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Titus Andronicus: The Monitor

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On March 9, 2010, “XL” label released “The Monitor”, the second Titus Andronicus studio album. It was recorded in August 2009, and was produced by Kevin McMahon.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Stickles – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, synthesizer, tape operator, electronics, engineer
  • Liam Betson – vocals, guitar
  • Ian Graetzer – bass
  • Eric Harm – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Julian Veronesi – vocals
  • Dan McGee – vocals
  • Matt Miller – vocals
  • Brendan Stickles – vocals
  • Ryan Walsh – vocals
  • Andrew Cedermark – guitar
  • Pete Feigenbaum – guitar
  • Kevin McMahon – vocals, guitar, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Ian O’Neil – guitar, vocals
  • Jenn Wasner – vocals, guitar
  • Dustin Wong – guitar
  • Elio DeLuca – vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, engineer
  • Peter Buettner – tenor saxophone
  • Brian Rutledge – trumpet
  • Dean Jones – trombone
  • David Bentley – cello
  • Brett Bondar – highland bagpipes, Scottish small pipes
  • Ian Dykstra – bass drums, sleigh bells, tambourine
  • Greg Farley – fiddle
  • Alex Tretiak – vocals, snare drums, research assistant
  • Andy Stack – engineer
  • Dustin Miller – vocal recording
  • Okey Canfield Chenoweth III, quoting Abraham Lincoln
  • Cassie Ramone, quoting Jefferson Davis
  • Craig Finn, quoting Walt Whitman’s “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night“

Track listing:

All tracks by Patrick Stickles.

  1. A More Perfect Union
  2. Titus Andronicus Forever
  3. No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future
  4. Richard II or Extraordinary Popular Dimensions and the Madness of Crowds (Responsible Hate Anthem)
  5. A Pot in Which to Piss
  6. Four Score and Seven
  7. Theme from “Cheers”
  8. To Old Friends and New
  9. …And Ever
  10. The Battle of Hampton Roads

The Smile: The Smile At The Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022

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On December 14, 2022, “XL” label released “The Smile at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022”, the first Smile (The) live and second overall album. It was recorded in July 2024, at “Montreux Jazz Festival” at “Montreux Music & Convention Centre” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, bass
  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Mikko Gordon – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner, and Nigel Godrich.

  1. Pana-vision
  2. Thin Thing
  3. The Opposite
  4. Speech Bubbles
  5. Free in the Knowledge / A Hairdryer
  6. The Smoke
  7. You Will Never Work in Television Again

King Krule: The Ooz

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On October 13, 2017, “True Partner Sounds” and “XL” labels released “The Ooz”, the third King Krule studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dilip Harris and Archy Marshall.

Personnel:

  • King Krule (Archy Marshall)– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocoder, engineer
  • Jack Towell – guitar
  • Nana Giobbi – piano
  • James Wilson – bass, vocals 
  • George Bass – drums
  • Andy Ramsay – percussion, drum programming
  • Dilip Harris – triangle, percussion, vibraphone, synth, marimba
  • Marc Pell – bongos, tambourine
  • Ignacio Salvadores – saxophone
  • Okay Kaya – additional vocals
  • Beatriz Ortiz Mendes – spoken word
  • Maria Dmetriev – spoken word
  • Adam Marshall – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Idris Vicuña – spoken word
  • Maya Coline – backing vocals
  • Ella Rimmer – backing vocals
  • Dilip Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – engineer
  • Senor El Funkelinos – engineer
  • Connor Atanda – engineer
  • Barry Grint – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Archy Marshall, all lyrics by Archy Marshall, except where noted.

  1. Biscuit Town
  2. The Locomotive
  3. Dum Surfer
  4. Slush Puppy – Archy Marshall, Kaya Wilkins
  5. Bermondsey Bosom (Left)
  6. Logos
  7. Sublunary
  8. Lonely Blue
  9. Cadet Limbo
  10. Emergency Blimp
  11. Czech One
  12. A Slide In (New Drugs)
  13. Vidual
  14. Bermondsey Bosom (Right)
  15. Half Man Half Shark
  16. The Cadet Leaps
  17. The Ooz
  18. Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver)
  19. La Lune

The Horrors: Luminous

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On May 5, 2014, “XL” label released “Luminous”, the fourth Horrors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Craig Silvey, Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.  

