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NOV. 17, 2009

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Kris Allen ("American Idol" season 8 winner) "Kris Allen" (first single: "Live Like You're Dying"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (19 Recordings/Jive, Nov. 17, 2009)
Annie "Don't Stop" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Smalltown Supersound, Nov. 17, 2009)
Justin Bieber (15-year-old Canadian singer) "My World" (first single: "One Time"; Hear here; Twitter; MP3 Download) (Island Def Jam, Nov. 17, 2009)
Boyz II Men "Love" (covers album; producer: Randy Jackson; first single: Journey's "Open Arms"; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (Decca, Nov. 17, 2009)
Jeremy Camp "Jeremy Camp Live" (recorded in Dallas in spring 2009; Hear here; MP3 Download) (BEC Recordings/Chordant, Nov. 17, 2009)
Casting Crowns "Until the Whole World Hears" (producer: Mark A. Miller; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Beach Street/Reunion, Nov. 17, 2009)
50 Cent "Before I Self-Destruct" (producers: Dr. Dre, Eminem, Scott Storch; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Aftermath/Interscope, Nov. 16, 2009)
Forever the Sickest Kids "The Weekend: Friday" (7-song EP; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Universal Motown, Nov. 17, 2009)
Sara Groves "Fireflies and Songs" (producer: Charlie Peacock; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (INO/Columbia, Nov. 17, 2009)
Robin Guthrie (ex-Cocteau Twins guitarist) "Songs to Help My Children Sleep" (Hear here) (Darla, Nov. 17, 2009)
Norah Jones "The Fall" (producer: Jacquire King; Hear here; Read here; Amazon-exclusive MP3 Download, with bonus track) (Blue Note, Nov. 17, 2009)
Kid Sister "Ultraviolet" (producers: A-Trak, XXXchange, Sinden, DJ Gant-Man, Hervé, Yuksek, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Fool's Gold/Downtown, Nov. 17, 2009)
Leona Lewis "Echo" (first single: "Happy"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (J/Syco Music, Nov. 17, 2009)
John Mayer "Battle Studies" (first single: "Who Says"; Hear here; Twitter; MP3 Download) (Columbia, Nov. 17, 2009)
Paul McCartney "Good Evening New York City [CD/DVD]" (July 2009 performance at New York's Citi Field; 2 CDs, 1 DVD; Hear/see here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Hear Music/Concord, Nov. 17, 2009)
Neal Morse "So Many Roads" (3 CDs; Hear here) (Radiant, Nov. 16, 2009)
New Collisions, The "Invisible Embraces [MP3 Download]" (7-son EP; Hear here) (Only Young, Nov. 17, 2009)
OneRepublic "Waking Up" (first single: "All the Right Moves"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Mosley Music Group/Interscope, Nov. 17, 2009)
Katy Perry "Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged [CD/DVD]" (recorded live in New York on July 22, 2009) (Capitol, Nov. 17, 2009)
Pretty Ricky (new member: Lingerie) "Pretty Ricky" (first single: "Tipsy in Dis Club"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Bluestar Entertainment, Nov. 17, 2009)
Rakim (of Eric B. & Rakim) "The Seventh Seal" (his first solo album in 10 years; first single: "Holy Are You"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Ra/Fontana/UMG, Nov. 17, 2009)
Tangent, The "Down and Out in Paris and London" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (InsideOut Music, Nov. 17, 2009)
Them Crooked Vultures (hard-rock supergroup: Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones) "Them Crooked Vultures" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Interscope, Nov. 17, 2009)
We All Have Hooks For Hands "The Shape of Energy" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Afternoon, Nov. 17, 2009)
We Shot the Moon (led by ex-Waking Ashland frontman Jonathan Jones) "A Silver Lining" (producer: Mike Green; first single: "Red Night"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Afternoon, Nov. 17, 2009)
Robbie Williams "Reality Killed the Video Star" (producer: Trevor Horn; first single: "Bodies"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Astralwerks, Nov. 17, 2009)
