Indie Pop Rock 2005 – Best News Songs

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Speed of Sound
recording of:
Speed of Sound
writer:
Guy Berryman, Will Champion, Jonny Buckland and Chris Martin (lead singer of Coldplay)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
Coldplay4:27
2E Pro
recording engineer and producer:
Beck Hansen (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen) and The Dust Brothers (production duo John King & Mike Simpson)
acoustic guitar, celesta, harmonica, keyboard, percussion and lead vocals:
Beck (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen)
bass guitar:
Sean Davis (US hip-hop producer/recording engineer aka ShyBoy), Justin Meldal‐Johnsen and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
clavinet:
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (American keyboardist and singer/songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Beck (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen) and Joey Waronker
electric guitar:
Beck (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen) and Smokey Hormel
handclaps:
Beck (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen) and The Dust Brothers (production duo John King & Mike Simpson)
organ:
Money Mark
vocals:
Petra Haden
samples:
So What’cha Want by Beastie Boys
music videos:
E-Pro (Music video) by Beck (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen)
recording of:
E-Pro
writer:
Adam Horovitz, Beck Hansen (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen), John King (US producer, The Dust Brothers), Michael Diamond (member of Beastie Boys), Mike Simpson (member of The Dust Brothers) and Adam Yauch
Beck3.753:22
3Club Foot
additional producer and additional mixer:
Jim Abbiss
producer:
Kasabian (GB | rock)
mixer:
Simon “Barny” Barnicott
bass guitar, electric guitar and synthesizer:
Christopher Karloff
electric guitar and synthesizer and background vocals:
Sergio Pizzorno
lead vocals:
Tom Meighan
music videos:
Club Foot (music video) by Kasabian (GB | rock)
recording of:
Club Foot
lyricist and writer:
Sergio Pizzorno
composer:
Christopher Karloff and Sergio Pizzorno
Kasabian43:35
4Lover I Don’t Have to Love
banjo, bell [bells], electric guitar, glockenspiel, hammered dulcimer, mandolin, pedal steel guitar [pedal steel], resonator guitar [dobro] and vibraphone:
Mike Mogis
bass guitar:
Matt Maginn
cello:
Gretta Cohn
guitar, organ, piano and Rhodes piano [rhodes]:
Conor Oberst
violin:
Tiffany Kowalski
vocals:
Conor Oberst
music videos:
Lover I Don't Have to Love by Bright Eyes
recording of:
Lover I Don’t Have to Love
lyricist and composer:
Conor Oberst
publisher:
Bedrooms; Bedrooms and Spiders and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Bright Eyes54:00
5Sandy’s Bathroom
recording of:
Sandy's Bathroom
My Diet Pill3:02
6Golden Touch
additional engineer:
Natty (UK reggae singer/songwriter)
engineer, producer and mixer:
John Cornfield
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2004)
mixed at and engineered at:
Sawmills Studio in Golant
produced at:
Sawmills Studio in Golant
recording of:
Golden Touch
lyricist:
Johnny Borrell
composer:
Razorlight
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Razorlight3.83:25
7Helicopter
recording engineer:
Eliot James (British producer) (from 2004-06 until 2004-07)
programming:
Eliot James (British producer)
assistant engineer:
Joe Hirst
additional producer:
Eliot James (British producer)
producer:
Bloc Party (English indie rock band) and Paul Epworth
mixer:
Rich Costey
lead vocals:
Kele Okereke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bloc Party (English indie rock band) (in 2004)
recorded at:
DeltaLab Studios in Copenhagen (from 2004-06 until 2004-07) and Miloco in Hoxton (from 2004-06 until 2004-07)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, United States
produced at:
DeltaLab Studios in Copenhagen
recording of:
Helicopter
writer:
Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke and Matt Tong
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Bloc Party4.33:40
8Do You Read Me
Ghinzu4:17
9Oh My God
mastering:
Simon Francis (audio, mastering and lacquer cutting engineer)
additional engineer and additional editor:
Mr. Tom Stanley
engineer:
Mr. Cenzo Townshend (engineer)
producer:
Mr. Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
mixer:
Mr. Cenzo Townshend (engineer) and Mr. Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
bass:
Simon Rix
guitar:
Andrew White (Guitarist for the Kaiser Chiefs)
keyboard:
Nick Baines
membranophone and background vocals:
Nick J.D. Hodgson (ex Kaiser Chiefs)
lead vocals:
Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)
recorded at:
Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes
mixed at:
Eden Studios (2nd location, Chiswick, 72-07) in Chiswick
recording of:
Oh My God
writer:
Nick Baines, Nick J.D. Hodgson (ex Kaiser Chiefs), Simon Rix, Andrew White (Guitarist for the Kaiser Chiefs) and Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)
Kaiser Chiefs4.253:35
10Half Light
producer:
Athlete and John Cornfield
assistant mixer:
Keith Gary
mixer:
Michael H Brauer (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
mixed at:
Quad Recording Studios in New York, United States
recording of:
Half Light
writer:
Joel Pott, Steve Roberts (drummer of Athlete), Tim Wanstall and Carey Willets
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS)
Athlete43:43
11Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
assistant recording engineer:
Thierry Amar (from 2003-08 until 2004)
recording engineer:
Mark Lawson (from 2003-08 until 2004)
