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The Flaming Lips: Soft Bulletin

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On May 17, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “The Soft Bulletin”, the ninth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded April 1997 – February 1999, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridman, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin, recording, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, bass, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Scott Bennett – additional bass
  • Michael Ivins – additional engineering
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Peter Mokran – additional mixing, additional production
  • Lawrence Schiller – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

  1. Race for the Prize (Mikran remix)
  2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
  3. The Spark That Bled
  4. The Spiderrbite Song
  5. Buggin’ (Mokran remix)
  6. What Is the Light?
  7. The Observer
  8. Waitin’ for a Superman
  9. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
  10. The Gash
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
  12. Sleeping on the Roof
  13. Race for the Prize
  14. Waitin’ for a Superman (Mokran remix)

The Handsome Family: Wilderness

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On May 14, 2013, “Loose” label released “Wilderness”, the ninth Handsome Family (The) album.

Personnel:

  • Brett Sparks – lead vocals, recording
  • Rennie Sparks – vocals, artwork
  • David Gutierrez – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandoline
  • Ted Jurney – bass
  • Jason Toth – percussion
  • Stephen Dorocke – violin
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Jason Creps – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Rennie Sparka, all music by Brett Sparks.

  1. Flies
  2. Frogs
  3. Eels
  4. Octopus
  5. Owls
  6. Caterpillars
  7. Glow Worm
  8. Lizard
  9. Woodpecker
  10. Gulls
  11. Spider
  12. Wildebeest

The Proclaimers: Like Comedy

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On May 7, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Like Comedy”, the ninth Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Steve Evans.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Crozier Cole – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Zac Ware – mandolin
  • David Macnab – banjo
  • Steve Evans – electric and bass guitars, piano, drums
  • Conor Breen – double bass
  • Clive Jenner – drums
  • Katie Stone Lonergan – violin
  • Beth Porter – cello
  • Steve Evans – string arrangements, additional programming
  • Tom Dalgety – additional programming
  • Lewis MacDonald – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Reid and Charlie Reid.

  1. Whatever You’ve Got
  2. Simple Things
  3. Spinning Around in the Air
  4. After You’re Gone
  5. Women and Wine
  6. There’s
  7. The Thought of You
  8. Like Comedy
  9. Dance with Me
  10. Wherever You Roam
  11. I Think That’s What I Believe
  12. A Mix

Bill Frisell: Nashville

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On April 29, 1997, “Nonesuch Elektra” label released “Nashville”, the ninth Bill Frisell album. It was recorded September 1995 – November 1996, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Wayne Horvitz.

Personnel:

  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Ron Block – banjo
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Pat Bergeson – harmonica
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Robin Holcomb – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Frisell, except where noted.

  1. Gimme a Holler
  2. Go Jake
  3. One of These Days – Neil Young
  4. Mr. Memory
  5. Brother
  6. Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands – Hands Dickens
  7. Keep Your Eyes Open
  8. Pipe Down
  9. Family
  10. We’re Not from Around Here
  11. Dogwood Acres
  12. Shucks
  13. The End of the World – Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee
  14. Gone

The Rascals: The Island Of Real

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In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “The Island of Real”, the ninth and final Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, ARP synthesizer
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, ARP synthesizer
  • Annie Sutton – vocals, backing vocals
  • Robert Popwell – bass
  • Dino Danelli – drums, percussion
  • Kwasi “Rocky” Dzidzornu – conga
  • Ralph MacDonald – conga
  • Jack Scarangella – conga
  • Daniel Ben Zebulon – conga
  • Joe Farrell – saxophone, flute
  • David Sanborn – saxophone, horn
  • Jon Smith – saxophone, horn
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Manny Stamm – flugelhorn
  • Woodstock Horns – horns
  • Louis Colin – harp
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Arthur Jenkins – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Lucky Day
  2. Saga of New York
  3. Be on the Real Side – Robert Popwell
  4. Jungle Walk – Buzz Feiten
  5. Brother Tree
  6. Island of Real
  7. Hummin’ Song
  8. Echoes
  9. Buttercup
  10. Time Will Tell
  11. Lament

Spirit: Future Games

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In April 1977, “Mercury” label released “Future Games”, the ninth Spirit studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Studios 70” in Tampa, Florida, and was produced by Dr. Sardonicus.

Personnel:

  • Randy California – vocals, guitar, bass, engineer
  • Ed Cassidy – drums, percussion
  • Joe Kotleba – synthesizer
  • Terry Anderson – backing vocals
  • Blair Mooney – engineer
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Jim Schubert – art direction
  • Hauser and D’Orio – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy California, except where noted.

