JULY 17, 2007
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Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| A Fine Frenzy |
"One Cell in the Sea" (first single: "Almost Lover"; Hear here) |
(Capitol, July 17, 2007) |
| Bottom of the Hudson |
"Fantastic Hawk" (Hear here) |
(Absolutely Kosher, July 17, 2007) |
| Colbie Caillat |
"Coco" (her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced the Fleetwood Mac albums "Rumours" and "Tusk"; first single: "Bubbly"; Hear here) |
(Universal Republic, July 17, 2007) |
| Chemical Brothers, The |
"We Are the Night" (guests: The Klaxons, Fatlip, Ali Love, Willy Mason, Midlake; first single: "Do It Again"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Astralwerks, July 17, 2007) |
| Cribs, The |
"Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever" (producer: Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos; guest: Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth; Hear here) |
(Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Minnie Driver |
"Seastories" (producer: Marc "Doc" Dauer; guests: Ryan Adams and his backing band The Cardinals, Liz Phair, Rami Jaffe, Zack Ray; Hear here; Read here) |
(Zoë/Rounder, July 17, 2007) |
| Editors |
"An End Has a Start" (producer: Garret Lee; first single: "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Epic/Fader Label, July 17, 2007) |
| Federation |
"It's Whateva" (producer: Rick Rock; first single: "Get Naked U Beezy"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Reprise, July 17, 2007) |
| Great White |
"Back to the Rhythm" (the band's first album of new material in eight years and its first studio disc since the February 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people, including guitarist Ty Longley; Read here) |
(Shrapnel, July 17, 2007) |
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| Eliza Gilkyson |
"Your Town Tonight" (her first live album, recorded mostly at Cactus Cafe in Austin; producer: Mark Hallman; Hear here) |
(Red House, July 17, 2007) |
| Emerson Hart (former Tonic frontman) |
"Cigarettes & Gasoline" (producers: Bob Rock, Jason Lehning, Mike Napolitano; first single: "If You're Gonna Leave"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Manhattan, July 17, 2007) |
| Mick Harvey (of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) |
"Two of Diamonds" (Hear here) |
(Mute, July 17, 2007) |
| (hed) p.e. |
"Insomnia" (guests: Tech N9ne, Kottonmouth Kings; Hear here) |
(Suburban Noize, July 17, 2007) |
| Honorary Title, The |
"Untouched and Intact [EP]" (producer: Rob Schnapf; Hear here) |
(Doghouse/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Ben Jelen |
"Ex-Sensitive" (producer: Linda Perry; first single: "Where Do We Go"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Custard, July 17, 2007) |
| Eilen Jewell |
"Letters From Sinners & Strangers" (Hear here) |
(Signature, July 17, 2007) |
| Livin Out Loud |
"What About Us" (Hear here) |
(Pyramid Media, July 17, 2007) |
| Magic Numbers, The |
"Those the Brokes" (released in the U.K. in November 2006; producers: The Magic Numbers, Richard Wilkinson; Hear here; Read here) |
(Astralwerks, July 17, 2007) |
| Raul Malo |
"After Hours" (covers of country classics; Hear here; Read here) |
(New Door/UME, July 17, 2007) |
| Meat Puppets |
"Rise to Your Knees" (first album from Curt and Cris Kirkwood since 1995; Hear here; Read here) |
(Anodyne, July 17, 2007) |
| Mink |
"Mink" (producer: Sylvia Massy; first single: "Talk to Me"; Hear here) |
(Spitfire Music/ National Recorder/ Fontana/Universal, July 17, 2007) |
| Mission U.K., The |
"God Is a Bullet" (first studio album in five years; first single: "Keep It in the Family"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Cooking Vinyl, July 17, 2007) |
| MxPx |
"Secret Weapon" (producer: Aaron Sprinkle; first single: "Secret Weapon"; Hear here) |
(Tooth & Nail, July 17, 2007) |
| Rocket Summer, The |
"Do You Feel" (producers: frontman Bryce Avary, Jim Wirt; first single: "So Much Love"; Hear here) |
(Island, July 17, 2007) |
