JULY 6, 2010
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Big Boi (of OutKast)
"Sir Luscious Leftfoot ... Son of Chico Dusty" (guests: Jamie Foxx, George Clinton, Too $hort, Janelle Monáe; first single: "Shutterbug"; Hear here ; Read here ; CD/DVD ; MP3 Download )
(Def Jam, July 6, 2010)
Sebastian Blanck (ex-Black Dice member)
"Alibi Coast" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Rare Book Room, July 6, 2010)
Cat Empire, The
"Cinema" (Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Velour Recordings, July 6, 2010)
Chap, The
"Well Done Europe" (Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Lo Recordings, July 6, 2010)
Enrique Iglesias
"Euphoria" (his first album to include English- and Spanish-language songs; producers: RedOne, Mark Taylor, Carlos Paucar; guests: Lionel Richie, Usher, Akon, Pitbull; first single: "I Like It"; Hear here )
(Universal, July 6, 2010)
Kelis
"Flesh Tone" (producers: David Guetta, will.i.am, Free School, Boys Noize, Burnz, DJ Ammo, Benny Benassi; first single: "Acapella" ; Hear here ; See here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(will.i.am. Music Group/Interscope, July 6, 2010)
Ed Kowalczyk (lead singer of Live)
"Alive" (his first solo album; Chris Daughtry on the driving rock track co-wrote "Drink [Everlasting Love]"; producer: CJ Eiriksson; first single: "Grace"; Hear here )
(Soul Whisper/RED, July 6, 2010)
Bret Michaels
"Custom Built" (includes a cover of Sublime's "What I Got"; guest: Miley Cyrus; Hear here )
(Poor Boy, July 6, 2010)
Kylie Minogue
"Aphrodite" (first single: "All the Lovers"; Read here ; CD/DVD ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Astralwerks/EMI, July 6, 2010)
Old 97's
"Mimeograph [MP3 Download ]" (four-song EP; covers of The Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off," The Fratellis' "For the Girl," R.E.M.'s "Driver 8" and David Bowie's "Five Years"; Hear here )
(New West, July 6, 2010)
Silver Seas, The
"Chateau Revenge [MP3 Download ]" (Hear here )
(Cheap Lullaby, July 6, 2010)
Walter Trout
"Common Ground" (producer: John Porter; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Provogue, July 6, 2010)
Jimmie Vaughan
"Jimmie Vaughan Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites" (his first studio album in nine years; covers of songs by Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, Willie Nelson, Roy Milton, Roscoe Gordon, etc.; producer: Vaughan; Hear here )
(Shout! Factory, July 6, 2010)
What Laura Says
"Bloom Cheek" (Hear here )
(Terpsikhore, July 6, 2010)
Kathryn Williams
"The Quickening" (producers: Williams, David Wrench; Hear here )
(One Little Indian, July 6, 2010)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
a-ha
"Hunting High and Low: Deluxe Edition" (1985 album), "Scoundrel Days: Deluxe Edition" (1986 album)
(U.K. - Rhino, July 5, 2010)
Aztec Two-Step
"Time It Was: The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook Live" (2009 album; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Renaissance, July 6, 2010)
Cheap Trick
"Budokan! Friday, April 28, 1978 [CD/DVD ]"
(Epic/Legacy, July 6, 2010)
Jeffrey Gaines
"Jeffrey Gaines" (1992 album; remastered)
(HMG Recordings/Select-O, July 6, 2010)
Al Green
"Love Ritual: Rare & Unreleased (1968-76)"
(Fat Possum, July 6, 2010)
Jerry Lee Lewis
"The Essential Sun Records Country Hits" (14 tracks)
(Varese Sarabande, July 6, 2010)
John Phillips
"Many Mamas, Many Papas" (2-CD set of 1980s recordings with Mackenzie Phillips, Denny Doherty, Spanky McFarlane and Scott McKenzie; Read here )
(Varese Sarabande, July 6, 2010)
Various artists
"NPR Discover Songs: Soul Revival" (Read here )
(Shout! Factory, July 6, 2010)
MUSIC BOOKS
Subject/ Author(s):
Title:
Publisher/Due date:
Vic Damone
"Singing Was the Easy Part [Paperback ]" (foreword by Larry King; Kindle )
(St. Martin's Griffin, July 6, 2010)
Chris O'Dell, with Katherine Ketcham
"Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved [Paperback ]" (Read here ; Kindle )
(Touchstone, July 6, 2010)
Tony Rettman
"Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985 [Paperback ]"
(Revelation, July 6, 2010)