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Spiritualized: Everything Was Beautiful

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On April 22, 2022, “Fat Possum Records” label released “Everything Was Beautiful” the ninth Spiritualized studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Konk Studios”, “Snap Studios”, “ROFL Audio Recording”, “Hackney Road Studios”, “Holy Mountain Studios”, “Fluff Studios”, “Flesh & Bone Studios”, “Urchin Studios”, “Bella Union Studios”, “Decoy Studios” and “Brushfield Street”, and was produced by Dan Cox and J. Spaceman.

Personnel:

  • J. Spaceman (James Spears) – vocals, guitar, banjo, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, dulcimer, autoharp, harmonica, percussion, arrangements, mixing, editing, art direction, design
  • Aaron Cupples, Cenzo Townshend, Darren Lawson, Drew Smith, Emre Ramazanoglu, Guy Massey, Iggy B, Jason Buckle, Misha Hering, Oliver Bayston, Shuta Shinoda, Tom Leach – engineer
  • Armelle Pignon, Ben McCluskey, Josh Green, Max Prior, Robert Sellens – engineer assistant
  • David Wrench – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Cox – engineer, editing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Farrow – art direction, design

Track listing:

 All tracks are written by J. Spaceman.

  1. Always Together with You
  2. Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)
  3. Let It Bleed (For Iggy)
  4. Crazy
  5. The Mainline Song
  6. The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)
  7. I’m Coming Home Again

Spiritualized: And Nothing Hurt

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On September 7, 2008, “Fat Possum” label released “And Nothing Hurt”, the eighth Spiritualized studio album. It was recorded in 2008 and was produced by J. Spaceman.

Personnel:

  • Spaceman– Fender Thinline, Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson L-00, Fender Bass VI, Burns Sonic Bass, Gibson Firebird III, Farfisa, Vox Continental, Juno-60, Radioshack 100, harmonica, glockenspiel, mixing
  • Tony Foster – Gibson Black Beauty, Fender Jazzmaster, harmonica, Rickenbackerlap steel, Epiphone Batwing
  • James Stelfox– Fender Precision Bass, Fender Jazz Bass, Burns Sonic Bass, Fender Bass VI
  • Tom Edwards – percussion, timpani, vibraphone, glockenspiel
  • Lee Horsley – Hammond, piano, Vox Continental, Fender Rhodes, Farfisa Compact
  • Dave Richmond– orchestral bass, Burns Bison Bass
  • Scott Baylis – Roland Juno-106, Roland SH-01, Roland JU-06, Roli Seaboard
  • Jonny Aitken – drums
  • John Coxon – Gibson Firebird
  • Alan Wilkinson – saxophones
  • Kevin Brown – saxophones
  • Kevin Cunningham – trumpet
  • Stuart Haugh – trombone
  • Jim Walker – violin
  • Daniel Thomas – singing
  • Lena Wright – singing
  • Wendi Rose – singing
  • Travis Cole – singing
  • Alex Lamey – strings, horns
  • Adam Langston – strings, horns
  • Guy Massey – recording
  • Tom Leach – recording, engineer assistant
  • Misha Hering – recording
  • Aaron Cupples– recording
  • Iggy B – recording
  • David Stanley – recording
  • Shuta Shinoda – recording
  • Darren Lawson – recording
  • Oli Bayston– recording
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – recording
  • Armelle Pignon – engineer assistant
  • Ben McCluskey – engineer assistant
  • Josh Green – engineer assistant
  • Max Prior – engineer assistant
  • Tom Leach – engineer assistant
  • Noel Summerville – mastering
  • Steve Mackey– further production, mixing
  • Darren Lawson – mixing
  • Farrow– design and art direction
  • Spaceman – art direction, design
  • Juliette Larthe – photography
  • Christina Dunlap – photography
  • Travis Waddell – photography
  • John Coxon – photography
  • Rich Good – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Spaceman.

  1. A perfect Miracle
  2. I’m Your Man
  3. Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go
  4. Let’s Dance
  5. On the Sunshine
  6. Damaged
  7. The Morning After
  8. The Prize
  9. Sail on Through

The Divine Comedy: Office Politics

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On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Max Spiers – oboe
  • David Pyatt – French horn
  • John Ryan – French horn
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Templeton – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba
  • Martin Robertson – clarinet
  • Richard Skinner – bassoon
  • Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Warren Zielinski – cello
  • Jake Jackson – engineer
  • Ber Quinn – engineer
  • Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Leach – assistant engineer
  • John Prestage – assistant engineer
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork
  • Ben Meadows – photography
  • Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

  1. Queuejumper
  2. Office Politics
  3. Norman and Norma
  4. Absolutely Obsolete
  5. Internal Machines
  6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
  7. Psychological Evaluation
  8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
  9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
  10. A Feather in Your Cap
  11. I’m Stranger Here
  12. Dark Days Are Here Again
  13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  14. Opportunity’ Knox
  15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  16. When the Working Day Is Gone