| Rooney |
"Calling the World" (producer: Tony Hoffer; Hear here) |
(Geffen, July 17, 2007) |
| Sound the Alarm |
"Stay Inside" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Suffocating"; Hear here) |
(Geffen, July 17, 2007) |
| Strata |
"Strata Presents the End of the World" (first single: "Cocaine [We're All Going to Hell]"; Hear here) |
(Wind-up, July 17, 2007) |
| Tech N9ne Collabos |
"Misery Loves Kompany" (producers: Michael "Seven" Summers, David Sanders II; guests: Yukmouth, Big Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman, Snug Brim, Prozak, Big Scoob, T-Nutty, Dalima; Hear here) |
(Strange Music, July 17, 2007) |
| Teddy Thompson |
"Upfront & Down Low" (featuring covers of Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, George Jones and Dolly Parton; strings on six tracks were arranged by Robert Kirby, best known for his groundbreaking work with Nick Drake; Rufus Wainwright also arranged "My Blue Tears"; first single: "You Finally Said Something Good [When You Said Goodbye]"; Hear here) |
(Verve Forecast, July 17, 2007) |
| Three 6 Mafia |
"Last 2 Walk" (guests: Chamillionaire, Good Charlotte, Paul Wall, Lyfe Jennings, Crime Mob, Lil Jon, Swizz Beatz, Akon, Project Pat, Young Buck, Lil' Wayne; first single: "Doe Boy Fresh"; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. - Hypnotize Minds/Columbia, July 16, 2007) |
| Manuel Valera |
"Vientos" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Anzic, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Legally Blonde: The Musical [2007 original Broadway cast recording]" (based on the hit Reese Witherspoon movie; in the lead role is Laura Bell Bundy; Hear here; Read here) |
(Ghostlight, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"NOW That's What I Call Music! 25" |
(UTV, July 17, 2007) |
| Suzanne Vega |
"Beauty & Crime" (the album, her first in six years, revolves around her native New York City; producer: Jimmy Hogarth; guests: background vocalist and vocal arranger KT Tunstall, orchestral arranger Will Malone, guitarists Gerry Leonard and Lee Ranaldo, bassist Tony Shanahan and Vega touring band members Mike Visceglia and Doug Yowell; Hear here; Read here) |
(Blue Note, July 17, 2007) |
| Yellowcard |
"Paper Walls" (producer: Neal Avron; first single: "Light Up the Sky"; Hear here; also available with a DVD) |
(Capitol, July 17, 2007) |
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| Laurie Anderson |
"Big Science" (1982 album; enhanced) |
(Nonesuch, July 17, 2007) |
| Animals, The |
"Let It Rock" (live) |
(U.K. - Charly, July 16, 2007) |
| Erykah Badu |
"Baduizm - Special Edition" (1997 album; with bonus tracks) |
(Motown, July 17, 2007) |
| Beau Brummels |
"Beau Brummels '66" (1966 album; remastered), "The Beau Brummels" (1975 album; remastered; Read here) |
(Collectors' Choice, July 17, 2007) |
| Blondie |
"Eat to the Beat: Collector's Edition [CD/DVD]" (1979 album) |
(U.K. - EMI, July 16, 2007) |
| T. Graham Brown |
"Dèjá Vu All Over Again: The Best of T. Graham Brown" (Read here) |
(Collectors' Choice, July 17, 2007) |
| Cheech & Chong |
"Greatest Hits" |
(Rhino, July 17, 2007) |
| Don Cherry |
"Hear & Now" (1976 album) |
(Wounded Bird, July 17, 2007) |
| Jude Cole |
"Jude Cole" (1987 album) |
(Wounded Bird, July 17, 2007) |
| Confederate Railroad |
"Greatest Hits" (1996 album) |
(Rhino/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Rodney Crowell |
"Rodney Crowell Collection" (1989 best-of) |
(Rhino/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Culture |
"Two Sevens Clash: The 30th Anniversary Edition" (1978 album) |
(Shanachie, July 17, 2007) |
| Device |
"22B3" (1986 album; featuring the Top 40 hit "Hanging On a Heart Attack") |
(Renaissance, July 17, 2007) |
| Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show |
"Live in America" (1976 concert) |
(U.K. - Store for Music, July 16, 2007) |
| Dramatics, The |
"The Very Best of The Dramatics" |
(Stax/Concord, July 17, 2007) |
| Holly Dunn |
"Milestones: Greatest Hits" (1991 album) |
(Rhino/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Easybeats, The |
