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Glass Hammer: Ode to Echo

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On March 11, 2014, “Arion Records/Audio Resources” labels released “Ode to Echo”, the fourteenth Glass Hammer studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Sound Resources” in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb.

Personnel:

  • Carl Groves – lead vocals
  • Jon Davison– lead and backing vocals
  • Susie Bogdanowicz – lead and backing vocals
  • Alan Shikoh – electricacoustic and classical guitars, electric sitar
  • Steve Babb – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Fred Schendel – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
  • Aaron Raulston – drums
  • Walter Moore – vocals
  • Michelle Young– backing vocals
  • Randy Jackson– guitar, backing vocas
  • David Ragsdale- violin
  • Rob Reed – piano, Minimoogsolo
  • Bob Katz- mastering
  • Bret Noblitt – precision audio
  • Michał Xaay Loranc – cover, artwork, logo design
  • Julie Babb – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Garden of Hedon – lyrics by Carl Groves, music by Alan Shikoh, Fred Schendel, Steve Babb, Carl Groves
  2. Misantrog – lyrics by Carl Groves, music by Fred Schendel, Carl Groves
  3. Crowbone – lyrics by Robert Low, music by Fred Schendel
  4. I Am I – lyrics by Steve Babb, music by Steve Babb, Fred Schendel
  5. The Grey Hills – Steve Babb, music by Steve Babb, Carl Groves
  6. Porpoise Song – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  7. Panegyric – Fred Schendell
  8. Ozymandias – lyrics by Carl Groves, music by Steve Babb, Carl Groves

Frontier Ruckus: Enter the Kingdom

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On February 17, 2017, “Sitcom Universe” label released “Enter the Kingdom”, the fifth Frontier Ruckus studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Cartoon Moon” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Ken Coomer, Matthew Milia, David Winston Jones, Zachary Nichols and Anna Burch.

Personnel:

  • Anna Burch – vocals, layout, design
  • Matthew Milia – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, baritone guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, Lowrey organ, cover concept, layout, design
  • David Winston Jones – banjo, banjo-Telecaster, layout, design
  • Zachary Nichols – trumpet, singing-saw, melodica, alto horn, piano, keyboards, Optigan, layout, design
  • Ken Coomer– drums, percussion photography
  • Connor Dodson – bass guitar
  • Kristin Weber – violin
  • Austin Hoke – cello
  • Patrick Miller – enginements
  • Ken Coomer, Patrick Miller – mixing
  • Eric Conn – mastering
  • Julia Grant – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Milia, except where noted.

  1. Visit Me
  2. Gerunds
  3. 27 Dollars
  4. Our Flowers Are Still Burning
  5. Positively Freaking
  6. Sarah Springtime
  7. Since Milford – Zachary Nichols
  8. Gauche
  9. Nothing Is Working
  10. If You Can
  11. Enter the Kingdom

Isaac Hayes: Presenting Isaac Hayes

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In February 1968, “Enterprise” and “Atlantic” labels released “Presenting Isaac Hayes”, the debut Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in January 1968, at “Stax Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Alvertis Isbell, Al Jackson, Jr. and Donald “Duck” Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes- vocals, piano
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn- bass guitar
  • Al Jackson Jr.- drums
  • Arif Mardin, Steve Cropper– mixing
  • Alvertis Isbell– supervision
  • Loring Eutemey – design
  • Bill Kington, API Photographers – photography

Track listing:

  1. Precious, Precious – Isaac Hayes
  2. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  3. Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You / Rock Me Baby – Willie Dixon, Riley B. King, Joe Josea
  4. Medley: I’m Going to Chicago Blues / Misty – Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke
  5. You Don’t Know Like I Know – Isaac Hayes, David Porter

U2: Songs of Experience

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On December 1, 2017, “Interscope” and “Island” labels released “Songs of Experience”, the fourteenth U2 studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2017, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, “The Garage” in Topanaga, California, “Shangri-La”, “The Woodshed”, ”Waterloo Studios” and “Neptune Valley” in Los Angeles, “Strathmore House” in Killiney, Ireland, “Hanover Quay” and “Windmill Lane Studios” in  Dublin, “Uno Mas Studio” in Brentwood, Tennessee, “The Church Studios” in London, and was produced by Jacknife Lee, Ryan Tedder, Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow, Jolyon Thomas, Brent Kutzle, Paul Epworth, Danger Mouse, and Declan Gaffney. The album was certified Platinum in France by “SNEP”, and Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”.

