OCT. 20, 2009
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Brett Anderson (ex-Suede singer)
"Slow Attack" (Hear here )
(BA Songs, Oct. 20, 2009)
Danny Barnes
"Pizza Box [MP3 Download ]" (producer: John Alagia; guests: Dave Matthews, Rashawn Ross; Hear here )
(ATO, Oct. 20, 2009)
Barren Earth (Finnish progressive death metal band)
"Our Twilight [MP3 Download ]" (4-song EP; Hear here )
(Peaceville, Oct. 19, 2009)
Taylor Barton
"Spiritual Gangster [MP3 Download ]" (producers: Barton, GE Smith, Jon Carin; guests: Tony Shanahan, Robin Gould, Alex Alexander; Hear here )
(Green Mirror, Oct. 20, 2009)
Bomshel
"Fight Like a Girl" (producer: Chuck Howard; Hear here )
(Curb, Oct. 20, 2009)
Sam Bush
"Circles Around Me" (producer: Bush; guests: Del McCoury, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, the late New Grass Revival co-founder Courtney Johnson; Hear here )
(Sugar Hill, Oct. 20, 2009)
Cartel
"Cycles" (Hear here )
(Wind-up, Oct. 20, 2009)
Terri Clark
"The Long Way Home" (guests: Vince Gill, Johnny Reid; first single: "Gypsy Boots"; Hear here )
(Capitol/EMI Canada, Oct. 20, 2009)
Electric Six
"Kill" (producer: guitarist Zach Shipps; first single: "Body Shots"; Hear here )
(Metropolis, Oct. 20, 2009)
Flight of the Conchords
"I Told You I Was Freaky" (producer: Mickey Petralia; Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl )
(Sub Pop, Oct. 20, 2009)
Fuck Buttons
"Tarot Sport" (producer: Andrew Weatherall; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(ATP Recordings, Oct. 20, 2009)
Gwen Stacy
"A Dialogue" (producer: Andreas Magnusson; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Solid State, Oct. 20, 2009)
Ivan & Alyosha
"The Verse, The Chorus [MP3 Download ]" (producer: Eli Thomson; first single: "Easy to Love"; Hear here )
(Cheap Lullaby, Oct. 20, 2009)
Kings of Convenience
"Declaration of Dependence" (first single: "Mrs. Cold"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Virgin, Oct. 20, 2009)
Kutless
"It Is Well" (producers: Kutless, Dave Lubben, Brown Bannister; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(BEC Recordings, Oct. 20, 2009)
Tina Lambert
"Christmas in a Cappella" (producers: Lambert, John Lane; first single: "O Christmas Tree"; Hear here )
(SOC Music, Oct. 20, 2009)
Little Dragon (Swedish electronic quartet)
"Machine Dreams" (Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Peacefrog, Oct. 20, 2009)
Lyle Lovett
"Natural Forces" (producers: Lovett, Billy Williams; Hear here ; Read here )
(Lost Highway, Oct. 20, 2009)
Maps
"Turning the Mind" (Hear here )
(Mute, Oct. 20, 2009)
Cerys Matthews (former Catatonia singer)
"Don't Look Down" (producers: Matthews, Mason Neely; Hear here ; MP3 Download ), "Plaid Edrych I Lawr" (Welch version of "Don't Look Down"; MP3 Download )
(U.K. - Rainbow City, Oct. 19, 2009)
Tim McGraw
"Southern Voice" (producer: Byron Gallimore; first single: "It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You," co-written by Chad Kroeger and Brett James; HEar here )
(Curb, Oct. 20, 2009)
Loreena McKennitt
"A Mediterranean Odyssey" (a 2-CD collection of Mediterranean-inspired songs from her back catalog plus highlights from her 2009 European tour; Hear here )
(Quinlan Road, Oct. 20, 2009)
Middle Distance Runner
"The Sun & Earth [MP3 Download ]" (Hear here ; Read here )
(Engine Room Recordings, Oct. 20, 2009)
Josh Ottum
"Like the Season" (Hear here )
(Cheap Lullaby, Oct. 20, 2009)
Sandi Patty
"Sandi Patty Christmas Live [CD/DVD ]" (Hear/see here ; Facebook ; MP3 Download )
(Word, Oct. 20, 2009)
Prairie Cartel, The (Local H's Scott Lucas and Cartel's Blake Smith and Mike Willson)
"Where Did All My People Go" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Long Nights, Impossible Odds/Burnside, Oct. 20, 2009)
Rammstein
"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da" (translated: "Love Is There for Everyone"; producers: Jacob Hellner, Rammstein; first single: "Pussy"; Hear here ; Deluxe edition )
(Universal Music Germany/Vagrant, Oct. 20, 2009)
Jon Reep (winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" season 5)
"Metro Jethro" (DVD )
(Warner, Oct. 20, 2009)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
"Summer of Fear" (Hear here )
(Saddle Creek, Oct. 20, 2009)
Russian Circles
"Geneva" (producer: Brandon Curtis; Hear here )
(Suicide Squeeze, Oct. 20, 2009)
Timothy B. Schmit
"Expando" (his first solo album in eight years; guests: Dwight Yoakam, Kid Rock, Graham Nash, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Keb' Mo', Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Van Dyke Parks, Garth Hudson; Read here )
(Lost Highway, Oct. 20, 2009)
SOiL