"Volume 3" (1966 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks), "Friends" (1969 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks) |
(Germany - Repertoire, July 16, 2007) |
| Maynard Ferguson |
"The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson" (1968 album) |
(Wounded Bird, July 17, 2007) |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
"The Very Best of the Harold Arlen Song Book," "The Very Best of the Irving Berlin Song Book" (see related DVD below) |
(Verve, July 17, 2007) |
| Eddie Floyd |
"The Very Best of Eddie Floyd" |
(Stax/Concord, July 17, 2007) |
| Garbage |
"Absolute Garbage" (best-of; also available with a bonus CD/DVD; the CD contains remixes and the DVD features music videos and live clips; first single: new track "Tell Me Where It Hurts"; See here; Read here) |
(Almo Sounds/Geffen/UME, July 17, 2007) |
| Grant Lee Buffalo |
"Fuzzy" (1993 album) |
(Noble Rut, July 17, 2007) |
| Groundhogs, The |
"The Best of the Groundhogs," "Live at Leeds '71" |
(Caroline, July 17, 2007) |
| Arlo Guthrie |
"The Best of Arlo Guthrie" |
(Rhino/Reprise, July 17, 2007) |
| Guy |
"Guy - Special Edition" (1988 album; 2 CDs; with bonus tracks) |
(Geffen/UME, July 17, 2007) |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
"Jewels for Sophia" (1999 album) |
(Noble Rut, July 17, 2007) |
| Hollies, The |
"Out on the Road" (1973 album; remastered), "Russian Roulette" (1976 album; remastered), "Five Three One-Double Seven O Four" (1979 album; remastered) |
(Japan - Vivid, July 16, 2007) |
| John Lee Hooker |
"Jealous" (1986 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here), "Don't Look Back" (1997 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; co-produced by Van Morrison; Read here) |
(Shout! Factory, July 17, 2007) |
| India.Arie |
"Acoustic Soul - Special Edition" (2001 album; with bonus tracks) |
(Motown, July 17, 2007) |
| Luther Ingram |
"Pity for the Lonely: The Ko Ko Singles Volume 1" |
(U.K. - Kent/Ace, July 16, 2007) |
| Jules & the Polar Bears |
"Got No Breeding" (1978 album) |
(Wounded Bird, July 17, 2007) |
| Kingston Trio, The |
"Nick, Bob & John: The Final Concert" (2 CDs) |
(Collectors' Choice, July 17, 2007) |
| Knife, The |
"Silent Shout: Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]" (2006 album) |
(Mute, July 17, 2007) |
| Level 42 |
"Past Lives: The Best of the RCA Years" (15 tracks) |
(U.K. - RCA, July 16, 2007) |
| Little Milton |
"The Very Best of Little Milton" |
(Stax/Concord, July 17, 2007) |
| Natalie MacMaster |
"The Collection" (2 CDs) |
(Foreign Media, July 17, 2007) |
| Charles Mingus Sextet |
"Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964" (2 CDs; Read here) |
(Blue Note, July 17, 2007) |
| Gary Morris |
"Hits" (1987 album) |
(Rhino/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Willie Nelson |
"Willie Nelson - Live at Billy Bob's Texas [CD/DVD]" |
(Smith Music Group, July 17, 2007) |
| Michel Petrucciani/Ron McClure |
"Cold Blues" (1985 album) |
(Sunny Side, July 17, 2007) |
| Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices |
"Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999-2007" (2 CDs) |
(Recordhead, July 17, 2007) |
| Louis Prima |
"Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima" (26 tracks; Read here) |
(Capitol/EMI, July 17, 2007) |
| Saxon |
"The Eagle Has Landed" (1982 live album; remastered, with six bonus tracks), "Power & the Glory" (1983 album; remastered), "Best of Saxon" (1994 album) |
(Caroline, July 17, 2007) |
| Seals & Crofts |
"Greatest Hits" (1975 album) |
(Rhino/Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| Michael Sembello |
"Bossa Nova Hotel" (1983 album; first time on CD; includes the hits "Maniac" and "Automatic Man") |
(Wounded Bird, July 17, 2007) |
| Keely Smith |
"Keely Smith: The Essential Capitol Collection" (27 tracks; Read here) |
(Capitol/EMI, July 17, 2007) |
| Johnnie Taylor |
"The Very Best of Johnnie Taylor" |
(Stax/Concord, July 17, 2007) |
| Susan Tedeschi |
"The Best of Susan Tedeschi: Episode Two" |