Personnel:

  • Bono– vocals
  • The Edge– vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr.– drums, percussion
  • Andy Barlow– additional keyboards, programming, sound design,  engineer, mixing
  • Jacknife Lee – additional guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Ryan Tedder– keyboards, additional guitar, programming, backing vocals
  • Brent Kutzle – keyboards, acoustic guitar, programming
  • Davide Rossi– strings
  • Goshua Usov – additional keyboards
  • Paul Epworth– additional keyboards, programming
  • Declan Gaffney – additional keyboards
  • Andrew Taggart– additional keyboards
  • Jolyon Thomas – additional guitar, additional keyboards
  • Brandon Collins – string arrangement
  • Amy Helman – violins
  • Avery Bright – violins
  • Betsy Lamb – viola
  • Paul Nelson – cello
  • Noel Zancanella – additional programming
  • Nate Lotz – additional percussion
  • Steve Wilmot – additional percussion
  • Kendrick Lamar– outro, intro
  • Julian Lennon– backing vocals
  • Haim– backing vocals
  • Lady Gaga– backing vocals
  • Dawn Kenny – additional credit
  • Tyler Spry, Drew Bang, Rich Rich, Matt Wiggins  – engineer
  • Matt Bishop – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Matty Green – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Brandon Bost – engineer, mixing assistance
  • Declan Gaffney –  engineer, additional mixing
  • Christopher Henry – additional engineering, engineer assistant
  • Richard Rainey, Greg Clooney, Doug Sarrett – additional engineering
  • Gosha Usov, Alan Kelly, Aleks Von Korff – engineer assistant
  • Dave “Squirrel” Covell, Barry McCready – engineer assistant
  • Alex Bailey – engineer assistant, mixing assistant,
  • Kelana, Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Steve Lillywhite– mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono, all music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, except where noted.

  1. Love Is All We Have Left
  2. Lights of Home – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.,Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim, Ariel Rechtshaid
  3. You’re the Best Thing About Me
  4. Get Out of Your Own Way
  5. American Soul
  6. Summer of Love
  7. Red Flag Day
  8. The Showman (Little More Better)
  9. The Little Things That Give You Away
  10. Landlady
  11. The Blackout
  12. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way
  13. 13 (There Is a Light)

Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil: Goliath

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On November 18, 2014, “Splint Entertainment” label released “Goliath”, the sixth Steve Taylor studio album, and the first with the group Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil. It was recorded in 2014, at “IHOF Studio”, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Steve Taylor and Danny Seim.

Personnel:

  • Steve Taylor – vocals, one hand piano
  • Jimmy Abegg – guitars, backing vocals
  • Peter Furler – drums, backing vocals
  • John Mark Painter – bass, cello, baritone sax, tenor sax, alto sax, French horn, trumpet and anything else laying around, backing vocals, recording
  • Danny Seim – additional keyboard flourishes, miscellaneous wizardry, overdubs recording
  • Lori Chaffer, Fleming McWilliams – vocal
  • Luke Yang – vibes
  • Stephen Parolini – jenga
  • Brendan Jones – breathalyzer
  • Sam Sacco – zeitgeist
  • Phillip Holmes – turbinado
  • Tim and Val Hudson – vodaphone
  • Steve Kellner – condoleeza
  • Danny Seim – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Jimmy Abegg – design
  • Buddy Jackson – insert illustration
  • Frank Ockenfels III – photography
  • Larry & Nancy VanArendonk, Martin Turner, Rick Law, Richard Bickersteth – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Taylor, all music by Steve Taylor, Jimmy Abegg, Peter Furler and John Mark Painter.

  1. Only a Ride
  2. Double Negative
  3. Goliath
  4. Moonshot
  5. Rubberneck
  6. The Sympathy Vote
  7. Standing In Line
  8. In Layers
  9. Happy Go Lazy
  10. A Life Preserved
  11. Comedian

Winger: IV

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On October 20,, 2006, “Frontiers” label released  “IV”, the fourth Winger studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Funky White House” and “Quad Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Kip Winger.

Personnel:

  • Kip Winger- lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitars, keyboard, engineer, mixing
  • Reb Beach– co-lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Roth– co-lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Cenk Eroglu – keyboard, guitars
  • Rod Morgenstein- drums
  • Denny McDonald , Paula Winger – additional backing vocals
  • Tony Green, Matt Abbott, John Roth – engineer
  • Buckley Miller, Steve Warren – Pro-Tools engineer
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Ethan Van Sciver – design
  • Moose Baumann – color artist
  • Pete Cotutsca – layout, design
  • Mark Delong – photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kip Winger and Reb Beach, except where noted.

  1. Right Up Ahead
  2. Blue Suede Shoes
  3. Four-Leaf Clover
  4. M16 – Kip Winger
  5. Your Great Escape – Kip Winger, Reb Beach, P Winger
  6. Disappear
  7. On a Day Like Today – Kip Winge, Reb Beach, Winger
  8. Livin’ Just to Die
  9. Short Flight to Mexico – Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Winger
  10. Generica
  11. Can’t Take It Back

The Gaslight Anthem: Get Hurt

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On August 8, 2014, “Island” label released “Get Hurt”, the fifth and final Gaslight Anthem (The) studio album. It was recorded March – April, 2014, at “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Mike Crossey.

