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Van Der Graaf Generator: Do Not Disturb

On September 30, 2016, “Esoteric Records” label released “Do Not Disturb”, the thirteenth Van der Graaf Generator studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill – vocals, guitars, pianos
  • Hugh Banton – organs, keyboards, bass, accordion, glockenspiel
  • Guy Evans – drums, percussion
  • Ben Turner – engineer
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Mark Powell, Vicky Powell – coordinator
  • Paul Ridout – artwork, design
  • Tamra Gray – photography

Track listing:

  1. Aloft
  2. Alfa Berlina
  3. Room 1210
  4. Forever Faling
  5. Shikata Ga Nai
  6. (Oh No! I Must Have Said) Yes
  7. Brought to Nook
  8. Almost the Words
  9. Go

The Divine Comedy: Rainy Sunday Afternoon

On September 19, 2025, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Rainy Sunday Afternoon”, the thirteenth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025 at “Abbey Road” in London, “Sonic” in Dublin, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Tosh Flood – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Neil Hannon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
  • Simon Little – electric and upright bass, backing vocals
  • Andrew Skeet – piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, conductor, arrangements
  • Ian Watson – accordion, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tim Weller – drums, percussion
  • Lucy Wilkins – strings and brass, violin
  • Chris Worsey – strings and brass, cello
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – strings and brass, flugelhorn
  • Everton Nelson – strings and brass leader
  • Nick Barr – strings and brass
  • Natalia Bonner – strings and brass
  • Ian Burdge – strings and brass
  • Gillon Cameron – strings and brass
  • Reiad Chibah – strings and brass
  • Barry Clements – strings and brass
  • Louisa Fuller – strings and brass
  • Richard George – strings and brass
  • Marianne Haynes – strings and brass
  • Jenny Lewisohn – strings and brass
  • Steve Morris – strings and brass
  • Daniel Newell – strings and brass
  • Martin Owen – strings and brass
  • John Ryan – strings and brass
  • Ed Tarrant – strings and brass
  • Andy Wood – strings and brass
  • Sarah Davey – vocals
  • Grace Davidson – vocals
  • Daniel Lewis – vocals
  • Ben Parry – vocals
  • Imogen Parry – vocals
  • Elizabeth Swain – vocals
  • Ellie Macready – additional vocals
  • John Evans – guitars
  • Calina de la Mare – violin, viola
  • Sarah Field – trumpet, saxophones
  • Christian Forshaw – saxophones, flute
  • Tom Bailey – additional percussion
  • Willow Hannon – vocals
  • Tom Bailey – recording, mixing
  • George Oulton – recording and mixing assistant
  • Tom Ashpitel – recording and mixing assistant
  • Ber Quinn– recording, mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork direction, design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Achiles
  2. The Last Time I Saw the Old Man
  3. The Man Who Turned into a Chair
  4. I Want You
  5. Rainy Sunday Afternoon
  6. All the Pretty Lights
  7. Down the Rabbit Hole
  8. Mar-a-Lago by the Sea
  9. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
  10. Can’t Let Go
  11. Invisible Thread

Superchunk: Songs In The Key Of Yikes

On August 22, 2025, “Merge” label released “Songs in the Key of Yikes”, the thirteenth Superchunk studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sonark” in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Personnel:

  • Mac McCaughan – vocals, guitar, additional recording, inner album photography
  • Jim Wilbur – guitar
  • Laura Ballance – bass, shouting
  • Laura King – drums, percussion, backing vocals, shouting
  • Rosali Middleman – additional vocals, additional guitar, shouting
  • Bella Quinlan – additional vocals
  • Holly Thomas – additional vocals
  • Betsy Wright – additional vocals
  • Paul Voran – recording
  • Eli Webb – recording
  • Mike Montgomery – mixing
  • Steve Wethington – mixing assistant
  • Matthew Barnhart – mastering
  • Scott Reeder – cover art
  • Alex Cox – studio photography

Track listing:

  1. Is It Making You Feel Something
  2. Bruised Lung
  3. No Hope
  4. Care Less
  5. Climb the Walls
  6. Cue
  7. Everybody Dies
  8. Stuck in a Dream
  9. Train on Fire
  10. Some Green