(Sheridan Square, July 17, 2007) |
| Rufus Thomas |
"The Very Best of Rufus Thomas" |
(Stax/Concord, July 17, 2007) |
| Tuesday's Children |
"Strange Light From the East: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969" |
(U.K. - Rev-Ola, July 16, 2007) |
| Dwight Twilley Band |
"Sincerely/Twilley Don't Mind" (1976, 1977 albums on one CD, with four bonus tracks; Read here) |
(Australia - Raven, July 16, 2007) |
| UFO |
"Lights Out" (1977 album; remastered), "Obsession" (1978 album; remastered), "Masters of Rock" (16-track best-of) |
(Caroline, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Music From the Mound" (Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke "Dice-K" Matsuzaka's favorite and inspirational songs from U.S., British and Japanese recording artists; Read here) |
(EMI Music Marketing, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Southern Outlaws: The Ultimate Southern Rock Collection" |
(Cleopatra, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Teenage Crush Vol. 5" (Track listing) |
(U.K. - Ace, July 16, 2007) |
| Warren G |
"Regulate ... G-Funk Era - Special Edition" (1994 album; 2 CDs; with bonus tracks) |
(Def Jam, July 17, 2007) |
| Spanky Wilson |
"The Westbound Years" |
(U.K. - Westbound/Ace, July 16, 2007) |
| Winger |
"Demo Anthology" (2 CDs) |
(Frontiers, July 17, 2007) |
| Zombies, The |
"In the Afterlife" (post-"Odessey & Oracle" experimental recordings) |
(U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, July 16, 2007) |
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| Aerosmith |
"In Performance [DVD/Book]" |
(Hurricane International, July 17, 2007) |
| Avenged Sevenfold |
"All Excess [DVD]" (live material and documentary) |
(Warner, July 17, 2007) |
| All-American Rejects, The |
"Tournado [DVD]" |
(Interscope, July 17, 2007) |
| James Brown |
"Mr. Dynamite [DVD]" |
(MVD Visual, July 17, 2007) |
| Johnny Cash |
"Music in Review [DVD/Book]" |
(Classic Rock Legends, July 17, 2007) |
| Bob Dylan |
"The Golden Years 1962-1978 [DVD]" |
(Chrome Dreams, July 17, 2007) |
| E-40 |
"The Best of E-40: The Videos [DVD]" |
(Sick Wid It/Jive/Lgeacy, July 17, 2007) |
| Rory Gallagher |
"Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher [Hybrid SACD]" (2 discs) |
(U.K. - BMG, July 16, 2007) |
| Green Day |
"In Performance [DVD/Book]" |
(Hurricane International, July 17, 2007) |
| Green Day |
"Rock Case Studies [DVD/Book]" |
(Classic Rock Legends, July 17, 2007) |
| Moody Blues, The |
"Videobiography [DVD]" |
(Classic Rock Legends, July 17, 2007) |
| Nirvana |
"In Performance [DVD/Book]" |
(Hurricane International, July 17, 2007) |
| Pink Floyd |
"London 66/67 [DVD]" |
(Snapper, July 17, 2007) |
| Rolling Stones, The |
"Rock Case Studies [DVD/Book]" |
(Classic Rock Legends, July 17, 2007) |
| Jill Scott |
"Live in Paris [DVD]" |
(Hidden Beach, July 17, 2007) |
| Sublime |
"The Ultimate Bundle for the Ultimate Sublime Fans [DVD/CD]" (2-disc set features the documentary "Stories, Tales, Lies, & Exaggerations," with a bonus CD and a Sublime sticker) |
(MVD Visual, July 17, 2007) |
| Tanya Tucker |
"Tanya Tucker [DVD]" |
(MVD Visual, July 17, 2007) |
| Underoath |
"777 [DVD]" (includes never-before-seen footage from its 2006-07 tours, live material, music videos, backstage home videos and a "Making of" documentary; producer: Michelle Caputo; director: Shannon Hartman) |
(Solid State/Tooth & Nail, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Reggae Nashville: Deep Roots Music 1 - Revival/Ranking Sounds [DVD]" (Read here) |
(MVD Visual, July 17, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song [DVD]" (PBS special, taped April 29 at USC's Galen Center, features Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Lizz Wright, Nancy Wilson, Patti Austin, Take 6, Wynonna, etc.) |
(Verve, June 5, 2007) |
| Gene Watson |
"Gene Watson ... Sings His Greatest Hits [DVD]" |
(MVD Visual, July 17, 2007) |
| Who, The |
"Videobiography [DVD/Book]" |
(Classic Rock Legends, July 17, 2007) |
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