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Twenty One Pilots: Scaled And Icy

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On May 21, 2021, “Fueled by Ramen” and “Elektra” labels released “Scaled and Icy”, the sixth Twenty One Pilots studio album. It was recorded July 2020 – April 2021, at Tyler Joseph’s home studio in Columbus, Ohio, “Phantom Studios” in Gallatin, and Tennessee, and was produced by Tyler Joseph, Mike Elizondo, Greg Kurstin and Paul Meany. The album won “Top Rock Album” at the 2022 “Billboard Music Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Tyler Joseph – lead vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, organ, ukulele, programming, executive production
  • Josh Dun – drums, percussion, trumpet, backing vocals, drums engineering
  • Mike Elizondo – piano, bass
  • Steven Patrick – trumpet
  • Brittany Haas – violin
  • Matt Pauling – violin
  • Jay Joseph – group vocals
  • Payton Byrd – group vocals
  • J. R. Bowers – group vocals
  • Christopher Matis – group vocals
  • Kyle Schmidt – group vocals
  • Jack Peterman – group vocals
  • Lawson White – engineer
  • Matt Pauling – drums engineering
  • T. J. Bechill – group vocal engineering
  • Erica Block – engineer assistant
  • Zachary Stokes – engineer assistant
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Ashley Osborn – illustration, photography
  • Mark Eshleman – video creative direction
  • Brandon Rike – design creative direction
  • Chris Woltman – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Tyler Joseph.

  1. Good Day
  2. Choker
  3. Shy Away
  4. The Outside
  5. Saturday
  6. Never Take It
  7. Mulberry Street
  8. Formidable
  9. Bounce Man
  10. No Chances
  11. Redecorate

Lake Street Dive: Obviously

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On March 12, 2021, “Nonesuch” label released “Obviously”, the seventh Lake Street Dive studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Mike Elizondo.

Personnel:

  • Rachael Price – lead vocals
  • Mike “McDuck” Olson – guitar, mandolin, strings, trumpet
  • Akie Bermiss – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
  • Bridget Kearney – vocals and backing vocals, bass, synthesizer
  • Michael Calabrese – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Alan Umstead – violin
  • Catherine Umstead – violin
  • Jung-Min Shin – violin
  • Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
  • Bruce Christensen – viola
  • Anthony Lamarchina – cello
  • Kristin Andreassen – backing vocals
  • Lawson White – engineer
  • Zach Stokes – engineer assistant
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Dewey Saunders – artwork
  • Shervin Lainez – photography
  • Leo Krauss – prints

Track listing:

  1. Hypotheticals – Bridget Kearney
  2. Hush Money – Mike Calabrese, Mike Olson
  3. Same Old News – Akie Bermiss, Mike Olson
  4. Being a Woman – Bridget Kearney
  5. Making Do – Mike Calabrese, Bridget Kearney
  6. Nobody’s Stopping You Now – Bridget Kearney, Rachel Price
  7. Know That I Know – Akie Bermiss, Mike Olson
  8. Lackluster Love – Akie Bermiss, Rachel Price
  9. Anymore – Akie Bermiss
  10. Feels Like the Last Time – Akie Bermiss, Bridget Kearney
  11. Sarah – Akie Bermiss, Mike Calabrese

Tegan And Sara: Herththrob

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On January 29, 2013, “Vapor Records” label released “Heartthrob”, the seventh Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded February – May 2012, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Mike Elizondo, Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Rob Cavallo.

Personnel:

  • Tegan Quin – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Tim Pierce – guitar 
  • Josh Lopez – guitar
  • Greg Kurstin – piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, mixing, programming
  • Dave Palmer – piano, keyboards
  • Mike Elizondo – keyboards, acoustic guitar, programming
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Rob Cavallo – additional guitar, additional percussion
  • Joey Waronker – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion
  • Dorian Crozier – drums, percussion
  • Chris Chaney – bass 
  • Yonathan Garfias – arrangements
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Damian Taylor – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, except where noted.

