SEPT. 22, 2009
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Alice Donut
"10 Glorious Animals" (Hear here ; Read here )
(Alternative Tentacles, Sept. 22, 2009)
Basement Jaxx
"Scars" (guests: Yoko Ono, Kelis, Santigold, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Sam Sparro, Lightspeed Champion, Yo! Majesty; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Ultra/XL, Sept. 22, 2009)
Big Pink, The
"A Brief History of Love" (Hear here ; See here ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(4AD, Sept. 22, 2009)
Billy Talent
"Billy Talent III" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Rusted From the Rain"; Hear here )
(Atlantic, Sept. 22, 2009)
Black Tape for a Blue Girl
"10 Neurotics" (Hear here )
(Projekt, Sept. 22, 2009)
Michael Bolton
"One World One Love" (includes collaborations with Ne-Yo, Lady GaGa, etc.; producer: Bolton; first single: "Just One Love"; Hear here )
(International - Universal, Sept. 21, 2009)
Brand New
"Daisy" (producer: Mike Sapone; first single: "At the Bottom"; Hear here )
(Procrastinate Music Traitors/DGC/Interscope, Sept. 22, 2009)
Brother Ali
"Us" (guests: Chuck D, Freeway, Joell Ortiz, Mint Condition's Stokley Williams; Hear here )
(Rhymesayers Entertainment, Sept. 22, 2009)
Chynna & Vaughan (Chynna Phillips & Vaughan Penn)
"One Reason" (producer: Penn; first single: "One Reason"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Reunion/Provident Label Group, Sept. 22, 2009)
Guy Clark
"Somedays the Song Writes You" (producers: Clark, Verlon Thompson, Chris Latham; Hear here )
(Dualtone, Sept. 22, 2009)
Harry Connick Jr.
"Your Songs" (includes covers of "Just the Way You Are," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Your Songs," etc.; guests: Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Sutton; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Marsalis Music, Sept. 22, 2009)
David Crowder*Band
"Church Music" (first single: "How He Loves"; Hear here )
(Sparrow, Sept. 22, 2009)
Alan Cumming (British actor)
"I Bought a Blue Car Today" (Hear here )
(Yellow Sound Label, Sept. 22, 2009)
Deadmau5
"For the Lack of a Better Name" (Hear here )
(Ultra, Sept. 22, 2009)
Diamond Rio
"The Reason" (country group's first gospel album; first single: "God Is There"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Word, Sept. 22, 2009)
Orla Fallon (of Celtic Woman)
"Distant Shore" (producers: Eoghan O'Neill, Dan Shea; Hear here )
(Green Hill Music/EMI, Sept. 22, 2009)
Five Finger Death Punch
"War Is the Answer" (producers: Kevin Churko, Five Finger Death Punch; Hear here ; CD/DVD ; Vinyl [2 LPs, bonus CD])
(Prospect Park, Sept. 22, 2009)
Flying Machines
"Flying Machines" (Hear here )
(Meteor 17/EMI, Sept. 22, 2009)
Lisa Germano
"Magic Neighbor" (Hear here )
(Young God, Sept. 22, 2009)
Girls
"Album" (producer: Chet "JR" White; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(True Panther/Matador, Sept. 22, 2009)
David Gray
"Draw the Line" (producer: Gray; guests: Annie Lennox, Jolie Holland; first single: "Fugitive"; Hear here ; See here ; Read here ; Deluxe edition )
(Downtown/Mercer Street, Sept. 22, 2009)
Richard Hawley
"Truelove's Gutter" (Hear here )
(Mute, Sept. 22, 2009)
Andrew Hoover
"Chances, Stances & Romances" (producers: Jason Spiewak, 3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson; Hear here )
(Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 22, 2009)
Reagan Hudson
"The Boar Hog Twist" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Tate Music Group, Sept. 22, 2009)
Islands
"Vapours" (producers: Diamonds, Chris Coady; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Anti-/Epitaph, Sept. 22, 2009)
Joshua James
"Build Me This" (first single: "Coal War"; Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Intelligent Noise, Sept. 22, 2009)
Janus
"Red Light Return" (first single: "Eyesore"; Hear here )
(REALID/ILG/Warner Music Group, Sept. 22, 2009)
Sean Kingston
"Tomorrow" (producers: J.R. Rotem, RedOne, Wyclef Jean, The Smeezingtons; guest: Lil Wayne, Wyclef Jean; first single: "Fire Burning"; Hear here )
(Epic, Sept. 22, 2009)
ksm
"Read Between the Lines" (Hear here ; Amazon.com Exclusive Version: CD & T-Shirt )
(Disney Sound, Sept. 22, 2009)
Larry the Cable Guy
"Tailgate Party" (Fourth of July special, recorded at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.)
