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Iron & Wine: Light Verse

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On April 26, 2024, “Sub Pop” label released “Light Verse”, the seventh Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Waystation” in Los Angeles, “Silent Zoo Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Sam Beam.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocals, guitar, art direction, artwork
  • Fiona Apple – vocals
  • David Garza – guitar, Zither, kalimba
  • Paul Cartwright – guitar, strings
  • Tyler Chester – piano, organ
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Stephanie Payne – contrabass
  • Steve Pfifer – contrabass
  • Elizabeth Goodfellow, Griffin Goldsmith, Kyle Crane – drums, percussion
  • Aiko Richter, Alyssa Park, Andrew Bulbrook, Anna Kostyuchek, Ashoka Thiagarajan, Chris Woods, Ina Veli, Kerenza Peacock, Luanne Homzy, Megan Shung, Neel Hammond, Sarah Thornblade, Stephanie Matthews, Yvette Holzwarth – violin
  • Andrew Duckles, Erik Rynearson, Zach Dellinger, Linnea Powell, Rita Andrade, Stefan Smith – viola
  • Charlie Taylor – cello
  • Evgeny Tonkha – cello
  • Timothy Loo – cello
  • Vanessa Freebairn – Smith – cello
  • Paul Cartwright – arrangements
  • Dave Way – engineer, recording
  • Dave Boucher – additional recording
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Dusty Summers – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

  1. You Never Know
  2. Anyone’s Game
  3. All in Good Time
  4. Cutting It Close
  5. Taken by Surprise
  6. Yellow Jacket
  7. Sweet Talk
  8. Tears That Don’t Matter
  9. Bag of Cats
  10. Angels Go Home

Thirty Seconds To Mars: A Beautiful Life

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On August 30, 2005, “Virgin” label released “A Beautiful Lie”, the second Thirty Seconds to Mars studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Pulse Recording” and “The Laboratory” in Los Angeles, “The Center for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound” in Alaska, “Lionshead Studios” in South Africa, “Circle in the Square Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Josh Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Jared Leto – vocals, rhythm guitar, creative direction, design
  • Tomo Miličević – lead guitar, synthesizers, programming, creative direction, design
  • Matt Wachter – bass guitar, keyboards, creative direction, design
  • Shannon Leto – drums, percussion, creative direction, design
  • Matt Serletic – piano
  • Oliver Goldstein – additional synthesizer
  • Steve Dress – double bass, strings contractor
  • Caroline Campbell – violin
  • Neel Hammond – violin
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – viola
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Wataru Hokoyama – string arrangements
  • Jeremy Rubolino – programming
  • Brian Virtue – engineer
  • Ryan Williams – engineer, mixing
  • Brandon Belsky – engineer assistant
  • Dave Riley – engineer assistant
  • Sean Geyer – engineer assistant
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Sean Mosher-Smith – creative direction, design
  • Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jared Leto, except where noted.

  1. Attack
  2. A Beautiful Life
  3. The Kill
  4. Was It a Dream
  5. The Fantasy
  6. Savior – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
  7. From Yesterday – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
  8. The Story
  9. R-Evolve
  10. A Modern Myth (includes hidden track Praying for a Riot)

Kamasi Washington: The Epic

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On May 5, 2015, “Brainfeeder” label released “The Epic”, the third Kamasi Washington studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Kingsize Spundblabs” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kamasi Washington.

Personnel:

  • Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone, band leader, arrangements
  • Cameron Graves – piano, organ
  • Brandon Coleman – keyboards, organ, piano
  • Thundercat – electric bass 
  • Miles Mosley – upright and electric bass
  • Ronald Bruner, Jr. – drums
  • Tony Austin – drums, engineer
  • Robert Miller – drums 
  • Leon Mobley – percussion
  • Igmar Thomas – trumpet
  • Todd Simon – trumpet 
  • Shaunte Palmer – trombone 
  • Ryan Porter – trombone
  • Neel Hammond – violin
  • Tylana Renga Enomoto – violin
  • Paul Cartwright – violin
  • Jennifer Simone – violin
  • Lucia Micarelli – violin
  • Molly Rogers – viola
  • Andrea Whitt – viola
  • Artyom Manukyan – cello
  • Ginger Murphy – cello
  • Dawn Norfleet – choir
  • Thalma de Freitas – choir
  • Maiya Sykes – choir
  • Gina Manziello – choir
  • Patrice Quinn – choir
  • Natasha F. Agrama – choir
  • Dwight Trible – choir
  • Steven Wayne – choir
  • Taylor Graves – choir
  • Charles Jones – choir
  • Jason Marales – choir
  • Dexter Story – choir
  • Cameron Graves – choir
  • Tracy Carter – choir
  • Dwight Trible – lead vocals
  • Patrice Quinn – lead vocals 
  • Brian Rosemeyer – engineer
  • Benjamin Tierney – mixing
  • Daddy Kev – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Kamasi Washington, except where noted.

Volume 1: The Plan

  1. Change of the Guard
  2. Askim
  3. Isabelle
  4. Final Thought
  5. The Next Step
  6. The Rhythm Changes – Patrick Quinn, Kamasi Washington

Volume 2: The Glorious Tale

  1. Miss Understanding
  2. Leroy and Lanisha
  3. Re Run
  4. Seven Prayers
  5. Henrietta Our Hero – Patrick Quinn, Kamasi Washington
  6. The Magnificent 7

Volume 3: The Historic Repetition

  1. Re Run Home
  2. Cherokee – Ray Noble
  3. Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
  4. Malcolm Theme – Terence Blanchard, Jamie Davis
  5. The Message

Fun: Aim And Ignite

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On August 25, 2009, “Nettwerk” label released “Aim and Ignite”, the debut Fun studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Appletree Studios”, and was produced by Steven McDonald.

Personnel:

  • Jack Antonoff– vocals, guitars, drums, percussion
  • Andrew Dost – vocals, guitar, piano, theremin, percussion, flugelhorn, trumpet, synthesizers, glockenspiel
  • Nate Ruess– lead and backing vocals
  • Steven McDonald – bass
  • John O’Reilly – drums
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion
  • Double G – saxophones
  • Christopher Bautista – trumpet
  • Jas Thor – trombone
  • Lara W ickes – oboe
  • Neel Hammond – violin, viola
  • Ina Whits – violin
  • Mike Whits – viola
  • Timothy Loo, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – calliope
  • Connie Corn, Karen Mills, Ida Relhm, Anna Waronker, Rachel Antonoff, Steven Shane McDonald– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff and Sam Means except where noted.

  1. Be Calm
  2. Benson Hedges
  3. All the Pretty Girls
  4. I Wanna Be the One
  5. At Least I’m Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)
  6. Light a Roman Candle With Me
  7. Walking the Dog
  8. Barlights
  9. The Gambler
  10. Take Your Time (Coming Home)

Broken Bells: Same

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On March 9, 2010, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Broken Bells album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Mondo Studio” in Los Angeles, “Glenwood Place Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton).

Personnel:

  • Brian Burton– organ, synthesizer, bass guitar,  piano,  drums,  programming
  • James Mercer– vocals, bass guitar, guitars
  • Christopher J. Tedesco, Philip Vaiman, Jessica van Velzen, Jennifer Walton, John Wittenberg, Alwyn Wright, Adriana Zoppo, Carolyn Osborn, Michele Nardone, Miriam Mayer, Peter Kent, Johana Krejci, Calabria McChesney,Peggy Baldwin, Alisha Bauer, Ruth Bruegger, Ronald Clark, Yvette Devereaux, Kirstin Fife, Stefanie Fife, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Ilona Geller, Neel Hammond, Margot Aldcroft – strings
  • Daniele Luppi – string conductor
  • Jeff Antebi– artist development
  • Kennie Takahashi – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design, layout
  • Frank W. Ockenfels – photography
  • Anton Riehl – score preparation

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer and Brian Burton.

  1. The High Road
  2. Vaporize
  3. Your Head Is on Fire
  4. The Ghost Inside
  5. Sailing to Nowhere
  6. Trap Doors
  7. Citizen
  8. October
  9. Mongrel Heart
  10. The Mall & Misery