"Picture Perfect" (producers: Johnny K, Ulrich Wild; first single: "Like It Is"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Bieler Bros, Oct. 20, 2009)
Spiral Stairs (former Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg)
"The Real Feel" (Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Matador, Oct. 20, 2009)
Joss Stone
"Colour Me Free" (guests: Jeff Beck, Sheila E., Raphael Saadiq, Nas, David Sanborn, Jamie Hartman; first single: "Free Me" ; Hear here ; Read here )
(Virgin, Oct. 20, 2009 - to be sold in Target stores and iTunes)
Kristina Train
"Spilt Milk" (producer: Jimmy Hogarth; Hear here ; Facebook ; MP3 Download )
(Blue Note, Oct. 20, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
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Bauhaus
"In the Flat Field" (2 CDs; 1980 album; remastered, with a second CD of rarities; Read here ), "Mask" (3 CDs; 1981 album; remastered, with a second CD of rarities and a third CD of live material; Read here )
(4AD, Oct. 20, 2009)
Brand New Heavies, The (with N'Dea Davenport)
"Live in London" (2 CDs; recorded at the Indigo2 in October 2008; Hear here )
(TBNH/EMI, Oct. 20, 2009)
Carpenters
"40/40" (2-CD, 40-track collection celebrates 40 years since their recording debut; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(A&M/UME, Oct. 20, 2009)
Jarvis Cocker (Pulp singer)
"Jarvis" (2006 album; MP3 Download )
(Rough Trade, Oct. 20, 2009)
Deodato
"Deodato 2" (1973 album, including "Rhapsody in Blue"; remastered, with three bonus tracks; MP3 Download )
(U.K. - Epic, Oct. 19, 2009)
Joe Diffie
"The Ultimate Collection" (21 tracks)
(Rounder, Oct. 20, 2009)
Tim Finn
"North, South, East, West ... Anthology" (2-CD set covers his years with Split Enz, Crowded House, the Finn Brothers and solo; Hear/read here )
(Australia/New Zealand - EMI, Oct. 19, 2009)
Flatt & Scruggs
"Foggy Mountain Banjo" (1961 album)
(Collectors' Choice, Oct. 20, 2009)
Flo & Eddie (of The Turtles)
"Illegal, Immoral and Fattening/Moving Targets" (1975, 1976 albums; 2 CDs, 21 tracks; remastered), "New York 'Times,' 1979-1994: Live at the Bottom Line" (live recordings and comedy at the Bottom Line club in New York)
(Manifesto, Oct. 20, 2009)
Erma Franklin
"Piece of Her Heart: The Epic and Shout Years" (Read here )
(U.K. - Shout, Oct. 19, 2009)
Fun Boy Three
"Fun Boy Three" (1982 album; remastered; Read here )
(U.K. - Cherry Pop, Oct. 20, 2009)
Dickie Goodman
"The King of Novelty: Works 1956-1959" (24 tracks; Read here )
(U.K. - Wisecrack, Oct. 20, 2009)
Colin Hay (of Men At Work)
"Peaks & Valleys" (1992 album; MP3 Download )
(Compass, Oct. 20, 2009)
Hollies, The
"The Albums Collection [MP3 Download ]" (74 tracks), "10 Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]," "28 A's And B's [MP3 Download ]"
(EMI, Oct. 20, 2009)
I See Hawks in L.A.
"The Best of I See Hawks in L.A." (Hear here )
(American Beat, Oct. 20, 2009)
Isley Brothers
"Here We Go Again [CD/DVD ]" (live)
(Charly, Oct. 20, 2009)
Michael Jackson
"Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite" (Read here )
(Motown/UME, Oct. 20, 2009)
King Crimson
"Red [CD/DVD ]" (1974 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)
(Discipline, Oct. 20, 2009)
Madness
"One Step Beyond" (1979 album; 2 CDs, 35 tracks; remastered, with a second disc of rarities and Peel sessions)
(U.K. - Salvo, Oct. 19, 2009)
Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Trenchtown Rock: The Anthology 1969-78 [MP3 Download ]" (51 tracks)
(Trojan, Oct. 20, 2009)
Coco Montoya
"The Essential Coco Montoya"
(Blind Pig, Oct. 20, 2009)
Graham Nash
"Songs for Beginners [180 gram vinyl ]" (1971 album)
(Warner/Rhino, Oct. 20, 2009)
Olivia Newton-John
"Christmas Wish" (2007 album, originally released only in Australia and then in Target stores; guests: Barry Manilow, Michael McDonald, Jon Secada, Jann Arden; MP3 Download )
(ONJ Productions/EMI, Oct. 20, 2009)
1990s
"Cookies" (2007 album; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Rough Trade, Oct. 20, 2009)
Johnny Paycheck
"Nowhere to Run: The Little Darlin Years' 1966-1970" (29 tracks; Read here )
(International - Omni, Oct. 19, 2009)
Wilson Pickett
"Don't Knock My Love" (1971 album; remastered; MP3 Download )
(Collectors' Choice, Oct. 20, 2009)
Chris Rea
"Still So Far to Go ... The Best of Chris Rea" (with two new recordings, "Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go" and "Valentino")
(U.K. - Rhino U.K., Oct. 19, 2009)
Lou Reed
"Legendary Hearts" (1983 album; remastered), "New Sensations" (1984 album; remastered)
(Iconoclassic, Oct. 20, 2009)
Joyce Sims
"Come Into My Life: The Very Best of Joyce Sims" (2 CDs)
(U.K. - Music Club Deluxe, Oct. 19, 2009)
Snap!
