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Haryl Dall: D

On June 21, 2024, “Virgin” label released “D”, the sixth Daryl Hall album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Stardust” in Harbour Island, Bahamas, and was produced by Dave Stewart and Daryll Hall.

Personnel:

  • Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, package design
  • Dave Stewart – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, percussion, hand claps, mixing, package design
  • Rocky Saunders – electric guitar
  • Greg Bieck – keyboards, omnichord
  • Hannah Koppenberg – synthesizer
  • Darrell Freeman – bass synthesizer
  • Jesse Samler – drums, percussion
  • Ersley Wilson – percussion
  • Charlie DeChant – saxophone
  • Tracy Berry – backing vocals
  • Daytona Brown – backing vocals
  • Guerline Delien – backing vocals
  • Kaitlin Lederer – backing vocals
  • Shaniqua Oliver – backing vocals
  • Jaden McPhee – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Mivelyne – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Isabella Tyler – backing vocals
  • Antonio Cartwright – hand claps
  • Greg Bieck – additional vocal production, engineer
  • Paul Norris – engineer
  • Jesse Samler – engineer, mixing
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mixing
  • Adam Grover – mixing
  • Kathy Phillips – package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daryl Hall and Dave Stewart, except where noted.

  1. The Whole World’s Better – Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart, Jelte van den Dungen
  2.  Too Much Information
  3. Can’t Say No to You
  4. Rather Be a Fool – Daryl Hall
  5. Rainbow Over the Graveyard
  6. Not the Way I Thought It Was
  7. Walking in Between Raindrops
  8. Why You Want to Do That (To My Head)
  9. Break It Down to the real Thing – Daryl Hall

John Anderson: Years

On April 10, 2020, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Years”, the 22nd John Anderson album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and David Fergusson.

Personnel:

  • John Anderson – lead vocals
  • Blake Shelton – lead vocal
  • Dan Auerbach – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Russ Pahl – acoustic, electric and steel guitar, bass, sitar, mouth organ
  • Billy Sanford – electric guitar, percussion
  • Mark Howard – banjo
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Billy Sanford – dobro, percussion
  • Bobby Wood – electric piano
  • Mike Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, vibraphone, glockenspiel, harpsichord, bells
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Dave Roe – bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums, percussion
  • Chris St. Hilaire – percussion
  • Pat McLaughlin – percussion, backing vocals
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Ashley Wilcoxson, Molly Tuttle, Leisa Hans, Tyler Childers, Terry Eldridge, Shelton Feazell – backing vocals
  • M. Allen Parker – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Alex Skelton – engineer assistant
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – engineer assistant
  • Austin Atwood, Josh Ditty, Trey Keller – additional engineering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m Still Hangin’ On – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, Paul Overstreet
  2. Celebrate – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  3. Years – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson, Patrick James McLaughlin
  4. Tuesday I’ll Be Gone – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, David R. Fergusson
  5. What’s a Man Got to Do – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, Dee White, John Anderson
  6. Wild and Free – Joseph Paul Allen, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  7. Slow Down – Bobby Wood, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  8. All We’re Really Looking For – Dan Auerbach, Larry R. Cordle, John Anderson
  9. Chasing Down a Dream – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson
  10. You’re Nearly Nothing – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson

Son Volt: Notes Of Blue

On February 17, 2017, “Transmit Sound” label released “Notes of Blue”, the eight Son Volt album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Red Pill” in St. Louis, Missouri, and was produced by Jay Farrar.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ
  • Jason Kardong – pedal steel guitar
  • Mark Spencer – bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Jacob Edwards – drums, percussion
  • Gary Hunt – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Jacob Detering – engineer
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Brad Sarno – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Farrar.

  1. Promise the World
  2. Back Against the Wall
  3. Static
  4. Cherokee St.
  5. The Storm
  6. Lost Souls
  7. Midnight
  8. Sinking Down
  9. Cairo and Southern
  10. Threads and Steel

Greta Van Fleet: Anthem of the Peaceful Army

On October 19, 2018, “Republic” label released “Anthem of the Peaceful Army”, the debut Greta Van Fleet studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Blackbirds Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Marion Young, Al Sutton and Herschel Boone.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Kiszka – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jacob Kiszka – guitar, backing vocals
  • Samuel Kiszka – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Wagner – drums, backing vocals
  • Al Sutton – recording, mixing
  • Tanner Peters – recording assistant
  • Jason Mott – recording assistant
  • Marlon Young – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Kyledidthis – art direction, design
  • Ashley Pawlak – art direction, design
  • Eliot Lee Hazel – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Michael Kiszka, Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka and Daniel Robert Wagner.

  1. Age of Man
  2. The Cold Wind
  3. When the Curtain Falls
  4. Watching Over
  5. Lover, Leaver (Taker, Believer)
  6. You’re the One
  7. The New Day
  8. Mountain of the Sun
  9. Brave New World
  10. Anthem

Arcade Fire: We

On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. 

