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The Smile: Cutouts

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On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

PJ Harvey: I Inside The Old Year Dying

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On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, nylon string guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, Rhodes piano, bass clarinet, drawings, inner sleeve photography
  • John Parish – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, synth, variophon, trombone, bass guitar, mixing
  • Cecil – field recording samples, voice samples, bass keyboards, keyboards, synth, piano, loop creations, additional recording
  • Flood – synth, field recording samples, effects, pedals, loop creations, sonic disturbance, mixing
  • Ben Whishaw – backing vocals
  • Colin Morgan – backing vocals
  • Rob Kirwan – recording, mixing
  • Oliver Baldwin – additional recording
  • Sam Petts-Davies – original recordings of Ben Whishaw and Colin Morgan
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jacob Zinzan – 2nd engineer assistant
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jasdaface – lacquer cut by
  • Michelle Henning – art direction, design, front cover photography
  • Todd Lynn – back cover portrait – dress by
  • Kieran Tudor – back cover portrait – hair by
  • Rob Crane – additional design, typesetting
  • Steve Gullick – portrait and studio photograph
  • Brian Whar – portrait and studio photography assisted by
  • Sumit Bothra – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. Prayer at the Gate
  2. Autumn Term
  3. Lonesome Tonight
  4. Seem and I
  5. The Nether -edge
  6. I Inside the Old Year Dying
  7. All Souls
  8. A Child’s Question, August
  9. I Inside the Old I Dying
  10. August
  11. A Child’s Question, July
  12. A Noiseless Noise

Warpaint: Same

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On January 17, 2014, “Rough Trade” label released the self-titled, second Warpaint studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Fivestar Studios” in Los Angeles, “Assault and Battery” in London, and was produced by Flood, Emily Kokal, Theresa Wayman, Jemmy Lee Lindberg and Stella Mozgawa.

Personnel:

  • Emily Kokal – vocals, guitar
  • Theresa Wayman – vocals, guitar
  • Jenny Lee Lindberg – vocals, bass
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums
  • Drew Smith, Justin Smith – recording
  • Cecil – recording, mixing
  • Flood- recording, mixing
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing
  • John Catlin – mixing
  • Sam Petts-Davies – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Chris Cunningham– artwork, photography
  • Mia Kirby – artwork, additional photography
  • Ravi Dhar – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Emily Kokal, Theresa Wayman, Jemmy Lee Lindberg and Stella Mozgawa.

  1. Intro
  2. Keep It Healthy
  3. Love Is to Die
  4. Hi
  5. Biggy
  6. Teese
  7. Disco//Very
  8. Go In
  9. Feeling Alright
  10. CC
  11. Drive
  12. Son

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

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On May 8, 2016, Radiohead digitally released “A Moon Shaped Pool”, band’s ninth studio album.  CD and LP releases followed in June 2016 on “XL Recordings”. Through its website, the band also sold a special edition containing two extra tracks and additional artwork. The album material was recorded 2014-2016, at “La Fabrique Studios”, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke. “A Moon Shaped Pool” was voted album of the year by “Exclaim”, “Slant Magazine” and “The Sunday Times”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, rhyth guitar, piano, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass guitar, synthesizers
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Clive Deamer– additional drums
  • Hugh Brunt– conductor
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir– strings, choir
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing, engineer
  • Maxime LeGuil – assistant engineer
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. Burn the Witch
  2. Daydreaming
  3. Decks Dark
  4. Desert island Disk
  5. Ful Stop
  6. Glass Eyes
  7. Identikit
  8. The Numbers
  9. Present Times
  10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
  11. True Love Waits