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The Smile: Cutouts

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On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

Radiohead: My Iron Lung

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On September 26, 1994, “Parlaphone” label released “My Iron Lung”, the third Radiohead EP. It was recorded 1993 -1994, at “RAK” in London, and was produced by John Leckie, Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • John Leckie – engineer
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Chris Brown – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant
  • Shelly Saunders – assistant
  • Jim Warren – recording, mixing
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. My Iron Lung
  2. The Trickster
  3. Lewis (Mistreated)
  4. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
  5. Permanent Daylight
  6. Lozenge of Love
  7. You Never Wash Up After Yourself (live)
  8. Creep (acoustic)

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

Radiohead: Com Lag (2plus2isfive)

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On March 24, 2004, “Toshiba-EMI” label released “Com Lag (2plus2isfive)”, the sixth Radiohead EP. It was recorded September 2002, February – November 2003, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Johnny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Cristian Vogel – remix
  • Four Tet – remix
  • Stanley Donwood – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. 2 + 2 = 5 (recorded live at “Earls Court” in London)
  2. Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel remix)
  3. I Will (Los Angeles version)
  4. Paperbag Writer
  5. I Am a Wicked Child
  6. I Am Citizen Insane
  7. Skttrbrain (Four Tet remix)
  8. Gagging Order
  9. Fog (Again) (live)
  10. Where Bluebirds Fly

The Smile: The Smile At The Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022

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On December 14, 2022, “XL” label released “The Smile at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022”, the first Smile (The) live and second overall album. It was recorded in July 2024, at “Montreux Jazz Festival” at “Montreux Music & Convention Centre” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, bass
  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Mikko Gordon – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner, and Nigel Godrich.

  1. Pana-vision
  2. Thin Thing
  3. The Opposite
  4. Speech Bubbles
  5. Free in the Knowledge / A Hairdryer
  6. The Smoke
  7. You Will Never Work in Television Again

Thom Yorke: Anima

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On June 27, 2019, “XL Recordings” label released “Anima”, the third Thom Yorke studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – artwork (credited as Tchocky)
  • Joey Waronker – drums
  • Philip Selway – sped-up drums
  • Tarik Barri – computer artists
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir
  • Hugh Brunt – conducting, orchestrations
  • Talia Morey – copy
  • Galya Bisengalieva (leader), Alessandro Ruisi, Zara Benyounes, Alexandra Caldon, Venetia Jollands, Patrick Savage, Anna Ovsyanikova, Marianne Haynes – first violins
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Emily Holland, Gillon Cameron, Guy Button, Nicole Stokes, Francesca Barritt, Violeta Barreña, Ed McCullagh – second violins
  • Ian Anderson, Clifton Harrison, Matt Kettle, Matthew Maguire, Diana Matthews, Alison D’Souza, Jenny Lewisohn, Meghan Cassidy – violas
  • Brian O’Kane, Reinoud Ford, Jonny Byers, Gregor Riddell, Zoe Martlew, Sergio Serra – cellos
  • Dave Brown, Roger Linley, Laurence Ungless, Gwen Reed – double basses
  • Pasha Mansurov (solo: piccolo, alto and bass), Zinajda Kodrič (II: alto and bass), Gareth Mclearnon (III: alto, bass and contrabass) – flutes
  • Craig Apps, Zands Duggan, Louise Anna Duggan – percussion
  • Josephine Stephenson, Héloïse Werner, Fiona Fraser, Harriet Armston-Clarke, Laurel Neighbour, Eleanor Gregory – sopranos
  • Rose Martin, Katie Schofield, Amy Lyddon, Emma Lewis, Lissie Paul, Judy Brown – altos
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke.

