Tag Archives: twelfth album

The 5th Dimension: Earthbound

Leave a comment

In August 1975, “ABC” label released “Earthbound”, the twelfth 5th Dimension (The) album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Sunset Sound” and “Village Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Webb.

Personnel:

  • Billy Davis Jr. – baritone vocals
  • Florence LaRue – alto vocals
  • Marilyn McCoo – soprano vocals
  • Lamonte McLemore – bass vocals
  • Ron Townson – tenor vocals
  • Larry Coryell – acoustic guitar solos
  • Fred Tackett – guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Dan Ferguson – guitar
  • Bill Como – ARP synthesizer
  • John Myles – keyboards
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Paul Stallworth – bass
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Harvey Mason – percussion
  • Michael Lawrence – brass
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  • Sid Sharp – strings
  • John Myles – vocal arrangements and special vocal backgrounds
  • Jimmy Webb – arrangements
  • John Haeny – engineer
  • Alan O’Duffy – engineer
  • Wally Heider – mixing
  • ABC Recording Studios Inc. – mastering
  • Carole Rubinstein – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Webb, except where noted.

  1. Prologue – Jimmy Webb / Be Here Now – George Harrison
  2. Don’t Stop for Nothing – James C. Johnson
  3. I’ve Got a Feeling – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  4. Magic in My Life – James C. Johnson
  5. Walk Your Feet in the Sunshine
  6. When Did I Lose Your Love
  7. Lean On Me Always
  8. Speaking With My Heart
  9. Moonlight Mile – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  10. Epilogue

Warren Zevon: The Wind

Leave a comment

On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
  • Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
  • Mike Campbell – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh – electric guitar
  • James Raymond – piano
  • Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gorman – drums
  • Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
  • Gil Bernal – saxophone
  • Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • John Waite – backing vocals
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
  • T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Greg Hayes – engineer
  • James Mitchell – engineer
  • Joe West – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Matthew Rolston – cover photography
  • Bridgette Barr – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Life and Times – Warren Zevon
  2. Disorder in the House
  3. Knockin’ on a Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
  4. Numb as a Statue
  5. She’s Too Good for Me – Warren Zevon
  6. Prison Grove
  7. El Amore de Mi Vida
  8. The Rest of the Night
  9. Please Stay – Warren Zevon
  10. Rub Me Raw
  11. Keep Me in Your Heart

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Criminal Tango

Leave a comment

On June 13, 1986, “Virgin” label released “Criminal Tango”, the twelfth Manfred Mann’s Earth Band studio album. It was recorded 1984 – 1986, at “Workhouse Studio” in London, and was produced by Manfred Mann and Steve Forward.

Personnel:

  • Manfred Mann – keyboards
  • Chris Thompson – lead vocals
  • Mick Rogers – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Kinch – bass
  • Durban Betancourt-Laverde – bass
  • John Lingwood – drums, percussion
  • John Giblin – bass
  • Terry Medhurst – engineer
  • Pete Hammond – engineer
  • Nigel Gilroy, Stuart Barry – engineer assistant
  • Roddy Matthews – mixing
  • Robert M. Corich, Mike Brown – mastering
  • The Leisure Process – design

Track listing:

  1. Going Underground – Paul Weller
  2. Who Are the Mystery Kids? – Manfred Mann, Garland Jeffreys
  3. Banquet – Joni Mitchell
  4. Killer On the Loose – Denny Newman
  5. Do Anything You Wanna Do – Graham Douglas, Edwin Hollis
  6. Rescue – Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers
  7. You Got Me Right Through the Heart – Robert Byrne
  8. Bulldog – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  9. Crossfire – Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, John Lingwood

Dropkick Murphys: Okemah Rising

Leave a comment

On May 12, 2023, “Dummy Luck Music” label released “Okemah Rising”, the twelfth Dropkick Murphys studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at the “Church Studio” in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Personnel:

  • Tim Brennan – vocals, guitar, accordion
  • James Lynch – vocals, guitars
  • Jeff DaRosa – vocals, banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitars
  • Cole Quest – dobro guitar, backing vocals
  • Ken Casey – lead vocals, bass
  • Matt Kelly – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Violent Femmes
  • Jaime Wyatt – vocal
  • Jesse Ahern – vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Woody Guthrie.

