MARCH 10, 2009
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Afro Classics
"Scraub & Very Present The Classic EP" (Hear here ; Ecard here )
(Legendary Music, March 10, 2009)
Anarbor
"Free Your Mind [EP ]" (producer: Mike Green; Hear here )
(Hopeless, March 10, 2009)
Ballas Hough Band ("Dancing With the Stars" pros Mark Ballas and Derek Hough)
"BHB" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Hollywood, March 10, 2009)
Corbin Bleu (of "High School Musical")
"Speed of Light" (first single: "Moments That Matter"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Hollywood, March 10, 2009)
Luka Bloom
"Eleven Songs" (producers: David Odlum, Bloom; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Bar/None, March 10, 2009)
Sarah Brightman
"Symphony - Live in Vienna" (recorded at Stephansdome Cathedral on Jan. 16, 2008; See here ; CD/DVD )
(Manhattan/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Case
"The Rose Experience" (Hear here )
(Indigo Blue/A2M, March 10, 2009)
Kelly Clarkson
"All I Ever Wanted" (producer: OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder; first single: "My Life Would Suck Without You"; Hear here ; Read here ; CD/DVD )
(RCA, March 10, 2009)
Chris Cornell
"Scream" (producer: Timbaland; first single: "Ground Zero" ; Hear here ; Read here )
(Suretone/Interscope, March 10, 2009)
Cursive
"Mama I'm Swollen" (Hear here ; Read here )
(Saddle Creek, March 10, 2009)
Plácido Domingo
"Amore Infinito: Songs inspired by the Poetry of John Paul II - Karol Wojtyla" (featuring the London Symphony Orchestra; guests: Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, Vanessa Williams)
(Deutsche Grammophon, March 10, 2009)
Dope
"No Regrets" (producer: Tadpole; Hear here )
(Koch, March 10, 2009)
The-Dream
"Love vs. Money" (guests: Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Lil Jon; first single: "Rockin' That Thang"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Def Jam, March 10, 2009)
John Wesley Harding
"Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead" (with a bonus live CD; guests: The Minus Five; Hear here )
(Popover Corps, March 10, 2009)
Ari Hest
"Twelve Mondays [MP3 Download ]" (Hear here )
(Project 4, March 10, 2009)
Taylor Hicks
"The Distance" (producer: Simon Climie; guests: Doyle Bramhall II, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel Jr.; first single: "What's Right Is Right"; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Modern Whomp/A2M, March 10, 2009)
J. Holiday
"Round 2" (producers: The-Dream, Jasper Cameron, The Co-Stars; first single: "It's Yours"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Music Line Group/Capitol, March 10, 2009)
Ronnie Milsap
"Then My Soul Sings: 24 Favorite Hymns & Gospel Songs" (2 CDs; producer: Rob Galbraith; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Star Song Music/EMI, March 10, 2009)
New Found Glory
"Not Without a Fight" (producer: Mark Hoppus; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Epitaph, March 10, 2009)
Oh No Not Stereo
"003" (producers: Oh No Not Stereo, Jim Wirt, Max Coane; guest: Airin Older of Sugarcult; first single: "Let's Get It Started"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Interdependent, March 10, 2009)
BTW: "This new record is such an accomplishment for our band," singer/multi-instrumentalist Skyler Nielsen tells P&P. "From the demo sessions in Scottsdale, Ariz., last summer, where we wrote and demoed over 50 candidates for '003,' to the self-produced studio sessions in Hollywood, that featured an assisted studio team that we could only dream of."
