On February 17, 2023, “Orbital” label released “Optical Delusion”, the tenth Orbital studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Paul Hartnoll, Phil Hartnoll and Andrew Fearn,
Personnel:
Paul Hartnoll – performer
Phil Hartnoll – performer
Mediaeval Baebes – vocals
Dina Ipavic – vocals
Penelope Isles – vocals
The Little Pest – vocals
Anna B Savage – vocals
Coppe – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Hartnoll, except where noted.
Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)
Day One
Are You Alive? – Jack Wolter, Lily Wolter, Paul Hartnoll
You Are the Frequency – Jimmy Day, Lily De Brouwer, Paul Hartnoll
The New Abnormal
Home – Anna B Savage, Paul Hartnoll
Dirty Rat
Requiem for the Pre-Apocalypse
What a Surprise – Jimmy Day, Paul Hartnoll
Moon Princess – Jimmy Day, Miller Y. Coppe, Paul Hartnoll
In December 1977, “Nippon Columbia” label released “Alone Too Long”, the tenth Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in December 1977, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Yoshio Ozawa.
Personnel:
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Jim McCurdy – engineer
Kaoru Yamamoto – engineer
Takeaki Anazawa – engineer
Reginald Workman – A&R
Tsutomu Ueno – program coordinator, cover photography
Satoshi Saitoh – design
Masataka Hasegawa – lithography
Hideki Sato – liner notes
Track listing:
Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell
In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
Like a Butterfly – Tommy Flanagan
Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Alone Too Long – Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith ‘Bob’ Russell
Maybe September – Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston
Strollin’ – Kenny Clarke
Billie Holiday Medley: Glad to Be Unhappy – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / No More – Salvador Camarata / That Ole Devil Called Love – Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
Bean and Boys / In Walked Bud – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
In November 1958, “Roulette” label released “Sweetenings”, the tenth Harry “Sweets” Edison album. It was recorded in November 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew, Jimmy Jones – piano
Joe Benjamin, John Simmons – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Harry “Sweets” Edison, except where noted.
Centerpiece
Candy – Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney
Jive at Five – Count Basie, Harry Edison
Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Louisiana – J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf
Harriet
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford
(Back Home Again in) Indiana – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
On December 1, 2023, “Real World” label released “I/O”, the tenth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – December 2022, at “Rexall Place” in Edmonton, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “British Grove” and “Copper House” in London, “High Seas” in Johannesburg, “Alfvénsalen” in Uppsala, “Fonoprint” in Bologna, and was produced by Peter Gabriel, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.
Personnel:
Peter Gabriel – lead, treated and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synths, programming, percussion, manipulated charango, glass harp, orchestral arrangements, choir arrangements, design concept
David Rhodes – guitars, acoustic and 12 string guitars, backing vocals
On November 30, 2009, “Hypertension Music” label released “Life Goes On”, the tenth Gerry Rafferty album, and the last one released in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2009, at“Icon Studios” in East Sussex, England, “Studio Miraval” in France, “Blue Wave Recording Studios” in St. Philip, Barbados, “Parkgate Studios” in Sussex, England, “Chipping Norton Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, “Tye Farm”, “The Hit Factory”, “Skibo Castle” in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.
Personnel:
Gerry Rafferty – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and high-string guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming
On November 5, 2021, “SuperEgo” label released “Queens of the Summer Hotel”, the tenth Aimee Mann studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “United Recording”, and was produced by Paul Bryan.
On November 4, 1981, “Vertigo” label released “Mob Rules”, the tenth Black Sabbath studio album.It was recorded in 1981, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Martin Birch.
Personnel:
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Tony Iommi – guitars
Geezer Butler – bass
Vinny Appice – drums
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
Martin Birch – engineer
Eddie DeLena, Angelo Arcuri – engineer assistant
Ian Ferguson, Michael Howse, Les Martin, Peter Resty – technician
Greg Hildebrandt – illustration
Richard Seireeni – art direction
Track listing:
All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, except where noted, all music by Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler.
In November 1954, “Blue Note” label released “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2”, the tenth J. J. Johnson album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Sabu Martinez – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.
Jay
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Old Devil Moon – E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.
Personnel:
Malachi Thompson – trumpet
Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
Kirk Brown – piano
James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
Tony Carpenter – percussion
Dee Alexander – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.
On October 21, 2022, “Mom + Pop Music” label released “Crybaby”, the tenth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio Litho” in Seattle, “Sargent Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton, and Tegan and Sara.
Personnel:
Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar
Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards, sampling
John Congleton – bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing
Luke Reynolds – bass, guitar, keyboards
Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering
Emy Storey – art direction, design, photography
Becca McFarlane – design, photography
Pamela Littky – photography
Track listing:
I Can’t Grow Up – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
All I Wanted – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
Fucking Up What Matters – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, John Congleton
Yellow – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
Smoking Weed Alone – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Ossama Al Sarraf
Faded Like a Feeling – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin,
I’m Okay – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congfleton
Pretty Shitty Time – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
Under My Control – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
This Ain’t Going Well – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
Sometimes I See Stars – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
Whatever That Was – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Caleb Shreve, Howard Redekopp
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