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FEB. 8, 2005

Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Steve Barton (formerly of Translator)"Charm Offensive" (producer: Ed Stasium; guests: Robbie Rist, Dave Scheff) (Sleepless/Redeye, Feb. 8, 2005)
Andrew Bird"The Mysterious Production of Eggs" (Righteous Babe, Feb. 8, 2005)
Krayzie Bone"Gemini (Good vs. Evil)" (with bonus DVD) (Ball'R, Feb. 8, 2005)
Michael Bublé"It's Time" (producer: David Foster) (143/Reprise, Feb. 8, 2005)
Crowbar"Life's Blood For the Downtrodden" (Candlelight, Feb. 8, 2005)
Dalek"Absence" (Ipecac Recordings, Feb. 8, 2005)
Dirty Martini"Dirty Martini" (Pampelmoose, Feb. 8, 2005)
Duhks, The"The Duhks" (Sugar Hill, Feb. 8, 2005)
Eisley"Room Noises" (Reprise, Feb. 8, 2005)
Emerson String Quartet"American Contemporaries" (Deutsche Grammophon, Feb. 8, 2005)
5 Browns, The (quintet of brothers and sisters who are all virtuoso concert pianists)"The 5 Browns [DualDisc]" (one side features the audio recording, the other side features DVD video - See here) (RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics, Feb. 8, 2005)
Frames, The"Burn the Maps" (Anti-/Epitaph, Feb. 8, 2005)
Sage Francis"A Healthy Distrust" (Read here) (Epitaph, Feb. 8, 2005)
Girls Under Glass"Zyklus" (Metropolis, Feb. 8, 2005)
Golden Republic, The"The Golden Republic" (producer: Peter Katis) (Astralwerks, Feb. 8, 2005)
Grascals, The"The Grascals" (Rounder, Feb. 8, 2005)
Richie Kotzen"Acoustic Cuts" (Frontiers, Feb. 8, 2005)
Lang Lang"Lang Lang: Rachmaninov Piano Concert No. 2, Paganini Rhapsody" (Deutsche Grammophon, Feb. 8, 2005)
Mardo"Mardo" (See here) (House of Restitution, Feb. 8, 2005)
Brian McKnight"Gemini" (first single: "What We Do Here" - Hear here via iTunes) (Motown, Feb. 8, 2005)

