On July 13, 2018, “BMG” label released “Beautiful Life”, the eighth Rick Astley studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Rick Astley.
Personnel:
Rick Astley – vocals, all instruments
Matthew Payne, Nicolas Jones, Connor Smither – brass
On May 20, 1996, “Epic” label released “Everything Must Go”, the fourth Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “Chetau de la Rouge Motte” in Normandy, France, “Big Noise” in Cardiff, Wales, “Real World”, “Box” in UK, and was produced by Mike Hedges, Dave Eringa and Stephen Hague.
Personnel:
James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano
Richey Edwards – rhythm guitar
Sean Moore – drums, percussion, trumpet, backing vocals
Nicky Wire – bass guitar and backing vocals
John Green – Hammond organ, keyboards
Martin Ditcham – percussion
Gini Ball – violin
Sally Herbert – violin
Anne Stephenson – violin
Chris Pitsillides – viola
Clare Orsler – viola
Julie Aliss – harp
Martin Greene – string arrangements
Spike Drake – engineer
Ian Grimble – engineer, mixing
Dave Eringa – mixing
Guy Massey – mixing assistant
Chris Blair – mastering
Mark Farrow – design
Rankin – photography
Jackson Pollock – sleeve quote
Track listing:
All lyrics are written by Nicky Wire,except where noted, all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, except where noted.
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier – lyrics by Richey Edwards
A Design for Life
Kevin Carter – lyrics by Richey Edwards, music by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore
Enola/Alone
Everything Musty Go
Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky – lyrics by Richey Edwards, music by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore
The Girl Who Wanted to Be Good – lyrics by Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards
Removables – lyrics by Richey Edwards, music by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore
On September 28, 2009, “Fiction Records” label released “My Way”, the sixth Ian Brown album. It was recorded in 2009, at “RAK Studios”, “9 Volt Studio”, “Assault & Battery 2”, and was produced by Dave McCracken.
Personnel:
Ian Brown – vocal
Ben Hudson – guitar
Ian Dench – guitar
Naoto Hirovama – guitar, keyboards
Dave McCracken – keyboards, bass guitar
Matt Pegg – bass guitar
Richard Stubbs – bass guitar
Dimitri Tikovoi – drums
Inder Goldfinger – drums, percussion
Tim Hutton – drums, brass
Maxi (Robert Maxfield) – drums
Nick Etwell – brass
Catherine Marks – programming, additional engineering
Amanda Ghost – backing vocals
Joe Hirst – engineer, mixing
Mark Allaway – engineer assistant
Richard Woodcraft – engineer assistant
Danton Supple – mixing
Vlado Meller – mastering
Mark Santangelo – mastering
Rankin (John Rankin Waddell) – photography
Gareth McConnell – photography
Track listing:
Stellify – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
Crowning of the Poor – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
Just Like You – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken, Tim Hutton
In the Year 2525 – Rick Evans
Always Remember Me – Ian Brown, Naoto Hiroyama
Vanity Kills – Amanda Ghost, Dave McCracken, Ian Brown, Ian Dench
For the Glory – Amanda Ghost, Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
Marathon Man – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
Own Brain – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
Laugh Now – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
By All Means Necessary – Ian Brown, Dave McCracken
On September 28, 2018, “Decca” and “Republic Records” labels released “Blood Red Roses”, the 30th Rod Stewart studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Rod Stewart and Kevin Savigar.
Personnel:
Rod Stewart – vocals
Don Kirkpatrick– electric guitar
Julia Thornton – tambourine
Kevin Savigar – keyboards, programming, recording engineer, mixing
Conrad Korsch- bass
Emerson Swinford – bass, guitar
David Palmer – drums
Jimmy Roberts – saxophone
Anne King – trumpet
Nick Lane – trombone
Adrianna Thuber– violin
J’Anna Jacoby – violin
Bridget Anne Cady – vocals
Becca Kotte, Brent Jones, Bridget Anne Cady, Casey Shea, Darryl Phinnessee, Di Reed, Felicia Glissom, Fred White, James Carrington, Pam Olivia, Paul Freeman, Taylr Lindersmith, Will Wheaton – backing vocals
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Ryan Rogers – art direction, design
Daniel Egneus – cover
Penny Lancaster – photography
Rankin – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Rod Stewart and Kevin Savigar, except where noted.
