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)
Amazon.com Widgets
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)
Amazon.com Widgets
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)
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