(Jack/Warner, Sept. 22, 2009)
Jeff Larson
"Heart of the Valley" (producer: America's Gerry Beckley; guests: Dewey Bunnell, Rusty Young, Rich Campbell, Jeff Foskett, etc.; Hear here )
(Human Nature, Sept. 22, 2009)
Los Lobos
"Los Lobos Goes Disney [Amazon.com exclusive ]" (covers of Disney classics; Hear here )
(Walt Disney, Sept. 22, 2009)
Mae
"(M)orning" (Hear here )
(Cell/Tooth & Nail, Sept. 22, 2009)
Matt Maher
"Alive Again" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Essential, Sept. 22, 2009)
Mika
"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" (producers: Mika, Greg Wells; first single: "We Are Golden"; Hear here ; Special edition )
(Casablanca/Universal Republic, Sept. 22, 2009)
Monsters of Folk (Conor Oberst, Yim Yames, M. Ward, Mike Mogis)
"Monsters of Folk" (producer: Mogis; Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl )
(Shangri-La Music/ADA, Sept. 22, 2009)
Monty Are I
"Break Through the Silence" (producers: Matt Squire, Don Gilmore; first single: "One in a Million"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Island, Sept. 22, 2009)
Geoff Muldaur (ex-husband of Maria Muldaur, father of Jenni Muldaur)
"Texas Shieks" (guests: the late Stephen Bruton, Johnny Nicholas, Cindy Cashdollar, Suzy Thompson, Bruce Hughes, Jim Kweskin; Hear here )
(Tradition & Moderne, Sept. 22, 2009)
Frankie Negron
"Independence Day [MP3 Download ]" (his first English-language album; Hear here )
(Airgo, Sept. 22, 2009)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Speed of Life" (producers: George Massenburg, Jon Randall Stewart; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(NGDB/Sugarhill, Sept. 22, 2009)
Noisettes
"Wild Young Hearts" (producer: Jim Abbiss; first single: "Don't Upset the Rhythm"; Hear here )
(Mercury, Sept. 22, 2009)
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
"Between My Head and the Sky" (producers: Ono, Sean Lennon; guests: Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda; Hear here )
(Chimera Music, Sept. 22, 2009)
Pearl Jam
"Backspacer" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "The Fixer"; Read here )
(Pearl Jam, Sept. 20, 2009 — to be sold in Target stores)
Pillar
"Confessions" (producer: Rob Graves; Hear here )
(Essential, Sept. 22, 2009)
Rain Machine
"Rain Machine" (Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Anti-/Epitaph, Sept. 22, 2009)
Rescue Signals
"Indecisions" (Hear here )
(Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 22, 2009)
Sea Wolf
"White Water, White Bloom" (producer: Mike Mogis; Hear here ; Download bonus track "Stanislaus" ; Vinyl )
(Dangerbird, Sept. 22, 2009)
Jon Secada
"Expressions" (jazz-flavored swing tunes; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Acrobat/The Orchard, Sept. 22, 2009)
Shattered Atom
"The Knife, The Thief [MP3 Download ]" (producer: Daniel Dempsey; first single: "Under the Stars"; Hear here )
(Shattered Atom, Sept. 23, 2009)
Skindred
"Shark Bites and Dog Fights" (producer: Matt LaPlant; Hear here )
(Bieler Bros., Sept. 22, 2009)
Sonata Arctica (Finnish power metal group)
"The Days of Grays" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Nuclear Blast, Sept. 22, 2009)
Spiral Beach
"The Only Really Thing" (Hear here )
(Sparks Music/Tommy Boy, Sept. 22, 2009)
Jeffree Star
"Beauty Killer" (producers: Nathaniel Motte, Lester Mendez, Luke Walker, Nico Hartikainen, etc.; guests: Breathe Carolina, Matt Skiba, Nicki Minaj; Hear here )
(Popsicle, Sept. 22, 2009)
Adam Steffey
"One More for the Road" (producers: Gary Paczosa, Barry Bales; guests: Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman; Hear here )
(Sugar Hill, Sept. 22, 2009)
Angel Taylor
"Love Travels" (producer: Mikal Blue; first single: "Make Me Believe"; Hear here )
(Aware/Columbia, Sept. 22, 2009)
Three Days Grace
"Life Starts Now" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Break"; Hear here )
(Jive, Sept. 22, 2009)
J. Tillman
"Year in the Kingdom" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Western Vinyl, Sept. 22, 2009)
Times New Viking
"Born Again Revisited" (16 tracks; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Matador, Sept. 22, 2009)
U2
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight [CD-single ]" (six mixes; MP3 Download )
(Interscope, Sept. 23, 2009)
Various artists
"Phineas and Ferb [TV soundtrack ]" (Disney cartoon; See here )
(Walt Disney, Sept. 23, 2009)
Vertical Horizon
