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SEPT. 11, 2007

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Alberta Cross "The Thief & the Heartbreaker [EP]" (producers: Alberta Cross; Hear here; Read here) (Geffen, Sept. 11, 2007)
Amber (Danish alt-rock trio) "One Minute Love Affair" (producer: John Parish; guest: Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat; Hear here) (U.K. - ZYX, Sept. 10, 2007)
B5 "Don't Talk, Just Listen" (producers: Bryan Michael Cox, Michka, The Underdogs, Danja; guests: Bow Wow, Diddy; first single: "Hydrolics"; Hear here) (Bad Boy, Sept. 11, 2007)
Black Francis "Bluefinger" (an ode to the late Dutch painter-musician Herman Brood; producer: Mark Lemhouse; first single: "Threshold Apprehension") (Cooking Vinyl, Sept. 11, 2007)
Black Lips "Good Bad Not Evil" (Hear here) (Vice, Sept. 11, 2007)
Bizzy Bone "Trials & Tribulations" (Hear here) (Real Talk Entertainment, Sept. 11, 2007)
Kenny Chesney "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates" (first single: "Never Wanted Nothing More"; Hear here; Read here) (BNA, Sept. 11, 2007)
Vic Chesnutt "North Star Deserter" (producers: Jem Cohen, Efrim, Thierry Amar, Fugazi's Guy Picciotto; Hear here; Read here) (Constellation, Sept. 11, 2007)
Deadly Syndrome, The "The Ortolan" (Hear here) (Dim Mak, Sept. 11, 2007)
Enuff Z'nuff "Tonight - Sold Out" (live album) (Crash Music, Sept. 11, 2007)
50 Cent "Curtis" (guests: Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Akon, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke, Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger; first single: "Straight to the Bank"; Hear here; Read here) (Shady/Aftermath/ Interscope, Sept. 11, 2007)
40 Cal. (of The Diplomats) "Broken Safety 2" (guests: Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Hell Rell, Cam'ron, etc.; Read here) (Koch, Sept. 11, 2007)
Go! Team, The "Proof of Youth" (first single: "Grip Like a Vice"; Hear here) (Sub Pop, Sept. 11, 2007)
Grand National "A Drink and a Quick Decision" (first single: "By The Time I Get Home There Won't Be Much of a Place For Me"; Hear here) (Recall/Ryko, Sept. 11, 2007)
Joe Henry "Civilians" (guests: Van Dyke Parks, Bill Frisell, Patrick Warren, Greg Leisz, Dave Piltch, Jay Bellerose) (Anti-/Epitaph, Sept. 11, 2007)
Holloways, The "So This Is Great Britain?" (producers: Langer & Winstanley; first single: "Generator"; Hear here) (TVT, Sept. 11, 2007)
Hot Hot Heat (new guitarist: Luke Paquin) "Happiness Ltd. [CD/DVD]" (producers: Butch Walker, Hot Hot Heat; Hear here; Read here) (Sire/Warner, Sept. 11, 2007)
Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata frontwoman) "Isle of" (Hear here; Read here) (Southern, Sept. 11, 2007)
Jupiter Rising "Electropop" (producer: "J.R." Rotem; guests: Christopher Reid of Kid 'N Play; first single: "Electropop"; Hear here) (Chime Entertainment, Sept. 11, 2007)
Brian Kent "Breathe Life" (producers: Jack D. Elliot, Chico; first single: "Breathe Life"; Hear here) (Solid Sound, Sept. 11, 2007)
Scott Matthews "Passing Stranger" (released in the U.K. in March 2006; producer: John Leckie; Hear here) (Universal Republic, Sept. 11, 2007)
Modeselektor "Happy Birthday!" (guests: Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Maximo Park, Puppetmastaz, Paul St. Hillaire, TTC; Hear here) (BPitch Control, Sept. 11, 2007)
Orange "Escape From L.A." (includes a punked-out version of "Karma Chameleon"; producer: Phil Jaurigui; Hear here) (Hellcat/Epitaph, Sept. 11, 2007)
Para One "Epiphanie" (first single: "Dudun-Dun"; Hear here; See here) (Naive/Ryko, Sept. 11, 2007)

BTW: With "Epiphanie," Para One "wanted to say that, in music, genres are not important anymore," he tells P&P. The French electronic whiz says his techno hero is Juan Atkins, the Detroit-based pioneer who is widely regarded as the originator of the term "techno." "He's the one who decided to mix European influences and black instrumental music together. He started it all to me."