  1. CB Talk
  2. Stars Are Love
  3. Kahauna Dream
  4. Buried in My Brain – Randy California, Kim Fowley, Blair Mooney, Carla Savage
  5. Bionic Unit – Randy California, Kim Fowley, Blair Mooney
  6. So Happy Now
  7. All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
  8. Would You Believe
  9. Jack Bond Speaks – Randy California
  10. Star Trek Dreaming
  11. Interlude XM
  12. China Doll – Randy California, Ed Cassidy
  13. Hawaiian Times
  14. Gorn Attack – Timothy Blanton, Randy California
  15. Interlude 2001
  16. Detroit City – Randy California, Ed Cassidy
  17. Freakout Frog – Randy California, Ed Cassidy
  18. The Romulan Experience
  19. Monkey See, Monkey Do
  20. Mt. Olympus
  21. The Journey of Nomad – Randy California, Tom Hall
  22. Ending

Bob Mould: Life And Times

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On April 7, 2009, “ANTI“ label released “Life and Times”, the ninth Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, mixing, layout
  • Jon Wurster – drums
  • Frank Marchand – drums recording
  • Jim Wilson – mastering
  • Tom D. Kline – layout
  • Micheal Brodbeck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Life and Times
  2. The Breach
  3. City Lights (Days Go By)
  4. MM 17
  5. Argos
  6. Bad Blood Better
  7. Wasted World
  8. Spiraling Down
  9. I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Anymore
  10. Lifetime

The Waterboys: Book Of Lightning

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On April 2, 2007, “Puck” label released “Book of Lightning”, the ninth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at Mike Scott’s home studio, in Vancouver and London, and was produced by Philip Tennant and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, rhythm guitar, Danelectro Bellzouki electric 12-string guitar, tambourine,  piano, percussion, loops,  sleigh bells, arrangements,  sound effects, engineer, mixing
  • Johnny Andrews – vocals, falsetto
  • Leo Abrahams – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Chris Bruce – electric guitar
  • Richard Naiff – organ, piano
  • Mike Rowe – organ, electric piano
  • Ida Nilsen – piano
  • Richard Naiff – keyboards 
  • Thighpaulsandra – keyboards
  • Mark Smith – bass 
  • Brady Blade – drums
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • Barry Mirochnick – drums
  • Steve Wickham – fiddle, viola
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
  • Clive Deamer – tabla, Introduction
  • Daniel Presley – backing and harmony vocals
  • Mark Coates Smith – resonator
  • Annie Wilkinson – resonator
  • Pete Min – engineer
  • Colin Stewart – engineer
  • Steve Evans – engineer, mixing
  • Tim Martin – engineer, mixing
  • Ren Swan – mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Phil Smee – cover and booklet design
  • Steve Gullick – photography
  • Helge Skodvin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Scott except where noted.

  1. The Crash of Angel Wings
  2. Love Will Shoot You Down
  3. Nobody’s Baby Anymore
  4. Strange Arrangement
  5. She Tried to Hold Me
  6. It’s Gonna Rain
  7. Sustain – Mike Scott, Ida Nilsen
  8. You in the Sky
  9. Everybody Takes a Tumble – Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite
  10. The Man with the Wind at His Heels – Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlethwaite

Momus: the Philosophy Of Momus

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On April 1, 1995, “Nipon Columbia” and “Cherry Red Records” labels released “The Philosophy of Momus”, the ninth Momus studio album.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nicholas John Currie) – recording, engineer, artwork, design
  • Denis Blackham – mastering
  • Kehimi Karie – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Momus, except where noted.

  1. Toothbrushead
  2. The Madness of Lee Scratch Perry
  3. It’s Important to Be Trendy
  4. Quark & Charm, the Robot Twins
  5. Girlish Boy
  6. Yokohama Chinatown
  7. Withinity
  8. K’s Diary
  9. Virtual Valerie
  10. Red Pyjamas
  11. The Cabinet of Kuniyoshi Kaneko
  12. Slide Projector Lie Detector
  13. Microworlds
  14. Complicated
  15. I Had a Girl
  16. The Philosophy of Momus
  17. The Loneliness of Lift Music
  18. Paranoid Acoustic Seduction Machine
  19. The Sadness of Things – Ken Morioka

Ohio Players: Angel

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In March 1977, “Mercury” label released “Angel”, the ninth Ohio Players studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Paragon” and “CRC” in Chicago, and was produced by Billy Beck, James “Diamond” Williams, Marshall Jones, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell, and Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner.

Personnel:

  • Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner – vocals, guitars
  • Clarence “Chet” Willis – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Billy Beck – vocals, grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hohner Clavinet, RMI Electric piano, ARP Odyssey Synthesizer, ARP string ensemble, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion
  • Marshall “Rock” Jones – electric bass
  • James “Diamond” Williams – vocals, drums, congas, cowbells, temple blocks, percussion
  • Clarence “Satch” Satchell – vocals, flute, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, percussion
  • Marvin “Merv” Pierce – trumpet
  • Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Beck, James “Diamond” Williams, Marshall Jones, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell, and Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner.

  1. Angel
  2. Merry-Go-Round
  3. Glad to Know You’re Mine
  4. Don’t Fight My Love
  5. Body Vibes
  6. Can You Still Love Me?
  7. O-H-I-O
  8. Faith