On June 9, 1992, “Fontana” label released “Ferment”, the debut Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded 1991 – 1992, at “Monnow Valley Studio” in Rockfield, Wales, and was produced by Tim Freese Greene and John Lee.
On September 14, 2004, “New Door” label released “Everybody Loves a Happy Ending”, the sixth Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2004, at “Charlton’s Garage” in Sherman Oaks, California, “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, “O’Henry Sound Studios” in Burbank, California, “Old Soul Studios” in Catskill, New York, and was produced by Charlton Pettus, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
Personnel:
Roland Orzabal – lead vocals, keyboards, guitars
Curt Smith – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, bass
Kenny Siegal – guitars, backing vocals
Charlton Pettus – keyboards, guitars
Fred Eltringham – drums
Brian Geltner – drums
Joel Peskin – tenor and baritone saxophone
Rick Baptist – trumpet
Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
David Washburn – trumpet, flugelhorn
Steve Kujala – flute
Alexander Giglio – backing vocals
Gwen Snyder – backing vocals
Laura Gray – crowd vocals
Julian Orzabal – crowd vocals
Orchestra on “Secret World”
Paul Buckmaster – arrangements, conductor
Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Mario DeLeon, Joel Derouin, Julian Hallmark, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Norm Hughes, Peter Kent, Michael Markman, Robert Matsuda, Sid Page, Sandra Park, Sara Parkins, Bob Peterson, Lesa Terry, Josefina Veraga, John Wittenberg – violin
Bob Becker, Denyse Buffman, Roland Kato, Carole Mukogawa, Karie Prescott, Evan Wilson – viola
Stefanie Fife, Barry Gold, Maurice Grants, Vahe Hayrikyan, Suzie Katayama, Miguel Martinez, Dan Smith, Rudy Stein – cello
Gayle Levant – harp
Suzie Katayama – contractor
Charlton Pettus – recording, drum recording
Neil Dorfsman – drum recording
Tom Schick – drum recording, additional guitar recording
Miles Wilson – drum recording assistant
Mark O’Donoughue – additional engineer
Steve Churchyard – orchestra session recording
Tim Palmer – mixing
Andy Gwynn – mixing assistant
Pete Novak – mixing assistant
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Jayce Murphy – Nuendo programming
Alan Aldridge – illustrations, logo design
Ryan Rogers – additional design
Zoren Gold – photography
Michael Kachko – product manager
Cindi Peters – project coordinator
Ute Friesleben – production manager
Track listing:
All tracks by Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith and Charlton Pettus, except where noted.
On February 25, 1990, “Fontana” label released the self-titled, second House of Love (The) album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Dave Meegan, Paul Staveley O’Duffy, Stephen Hague, Tim Palmer, Guy Chadwick, Terry Bickers, Chris Groothuizen and Pete Evans.
On February 25, 2022, “Concord” label released “The Tipping Point”, the seventh Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2021, and was produced by Charlton Pettus, Florian Reutter, Sacha Skarbek, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
Personnel:
Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, mixing
Curt Smith – vocals, keyboards, bass guitars, mixing
On October 10, 1995, “Epic” label released “Raoul and the Kings of Spain”, the fifth Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Neptune’s Kitchen” in England, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tim Palmer, Roland Orzabal and Alan Griffiths.
Personnel:
Roland Orzabal – lead vocals, keyboards, guitars
Alan Griffiths – keyboards, guitars
Jeffrey Trott – guitars
Jebin Bruni – Hammond organ
Gail Ann Dorsey – bass
Brian MacLeod – drums, percussion
Oleta Adams – guest vocalist
Mark O’Donoughue – backing vocals, engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Gail Marowitz – design
Jose Galle – front cover photography
David Tack, Pamela Springsteen – inner sleeve photography
Jason Geake, Philippa Sprigg – album coordinators
Track listing:
All tracks by Roland Orzabal and Alan Griffiths, except where noted.
On June 7, 1993, “Mercury” label released “Elemental”, the fourth Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at Roland’s Neptune’s Kitchen, and was produced by Roland Orzabal, Tim Palmer and Alan Griffiths.
Personnel:
Roland Orzabal – vocals, instruments
Alan Griffiths – instruments
Tim Palmer – instruments
Mark O’Donoughue – Wurlitzer electric piano
Guy Pratt – additional bass guitar
John Baker – backing vocals
Julian Orzabal – backing vocals
Mark O’Donoughue – engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Area – design
David Austen – collages
Pamela Springsteen – photography
Julian Lavender – technician
Track listing:
All tracks by Roland Orzabal and Alan Griffiths, except where noted.
On June 4, 1990, “Fontana” label released “Gold Mother”, the third James studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Out of the Blue” in Manchester, “The Windings” in Wrexham, and was recorded by Tim Booth, Larry Gott, Jim Glennie and Nick Garside.
