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MAY 6, 2008

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Mindi Abair "Stars" (producer: Matthew Hager; first single: "Smile"; Hear here) (Peak, May 6, 2008)
Clay Aiken "On My Way Here" (producer: Kipper; first single: "On My Way Here"; Hear here; Read here) (19 Entertainment/RCA, May 6, 2008)

BTW: Track listing - "On My Way Here" (written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan "Alias" Tedder), "Ashes," "Everything I Don't Need," "Something About Us," "Falling," "Where I Draw the Line," "The Real Me," "Weight of the World," "As Long As We're Here," "Sacrificial Love," "Grace of God," "Lover All Alone."

Kaitlyn Anderson "A New Word for Over [EP]" (producer: Peter Barker; first single: "Unhappy"; Hear here) (unsigned, May 9, 2008)
Barenaked Ladies "Snacktime" (children's album; Hear here; See here) (Desperation, May 6, 2008)
Cheap Time "Cheap Time" (Hear here) (In the Red, May 6, 2008)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters "Momofuku" (Read here) (Lost Highway, May 6, 2008)
Craig David "Trust Me" (released in the U.K. in October 2007; producers: Martin Terefe, Fraser T. Smith; first single: "Hot Stuff," which samples David Bowie's "Let's Dance"; Hear here) (Warner, May 6, 2008)
Gavin DeGraw "Gavin DeGraw" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "In Love With a Girl"; Read here) (J, May 6, 2008)
Neil Diamond "Home Before Dark" (his 27th studio album; producer: Rick Rubin; first single: "Pretty Amazing Grace"; Hear here; Hear here; also available in deluxe edition, with a bonus DVD) (Columbia, May 6, 2008)
Firewater "The Golden Hour" (See here) (Bloodshot, May 6, 2008)
Tim Fite "Fair Ain't Fair" (Hear here) (Anti-/Epitaph, May 6, 2008)
Four Tet "Ringer" (Hear here) (Domino, May 6, 2008)
Nik Freitas "Sun Down" (producer: Freitas; Hear here; Read here; also available as MP3 Download) (Team Love, May 6, 2008)
From First to Last "From First to Last" (producer: Josh Abraham; Hear here) (Suretone/Interscope, May 6, 2008)
Rob GEE "Says ..." (Hear here) (Rock Ridge Music, May 6, 2008)
Greeley Estates "Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East" (producer: Cory Spotts; first single: "Blue Morning"; Hear here) (Science, May 6, 2008)
Lady GaGa "Just Dance [vinyl single]" (Hear here; also available as MP3 Download) (Interscope, May 6, 2008)
Long Blondes, The "Couples" (Hear here; also available as vinyl LP and MP3 Download) (Rough Trade, May 6, 2008)
Johnny Mathis "A Night to Remember" (guests: Gladys Knight, Kenny G, Dave Koz, Yolanda Adams, Mone't) (Columbia, May 6, 2008)
Matmos "Supreme Balloon" (all-electronic album; Hear here; also available as vinyl LP and MP3 Download) (Matador, May 6, 2008)
Fayssoux Starling McLean "Early" (producer: Peter Cooper; guests: Emmylou Harris; Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, David Ball, Lloyd Green; Hear here) (Red Beet, May 6, 2008)
Millencolin "Machine 15" (producer: Lou Giordano; Hear here) (Epitaph, May 6, 2008)
Morning Benders, The "Talking Through Tin Cans" (Hear here; See here) (+1 Records, May 6, 2008)
Kenny Neal "Let Life Flow" (producers: Neal, Scott Cable, Kenny Neal Jr.; Read here) (Blind Pig, May 6, 2008)
Olivia Newton-John "A Celebration in Song: Olivia Newton-John and Friends" (new and past duets with Keith Urban, Jann Arden, Jimmy Barnes, Barry Gibb, Delta Goodrem, Richard Marx, Cliff Richard, etc.; See here; Read here) (Australia - Warner, May 5, 2008)
No Age "Nouns" (Hear here; also available as vinyl LP) (Sub Pop, May 6, 2008)
Kelli O'Hara (singer-Broadway actress, "The Pajama Game") "Wonder in the World" (includes covers of "Spooky," "Fire and Rain" and Billy Joel's "And So It Goes"; guest: Harry Connick Jr.) (Ghostlight, May 6, 2008)
Russian Circles "Station" (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here) (Suicide Squeeze, May 6, 2008)
Shy Child "Noise Won't Stop" (producer: Chris Zane; Hear here) (Kill Rock Stars, May 6, 2008)
Chris Sligh ("American Idol" season 6 finalist) "Running Back to You" (producers: Bannister Brown, Will Owsley; first single: "Empty Me"; Hear here) (Brash Music, May 6, 2008)
Socratic "Spread the Rumors" (producer: Blink 182's Mark Hoppus; Hear here) (Drive-Thru, May 6, 2008)
