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Beth Orton: Weather Alive

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On September 23, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Weather Alive”, the eighth Beth Orton studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Beth Orton.

Personnel:

  • Beth Orton – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, loops, MIDI controller, electronics, engineer
  • Grey McMurray – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Shahzad Ismaily – electruc guitar, bass, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion
  • Francine Perry – synthesizer
  • Dustin O’Halloran – synthesizer
  • Sam Beste – piano, vibraphone
  • Jesse Chandler – instruments
  • Tom Herbert – bass
  • Ali Friend – double bass
  • Chris Vatalaro – bass, drums
  • Tom Skinner – drums, drum programming
  • Alabaster DePlume – saxophone
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Aaron Roche – trombone
  • Fabio Senna – engineer
  • Francine Perry – engineer
  • Dani Bennet Spragg – engineer
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Dani Bennett-Spragg – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Joe Nino – Hernes – lacquer cut
  • Eliot Lee Hazel – creative director, artwork
  • Aaron Mitchell – packaging design

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Orton.

  1. Weather Alive
  2. Friday Night
  3. Fractals
  4. Haunted Satellite
  5. Forever Young
  6. Lonely
  7. Arms Around a Memory
  8. Unwritten

David Gilmour: Luck And Strange

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On September 6, 2024, “Sony Music” label released “Luck and Strange”, the fifth David Gilmour studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Medina Studio”, “Salvation Studios”, “British Grove Studios”, “Angel Studios”, “Astoria Studios”, “Iguana Studios”, and was produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, bass guitar, Höfner bass, Farfisa organ, keyboards, Hammond organ, Leslie piano, Cümbüş, engineer, mixing
  • Richard Wright – electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Roger Eno – piano
  • Rob Gentry – synthesizer, keyboards, piano, organ
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar
  • Tom Herbert – bass guitar
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums, percussion
  • Adam Betts – percussion, djembe, drums
  • Edmund Aldhous – organist and director of music at Ely Cathedral
  • Angel Studios Orchestra
  • Will Gardner – orchestral arrangements
  • Ely Cathedral Choir – vocals
  • Angel Studios Choir – vocals
  • Romany Gilmour – lead and backing vocals, harp
  • Gabriel Gilmour – backing vocals
  • Charley Webb – backing vocals
  • Hattie Webb – backing vocals
  • Louise Marshall – backing vocals
  • Damon Iddins – engineer
  • Charlie Andrew – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Glasbey – engineer, mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Andy Jackson – additional production
  • Luie Stylianou – additional production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Polly Samson, all music by David Gilmour, except where noted.

  1. Black Cat
  2. Luck and Strange
  3. The Piper’s Call
  4. A Single Spark
  5. Vita Brevis
  6. Between Two Points – lyrics by Roger Quigley, music by Mark Tranmer
  7. Dark and Velvet Nights
  8. Sings
  9. Scattered – David Gilmour, Charlie Gilmour, Polly Samson

Interpol: The Other Side Of Make Believe

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On July 15, 2022, “Matador” label released “The Other Side of Make Believe”, the seventh Interpol studio album. It was recorded September 2021 – January 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark “Fllod” Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar, piano
  • Sam Fogarino – drums
  • Flood – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – guest vocals
  • Juliet Seger – guest vocals
  • Jacob Tressider – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – recording, additional production
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Tom Herbert – mixing
  • Alan Moulder – mixing, additional production
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Jacob Tressider – studio assistant
  • Undercard (Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina) – artwork
  • Tim Head – front cover art
  • Nicolas Ortega – rear cover art
  • Atiba Jefferson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. Toni
  2. Fables
  3. Into the Night
  4. Mr. Credit
  5. Something Changed
  6. Renegade Hearts
  7. Passenger
  8. Greenwich
  9. Grand Hotel
  10. Big Shot City
  11. Go Easy (Palermo)

Alabaster DePlume: Come With Fierce Grace

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On September 8, 2023, “International Anthem Recording Company” label released “Come with Fierce Grace”, the sixth Alabaster DePlume studio album. It was recorded in two weeks period, in improvised sessions that DePlume later formed into songs, performing with musicians who were not given music before recording and not allowed to listen to the results.