Pinback "Autumn of the Seraphs" (Hear here; Read here) (Touch and Go, Sept. 11, 2007)
Pitch Black "Revenge" (Hear here) (Travio Entertainment, Sept. 11, 2007)
Proclaimers, The "Life With You" (producer: Steve Evans; first single: "Life With You"; Hear here) (U.K. - W14/Universal, Sept. 10, 2007)
Qui (fronted by David Yow, formerly of Jesus Lizard) "Love's Miracle" (Hear here; Read here) (Ipecac, Sept. 11, 2007)
Johnathan Rice "Further North" (producers: Mike Mogis, Jason Lader, Farmer Dave Scher; first single: "We're All Stuck Out in the Desert and We're Gonna Die"; Hear/read here; See here) (Reprise, Sept. 11, 2007)
Shout Out Louds "Our Ill Wills" (first single: "Tonight I Have to Leave It"; Hear here; Read here) (Merge, Sept. 11, 2007)
Simian Mobile Disco "Attack Decay Sustain Release" (released in the U.K. in 2007; U.S. version contains two bonus tracks; Hear here) (Interscope, Sept. 11, 2007)
Taken By Trees (solo project from former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman) "Open Field" (producer: Björn Yttling of Peter Björn and John; guest: John Eriksson of Peter Björn and John; Hear here) (Beggars Banquet, Sept. 11, 2007)
theBends "The Bends" (Hear here) (myspace.com/ wearethebends, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "Grey's Anatomy, Vol. 3 [TV soundtrack]" (ABC series) (Hollywood, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "Sowing the Seeds: The 10th Anniversary" (2-CD, 37-track birthday salute to Appleseed, featuring contributions from Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Donovan, Wyclef Jean, Roger McGuinn, Jackson Browne, Judy Collins, etc.; Read here) (Appleseed Recordings, Sept. 11, 2007)
Chris Volz (formerly of Flaw and Five.Bolt.Main) "Redemption" (Hear here) (Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 11, 2007)
Kanye West "Graduation" (guests: Coldplay's Chris Martin, Jon Brion; Hear here; Read here) (Def Jam, Sept. 11, 2007)
Ann Wilson "Hope & Glory" (Heart singer's first solo album; mostly cover versions; producer: Ben Mink; guests: sister Nancy Wilson, Elton John, Wynonna, Gretchen Wilson, k.d. lang, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Rufus Wainwright, Deana Carter; first single: "Immigrant Song"; Hear here; Read here) (Zoë/Rounder, Sept. 11, 2007)
Bernie Worrell "Improvisczario" (instrumental album; guests: Warren Haynes, Phish's Mike Gordon; Hear here; Read here) (Godforsaken Music, Sept. 11, 2007)
X-Press 2 "Makeshift Feelgood" (released in the U.K. in July 2006; guests: The Polyphonic Spree's Tim DeLaughter, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, The Music's Rob Harvey, Kissing the Pink, Bernard Fowler; Hear here) (Tommy Boy, Sept. 11, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Joan Baez "Carry It On" (1971 album, which was the soundtrack to a 1970 documentary about Baez and her then-husband, imprisoned draft evader David Harris; Read here) (Vanguard, Sept. 11, 2007)
Carpenters "Now & Then" (1973 album; remastered) (U.K. - A&M, Sept. 10, 2007)
Cheap Trick "One on One/Next Position Please" (1982, 1983 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - Acadia, Sept. 10, 2007)
Desmond Child & Rouge "Desmond Child & Rouge" (1979 album; remastered) (U.K. - Lemon, Sept. 10, 2007)
Elvis Costello "My Aim Is True: Deluxe Edition" (48 tracks, 2 CDs; 1977 album; second disc contains previously unreleased live and demo tracks; Read here) (Hip-O/UME, Sept. 11, 2007)
Deep Purple "Live in London" (2 CDs; 1982 album; remastered) (U.K. - EMI, Sept. 10, 2007)
Ani DiFranco "Canon" (35-track retrospective includes remakes of "Napoleon," "Shameless," "Your Next Bold Move," "Both Hands" and "Overlap"; Read here) (Righteous Babe, Sept. 11, 2007)
Genesis "Turn It On Again - The Hits: The Tour Edition" (2 CDs; 1999 album; remastered; Read here) (Rhino/Atlantic, Sept. 11, 2007)
Haddaway "Haddaway The Album" (1994 album; with bonus tracks) (U.K. - Coconut, Sept. 10, 2007)
Merle Haggard "Hag: The Studio Recordings 1968-1976 [box set]" (6 CDs) (U.K. - Bear Family, Sept. 10, 2007)