  1. Traffic
  2. Last I Heard (…He Was Circling the Drain)
  3. Twist
  4. Dawn Chorus
  5. I Am a Very Rude Person
  6. Not the News
  7. The Axe
  8. Impossible Knots
  9. Runwayaway

The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention

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On May 13, 2022, “XL Recordings” released “A Light for Attracting Attention”, the debut Smile studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, synthesizer, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, vocoder, sequencer, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, harp
  • Nigel Godrich – keyboards
  • Tom Skinner – drums, percussion
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork
  • London Contemporary Orchestra
  • Hugh Brunt – orchestration
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Alessandro Ruisi – violin
  • Zara Benyounes – violin
  • Sophie Mather – violin
  • Agata Daraskaite – violin
  • Charlotte Bonneton – violin
  • Zoe Matthews – viola
  • Clifton Harrison – viola
  • Oliver Coates – cello
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Clare O’Connell – cello
  • Jason Yarde – saxophone
  • Robert Stillman – saxophone
  • Chelsea Carmichael – flute
  • Nathaniel Cross – trombone
  • Byron Wallen – trumpet
  • Theon Cross – tuba

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner and Nigel Godrich.

  1. The Same
  2. The Opposite
  3. You Will Never Work in Television Again
  4. Pana-vision
  5. The Smoke
  6. Speech Bubbles
  7. Thin Thing
  8. Open the Floodgates
  9. Free in the Knowledge
  10. A Hairdryer
  11. Waving a White Flag
  12. We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
  13. Skrting on the Surface

Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow

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On February 1, 2020, “Concord Music Group” label released “Yesterday You Said Tomorrow”, the sixth Christian Scott album. It was recorded in April 2009, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Chris Dunn and Christian Scott.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott – trumpet
  • Milton Fletcher, Jr. – piano
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Kristopher Keith Funn – bass
  • Jamire Williams – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
  • Alan Cole – art direction
  • Ivory Daniel – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. K.K.P.D.
  2. The Eraser – Thom Yorke
  3. After All – Matthew Stevens
  4. Isadora
  5. Angola, LA & The 13th Amendment
  6. The Last Broken Heart (Prop 8)
  7. Jenacide (The Inevitable Rise and Fall of the Bloodless Revolution)
  8. The American’t
  9. An Unending Repentance
  10. The Roe Effect (Refrain in F# Minor) – Christian Scott, Matthew Stevens

Brad Mehldau: Largo

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On August 13, 2002, “Warner Bros” label released “Largo”, the 14th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded in April 2002, at “Studio B, Capitol Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jon Brion.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau- piano, vibes, prepared piano
  • Larry Grenadier – bass
  • Darek Oleszkiewicz – bass
  • Matt Chamberlain- drums, percussion, tabla
  • Jim Keltner- drums, snare drum, vibraphone
  • Victor Indrizzo– drums, percussion
  • Jorge Rossy – drums, percussion
  • Jon Brion- guitar synthesizer, guitar treatments, percussion
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen- electric bass
  • Peter Mandell, Rose Corrigan – bassoon
  • Emile Bernstein, Gary Gray – clarinet
  • David Shostac, Steve Kujala – flute
  • Earle Dumler, Jon Clark – oboe
  • Daniel Kelley, Philip Yao – French horn
  • William Reichenbach – trombone
  • George B. Thatcher – bass trombone
  • Thomas Biller – engineer
  • Doug Sax, Robert Hadley – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad – art direction, design
  • Tina Tyrell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brad Mehldau, except where noted.

  1. When It Rains
  2. You’re Vibing Me
  3. Dusty Mcnugget
  4. Dropjes – Brad Mehldau, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Matt Chemberlain, Victor Indrizzo
  5. Paranoid Android– Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway
  6. Franklin Avenue
  7. Sabbath
  8. Dear Prudence – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  9. Free Willy – Brad Mehldau,Matt Chemberlain, Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossy
  10. Alvarado
  11. Wave/Mother Nature’s Son – Antonio Carlos Jobim/John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Brad Mehldau: Anything Goes

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On February 24, 2004, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the 14th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded October 2002, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Matt Pierson and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Jorge Rossy– drums
  • James Farber, Steve Mazur, Aya Takemura – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad Design – art direction, design
  • Warren Darius Aftahi – photography
  • Dana Watson – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  2. Dreamsville – Raymond B. Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini
  3. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  4. Tres Palabras – Osvaldo Farrés
  5. Skippy – Thelonious Monk
  6. Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  7. Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon
  8. Everything in Its Right Place – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood
  9. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, James John Turner Phillips
  10. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe