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Elliot Smith: New Moon

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On May 8, 2007, “Domino” label released “New Moon”, the second posthumous Elliot Smith (the seventh album overall) album. It was produced by Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Elliot Smith – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rob Jones – recording
  • Rob Schnapf – overdubs, mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – overdubs, mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Larry Crane – mixing, mastering supervision, research, archiving, liner notes, sequencing, compiled by
  • Maggie Vail – sequencing, compiled by
  •  Mike King – artwork
  • Chanda Helzer, Mike King – typography
  • Christopher O’Riley, Rebecca Gates, Sam Coomes, Sean Croghan – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Angel In the Snow
  2. Talking To Mary
  3. High Times
  4. New Monkey
  5. Looking Over My Shoulder
  6. Going Nowhere
  7. Riot Coming
  8. All Cleaned Out
  9. First Timer
  10. Go By
  11. Miss Misery (Early Version)
  12. Thirteen
  13. Georgia, Georgia
  14. Whatever (Folk Song In C)
  15. Big Decision
  16. Placeholder
  17. New Disaster
  18. Seen How Things Are Hard
  19. Fear City
  20. Either/Or
  21. Pretty Mary K (Other Version)
  22. Almost Over
  23. See You Later
  24. Half Right

Heatmiser: Mic City Sons

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On October 29, 1996, “Caroline” label released “Mic City Sons”, the third and final Heatmiser album.

Personnel:

  • Neil Gust – vocals, guitar, sleeve design, photography
  • Elliott Smith – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Coomes – bass guitar
  • Tony Lash – drums, mixing, sleeve photography
  • Aaron Day – additional vocals
  • Sean Croghan – backing vocals
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Steve Marcussen – mastering
  • Storm Tharp – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Elliot Smith, except where noted.

  1. Get Lucky
  2. Plainclothes Man
  3. Low-Flying Jets – Neil Gust
  4. Rest My Head Against the Wall – Neil Gust
  5. The Fix Is In
  6. Eagle Eye – Neil Gust
  7. Cruel Reminder – Neil Gust
  8. You Gotta Move
  9. Pop in G
  10. Blue Highway – Neil Gust
  11. See You Later
  12. Half Right (hidden track)

Athlete: Black Swan

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On August 24, 2009, “Fiction” label released “Black Swan”, the fourth and final Athlete studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Rothrock.

Personnel:

  • Joel Pott – vocals, guitar, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Tim Wanstall – keyboard, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Carey Willetts – bass, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Steve Roberts – drums, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Jonny Pilcher – additional guitars
  • Prabjote Osahn – violin
  • Stella Page – violin
  • Amanda Drummond – viola
  • Rhian Porter – cello
  • Mike Tarantino – engineer
  • Paul Wilkinson – additional engineering, additional recording
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Don Tyler – mastering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Stevie Gee – art direction
  • Natasha Kissell – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willetts and Steve Roberts.

  1. Superhuman Touch
  2. The Getaway
  3. Black Swan Song
  4. Don’t Hold Your Breath
  5. Love Come Rescue
  6. Light the Way
  7. The Unknown
  8. The Awkward Goodbye
  9. Magical Mistakes
  10. Rubik’s Cube

Toadies: Hell Bellow/Stars Above

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On March 20, 2001, “Interscope Records” label released “Hell Below/Stars Above”, the second Toadies studio album. It was recorded in March 2000, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Vaden Todd Lewis – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Clark Vogeler – lead guitar, piano
  • Lisa Umbarger – bass
  • Mark Reznicek – drums, percussion
  • Elliott Smith – piano 
  • Monique Mizrahi – engineer
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Chris Bilheimer – art direction, back cover image
  • f-stop fitzgerald, inc. – cover image (from the book “Pillars of the Almighty”)
  • Marina Chavez – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Vaden Todd Lewis and Clark Vogeler, all music by Vaden Todd Lewis, Clark Vogeler, Lisa Umbarger and Mark Reznicek, except where noted.

  1. Plane Crash
  2. Push the Hand
  3. Little Sin – Vaden Todd Lewis, Mark Reznicek, Clark Vogeler
  4. Motivational
  5. Heel
  6. You’ll Come Down
  7. Pressed Against the Sky
  8. What We Have We Steal
  9. Jigsaw Girl
  10. Sweetness
  11. Hell Below / Stars Above – Vaden Todd Lewis, Mark Reznicek, Clark Vogeler
  12. Doll Skin

Elliot Smith: Either/Or

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On February 25, 1997, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “Either/Or”, the third Elliot Smith studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Elliot Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked Either/Or at number 149 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 216 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Elliott Smith – vocals, all instruments, mixing
  • Larry Crane – recording
  • Joanna Bolme – mixing, back cover photography
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Don C. Tyler – mastering
  • Neil Gust – sleeve layout
  • Debbie Pastor – front cover photography

Track listing

All tracks by Elliott Smith.

  1. Speed Trials
  2. Alameda
  3. Ballad of Big Nothing
  4. Between the Bars
  5. Pictures of Me
  6. No Name No.5
  7. Rose Parade
  8. Punch and Judy
  9. Angeles
  10. Cupid’s Trick
  11. 2.45 AM
  12. Say Yes

The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex: Life Begins Again

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On January 25, “Sanctuary” label released “Life Begins Again”, the debut Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (The) album. It was recorded in June 2004, and was produced by Jimmy Chamberlin.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • Billy Mohler – vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Sean Woolstenhulme – guitar
  • Adam Benjamin – Fender Rhodes
  • Paul Chamberlin – additional drums
  • Corey Wilton – lead guitar, additional guitar
  • Billy Corgan – vocal
  • Rob Dickinson – vocal
  • Bill Medley – vocal
  • Linda Strawberry – backing vocals
  • Edmund Monsef – engineer
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Mike Tarantino – mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Chamberlin and Billy Mohler, except where noted.

  1. Streetcrawler – Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhulme
  2. Life Begins Again
  3. P.S.A. – Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhulme
  4. Loki Cat – Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhulme
  5. Cranes of Prey
  6. Love Is Real
  7. Owed to Darryl – Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhulme
  8. Newerwaves
  9. Time Shift
  10. Lullabye – lyrics by Becca Popkin
  11. Loki Cat (reprise) – Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler, Sean Woolstenhulme

Elliot Smith: XO

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On August 25, 1998, “DreamWorks” label released “XO”, the fourth Elliot Smith studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1998, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Elliott Smith, Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock.

Personnel:

  • Elliott Smith– vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, organ, mandolin, electric piano, melodica, percussion, string and horn arrangements, recording
  • Rob Schnapf– guitar, recording
  • Paul Pulvirenti – drums
  • Tom Rothrock– drum programming, recording
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Jon Brion– vibraphone, Chamberlin
  • Shelly Berg – string and horn arrangements
  • Tom Halm – string and horn arrangements
  • Bruce Eskovitz – bass and baritone saxophone, flute
  • James Atkinson – French horn
  • Roy Poper – trumpet
  • Farhad Behroozi – strings
  • Henry Ferber – strings
  • Jerrod Goodman – strings
  • Pamela DeAlmeida – strings
  • Peter Hatch – strings
  • Raymond Tischer II – strings
  • Russel Cantor – strings
  • Waldemar DeAlmeida – strings
  • Larry Crane – recording
  • Johnson and Wolverton – sleeve artwork
  • Eric Matthies – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Elliott Smith.

  1. Sweet Adeline
  2. Tomorrow Tomorrow
  3. Waltz #2 (XO)
  4. Baby Britain
  5. Pitseleh
  6. Independence Day
  7. Bled White
  8. Waltz #1
  9. Amity
  10. Oh Well, Okay
  11. Bottle Up and Explode
  12. A Question Mark
  13. Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
  14. I Didn’t Understand

James Blunt: Moon Landing

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On October 18, 2013, “Custard Records” and “Atlantic” label released “Moon Landing”, the fourth James Blunt studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2013 in London, New York City and Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Rothrock, Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Dan Wilson and Ryan Tedder.