Glenn Hughes "This Time Around: An Anthology 1970-2007" (2 CDs; Read here) (U.K. - Castle, Sept. 10, 2007)
Londonbeat "Greatest Hits" (U.K. - Coconut, Sept. 10, 2007)
Nashville Teens, The "Rockin' Back to Tobacco Road: Rare and Unreleased Tracks" (U.K. - Dream Catcher, Sept. 10, 2007)
Bonnie Owens "Queen of the Coast [box set]" (4 CDs; including duets with former husband Merle Haggard) (U.K. - Bear Family, Sept. 10, 2007)
Alan Parsons Project "Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; 1976 album; remastered, with eight previously unreleased tracks) (Island/UME, Sept. 11, 2007)
Procol Harum "Secrets of the Hive: The Best of Procol Harum" (2 CDs) (U.K. - Salvo, Sept. 10, 2007)
Henry Rollins "A Rollins in the Wry" (2001 album) (2.13.61, Sept. 11, 2007)
Sonny Rollins "The Sound of Sonny" (1957 album; remastered; with bonus tracks) (Riverside/Fantasy, Sept. 11, 2007)
Del Shannon "Rock On" (final recordings before his death; 1991 album, produced by Jeff Lynne; remastered, with bonus tracks) (U.K. - Acadia, Sept. 10, 2007)
Various artists "The Anthems 07" (2 CDs; featuring hits by Amy Winehouse, Keane, the Killers, Maroon5, Razorlight, Kate Nash, Travis, Embrace, Oasis, Just Jack, etc.) (U.K. - Universal, Sept. 10, 2007)
Various artists "Cinematic: Classic Film Music Remixed" (Read here) (Six Degrees, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "The Commitments: Deluxe Edition" (1991 film soundtrack album; with bonus tracks) (Geffen/UME, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "Four Decades of Folk Rock [box set]" (4 CDs, 70 tracks; Hear here) (Time Life, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "I'm Beginning to See the Light: Dance Hits From the Second World War," "Sentimental Journey: Hits From the Second World War" (see related Ken Burns soundtrack below) (Legacy, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "The Pop Parade: Hits of the '40s, '50s & '60s [box set]" (3 CDs; Read here) (Shout! Factory, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "The War: A Ken Burns Film - The Soundtrack" (classic music from the seven-part series on World War II - which debuts on PBS on Sept. 23, plus new music from Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones' version of "American Anthem"; See here; Read here) (Legacy, Sept. 11, 2007)
Gene Vincent "Outtakes [box set]" (6 CDs) (U.K. - Bear Family, Sept. 10, 2007)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys featuring Tommy Duncan "Seven Miles Out of Town" (rare recordings from the '30s and '40s; Read here) (Varese Vintage, Sept. 11, 2007)
Trisha Yearwood "Greatest Hits" (includes 11 No. 1 country hits, plus two previously unreleased tracks; Hear here) (MCA Nashville, Sept. 11, 2007)
Young Marble Giants "Colossal Youth" (3 CDs; 1980 album; deluxe-edition package includes "The Collected Works of Young Marble Giants" and rare Peel sessions; Read here) (Domino, Sept. 11, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Syd Barrett "Up Close & Personal [DVD/Book]" (Hurricane International, Sept. 11, 2007)
Beatles, The "The Beatles Phenomenon: The Independent Review [DVD]" (Hurricane International, Sept. 11, 2007)
Beatles, The "Music in Review [DVD]" (2 discs) (Classic Rock Legends, Sept. 11, 2007)
Dustin Hoffman "The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) [DVD]" (1967 film; 2 discs; music by Simon & Garfunkel) (MGM, Sept. 11, 2007)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "In Performance [DVD/Book]" (Hurricane International, Sept. 11, 2007)
Lionel Richie "Live in Paris [DVD]" (also available with CD) (Island/UME, Sept. 11, 2007)
Bruce Springsteen "In Performance [DVD/Book]" (Hurricane International, Sept. 11, 2007)
Rod Stewart "In Performance [DVD/Book]" (Hurricane International, Sept. 11, 2007)
Sublime "The Ultimate Bundle [DVD/CD]" (MVD Visual, Sept. 11, 2007)
Uriah Heep "Transmissions [DVD/Book]" (Classic Rock Legends, Sept. 11, 2007)
Various artists "The Addams Family: Volume 3 [DVD]" (6 discs; features the mid-1960s ABC sitcom's final 21 episodes) (MGM, Sept. 11, 2007)

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