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Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

On May 8, 2016, Radiohead digitally released “A Moon Shaped Pool”, band’s ninth studio album.  CD and LP releases followed in June 2016 on “XL Recordings”. Through its website, the band also sold a special edition containing two extra tracks and additional artwork. The album material was recorded 2014-2016, at “La Fabrique Studios”, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke. “A Moon Shaped Pool” was voted album of the year by “Exclaim”, “Slant Magazine” and “The Sunday Times”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, rhyth guitar, piano, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass guitar, synthesizers
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Clive Deamer– additional drums
  • Hugh Brunt– conductor
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir– strings, choir
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing, engineer
  • Maxime LeGuil – assistant engineer
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. Burn the Witch
  2. Daydreaming
  3. Decks Dark
  4. Desert island Disk
  5. Ful Stop
  6. Glass Eyes
  7. Identikit
  8. The Numbers
  9. Present Times
  10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
  11. True Love Waits

Vampire Weekend: Contra

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On January 11, 2010, “XL Recordings” label released “Contra”, the second Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, programming
  • Rostam Batmanglij– lead and backing vocals, vocal harmonies,, guitar, piano; keyboards; harpsichord; VSS-30; drum; synth, sampler programming; shakers; hand drum; snares, mixer, audio engineer
  • Chris Baio– bass, additional synth, backing vocals
  • Christopher Tomson– drums
  • Mauro Refosco– marimbas, rebolo, zabumba, shekere, shakers, auxiliary percussion
  • Jeff Curtin – hand drums, shakers
  • Marcus Farrar – shekere, auxiliary percussion
  • Nat Baldwin– double bass
  • Jonathan Chu – violin, viola
  • Hamilton Berry – cello
  • Seth Rosenfeld – cello
  • Jesse Novak – additional instrumentation
  • Libby Gery – backing vocals
  • Anne Donlon – backing vocals
  • Shane Stoneback – shaker, mixing assistant, engineer
  • Tito Fuentes – engineer
  • Fernando Lodeiro – engineering assistant
  • Justin Gerrish – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ezra Koenig except where noted; all music Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson, Chris Baio and Mauro Refosco, by except where noted.

  1. Horchata
  2. White Sky
  3. Holiday
  4. California English
  5. Taxi Cab – music: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
  6. Run
  7. Cousins
  8. Giving Up the Gun
  9. Diplomat’s Son – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
  10. I Think Ur a Contra – music: Ezra Koenig,Rostam Batmanglij

Devendra Banhart: Cripple One

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On September 13, 2005, “XL Recordings” label released “Cripple Crow”, the fifth Devendra Banhart album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Devendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, Noah Georgeson and Thom Monahan. The cover is reminiscent of the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Bandalbum cover.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mixing, album art direction
  • Emma O’Donnell – fiddle
  • Gus – dog
  • Noah Georgeson– engineer, mixing
  • Thom Monahan – engineer, mixing
  • Galen Pehrson – album art
  • Alissa Anderson – album art

Track listing:

All tracks by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

  1. Now That I Know
  2. Santa Maria da Feira
  3. Heard Somebody Say
  4. Long Haired Child
  5. Lazy Butterfly
  6. Quédate Luna
  7. Queen Bee
  8. I Feel Just Like a Child
  9. Some People Ride the Wave
  10. The Beatles
  11. Dragonflys
  12. Cripple Crow
  13. Inaniel
  14. Hey Mama Wolf
  15. How’s About Tellin’ a Story
  16. Chinese Children
  17. Sawkill River
  18. I Love That Man
  19. Luna de Margarita – Simon Diaz
  20. Korean Dogwood
  21. Little Boys
  22. Canela

Thom Yorke: The Eraser

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On July 10, 2006, “XL Recordings” label released “The Eraser”, the debut Thom Yorke solo album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke– main performer, arrangements
  • Jonny Greenwood– piano
  • Nigel Godrich –extra instrumentation, arrangements, mixing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – mixing
  • Stanley Donwood – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, except where noted.

  1. The Eraser – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood
  2. Analyse
  3. The Clock
  4. Black Swan
  5. Skip Divided
  6. Atoms for Peace
  7. And It Rained All Night
  8. Harrowdown Hill
  9. Cymbal Rush

Badly Drawn Boy: One Plus One Is One

One is one

On June 21, 2004, “XL Recordings” label released “One Plus One Is One”, the fourth Badly Drawn Boy studio album. It was recorded June 2003, at “Moolah Rouge Studio” in Stockport, and was produced by Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy) and Andy Vote.

Personnel:

  • Damon Gough – vocals, guitars, piano, celeste, clavinet, Wurlitzer Fun-Maker, Hammond Organ, Melotron, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel
  • Stockport Music Project (STOMP) – vocals
  • Norman Mcleod – slide guitar
  • Colin Mcleod – accordion
  • Sean McCann – bass
  • Alex Thomas AKA Earl Shilton – drums, timpani, gong, bells, orchestral crash cymbal.
  • Andy Votel – tubular bells, cymabls, cowbell, chimes, samples,
  • Charles Ashby – percussion
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet
  • Roger Wickham – flute
  • Oliver Heath – violin
  • Chris Worsey – cello, electric cello

Track listing:

  1. One Plus One Is One
  2. Easy Love
  3. Summertime in Wintertime
  4. This Is That New Song
  5. Another Devil Dies
  6. The Blossoms
  7. Year of the Rat
  8. Four Leaf Clover
  9. Fewer Words
  10. Logic of a Friend
  11. Stockport
  12. Life Turned Upside Down
  13. Take the Glory
  14. Holy Grail