Aaron Tippin "He Believed" (Hear here; Read here) (Nippit, May 6, 2008 - available exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Bellamy Brothers "Number One Hits" (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Dierks Bentley "Greatest Hits//Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008" (fans helped pick some of the content; Read here) (Capitol Nashville, May 6, 2008)
Confederate Railroad "The Very Best of ..." (18 tracks) (Rhino, May 6, 2008)
Dr. Hook "Dr. Hook/Sloppy Seconds/Belly Up!" (2 CDs; 1971, 1972, 1973 albums; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, May 5, 2008)
Josh Groban "Awake Live [CD/DVD]" (Aug. 28, 2007, show at Salt Lake City's EnergySolutions Arena) (Reprise/143, May 6, 2008)
Simon Joyner "The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll" (1994 album) (Team Love, May 6, 2008)
Judds, The "The Judds: Collector's Edition" (in a tin case) (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Toby Keith "35 Biggest Hits" (2 CDs) (Mercury Nashville/UME, May 6, 2008)
Hal Ketchum "Greatest Hits" (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Magnetic Fields, The "The Charm of the Highway Strip [vinyl LP]" (1994 album) (Merge, May 6, 2008)
Tim McGraw "Tim McGraw: Collector's Edition" (in a tin case) (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Midnight Oil "Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]" (1987 album; the DVD includes "Blackfella/Whitefella," the 1987 documentary of their 1986 tour of remote aboriginal settlements, as guests of the aboriginal Warumpi Band) (Columbia/Legacy, May 6, 2008)
Michael Nesmith "The Prison" (1974 album; Read here) (U.K. - Edsel, May 5, 2008)
LeAnn Rimes "LeAnn Rimes: Collector's Edition" (in a tin case) (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Sawyer Brown "Best of Sawyer Brown" (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Scritti Politti "Early [vinyl LP]" (2005 album; 13 tracks culled from late '70s and early '80s EPs) (Rough Trade, May 6, 2008)
Blake Shelton "Pure BS: Collector's Edition" (2007 album; Hear here) (Warner Nashville, May 6, 2008)
Ray Stevens "Greatest Hits: The 50th Anniversary Collection" (Curb, May 6, 2008)
T-Bones, The (group later recorded as Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds) "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)/Sippin' 'N Chippin' " (1966 albums; remastered; Track listing) (U.K. - BGO, May 5, 2008)
Various artists "Cool Country Hits: Collector's Edition" (3 CDs; in a tin case) (Curb, May 6, 2008)
Various artists "Hip Hop Hits" (Time Life, May 6, 2008)
Hank Williams Jr. "Hank Williams Jr.: Collector's Edition" (in a tin case) (Curb, May 6, 2008)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Drew Hastings "Irked & Miffed [DVD]" (Comedy Central special, which airs April 26; See here) (Image, May 6, 2008)
James Last "Live at the Royal Albert Hall [DVD]" (2007 tour) (Eagle Rock, May 6, 2008)
Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions "Movin' On Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions [DVD]" (See here) (Hip-O, May 6, 2008)
Mötley Crüe "Carnival of Sin [Blu-ray DVD]" (WEA, May 6, 2008)
Prince "Rave Un2 the Year 2000 [DVD]" (Eagle Rock, May 6, 2008)
T. Rex "Live in Concert [DVD]" (MVD Visual, May 6, 2008)
Various artists "I'm Not There [DVD]" (2 discs; Todd Haynes' 2007 biopic in which six characters portray different stages in Bob Dylan's career; Hear here) (Weinstein Company, May 6, 2008)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The "Beatles for Sale: How Everything They Touched Turned to Gold [Paperback]" (author: John Blaney) (Jawbone Press, May 5, 2008)
Bob Marley and The Wailers "Exodus [Hardcover/CD]" (contains the classic 1977 album on CD; author: Richard Williams) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, May 6, 2008)
Sly & The Family Stone "There's a Riot Going On: The Turbulent Times of Sly and the Family Stone [Hardcover]" (author: Jeff Kaliss) (Backbeat Books, May 10, 2008)
Warren Zevon "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon [Paperback]" (author: Crystal Zevon) (Harper Paperbacks, May 6, 2008)

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