"Snap! The Power: Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]" (22 tracks)
(Luma Music, Oct. 19, 2009)
Sufjan Stevens
"The BQE" (dubbed a "symphonic and cinematic exploration of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway," the project was performed live in November 2007 at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival; a short film also was made; Hear/see here ; Vinyl )
(Asthmatic Kitty, Oct. 20, 2009)
Leopold Stokowski
"Icon [Box set ]" (10 CDs)
(EMI Classics, Oct. 20, 2009)
Tiny Tim
"I've Never Seen a Straight Banana: Rare Moments, Volume 1" (16 tracks; MP3 Download )
(Collectors' Choice, Oct. 20, 2009)
Toots & The Maytals
"54-46 Was My Number: Anthology 1964 to 2000 [MP3 Download ]" (48 tracks)
(Trojan, Oct. 20, 2009)
Various artists
"Island Records Post Punk Box Set: Out Come the Freaks [Box set ]" (3 CDs, 46 tracks; Track list )
(U.K. - Island, Oct. 19, 2009)
Various artists
"LateNightTales: Snow Patrol" (the British band compiles its favorite tracks by other artists; includes a new Snow Patrol cover of INXS' "New Sensation"; Hear here ; Read here )
(LateNightTales, Oct. 20, 2009)
Various artists
"111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Box set ]" (55 CDs, 111 tracks; 6-CD box set ; DVD )
(Deutsche Grammophon, Oct. 20, 2009)
Vertical Horizon
"There and Back Again" (1992 album), "Running on Ice" (1995 album), "Live Stages" (1997 album)
(Task, Oct. 20, 2009)
Jody Watley
"The Makeover" (2006 album; includes covers of "Waiting in Vain," "Borderline," "I Want Your Love" and "Love Hangover"; Hear here ; Read here )
(U.K. - Avitone Recordings, Oct. 19, 2009)
Jane Wiedlin
"Jane Wiedlin" (1985 album)
(American Beat/Collectors' Choice, Oct. 20, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Leonard Cohen
"Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 [DVD/CD ]" (Vinyl ; Blu-ray )
(Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 20, 2009)
Eminem
"Eminem: Live from New York City [Blu-ray ]"
(Eagle, Oct. 20, 2009)
George Harrison
"George Harrison: Beautiful Stranger [DVD ]"
(MVD Visual, Oct. 20, 2009)
Jethro Tull
"Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 [DVD/CD ]" (See here )
(Virgin/EMI, Oct. 20, 2009)
Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson
"Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson: A Tribute to Ray Charles [DVD ]" (Blu-ray )
(A&E, Oct. 20, 2009)
Mott the Hoople
"The Whole Story [DVD ]"
(MVD Visual, Oct. 20, 2009)
Otis Redding
"Otis Redding: The Best — See & Hear [DVD/CD ]" (12-track best-of CD, with 12-song DVD of 1967 performances, directed by D.A. Pennebaker)
(Shout! Factory, Oct. 20, 2009)
Roxy Music
"The Story of Roxy Music: More Than This [DVD ]"
(Eagle, Oct. 20, 2009)
Smothers Brothers, The
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season 2 [DVD ]" (3 discs; CBS variety show, 1967-68 season; musical guests include The Who, The Temptations, The Byrds, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, The Association, Pete Seeger; Read here )
(Time Life, Oct. 20, 2009)
Toto
"Falling in Between Live [Blu-ray ]" (Hear here ; See here )
(Eagle, Oct. 20, 2009)
Tina Turner
"Tina Live [DVD/CD ]" (filmed in HD at the GelreDome, Arnhem, Holland, on March 21, 2009)
(EMI, Oct. 20, 2009)
Various artists
"Easy Rider: 40th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray ]" (1969 film; loaded with extras)
(Sony Pictures, Oct. 20, 2009)
ZZ Top
"Double Down Live [DVD ]" (2 discs; first disc, titled "Definitely Then," features their 1980 "Deguello" tour in Germany; disc 2 is "Almost Now," shows from last year; Read here )
(Eagle Rock, Oct. 20, 2009)
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