Tag Archives: Universal Music Canada

The Tragically Hip: Man Machine Poem

On June 17, 2016, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Man Machine Poem”, the thirteenth and final Tragically Hip (The) album. It was recorded in 2016 at “Bathouse” in Kingston, “Revolution Recording” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Dave Hamelin and Kevin Drew.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Downie – vocal, design concept
  • Rob Baker – guitar, design concept
  • Paul Langlois – guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Dave Hamelin – keyboards, percussion
  • Kevin Drew – keyboards, percussion
  • Nyles Spencer – recording
  • Rob Currie – recording
  • Dave Hamelin – mixing
  • Kevin Drew – mixing
  • Nyles Spencer – mixing
  • Eric Boulanger – mastered 
  • Jonathan Shedletzky – art direction
  • Isis Essery – design, layout
  • Simon Paul – artwork
  • Andy Prokh – photography
  • Cult Pro Svet – photography
  • Mike Corner, Matt Kirby, Sam Bidinost, Dave ‘Billy Ray’ Koster – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Man
  2. In a World Possessed by the Human Mind
  3. What Blue
  4. In Sarnia
  5. Here, in the Dark
  6. Great Soul
  7. Tired as Fuck
  8. Hot Mic
  9. Ocean Next
  10. Machine

Arkells: High Noon

On August 5, 2014, “Dine Alone Records” and “Universal Music Canada” labels released “High Noon”, the third Arkells studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “The Hobby Shop” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Max Kerman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Micheal DeAngelis – vocals, guitar
  • Anthony Carone – vocals, keyboards, strings, arranger
  • Nick Dika – bass guitar
  • Tim Oxford – drums, percussion
  • Leland Whitty – tenor saxophone
  • Dana Grey – baritone saxophone
  • Ernesto Barahona – trombone
  • Christine Chesebrough – violin
  • Kelly Lefaive – violin
  • Emma Vachon-Tweeny – viola
  • Igor Saika-Voivod – cello, score, conductor
  • Cameron Lister – recording
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Eric Ratz – engineer, mixing
  • Harry Hess – mastering
  • Micheal DeAngelis – design
  • Brooks Reynolds – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Max Kerman, Micheal DeAngelis, Anthony Carone, Nick Dika and Tim Oxford.

  1. Fake Money
  2. Come to Light
  3. Cynical Bastards
  4. 11:11
  5. Never Thought That This Would Happen
  6. Dirty Blonde
  7. What Are You Holding on To?
  8. Hey Kids!
  9. Leather Jacket
  10. Crawling Through the Window
  11. Systematic

Matthew Good: Lights Of Endangered Species

On May 31, 2011, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Lights of Endangered Species”, the fifth Matthew Good studio album. It was recorded October-November 2010, at “Vogville Recording” in Port Coquitlam, Canada, and was produced by Warne Livesey.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Good – vocals, piano, guitar, bass, claratron, strings, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • Stuart Cameron – guitar, lap steel
  • Warne Livesey- organ, mellotron, strings, brass and woodwind arrangements
  • David Brown – double bass
  • Blake Manning – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Bill Runge – baritone saxophone
  • Terry Townson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rod Murray – trombone
  • Jeremy Berkman – trombone
  • Brad Muirhead – bass trombone
  • Oliver De Clercq – French horn
  • Brenda Fedoruk – flute
  • Fracois Houle – clarinet
  • David Owen – cor Anglais
  • Ingrid Chiang – bassoon
  • Mary Sokol Brown – violin
  • David Harding – viola
  • Andrew Brown – viola
  • Avery Grace – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Zall – backing vocals
  • Warne Livesey- engineer, mixing
  • Joel Livesey – engineer
  • Rob Sommerfeldt, Jennifer Zall, Paul Dutil – session assistants
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Matthew Good, Susan Michalek – art direction
  • Susan Michalek – design
  • Miriam Aroeste – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Extraordinary Fades
  2. How It Goes
  3. Shallow’s Low
  4. What If I Can’t See the Stars Mildred?
  5. Zero Orchestra
  6. Non Populus
  7. In a Place of Lesser Men
  8. Set Me On Fire
  9. Lights of Endangered Species