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DEC. 22, 2009

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Mary J. Blige "Stronger withEach Tear" (first single: "Stronger," from the LeBron James film "More Than a Game"; Hear here) (Matriarch/Geffen, Dec. 21, 2009)
Hurricane Chris "Unleashed" (producers: Play-N-Skillz, Justice League, The Inkredibles, Phunk Dawg, Jim Jonsin, etc.; guests: Mario, Bobby Valentino, etc.; first single: "Halle Berry [She's Fine]"; Hear here) (Polo Grounds Music/RCA, Dec. 21, 2009)
Madonna "Revolver [MP3 Download]" (six mixes of the single, plus two of "Celebration"; see related reissue below) (Warner, Dec. 25, 2009)
Mudvayne "Mudvayne" (first single: "Beautiful and Strange"; Hear here; Vinyl) (Epic, Dec. 21, 2009)
Various artists "Nine [Film soundtrack]" (movie musical starring Daniel Day-Lewis opens Christmas Day; Hear here; Read here) (Geffen, Dec. 21, 2009)
Various artists "We Are Young Money" (mixtape compilation from Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment; guests: Lloyd, Pleasure P, Birdman, Gucci Mane; Hear here; CD/DVD) (Young Money/Universal Motown, Dec. 21, 2009)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Alabama "The Essential Alabama 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (48 tracks) (RCA/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Adrian Belew "Young Lions [MP3 Download]" (1990 album) (Atlantic/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Tony Bennett "The Essential Tony Bennett 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (46 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Michael Bolton "The Essential Michael Bolton 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (40 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
James Brown "The Singles, Volume Eight: 1972-1973" (2 CDs, 40 tracks; Read here) (Hip-O Select, Dec. 21, 2009)
Johnny Cash "The Essential Johnny Cash 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (42 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Ray Charles "Sings for Lovers" (Concord, Dec. 21, 2009)
Leonard Cohen "The Essential Leonard Cohen 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (38 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Miles Davis "The Essential Miles Davis 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (28 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Danielle Dax "Blast the Human Flower [MP3 Download]" (1990 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
John Denver "The Essential John Denver 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (44 tracks) (RCA/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Neil Diamond "The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (46 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Bob Dylan "The Essential Bob Dylan 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (36 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Earth, Wind & Fire "The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (42 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
EBN/OZN "Feeling Cavalier [MP3 Download]" (1980 album) (Elektra/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Electric Prunes, The "Just Good Old Rock and Roll [MP3 Download]" (1969 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Eminem "Relapse: Refill" (2009 album; 2 CDs, with seven bonus tracks; Read here) (Aftermath/Interscope, Dec. 21, 2009)
Donna Fargo "Shame On Me [MP3 Download]" (1977 album), "Fargo [MP3 Download]" (1980 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Bryan Ferry "The Best of Bryan Ferry [CD/DVD]" (21 tracks; includes a new cover of "I Don't Want to Go On Without You") (U.K. - Virgin/EMI, Dec. 21, 2009)
David Gates "First [MP3 Download]" (1973 album), "Never Let Her Go [MP3 Download]" (1973 album), "Goodbye Girl [MP3 Download]" (1978 album), "Falling in Love Again [MP3 Download]" (1980 album) (Elektra/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Daryl Hall & John Oates "Whole Oats [MP3 Download]" (1972 album), "War Babies [MP3 Download]" (1974 album) (Atlantic/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Daryl Hall & John Oates "The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (44 tracks) (RCA/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Isaac Hayes "Sings for Lovers" (Stax/Concord, Dec. 21, 2009)
Heart "The Essential Heart 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (45 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Michael Jackson "The Essential Michael Jackson 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (45 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Waylon Jennings "The Essential Waylon Jennings 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (52 tracks) (RCA/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Billy Joel "The Essential Billy Joel 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (43 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Janis Joplin "The Essential Janis Joplin 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (36 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Journey "The Essential Journey 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (40 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Judas Priest "The Essential Judas Priest 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (41 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Kansas "The Essential Kansas 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (33 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Kenny G "The Essential Kenny G 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (39 tracks) (Arista/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Kinks, The "Arista Years [MP3 Download]" (101 tracks) (E1 Music, Dec. 25, 2009)
