Heavy Lifting
Heavy Lifting is the third and final studio album by the American rock band MC5, released on October 18, 2024. It is the band's first studio release since 1971's High Time.
Background
In March 2022, guitarist Wayne Kramer announced that a new MC5 album would be released later in the year, along with a U.S. tour under the name We Are All MC5. He later confirmed that the album would be released in Spring 2024. Kramer died in February 2024 from pancreatic cancer, as the album was nearing completion. The album features several guest musicians, including MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, Slash, Tom Morello, William Duvall, and Vernon Reid.Personnel
MC5- Wayne Kramer – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, performance, horn arrangements
- Brad Brooks – vocals, harmonica, keyboards, performance
- Don Was – bass, performance
- Vicki Randle – vocals, bass, percussion, performance
- Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, performance
- Winston A. Watson Jr. – drums, performance
- Stevie Salas – guitars, performance
- Bob Ezrin – production, mixing
- Robert Vosgien – mastering
- Dave Way – engineering
- Nicole Schmidt – engineering
- Julian Shank – engineering
- Kyle Stephens – engineering
- Luke Reynolds – engineering
- Ryan "Toby" Hyland – engineering
- Matt Binder – engineering
- Jerry Becker – vocal recording on "Barbarians at the Gate" and "Hit It Hard"
- Everett Brooks – shouting on "I Am the Fun "
- Severine Brooks – shouting on "I Am the Fun "
- Joe Berry – horn arrangements
- Jason Federici – photography, graphic design
- Jim Newberry – Wayne Kramer portrait photography