On June 5, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Drones”, the seventh Muse studio album. It was recorded October 2014 – April 2015, at “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.
Personnel:
- Matt Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, arrangements
- Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
- Dominic Howard – drums
- Will Leon Thompson – dialogue
- Michael Shiloah – dialogue
- John F. Kennedy – recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech
- Alessandro Cortini – modular synthesizers
- Edoardo De Angelis – concertmaster, violin
- Sarah Cross – violin
- Freiherr von Dellingshausen – violin
- Anna Minella – violin
- Elia Mariani – violin
- Gian Guerra – violin
- Gian Lodigiani – violin
- Gianmaria Bellisario – violin
- Marco Corsini – violin
- Michelle Torresetti – violin
- Tommaso Belli – violin
- Valerio D’Ercole – violin
- Maria Lucchi – viola
- Serena Palozzi – viola
- Valentina Emilio Eria – viola
- Andrea Scacchi – cello
- Eliana Gintoli – cello
- Francesco Sacco – cello
- Martina Rudic – cello
- Linati Omar – contrabass
- Massimo Clavenna – contrabass
- Audrey Riley – string arrangements, conductor
- Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
- Olle “Sven” Romo – additional programming
- Tommaso Colliva – additional production, engineer
- Adam Greenholtz – additional engineering
- Eric Mosher – engineer assistant
- Giuseppe Salvadori – engineer assistant
- Jacopo Dorici – engineer assistant
- John Prestage – engineer assistant
- Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
- Rich Costey – additional production, mixing
- Marlo Borgatta – mixing assistant
- Giovanni Versari – mastering
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Durand Trench – dialogue recording
- Matt Mahurin – art direction, illustration, package design
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.
- Dead Inside
- Drill Sergeant
- Psycho
- Mercy
- Reapers
- The Handler
- JFK
- Defector
- Revolt
- Aftermath
- The Globalist – Matt Bellamy, Edward Elgar
- Drones – Matt Bellamy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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