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The Magnetic Fields: Get Lost

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On October 24, 1995, “Merge” label released “Get Lost”, the fifth Magnetic Fields (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.

Personnel:

  • Stephin Merritt – vocals, instrumentation
  • John Woo – guitar, banjo
  • Sam Davol – cello, flute
  • Claudia Gonson – vocals, drums, ukulele
  • Julie Cooper – bass guitar
  • Natalie Lithwick – French vocals
  • Kelly McKaig – recording assistant
  • Eric Masunaga – mixing assistant, technical advisor
  • Andrew Beaujon – French translation
  • Eve Prime – cover photography
  • John Woo – tray card photography

Track listing:

All by Stephin Merritt, except where noted.

  1. With Whom to Dance
  2. Smoke and Mirrors
  3. All the Umbrellas in London
  4. Why I Cry
  5. Save a Secret for the Moon
  6. Don’t Look Away
  7. Love Is Lighter Than Air
  8. Famous
  9. The Desperate Things You Made Me Do
  10. You and Me and the Moon
  11. When You are Old and Lonely
  12. The Village in the Morning – Stephin Merritt, Robert Scott
  13. The Dreaming Moon

Camera Obscura: Look To The East, Look To The West

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On May 3, 2024, “Merge” label released “Look to the East, Look to the West”, the sixth Camera Obscura studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Rockfield” in Monmouthshire, “Chem 19” in Glasgow, “Clashnarrow” in Helmsdale, and was produced by Jari Haapalainen.

Personnel:

  • Tracyanne Campbell – lead vocals, guitar
  • Kenny McKeeve – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Donna Maciocia – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Gavin Dunbar – bass guitar
  • Lee Thomson – drums, percussion
  • Anne McLeod – oboe 
  • Jari Haapalainen – programming, percussion, mixing
  • Jake Hutton – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Paul Savage – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracyanne Campbell, except where noted.

  1. Liberty Print
  2. We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World – Tracyanne Campbell, Donna Maciocia
  3. Big Love
  4. Only a Dream
  5. The Light Nights
  6. Sleepwalking
  7. Baby Huey (Hard Times)
  8. Denon
  9. Pop Goes Pop
  10. Sugar Almond
  11. Look to the East, Look to the West

Polvo: Today’s Active Lifestyles

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On April 19, 1993, “Merge” label released “Today’s Active Lifestyles”, the second Polvo studio album. It was recorded in December 1992, and was produced by Bob Weston.

Personnel:

  • Ash Bowie – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Brylawski – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Popson – bass guitar
  • Eddie Watkins – drums

Track listing:

  1. Thermal Treasure
  2. Lazy Comet
  3. My Kimono
  4. Sure Shot
  5. Stinger (Five Wigs)
  6. Tilebreaker
  7. Shiska
  8. Time Isn’t On My Side
  9. Action Vs. Vibe
  10. Gemini Cusp

The Magnetic Fields: The Charm of the Highway Strip

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On April 18, 1994, “Merge” label released “The Charm of the Highway Strip”, the third Magnetic Fields (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.

Personnel:

  • Stephin Merritt – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sam Davol – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephin Merritt.

  1. Lonely Highway
  2. Long Vermont Roads
  3. Born on a Train
  4. I Have the Moon
  5. Two Characters in Search of a Country Song
  6. Crowd of Drifters
  7. Fear of Trains
  8. When the Open Road Is Closing In
  9. Sunset City
  10. Dust Bowl

Waxahatchee: Ivy Tripp

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On April 7, 2015, “Merge” and “Wichita” labels released “Ivy Tripp”, the third Waxahatchee (Katie Crutchfield) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Wherever Audio” in Holbrook, New York, and was produced by Katie Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Katie Crutchfield – vocals, guitar, keys, synth
  • Kyle Gilbride – guitar, keys, synth, tambourine
  • Keith Spencer – guitar, bass, drums, keys
  • Kyle Gilbride – engineer
  • Maggie Fost – design
  • Jesse Riggins – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Katie Crutchfield.