Look in Her Eyes
Hole in My Heart
Farewell
Didn’t I
Blood Red Roses
Grace – Frank O’Meara, Sean O’Meara
Give Me Love
Rest of My Love
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ – Hambone Willie Newbern, Sunnyland Slim
Julia – Rod Stewart, Jon McLaughlin, Dave Thomas Junior
On November 23, 2008, “Geffen” label released “Chinese Democracy”, the sixth Guns N’ Roses studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2007, and was produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”, Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”, Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Axl Rose– lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, guitar, samples, arrangements, digital editing, Logic Pro engineering, mixing, art direction
Robin Finck– keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, arrangements, editing
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal – guitar
Buckethead – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
Paul Tobias – guitar, piano, arrangements
Richard Fortus – guitar
Dizzy Reed– keyboards, synthesizers, piano, bac king vocals, arrangements, Logic Pro engineer
Chris Pitman– keyboards, sub-bass, synthesizers, bass and drum programming, twelve-string guitar, drum machine, string machine, Mellotron, arrangements, digital editing, engineering, Logic Pro engineer
Tommy Stinson– bass guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
Pete Scaturro – arrangements, initial production, keyboards, digital editing, engineer
Billy Howerdel – recording, editing , Logic Pro engineer
Stuart White – Logic Pro engineer
John O’Mahony – Pro Tools mixing
Okhee Kim, Andy Gwynn, Brian Monteath, Dave Dominguez, Jose Borges, Joe Peluso, Christian Baker, James Musshorn, Jan Petrov, JeffRobinette, Bob Koszela, Paul Payne, Mark Gray, Xavier Albira, Dror Mohar, Eric Tabala, Shawn Berman, Donald Clark, Shinnosuke Miyazawa, Vanessa Parr, John Beene, Al Perrotta – engineer assistant
Andy Wallace– mixing
Mike Scielzi, Paul Suarez – mixing assistant
Bob Ludwig– mastering
Greg Morgenstein, Paul DeCarli, Billy Bowers, Justin Walden, Rail Jon Rogut, Isaac Abolin – additional Pro Tools
Ryan Corey – art direction, design
Somyot Hananuntasuk – illustrations
Sasha Volkova – illustration
Shi Lifeng – artwork
Lie Yuan, He An, Jiang Congi, Kevin Zuckerman, Lian Xue Ming, Anton S. Kandinksy, Marat Bekeev, Xiao Ping, Lou Jie, Sandra Yagi, Socar Myles, Rankin, Johnie Hurtig, Gloria Gaddis – Illustrations alternate booklets
Terry Hardin – cover photography
George Chin – photography
Roy Thomas Baker– additional production, preproduction
Track listing:
All lyrics Axl Rose, except where noted.
Chinese Democracy – Axl Rose, Joshua Freese, Paul Tobias, Thomas Stinson, Darren Reed, Robert Finck, Caram Costanzo, Eric Caudieux
Shackler’s Revenge – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Brian Carroll, Bryan Manta, Caram Costanzo, Peter Scaturro
Better – Axl Rose, Robert Finck
Street of Dreams – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Darren Reed,Thomas Stinson, Paul Tobias
If the World – Axl Rose, Chris Pitman
There Was a Tiime – Axl Rose, Paul Tobias, Darren Reed, Thomas Stinson
Catcher in the Rye – Axl Rose, Thomas Stinson, Darren Reed, Robert Finck, Paul Tobias
Scraped – Axl Rose, Carroli Costanzo
Riad N’ the Bedouins – Axl Rose, Robert Finck, Thomas Stinson, Paul Tobias
Sorry – Axl Rose, Carroli Costanzo
R.S. – Axl Rose, Paul Tobias, Darren Reed
Madagascar – contains samples of speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr, Axl Rose, Chris Pitman
On October 30, 1995, “island” label released “Different Class”, the fifth Pulp studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at the “Town House” in London, and was produced by Chris Thomas. The album was big commercial success, going four times platinum. In 2013, ”NME” magazine ranked the “Different Class” at number 6 in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
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