  1. Closer – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Greg Kurtsin
  2. Goodbye, Goodbye
  3. I Was a Fool
  4. I’m Not Your Hero
  5. Drove Me Wild
  6. How Come You Don’t Want Me – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Jack Arnold
  7. I Couldn’t Be Your Friend
  8. Love They Say
  9. Shock to Your System

Half Alive: Now, Not Yet

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On August 9, 2019, “RCA” label released “Now, Not Yet”, the debut Half Alive studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Mike Crossey, Eric Palmquist, Mike Elizondo, Ariel Rechtshaid, Paul Meany, Josh Taylor, J. Tyler Johnson and Brett Kramer,

Personnel:

  • Josh Taylor – lead singer, horn, choir
  • J. Tyler Johnson – bass, horn, strings, choir
  • Brett Kramer – drums, horn, choir
  • Mike Elizondo – keyboards, choir
  • Eric Palmquist – keyboards 
  • Paul Meany – keyboards 
  • Lemar Guillary – trombone
  • Mike Cottone – trumpet, fluegelhorn, horn
  • Taylor Covey – horn
  • Vinney Dawson – horn
  • Emiko Bankson – strings, choir
  • Kimbra – vocals
  • Samm Henshaw – vocals
  • Mike Elizondo – programmer
  • Paul Meany – programmer 
  • Eric Palmquist – programmer, engineer
  • Emiko Bankson – engineer 
  • Stephen Sesso – engineer 
  • Brent Arrowood – engineer 
  • John DeBold – engineer 
  • Alonzo Lazaro – engineer assistant
  • Jasmine Chen – engineer assistant
  • Matt DiMona – engineer assistant
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Henry Lunetta – editor 

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J Tyler Johnson, except where noted.

  1. OK OK?
  2. Rumaway
  3. Maybe
  4. The Notion
  5. Still Feel – Emiko Bankson, James Krausse, Rachel Kramer
  6. Trust – Faith Dunsterville
  7. Arrow
  8. Pure Gold
  9. Ice Cold – Austin Price
  10. Rest – Emiko Bankson, Samm Henshaw
  11. Breakfast
  12. Creature

Natalie Merchant: Motherland

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On November 13, 2001, “Elektra” label released “Motherland”, the third Natalie Merchant album. It was recorded July – September 2001, at “Allaire Studios”, “Sunset Sound” and “Clinton Studios”, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett and Natalie Merchant.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant – vocal, piano, Rhodes piano
  • Erik Della Penna – electric guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, banjo, lap steel guitar, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Elizabeth Steen – Hammond organ, mellotron, Wurlitzer piano, piano
  • Gabriel Gordon – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Keefus Ciancia – piano, Hammond organ, keyboard
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, pump organ
  • Guy Klucevsek – accordion
  • Van Dyke Parks – accordion
  • Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Jeremy McCoy – bass guitar
  • Graham Maby – bass guitar
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Carla Azar – drums 
  • Katie Goldberg – vocal
  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Kate Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
  • Kelly Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
  • Stephen Barber – arranger, conductor
  • David Ralicke – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone
  • Philip Myers – French horn
  • Sandra Church – alto flute
  • David Krakauer – clarinet
  • Mitchell Estrin – bass clarinet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Chris Tedesco – trumpet
  • Sandra Park – violin, string contractor
  • Krystof Kuznik – violin
  • Bruno Eicher – violin
  • Ann S. Kim – violin
  • Lisa E. Kim – violin
  • Karen Marx – violin
  • Robert T. Shaw – violin
  • Fiona Simon – violin
  • Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
  • Jung Sun Yoo – violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Laura Seaton – violin
  • Nick Cords – viola
  • Vivek Kamath – viola
  • Karen Dreyfus – viola
  • Elizabeth Dyson – cello
  • Sarah Seiver – cello
  • Alan Stepansky – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant.

  1. This House Is on Fire
  2. Motherland
  3. Saint Judas
  4. Put the Law on You
  5. Build a Levee
  6. Golden Boy
  7. Henry Darger
  8. The Worst Thing – Spanish lyrics by Daniel de la Calle 
  9. Tell Yourself
  10. Just Can’t Last
  11. Not in This Life
  12. I’m Not Gonna Beg

St. Vincent: Masseduction

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On October 13, 2017, “Loma Vista Records” label released “Masseduction”, the fifth St. Vincent studio album. It was in 2017 at “Electric Lady” in New York, “Rough Consumer” in Brooklyn, “Compound Fracture” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent. At the 61st “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Masseduction” won the award for “Best Recording Package” and “Best Rock Song” for its title track.

