OCT. 5, 2010
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Ace of Base
"The Golden Ratio" (vocalists Jenny and Linn Berggren have left the band, replaced by Clara and Julia; first single: "Let It Play [On the Radio]")
(Europe - Universal, Oct. 4, 2010)
David Archuleta
"The Other Side of Down" (first single: "Something 'Bout Love"; Read here ; CD/DVD )
(19 Recordings/Jive, Oct. 5, 2010)
Marty Balin
"Blue Highway" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Balince Music, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bonjay
"Broughtupsy [MP3 Download ]" (producer: Ian "Pho" Swain; Hear here )
(Mysteries of Trade, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bring Me the Horizon
"There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret" (producer: Fredrik Nordström; Hear here ; Deluxe edition )
(Epitaph, Oct. 5, 2010)
British Sea Power
"Zeus E.P." (Hear here )
(U.K. - Rough Trade, Oct. 4, 2010)
Charmaine Clamor (Filipina-American singer)
"Something Good" (she performed on the David Byrne/Fatboy Slim concept album, "Here Lies Love"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(FreeHam, Oct. 4, 2010)
Clinic
"Bubblegum" (producer: John Congleton; first single: "I'm Aware"; Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Domino, Oct. 5, 2010)
Joe Cocker
"Hard Knocks" (producers: Matt Serletic, Tony Brown; Hear here ; See here )
(U.K. - Columbia, Oct. 4, 2010)
Creepshow, The
"They All Fall Down" (Hear here ; Stream ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Hellcat/Epitaph, Oct. 5, 2010)
11 Acorn Lane
"Happy Holy Days" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Wooden Hat Music, Oct. 5, 2010)
Faith Evans
"Something About Faith" (first single: "Gone Already"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Prolific Music Group, Oct. 5, 2010)
Finger Eleven
"Life Turns Electric" (first single: "Living in a Dream"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Wind-up, Oct. 5, 2010)
Fistful of Mercy (Joseph Arthur, Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison)
"As I Call You Down" (first single: "Fistful of Mercy"; Hear here ; See here ; Vinyl )
(Hot/Vagrant, Oct. 5, 2010)
Donavon Frankenreiter
"Glow" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Liquid Tambourine, Oct. 5, 2010)
Gay Blades, The
"Savages" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Triple Crown, Oct. 5, 2010)
Vittorio Grigolo
"The Italian Tenor" (recorded in the Teatro, Regio di Parma, with the resident orchestra and conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi; Stream ; MP3 Download )
(Sony Classical, Oct. 5, 2010)
Groove Junkies
"In the Zone [MP3 Download ]" (soulful house music album; Hear here )
(MoreHouse, Oct. 4, 2010)
Guster
"Easy Wonderful" (producers: Guster; Hear here ; Stream ; Read here ; CD/DVD ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Aware/Universal Republic, Oct. 5, 2010)
Mary Halvorson Quintet (New York-based jazz instrumentalists)
"Saturn Sings" (Stream ; MP3 Download )
(Firehouse 12, Oct. 5, 2010)
Fran Healy (of Travis)
"Wreckorder" (guests: Paul McCartney, Neko Case; first single: "Buttercups"; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Ryko, Oct. 5, 2010)
Jars of Clay
"Jars of Clay Presents the Shelter" (guests: Amy Grant, Brandon Heath, David Crowder, TobyMac, Mike Donehey, Sara Groves, Derek Webb, Leigh Nash, etc.; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Essential, Oct. 5, 2010)
Alain Johannes (formerly of Eleven)
"Spark" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Rekords Rekords/Ipecac Recordings, Oct. 5, 2010 - Josh Homme's label)
Tim Kasher (frontman of Cursive)
"The Game of Monogamy" (first single: "Cold Love" ; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Saddle Creek, Oct. 5, 2010)
Toby Keith
"Bullets in the Gun" (first single: "Trailerhood"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Show Dog Nashville/Universal, Oct. 5, 2010)
Legendary Pink Dots, The
"Seconds Late for the Brighton Line" (Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(RIOR, Oct. 5, 2010)
Leland Sundries (Brooklyn indie-Americana group)
"The Apothecary EP [MP3 Download ]" (five songs; Hear here )
(L'Echiquier, Oct. 5, 2010)
Raul Malo
"Sinners & Saints" (producer: Malo; guests: Augie Meyers, Shawn Sahm, The Trishas, Michael Guerra; Hear here )
(Fantasy/Concord, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bruno Mars
