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Rain Parade: Last Rays Of A Dying Sun

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On August 4, 2023, “51 Recordings” label released “Last Rays of a Dying Sun”, the third Rain Parade studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “25th Street Recording”, “Wally Sound”, and “Skyline Studio” in Oakland, California, “Babwe Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Hill.

Personnel:

  • Matt Piucci – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, baritone guitar, sitar, bass
  • John Thoman – vocals, guitar
  • Derek See – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Roback – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Stephan Junca – drums, percussion
  • Mark Hanley – vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Jim Hill – vocals, treatments and manipulations, synthesizer, tambourine
  • Meena Makhijani – tabla
  • Mac Hill – synthesizer
  • Aryeh Frankfurter – strings
  • Debbi Peterson – backing vocals
  • Vicki Peterson – backing vocals
  • Greg Moore – backing vocals
  • Thom Moore – backing vocals
  • Rob Bonfiglio – backing vocals
  • Marcus Blake – backing vocals
  • Darian Sahanaja – backing vocals, backing vocal arrangements
  • Jim Hill – engineer
  • Gabriel Shepard – engineer assistant
  • Wally Sound – engineer assistant
  • Varun Kejriwal – engineer assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Stefanie Beltran – art direction
  • Jon Krop – packaging layout
  • Emily Wick – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Piucci and Steven Roback.

  1. Angel Sister
  2. Last Rays of a Dying Sun
  3. Couldn’t Stand to Be Alone
  4. Bring You Back
  5. Got the Fear
  6. Share Your Love
  7. Sundays Almost Gone
  8. Green
  9. Forgetfulness
  10. Other Side of You
  11. Left the Fire

Black Grape: Pop Voodoo

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On August 4, 2017, “UMC” label released “Pop Voodoo”, the third Black Grape studio album. It was recorded in September 2016, at Martin “Youth” Glover’s studio in Sierra Nevada, Spain, and in London, and was produced by Martin “Youth” Glover.

Personnel:

  • Shaun Ryder – vocals
  • Paul “Kermit” Leveridge – vocals
  • Martin “Youth” Glover – guitar, Fender VI bass, programming
  • Seth Leppard – guitar
  • Jackson Scott – acoustic guitar
  • Jamie Grashion – guitar, programming
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, guitar, programming
  • Rainbow Man – harmonica
  • Alex Ward – saxophone
  • Michael Rendall – recording, mixing, additional production
  • Jamie Grashion – engineer assistant
  • Luke Fitzpatrick – engineer assistant
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Jon Gray – illustration
  • Estuary English – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Shaun Ryder, Paul Leveridge and Martin Glover.

  1. Everything You Know Is Wrong – Intro
  2. Nine Lives
  3. Set the Grass on Fire
  4. Whiskey, Wine and Ham
  5. Money Burns
  6. String Theory
  7. Pop Voodoo
  8. I Wanna Be Like You
  9. Sugar Money
  10. Shame
  11. Losing Sleep
  12. Young and Dumb

Bleachers: Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

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On July 30, 2021, “RCA” label released “Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night”, the third Bleachers studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, and was produced by Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger and Annie Clark.

Personnel:

  • Jack Antonoff – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, bass, drum machine, drums, percussion, cello, mixing
  • Patrik Berger – twelve-string guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, glockenspiel, piano,  bass, drums, drum machine, tom toms, percussion, programming, backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals
  • Lana Del Rey – lead and backing vocals
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – electric guitar, organ, synthesizer, bass, backing vocals
  • Aaron Dessner – piano, synthesizer
  • Evan Smith – synthesizer, saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, violin
  • Blu DeTiger – bass
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums, congas, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Riddleberger – drums, percussion, snare drum, backing vocals
  • Zem Audu – saxophone
  • Anna Webber – saxophone
  • Serena McKinney Göransson – violin
  • Bobby Hawk – violin
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Sounwave – programming
  • Zadie Smith – backing vocals
  • Annie Clark – backing vocals
  • The Chicks – backing vocals
  • John Rooney – engineer
  • Laura Sisk – engineer, mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Jon Sher – engineer assistant
  • Will Quinnell – engineer assistant
  • Matt Wolach – engineer assistant
  • Rob Lebret – engineer assistant
  • Clare Gillen – creative director
  • Michelle Holme – design
  • Aaron Denton – illustrations
  • Carlotta Kohl – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jack Antonoff, except where noted, Music as noted.

  1. 91 – Jack Antonoff, Zadie Smith
  2. Chinatown – Jack Antonoff, Evan Smith
  3. How Dare You Want More – Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger
  4. Big Life – Jack Antonoff
  5. Secret Life – Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger
  6. Stop Making the Hurt – Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger
  7. Don’t Go Dark – lyrics by Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, music by Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey
  8. 45 – Jack Antonoff
  9. Strange Behavior – Jack Antonoff
  10. What’d I Do with All This Faith?  – Jack Antonoff

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso

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On July 21, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Crooked Calypso”, the third Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Chairworks” in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and was produced by John Owan Williams.