"Burning the Days" (producers: Brian Duffy, John Shanks, David Bendeth; guests: Rush drummer Neil Peart, Richard Marx; first single: "Save Me From Myself"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Outfall, Sept. 22, 2009)
Wallpaper
"Doodoo Face" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Eenie Meenie, Sept. 22, 2009)
Mike Zito
"Pearl River" (producer: David Z; guests: Reese Wynans, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Susan Cowsill; Hear here )
(Eclecto Groove, Sept. 22, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Animotion
"Animotion" (1985 album; remastered; includes "Obsession"), "Strange Behavior" (1986 album; remastered)
(U.K. - Cherry Pop, Sept. 21, 2009)
Brian Auger & Trinity
"Definitely What! ..." (1969 album; remastered, with a bonus track, "What You Gonna Do?"; Hear here ), "Befour" (1970 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks)
(U.K. - Victor, Sept. 21, 2009)
Beastie Boys
"Hello Nasty" (1998 album; remastered; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Capitol/EMI, Sept. 22, 2009)
Joshua Bell
"The Best of Joshua Bell: The Decca Years" (3 CDs; MP3 Download )
(Decca, Sept. 22, 2009)
Dave Berry
"This Strange Effect: The Decca Sessions, Volume One" (2 CDs, 57 tracks, including "The Crying Game"; Read here )
(U.K. - RPM, Sept. 21, 2009)
Bloodstone
"Bloodstone" (1972 debut album; remastered), "Do You Wanna Do a Thing" (1976 album; remastered)
(Collectors' Choice, Sept. 22, 2009)
Buckwheat Zydeco
"Essential Recordings: Let the Good Times Roll"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
"White Lunar" (2-CD collection of soundtrack recordings)
(Mute, Sept. 22, 2009)
Ray Charles
"The Genius Hits the Road" (1960 album; includes "Georgia On My Mind"; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Concord, Sept. 22, 2009)
Elvis Costello
"Spike" (1989 album; remastered), "Mighty Like a Rose" (1991 album; remastered), "Extreme Honey: The Very Best of the Warner Bros. Years" (1997 album; remastered)
(Rhino, Sept. 22, 2009)
Cranberries, The
"20th Century Masters: The Best of The Cranberries — The Millennium Collection [MP3 Download ]" (11 tracks)
(Island/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
"Candida/Dawn featuring Tony Orlando" (1970, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered)
(U.K. - Glam/7T's, Sept. 21, 2009)
Charlie Dore
"Listen!" (1981 album; remastered)
(U.K. - Lemon, Sept. 21, 2009)
John Fahey
"Essential Recordings: Twilight on Prince George's Avenue"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Dan Fogelberg
"Love in Time" (he finished this album a year before his death in December 2007, placed it in a safe deposit box and asked his wife to release it after he was gone; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Full Moon/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
Green Day
"Shenanigans [Vinyl ]" (2002 rarities collection)
(Reprise, Sept. 22, 2009)
John Hartford
"Essential Recordings: Good'le Days"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Isley, Jasper, Isley
"Broadway's Closer Than Sunset Boulevard" (1985 album; remastered, with a bonus 12-inch mix of "Kiss and Tell"; Hear here )
(Iconoclassic, Sept. 22, 2009)
Etta James
"The Inspirational Collection" (Track list )
(Varese Sarabande, Sept. 22, 2009)
James Gang, The
"Rides Again [MP3 Download ]" (1970 album)
(Geffen/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
Kentucky Headhunters, The
"The Kentucky Headhunters Live/Agora Ballroom — Cleveland, Ohio: May 13, 1990"
(Mercury/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
LCD Soundsystem
"45:33 Remixes" (MP3 Download )
(DFA, Sept. 22, 2009)
M
"Pop Muzik: 30th Anniversary Remixes" (14 tracks, plus music video)
(Echo Beach, Sept. 22, 2009)
Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse
"The Best of Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse [MP3 Download ]" (15 tracks)
(Rhino, Sept. 22, 2009)
Manassas
"Pieces" (15-song collection of unreleased material; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Rhino, Sept. 22, 2009)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Best of the Early Singles" (2 CDs, 32 tracks)
(Abstract Sounds, Sept. 22, 2009)
Richard Marx
"Emotional Remains [Amazon.com exclusive ]" (2008 album, originally released digitally; Amazon version includes two bonus tracks, "Dancing" and "Should've Known Better 2009"; producers: Marx, Matt Scannell, Kenny Loggins; guests: Toni Braxton, Vince Gill; Hear here )
