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Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds: Council Skies

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On June 2, 2023, “Sour Mash” label released “Council Skies”, the fourth Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Lone Star Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Noel Gallagher and Paul Stacey.

Personnel:

  • Noel Gallagher – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, mellotron, percussion, artwork concept and design
  • Gem Archer – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, mouth organ
  • Mikey Rowe – keyboards
  • Russ Pritchard – bass guitar
  • Chris Sharrock – drums
  • Charlotte Marionneau – percussion
  • Jess Greenfield – backing vocals
  • Johnny Marr – electric guitar
  • Paul Stacey – electric guitar, baritone guitar, Mellotron, piano, bass guitar
  • Robert Smith – guitar, piano
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards
  • Geraint Watkins – accordion
  • Jason Falkner – bass guitar
  • Johnny Copland – live bass
  • Jason Cooper – drums
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – drums
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums, percussion
  • Jody Linscott, Peter Eckford, Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Callum Marinho – the tube, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel, Mellotron, drum machines, percussion
  • Clement St. Leonard – percussion, the funk box, keyboards, tubular bells, sound effects
  • Graeme Blevins – saxophone
  • Steve Hamilton – saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Joe Auckland – trumpet
  • Ben Edwards – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Daniel Higham, Thomas Dunnett, Pete North – trombone
  • Mark Frost – bass trombone
  • Phillip Woods, Ruth O’Reilly, Franciso Gomez, Derryck Nasib – French horn
  • The Wired Strings – strings
  • Pet Shop Boys – additional vocals

Backing vocals:

  • Roxys (Piney Gir, Amy Ashworth, Emma Brammer)
  • Louise Clare Marshall
  • Andrea Grant
  • Lucita Jules
  • Rosie Danvers (assisted by Tommy Danvers) – string arrangements
  • Alistair White – brass arrangements
  • Callum Marinho – engineer, mixing
  • Beau Blaise – additional engineering
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Kevin Cummins – artwork photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. I’m Not Giving Up Tonight
  2. Pretty Boy
  3. Dead to the World
  4. Open the Door, See What You Find
  5. Trying to Find a World That’s Been and Gone Part I
  6. Easy Now
  7. Council Skies
  8. There She Blows!
  9. Love Is a Rich Man
  10. Think of a Number

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Chasing Yesterday

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On February 25, 2015, “Sour Mash” label released “Chasing Yesterday”, the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Strangeways” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Noel Gallagher and Amorphous Androgynous.

Personnel:

  • Noel Gallagher– vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars,  bass,  mellotron, piano, keyboards, percussion, electric washboard, artwork concept
  • Paul Stacey– electric guitars, bass, mellotron, keyboards, recording
  • Johnny Marr– electric guitar
  • Mike Rowe – keyboards
  • Jeremy Stacey– drums
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, bass clarinet
  • The Wired Strings – strings
  • Matt Howe – strings recording
  • Beccy Byrne – backing vocals
  • Vula Malinga– backing vocals
  • Joy Rose – backing vocals
  • Garry Cobain– backing vocals
  • Rosie Danvers – string arrangements
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – layout, design
  • Lawrence Watson – photography
  • Jen Stacey – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. Riverman
  2. In the Heat of the Moment
  3. The Girl With X0Ray Eyes
  4. Lock All the Doors
  5. The Dying of the Light
  6. The Right Stuff
  7. While the Song Remains the Same
  8. The Mexican
  9. You Know We Can’t Go Back
  10. Ballad of the Mighty I