  1. My Eyes Are Gonna Shine
  2. Gotta Get to Peekskill
  3. Watchin’ the World Go By
  4. I Know How It Feels
  5. Rippin Up the Boundary Line
  6. Hear the Curfew Blowin’
  7. Bring It Home
  8. When I Was a Little Boy
  9. Run Hitler Run
  10. I’m Shipping to Boston (Tulsa version)

Keb’ Mo’: BluesAmericana

Leave a comment

On April 22, 2014, “Kind of Blue Music” label released “BLUESAmericana”, the twelfth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Stu Stu Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Keb’ Mo’, Leigh Brannon and Casey Wasner.

Personnel:

  • Keb’ Mo’ (Kevin Moore) – acoustic and electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar, banjo, bass, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, horn arrangements
  • The California Feet Warmers – featured artist
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel
  • Jeffrey Moran – banjo
  • Patrick Morrison – banjo
  • Colin Linden – mandolin, handclapping
  • Tim Lauer – organ, piano
  • Michael Hanna – piano, organ
  • Michael Hicks – organ, backing vocals
  • Casey Wasner – bass, drums, engineer, tracking
  • Brian Allen – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums
  • Dominique Rodriguez – drums
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Keio Stroud – drums
  • Jovan Quallo – tenor saxophone
  • Brandon Armstrong – sousaphone
  • Charles Decastro – trumpet
  • Quentin Ware – trumpet
  • Justin Rubenstein – trombone
  • Roland Barber – trombone
  • Joshua Kaufman – clarinet
  • Tom Shinness – cello, mandolin
  • Juan Carlos Reynoso – washboard
  • Joe Wood – handclapping
  • Robbie Brooks-Moore – backing vocals
  • Moiba Mustafa – backing vocals
  • Rip Patton – backing vocals
  • Kevin So – backing vocals
  • Darcy Stewart – backing vocals
  • Melvin “Maestro” Lightford – horn arrangements
  • John Caldwell – engineer, tracking
  • David Leonard – engineer, tracking
  • John Schirmer – engineer, tracking
  • Zach Allen – engineer, tracking
  • Ross Hogarth – mixing
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Meghan Aileen Schirmer – design, package design
  • Andrea Lucero – photography
  • Leigh Brannon – project manager

Track listing:

  1. The Worst Is Yet to Come – Heather Donovan, Kevin Moore, Pete Sallis
  2. Somebody Hurt You – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  3. Do It Right – Kevin Moore, Jim Weatherly
  4. I’m Gonna Be Your Man – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  5. Move – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  6. For Better or Worse – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  7. That’s Alright – Jimmy Rogers
  8. Old Me Better – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  9. More For Your Money – Kevin Moore, Gary Nicholson
  10. So Long Goodbye – Rebecca Correia, Kevin Moore

Alan Bashung: Bleu pétrole

Leave a comment

On March 24, 2008, “Barclay” label released “Bleu pétrole”, the twelfth and the last Alain Bashung studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alice’s Restaurant” in New York City, “Buzz Studio” in Paris, “Studios ICP” in Brussels, “Jackpot Studios” in Portland, “Looking Glass Studios” in New York, and was produced by Gaëtan Roussel and Mark Plati.

Personnel:

  • Alain Bashung – vocals
  • Gaëtan Roussel – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
  • Marc Ribot – electric guitar, banjo
  • M. Ward – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Arman Méliès – electric guitar, banjo
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, guitars, keyboard, drum machine
  • Simon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Martyn Barker – drums, bongo
  • Tahar Boukhlifa – drums
  • Marian Tache, Erik Sluys, Dick Uten, Bart Lemmens, Tatjana Scleck, Christophe Pochet, Cristina Constantinescu, Annelies Broeckhoven – violin
  • François Grietje – viola
  • Hans Vandaele, Karel Steylaerts – cello
  • Mark Steylaerts – strings direction
  • Jérôme Witz, element-s – cover art and graphisms
  • Ludovic Carême – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Gaëtan Roussel, except where noted.