(Zanzibar, Sept. 22, 2009)
Barry McGuire
"This Precious Time/The World's Last Private Citizen" (1965, 1967 albums; remastered)
(Collectors' Choice, Sept. 22, 2009)
Luis Miguel
"No Culpes a La Noche: Club Remixes" (MP3 Download )
(Warner, Sept. 22, 2009)
Jackie Moore
"I'm on My Way/With Your Love" (1979, 1980 albums on one CD)
(U.K. - Expressions, Sept. 21, 2009)
Willie Nelson
"Phases and Stages [Vinyl ]" (1974 album; remastered)
(Rhino, Sept. 22, 2009)
Bob Newhart
"The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart/The Windmills Are Weakening" (1960, 1965 albums on one disc), "The Button-Down Mind on TV" (1962 album), "Bob Newhart Faces Bob Newhart (Faces Bob Newhart)" (1964 album), "This Is It!" (1967 album; MP3 Download )
(Collectors' Choice, Sept. 22, 2009)
Nite-Liters, The
"A-Nal-Y-Sis" (1972 album; remastered)
(Dusty Groove America, Sept. 22, 2009)
Gary Numan
"The Pleasure Principle: 30th Anniversary Edition" (1980 album; remastered; 2 CDs; MP3 Download )
(Beggars Banquet, Sept. 22, 2009)
Persuasions, The
"Essential Recordings: A Cappella Soul"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Wilson Pickett
"Essential Recordings: It Ain't Easy"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Jonathan Richman
"Essential Recordings: Vampire Girl"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Riders in the Sky
"Essential Recordings: Ghost Riders in the Sky"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Roomful of Blues
"Essential Recordings: Jump Blues Classics"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Rush
"Caress of Steel [MP3 Download ]" (1975 album), "All the World's a Stage [MP3 Download ]" (1976 album), "Exit ... Stage Left [MP3 Download ]" (1981 album)
(Mercury/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
Tears For Fears
"Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (1995 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks)
(U.K. - Cherry Pop, Sept. 21, 2009)
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
"Essential Recordings: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"
(Rounder, Sept. 22, 2009)
Thunderclap Newman
"Hollywood Dream" (1970 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; includes "Something in the Air")
(U.K. - Esoteric, Sept. 21, 2009)
Shania Twain
"Come on Over [MP3 Download ]" (1997 album)
(Mercury Nashville/UME, Sept. 22, 2009)
Bonnie Tyler
"The World Starts Tonight" (1977 debut album; remastered; includes "Lost in France"; Hear here ), "Natural Force" (1978 album; remastered; in the U.S., the album was titled "It's a Heartache")
(U.K. - Glam/7T's, Sept. 21, 2009)
Various artists
"Hard to Find Jukebox Classics: Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals & More" (29 tracks, 22 of which make their CD debut), "Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1958: More Pop Gold" (26 tracks)
(Hit Parade, Sept. 22, 2009)
Various artists
"NOW That's What I Call Club Hits" (19 tracks; MP3 Download )
(Sony Legacy, Sept. 22, 2009)
Various artists
"Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 [Box set ]" (4 CDs, 101 tracks; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Rhino, Sept. 22, 2009)
Rufus Wainwright
"Milwaukee at Last!!!" (live show from Aug. 27, 2007, at Pabst Theater; Deluxe edition )
(Decca, Sept. 22, 2009)
Youth Brigade
"Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records [CD/DVD box set ]" (2 CDs, 31 tracks; the DVD is a documentary chronicling the punk-rock group's history; See/read here )
(BYO, Sept. 22, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Chic
"Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival '03 [DVD ]"
(ABC Records UK, Sept. 22, 2009)
Steve Marriott & Band
"All or Nothing: Live in Germany [DVD ]"
(Charly, Sept. 22, 2009)
Various artists
"Monterey Pop: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray ]" (1968 concert film; Read here ), "Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray ]" (Read here ), "The Complete Monterey Pop Festival: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray ]" (2 discs; contains "Monterey Pop," "Jimi Plays Monterey" and "Shake! Otis at Monterey"; Read here )
(Image, Sept. 22, 2009)
Dan Zanes and Friends
"The Fine Friends Are Here! [DVD/CD ]" (See here )
(Razor & Tie, Sept. 22, 2009)
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