Personnel:

  • Paul Heaton – lead vocal
  • Jacqui Abbott – lead vocal
  • Jonny Lexus – guitar, backing vocals
  • Stephen Large – piano, keyboards, accordion, melodica
  • Chris Wise – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Marshall – drums, mandolin, timpani, backing vocals
  • Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Sam Healey – tenor saxophone
  • Gavin Hibberd, Kat Curlett – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard McVeigh – trombone
  • John Purton, Natalie Purton, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Savannah Simmons – violin
  • Alice Billen, Emma Richards – viola
  • Esther Harriott – cello
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • Stephen Large – strings arrangements
  • Pete Whitfield – strings arrangements
  • David Watts – engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Ross – Robson, Marina Walker, Mark Scully – mixing assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Salvador Design – design
  • Sean Welch – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Gotta Praise – Johnny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  2. He Wants To – Paul Heaton
  3. If I May – Paul Heaton
  4. She Got the Garden – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  5. People Like Us – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  6. Blackwater Banks – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  7. The Lord Is a White Con – Paul Heaton
  8. Silence Is – Paul Heaton
  9. Love Makes You Happy – Paul Heaton
  10. The Fat Man – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  11. Your Bit of Stuff – Paul Heaton
  12. He Can’t Merry Her – Paul Heaton

Lianne La Havas: Same

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On July 17, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled Lianne La Havas third album. It was recorded October – December 2019, in London, Bath and New York, and was produced by Lianne La Havas, Matt Hales, Beni Giles, Chris Tabron, Nick Hakim, Sam Crowe and Mura Masa.

Personnel:

  • Lianne La Havas – lead and backing vocals, guitar, snare drums
  • Elroy Powell – vocals
  • Bruno Major – guitar, piano
  • Nick Hakim – electric guitar, Mellotron, Minimoog, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, drum programming
  • Sam Crowe – keyboards, piano, Rhodes, Moog
  • Chris Tabron – keyboards
  • James Wyatt – keyboards, Moog, piano, Rhodes, claps, vocoder, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Burniss Travis – double bass
  • Joe Harrison – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Yves Fernandez – bass guitar, claps
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Matt Hales – bass guitar, Rhodes, drum programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Hal Ritson – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Mark Guiliana – drums, percussion
  • Dan See – drums, percussion
  • Homer Steinwess – drums
  • Gareth Lockrane – flute
  • Tim Mcnalley – viola, cello
  • Davide Rossi – violin, viola, cello, string arrangement
  • Paul Castelluzzo – whistle
  • Frida Touray – backing vocals, claps
  • Dan Grech – additional programming
  • Robert Wilkes – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Sam Crowe – engineer
  • Joe Harrison – engineer
  • Homer Steinwess – engineer
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – engineer
  • Nick Hakim – engineer, recording
  • Bill Malina – engineer
  • Nate Odden – engineer
  • Chris Tabron – engineer, mixing
  • Beni Giles – mixing, additional vocal recording
  • Matt Hales – mixing, vocal engineering
  • Dan Grech – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Augusto Sanchez – engineer assistant
  • Brandon Peralta – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant, additional vocal recording

Track listing:

  1. Bittersweet – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, DiFosco Ervin, Jr., Isaac Hayes, Rudy Love
  2. Read My Mind – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Benjamin Edwards
  3. Green Papaya – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe, Frida Touray
  4. Can’t Fight – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Alexander Crossan
  5. Paper Thin – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  6. Out of Your Mind (interlude) – Lianne La Havas, Geordan Reid-Campbell
  7. Weird Fishes – Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway
  8. Please Don’t Make Me Cry – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Nicholas Hakim
  9. Seven Times – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  10. Courage – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Joseph Harrison
  11. Sour Flower – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe

Jimmy Smith: Jimmy Smith At The Organ

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In July 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Jimmy Smith at the Organ”, the third Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.

  1. Judo Mambo
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  4. Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
  5. Fiddlin’ the Minors
  6. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
  7. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman

Mr. Bungle: California

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On July 13, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “California”, the third Mr. Bungle studio album. It was recorded in 1998, in San Francisco, and was produced by Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon, Mike Patton and Trey Spruance.

