On May 5, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Think Tank”, the seventh Blur studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – November 2002 in London, Morocco and Devon, and was produced by Ben Hillier, Norman Cook, William Orbit and Blur. The album won the “Q” magazine award “Album of the Year”, and was named the best album of 2003, by The Observer.
Personnel:
- Damon Albarn– leqd and backing vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
- Alex James– bass guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Rowntree– drums, backing vocals, guitar
- Bezzari Ahmed – rabab
- Moullaoud My Ali – oud
- Mohamed Azeddine – oud
- Graham Coxon– guitar
- Gueddam Jamal – cello, violin
- Abdellah Kekhari – violin
- Ait Ramdan El Mostafa – kanoun
- El Farani Mustapha – tere
- Dalal Mohamed Najib – darbouka
- Hijaoui Rachid – violin
- Rabet Mohamid Rachid – violin
- Mike Smith– saxophone
- Kassimi Jamal Youssef – oud
- Phil Daniels– backing vocals
- Desyud Mustafa – orchestral arrangements
- James Dring – engineer, programming
- Jason Cox – engineer, production assistant
- Ben Hillier– engineer, percussion
Track listing:
All lyrics by Damon Albarn. All music by Albarn, Alex James, Dave Rowntree except where noted.
- Ambulance
- Out of Time
- Crazy Beat
- Good Song
- On the Way to the Club – Damon Albarn, James Dring, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
- Brothers and Sisters
- Caravan
- We’ve Got a File on You
- Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
- Sweet Song
- Jets – Damon Albarn, Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Mike Smith
- Gene by Gene
- Batteru in Your Leg – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
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