"Doo-wops & Hooligans" (first single: "Just the Way You Are"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Elektra, Oct. 5, 2010)
Jesse McReynolds & Friends with David Nelson & Stu Allen
"Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter" (Read/see here ; MP3 Download )
(Woodstock, Oct. 5, 2010)
Middle Class Rut
"No Name No Color" (producers: Middle Class Rut; first single: "New Low"; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Bright Antenna, Oct. 5, 2010)
Elizabeth Mitchell
"Sunny Day" (producers: Mitchell, Warren Defever, Daniel Littleton; guests: Levon Helm, Dan Zanes, The Mekons' Jon Langford, Children of Agape Choir of South Africa; singles: "Oh, John the Rabbit," "Green, Green Rocky Road"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Oct. 5, 2010)
New Collisions
"The Optimist [MP3 Download ]" (producers: Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie; first single: "Dying Alone" ; Hear here )
(New Collisions, Oct. 5, 2010)
Emily Osment (of "Hannah Montana")
"Fight or Flight" (producers: Nellee Hooper, Toby Gad; new single: "Lovesick"; Hear here )
(Wind-up, Oct. 5, 2010)
Puppini Sisters, The
"Christmas With the Puppini Sisters" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Verve, Oct. 5, 2010)
Joe Satriani
"Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards" (Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Epic, Oct. 5, 2010)
Take 6
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Hear here )
(Heads Up/Concord, Oct. 5, 2010)
Tricky
"Mixed Race" (producer: Tricky; Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Domino, Oct. 5, 2010)
Corin Tucker Band, The (of Sleater-Kinney)
"1,000 Years" (Stream ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Kill Rock Stars, Oct. 5, 2010)
KT Tunstall
"Tiger Suit" (producer: Jim Abbiss; Hear here ; CD/DVD ; MP3 Download )
(Virgin, Oct. 5, 2010)
Dwight Twilley
"Green Blimp" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Big Oak, Oct. 5, 2010)
Various artists
"Sonny With a Chance [TV soundtrack ]" (Disney Channel series)
(Walt Disney, Oct. 5, 2010)
Various artists
"WOW Hits 2011" (2 CDs, 30 songs; MP3 Download )
(WOW Gospel Hits, Oct. 5, 2010)
Matthew West
"The Story of Your Life" (song ideas were inspired by fans; first single: "My Own Little World"; Hear here ; See here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Sparrow, Oct. 5, 2010)
White Sea (side project of M83's Morgan Kibby)
"This Frontier [MP3 Download ]" (Hear here )
(Obscura, Oct. 5, 2010)
Dustin Wong
"Infinite Love" (Hear here ; See here ; Vinyl )
(Thrill Jockey, Oct. 5, 2010)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Louis Armstrong
"Hello, Louis! The Hit Years (1963-1969)" (2 CDs, 39 tracks; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Verve Select, Oct. 5, 2010)
Avett Brothers, The
"Live, Volume 3" (recorded Aug. 8, 2009, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C.; Read here ; DVD ; MP3 Download )
(American/Columbia, Oct. 5, 2010)
Chet Baker
"She Was Too Good to Me" (1974 album; remastered; MP3 Download )
(Sony Masterworks, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bellamy Brothers
"The Anthology: Volume 2 [CD/DVD ]" (21 songs; MP3 Download )
(Bellamy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Blue Öyster Cult
"The Music of Blue Öyster Cult [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 41 tracks)
(Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bone Brothers
"The Best of Bone Brothers" (16 songs; MP3 Download )
(Real Talk TV/Select-O, Oct. 5, 2010)
Michael Bruce (original Alice Cooper member)
"Be Your Lover: Michael Bruce Anthology" (2 CDs; Hear here )
(The Great American Music Company/Redeye, Oct. 5, 2010)
Kenny Burrell
"God Bless the Child" (1971 album; remastered)
(Sony Masterworks, Oct. 5, 2010)
Stanley Clarke
"Modern Man/I Wanna Play For You" (1978, 1979 albums on 2 CDs; remastered)
(U.K. - BGO, Oct. 4, 2010)
Down
"Diary of a Mad Band [CD/DVD ]" (features more than 130 minutes of live video material and unreleased European concert; Read here ; Vinyl )
(Down/ADA, Oct. 5, 2010)
Dan Fogelberg
"The Music of Dan Fogelberg [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 47 tracks)
(Epic/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Jeffrey Gaines
"Jeffrey Gaines" (1992 album; remastered; MP3 Download )
(HMG Recordings/Select-O, Oct. 5, 2010)
Merle Haggard
"The Music of Merle Haggard [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 45 tracks)
(Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Freddie Hubbard
