on the Forehead
  12. The Colour of the Earth

Antony And The Johnsons: I am a Bird Now

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On February 1, 2005, “Secretly Canadian” label released “I Am a Bird Now”, the second Antony and the Johnsons album.  It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Antony Hegarty. On September 6, 2005, the album won the “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Antony Hegarty – vocals, organ, piano
  • Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
  • Devendra Banhart– vocals, guitar
  • Jason Hart – piano
  • Jeff Longston – bass
  • Rainy Orteca – bass
  • Todd Cohen – drums
  • John Bollinger – drums
  • Parker Kindred- drums
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone
  • Steve Bernstein – horn
  • Paul Shapiro– horn
  • Maxim Moston – violin
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Keith Bonner – flute
  • Boy George– vocals
  • Joan Wasser– viola
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals
  • Julia Yasuda – Morse Code, vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Antony Hegarty.

  1. Hope There’s Someone
  2. My lady Story
  3. For Today I Am a Boy
  4. Man Is the Baby
  5. You Are My Sister
  6. What Can I Do
  7. Fistful of Love
  8. Spiralling
  9. Free at Last
  10. Bird Gerhi

Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future

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On January 29, 2007, “Polydor” label released “Myths of the Near Future”, the debut Klaxons album. It was recorded in 2006 at “Battle” in Essex, and was produced by James Ford. The album won the “Mercury Prize” in 2007.

Personnel:

  • Simon Taylor – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • James Righton – vocals, keyboards
  • Jamie Reynolds – vocals, bass, artwork
  • James Ford – drums
  • Jimmy Robertson – enginner

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Taylor, James Righton, Jamie Reynolds and James Ford, except where noted.

  1. Two Receivers
  2. Atlantis to Interzone
  3. Golden Skans
  4. Totem on the Timeline
  5. As Above, So Below
  6. Isle of Her
  7. Gravity’s Rainbow
  8. Forgotten Works
  9. Magick
  10. It’s Not Over Yet – Rob Davies, Paul Oakenfold, Michael Wyzgowski
  11. Four Horsmen of 2012