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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)


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)


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)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
James Jolly "The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 [Paperback]" (23rd edition) (Gramophone Publications, Sept. 20, 2009)

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