Personnel:

  • James Blunt– lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
  • Matt Chait – guitars
  • Tom Rothrock- guitars, keyboards
  • John Nau – keyboards
  • Sasha Krivtsov– bass
  • Charlie Paxson – drums, percussion
  • Mike Tarantino – engineer
  • Smith Carlson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Face the Sun – James Blunt, Steve Robson
  2. Satellites – James Blunt, Claude Kelly, Steve Mac
  3. Bonfire Heart – James Blunt, Ryan Tedder
  4. Heart to Heart – James Blunt, Daniel Parker, Daniel Omello
  5. Miss America – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  6. The Only One – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  7. Sun on Sunday – James Blunt, Claude Kelly, Steve Mac
  8. Bones – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  9. Always Hate Me – James Blunt, Ammar Malik
  10. Postcards – James Blunt, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
  11. Blue on Blue – James Blunt, Steve McEwan

Jimmy Eat World: Static Prevails

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On July 23, 1996, “Capitol” label released “Static Prevails”, the second Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, and was produced by Mark Trombino, Wes Kidd, Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, additional photography
  • Tom Linton – lead vocals,  rhythm and lead guitar
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar
  • Zach Lind – drums, accordion, concertina
  • Wes Kidd– acoustic guitar
  • Sarah Pont – violin
  • Eric Richter– additional vocals
  • Larry Elyea – pre-production engineer
  • Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Trombino– Moog, engineer, mixing
  • Billy Bowers – engineer assistant
  • Peter Doell – engineer assistant
  • Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
  • Cappy Japngie – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Sheehan, Billy Smith – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Andy Mueller – additional photography
  • Paul Drake – cover, band photography
  • Craig Aaronson – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind.

  1. Thinking, That’s All
  2. Rockstar
  3. Claire
  4. Call it in the Air
  5. Seventeen
  6. Episode IV
  7. Digits
  8. Caveman
  9. World is Static
  10. In the Same Room
  11. Robot Factory
  12. Anderson Mesa

Beck: Odelay

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Odelay

On June 18, 1996, “DGC” label released “Odelay”, the second Beck studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1996, and was produced by Beck Hansen, The Dust Brothers,Mario Caldato, Jr, Brian Paulson,Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. In 1997 “Odelay” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album” and “Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “Where It’s At”. “Rolling Stone” magazine voted “Odelay” “Album of the Year”, “Best Album of the Year” in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop” critics poll, and album of the year in “NME” annual critics poll. In 2003,”Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 306 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Odelay” was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”, 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Beck Hansen – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, harmonicas, bass, drums, percussion, analog keyboards, electric piano, clavinet, organ, celesta, mixing, art direction, design
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
  • Mike Boito– organ, trumpet
  • Charlie Haden– bass
  • Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
  • Mike Millius– scream
  • David Brown – saxophone
  • Jon Spencer– keychain
  • Dust Brothers–  mixing
  • Brian Paulson,Mario Caldato, Jr. – mixing
  • Tom Rothrock,Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Jon Spencer – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Robert Fisher– art direction, design
  • Al Hansen,Manuel Ocampo, Zarim Osborn – collage images
  • Manuel Ocampo – inlay painting
  • Bob Ludwig – cover photography
  • Nitin Vadukul– Beck photography
  • Shauna O’Brien– coordination, production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Beck, John King and Michael Simpson, except where noted.

  1. Devils Haircut
  2. Hotwax
  3. Lord Only Knows – Beck Hansen
  4. The New Pollution
  5. Derelict
  6. Novacane
  7. Jack-Ass
  8. Where It’s At
  9. Minus – Beck Hansen.
  10. Sissyneck
  11. Readymade
  12. High 5 (Rock theCatskills)
  13. Ramshackle – Beck Hansen