The Black Keys: No Rain, No Flowers

On August 8, 2025, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Warner Bros” labels released “No Rain, No Flowers”, the thirteenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, guitar; claps, bass; drum machine, drums; kazoo, bass synthesizer, bass drums, glockenspiel, shaker, tambourine
  • Patrick Carney – drums, cymbals, stick percussion, guitar, percussion, tambourine, cowbell, shaker, synthesizer
  • Sam Bacco – tambourine, shaker, bongo drums, cymbals, woodblock, cowbell, percussion, chimes, congas, timbales, maracas, wind chimes, güiro, bass drums, claves
  • Andy Gabbard – guitar, backing vocals
  • David Levita – guitar
  • Tom Bukovac – guitar, piano, Rhodes piano
  • Rick Nowels – Wurlitzer; acoustic guitar, horn, Juno synthesizer, Mellotron, organ, strings, synthesizer, piano
  • Via Mardot – theremin
  • Daniel Tashian – mellotron, bass; organ, piano, congas, shaker, woodblock; guitar, vocoder, backing vocals
  • Scott Storch – bass synthesizer, organ, piano; clavinet, clavichord 
  • Jake Botts – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Ray Mason – trombone
  • Leon Michels – bass synthesizer, tambourine, Moog, organ; percussion, piano, synthesizer
  • Tommy Brenneck – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
  • Mike Rojas – bass synthesizer; clavichord, glockenspiel, organ, vibraphone
  • Zac Rae – mellotron, organistrum, organ
  • Austin Corona – bass
  • Blake Espy – violin
  • Emma Kummrow – violin
  • Gared Crawford – violin
  • Luigi Mazzocchi – violin
  • Natasha Colkett – violin
  • Tess Varley – violin
  • Jonathan Kim – viola 
  • Steven Heitlinger – viola
  • Glenn Fishbach – cello 
  • Larry Gold – strings arrangement 
  • Ashley Wilcoxson – backing vocals, claps
  • Leisa Hans – backing vocals, claps
  • Nicole “Lady” Wray – backing vocals
  • Pat McLaughlin – backing vocals
  • Desmond Child – backing vocals
  • Mireya Ramos – backing vocals
  • Shae Fiol – backing vocals
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Dom Tenaglia – additional engineering
  • John Christopher Fee – additional engineering
  • Josh Ditty – additional engineering
  • Henry Bright – engineering assistant
  • Jonny Ullman – engineering assistant
  • Tyler Zwiep – engineering assistant
  • Henry Bright – engineering assistant
  • Matt Ciccini – additional strings engineering
  • Dean Reid – additional engineering, mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Aidan Thillmann – mixing assistant
  • Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane – mixing assistant
  • Trey Station – mixing assistant
  • Ryan Smith – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, with additional writers as noted.

  1. No Rain, No Flowers – Rick Nowels
  2. The Night Before – Daniel Tashian
  3. Babygirl – Scott Storch, Daniel Tashian
  4. Down to Nothing – Tommy Brenneck, Pat McLaughlin, Leon Michels
  5. Oh Repeat – Rick Nowels
  6. Make You Mine – Desmond Child, Scott Storch
  7. Man on a Mission – Daniel Tashian
  8. Kiss It – Rick Nowels
  9. All My Life – Daniel Tashian
  10. A Little Too High – Tommy Brenneck, Pat McLaughlin, Leon Michels
  11. Neon Moon – Tommy Brenneck, Leon Michels, Daniel Tashian

Tom Waits: Mule Variations

On April 16, 1999, “ANTI” label released “Mule Variations”, the thirteenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Praire Sun” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, the voice, guitar, piano, organ, pump organ, percussion, chamberlin, optigan
  • Marc Ribot – guitar, lead guitar
  • Joe Gore – guitar
  • Larry LaLonde – guitar
  • Charlie Musselwhite – blues harp
  • Smokey Hormel – guitar, dobro, chumbus, dousengoni
  • Larry Taylor – bass, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • John Hammond – blues harp
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Greg Cohen – bass, percussion
  • Dalton Dillingham III – bass
  • Andrew Borger – drums, percussion
  • Bryan “Brain” Mantia – drums
  • Christopher Marvin – drums
  • Stephen Hodges – percussion
  • Jeff Sloan – percussion
  • Ralph Carney – trumpet, saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, reeds
  • Nik Phelps – baritone saxophone
  • Chris Grady – trumpet
  • Larry Rhodes – contrabassoon
  • Linda Deluca-Ghidossi – violin
  • DJ M. Mark “The III Media” Reitman – turntable
  • Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal – turntable samples
  • Jacquire King – programming, recording, mixing
  • Oz Fritz – recording, mixing
  • Matt Mahurin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, except where noted.

  1. Bog in Japan
  2. Lowside of the Road
  3. Hold On
  4. Get Behind the Mule
  5. House Where Nobody Lives – Tom Waits
  6. Cold Water
  7. Pony – Tom Waits
  8. What’s He Building – Tom Waits
  9. Black Market Baby
  10. Eyeball Kid
  11. Picture in a Frame
  12. Chocolate Jesus
  13. Georgia Lee
  14. Filipino Box Spring Hog – Tom Waits
  15. Take It With Me
  16. Come On Up to the House

B’z: Big Machine

On September 17, 2003, “Vermillion Records” label released “Big Machine”, the thirteenth B’z studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Rodeo Recording”, “Birdman West”, “Shian”, “Red Way Studio”, and was produced by Tak Matsumoto.

