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Glass Animals: Dreamland

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On August 7, 2020, “Wolf Tone” label released “Dreamland”, the third Glass Animals studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Dave Bayley.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bayley – vocals, vocal bass, keyboards, guitar, drums, synthesizer, percussion, strings, programming, mixing
  • Andrew MacFarlane – strings, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Edmund Irwin Singer – guitar, keyboards, vocal bass, strings, synthesizer, programming
  • Joe Seaward – drums, percussion
  • Paul Epworth – percussion, strings, synthesizer
  • Orit Braha – vocals
  • Denzel Curry – vocals
  • Letta Mbulu – vocals
  • David Wrench – programming
  • Dave Bayley – recording
  • Riley McIntyre – recording
  • Luke Pickering – recording assistant
  • Chloe Kramer – recording assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Derek “MixedByAli” Ali – mixing
  • David Nakaji – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Curtis “Sircut” Bye – mixing assistant
  • Cyrus “NOIS” Taghipour – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Paul Epworth – co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Bayley, except where noted.

  1. Dreamland
  2. Tangerine – Dave Bayley, Paul Epworth, Brittany Hazzard
  3. Home Movie: 1994 – Dave Bayley, Orit Braha
  4. Hot Sugar – Dave Bayley, Ann Bridgeforth, Dave Hamilton, Rony Darrel
  5. Home Movie: BTX
  6. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  7. Tokyo Drifting – Dave Bayley, Caiphus Semenya, Denzel Curry
  8. Melon and the Coconut
  9. Your Love (Déjà Vu) – Dave Bayley, Paul Epworth
  10. Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
  11. It’s All So Incredibly Loud
  12. Home Movie: Rockets
  13. Domestic Blues
  14. Heat Waves
  15. Home Movie: Shoes On
  16. Helium

John Stewart: Willard

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In July 1970, “Capitol” label released “Willard”, the third John Stewart studio album. It was recorded at “Crystal Sound” in Hollywood, California, “Woodland Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • John Stewart – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar, auto harp, boxes
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred “The Flash” Carter – acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kooch – electric guitar
  • Mike Stewart – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Ralph Schuckett – piano, harmonium
  • Carole King – piano
  • Peter Asher – tambourine, bass, auto harp, backing vocals
  • Norbert “Home town” Putnam – bass
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass, backing vocals
  • Joel Bishop O’Brien – drums, conga
  • Russ Kunkel – knees, drums, boxes
  • Kenneth “Down wind” Buttrey – knees, drums
  • Doug Kershaw – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Chris Darrow – fiddle
  • “Goodtime” Charlie McCoy – harp
  • Bill Mumy – cow bell
  • Buffy Ford – backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness – backing vocals
  • The People – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Tartaglia – orchestration
  • Richard Sanford Orshoff – engineer
  • Robert Paull – second engineer
  • James Wyeth – cover drawing
  • Henry Diltz – insert photos

Track listing:

All tracks by John Stewart.

  1. Big Joe
  2. Julie, Judy, Angel Rain
  3. Belly Full of Tennessee
  4. Friend of Jesus
  5. Clack Clack
  6. Hero From the War
  7. Back in Pomona
  8. Willard
  9. Golden Rollin’ Belly
  10. All American Girl
  11. Oldest Living Son
  12. Earth Rider
  13. Great White Cathedrals
  14. Marshall Wind

Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This

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On July 27, 2007, “Polyvinyl” label released “Places Like This”, the third Architecture in Helsinki studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – January 2007, at “Big Jesus Burger Studios” in Sydney, Dave Sitek’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and was produced by Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry and Kellie Sutherland.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Bird – lead singer, guitars, percussion
  • Gus Franklin – organ, drums, bongos, engineer
  • Kellie Sutherland – melodica, harmony vocals
  • James Cecil – instrumentation, engineer
  • Jamie Mildren – instrumentation
  • Sam Perry – instrumentation
  • Patrick Davis – steel drums
  • Dale Packard – alto saxophone
  • Tim Stocker – baritone saxophone
  • Indra Adams – trumpet
  • Martin Pena – flute
  • Lee Sargent – sampler
  • Gary Olson – engineer
  • Chris Coady – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Rene Vaile – photography
  • Will Sweeney – illustration
  • Markus Karlsson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, Kellie Sutherland and Cameron Bird.

