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Camper Van Beethoven: II & III

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In January 1986, “Pitch-a-Tent” label released “II & III”, the second Camper Van Beethoven studio album.

Personnel:

  • David Lowery – lead vocals, guitars
  • Jonathan Segel – violin, backing vocals, keyboards, mandolin, noises
  • Chris Molla – guitars, backing vocals, drums
  • Victor Krummenacher – bass, backing vocals
  • Anthony Guess – drums
  • John Golden – lacquer cut
  • Andrew Norton, Edie D. Winograde – photography

Track listing:

All tracks composed by David Lowery, Jonathan Segel, Chris Molla, Victor Krummenacher and Anthony Guess.

  1. Abundance
  2. Cowboys from Hollywood
  3. Sad Lovers Waltz
  4. Turtlehead
  5. I Love Her All the Time – Sonic Youth
  6. No Flies on Us
  7. Down and Out
  8. No Krugerrands for David
  9. (Don’t You Go To) Goleta
  10. 4 Year Plan
  11. (We’re A) Bad Trip
  12. Circles
  13. Dust Pan
  14. Sometimes
  15. Chain of Circumstance
  16. ZZ Top Goes to Egypt
  17. Cattle (Reversed)
  18. Form Another Stone
  19. No More Bullshit

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

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On November 4, 1991, “Creation” label released “Loveless”, the second My Bloody Valentine studio album. It was recorded in February 1989 – September 1991, and was produced by Kevin Shields and Col Ó Cíosóig. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Loveless” at number 73, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Shields – vocals, guitar, bass, sampling keyboard, cover concept
  • Bilinda Butcher – vocals, guitar, cover concept
  • Debbie Googe – bass, cover concept
  • Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums, sampling keyboard, cover concept
  • Angus Cameron – photography
  • Ann Marie Shields – coordination

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Kevin Shields, except where noted.

  1. Only Shallow – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
  2. Loomer – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
  3. Touched – Colm Ó Cíosóig
  4. To Here Knows When – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, music by Kevin Shields
  5. When You Sleep
  6. I Only Said
  7. Come in Alone
  8. Sometimes
  9. Blown’s a Wish – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
  10. What You Want
  11. Soon

Faye Webster: I Know I’m Funyy Haha

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On June 25, 2021, “Secretly Canadian” label released “I Know I’m Funny Haha”, the fourth Faye Webster studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Drew Vandenberg and Faye Webster.

Personnel:

  • Faye Webster – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Stoessel – guitar
  • Nick Rosen – keyboards
  • Bryan Howard – bass
  • Harold Brown – drums
  • Jeremy Wheatley – drums
  • Mei Ehara – vocals 
  • Henry White – horn
  • Tressa Gold – violin
  • Jeanette Jang – violin
  • Annie Leeth – violin
  • Anna Bishop – violin 
  • Meredith Riley – violin
  • Stacy Matthews – violin
  • Adrian Pintea – violin 
  • Elizabeth O’Hara – viola
  • Derek Smith – viola 
  • Jocelyn Smith – viola 
  • Schuyler Slack – cello
  • Noah Johnson – cello 
  • Jordi Lara – cello 
  • Trey Pollard – conductor
  • Drew Vandenberg – recording, mixing
  • Alex Dejong – recording
  • Joe Lambert – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Faye Webster.

  1. Better Distractions
  2. Sometimes
  3. I Know I’m Funny Haha
  4. In a Good Way
  5. Kind Of
  6. Cheers
  7. Both All the Time
  8. A Stranger
  9. A Dream with a Baseball Player
  10. Overslept
  11. Half of Me

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: History of Modern

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On September 20, 2020, “100% Records” label released “History of Modern”, the eleventh Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2010, at “Motor Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphries, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Andy McCluskey – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Paul Humphreys – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Martin Cooper – keyboards
  • Malcolm Holmes – drums, percussion programming
  • Stuart Kershaw – piano, string arrangement
  • Hannah Peel – organ, samples, backing vocals
  • Mike Gould – percussion
  • Jessica Stavely-Taylor – backing vocals
  • Jessica Samuel – backing vocals
  • Monika Blomeid – backing vocals
  • Jennifer John – backing vocals
  • Lucy Styles – backing vocals
  • Doreen Edwards – backing vocals
  • Szhirley Rokahaim – backing vocals
  • Anna Ord – backing vocals
  • Abigail Clancy – backing vocals
  • Guy Katsav – additional programming, co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy McCluskey, except where noted.

  1. New Babies, New Toys
  2. If You Want It – Andy McCluskey, Tracey Carmen
  3. History of Modern (Part I)
  4. History of Modern (Part II) – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
  5. Sometimes
  6. RFWK
  7. New Holy Ground – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
  8. The Future, The Past, and the Forever After
  9. Sister Marie Says
  10. Pulse – Andy McCluskey, Remee, Ali Tennant, Mich Hansen, Joseph Balmaati
  11. Green – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw
  12. Bondage of Fate – Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Hannah Peel
  13. The Right Side – Andy McCluskey, Simon Leonard, David Baker

Grey Daze: Amends

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On June 26, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Amends”, the third Grey Daze studio album. It is composed of Chester Bennington’s vocals from the 1990s over newly recorded instrumentals. The album was recorded at “Salt Mine Studios”, “NRG Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jay Baumgardner and Rene Mata.