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Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Top Hands"Wolf Tracks" (Dualtone, Feb. 8, 2005)
Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano"I Have the Room Above Her" (ECM, Feb. 8, 2005)
Mu"Out of Breach" (Output Recordings, Feb. 8, 2005)
Myth II"Next Chapter" (Paras, Feb. 8, 2005)
NOJO with Sam Rivers"City of Neighbourhoods" (True North/Rounder, Feb. 8, 2005)
Outrageous Cherry"Our Love Will Change the World" (Rainbow Quartz, Feb. 8, 2005)
Paradise Vending"All That Ever Wasn't" (The Orchard, Feb. 8, 2005)
Julian Rachlin"Brahms Violin Concerto, Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3" (Warner Classics, Feb. 8, 2005)
Reckless Kelly"Wicked Twisted Road" (producer: Ray Kennedy; Read here) (Sugar Hill, Feb. 8, 2005)
Relativez, The"Money Respect Money" (with bonus DVD; producers: Rashad "Big Rush" Coes, Scott Storch, DJ Khalil, Focus; guests: Too $hort, Krayzie Bone, Gangsta, Butch Cassiday, Dave Hollister, etc.) (Ball'R, Feb. 8, 2005)
Chris Rice"Snapshots: Live & Fan Favorites" (Rocketown, Feb. 8, 2005)
Rising Moon"They Are As Us" (Crash Music, Feb. 8, 2005)
Scary Kids Scaring Kids"After Dark [EP] " (Immortal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Sham Pain"Pimp of the Century" (Delvian, Feb. 8, 2005)
Sperms, The"Wow! What? What?" (Nicotine, Feb. 8, 2005)
They Walk in Line"Medical Necessities" (producers: Jerry Direnzio, Mark Lewis) (Rock Ridge Music/Sixthman, Feb. 8, 2005)
3 Doors Down"Seventeen Days" (producer: Johnny K; first single: "Let Me Go" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Republic/Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Tiefschwarz"Misch Masch" (Fine, Feb. 8, 2005)
The Academy Is ..."Almost Here" (Hear here) (Fueled By Ramen, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Deadwood [TV soundtrack]" (HBO series) (Lost Highway, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Kiki & Herb Will Die For You: Live at Carnegie Hall" (2 CDs; David Foster-Jared Geller presentation of a concert conceived, written and performed by Justin "Kiki" Bond and Kenny "Herb" Mellman; Read here) (Evolver, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Son of The Mask [film soundtrack]" (New Line, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Universal Smash Hits 3" (Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Mal Waldron"On Steinway" (Fuel 2000, Feb. 8, 2005)
Cheryl Wheeler"Defying Gravity" (Philo/Rounder, Feb. 8, 2005)
Lee Ann Womack"There's More Where That Came From" (producer: Byron Gallimore; first single: "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" - Hear here via iTunes) (MCA Nashville, Feb. 8, 2005)
Danny Wright"Real Romance" (Atlantic, Feb. 8, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
AC/DC"Back in Black [DualDisc]" (1980 album) (Epic, Feb. 8, 2005)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass"The Lonely Bull" (1962 album - Hear here - Windows, QuickTime; Read here), "South of the Border" (1964 album - Hear here - Windows, QuickTime; Read here), "Lost Treasures: Rare & Unreleased" (Hear here - Windows, QuickTime; Read here) (Shout! Factory, Feb. 8, 2005)
Bad Manners"Feel Like Jumping!" (Trojan/Sanctuary, Feb. 8, 2005)
Joan Baez"Any Day Now" (1968 album; Read here), "David's Album" (1969 album; Read here) (Vanguard, Feb. 8, 2005)
Leonard Bernstein"The 1953 American Decca Recordings [box set]" (5 CDs) (Deutsche Grammophon, Feb. 8, 2005)
David Bowie"Reality [DualDisc]" (2003 album) (ISO/Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
Tracy Byrd"Greatest Hits" (BNA, Feb. 8, 2005)
Cher"Greatest Hits Volume 1" (Fuel 2000, Feb. 8, 2005)
Roy Clark"Very Best of Roy Clark" (Time Life, Feb. 8, 2005)
Rodney Dangerfield"Romeo Rodney" (an album of love songs he worked on for two years before his death; includes a bonus track, his 1983 hit "Rappin' Rodney") (Respond 2, Feb. 8, 2005)
Destiny's Child"Destiny Fulfilled [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
Narvel Felts"Very Best of Narvel Felts" (Gusto, Feb. 8, 2005)
Five For Fighting"The Battle for Everything [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Aware/Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
Good Charlotte"The Young and the Hopeless [DualDisc]" (2002 album) (Epic, Feb. 8, 2005)
Incubus"A Crowd Left of the Murder [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Epic/Immortal, Feb. 8, 2005)
K-Ci & JoJo"All My Life: Their Greatest Hits" (Geffen/UME, Feb. 8, 2005)
Kendalls, The"20 Greatest Hits" (Tee Vee, Feb. 8, 2005)
Avril Lavigne"Under My Skin [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Arista/RCA, Feb. 8, 2005)
Los Lonely Boys"Los Lonely Boys [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Or Music/Epic, Feb. 8, 2005)
John Mayer"Heavier Things [DualDisc]" (2003 album) (Aware/Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
MercyMe"Almost There [DualDisc]" (2001 album) (INO/Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)