Personnel:

  • Annie Clark – vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizers, additional engineering
  • Jack Antonoff – piano, synthesizers, bass, bass, drums, mellotron, programming, string arrangements, additional engineering
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, synthesizers
  • Bobby Sparks – keyboards 
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel 
  • Rich Hinman – pedal steel 
  • Tuck Andress – guitar
  • Daniel Mintseris – synthesizers
  • Lars Stalfors – synthesizers, programming 
  • Mike Elizondo – bass 
  • Pino Palladino – bass 
  • Evan Smith – saxophone 
  • Kamasi Washington – saxophone 
  • Margot – strings 
  • Philip A. Peterson – cello 
  • Timothy Garland – violin
  • Patti Andress – vocals
  • Jenny Lewis – vocals
  • Kid Monkey – vocals
  • Toko Yasuda – vocals
  • Sounwave – programming
  • Adam Pickrell – programming
  • Laura Sisk – engineer
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Brent Arrowood – additional engineering
  • Alonzo Lazaro – additional engineering
  • Miro Mackie – additional engineering
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Catherine Marks – mixing
  • Brandon Boost – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Willo Perron & Associates – creative direction
  • NONOT – package design
  • Nedda Afsari – photography
  • Lars Stalfors – co-production
  • John Congleton – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Hang on Me – Annie Clark
  2. Pills – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears
  3. Masseduction – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  4. Sugarboy – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  5. Los Angeles – Annie Clark
  6. Happy Birthday, Johnny – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  7. Savior – Annie Clark
  8. New York – Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff
  9. Fear the Future – Annie Clark
  10. Young Lover – Annie Clark
  11. Dancing with a Ghost – Annie Clark
  12. Slow Disco – Annie Clark, Joy Williams
  13. Smoking Section – Annie Clark

Jenny Lewis: The Voyager

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On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
  • Alex Greenwald – vocal
  • Beck Hansen – vocal
  • Johanna Söderberg – vocal
  • Jonathan Rice – vocal
  • Klara Söderberg – vocal
  • Mike Viola – vocal
  • Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
  • Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
  • Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
  • Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
  • Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
  • Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar
  • Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
  • Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
  • Mickey Madden – bass
  • Wyllie Gelber – bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Jason Boessel – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Nate Walcott – horn
  • The Section Quartet
  • Lili Haydn – violin
  • Daphine Chen – string arrangements
  • Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
  • The Watson Twins
  • Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
  • Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Norman Wonderly, Stephen Walker – layout
  • Autumn De Wilde – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Head Underwater
  2. She’s Not Me – Jonathan Rice
  3. Just One of the Guys
  4. Slippery Slopes
  5. Late Bloomer
  6. You Can’t Outrun ‘Em
  7. The New You – Jonathan Rice
  8. Aloha & the Three Johns
  9. Love U Forever
  10. The Voyager

Switchfoot: Where the Light Shines Through

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On July 8, 2016, “Vanguard” label released “Where the Light Shines Through”, the tenth Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Spot X Studio” in San Diego, California, and was produced by John Fields, Tim Foreman, Jon Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley.

  • Jon Foreman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Jerome Fontamillas – keyboards, guitar
  • Drew Shirley – guitar
  • Tim Foreman – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chad Butler – drums, percussion
  • Boaz Roberts – guitar
  • Robert Randolph − pedal steel
  • Lecrae – vocals
  • Eric Owyoung – strings
  • Keith Tutt II − cello section
  • John Painter – horns
  • Sam Dark – oboe
  • Lenny Skolnik − additional production
  • Joseph Barba − additional production
  • Tanner Sparks – engineering, mixing
  • Paul David Hager – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Holy Water – Jon Foreman
  2. Float – Tim Foreman
  3. Where the Light Shines Through – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  4. I Won’t Let You Go – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  5. If the House Burns Down Tonight – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Mike Elizondo
  6. The Day That I Found Gold – Jim Foreman, Tim Foreman
  7. Shake This Feeling – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  8. Bull in a Chins Shop – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Mike Elizondo
  9. Live It Well – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  10. Looking for America – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Lecrae
  11. Healer of Souls – Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman
  12. Hope Is the Anthem – Jon Foreman