  1. Breathless
  2. Under a Rock
  3. Poison
  4. La Loose
  5. Stale by Noon
  6. The Dirt
  7. Blue
  8. Air
  9. < 
  10. Grey Hair
  11. Summer of Love
  12. Half Moon
  13. Bonfire

The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest

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On March 31, 2023, “Merge” label released “Continue as a Guest”, the ninth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • Neko Case – lead vocals
  • A. C. Newman – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Todd Fancey – guitar, engineer
  • Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, engineer
  • John Collins – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Joe Seiders – drums, vocals, engineer
  • Paul Rigby – pedal steel guitar
  • Zach Djanikian – soprano and tenor, saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, engineer
  • Jeff Galegher – engineer
  • D. James Goodwin – engineer
  • Pete Caigan – recording assistant
  • Lee Falco – recording assistant
  • Pete Hanlon – mixing
  • Matthew Barnhart – mastering
  • Amy Casey – cover
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

  1. Really Really Light – A. C. Newman, Dan Bejar
  2. Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies
  3. Cat and Mouse with the Light
  4. Last and Beautiful
  5. Continue as a Guest
  6. Bottle Episodes
  7. Marie and the Undersea
  8. Angelcover
  9. Firework in the Falling Snow – A.C. Newman, Sadie Dupuis
  10. Wish Automatic Suite

Destroyer: Destroyer’s Rubies

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On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Nicolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, organ
  • Tim Loewen – bass
  • Scott Morgan – drums, baritone saxophone
  • Fisher Rose – vibraphone, trumpet
  • David Carswell – recording, mixing
  • John Collins – recording, mixing
  • Jamie Sitar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter In Your Pocket
  5. Looter’s Follies
  6. 3000 Flowers
  7. A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point
  8. Priest’s Knees
  9. Watercolours into the Ocean
  10. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever

Destroyer: Kaputt

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On January 25, 2011, “Merge” and “Dead Oceans” labels released “Kaputt”, the ninth Destroyer album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, tambourine, piano
  • Nocolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – keyboards, cover photography
  • Joseph Shabason – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joshua Wells – drums
  • Sibel Trasher – vocal
  • John Collins – engineer
  • Cady Bean-Smith – design

Track listing:

  1. Chinatown
  2. Blue Eyes
  3. Savage Night at the Opera
  4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
  5. Poor in Love
  6. Kaputt
  7. Downtown
  8. Song for America
  9. Prelude (Estuary)
  10. Nagel’s Marimba
  11. The Laziest River
  12. Palm Springs Life
  13. Landing on Water
  14. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

Camera Obscura: Let’s Get Out Of This Country

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On June 6, 2006, “Merge” label released “Let’s Get Out of This Country”, the third Camera Obscura studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Park Studio”, “Studio Dubious” and “Cosmos Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Jari Haapalainen.

Personnel:

  • Tracyanne Campbell – lead vocal, guitar
  • Kenny McKeeve – vocal, guitar
  • Carey Lander – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Nigel Baillie – trumpet, percussion
  • Gavin Dunbar – bass guitar
  • Lee Thomson – drums
  • Jari Haapalainen – percussion
  • Tomas Hallonsten – accordion
  • Andreas Forsman, Erik Arvinder, Erik Holm – violin
  • Lena Bergström – cello
  • Britta Persson, Isak Klasson, Marcella Svensson, Markus Krunegard, Sibille Attar, Victoria Bergsman – choir
  • Britta Persson – backing vocals
  • Bjorn Yttling – strings arrangements
  • Christoffer Roth – recording, engineer
  • Stefan Boman – recording, engineer
  • Johan Rude – recording
  • Christoffer Lundquist – mixing
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Luis Calvo – layout
  • Fredik Ottosson – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracyanne Campbell.

  1. Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
  2. Tears for Affairs
  3. Come Back Margaret
  4. Dory Previn
  5. The False Contender
  6. Let’s Get Out of This Country
  7. Country Mile
  8. If Looks Could Kill
  9. I Need All the Friends I Can Get
  10. Razzle Dazzle Rose

Superchunk: Tossing Seeds (Singles 89 – 91)

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On April 1, 1992, “Merge” label released “Tossing Seeds (Singles 89–91)”, the third Superchunk album. The album was compiling a number of their earliest 7″ singles and Eps. All tracks were recorded 1989 – 1991, at ”Duck Kee Studios” and “Chicago Recording Company” in Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Mac McCaughan – vocals, guitars
  • Jim Wilbur – guitars
  • Laura Balance – bass
  • Laura King – drums
  • Wendy Moore – cover art

Track listing:

  1. What Do I (1989)
  2. My Noise (1989)
  3. Train from Kansas City (1989)
  4. Slack Motherfucker (1990)
  5. Night Creatures (1990)
  6. Garlic (1990)
  7. Fishing (1991)
  8. Cool (1991)
  9. The Breadman (1991)
  10. Cast Iron (1991)
  11. Seed Toss (1991)
  12. It’s So Hard to Fall in Love (1991)
  13. Brand New Love (1991)