engineer:
Howard Bilerman and Richard Reed Parry
producer:
Arcade Fire
cello:
Michael Olsen
drums (drum set):
Howard Bilerman
electric bass guitar:
Tim Kingsbury
electric guitar [Jaguar] and lead vocals:
Win Butler
electric guitar [Rickenbacker]:
Richard Reed Parry
French horn:
Pietro Amato
harp:
Anita Fust
synthesizer:
Régine Chassagne
violin:
Sarah Neufeld and Owen Pallett (Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist & vocalist)
xylophone:
Will Butler (Arcade Fire)
background vocals:
Will Butler (Arcade Fire), Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry and Tim Kingsbury
strings arranger:
Sarah Neufeld and Owen Pallett (Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist & vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arcade Fire Music LLC
recorded at:
Hotel2Tango in Mile End (from 2003-08 until 2004)
mixed at:
Hotel2Tango in Mile End
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 50)
recording of:
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
writer:
Will Butler (Arcade Fire), Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Timothy Kingsbury and Richard Reed Parry
Arcade Fire4.35:02
12Don’t Save Us From the Flames
producer:
Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Yann Gonzalez
guest membranophone:
Loïc Maurin
recording of:
Don’t Save Us From the Flames
lyricist:
Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Yann Gonzalez
composer:
Anthony Gonzalez (M83)
M8334:15
13Graffiti
recording of:
Graffiti
writer:
Duncan Lloyd and Paul Smith (of Maxïmo Park)
Maxïmo Park3:05
14L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)
programming:
Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
additional producer and additional mixer:
Jim Abbiss
producer:
Kasabian (GB | rock)
bass guitar:
Chris Edwards (Kasabian)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Ralph Martin
electric guitar and synthesizer and background vocals:
Sergio Pizzorno
electric guitar, omnichord and synthesizer:
Christopher Karloff
lead vocals:
Tom Meighan
music videos:
L.S.F. by Kasabian (GB | rock)
part of:
NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 37)
recording of:
L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)
lyricist and writer:
Sergio Pizzorno
composer:
Christopher Karloff and Sergio Pizzorno
Kasabian3.73:17
15Fearless
recording of:
Fearless
lyricist and composer:
Sam Endicott
The Bravery3:08
16Somewhere Only We Know
programming and engineer:
Andy Green (producer, engineer)
producer:
Andy Green (producer, engineer) and Keane
assistant mixer:
David Treahern and Rob Haggett
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
bass and keyboard:
Tim Rice‐Oxley
drums (drum set):
Richard Hughes (musician and multimedia composer based in Ireland)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1999-03-29 to 2014-06-25) (in 2004, in 2024)
recorded at:
Helioscentric Studios in Rye
recording of:
Somewhere Only We Know
writer:
Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes (Keane member) and Tim Rice‐Oxley
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Keane4.353:57
17Ego & I (Roma Surf)
My Diet Pill5:32
18Leaving New York
engineer:
Jamie Candiloro
producer:
Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. (American rock band)
mixer:
Pat McCarthy
recording of:
Leaving New York
writer:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
R.E.M.3.354:49
19Banquet
recording engineer:
Mark “Top” Rankin (engineer)
programming:
Paul Epworth
assistant engineer:
Joe Hirst
producer:
Bloc Party (English indie rock band) and Paul Epworth
mixer:
Rich Costey
lead vocals:
Kele Okereke
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, United States
produced at:
The Exchange (mastering studio) in Camden Town
music videos:
Banquet (2005) (video) by Bloc Party (English indie rock band)
part of:
NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 7) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 424)
recording of:
Banquet
writer:
Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke and Matt Tong
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Bloc Party3.753:22
20Spitting Games
recording of:
Spitting Games
lyricist:
Gary Lightbody
composer:
Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn
publisher:
Big Life Music and Universal Music Publishing BL Limited
Snow Patrol3:45
21Beverly Hills
recording engineer:
Chad Bamford and Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer)
additional producer:
Chad Bamford and Weezer (American rock band)
executive producer:
Jordan Schur
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional background vocals:
Stephanie Eitel
performer:
Brian Bell (guitarist), Rivers Cuomo (US singer, guitarist & songwriter of Weezer), Scott Shriner and Pat Wilson (female Australian singer)
music videos:
Beverly Hills (music video) by Weezer (American rock band)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 130)
recording of:
Beverly Hills
lyricist and composer:
Rivers Cuomo (US singer, guitarist & songwriter of Weezer)
publisher:
E.O. Smith Music
Weezer3.83:16
22The Engine Driver
producer:
The Decemberists and Chris Walla
mixer:
Chris Walla
recording of:
The Engine Driver
lyricist and composer:
Colin Meloy
The Decemberists4.54:17
23Lyla
recording of:
Lyla
lyricist and composer:
Noel Gallagher
Oasis4:45
24Spiders (Kidsmoke)
recording of:
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jeff Tweedy
publisher:
Words Ampersand Music
Wilco10:48
25Jerk It Out
part of:
Anti-Hit List: January 23, 2003 (number: 3)
recording of:
Jerk It Out
lyricist and composer:
Joakim Åhlund
Caesars3.83:18