''Penny Sparkle'' is the eighth
studio album
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by American
alternative rock
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band
Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar) and identical twin brothers Simone (drums, keyboards) and Amedeo Pace (lead guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals) that formed in New York ...
. The album was released by
4AD
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on September 13, 2010, internationally, and on the following day in the USA.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Blonde Redhead
* Kazu Makino
* Amedeo Pace
* Simone Pace
Additional musicians
* Davíð Þór Jónsson – keyboards on "Penny Sparkle"
*
Walter Sear – modular
Moog synthesizer
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Production
* Blonde Redhead –
production
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* Drew Brown – additional
engineering
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and production
*
Chris Coady
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– additional engineering
* Kabir Hermon – engineering (assistant)
*
Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...
–
mixing, additional production
* Geoff Pesche –
mastering
* David Schoenwetter – engineering (assistant)
* Brian Thorn – engineering (assistant)
* Van Rivers & the Subliminal Kid – production, engineering
Design
* Kazu Makino – design
* Triboro – design
Charts
References
External links
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2010 albums
Blonde Redhead albums
Albums produced by Alan Moulder
4AD albums
Shoegaze albums by American artists