Personnel:

  • Alex Rosamilia– vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Brian Fallon– vocals, guitar
  • Ian Perkins – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Levine – vocals, bass
  • Benny Horowitz – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Sharon Jones, Natalie Prass– backing vocals
  • Mike Spink – engineer
  • Jonathan Gilmore – engineer assistant
  • Mike Crossey– mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • John Van Hamersveld– design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Fallon, Alex Rosamilia, Alex Levine, and Benny Horowitz.

  1. Stay Vicious
  2. 1.000 Years
  3. Get Hurt
  4. Stray paper
  5. Helter Skeleton
  6. Underneath the Ground
  7. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
  8. Red Violins
  9. Selected Poems
  10. Ain’t That a Shame
  11. Break Your Heart
  12. Dark Places

Alison Kraus: Forget About It

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On August 3, 1999, “Rounder” label released “Forget About It”, the eighth Alison Krauss studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Emerald Sound Studios” and “Seventeen Grand Recording” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Personnel:

  • Alison Krauss– vocals, harmony vocals, fiddle
  • Viktor Krauss– bass
  • Barry Bales– bass, harmony vocals
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Pat Bergeson– guitar
  • Ron Block– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Sam Bush– mandolin, slide mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Lyle Lovett, Evelyn Cox, Sidney Cox, Suzanne Cox, Dolly Parton– harmony vocals
  • Jerry Douglas– dobro, lap steel guitar
  • Joey Miskulin– accordion
  • Matt Rollings– piano
  • Dan Tyminski– guitar, harmony vocals
  • Gary Paczosa– engineer, mixing
  • Sandy Jenkins – engineer, engineer assistant
  • Thomas “Snake” Johnson – engineer, engineer assistant
  • Tim Waters – engineer assistant
  • Chuck Turner, Tracy Martinson – digital editing
  • Doug Sax– mastering
  • Matthew Barnes – photography
  • Nancy Given – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Stay – Larry Byrom, Allyson Taylor
  2. Forget About It -Robert Lee Castleman
  3. It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren
  4. Maybe – Gordon Kennedy, Phil Madeira
  5. Empty Hearts – Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson
  6. Never Got Off the Ground – Danny O’Keefe
  7. Ghost in This House – Hugh Prestwood
  8. It Don’t Matter Now – Michael McDonald
  9. That Kind of Love – Pat Bergeson, Michael McDonald
  10. Could You Lie – Ron Block
  11. Dreaming My Dreams With You – Allen Reynolds

Styx: The Mission

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On June 16, 2017, “UMe” label released “The Mission”, the sixteenth Styx studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2017, at “Blackbird Studios”, “The Shop”, “6 Studio Amontillado” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Will Evankovich.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Shaw– vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
  • James Young– vocals, electric guitars
  • Chuck Panozzo– bass guitar
  • Todd Sucherman– drums, percussion, waterphone
  • Lawrence Gowan– vocals, piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
  • Ricky Phillips– bass guitar
  • Will Evankovich– additional synthesizers, guitars, sound effects
  • Will Evankovich, Alan Hertz, Sean Badum – engineer
  • JR Taylor – additional engineering
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Kevin Dean – mixing assistant
  • Derek Sharp – additional editing
  • Richard Dudd – mastering
  • Todd Gallopo – cover illustration, art direction, design
  • Jason Powell – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Overture – Tommy Shaw
  2. Gone Gone Gone – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
  3. Hundred Million Miles from Home – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
  4. Trouble at the Big Show – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
  5. Locomotive – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
  6. Radio Silence – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
  7. The Greater Good – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
  8. Time May Bend – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
  9. Ten Thousand Ways – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
  10. Red Storm – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
  11. All Systems Stable – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, Todd Sucherman
  12. Khedive – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
  13. The Outpost – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
  14. Mission to Mars – Tommy Shaw

City and Colour: The Hurry and the Harm

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On June 4, 2013, “Dine Alone” label released “The Hurry and the Harm”, the fourth City and Colour studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Blackbird Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Alex Newport.

Personnel:

  • Dallas Green- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Dante Schwebel – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Matthew Kelly – pedal steel, organ, piano
  • Jack Lawrence- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug MacGregor- drums
  • Alex Newport- engineer, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dallas Green.

  1. The Hurry and the Harm
  2. Harder Than Stone
  3. Of Space and Time
  4. The Lonely Life
  5. Paradise
  6. Commentators
  7. Thirst
  8. Two Coins
  9. Take Care
  10. Ladies and Gentlemen
  11. The Golden State
  12. Death’s Song