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Django Django: Glowing In The Dark

On February 12, 2021, “Because Music” label released “Glowing in the Dark”, the fourth Django Django studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by David MacLean, Vincent Neff, Tommy Grace and Jimmy Dixon.

Personnel:

  • Vincent Neff – vocals, guitar, design
  • Tommy Grace – synthesizer, design
  • Jimmy Dixon – bass, design
  • David MacLean – drums, mixing, design
  • Ife Tolentino – additional guitar
  • Antonio de Freitas – cuíca, tambourine
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals
  • Bridget Samuels – string arrangements
  • Orchestrate – strings
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Ashana Davidson – backing vocals
  • Alexis Smith – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Oran Wishart – cover painting
  • Horacio Bolz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vincent Neff, Tommy Grace, Jimmy Dixon and David MacLean.

  1. Spirals
  2. Right the Wrongs
  3. Got Me Worried
  4. Waking Up
  5. Free From Gravity
  6. Headrush
  7. The Ark
  8. Night of the Buffalo
  9. The World Will Turn
  10. Kick the Devil Out
  11. Glowing in the Dark
  12. Hold Fast
  13. Asking for More

The Ark: State of the Ark

On December 27, 2004, “Emi / Virgin Records” label released “State of the Ark”, the third Ark (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Jens Andersson, Nathan Larson, Ola Salo and Per Sunding.

Personnel:

  • Mikael Jepson – lead guitar
  • Martin Axén – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Lars “Leari” Ljungberg – bass
  • Sylvester Schlegel – drums, backing vocals
  • Ola Salo – lead vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Jens Andersson – additional percussion, keyboards, engineer
  • Åsa Håkansson – strings
  • Mattias Rodrick – strings
  • Anna Rocén – strings
  • Erika Lilja – backing vocals
  • Maria Lilja – backing vocals
  • Erik Hjärpe – voice synthesizing

Track listing:

All tracks by Ola Salo, except where noted.

  1. This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to Do Harm
  2. Rock City Wankers
  3. Clamour for Glamour
  4. One of Us Is Gonna Die Young
  5. Let Me Down Gently
  6. Hey Kwanongoma!
  7. The Others
  8. Girl You’re Gonna Get ‘Em (Real Soon)
  9. Deliver Us from Free Will
  10. No End – lyrics by Ola Salo, music by Lars Ljungberg
  11. Trust Is Shareware

Dr. Dog: Fate

On July 22, 2008, “Park the Van” label released “Fate”, the fifth Dr. Dog studio album.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – vocals, lead guitar, piano
  • Frank McElroy – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, piano, guitar
  • Toby Leaman – vocals, bass, upright bass
  • Juston Stens – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Tommy Bindle – percussion
  • Danny Scofield – saxophones
  • Kimbal Brown – trumpet
  • John Pettit – trumpet
  • Steve Duffy – trombone
  • Heather Fortune – flute
  • Laura Foxx – clarinet
  • Megan Smith – oboe
  • Janka Perniss – violin
  • Victoria Baltimore – cello
  • Eliza Jones – vocals
  • Brendan Cooney – string and horn arrangements
  • Bill Moriarty – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Ken Ellis – paintings
  • T. William Moriarty – production coordination
  • Kyle Pulley – production assistant, mixing assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Toby Leaman and Scott McMicken, all music by Frank McElroy, Juston Stens, Zach miller, Tobty Leaman and Scott McMicken.

  1. The Breeze
  2. Hang On
  3. The Old Days
  4. Army of Ancients
  5. The Rabbit, the Bat and the Reindeer
  6. The Ark
  7. From
  8. 100 Years
  9. Uncovering the Old
  10. The Beach
  11. My Friend

Gerry Rafferty: City To City

City to city

On January 20, 1978, “United Artists” released “City to City”, the second Gerry Rafferty studio album. It was recorded in 1977,at the “ Chipping  Norton Recording Studios”, and was produced by Hugh Murphy. The album featured the song  “Baker Street”, which reached  5 million plays on British radio, and became Rafferty’s best known song. “City to City” was certified Platinum the US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty– lead and backing vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Eyre– piano, electric piano, grand piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Jerry Donahue– lead, rhythm and electric guitar
  • Hugh Burns– acoustic, rhythm and electric guitar
  • Nigel Jenkins, Andy Fairweather-Low– rhythm and electric guitar
  • Micky Moody– acoustic guitar
  • Brian Cole– steel guitar, dobro
  • Graham Preskett– fiddle, mandolin, synthesizer, string machine, strings, bass, arrangements
  • Paul Jones– harmonica
  • Hugh Murphy – tambourine
  • Willy Ray – accordion
  • Mo Foster– bass, backing vocals
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Glen LeFleur- drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Raphael Ravenscroft– saxophone
  • Roger Brown, Vivian McAuliff, John McBurnie, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Joanna Carlin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty.

  1. The Ark
  2. Baker Street
  3. Right Down the Line
  4. City to City
  5. Stealin’ Time
  6. Mattie’s Rag
  7. Whatever’s Written In Your Heart
  8. Home and Dry
  9. Island
  10. Waiting for the Day