''Lustre Parfait'' is a studio album by

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from ...

and

Bob Rock Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, recording engineer and musician. In 1976, Rock joined Little Mountain Sound Studios, starting out as a recording engineer and sound mixer. During his time there, he coll ...

, released on May 5, 2023, through

Arts & Crafts Productions Arts & Crafts Productions is a Canadian music-focused media and artist services company that offers services as an independent record label, management firm, merchandiser, and publisher worldwide. It has earned 21 Juno Awards. Arts & Crafts has ...

.Alex Hudson
"Gord Downie and Bob Rock's Collaborative Album Gets Release Date, New Single"
''

Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven ...

'', November 22, 2022. The second posthumous album of previously unreleased material following Downie's death in 2017, the album features songs Downie and Rock created together in the 2010s after Rock produced

The Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassis ...

's albums '' World Container'' and '' We Are the Same''. It was known prior to Downie's death that he had recorded a solo album with Rock, although plans for its release had not been announced by the time of Downie's illness and death. Rock later clarified that although the tracks had been recorded, the production had not been completed at that time, and that he had struggled to finish readying the album for release due to his emotions around Downie's death. The album's title track was released in October 2022 as a preview. In November, "The Raven and the Red-Tailed Hawk" was released as the title track of a three-song EP that also included "Lustre Parfait" and the song "Is There Nowhere"; in February 2023, "The Moment Is a Wild Place" was released as the lead track of a six-song preview EP, which also featured all three of the already-released songs as well as the album tracks "Something More" and "Camaro".Will Schube
"Bob Rock And The Late Gord Downie Share 'The Moment Is A Wild Place'"
''UDiscoverMusic'', February 1, 2023. Rock described working with Downie on the album's songs as one of the great highlights of his professional life.Kerry Doole
"Gord Downie & Bob Rock: Lustre Parfait"
''FYI Music News'', October 26, 2022. Supporting musicians on ''Lustre Parfait'' include

Abe Laboriel Jr. Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session musician best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Paul McCartney's touring band since 2001. He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel, nephew of Mexican ...

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, Steve Madaio,

Camille Henderson Camille Henderson is a Canadian pop singer. She played the role of Shirley in Sandy Wilson's 1985 Canadian film '' My American Cousin''. She went on to become part of the Vancouver-based pop group West End Girls from 1991 to 1993. Following her ...

and

Saffron Henderson Saffron Henderson (born December 27, 1967) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who often works with Ocean Productions in numerous anime dubs. Career Henderson tends to be cast as mature and flirtatious women, young boys and teenage girls, ...

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals *

– guitar (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 5–7, 10, 11), keyboards (1–6, 8, 12), percussion (1–4, 6, 9–12) * Jamey Koch – bass guitar (1–5, 7–13), synthesizer (2, 5, 6, 8, 10–12), background vocals (2, 6, 7, 9) *

– percussion (1) *

Pat Steward Pat Steward (born May 4, 1962) is a Canadian drummer and singer who is a member of the band Odds, and has recorded and toured with Bryan Adams and Matthew Good, among many others. Early life Steward was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Br ...

– drums (2, 9, 10, 12, 13) * Adam Greenholtz – keyboards (2, 5, 6, 8–10, 12), percussion (3, 5, 6, 8, 13), background vocals (7) * Tom Anselmi – keyboards (2, 6, 10, 11) *

Zac Rae Zac Rae is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded two studio albums and two EPs. Rae is a former member of Alanis Morissette's ...

– keyboards (2, 6) *

– background vocals (3, 6) *

– background vocals (3) * Sean Nelson – drums (3, 4, 7) * Chris Gestrin – keyboards (3, 8–10, 13) *

– saxophone (3), horn (10) * Steve Madaio – trumpet (3) *

Alan Chang Alan Peijei Chang (born December 4, 1979) is an American pianist and songwriter, best known for his work with Michael Bublé. Biography Originally from San Jose, California, he graduated from the University of Southern California's Thornton S ...

– keyboards (4) * Jamie Edwards – keyboards (4, 7, 14) *

Johnny Fay The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist ...

– drums (5, 6, 11), background vocals (11) * Patrick Downie – percussion (5) *

John Webster John Webster (c. 1578 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies '' The White Devil'' and ''The Duchess of Malfi'', which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and car ...

– keyboards (7) * Pete Finney –

pedal steel The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

(7, 14) * Che Dorval – background vocals (8) * Ryan Enockson – keyboards (10) *

Lenny Castro Lenny Castro (born September 19, 1956) is an American percussionist from the Los Angeles area. He is one of the most prolific percussionists of all time, appearing on hundreds of albums, including those by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Maroon ...

– percussion (10) * Rafael Padilla – percussion (10) * Tiki Pasillas – percussion (10) *

Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac (born September 11, 1965) is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was). He is a touring member of New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance. ...

– keyboards (11) *

Chris Wyse Chris Wyse (born July 15, 1969) is an American bassist and vocalist. He is best known for his performances with The Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Ace Frehley and Hollywood Vampires. He is also the vocalist and bassist for Owl, a band he founded in 2007 ...

– bass guitar (14) * Dave Pierce – horn (14) Technical * Bob Rock –

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stat ...

, mixing * Adam Greenholtz – additional production, mixing,

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

* Jamey Koch – additional production * Chris Allgood – mastering *

Emily Lazar Emily B. Lazar is an American mastering engineer. She is the founder, president, and chief mastering engineer of The Lodge, an audio mastering facility that has operated in New York City's Greenwich Village since 1997. She won a Grammy Award for ...

– mastering * Eric Helmkamp – engineering * Ryan Enockson – engineering * Dominic Civiero – engineering (4)

References

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