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These New Puritans: Inside The Rose

On March 22, 2019, “Infectious” label released “Inside the Rose”, the fourth These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by George Barnett and Jack Barnett.

Personnel:

  • Jack Barnett – vocals, acoustic, electric and prepared piano, electric and upright bass, synthesizer, pitched percussion, sound design
  • George Barnett – vocals, drum kits, percussion, metal, glass, electronics
  • Maria Chiara Argiró: piano
  • Yazz Ahmed – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Noel Langley – flugelhorn
  • Azazello Satariel – pocket tuba
  • Thomas Hein – percussion, backing vocals
  • David Tibet, Scintii, Elisa Rodrigues, Graham Sutton, Fred McPherson, Micaela Haslam, Michelle Daly – vocals
  • Andre de Ridder – conductor
  • Mayah Kadish – violin
  • Jeffrey Bruinsma – violin
  • Daniella Strasfogel – violin
  • Biliana Voutchkova – violin
  • Emmanuelle Bernard – violin
  • Mari Sawada – violin
  • Thora Sveinsdóttir – viola
  • Ildiko Ludwig – viola
  • Yodfat Miron – viola
  • Anna Carew – cello
  • Andreas Voss – cello
  • Zoé Cartier – cello
  • Lisa de Boos – double bass
  • Caleb Salgado – double bass
  • Clara Gervais – double bass
  • Florian Menzel – trumpet
  • Damir Bacikin – trumpet
  • Florian Juncker – trombone
  • Till Krause – trombone
  • Romain Bly – French horn
  • Samuel Stoll – French horn

Track listing:

  1. Infinity Vibraphones
  2. Anti-Gravity
  3. Beyond Black Suns
  4. Inside the Rose
  5. Where the Trees Are on Fire
  6. Into the Fire
  7. Lost Angel
  8. A-R-P
  9. Six

Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

On October 6, 2003, “Rough Trade” label released “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, the sixth Belle & Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Sarm West Studios” in London, Sarm Hook End” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, “Berkeley Street Studios” in Glasgow, “Parkgate Studios” in Catsfield, and “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, arrangements
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Keddes – keyboards, arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Dave McGowan – bass, arrangements
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums, arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Sue Bohling – cor anglaise
  • Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – alto saxophone
  • Stan Sulzman – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – tenor saxophone 
  • Chris Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins – trumpet
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt – trumpet 
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – tenor trombone
  • Chris Dean – tenor trombone
  • Jeremy Price – tenor trombone
  • Richard Edwards – bass trombone
  • Chris Cowie – oboe
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Richard Berry – French horn
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Kathleen Stevenson – piccolo flute
  • Perry Montague-Mason, Benedict Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Kathy Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello 
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Trevor Horn – arrangements
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements
  • Steve Price – recording
  • Julian Mendelsohn – recording
  • Mat Bartram – recording
  • Tim Lambert – additional engineering
  • Phil Tyreman – engineer assistant
  • Dan Vickers – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Robert Orton – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – additional mixing
  • Michael Bannister – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Divine Inc. – design
  • Stuart David – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Step into my Office, Baby
  2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  3. If She Wants Me
  4. Piazza, New York Catcher
  5. Asleep on a Sunbeam
  6. I’m a Cuckoo
  7. You Don’t Send Me
  8. Wrapped Up in Books
  9. Lord Anthony
  10. If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
  11. Roy Walker
  12. Stay Loose

Sade: Soldier of Love

On February 5, 2010, “Epic” label released “Soldier of Love”, the sixth Sade studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Real World Box” in UK, “El Cortijo” in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain, and was produced by Mike Pela and Sade. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2x Platinum in France by “SNEP”, Platinum in Greece by “IFPI Greece”, 2 x Platinum in Hungary by “MAHASZ”, Diamond in Poland by “ZPAV”, 2 x Platinum in Russia by “NFPF”, Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”, and Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Sade Adu – vocals, programming
  • Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone, programming
  • Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming
  • Paul S. Denman – bass
  • Tony Momrelle – vocals
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Ila Adu – vocals
  • Clay Matthewman – vocals
  • Juan Janes – guitar
  • Sophie Muller – ukulele
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion, drums
  • Pete Lewinson – drums
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Gordon Matthewman – trumpet
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Mike Pela –engineer; mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Andrew Nicholls – additional pre-production engineering 
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Sophie Muller – art direction, photography
  • Tom Hingston Studio – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Sade Adu, music as noted.

  1. The Moon and the Sky – Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale
  2. Soldier of Love – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Paul S. Denman
  3. Morning Bird – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman
  4. Babyfather – Sade Adu, Juan Janes, Andrew Nichols, Stuart Matthewman
  5. Long Hard Road – Sade Adu, Juan Janes, Andrew Nichols
  6. Be That Easy – Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman
  7. Bring Me Home – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman
  8. In Another Time – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman
  9. Skin – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Paul S. Denman
  10. The Safest Place – Sade Adu, Andrew Hale

Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart

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On September 13, 1988, “WEA” label released “Ancient Heart”, the debut Tanita Tikaram studio album. It was recorded April–July 1988, at “Red House Studios” in Silsoe, and was produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke.

Personnel:

  • Tanita Tikaram – vocals, guitar
  • Brendan Croker– guitar
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Mitch Dalton – guitar
  • Clem Clempson– guitar
  • Mark Creswell – guitar
  • Paul Brady– mandolin
  • Rod Argent– keyboards
  • Rory McFarlane– bass
  • Peter Van Hooke– drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Philip Todd – saxophone
  • Mark Isham– trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Malcolm Messiter – oboe
  • Pete Beachill – trombone
  • David Lindley– violin
  • John Georgiadis – violin
  • Helen O’Hara– violin
  • Brendon O’Reilly – violin
  • Ian Jewell – viola
  • Keith Harvey – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanita Tikaram.

  1. Good Tradition
  2. Cathedral Song
  3. Sighing Innocents
  4. I Love You
  5. World Outside Your Window
  6. For All These Years
  7. Twist in My Sobriety
  8. Poor Cow
  9. He Likes the Sun
  10. Valentine Heart
  11. Preyed Upon

Radiohead: The King Of Limbs

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On February 18, 2011, Radiohead self released as a download “The King of Limbs”, bands eighth studio album. It was followed by physical CD and 12″ vinyl releases on 28 March and a special “newspaper” edition on 9 May 2011. The physical editions were released through the band’s “Ticker Tape” imprint on “XL” in the United Kingdom, “TBD” in the United States, and “Hostess Entertainment” in Japan. The album was recorded May 2009 – January 2011, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocal, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Jonny Greenwood – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Phil Selway – drums, percussion
  • The London Telefilmonic Orchestra, led by Levine Andrade, conducted by Robert Ziegler
  • Yazz Ahmed – flugelhorn
  • Noel Langley – flugelhorn
  • Stanley Donwood– cover art, packaging

Track listing

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. Bloom
  2. Morning Mr Magpie
  3. Little by Little
  4. Feral
  5. Lotus Flower
  6. Codex
  7. Give up the Ghost
  8. Separator