On March 11, 1997, “Touch and Go” label released “Fake Can Be Just as Good”, the third Blonde Redhead studio album. It was recorded in October 1996, at “John & Stu’s” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by John Goodmanson, Kazu Makino, Amadeo Pace and Simone Pace.
Personnel:
Kazu Makino – vocals, guitar
Amedeo Pace – vocals, guitar
Vern Rumsey – bass
Simone Pace – drums, keyboards
John Goodmanson – recording
John Siket – mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace.
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
On February 12, 2021, “Fearless Records” label released “Death by Rock and Roll”, the fourth Pretty Reckless (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “London Bridge” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Jonathan Wyman, Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips and Nate Yacchichino.
Personnel:
Taylor Momsen – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Ben Phillips – lead guitar, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Mark Damon – bass
Jamie Perkins – drums, percussion
Kim Thayil – additional guitars
Tom Morello – additional guitars
Jonathan Wyman – keyboards, additional guitars, drum programming, engineer, mixing
Isaac Phillips – harmonica
David Pontbriand – sitar, tanpura
Duncan Watt – keyboards, orchestra, organ, piano
Matt Cameron – additional drums, additional vocals
Sara Hallie Richardson – backing vocals
Anna Lombard – backing vocals
Sean Kelly – engineer assistant, production technician
On August 29, 2012, “P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.” label released “Ocean Roar”, the sixth Mount Eerie studio album. It was recorded January 2011 – February 2012, in Anacortes, Washington, and was produced by Phil Elverum.
Personnel:
Phil Elverum – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizer, drums, recording
On May 1, 2020, “Matador” label released “Making a Door Less Open”, the twelfth Car Seat Headrest studio album. It was recorded January – October 2019, at “Avast!” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Will Toledo and Andrew Katz.
On March 29, 2017, “Commons” and “Milan” labels released “async”, the nineteenth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded April – December 2016, at “The Studio”, “Germano Studios” and “Museum of Arts and Design” in New York City, “Bastyr University Chapel” in Kenmore, Washington, “Gateway Mastering” in Portland, Maine, “Kyoto City University of Arts” in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mai Yuda. Magazine “Fact” voted “async” the best album of 2017.
Personnel:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano,
Christian Fennesz – guitar, computer
N.S.S. – Singing bowls
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – triangle
Ko Ishikawa – Shō
Honjoh Hidejiro – shamisen
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – percussion
David Sylvian – spoken word
Andri Magnason, Bernardo Bertolucci, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Leboutte, José Lavat, Keyko Nimsay, Priscilla Leung, Sergei Mihailov, Shirin Neshat, Tang Kit Ming – spoken word vocals
Paul Bowles – words
Luca – vocals
Arseny Tarkovsky – words
Simon James – concertmaster
David Sabee – concertmaster
Alex Venguer, Ryan Kelly, John Winters,.Seigen Ono – recording engineer
Jason Staniulis, Matthew Sim, Alec Fellman – engineer assistant
On March 21, 2000, “Barsuk Records” label released “We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes”, the second Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “The Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Chris Walla.
Personnel:
Ben Gibbard – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, organ, drums, percussion, Casiotone
Chris Walla – guitar, electric piano, percussion, glockenspiel, samples, backing vocals, mixing
Nick Harmer – bass guitar
Nathan Good – drums
Tony Lash – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Ben Gibbard, except where noted.
Title Tracks
The Employment Pages
For What Reason
Lowell, MA – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
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Little Fury Bags
Company Calls – Ben Gibbard, Nick Hammer, Chris Walla
Company Calls Epilogue
No Joy in Mudville – Ben Gibbard, Nick Hammer, Chris Walla
On Mach 12, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Black Love”, the fifth Afghan Whigs studio album. It was recorded August – September 1995, at “Bear Creek Studio” and “Robert Lang Studios” in Washington, and was produced by Greg Dulli.
On February 12, 2008, “Hyena Records” label released “Invisible Baby”, the debut Marco Benevento studio album. It was recorded in August 2007, at “Avast!” in Seattle, Washington, and October 2007, at “Trout Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Marco Benevento.
Personnel:
Marco Benevento – piano, keyboards, mellotron, circuit bent toys
On February 3, 2004, “4AD” label released “We Shall All Be Healed”, the eighth Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Bear Creek Studios” in Woodinville, Washington, and was produced by John Vanderslice and Scott Solter.
Personnel:
John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
Franklin Bruno – piano
Peter Hughes – bass
Christopher McGuire – drums
Nora Danielson – violin
Track listing:
All tracks by John Darnielle.
Slow West Vultures
Palcorder Yajna
Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
Letter from Belgium
The Young Thousands
Your Belgian Things
Mole
Home Again Garden Grove
All Up the Seething Coast
Quito
Cotton
Against Pollution
Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of
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