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Passenger: Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted

On January 8, 2021, “Black Crow Records” label released “Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted”, the twelfth Passenger studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “Black Crow Studios”, and was produced by Chris Vallejo.

Personnel:

  • Passenger (Michael Rosenberg) – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Benjamin Edgar – acoustic, electric and baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, cittern
  • Andrew Phillips – electric guitar, additional engineering
  • Jon Solo – piano, electric piano, organ, mellotron, additional engineering
  • Owen Parker – piano, Hammond organ, additional engineering
  • Chris Vallejo – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Jerry Meehan – bass 
  • Rob Calder – bass
  • Karl Brazil – drums, percussion
  • Peter Marin – drums, percussion
  • Kristy Mangan – violin, viola
  • Charlotte Jacke – cello
  • Ross Irwin – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Georgia Mooney – backing vocals
  • Ross Irwin – strings and brass arrangements
  • Matt Fury – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Ben Edgar – additional engineering
  • Sarah Larnach – art direction, artwork, design
  • Joe Rubel – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Rosenberg.

  1. Sword from the Stone
  2. Tip of My Tongue
  3. What You’re Waiting For
  4. The Way That I Love You
  5. Remember to Forget
  6. Sandstorm
  7. A Song for the Drunk and Broken Hearted
  8. Suzanne
  9. Nothing Aches Like a Broken Heart
  10. London in the Spring

Passenger: Whispers II

On April 20, 2010, “Black Crow” label released “Whispers II”, the sixth Passenger studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Mike Rosenberg and Chris Vallejo.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rosenberg – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Stu Hanter – Fender rhodes, glockenspiel, organ, piano
  • Matthew Keegan – brass, brass arrangement, woodwind, woodwind arrangements
  • Scott Anlin – piano
  • Tim Hardin – mandolin
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
  • Chris Vallejo – mellotron, engineer, mixing
  • Alex Boneham – electric bass, contrabass
  • Cameron Lindy – bass
  • Peter Marin – drums
  • Tony Azzopardi, Jess Clampa – percussion
  • James Greening – saxophone, clarinet
  • Nick Garbet – trumpet, trombone
  • Marianne Broadfoot, Kerry Martin – violin
  • Shelley Soerensen – viola
  • Rowena Macneish – cello
  • The Enigma Quartet – strings
  • Nicholas Buc – string arrangements
  • Phil Churchill, Andrew Dale, Geraldine Hollett, Stu Larsen, The Once, Georgia Mooney – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Rosenberg.

  1. Fear of Fear
  2. Catch in the Dark
  3. A Thousand Matches
  4. I’ll Be Your Man
  5. Travelling Alone
  6. David
  7. Words
  8. The Way That I Need You
  9. Strangers
  10. Nothing’s Changed