 Personnel:

  • Alabaster DePlume – voice, tenor saxophone, guitar, synth, arrangements
  • Momoko Gill – lead vocals
  • Hannah Miller – voice, cello
  • Donna Thompson, Elly Condron, Luisa Gerstein, Natalie Pela, Rosa Slade – voice
  • Falle Nioke – voice, percussion
  • Conrad Singh, James Howard, Rozi Plain – guitar
  • Matthew Bourne – piano
  • Michael Chestnutt – synth
  • Matt Webb, Tom Herbert – double bass
  • Ruth Goller – bass
  • Tom Skinner, Ursula Russell – drums
  • Sarathy Korwar – drums, tabla
  • Kenichi Iwasa – percussion
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – recording
  • Dave Vettraino – mixing
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Raimond Wong – artwork
  • Craig Hansen – layout
  • Chris Almeida – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sibomandi
  2. What Can It Take
  3. To That Voice and Say
  4. Greek Honey Stick
  5. Give Me Away
  6. Fall on Flowers
  7. Did You Know
  8. Levels of Human
  9. Not Even Sobbing
  10. The Best Thing in the World
  11. Naked Like Water
  12. Broken Again

Tom Skinner: Voices Of Bishara

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On November 4, 2022, “Nonesuch Records”, “International Anthem Recording Company” and “Brownswood Recordings” labels released “Voices of Bishara”, the first Tom Skinner album, (first under his real name, previously released two albums under the name Hello Skinny). It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Tom Skinner.

Personnel:

  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Tom Herbert – acoustic bass
  • Nubya Garcia – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Shabaka Hutchings – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Kareem Dayes – cello
  • Blue May – recording
  • Scott Knapper – recording assistant
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Paul Camo – sleeve design, artwork
  • Craig Hansen – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Skinner, except where noted.

  1. Bishara
  2. Red 2 – version of Tony Williams Two Pieces of One: Red
  3. The Journey
  4. The Day After Tomorrow
  5. Voices (of the Past)
  6. Quiet as It’s Kept

Paolo Nutini: Last Night in the Bittersweet

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On July 1, 2022, “Atlantic” label released “Last Night in the Bittersweet”, the fourth Paolo Nutini studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Paolo Nutini, Gavin Fitzjohn and Dani Castelar.

Personnel:

  • Paolo Nutini – vocals, acoustic guitar and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, cover art concept, back cover photography
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, saxophone, flugelhorn, percussion, programming
  • Jordi Fuster – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dave Nelson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Michael Mcdaid – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Daniel Forouhar – twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Peter Riley – electric guitar
  • Dani Castelar – electric guitar, synthesizer, skit, programming
  • Donato di Trapani – piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ
  • Joe Glossop – Hammond organ, organ
  • Pat Noodle – mellotron
  • Tom Herbert – bass guitar
  • John Blease – drums, percussion
  • Matty Benbrook – drums, synthesizer
  • Damon Reece – drums
  • Gerard Ballester – drums
  • Scott Anderson – drums
  • Tom Pinder – trombone
  • Rob Moose – strings
  • The Frying Salsiccia Brothers – backing vocals
  • Dani Castelar – engineer, mixing
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – engineer
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Joe Jones – engineer, engineer assistant
  • Rhys Evans – engineer
  • Kevin Burleigh – engineer
  • Paul Savage – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Alex Cowper – design
  • David Sanden – design
  • Reuben Sutherland – design
  • Shamil Tanna – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paolo Nutini, except where noted.

  1. Afterneath – Paolo Nutini, Gavin Fitzjohn, John Blease, Quentin Tarantino
  2. Radio – Paolo Nutini, Marty Benbrook
  3. Through the Echoes
  4. Acid Eyes – Paolo Nutini, Dani Castelar
  5. Standard Words (interlude) – Paolo Nutini, Tom Herbert
  6. Lose It – Paolo Nutini, Gavin Fitzjohn
  7. Petrified in Love – Paolo Nutini, Gavin Fitzjohn
  8. Everywhere
  9. Abigail
  10. Children of the Stars
  11. Heart Filled Up
  12. Shine a Light – Paolo Nutini, Thomas Seamus Simon
  13. Desperation
  14. Julianne
  15. Take Me Take Mine
  16. Writer

Ed Harcourt: Furnaces

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On August 19, 2016, “Polydor” label released “Furnaces”, the eight Ed Harcourt album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rook’s Nest”, “RAK Studios” and “Assault and Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood.

Personnel:

  • Ed Harcourt – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, glass harmonica, drums, percussion
  • Ewan Warden – guitar
  • Tom Herbert – bass
  • Arnulf Lindner – double bass
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums
  • Raife Burchell – drums
  • Michael Blair – piano, percussion, cymbal, horn, strings
  • Laura Jensen – theremin, backing vocals
  • Gita Langley, Rosie Langley – vocals, violin
  • Hannah Lou Clark – backing vocals
  • Flood – recording, mixing
  • Richard Woodcraft – recording
  • Drew Smith – recording
  • John Carlin – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Ralph Stedman – illustration
  • Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ed Harcourt.

  1. Intro
  2. The World is on Fire
  3. Loup Garou
  4. Furnaces
  5. Occupational Hazard
  6. Nothing But a Bad Trip
  7. You Give Me More Than Love
  8. Dionysus
  9. There Is a Light Below
  10. Last of Your Kind
  11. Immoral
  12. Antartica

Inhaler: It Won’t Always Be Like This

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On July 9, 2021, “Polydor” label released “It Won’t Always Be Like This”, the debut Inhaler studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Narcissus Studio” in London, and was produced by Antony Genn.

