On May 13, 2022, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Dropout Boogie”, the eleventh Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded June – October 2012, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.
Personnel:
Dan Auerbach – vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer, Hammond organ
Patrick Carney – bass, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion
Andy Gabbard – Wurlitzer, piano, guitar, backing vocals
Ray Jacildo – Hammond organ, harpsichord, piano
Billy F Gibbons – featured guitar
Sam Bacco – percussion
Sierra Ferrell – backing vocals
Caleb VanBuskirk – engineer
M. Allen Parker – engineer
Jonny Ullman – engineer assistant
McKinley James – engineer assistant
Tyler Zwiep – engineer assistant
Tchad Blake – mixing, editing
Tom Elmhirst – mixing, editing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering
Perry Shall – design, layout
Jim Herrington – photography
Track listing:
Wild Child – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Angelo Petraglia, Greg Catwright
It Ain’t Over – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Greg Catwright
For the Love of Money – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Angelo Petraglia
Your Team is Looking Good – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney
Good Love – Dan Auerbach, Patrick carney, Billy Gibbons
How Long – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney
Burn the Damn Thing Down – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney
Happiness – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney
Baby I’m Coming Home – Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Greg Catwright
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.
Age of Anxiety I
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Prelude
End of the Empire I-III
End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
The Lightning I
The Lightning II
Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
On April 15, 2022, “Verve Forecast” label released “Watch My Moves”, the ninth Kurt Vile studio album, It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Kurt Vile and Rob Schnapf.
Personnel:
Kurt Vile – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic and slide guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, synth bass, synthesizer programming, engineer, art direction
Rob Laakso – bass, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
Jesse Trbovich – bass, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
Chris Cohen – electric guitar, backing vocals
Julia Shapiro – vocals, electric guitar
Lydia Lund – vocals, electric guitar
Cate Le Bon – vocals, piano
Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel guitar
Craig McQuiston – bass
Matt Schuessler – bass, upright bass
Kyle Spence – drums, percussion
Sarah Jones – drums, percussion
Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion
James Stewart – tenor saxophone
Annie Truscott – vocals, violin
Adam Langellotti – synthesizer programming, engineer
On March 31, 1980, “Harvest” label released “Animal Magnetism”, the seventh Scorpions studio album. It was recorded October 1979 – February 1980, at “Dierks Studios” in Stommeln, Germany, “Manta Sound Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Dieter Dierks.
Personnel:
Klaus Meine – vocals
Rudolf Schenker – vocals, acoustic, lead and rhythm guitar
Matthias Jabs – lead and slide guitar, talk box
Francis Buchholz – bass
Herman Rarebell – drums
Charles Elliot – double bass
Melvin Berman – oboe
George Stimpson, Brad Wamaar – French horns
Allan Macmillan – strings and horns arrangements, conductor
Adele Arman, Victoria Richard – violin
Paul Arman – viola
Richard Arman – cello
Dieter Dierks – engineer, mixing
David Green – engineer
Steve Fallone – mastering
Howie Weinberg – CD re-mastering
Storm Thorgerson (Hipgnosis) – cover art
Track listing:
Make It Real – lyrics by Herman Rarebell, music by Rudolf Schenker
Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep) – lyrics by Herman Rarebell, music by Matthias Jabs
Hold me Tight – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, music by Rudolph Schenker
Twentieth Century Man – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Rudolph Schenker
Lady Starlight – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Rudolph Schenker
Falling in Love – lyrics and music by Herman Rarebell
Only a Man – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, music by Michael Schenker
The Zoo – lyrics by Klaus Meine, music by Michael Schenker
Animal Management – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, music by Rudolph Schenker
On March 9, 2004, “Touch and Go” label released “Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes”, the debut TV on the Radio studio album. It was recorded August – September 2003, at “Headgear Studio” in Brooklyn, and was produced by David Andrew Sitek.
Personnel:
Tunde Adebimpe – vocals, loops
Kyp Malone – vocals, guitars, loops
David Andrew Sitek – guitars, keys, loops
Martin Perna – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flutes
On February 2, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “Keep It Like a Secret”, the fourth Built to Spill studio album. It was recorded November 1997 – May 1998, at “Bear Creek Studios” in Woodinville, Washington, “Avast! Recording Co.” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Doug Martsch and Phil Ek.
Personnel:
Doug Martsch – lead vocals, guitar
Brett Nelson – bass
Scott Plouf – drums
Sam Coomes – keyboards
Jim Roth – guitar
Phil Ek – engineer
Zack Reinig – engineer assistant
Scott Norton, Juan Garcia – mixing assistant
Steve Fallone – mastering
Tae Won Yu – design, art direction
Jeff Smith – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Doug Martsch, Brett Nelson and Scott Plouf, except where noted.
On January 28, 2022, “BMG Rights Management” label released the self-titled, eighth Anaïs Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Dreamland Recording Studios” in Hurley, New York, and was produced by Josh Kaufman.