  1. Red Turned White
  2. Heart It Races
  3. Hold Music
  4. Feather In a Baseball Cap
  5. Underwater
  6. Like It or Not
  7. Debbie
  8. Lazy
  9. Nothing’s Wrong

Of Monsters and Men: Fever Dream

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On July 26, 2019, “Republic” label released “Fever Dream”, the third Of Monsters and Men studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, samples
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, samples
  • Brynjar Leifsson – guitar, synthesizer, samples
  • Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass, synth bass, synthesizer
  • Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, samples, programming
  • Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano
  • Viktor Orri Árnason – strings
  • Rich Costey – programming
  • Martin Cooke – engineer, programming
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • KT Pipal – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout
  • Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Track listing:

  1. Alligator
  2. Ahay
  3. Róróró
  4. Waiting for the Snow
  5. Vulture, Vulture
  6. Wild Roses
  7. Stuck in Gravity
  8. Sleepwalker
  9. Wars
  10.  Under a Dome
  11. Soothsayer

The Isley Brothers: Twisting and Shouting

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On July 25, 1963, “United Artists” label released “Twisting and Shouting”, the third Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Bernes.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Alan Lorber – conductor 
  • Garry Sherman – conductor

Tracking listing:

All tracks by Rudolp Isley, O’ Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.

  1. Surf and Shout – Phil Medley, Ruth Batchelor
  2. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  3. She’s the One
  4. Tango
  5. What’cha Gonna Do
  6. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  7. You’ll Never Leave Him – Bert Russell
  8. Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – Hank Ballard
  9. She’s Gone
  10. Shake It with Me Baby
  11. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson
  12. Do the Twist – Dale Hawkins

Butch Walker: The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites

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On July 11, 2006, “Epic” label released “The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites”, the third Butch Walker album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Butch Walker.

Personnel:

  • Butch Walker – vocals, additional guitars, additional bass, piano, organ, percussion
  • Randy Michael – acoustic guitars
  • Page Waldrop – pedal steel
  • James Hall – piano, trumpet, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Wes Flowers – Hammond organ, keys
  • Michael Guy Chislett – guitar, keyboards, claps, backing vocals
  • Darren Dodd – drums, percussion, claps, backing vocals
  • Dr. Brad Goron – horn section
  • Alecia “Pink” Moore – guest vocals
  • Yvette Petit – backing vocals

Track listing:

 All tracks by Butch Walker.

  1. Oooh…Aaah
  2. Hot Girls in Good Moods
  3. Ladies and Gentlemen…The Let’s Go Out Tonites!
  4. Bethamphetamine (Pretty, Pretty)
  5. Too Famous to Get Fully Dressed
  6. We’re All Going Down
  7. Dominoes
  8. Paid to Get Excited
  9. Song Without a Chorus
  10. The Taste of Red
  11. Rich People Die Unhappy
  12. This Is the Sweetest Little Song
  13. When Canyons Ruled the City

Les Filles de Illighadad: At Pioneer Works

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July 9, 2021, “Sahel Sounds” label released “At Pioneer Works”, the third Les Filles de Illighadad album. It was recorded in October 2019, at “Pioneer Works” cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and was produced by Christopher Kirkley, Ben Parrish and Justin Pyre.

Personnel:

  • Fatou Seidi Ghali – vocals, guitar
  • Amaria Hamadlher – guitar, percussion
  • Alamnou Akrouni – vocals, percussion
  • Abdoulaye Madassane – vocals, percussion
  • Bob Bellarue – recording
  • Kyle Keays Hagerman – recording
  • Mathew Mann – recording
  • Osaro Ogedengbe – recording
  • Ryan Caruso – recording
  • Jason Powers – mixing
  • Timothy Stollenwerk – mastering
  • Christopher Kirkley – art direction, liner notes
  • Daniel Kent – artwork, design
  • Jesse Johanning – artwork, design
  • Walter Wlodarczyk – photography

Track listing:

  1. Surbajo
  2. Eghass Malan
  3. Telilit
  4. Chakalan
  5. Inssegh Inssegh
  6. Irriganan

James Bay: Leap

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On July 8, 2022, “Mercury” and “Republic” labels released “Leap”, the third James Bay studio album. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and London, and was produced by Dave Cobb, Finneas, Gabe Simon, Ian Fitchuk, James Bay, Sacha Skarbek, Jon Green and Benjamin Rice.