Personnel:

  • Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
  • Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
  • Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
  • Andre Michot – accordion
  • Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
  • Orlando Primo – congas, djembe 
  • Willonson Duprate – congas
  • Louis Michot – fiddle
  • Charlie Gabriel – saxophone 
  • Mark Braud – trumpet
  • Wendell Brunious – trumpet
  • Liza Rey – harp 
  • Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
  • Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
  • Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
  • Helen Gillet – strings
  • Harry Hardin – strings
  • Matt Rhody – strings
  • Sarah Neufeld – strings
  • Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
  • Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
  • Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
  • Michael Brun – additional synthesis
  • Emily Eck – recording
  • Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer 
  • Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
  • Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording 
  • Julia Simpson – additional recording 
  • Owen Pallett – additional recording 
  • James Seymour – additional recording 
  • Mark Lawson – additional recording 
  • Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
  • Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
  • Justin Tocket – recording assistant
  • Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
  • Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
  • Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
  • Joy Stacey – recording assistant
  • Pablo Godin – recording assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing
  • Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
  • Steve Mackey – pre-production
  • JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
  • Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
  • Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
  • Julia Simpson – album creative production
  • Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
  • IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
  • Camille Pajot – studio art director
  • Rick Rose – digitech
  • Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
  • Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
  • EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
  • Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
  • Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
  • Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
  • JF Lalonde – additional photography
  • Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
  • Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
  • Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.

  1. Age of Anxiety I
  2. Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
  3. Prelude
  4. End of the Empire I-III
  5. End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
  6. The Lightning I
  7. The Lightning II
  8. Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
  9. Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
  10. We 

The Horrors: Luminous

On May 5, 2014, “XL” label released “Luminous”, the fourth Horrors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Craig Silvey, Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.  

Personnel:

  • Faris Badwan – lead vocal, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joshua Hayward – guitar, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Tom Furse – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Rhys Webb – bass, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joe Spurgeon – drums, percussion, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Cathy Lucas – violin 
  • Frank Ricotti – marimba, vibraphone 
  • Craig Silvey – recording, mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz Canal – recording
  • Greg Calbi, Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Marc Donaldson – art direction, design
  • Nic Shonfeld – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon, except where noted.

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In and Out of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star – Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rgys Webb, Joe Spurgeon, Paul Epworth  
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine and Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

Hum: Inlet

On June 23, 2020, Hum digitally released “Inlet”, bands fifth studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Earth Analog”, “ELL” in Champaign, Illinois, and was produced by Jeff Dimpsey, Tim Lash, Bryan St. Pere and Matt Talbott.

Personnel:

  • Matt Talbott – vocals, guitar, engineer, design
  • Tim Lash – guitar, engineer, mixing, design
  • Jeff Dimpsey – bass guitar, design
  • Bryan St. Pere – drums, design
  • James Treichler – engineer
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Ohio Girl – design
  • Sheila Metzner – photography
  • Maruice Mikkers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Dimpsey, Tim Lash, Bryan St. Pere and Matt Talbott.

  1. Waves
  2. In the Den
  3. Desert Rambler
  4. Step into You
  5. The Summering
  6. Cloud City
  7. Folding
  8. Shapeshifter

The Black Keys: Delta Kream

On May 14, 2021, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Delta Kream”,  tenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Patrick Carney – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Brown – electric guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – additional percussion
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – additional engineering
  • Michael Deano – engineer assistant
  • Mickey Smay – engineer assistant

Track list

  1. Crawling Kingsnake – John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman
  2. Louise – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  3. Poor Boy a Long Way from Home – R. L. Burnside
  4. Stay All Night – Junior Kimbrough
  5. Going Down South – R. L. Burnside
  6. Coal Black Mattie – Ranre Burnette
  7. Do the Romp – Junior Kimbrough
  8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights – Junior Kimbrough
  9. Walk with Me – Junior Kimbrough
  10. Mellow Peaches – Big Joe Williams
  11. Come On and Go with Me – Junior Kimbrough

Nada Surf: I Had a Hi-Fi

On June 8, 2010, “Mardev Records” label released “I Had a Hi-Fi”, the sixth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ira Elliot – vocals, drums
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Louie Lino – programming
  • Philip Peterson, Victoria Parker – string arrangements
  • Joe Agnello – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Louie Lino – mixing
  • Tom Beaujour – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering assistant

Track listing:

  1. Electrocution
  2. Enjoy the Silence
  3. Love Goes On!
  4. Janine
  5. You Were So Warm
  6. Love and Anger
  7. The Agony of Laffitte
  8. Bye Bye Beauté
  9. Question
  10. Bright Side
  11. Evolución
  12. I Remembered What I Was Going to Say
  13. Conquering Fox (Lino Mix)
  14. Conquering Fox (Dr. Isreal Mix)
  15. Lexicon Dub

Violent Soho: Everything Is A-Ok

On April 3, 2020, “I Oh You” and “Pure Noise” labels released “Everything Is A-OK”, the fifth Violent Soho studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “The Grove Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Greg Wales.

Personnel:

  • Luke Boerdam — vocals, guitar
  • James Tidswell — guitar
  • Luke Henery — bass, photography
  • Michael Richards — drums
  • Will Yip — mixing
  • Ryan Smith — mastering
  • Rick Froberg — artwork
  • Ian Laidlaw — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Boerdam, James Tidswell, Luke Henery and Michael Richards.

  1. Sleep Year
  2. Vacation Forever
  3. Pick It Up Again
  4. Canada
  5. Shelf Life
  6. Slow Down Sonic
  7. Lying on the Floor
  8. Easy
  9. Pity Jar
  10. A-Ok