Personnel:

  • Faris Badwan – lead vocal, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joshua Hayward – guitar, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Tom Furse – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Rhys Webb – bass, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joe Spurgeon – drums, percussion, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Cathy Lucas – violin 
  • Frank Ricotti – marimba, vibraphone 
  • Craig Silvey – recording, mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz Canal – recording
  • Greg Calbi, Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Marc Donaldson – art direction, design
  • Nic Shonfeld – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon, except where noted.

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In and Out of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star – Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rgys Webb, Joe Spurgeon, Paul Epworth  
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine and Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

Sigur Rós: Kveikur

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On June 12, 2013, “XL” label released “Kveikur”, the seventh Sigur Rós studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “Sundlaugin Studio” in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, “Eldorado Recording Studios” in Burbank, California, “Pacifique Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kjartan Sveinsson, Alex Somers,  Jón Þór Birgisson, Georg Hólm, and Orri Páll Dýrason.

Personnel:

  • Jón Þór Birgisson– vocals, guitar
  • Georg Hólm– bass
  • Orri Páll Dýrason– drums
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – brass arrangements
  • Daníel Bjarnason – stringarrangements
  • Sigrún Jónsdóttir – brass
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – brass
  • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir – brass
  • Borgar Magnason – strings
  • Margrét Árnadóttir – strings
  • Pálína Árnadóttir – strings
  • Una Sveinbjarnardóttir – strings
  • Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Jón Þór Birgisson, Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason.

  1. Brennisteinn
  2. Hrafntinna
  3. Isjaki
  4. Yfirborð
  5. Stormur
  6. Kveikur
  7. Rafstraumur
  8. Bláþráður
  9. Var

The Horrors: Skying

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On July 11, 2011, “XL” label released “Skying”, the third Horrors studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Offerclass Ltd”, “Miloco Garden” in London, and was produced by Craig Silvey, Faris Badwan, Joshua Third, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.

Personnel:

  • Faris Badwan– vocals
  • Joshua Third – guitar
  • Tom Furse – keyboards
  • Rhys Webb – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Joe Spurgeon – drums
  • Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Mark Nightingale, Martin Owen, Richard Edwards, Richard Watkins – horns

Track listing:

  1. Changing the Rain
  2. You Said
  3. I Can See Through You
  4. Endless Blue
  5. Dive In
  6. Still Life
  7. Wild Eyed
  8. Moving Further Away
  9. Monica Gems
  10. Oceans Burning

The Prodigy: Music for the Jilted Generation

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On July 4, 1994, “XL” label released “Music for the Jilted Generation”, the second Prodigy studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Earthbound Studios” and “The Strongroom”, and was produced by Liam Howlett and Neil McLellan.

Personnel:

  • Liam Howlett– performing, synthesizers, keyboards, sampling, drum-machines, mixing, engineering
  • Maxim Reality– vocalis
  • Neil McLellan– mixing
  • Pop Will Eat Itself– performer
  • Phil Bent – live flute
  • Lance Riddler – live guitar
  • Les Edwards– inside sleeve painting
  • Stuart Haygarth – front cover
  • Jamie Fry – rear sleeve

Track listing:

All tracks by Liam Howlett, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Break & Enter
  3. Their Law – Liam Howlett, Pop Will Eat Itself
  4. Full Throttle
  5. Voodoo People
  6. Speedway (Theme From Fastlane)
  7. The Heat (The Energy)
  8. Poison
  9. No Good (Start the Dance)
  10. One Love
  11. The Narcotic Suite: 3 Kilos
  12. The Narcotic Suite: Skylined
  13. The Narcotic Suite: Claustrophobic Sting