Personnel:

  • James Bay – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming 
  • Gabe Simon – electric guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar
  • Alex Tomkins – piano
  • Philip Towns – keyboards, synth bass, piano, mellotron, synthesizer
  • Reuben James – Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Jon Green – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • John Ryan – electric guitar, keyboards, drums, backing vocals, programming
  • Ian Fitchuk – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Mads Hauge – keyboards, percussion, programming
  • Sacha Skarbek – piano, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Joel Little – bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Finneas – bass guitar, piano, synth bass, synthesizer, drum programming
  • Andrew Haas – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, drums, programming
  • Brian Allen – bass guitar
  • Nate Smith – drums, electronic percussion, percussion
  • Ian Franzino – drums, programming
  • Dave Cobb – percussion, tom-toms
  • Jimmy Hogarth – percussion, programming
  • Brennan Aerts – drum programming
  • Josh Moore – programming
  • Davide Rossi – strings
  • Forest Miller – violin
  • Foy Vance – backing vocals
  • Lucy Smith – backing vocals
  • Tom Elmhirst – engineer, mixing
  • Buckley Miller – engineer
  • Gabe Simon – engineer
  • Henri Davies – engineer
  • Joel Little – engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Marcus Locock – engineer
  • Maximilian Von Ameln – engineer
  • Adam Lunn – engineer
  • Brennan Aerts – engineer
  • Afterhrs – engineer
  • John Ryan – engineer
  • Jimmy Hogarth – engineer
  • Andrea Mastroiacovo – engineer assistant
  • Art Smith – engineer assistant
  • Sean Badum – engineer assistant
  • Philip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Gabrielle Stok – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Gunnell – engineer assistant
  • Nick Spencer – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Kolton Lee – mixing
  • Serge Courtois – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing assistant
  • Matthew Scatchell – mixing assistant
  • Josh Moore – editing 
  • Alex Tomkins – editing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Give Me the Reason – James Bay, Foy Vance, Gabe Simon
  2. Nowhere Left to Go – James Bay, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Michael Pollack
  3. Save Your Love – James Bay, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ammar Malik, Finneas O’Connell, John Ryan
  4. Everybody Needs Someone – James Bay, James Murray, Mustafa Omer, Phil Plested
  5. One Life – James Bay, Bianca Ghermezian, Ethan Gruska, Matt Morris, Stephen Wrabel, Steve Robson
  6. Silent Love – James Bay, Jon Green, Sacha Skarbek
  7. Love Don’t Hate Me – James Bay, Jimmy Hogarth, Jon Green
  8. Brilliant Still – James Bay, Jamie Scott, Johnny Coffer
  9. Right Now – James Bay, Ilsey Juber
  10. We Used to Shine – James Bay, Simon Aldred
  11. Endless Summer Nights – James Bay, Jon Green, Paul Epworth
  12. Better – James Bay, Simon Aldred

Gwenno: Tresor

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On July 1, 2022, “Heavenly Recordings” label released “Tresor”, the third Gwenno studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at Gwenno’s home studio in Cardiff, and was produced by Rhys Edwards and Gwenno Saunders.

Personnel:

  • Gwenno Saunders – vocals 
  • Rhys Edwards – bass guitar, drums, guitar, piano, sounds, strings, vibraphone, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – design, layout
  • Clare Marie Bailey – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gwenno Saunders, except where noted.

  1. An Stevel Nowydh – Gwenno Saunders, Rhys Edwards
  2. Anima
  3. Tresor
  4. N.Y.C.A.W. – Gwenno Saunders, Rhys Edwards
  5. Men an Toll
  6. Ardamm
  7. Kan Me
  8. Keltek
  9. Tonnow
  10. Porth Ia

Hiatus Kaiyote: Mood Valiant

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On June 25, 2021, “Brainfeeder” label released “Mood Valiant”, the third Hiatus Kaiyote studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Arthur Verocal. At the 2020 “AIR Awards”, the album won “Best Independent Jazz Album or EP Award”.

Personnel:

  • Nai Palm – vocals, guitar
  • Simon Mavin – keyboards
  • Paul Bender – bass
  • Perrin Moss – drums
  • Arthur Verocai – vocal, guitar

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nai Palm, all music by Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Perrin Moss  and Simon Mavin.

  1. Flight of the Tiger Lily
  2. Sip into Something Soft
  3. Chivalry Is Not Dead
  4. And We Go Gentle
  5. Get Sun
  6. All the Words We Don’t Say
  7. Hush Rattle
  8. Rose Water
  9. Red Room
  10. Sparkle Tape Break Up
  11. Stone of Lavender
  12. Blood and Marrow