Personnel:

  • Elijah Hewson – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, drum programming, handclaps, artwork
  • John Jenkinson – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, handclaps, backing vocals, artwork
  • Robert Keating – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, handclaps, backing vocals, artwork
  • Ryan McMahon – drums, dustbin lids, handclaps, artwork
  • Martin Slattery – piano
  • Andrea Cozzaglio – additional piano, engineer assistant, additional recording
  • Antony Genn – keyboards, percussion, drum machine, artwork
  • Drew Dungate-Smith – engineer
  • Tom Herbert – additional recording
  • John Catlin – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Douglas Hart – artwork
  • Richard Andrews – layout, additional design
  • Lillie Eiger – cover photography
  • Lewis Evans – all other photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating and Ryan McMahon, except where noted.

  1. It Won’t Always Be Like This
  2. My Honest Face
  3. Slide Out the Window
  4. Cheer Up Baby
  5. A Night on the Floor
  6. My King Will Be Kind
  7. When It Breaks – Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon, Antony Genn
  8.  Who’s Your Money On (Plastic House) – Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon, Antony Genn
  9. Totally – Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon and Antony Genn
  10. Strange Time to Be Alive
  11. In My Sleep

Suede: The Blue Hour

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On September 21, 2018, “Warner Music UK” label released “The Blue Hour”, the eighth Suede studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Assault & Battery” in London,, and was produced by  Alan Moulder and Neil Codling.

Personnel:

  • Brett Anderson– vocals
  • Richard Oakes– guitar, arrangements
  • Neil Codling– synthesizer, piano, arrangements
  • Mat Osman– bass guitar
  • Simon Gilbert– drums
  • City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Guy Protheroe– conducting
  • Lucie Švehlová – concertmaster
  • Oli Langford – arrangements
  • Craig Armstrong– arrangements
  • Vitek Kral – recording
  • Caesar Edmunds – engineer
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Tom Herbert – engineer assistant
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Michael Hradiský – engineer assistant
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

  1. As One – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Neil Codling
  2. Wastelands – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  3. Mistress – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  4. Beyond – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  5. Chalk Circles – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  6. Cold Hands – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  7. Life Is Golden – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Neil Codling
  8. Roadkill – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  9. Tides – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  10. Don’t Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  11. Dead Bird – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  12. All the Wild Places – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  13. The Invisibles – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Neil Codling
  14. Flytipping – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Neil Codling

Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence

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On June 13, 2014, “Polydor” label released “Ultraviolence”, the third Lana Del Rey studio album. It was recorded 2013-2014, and was produced by Dan Auerbach, Lana Del Rey, Rick Novels, Blake Stranathan, Paul Epworth, Lee Foster, Daniel Heath and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • Lana Del Rey – lead and backing vocals
  • Kenny Vaughan– acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, mellotron
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Blake Stranathan – guitars
  • Blake Stranathan – guitar
  • Pablo Tato – guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – electric guitar, shaker, 12–string acoustic guitar,
  • synthesizer, claps, backing vocals, mixing
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Seth Kauffman – synthesizer, claps, electric guitar, omnichord, percussion, backing vocals
  • Ed Harcourt– piano
  • Rick Nowels– piano
  • Leon Michaels – synthesizer, piano, mellotron, tambourine, percussion, tenor saxophone, claps
  • Nick Movshon– bass guitar, upright bass, drums, piano, claps
  • Tom Herbert– bass guitar
  • Brian Griffin – drums
  • Collin Dupuis – drum programming, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen– philicorda, mellotron
  • Leo Taylor– drums
  • Maximilian Weissenfeldt – claps, drums
  • Alfreda McCrary Lee – backing vocals
  • Ann McCrary – backing vocals
  • Regina McCrary – backing vocals
  • Daniel Heath – arrangements
  • Matthew McGaughey – orchestration
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer
  • Milton Gutiérrez – engineer
  • Phil Joly – engineer, tracking engineer, mixing
  • Julian Burg – additional engineering
  • Vira Byramji – engineer assistant
  • Andy Zisakis – engineer assistant
  • Kieron Menzies – vocal engineering
  • Alex Pasco – additional engineering
  • Robert Orton– mixing
  • Greg Kurstin– mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Mat Maitland– design
  • Neil Krug – photography
  • Myan Soffia – additional photography

Track listing:

  1. Cruel World – Lana Del Rey, Blake Stranathan
  2. Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath
  3. Shades of Cool – Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels
  4. Brooklyn Baby – Lana Del Rey, Barrie O’Neill
  5. West Coasts – Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels
  6. Sad Girl – Lana Del Rey – Rick Nowels
  7. Pretty When You Cry – Lana Del Rey, Blake Stranathan
  8. Money Power Glory – Lana Del Rey, Greg Kurstin
  9. Fucked My Way Up to the Top – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath
  10. Old Money – Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath, Robbie Fitzsimmons
  11. The Other Woman – Jessie Mae Robinson