YellowHammers "YellowHammers" (producer: Jon Langford; first single: "C'mon Elvis"; Hear here) (UP, Nov. 17, 2009)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
America "Silent Letter [MP3 Download]" (1979 album), "Alibi [MP3 Download]" (1980 album), "Your Move [MP3 Download]" (1983 album), "Perspective [MP3 Download]" (1984 album) (Capitol/EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Anberlin "Blueprints for City Friendships: The Anberlin Anthology" (3 CDs; MP3 Download) (Tooth & Nail, Nov. 17, 2009)
Blood Brothers, The "March on Electric Children" (2002 album), "... Burn, Piano Island, Burn [CD/DVD]" (2003 album; rwith three bonus tracks; the DVD features "Jungle Rules Live" ), "Crimes" (2005 album; with bonus tracks and the "Love Rhymes with Hideous Carwreck" EP), "Young Machetes" (2006 album; with two music videos, three remixes and seven previously unreleased live tracks) (Epitaph, Nov. 17, 2009)
Bob & Marcia "Pied Piper: The Best of Bob & Marcia" (25 tracks) (U.K. - Trojan, Nov. 16, 2009)
David Bowie "Space Oddity (40th Aniversary Edition)" (1972 album, first released in 1968 under a different title; 2 CDs; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Virgin/EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Maria Callas "Maria Callas & Friends: The Legendary Duets" (2 CDs) (EMI Classics, Nov. 17, 2009)
Julian Cope "Jehovahkill: Deluxe Edition" (1992 album; remastered, with a second CD of rarities) (Island/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)
Christopher Cross "A Christopher Cross Christmas" (Hear here) (U.K. - Christopher Cross, Nov. 16, 2009)
Sheryl Crow "Tuesday Night Music Club: Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]" (1993 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides, rarities and outtakes and a DVD of music videos and documentary; MP3 Download) (A&M/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)
Delirious? "History Makers: Greatest Hits" (Read here; MP3 Download) (Survivor, Nov. 17, 2009)
Dr. John "Anytime Anyplace [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1974 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) (Lilith, Nov. 17, 2009)
Doors, The "Live in New York [Box set]" (recorded at Felt Forum on Jan. 17-18, 1970; MP3 Download) (Rhino, Nov. 17, 2009)
Alejandro Escovedo "A Man Under the Influence: Deluxe Bourbonitis Edition [Vinyl]" (2-LP set includes the 2001 album, EP and compilation tracks and an MP3 download card) (Bloodshot, Nov. 17, 2009)
Fall Out Boy "Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits [CD/DVD]" (18 tracks; MP3 Download) (Island, Nov. 17, 2009)
Donna Fargo "Country Hits" (Rhino Flashback, Nov. 17, 2009)
Dan Fogelberg "River of Souls" (1993 album; remastered) (Friday Music, Nov. 17, 2009)
Four Tops, The "Something to Remember: The Casablanca Sessions — Tonight!/One More Mountain" (1981, 1982 albums on one disc) (U.K. - BGO, Nov. 16, 2009)
Funkadelic "Standing on the Verge: The Best of Funkadelic" (20 tracks; Hear/read here) (U.K. - Westbound/Ace, Nov. 16, 2009)
Janet Jackson "Number Ones" (2 CDs, 34 tracks, including the new song "Make Me"; MP3 Download) (Hip-O/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)
Tommy James "Tommy James" (1970 album) (U.K. - Rev-Ola, Nov. 16, 2009)
Keane "Hopes and Fears: Deluxe Edition" (2004 album; with a second CD of rarities) (Interscope/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)


Stacey Kent "Collection Volume III" (Candid, Nov. 17, 2009)
Beverley Knight "The Collection [MP3 Download]" (12 tracks) (EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Adam Lambert "Take One" (pre-"Idol" debut album, with three bonus tracks) (Coldwater, Nov. 17, 2009)
Level 42 "Are You Hearing? Level 42 Live [MP3 Download]" (MD Music Company, Nov. 17, 2009)
Level 42 "World Machine: Deluxe Edition" (1985 album; remastered, with a second CD of live material; MP3 Download) (Universal/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)