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Katy Moffatt"Cowboy Girl" (2001 album) (Dualtone, Feb. 8, 2005)
O'Jays, The"The Essential O'Jays" (Read here) (Epic/Legacy, Feb. 8, 2005)
Shuggie Otis (son of R&B legend Johnny Otis)"Inspiration Information" (1974 album; with bonus tracks, including his 1971 original "Strawberry Letter 23") (Luaka Bop, Feb. 8, 2005)
Charlie Parker"The Genius of Charlie Parker" (Savoy Jazz, Feb. 8, 2005)
Charley Pride"20 Super Hits" (Tee Vee, Feb. 8, 2005)
Lou Rawls"When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All/Lou Rawls Live" (1977, 1978 albums; with one bonus track) (U.K. - Edsel, Feb. 7, 2005)
Selecter, The"Street Feeling: The Receiver Anthology" (2 CDs; released in U.K. in December 2004) (Trojan/Sanctuary, Feb. 8, 2005)
Smithereens, The"God Bless The Smithereens" (2-CD set, featuring 1997's "Pat DiNizio: Songs and Sounds" and 1999's "God Save The Smithereens") (Koch, Feb. 8, 2005)
Spirit"Model Shop" (1969 soundtrack album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here) (Sundazed, Feb. 8, 2005)
Mel Streets"20 Greatest Hits" (Tee Vee, Feb. 8, 2005)
Andy Summers"The X Tracks" (a selection of tracks recorded between 1997 and 2002; Read here) (Fuel 2000, Feb. 8, 2005)
Switchfoot"The Beautiful Letdown [DualDisc]" (2003 album) (RED Ink/Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
Train"My Private Nation [DualDisc]" (2003 album) (Columbia, Feb. 8, 2005)
Usher"8701 [DualDisc]" (2001 album) (LaFace, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"The Best of Pooh and Friends & Heffalumps Too" (Walt Disney, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Disney Princess: The Princess Tea Party Album" (Walt Disney, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Drive-Thru Records: Pure Volume Compilation" (Drive-Thru/Sanctuary, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Fired Up! 2" (Razor & Tie, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Songs" (1994 album; Read here) (Gusto, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Pure Hits," "Pure Worship" (Brentwood, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"The Science Fiction Album [box set]" (4 CDs) (Silva America, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Total Classics" (2 CDs; featuring Luciano Pavarotti, The Three Tenors, Sarah Brightman, Hayley Westerna, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Bond, Russell Watson, etc.) (Decca, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Totally Country Vol. 4" (BMG Heritage, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Ultimate Swing Wedding," "Ultimate Wedding Dance Favorites" (Denon, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"VH1 Classic Metal Mania: Stripped" (Immortal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Velvet Revolver"Contraband [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (RCA, Feb. 8, 2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber"Ultimate Lovers Collection" (First Night/RED, Feb. 8, 2005)
Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child)"Heart to Yours" (2002 album; with bonus tracks) (Sanctuary Urban, Feb. 8, 2005)
Yo-Yo Ma"Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Sony Classical, Feb. 8, 2005)
Zap Mama"Adventures in Afropea, Vol. 1" (1993 album), "7" (1997 album), "A Ma Zone" (1999 album) (Luaka Bop, Feb. 8, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Björk"Dancer in the Dark [DVD]" (2000 film) (New Line, Feb. 8, 2005)
Jim Carrey"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Collector's Edition) [DVD]" (2 discs; 2004 film) (UMVD, Feb. 8, 2005)
Cheech and Chong"Cheech and Chong's Next Movie [DVD]" (1980 film) (Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Crosby, Stills & Nash"Long Time Comin' [DVD]" (Rhino, Feb. 8, 2005)
Foghat"Foghat: The Millennium Tour [DVD]" (filmed in 1999, this live performance was from the last tour for original member and lead singer-guitarist Dave Peverett, who died in 2000) (Rhino, Feb. 8, 2005)
Jamie Foxx"The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; WB Network sitcom; 1996 season) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby"On the Road with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby: The Franchise Collection [DVD]" ("Road to Singapore, "Road to Zanzibar," "Road to Morocco," "Road to Utopia") (UMVD, Feb. 8, 2005)
Michael Jackson"Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story [DVD]" (VH1 original film) (Paramount, Feb. 8, 2005)
Liza Minnelli"New York, New York [DVD]" (1977 film) (MGM, Feb. 8, 2005)
Will Smith"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; NBC sitcom; 1990 season) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Barbra Streisand"The Barbra Streisand Collection [DVD]" (box set containing the films "The Way We Were," "The Prince of Tides" and "The Mirror Has Two Faces") (Columbia TriStar, Feb. 8, 2005)
Keith Sweat"The Best of Keith Sweat: Make You Sweat [DVD]" (Rhino, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Airport Terminal Pack [DVD]" (2 discs; "Airport," "Airport '75," "Airport '77," "The Concorde: Airport '79") (UMVD, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Best Picture Collection: Musicals [DVD]" (box set containing the films "My Fair Lady," "An American in Paris," "The Broadway Melody of 1929," "Gigi" and "The Great Ziegfield") (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Field of Dreams: Two-Disc Anniversary Edition [DVD]" (1989 film) (Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Full House: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; ABC sitcom; 1987 season) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Malcolm X (Two-Disc Special Edition) [DVD]" (1992 film) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"The Martin Scorsese Film Collection [DVD]" (4 discs; featuring "New York, New York," "Raging Bull," "The Last Waltz," "Boxcar Bertha") (MGM, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Miami Vice - Season One [DVD]" (3 discs; 1984-85 season of the NBC series; Read here) (Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Murphy Brown: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; 1988 season; the CBS sitcom debuted in November 1988) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Night Court: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; 1984 season; the NBC sitcom debuted in January 1984 as a midseason replacement) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"1941 (Collector's Edition) [DVD]" (1979 film) (Universal, Feb. 8, 2005)
Various artists"Shark Tale [DVD]" (2004 film) (DreamWorks, Feb. 8, 2005)
Wayans Bros., The"The Wayans Bros.: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; WB Network sitcom; 1995 season) (Warner, Feb. 8, 2005)

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MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s):Title:Publisher/Due date:
Tori Amos and Ann Powers"Piece by Piece - A Portrait of the Artist: Her Thoughts. Her Conversations." (Broadway, Feb. 8, 2005)
Tom Stoddard"The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man" (Backbeat Books, Feb. 8, 2005)
U2"U2 & I: The Photographs 1982-2004" (author: photographer Anton Corbijn) (Schirmer/Mosel, Feb. 11, 2005)

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