Personnel:

  • Koshi Inaba – vocals
  • Tak Matsumoto – guitar
  • Akihito Tokunaga – bass, programming
  • Brian Tichy – drums
  • Chris Frazier – drums
  • Shane Gaalaas – drums

Track listing:

  1. Arakure
  2. Yasei no Energy
  3. Wake Up, Right Now
  4. Hakanai Diamond
  5. I’m in Love?
  6. It’s Showtime!!
  7. Ai to Nikushimi no Hajimari
  8. Big Machine
  9. Nightbird
  10. Bluesy na Asa
  11. Mabushii Sign
  12. Change the Future
  13. Roots

Paul McCartney: Chaos And Creation In The Backyard

On September 12, 2005, “Parlaphone” label released “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”, the thirteenth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – April 2005, at “RAL” and “AIR” in London, “Ocean Way” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, classical guitar, 12 string guitar, tambourine on snare, piano, electric piano, B 3 organ, Moog synthesizer, autoharp, Baldwin spinet, bass guitar, cello, drums, drum machine, flugelhorn, violin, gong, güiro, harmonium, acoustic guitar loops, maracas, melodica, recorders, tubular bells, triangle, toy glockenspiel, percussion, vibrachimes, woodblock, art direction
  • Jason Falkner – electric guitar, classical guitar
  • Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ray – acoustic guitar
  • Nigel Godrich – piano and Epiphone acoustic guitar loops
  • Pedro Eustache – duduk
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Joey Waronker – bass drum, bongos, shaker
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, block, tambourine
  • The Los Angeles Music Players – strings
  • Millennia Ensemble – strings, brass instrument
  • Joby Talbot – string and brass arrangements, conducting
  • David Campbell – string arrangement
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – production assistant
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Stylorouge London – art direction
  • Mike McCartney – cover
  • Brian Clarke – inlay
  • Bill Bernstein – back cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

  1. Fine Line
  2. How Kind of You
  3. Jenny Wren
  4. At the mercy
  5. Friends to Go
  6. English Tea
  7. Too Much Rain
  8. A Certain Softness
  9. Riding to Vanity Fair
  10. Follow Me
  11. Promise to You Girl
  12. This Never Happened Before
  13. Anyway
  14. I’ve Only Got Two Hands (unlisted instrumental)

Low: Hey What

On September 10, 2021, “Sub Pop” label released “Hey What”, the thirteenth and final Low studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by BJ Burton.

Personnel:

  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion
  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar
  • BJ Burton – recording, mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk.

  1. White Horses
  2. I Can Wait
  3. All Night
  4. Disappearing
  5. Hey
  6. Days Like These
  7. There’s a Comma After Still
  8. Don’t Walk Away
  9. More
  10. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)

The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei

On August 2, 2024, “Martha’s Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels digitally released “Aghori Mhori Mei”, the thirteenth Smashing Pumpkins (The) album. It was recorded 2022 – 2024, and was produced by Billy Corgan.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • Katie Cole – backing vocals
  • Jenna Fournier – backing vocals
  • Howard Willing – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Ryan Hewitt – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Corgan.

  1. Edin
  2. Pentagrams
  3. Sighommi
  4. Pentecost
  5. War Dreams of Itself
  6. Who Goes There
  7. 999
  8. Goeth the Fall
  9. Sicarus
  10. Murnau

Bad Reliogion: The Empire Strikes First

On June 8, 2004, “Epitaph” label released “The Empire Strikes First” the thirteenth Bad Religion studio album. It was recorded November 2003 – February 2004, at “Sound City” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Griffin.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin – lead vocals
  • Greg Hetson – guitar
  • Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Bentley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Brooks Wackerman – drums, percussion
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • John Ginty – Hammond B-3
  • David Bragger – violin
  • Sage Francis – guest vocals
  • Claude Sarne – goth choir soprano
  • Atticus Ross – programming
  • Leopold Ross – Sonic Alienator
  • Joe Barresi – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Martinez – engineer assistant
  • June Murakawa – engineer assistant
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Nick Pritchard – design
  • Sean Murphy – photography
  • Matt Rubin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, except where noted.

  1. Overture
  2. Sinister Rouge
  3. Special Suicide
  4. Atheist Peace
  5. All There Is
  6. Los Angeles Is Burning
  7. Let Them Eat War – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker, Jey Bentley, Brooks Wackerman., Sage Francis
  8. God’s Love
  9. To Another Abyss
  10. The Quickening – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman, Chris Wolland
  11. The Empire Strikes First – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker
  12. Beyond Electric Dreams – Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman, Chris Wolland
  13. Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever
  14. Live Again (The Fall of Man)