Personnel:

  • Chester Bennington – vocals
  • Christin Davis – guitar
  • Mace Beyers – bass
  • Sean Dowdell – drums, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves D’Angelo – piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Heidi Gadd – strings
  • Carah Faye, Jaime Bennington, Laura Pergolizzi – additional vocals
  • Brian Welch, Chris Taynor, James Shaffer, Jasen Rauch, Marcos Curiel, Ryan Shuck, Page Hamilton – additional guitar
  • Brennen Brochard, Carston Dowdell – additional drums
  • Daniel Pampuri – drum programming
  • Kyle Hofmann – recording
  • Adam Schoeller, Andrea Roberts, Andy Kipnes, Tenni Ghaarakhanian – engineer
  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Ted Jansen – mastering
  • Mike Lythgoe – art direction, artwork
  • Jim Louvau, Kerry Rose, Mark Silverstein, Mike Walliser – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chester Bennington and Sean Dowdell.

  1. Sickness
  2. Sometimes
  3. What’s in the Eye
  4. The Syndrome
  5. In Time
  6. Just Like Heroin
  7. B12
  8. Soul Song
  9. Morei Sky
  10. She Shines
  11. Shouting Out

Eric Johnson and Mike Stern: Eclectic

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On October 27, 2014, “Concord” label released “Eclectic”, album by Eric Johnson and Mike Stern. It was recorded in 2014, at “Saucer Sound” and “Studio Plush” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Eric Johnson.

Personnel:

  • Eric Johnson – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano
  • Mike Stern – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Maresh – acoustic and electric bass guitar
  • Anton Fig – drums, percussion
  • Malford Milligan – vocals
  • Christopher Cross – vocals
  • Leni Stern – vocals, ngoni
  • Guy Forsyth – harmonica
  • Mike Mordecai – trombone
  • Andrew Johnson – trumpet
  • John Mills – saxophone
  • Wayne Salzmann II – percussion
  • James Fenner – percussion
  • Josh Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Kelly Donnelly – mixing
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering

Track listening:

All tracks by Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, except where noted.

  1. Roll With it
  2. Remember
  3. Benny Man’s Blues
  4. Wishing Well
  5. Big Foot (with Intro)
  6. Tidal
  7. You Never Know
  8. Dry Ice
  9. Sometimes
  10. Hullabaloo
  11. Wherever You Go (with Intro)
  12. Red House – Jimi Hendrix

Depeche Mode: Black Celebration

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On March 17, 1986, “Mute” label released “Black Celebration”, the fifth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – January 1986, at “Westside Studios” and “Genetic Studios” in London, “Hansa Mischraum” in Berlin and was produced by Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan and Martin Gore. The album was certified Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”.

Personnel:

  • David Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, guitars, piano, melodica, synthesizer, bass, sampler
  • Alan Wilder – piano, keyboards, samples
  • Andrew Fletcher – keyboards, synthesizer, sampler, bass
  • Dave Allen – recording
  • Phil Tennant – recording assistant
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer assistant
  • Peter Schmidt – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • David A. Jones – design
  • Mark Higenbottam – design
  • Brian Griffin – photography
  • Stuart Graham – photography assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore.

  1. Black Celebration
  2. Fly on the Windscreen – Final
  3. A Question of Lust
  4. Sometimes
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two
  6. A Question of Time
  7. Stripper
  8. Here is the House
  9. World Full of Nothing
  10. Dressed in Black
  11. New Dress

The Zombies: Same

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In January 1965, “Parrot” label released the self-titled, debut Zombies (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Rod Argent and Ken Jones.

Personnel:

  • Colin Blunstone – lead and backing vocals, tambourine
  • Paul Atkinson – electric guitar
  • Rod Argent – lead and backing vocals, electric piano, organ
  • Chris White – bass, backing vocals
  • Hugh Grundy – drums

Track listing:

  1. She’s Not There – Rod Argent
  2. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward
  3. It’s Alright With Me – Rod Argent
  4. You’ve Really Got a Hold Me / Bring It On Home to Me – Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke
  5. Sometimes – Rod Argent
  6. Woman – Rod Argent
  7. Tell Her No – Rod Argent
  8. I Don’t Want to Know – Chris White
  9. Work ’n’ Play – Ken Jones
  10. Can’t Nobody Love You – Phillips Mitchell
  11. What More Can I Do – Chris White
  12. I Got My Mojo Working – Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield

Firehose: If’n’

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On November 4, 1987, “SST” label released “If’n”, the second Firehose studio album. It was recorded September – October 1987, at “Radio Tokyo” in Venice, California, and was produced by Ethan James and Mike Watt.

Personnel:

  • Ed Crawford – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Watt – vocals, bass, back cover photography
  • George Hurley – drums
  • Ethan James – engineer
  • Richard Andrews – engineer assistant
  • Kira Roessier – graphics
  • Jim Leatherman – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Sometimes
  2. Hear Me
  3. Honey, Please
  4. Backroads
  5. From One Cums One
  6. Making the Freeway
  7. Anger
  8. For the Singer of R.E.M.
  9. Operation Solitaire
  10. Windmilling
  11. Me & You, Remembering
  12. In Memory of Elizabeth Cotten
  13. Soon
  14. Thunder Child

The Psychedelic Furs: World Outside

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On July 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “World Outside”, the seventh Psychedelic Furs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991 and was produced by Stephen Street, Richard Butler, John Ashton, and Tim Butler.

Personnel:

  • Richard Butler– vocals
  • John Ashton– guitar
  • Knox Chandler– guitar
  • Joe McGinty– keyboards
  • Tim Butler– bass
  • Don Yallech – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Butler, John Ashton, and Tim Butler.

  1. Valentine
  2. In My Head
  3. Until She Comes
  4. Don’t Be a Girl
  5. Sometimes
  6. Tearing Down
  7. There’s a World
  8. Get a Room
  9. Better Days
  10. All About You