Gary Clark Jr.: This Land

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On February 22, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “This Land”, the third Gary Clark Jr. studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Arlyn Studios”, and was produced by Gary Clark Jr. ,Jacob Sciba, Joseph Angel, Lab Ox, Scooter Weintraub and Mike Elizondo. At the 2020 “Grammy Awards” it won “Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album”, and the title track won “Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Clark Jr. – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, engineer
  • Doyle Bramhall II – lute
  • Jon Deas – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Mike Elizondo – bass, synth bass
  • Alex Peterson – bass
  • Brannen Temple – drums
  • J.J. Johnson – drums
  • Sheila E. – percussion
  • Keyon Harrold – horn
  • Gabe Burch – backing vocals
  • Scooter Weinbtraub – backing vocals
  • Jacob Sciba – backing vocals
  • Gaston Jouany – backing vocals
  • Joseph Holguin – backing vocals
  • Branko Presley – backing vocals
  • Katelyn O’Neal – backing vocals
  • Lazaro Zarate – backing vocals
  • Mikayla Mundy – backing vocals
  • Pam Adams – backing vocals
  • Gabe Burch – engineer
  • Jacob Sciba – engineer
  • Joseph Holguin – engineer
  • Adam Hawkins – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Clark Jr., except where noted.

  1. This Land – Woody Guthrie
  2. What About Us
  3. I Got My Eyes on You (Locked & Loaded)
  4. I Walk Alone
  5. Feelin’ Like a Million
  6. Gotta Get into Something
  7. Got to Get Up
  8. Feed the Babies
  9. Pearl Cadillac
  10. When I’m Gone
  11. The Guitar Man
  12. Low Down Rolling Stone
  13. The Governor
  14. Don’t Wait ‘till Tomorrow
  15. Dirty Dishes Blues

Sheryl Crow: Detours

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On February 5, 2008, “A&M” label released “Detours”, the sixth Sheryl Crow studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Hit Farm” in Nashville, “Odditorium Recorders” in California, “Sage and Sound Studios” in Hollywood, “Glenwood Place Studios” in Burbank, “The Pass Studios” in Los Angeles, “2 Seas Records” in Bahrain, and was produced by Bill Bottrell.

Personnel:

  • Sheryl Crow – vocals, choir, chorus, organ, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, accordion, handclapping
  • Bill Bottrell – vocals, choir, chorus, organ, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic bass, synthesizer bass, percussion, pedal steel, drums, marimba, pipe, mellotron, acoustic bass, string arrangements, drum programming, wurlitzer, engineer, mixing,
  • Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar
  • Mike Elizondo – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, sampling, drum programming
  • Jeff Trott – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals, choir, chorus, slide guitar
  • Brian MacLeod – percussion, drums, sampling, drum programming
  • Jeremy Stacey – piano, drums, timbales, vocals, kalimba
  • Ben Harper – vocals
  • Marva Soogrim – vocals
  • Rosanna Arquette – vocals
  • Ahmed AlHirmi – vocals
  • Abdulla AlKhalifa – vocal arrangements, vocal producer
  • Matt Butler – cello
  • Wyatt Crow – noise
  • Greg d’Augelli – brass
  • Mike Rowe – flute sample
  • Eric Fritsch – engineer
  • Matt Tait – engineer
  • Alex Pavlides – engineer assistant
  • Brendan Dekora – engineer assistant
  • Zeph Sowers – engineer assistant
  • Ken Takahashi – engineer assistant
  • David Allen Young – engineer assistant
  • Adrián Agustin – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Teresa Bustillo – assistant
  • Julian Peploe – art direction, package design
  • Catherine Berclaz – art direction, creative director
  • Norman Jean Roy – photography
  • Chris Hudson – production coordination
  • Shari Sutcliffe – contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Sheryl Crow, except where noted.

  1. God Bless This Mess
  2. Shine over Babylon – lyrics by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, music by Shery Crow, Bill Bottrell, Brian MacLeod, Eric Schermerhorn
  3. Love Is Free – Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
  4. Peace Be Upon Us – Sheryl Crow, Mike Elizondo, Bill Bottrell, Jeff Trott
  5. Gasoline – Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Jeff Trott
  6. Out of Our Heads – lyrics by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, music by Bill Bottrell
  7. Detours
  8. Now That You’re Gone
  9. Drunk with the Thought of You
  10. Diamond Ring – Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott
  11. Motivation – Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
  12. Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
  13. Love Is All There Is – Sheryl Crow, Mike Elizondo, Jeff Trott
  14. Lullaby for Wyatt