  1. Je t’ai manqué
  2. Résidents de la République
  3. Tant de nuits – Joseph d’Anvers, Arman Méliès, Alain Bashung
  4. Hier à Sousse
  5. Vénus
  6. Comme un lego – Gérard Manset
  7. Sur un trapeze
  8. Je tuerai la pianiste – Gérard Manset – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  9. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen, adapted by Graeme Allwright
  10. Le Secret des Banquises – Gaëtan Roussel, Alain Bashung
  11. Il voyage en solitaire – Gérard Manset

The Smashing Pumpkins: Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts

Leave a comment

On November 15, 2022, “Martha’s Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels released “Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts”, the twelfth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. The album was released in three separate installments of 11 songs – “Atum: Act One” was released on November 15, 2022, “Atum: Act Two” was released on January 31, 2023, and “Atum: Act Three” was released on May 5, 2023. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Billy Corgan.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar, keyboards
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • Katie Cole – backing vocals
  • Sierra Swan – backing vocals
  • Linda Strawberry – backing vocals
  • Matt Walker – additional incidental programming

Track listing:

Atum: Act One

  1. Atum
  2. Butterfly Suite
  3. The Good in Goodbye
  4. Embracer
  5. With Ado I Do
  6. Hooligan
  7. Steps in Time
  8. When Rain Must Fall
  9. Beyond the Vale
  10. Hooray!
  11. The Gold Mask

Atum: Act Two

  1. Avalanche
  2. Empires
  3. Neophyte
  4. Moss
  5. Night waves
  6. Space Age
  7. Every Morning
  8. To the Grays
  9. Beguiled
  10. The Culling
  11. Springtimes

Atum: Act Three

  1. Sojourner
  2. That Which Animates the Spirit
  3. The Canary Trainer
  4. Pacer
  5. In Lieu of Failure
  6. Cenotaph
  7. Harmageddon
  8. Fireflies
  9. Intergalactic
  10. Spellbinding
  11. Of Wings

Zodeon at Crystal Hall

  1. Simmatar
  2. Magdalena
  3. Saffron
  4. Zope
  5. Huzzah
  6. Automation
  7. Mary Q
  8. Burr
  9. Excelsior
  10. Necromance

The Pinneaple Thief: Dissolution

Leave a comment

On August 31, 2018, “Kscope” label released “Dissolution”, the twelfth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded December 2017 – May 2018, at “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • David Torn – additional guitars
  • Stylorouge – art direction, design
  • Rob O’Connor – photography
  • James Usill – post-production
  • Frederick Jude – executive producer

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Not Naming Any Names
  2. Try as I Might
  3. Threatening War
  4. Uncovering Your Tracks
  5. All That You’ve Got
  6. Far Below
  7. Pillar of Salt
  8. White Mist
  9. Shed a Light

Ulver: Flowers Of Evil

Leave a comment

On August 28, 2020, “House of Mythology” label released “Flowers of Evil”, the twelfth Ulver studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylvisaker, Ole Alexander Halstensgård and Jørn H. Sværen.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg – vocals, additional programming
  • Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
  • Anders Møller – percussion
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, electronics
  • Stian Westerhus – guitar
  • Ole Henrik Moe – viola, cello
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • John Stark – bass
  • Suzanne Sumbundu – vocals
  • Mimmi Tamba – vocals
  • Michael J. York – bagpipes
  • Martin Glover – mixing
  • Michael Rendall – mixing
  • Renée Jeanne Falconetti – cover still image

Track listing:

  1. One Last Dance
  2. Russian Doll
  3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
  4. Hour of the Wolf
  5. Apocalypse 1993
  6. Little Boy
  7. Nostalgia
  8. A Thousand Cuts