Vera Lynn "Vera Lynn at Christmas [MP3 Download]" (1976 album) (EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Best of the Early Singles" (2 CDs, 32 tracks; MP3 Download) (Abstract Sounds, Nov. 17, 2009)
McGuinness Flint "McGuinness Flint In Session at the BBC [MP3 Download]" (Capitol/EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Ronnie Milsap "Country Hits" (Rhino Flashback, Nov. 17, 2009)
Morrissey "Swords [Deluxe edition]" (a 2-CD compilation of B-sides from his last three albums — 2004's "You Are the Quarry" (2004), 2006's "Ringleader of the Tormentors" and 2009's "Years of Refusal"; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Polydor/UME, Nov. 17, 2009)
Mötley Crüe "Greate$t Hit$" (MP3 Download) (Motley/RED, Nov. 17, 2009)
Old 97's "Wreck Your Life ... and Then Some: The Complete Bloodshot Recordings [Vinyl]" (2-LP set includes the 1985 album, 7-inch singles, compilation tracks and an MP3 download card) (Bloodshot, Nov. 17, 2009)
Freda Payne "Payne and Pleasure" (1974 album; remastered; Hear here) (Reel Music/City Hall, Nov. 17, 2009)
Rainbow "Anthology 1973-1984" (2 CDs) (U.K. - Polydor/UMe, Nov. 16, 2009)
Rush "Working Men" (DVD; MP3 Download) (Atlantic, Nov. 17, 2009)
Ruts, The "You've Gotta Get Out of It [MP3 Download]" (1987 album) (Virgin/EMI, Nov. 17, 2009)
Leo Sayer "Greatest Hits Live [MP3 Download]" (MD Music Company, Nov. 17, 2009)
Starship "No Protection/Love Among the Cannibals" (2 CDs; 1987, 1989 albums) (Friday Music, Nov. 17, 2009)
Rod Stewart "Storyteller/The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990 [Box set]" (4-CD collection, originally released in 1989) (Rhino, Nov. 17, 2009)
Conway Twitty "Country Hits" (Rhino Flashback, Nov. 17, 2009)
Various artists "Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule [Box set]" (9-CD, 168-track label retrospective, with a DVD, a 7-inch 45 and 128-page hardcover book, featuring artists from Ray Charles to Kid Rock; Hear here; Track list) (Atlantic, Nov. 17, 2009)
Various artists "Refugees: An Anthology of the famous Charisma Label, 1969-1978" (3 CDs, 44 tracks; featuring tracks from Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Nice, Lindisfarne, Van Der Graaf Generator, etc.) (U.K. - Rough Trade, Nov. 16, 2009)
Katt Williams "Katt Box" (3 CDs) (Warner, Nov. 17, 2009)
Yes "Relayer [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1974 album) (Friday Music, Nov. 17, 2009)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Marty Balin "Live at The Boston Esplanade — June 14, 2008 [DVD]" (recorded at Hatch Shell; Read here) (MVD Visual, Nov. 17, 2009)
Elvis Costello "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ... : Season One [DVD]" (5 discs; Blu-ray) (VSC, Nov. 17, 2009)
Earth, Wind & Fire "Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at Montreaux 1997 [Blu-ray]" (Eagle, Nov. 17, 2009)
Billy Idol "In Super Overdrive: Billy Idol Live [DVD]" (Blu-ray) (Eagle, Nov. 17, 2009)
Indigo Girls "Live at the Roxy [DVD]" (July 30, 2007, concert in Atlanta) (Vanguard, Nov. 17, 2009)
Michael Jackson "The Interviews, Vol. 1 [DVD]," "The Interviews, Vol. 2 [DVD]," "Mega Box [DVD]" (MVD Visual, Nov. 17, 2009)
Marilyn Manson "Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government — Live in L.A. [Blu-ray]" (Eagle, Nov. 17, 2009)
Rolling Stones, The "The Rolling Stones in the 1960s [DVD]" (MVD Visual, Nov. 17, 2009)
Who, The "The Who, The Mods and the Quadrophenia Connection [DVD]" (MVD Visual, Nov. 17, 2009)
Zombies, The "Odessey & Oracle {Revisited}: The 40th Anniversary Concert [DVD]" (culled from shows at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire in March 2008; Read here) (NBD Television Ltd./MVD Visual, Nov. 17, 2009)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Coolio "Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price [Paperback]" (Atria, Nov. 17, 2009)
Donald S. Passman "All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Seventh Edition [Hardcover]" (Read here) (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, Nov. 17, 2009)

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