Vanessa Paradis
"Divinidylle" (released in France in December 2007; Hear here ; See here )
(Wrasse, March 10, 2009)
Madeleine Peyroux
"Bare Bones" (producers: Larry Klein, Walter Becker, Joe Henry; Hear here ; Read here )
(Rounder, March 10, 2009)
Razorlight
"Slipway Fires" (released in U.K. in November 2008; producer: Mike Crossey; Hear here ; Read here )
(Mercury, March 10, 2009)
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman
"Modern Art" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Peak, March 10, 2009)
Riverboat Gamblers
"Underneath the Owl" (producer: Mudrock; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Volcom Entertainment, March 10, 2009)
Anni Rossi Rockwell
"Rockwell" (includes a cover of Ace of Base's "Living Danger"; producer: Steve Albini; Hear here )
(4AD, March 10, 2009)
Roxy Epoxy and the Rebound
"Band-Aids On Bullet Holes" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Metropolis, March 10, 2009)
Sometymes Why (Aoife O'Donovan, Kristin Andreassen, and Ruth Ungar Merenda)
"Your Heart Is a Glorious Machine" (producer: José Ayerve; Hear here )
(Signature Sounds, March 10, 2009)
Rick Springfield
"My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation" (songs he had written about his sons after their births some 20 years ago; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Gomer/DKE, March 10, 2009)
Various artists
"Covered, A Revolution in Sound: Warner Bros. Records" (Warner artists cover the label's classics; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Warner, March 10, 2009)
Eligh and Jo Wilkinson
"On Sacred Ground: Mother and Son" (Hear here ; Ecard here ; MP3 Download )
(Legendary Music, March 10, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
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Title:
Label/Due date:
ABBA
"Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]" (15 tracks)
(Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
Randy Bachman & New Guitar Summit
"Jazz Thing II" (2007 album)
(Koch, March 10, 2009)
Blue Öyster Cult
"Club Ninja" (1986 album)
(American Beat, March 10, 2009)
BoDeans
"Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams (Collector's Edition)" (1986 album; 2 CDs), "Go Slow Down [MP3 Download ]" (1993 album)
(Slash/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Gary U.S. Bonds
"Dedication/On the Line" (1981, 1982 albums on one disc; remastered)
(U.K. - BGO, March 9, 2009)
Boomtown Rats, The
"The Boomtown Rats [MP3 Download ]" (1977 album), "The Fine Art of Surfacing [MP3 Download ]" (1979 album)
(Mercury/UME, March 10, 2009)
Maxine Brown
"Best of the Wand Years" (1981, 1982 albums on one disc; remastered)
(U.K. - Kent/Ace, March 9, 2009)
Frank Caliendo
"Un-Leashed" (live from the National Lampoon Comedy club in Santa Monica, with fellow standup comics Rob Cantrell, Alonzo Bodden, Bonnie McFarlane and Gary Gulman; MP3 Download )
(Uproar, March 10, 2009)
Church, The
"Sing-Songs // Remote Luxury // Persia [MP3 Download ]" (1983, 1984 EPs), "Heyday [MP3 Download ]" (1986 album)
(Caroline/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Nat "King" Cole
"Re:Generations" (MP3 Download )
(Capitol/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Cookies, The
"Chains/The Dimension Links 1962-1964"
(RPM/Retro, March 10, 2009)
Larry Coryell
"Earthquake at the Avalon" (concert from October 2005; Read here )
(Inakustik/MVD Audio, March 10, 2009)
dB's, The
"Stands For Decibels [MP3 Download ]" (1981 album), "The Sound of Music [MP3 Download ]" (1987 album), "Best of the I.R.S. Years [MP3 Download ]" (17 tracks)
(I.R.S. Catalog/Capitol, March 10, 2009)
Sandy Denny
"The North Star Grassman and the Ravens [MP3 Download ]" (1971 album), "Sandy [MP3 Download ]" (1972 album)
(Island/UME, March 10, 2009)
Steve Earle
"Live at the BBC" (MP3 Download )
(Hip-O, March 10, 2009)
Eurogliders
"This Island" (1984 album; MP3 Download )
(Renaissance, March 10, 2009)
5th Dimension, The
"Live [MP3 Download ]"
(CW Music/EMG, March 10, 2009)