Badly Drawn Boy: The Hour of Bewilderbeast

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On June 26, 2000, “XL” label released “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”, the debut Badly Drawn Boy studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Badly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson and Ken Nelson. “The Hour of Bewilderbeast” won the 2000 “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, drum machine,  tambourine, harp, handclaps, whistling, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards,  organ, drum machine organs, percussion, crash cymbal,  vibraphone, xylophone,  sound effects, string arrangements
  • Jez Williams– slide and electric guitar
  • Matt Wardle – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Martin Rebelski– Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, keyboards
  • Gary Wilkinson – keyboards, drum programming, sirens, noises
  • Jimi Goodwin– bass
  • Sam Morris – bass, keyboards, French horn, handclaps
  • Andy Votel– drum programming, effects, piano, keyboards, strings samples, samples
  • Ian Smith – drums, electric guitar, percussion, vibraphone, handclaps
  • Sean Kelly – drums, handclaps
  • Spencer Birtwhistle – drums
  • Adrian Dacre – drums
  • Joe Robinson – drum programming, loops, theremin, effects, sound effects
  • Andy Williams– drums
  • Sophie Williams – handclaps
  • Ian Rainford – handclaps
  • Derrick Santini – handclaps
  • Northern New Orleans Brass Band – horns
  • Matt McGeever – cello, handclaps
  • Paul Taylor – string arrangements
  • Clare Hewitt – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough).

  1. The Shining
  2. Everybody’s Stalking
  3. Bewilder
  4. Fall in a River
  5. Camping Next to Water
  6. Stone on the Water
  7. Another Pearl
  8. Body Rap
  9. Once Around the Block
  10. This Song
  11. Bewilderbeast
  12. Magic in the Air
  13. Cause a Rockslide
  14. Pissing in the Wind
  15. Blistered Heart
  16. Disillusion
  17. Say It Again
  18. Epitaph

Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampire of the City

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On May 14, 2013, “XL” label released “Modern Vampires of the City”, the third  Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Downtown Studios” in New York City; “Echo Park Back House”, “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles; “Slow Death Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij. “Modern Vampires of the City” was ranked at number 1 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “50 Best Albums of 2013”, and at number one of “Pop Matter’s” list of “The 75 Best Albums of 2013”.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig– lead vocals, piano
  • Rostam Batmanglij – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, piano, guitars, banjo, drum and synth programming, keyboards, shaker
  • Chris Baio– bass
  • Chris Tomson– drums
  • Ariel Rechtshaid– additional drum and synth programming, additional bass, engineer
  • Jeff Curtin – additional drums, engineer
  • Brendan Ryan – accordion
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Johnny Cuomo – flistle
  • Danny T. Levin – trumpet
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Seth Shafer – tuba
  • Angel Deradoorian– backing vocals, additional vocal arrangement
  • Fanny Franklin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ezra Koenig, except where noted. All music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Obvious Bicycle
  2. Unbelievers – music by Ezra Koenig
  3. Step
  4. Diane Young
  5. Don’t Lie – lyrics by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij
  6. Hannah Hunt
  7. Everlasting Arms
  8. Finger Back
  9. Worship You
  10. Ya Hey – music Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  11. Hudson – music by Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson
  12. Young Lion – music and lyrics by Rostam Batmanglij

The Prodigy: Experience

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On September 28, 1992, “XL” label released “Experience”, the debut Prodigy (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Earthbound Studios” and “The Strongroom”, and was produced by Liam Howlett. The album was certified Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Liam Howlett– keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, programming, engineer
  • Maxim Reality– vocals
  • Simone – vocals
  • Alex Garland– artwork

Track listing:

All tracks written by Liam Howlett.

  1. Jericho
  2. Music Reach (1/2/3/4)
  3. Wind It Up
  4. Your Love (remix)
  5. Hyperspeed (G-Force Part 2)
  6. Charly (Trip into Drum and Bass Version)
  7. Out of Space
  8. Everybody in the Place (155 and Rising)
  9. Weather Experience
  10. Fire (Sunrise Version)
  11. Ruff in the Jungle Bizness
  12. Death of the Prodigy Dancers (live)