Kenny Loggins "The Essential Kenny Loggins 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (42 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Madonna "Celebration [Vinyl box set]" (4-LP best-of) (Warner, Dec. 22, 2009)
Mantovani "Christmas Carols" (1958 album; remastered) (Collectors' Choice, Dec. 22, 2009)
Willie Nelson "The Essential Willie Nelson 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (49 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Nirvana "Live at Reading [Vinyl]" (2 LPs; CD version released on Nov. 3) (Geffen/UMe, Dec. 21, 2009)
Ted Nugent "The Essential Ted Nugent 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (38 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
O'Jays, The "The Essential O'Jays 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (43 tracks) (Philadelphia International/Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Roy Orbison "The Essential Roy Orbison 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (48 tracks) (Monument/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Ozzy Osbourne "The Essential Ozzy Osbourne 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (35 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
David Pack "Anywhere You Go [MP3 Download]" (1985 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Teddy Pendergrass "The Essential Teddy Pendergrass 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (32 tracks) (Philadelphia International/Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Elvis Presley "Elvis Now" (1972 album), "Good Times" (1974 album), "From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee" (1976 album) (RCA, Dec. 22, 2009)
Elvis Presley "The Essential Elvis Presley 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (48 tracks) (RCA/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Public Image Ltd. "Plastic Box [Box set]" (4 CDs, 64 tracks; Vinyl) (U.K. - EMI, Dec. 21, 2009)
REO Speedwagon "The Essential REO Speedwagon 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (41 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
David Ruffin "So Soon We Change [MP3 Download]" (1979 album), "Gentleman Ruffin [MP3 Download]" (1980 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Leo Sayer "The Show Must Go On: The Very Best of Leo Sayer" (2 CDs, 36 tracks) (U.K. - Music Club, Dec. 21, 2009)
Sly & The Family Stone "The Essential Sly & The Family Stone 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (41 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Bruce Springsteen "The Essential Bruce Springsteen 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (42 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Candi Staton "Candi Staton [MP3 Download]" (1973 album), "Candi [MP3 Download]" (1974 album), "Music Speaks Louder Than Words [MP3 Download]" (1977 album), "House of Love [MP3 Download]" (1978 album) (Warner/Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Barbra Streisand "The Essential Barbra Streisand 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (49 tracks) (Columbia/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Luther Vandross "The Essential Luther Vandross 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (37 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Various artists "This Is Gothic: The Bat Cave Anthology" (2 CDs, 33 tracks) (Cleopatra, Dec. 22, 2009)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 3.0 [MP3 Download]" (39 tracks) (Epic/Legacy, Dec. 22, 2009)
Dionne Warwick "The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick [MP3 Download]" (1965 album), "On Stage and in the Movies [MP3 Download]" (1967 album) (Rhino, Dec. 22, 2009)
Who, The "Greatest Hits" (19 tracks; MP3 Download) (Geffen/UMe, Dec. 21, 2009)
Wondermints, The "Kaleidoscopin': Exploring Prisms of the Past" (21-track rarities collection; Hear here) (U.K. - New Sound/Cherry Red, Dec. 21, 2009)
The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White "It Might Get Loud [DVD]" (2009 documentary by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim; See here; Read here; Blu-ray) (Sony Pictures, Dec. 22, 2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel "(500) Days of Summer [DVD]" (2009 film; Blu-ray, with digital copy) (Fox Searchlight, Dec. 22, 2009)

MUSIC GAMES

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Van Halen "Guitar Hero Van Halen [Nintendo Wii]" (PlayStation 2; PlayStation 3; Xbox 360) (Activision, Dec. 22, 2009)

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