"Red Clay" (1970 album; remastered)
(Sony Masterworks, Oct. 5, 2010)
Amazon.com Widgets
Jefferson Airplane
"The Music of Jefferson Airplane [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 44 tracks)
(RCA/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
George Jones
"The Music of George Jones [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 45 tracks)
(Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Gladys Knight & The Pips
"The Music of Gladys Knight & The Pips [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 45 tracks)
(Buddah/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Hubert Laws
"Morning Star" (1973 album; remastered; MP3 Download )
(Sony Masterworks, Oct. 5, 2010)
John Lennon (his 70th birthday would have been Oct. 9)
"John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" (1970 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Imagine" (1971 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Some Time in New York City" (1972 album; remastered; 2 CDs; MP3 Download ), "Mind Games" (1973 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Walls and Bridges" (1974 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Rock 'N' Roll" (1975 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Double Fantasy Stripped Down" (1980 album; remastered; MP3 Download ), "Milk and Honey" (1984 album; remastered; MP3 Download )
(Capitol/EMI, Oct. 5, 2010)
John Lennon (his 70th birthday would have been Oct. 9)
"Power to the People: The Hits" (15 tracks; MP3 Download ), "Power to the People: The Hits (Experience Edition) [CD/DVD ]," "Gimme Some Truth" (4 CDs; MP3 Download ), "John Lennon Signature Box [Box set ]" (11 CDs; MP3 Download )
(Capitol/EMI, Oct. 5, 2010)
Barry Manilow
"The Music of Barry Manilow [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 50 tracks)
(Arista/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
John Mayer
"Battle Studies: Expanded Edition [CD/DVD ]" (2009 album; the DVD contains his "VH1 Storytellers" broadcast and two acoustic performances from Japan)
(Columbia, Oct. 5, 2010)
Ronnie Milsap
"The Music of Ronnie Milsap [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 45 tracks)
(RCA/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Ozzy Osbourne
"Scream: Tour Edition" (2010 album, with a second CD of seven previously unreleased tracks and live recordings)
(Epic, Oct. 5, 2010)
Teddy Pendergrass
"The Music of Teddy Pendergrass [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 45 tracks)
(Philadelphia International/Legacy, Oct. 5, 2010)
Todd Rundgren
"For Lack of Honest Work" (3-CD "official" live bootleg, 43 tracks taken from shows from 1971-2006; Track list )
(MicroWerks, Oct. 5, 2010)
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
"Christmas With the Rat Pack"
(Capitol/EMI, Oct. 5, 2010)
Huey "Piano" Smith
"Just Clownin (More of the Best)" (20 tracks)
(The Great American Music Company/Redeye, Oct. 5, 2010)
Various artists
"Annie: The Broadway Musical (30th Anniversary Production Cast Recording)" (24 songs)
(Time Life, Oct. 5, 2010)
Various artists
"The Roots of Rod Stewart" (16 songs and artists that influenced Stewart)
(Fuel, Oct. 5, 2010)
Various artists
"Pink Floyd's Jukebox: The Songs That Inspired the Band" (23 songs)
(Chrome Dreams, Oct. 5, 2010)
Jennifer Warnes
"Famous Blue Raincoat: 24 Karat Gold Edition" (1987 album), "The Well: 24 Karat Gold Edition" (2001 album, with three bonus tracks; MP3 Download )
(Porch Light, Oct. 5, 2010)
Zombies, The
"Zombies à Go Go [Vinyl ]" (four rare tracks; Hear/read here ), "Zombies R&B [Vinyl ]" (four rare tracks; Hear/read here ), "The Zombies At Work (N' Play) [Vinyl ]" (four rare tracks; Hear/read here )
(U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, Oct. 4, 2010)
MUSIC BOOKS
Subject/ Author(s):
Title:
Publisher/Due date:
Justin Bieber
"Justin Bieber: Our World [Hardcover ]" (author: Millie Rowlands)
(Orion, Oct. 5, 2010)
David Bowie
"Bowie: A Biography [Paperback ]" (author: Marc Spitz; Kindle )
(Three Rivers Press, Oct. 5, 2010)
Eagles
"The Eagles: An American Band [Hardcover ]" (author: Andrew Vaughan)
(Sterling, Oct. 5, 2010)
Led Zeppelin
"Treasures of Led Zeppelin [Hardcover ]" (author: Chris Welch; Read here )
(Carlton Books, Oct. 5, 2010)
Joel Whitburn
"The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits [Paperback ]" (subtitled: "9th Edition: Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009")
(Billboard Books, Oct. 5, 2010)
MUSIC GAMES