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Brakes: Give Blood

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On July 4, 2005, “Rough Trade” label released “Give Blood”, the debut Brakes studio album. It was recorded in January 2005, at Metropolis, and was produced by Iain Gore, Eamon Hamilton, Marc Beatty, Thomas White and Alex White.

Personnel:

  • Eamon Hamilton- vocals, guitar
  • Thomas White – electric guitar, percussion
  • Marc Beatty – bass guitar, lapsteel
  • Alex White – drums, piano
  • Matt Eaton – backing vocals
  • Liela Moss, Rose Elinor Dougall, Rebecca Stephens, Julia Clarke-Lowes – duet vocals
  • Matt Paul, Fergus McHugh, Carlos Olmos – engineer assistnat
  • Iain Gore – mixing
  • Tim Young – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Eamon Hamilton, Marc Beatty, Thomas White and Alex White, except where noted.

  1. Ring a Ding Ding
  2. NY Pie
  3. The Most Fun
  4. Heard About Your Band
  5. What’s in It for Me? – Eamon Hamilton, Farmer, Eaton, Gray
  6. You’ll Always Have a Place to Stay
  7. Cheney
  8. I Can’t Stand to Stand Beside You
  9. Pick Up the Phone
  10. You’re So Pretty
  11. Jackson – Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler
  12. All Night Disco Party
  13. Hi How Are You
  14. Comma Comma Comma Full Stop
  15. Sometimes Always – William Reid
  16. Fell in Love with a Girl

 

13th Front Line Assembly: Artificial Soldier

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On June 20, 2006, “Metropolis” label released “Artificial Soldier”, the 13th Front Line Assembly album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson.

Personnel:

  • Bill Leeb – vocals, keyboards
  • Rhys Fulber – keyboards, additional programming
  • Chris Peterson – keyboards, programming
  • Jeremy Inkel – keyboards, programming
  • Jared Slingerland– guitar
  • Adrian White– guitar
  • Jean-Luc De Meyer– vocals
  • Eskil Simonsson– vocals, additional keyboard
  • Greg Reely– engineer, mixing
  • Brian Gardner– mastering
  • Dave McKean– design, illustration, photography

Track listing:

  1. Unleashed
  2. Low Life
  3. Beneath the Rubble
  4. Dissension
  5. Buried Alive
  6. Dopamine
  7. Social Enemy
  8. Future Fail
  9. The Storm
  10. Humanity (World War 3) – includes hidden track Fawnchopper

Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine

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On May 19, 1978, “Kling Klang” label released “The Man-Machine” (Die Mensch-Maschine), the seventh Kraftwerk studio album. It was recorded 1977-1978, at “Kling Klang Studio” and mixed at “Studio Rudas” in Düsseldorf, Germany, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Ralf Hütter– voice, vocoder, synthesizer, keyboard, Orchestron, Synthanorma Sequencer, electronics, cover, concept
  • Florian Schneider– vocoder, Votrax, synthesizer, electronics, concept
  • Karl Bartos– electronic drums
  • Wolfgang Flür– electronic drums
  • Joschko Rudas – engineer
  • Leanard Jackson – engineer
  • Henning Schmitz– engineer assistant
  • Karl Klefisch – lettering
  • Günther Fröhling – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ralf Hütter except where noted.

  1. The Robots – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos
  2. Spacelab – Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos
  3. Metropolis – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos
  4. The Model – lyrics by Ralf Hütter and Emil Schult, music by Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos
  5. Neon Lights – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos
  6. The Man-Machine – Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos

The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God

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On January 18, 1988, “Pogue Mahone” released “If I Should Fall from Grace with God”, the third Pogues (The) album.  It  was recorded in 1987, at the “Rak Studios” in London, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. “If I Should Fall from Grace with God” became the band’s best-selling album of all time.

Personnel:

  • Shane MacGowan– vocals, guitar
  • Kirsty MacColl – vocals
  • Philip Chevron– guitar, mandolin
  • Terry Woods– vocals, cittern lute, concertina, strings, banjo, dulcimer, guitar
  • Ron Kavana – banjo, spoons, mandolin
  • Jem Finer– banjo, saxophone
  • Spider Stacy– vocals, tin whistle
  • James Fearnley– accordion, piano, mandolin, dulcimer, guitar, cello, percussion
  • Darryl Hunt– bass, percussion, vocals
  • Andrew Ranken– drums, vocals
  • Brian Clarke – alto saxophone
  • Joe Cashman – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Taylor – trombone
  • Chris Lee, Eli Thompson – trumpet
  • Siobhan Sheahan – harp

Track listing:

  1. If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Shane MacGowan
  2. Turkish Song of the Damned – Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer
  3. Bottle of Smoke – Shane MacGowen, Jem Finer
  4. Fairytale of New York – Shane MacGowen and Jem Finer
  5. Metropolis – Jem Finer
  6. Thousands Are Sailling – Phil Chevron
  7. Fiesta – Shaven MacGowen, Jem Finer
  8. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races – traditional
  9. Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six – Terry Woods, Shane MacGowen
  10. Lullaby of London – Shane MacGowen
  11. Sit Down by the Fire – Shane MacGowen
  12. The Broad Majestic Shannon – Shane MacGowen
  13. Worms – traditional