Personnel:

  1. Trey Spruance – guitar, engineer, production strategy
  2. Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, artwork concept
  3. Clinton “Bär” McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, French horn
  4. Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept
  5. Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboards
  6. David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
  7. Aaron Seeman – piano
  8. Michael Peloquin – harmonica
  9. Henri Ducharme – accordion
  10. Timba Harris – trumpet
  11. Bill Banovetz – English horn
  12. Larry Ragent – French horn
  13. Ben Barnes – violin, viola
  14. Carla Kihlstedt – violin, viola
  15. Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
  16. Sam Bass – cello
  17. Marika Hughes – cello
  18. William Winant – timpani, mallets, tam tam, bass drum
  19. Jay Stebley – cymbalom
  20. Josh Heller – engineer
  21. Justin Phelps – engineer
  22. Billy Anderson – engineer
  23. Adam Muñoz – engineer, editing, mixing
  24. Rob Worthington – mixing
  25. Gibbs Chapman – mixing
  26. George Horn – mastering
  27. Mackie Osborne – layout, design
  28. Malcom Hillier – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Patton, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Charity – music by Mike Patton
  2. None of Them Knew They Were Robots – lyrics by Trey Spruance, music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Danny Heifetz
  3. Retrovertigo – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  4. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon
  5. Ars Moriendi – music by Mike Patton
  6. Pink Cigarette – music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton
  7. Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy – lyrics and music by Trey Spruance
  8. The Holy Filament – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  9. Vanity Fair – music by Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton
  10. Goodbye Sober Day – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon

Clairo: Charm

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On July 12, 2024, Clairo self-released “Charm”, her third studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Allaire” in Shokan, New York, “Diamond Mine Recording” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Claire Cottrill and Leon Michels.

Personnel:

  • Claire Cottrill – lead vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, flute, percussion, guitar
  • Paul Castelluzzo – slide guitar
  • Dylan Nowik – slide guitar, electric guitar, fuzz bass, acoustic guitar
  • Marco Benevento – piano
  • Leon Michels – vocals, flute, synthesizer, guitar, organ, piano, Mellotron, clarinet, bongos, Wurlitzer, saxophone, bass, drums, percussion, vibraphone 
  • Nick Movshon – bass, upright bass, percussion, guitar, mo tuck
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums, percussion
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lee Falco – drums, percussion, saxophone
  • Leon Michels – engineer
  • John Rooney – engineer
  • Jens Jungkurth – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Deturk – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Nomad – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon
  2. Sexy to Someone – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon
  3. Second Nature – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Dylan Nowik
  4. Slow Dance – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Dylan Nowik
  5. Thank You – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Kevin Martin
  6. Terrapin’ – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, Marco Benevento
  7. Juna – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Marco Benevento
  8. Add Up My Love – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Nick Movshon
  9. Echo – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels, Dylan Nowik, Nick Movshon
  10. Glory of the Snow – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels
  11. Pier 4 – Claire Cottrill, Leon Michels

Rachel Sermanni: Tied To The Moon

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On July 10, 2015, “Middle of Nowhere Records” label released “Tied to the Moon”, the third Rachel Sermanni album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Colin Macleod.

Personnel:

  • Rachel Sermanni – vocals, guitar
  • Colin Macleod – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mixing
  • Jennifer Austin – voice, piano, organ, fiddle
  • Gordon Skene – bass, cello
  • Louis Linklater Abbott – drums, percussion
  • Jane Hepburn – fiddle
  • Fiona Macleod – voice
  • Nicole Macleod – voice
  • Daniel Ledwell – mixing
  • Little Konzett – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Rachel Sermanni.

  1. Run
  2. Wine Sweet Wine
  3. Old Ladies Lament
  4. I’ve Got a Girl
  5. Don’t Fade
  6. Tractor
  7. Ferryman
  8. Banks are Broken
  9. Begin
  10. This Love

Viagra Boys: Cave World

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On July 8, 2022, “Year 0001” label released “Cave World”, the third Viagra Boys studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Robotberget” and “Riksmixningverket” in Stockholm, “Silence Studio” in Koppom, Sweden, and was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and DJ Haydn.

Personnel:

  • Sebastian Murphy – vocals
  • Linus Hillborg – vocals, guitar,
  • Elias Jungqvist – vocals, keyboard, piano, vibraphone
  • Henrik Höckert – vocals, bass
  • Tor Sjöden – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Oscar Carls – vocals, saxophone, flute, guitar
  • Pelle Gunnerfeldt – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano
  • DJ Haydn (Fabian Berglund) − keyboards, drums, turntable, engineer
  • Jason Williamson – vocals
  • Pelle Gunnerfeldt − engineer, mixing
  • Johan Gustafsson – engineer
  • Oscar Ulfheden – engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Moa Romanova – art direction
  • Sebastian Murphy – art direction
  • André Jofré – creative lead
  • Victor Svedberg – final art

Track listing:

All tracks by Oscar Carls, Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Linus Hillborg, Henrik Höckert, Elias Jungqvist, Sebastian Murphy and Tor Sjöden, except where noted.

  1. Baby Criminal
  2. Cave Hole – Fabian Berglund
  3. Troglodyte
  4. Punk Rock Loser
  5. Creepy Crawlers
  6. The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis
  7. Globe Earth – Fabian Berglund
  8. Ain’t No Thief
  9. Big Boy
  10. ADD
  11. Human Error – Fabian Berglund
  12. Return to Monke