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Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want?

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On June 2, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Is This the Life We Really Want?” the fifth Roger Waters album. It was recorded 2010 – 2017, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Roger Waters– vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Nigel Godrich– keyboards, guitar, sound collages, arrangements
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson– guitar, keyboards
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.– keyboards
  • Lee Pardini – keyboards
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Jessica Wolfe– vocals
  • Holly Laessig – vocals
  • David Campbell– string arrangements

All tracks written by Roger Waters, except where noted.

  1. When We Were Young
  2. Déjà Vu
  3. The Last Refugee
  4. Picture That
  5. Broken Bones
  6. Is This the Life We Really Want?
  7. Bird in a Gale
  8. The Most Beautiful Girl
  9. Smell the Roses
  10. Wait for Her – Roger Waters, Mahmoud Darwish.
  11. Oceans Apart
  12. Part of Me Died

The Go Betweens: Oceans Apart

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On May 3, 2005, “LO-MAX Records” label released “Oceans Apart”, the ninth and final The Go-Betweens studio album. It was recorded November 2004 – January 2005, and was produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy.

Personnel:

  • Robert Forster– vocals, guitars, piano, organ
  • Grant McLennan– vocals, guitars
  • Adele Pickvance –bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Glenn Thompson – drums, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – flugelhorn
  • Trevor Miles – trombone
  • David Powell – tuba
  • Duncan Lamont – clarinet
  • Dave Ruffy – keyboards, percussion
  • Rachel Gutek – design
  • Bleddyn Butcher – photography
  • Stuart Dayman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Foster and Grant McLennan.

  1. Here Comes a City
  2. Finding You
  3. Born to a Family
  4. No Reason to Cry
  5. Boundary Rider
  6. Darlinghurst Nights
  7. Lavender
  8. The Statue
  9. This Night’s for You
  10. The Mountains Near Dellray