Fine Young Cannibals
"She Drives Me Crazy: The Best of Fine Young Cannibals" (2 CDs, 30 tracks; Read here )
(U.K. - Music Club Deluxe, March 9, 2009)
Tim Hardin
"Hang On to a Dream: The Verve Recordings [MP3 Download ]" (47 tracks)
(Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
John Lee Hooker
"Boogie Chillin & Other Favorites [MP3 Download ]"
(CW Music/EMG, March 10, 2009)
Jam, The
"Live Jam [MP3 Download ]" (1993 album)
(Polydor/UME, March 10, 2009)
Killing Joke
"The Original Unperverted Pantomines" (1983 album; 2 CDs), "Duendes: The Spanish Sessions" (2008 live recordings)
(Candlelight, March 10, 2009)
David Knopfler
"The Anthology: 1983-2008" (16 tracks; MP3 Download )
(Renaissance, March 10, 2009)
John Martyn
"The July Wakes: Live in Chorley 1986" (2 CDs)
(U.K. - One World, March 9, 2009)
Mr. C
"Mr. C Presents The Cha Cha Slide: Greatest Hits" (See here )
(Koch, March 10, 2009)
Billy Ocean
"Tear Down These Walls [MP3 Download ]" (1989 album), "Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]" (1989 album), "Ultimate Collection [MP3 Download ]"
(Jive, March 10, 2009)
Beth Orton
"Trailer Park: Legacy Edition" (1996 album; 2 CDs)
(Arista/Legacy, March 10, 2009)
Graham Parker
"The Up Escalator" (1980 album)
(American Beat, March 10, 2009)
Gene Parsons
"Kindling" (1973 album)
(Collectors' Choice, March 10, 2009)
Elvis Presley
"I Believe: The Gospel Masters [box set ]" (4 CDs; Read here )
(RCA/Legacy, March 10, 2009)
John Scofield
"Slo Sco: Best of the Ballads [MP3 Download ]"
(Ryko/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Seekers, The
"A's, B's & EP's [MP3 Download ]" (24 tracks)
(Caroline/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Shadows of Knight
"Shake" (1969 album; Read here )
(U.K. - Rev-Ola, March 9, 2009)
Siouxsie and The Banshees
"The Scream [MP3 Download ]" (1978 album)
(Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
Rod Stewart
"Unplugged ... and Seated: Collector's Edition" (1993 album; 2 CDs, with two bonus songs, "Gasoline Alley" and "Forever Young"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Warner/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Style Council, The
"Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]" (18 tracks), "The Sound of The Style Council [MP3 Download ]" (21-track best-of)
(Polydor/UME, March 10, 2009)
Bernie Taupin
"He Who Rides the Tiger" (1980 album)
(American Beat, March 10, 2009)
Richard and Linda Thompson
"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [MP3 Download ]" (1974 album)
(UME/Fontana, March 10, 2009)
Toasters, The
"Skaboom!" (1987 album, with bonus tracks)
(Megalith, March 10, 2009)
Armin van Buuren
"Imagine: The Remixes" (2 CDs)
(Ultra, March 10, 2009)
Gino Vannelli
"Powerful People/Storm at Sunup" (1974, 1975 albums on one disc; remastered)
(U.K. - BGO, March 9, 2009)
Various artists
"Fearless Records Presents Punk Goes Pop, Volume Two" (Hear here )
(Fearless, March 10, 2009)
Velvet Underground, The
"The Very Best of The Velvet Underground [MP3 Download ]" (18 tracks)
(Universal/UME, March 10, 2009)
We Five
"There Stands the Door: The Best of We Five" (Read here )
(U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, March 9, 2009)
Yello
"One Second [MP3 Download ]" (1987 album)
(Mercury/UME, March 10, 2009)
Neil Young Band, The
"Long May You Run [MP3 Download ]" (1976 album)
(Reprise, March 10, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Cinderella
"Tales from the Gypsy Road [DVD ]"
(Cherry Red, March 10, 2009)
Morrissey
"Morrissey: From Where He Came to Where He Went - With and Without The Smiths [DVD ]"
(MVD Visual, March 10, 2009)
Bon Scott
"The Years Before AC/DC [DVD ]"
(IMV/Blueline Productions, March 10, 2009)
U2
"The Early Years [DVD/Book ]"
(Classic Rock Legends, March 10, 2009)
Stevie Wonder
"Live At Last [DVD ]" (his first live DVD; filmed Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at London's 02
Arena; Blu-ray ; Read here )
(Motown, March 10, 2009)
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