Personnel:
Tim Booth – vocals
Jim Glennie – bass guitar, backing vocals
Larry Gott – guitar, backing vocals
Mark Hunter – keyboards, accordion
Saul Davies – violin, guitar, cowbell
Andy Diagram – trumpet, backing vocals
David Baynton-Power – drums, percussion
Vinny Corrigan – saxophone
John Slater – percussion
Martine McDonagh – backing vocals
Inspiral Carpets – backing vocals
Nick Garside – engineer
Tim Palmer – remix
Christopher Lord – design
Vladimiar Bagrianski – photo
Adrian Wilson – photo
Track listing:
All tracks by Tim Booth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott, except where noted.
Come Home
Government Walls
God Only Knows
You Can’t Yell How Much Suffering (On a Face That’s Always Shining)
Crescendo
How Was It for You
Hang On
Walking the Ghost
Gold Mother
Top of the World – Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, Gavan Whelan
On August 17, 2018, “Up/Down” and “Brando” labels released “I Hope You’re Happy”, the ninth Blue October studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Justin Furstenfeld.
Personnel:
Justin Furstenfeld – vocals, guitar, drums
Matthew Ostrander – guitar
Steve Schiltz – guitar
Matt Noveskey – bass
Ryan Delahoussaye – violin, keyboards
Will Knaak – guitar
Collin Shook – keyboard
Eric Holtz – engineer, mixing
Marshall Breedlove – engineer assistant
Tim Palmer – mixing
Mark Needham – mixing
Damien Lewis – mixing
Phil Tan – mixing
Colin Leonard – mastering
Chris Barber – album art, photography
Tim Beck – album art
Track listing:
Daylight – Justin Furstenfeld, Matt Noveskey, Dwight Baker
Your Love Is Like a Car Crash – Justin Furstenfeld, Dwight Baker
I Want to Come Back Home – Justin Furstenfeld, Dwight Baker, Ryan Delahoussaye, Zayra Alvarez
I’ll Do Me, You Do You – Justin Furstenfeld, Dwight Bake
I Hope You’re Happy – Justin Furstenfeld, Steve Schiltz
Colors Collide – Justin Furstenfeld, Steve Schiltz
Remission in Cmaj – Justin Furstenfeld
How to Dance in Time – Justin Furstenfeld, Blue Miller
King – Justin Furstenfeld, Ryan Delahoussaye, Eric Holtz
Let Forever Mean Forever – Justin Furstenfeld, Matthew Ostrander
All That We Are – Justin Furstenfeld, Matthew Ostrander, Steve Schiltz
Further Dive (The House That Dylan Built) – Justin Furstenfeld, Matthew Ostrander
On June 28, 2011, “RCA” label released “This Loud Morning”, the third David Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Matt Serletic.
Personnel:
David Cook – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Neal Tiemann – lead and acoustic baritone guitar
Andy Skib – rhythm guitar, piano, background vocals
Monty Anderson – bass guitar
Kyle Peek – drums, backing vocals
Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Joel Shearer – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Phil X – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Chris Chaney – bass guitar
Kaare Kabel Mai – drums
Dorian Crozier – drums
Mark Castrillon – background vocals
Bernd Ruf – orchestra music director
Ulrich Zimmer – orchestra contractor and leader
Johannes Krampen – violin
Lisa Barry – violin
Michael Speth – violin
Klaus Kulling – violin
Klaus Marquardt – violin
Ariane Volm – violin
Monika Beck – violin
Kathrin Bscheidl – violin
Claudiu Rupa – violin
Alexander Brutsch – viola
Natascha Klotschkoff – viola
Friederike Faust – viola
Marcin Niziol – viola
Betty Bachofer – viola
Christiane Alber – cello
Constantin Meier – cello
Felix Brade – cello
Alex Uhl – double bass
Children Choir
Jasper Randall – choir contractor
Julian Babad
Christopher James
Michael O’Brien
Victor Pineschi
Hale Thornhill-Wilson
Rokulus Strings
Rok Golob – conductor, orchestrator
Mojca Arnold – violin
Ziga Cerar – violin
Marija Naversnik – violin
Nastja Znideric – violin
Marijana Gregoric – violin
Andreja Zupanc – violin
Ajda Kralj – violin
Tamar Tasev – viola
Marjeta Skrjanc – viola
Pavel Rakar – acoustic cello
Ursula Ivanus – acoustic cello
Tomaz Stular – contrabass
Matt Serletic – arranger, keyboards, piano, programmer
Mark Dobson – Pro Tools editor, recording engineer
Doug Trantow – Pro Tools editor, programmer, recording engineer
On April 9, 1984, “Harvest” and “EMI” labels released “Identity” the only Zee album. It was recorded in September 1984, at “Rectory Studios” in Therfield, Hertfordshire, UK, and was produced by Richard Wright, Dave Harris and Tim Palmer.
Personnel:
Richard Wright – keyboards, synthesized percussion, Fairlight, backing vocals
Dave “Dee” Harris – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, Fairlight
Tim Palmer – engineer
Utopia (London) – overdubs, mixdown
Dave Harris – artwork
Paul Cox – photography
Track listing:
All by Dave Harris; all music by Richard Wright and Dave Harris.
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