On December 11, 2020, “Republic Records” label released “Evermore”, the ninth Taylor Swift studio album. It was recorded August – December 2020, at “Long Pond Studio” in Hudson Valley, “Kitty Committee” and Ariel Rechtshaid house in Los Angeles, “Scarlet Pimpernel” in London, and was produced by Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff and Bryce Dessner.
Personnel:
Taylor Swift – lead vocals, executive producer
Aaron Dessner – acoustic and electric guitar, rubber bridge guitar, high string guitar, banjo, bass guitar, synth bass, tambourine, mandolin, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drum kit, percussion, drum machine programming, field recording, recording, drone
Haim
The National
Bon Iver
Bryce Dessner – electric guitar, piano, orchestration, pulse
Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, mandolin, organ, harmonium, harmonica
Justin Vernon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, bass, synthesizer, triangle, drum kit, Prophet X, Messina, field recording, vocal recording
Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, mandolin, harmonium, organ, harmonica
Jack Antonoff – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, piano, Mellotron, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Mikey Freedom Hart – nylon and electric guitar, DX7, electric guitar, nylon guitar, Rhodes, celeste
On November 12, 2021, “Fantasy” label released “Heavy Load Blues”, twelfth Gov’t Mule album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Power Station” in Waterford, Connecticut, and was produced by Warren Haynes and John Paterno.
Personnel:
Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar
Danny Louis – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Jorgen Carlsson – bass
Matt Abts – drums
Hook Herrera – harmonica
Jenny Hill – saxophone
Buford O’Sullivan – trombone
Pam Fleming – trumpet
John Paterno – engineer, mixing
Evan Bakke – assistant engineer
Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
Jorgen Carlsson – remix
Jeff Anders – painting
Jay Sansone, Human Being Media – photography
Stef Scamardo – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Warren Haynes, except where noted.
Blues Before Sunrise – Elmore James, Joe Josea
Hole in My Soul
Wake Up Dead – Daniel Louis Schliftman, Jorgen Carlsson, Matt Abts, Warren Hayes
Love Is a Mean Old World – Ray Sisk, Rick Huckaby, Warren Hayes
Snatch It Back and Hold It – Daniel Louis, Jorgen Carlsson, Mat Abts, Warren Hayes
Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City – Dan Walsh, Michael Price
(Brother Bill) Last Clean Shirt – Charles Otis, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Make It Rain – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
Heavy Load
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home – Al Jackson Jr, Timothy Matthews
If Heartaches Were Nickels
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) – Chester Arthur Burnett
On October 29 2021, “Atlantic” label released “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” the fifth War on Drugs (The). It was recorded 2018 – 2021, at “Outlier Inn” in Woodridge, New York, “Studio G” in Brooklyn, “Electric Lady” in Manhattan, “Electro Vox”, “Sound City”, “Sunset Sound”, “East West” in Hollywood, and was produced by Adam Granduciel and Shawn Everett.
Personnel:
Adam Granduciel – vocals, acoustic and lead guitar, lead electric guitar, piano, Juno 106, celesta, electric guitar, synth guitar, bass, Juno 60, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, Kurzweil, Prophet 6, MPC, 808 drum programming, Korg K2, Walter Becker’s old bass, felt piano, harmonica, ARP Quartet, Mellotron, percussion, art direction
Robbie Bennett – piano, Prophet 12, Akai AX60, Oberheim OB-X, New Jersey electric guitar, Juno 60, Eventide piano, ARP Solina
Dave Hartley – bass, VP-330, Rickenbacker bass, electric guitar, OP-1, cover and gatefold photography
Charlie Hall – drums, percussion, prepared piano
Anthony LaMarca – drums, percussion, Hammond organ, electric vibes, acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar
Jon Natchez – Prophet-6, baritone saxophone, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer
Michael Bloch – Mellotron, nylon AMS dub guitar, Ursa Major Telecaster, electric guitar, electric swamp guitar, lead electric guitar, lead electric raindrop guitar
James Elkington – lead acoustic and electric guitar
Lee Pardini – grand piano, piano
Daniel Clarke – Hammond organ, organ
Patrick Berkery – drums, percussion
Christopher Bear – drums, percussion
Matt Lowell – backing vocals
Lucius – vocals
Shawn Everett – recording, mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
Ivan Wayman – additional engineering
Nick Krill – additional engineering
Quarantine Cowboys – additional engineering
Rob Carmichael (SEEN) – art direction, design
Dominic East – art direction
Daniel Topete – additional studio photography
Dustin Condren – additional studio photography
Traclk listing:
All tracks by Adam Granduciel, except where noted.
Living Proof
Harmonia Dream – music by Adam Granduciel, Robbie Bennett
Change – music by Adam Granduicel, Anthony LaMarca, Dave Hartley
I Don’t Wanna Wait – music by Adam Granduciel, Anthgony LaMarca, Dave Hartley
Victim
I Don’t Live Here Anymore – music by Adam Granduciel, Robbie Bennett
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