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APRIL 24, 2007

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Arctic Monkeys "Favourite Worst Nightmare" (first single: "Brianstorm"; Read here) (Domino, April 24, 2007)
Steve Austin "800 lb. Gorilla" (with one bonus track, "Nasty Baby"; first single: "Bussa Move"; Hear here) (YMC/Universal, April 24, 2007)
Bassnectar "Underground Communication" (Hear here) (Om, April 24, 2007)
Between the Trees "The Story and The Song" (producer: Pete Thornton; Hear here) (Bonded, April 24, 2007)
Chuck Brown (godfather of go-go music) "We're About the Business" (his first album of original go-go material in more than two decades; producer: Chucky Thompson; Hear here; Read here) (Raw Venture, April 24, 2007)
Norman Brown "Stay With Me" (guests: Brian McKnight, Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum, Paul Brown; first single: "Let's Take a Ride"; Read here) (Peak, April 24, 2007)
Patrizio Buanne "Forever Begins Tonight" (Hear here) (Next Plateau/Universal Republic, April 24, 2007)
Bill Callahan (formerly Smog) "Woke on a Whaleheart" (first single: "Diamond Dancer") (Drag City/Caroline, April 24, 2007)
Michel Camilo "Spirit of the Moment" (Read here; also available as Hybrid SACD) (Telarc, April 24, 2007)
Cliks, The "Snakehouse" (producer: Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness; Hear here; Read here) (Silver Label/Tommy Boy, April 24, 2007)
Confederate Railroad "Cheap Thrills" (includes a cover of "Please Come to Boston") (Shanachie, April 24, 2007)
Dark Tranquillity "Fiction" (Hear here) (Century Media, April 24, 2007)
Detroit Cobras, The "Tied and True" (Hear here) (Bloodshot, April 24, 2007)
eccodek "Voices Have Eyes" (Hear here) (White Swan, April 24, 2007)
Electric Soft Parade, The "No Need to Be Downhearted" (Hear here) (Better Looking, April 24, 2007)
Tim Finn "Imaginary Kingdom" (released internationally in October 2006; producer: Bobby Huff; Hear here; Read here) (Manhattan, April 24, 2007)
Fishbone "Still Stuck in Your Throat" (first studio album since 2000; Hear here) (Silverback, April 24, 2007)
Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman, Roxanne Potvin "Time Bomb" (producer: Kevin Bowe; Hear here) (Ruf, April 24, 2007)
Bebel Gilberto "Momento" (Hear here; Read here) (6 Degrees, April 24, 2007)
Gus Gus "Forever" (2 CDs; second disc contains eight remixes; Hear here) (Groove Attack, April 24, 2007)
Joe "Ain't Nothin' Like Me" (producers: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, The Underdogs, Cool & Dre, Timbaland, Bryan Michael Cox, Sean Garrett; guests: Nas, Fabolous, Chamillionaire, Papoose, Young Buck, Tony Yayo; first single: "If I Was Your Man"; Hear here) (Jive, April 24, 2007)
Sunshine Jones (former frontman of Dubtribe Sound System) "Seven Tracks in Seven Days" (first single: "I Believe/I Surrender"; Hear here) (MVD Audio, April 24, 2007)
Kalli "While the City Sleeps" (Hear here) (One Little Indian, April 24, 2007)
Mando Diao "Ode to Ochrasy" (Mute, April 24, 2007)
Marillion "Somewhere Else" (first single: "See It Like A Baby"; Hear here) (MVD Audio, April 24, 2007)
Keiko Matsui "Moyo" (guests: Hugh Masekela, Gerald Albright, Paul Taylor, Richard Bona, etc.; Hear here) (Shout! Factory, April 24, 2007)
Maria McKee "Late December" (producer: husband Jim Akin) (Cooking Vinyl, April 24, 2007)
Midnight Movies "Lion the Girl" (producer: Steve Fisk; Hear here) (New Line, April 24, 2007)
Jane Monheit "Surrender" (producer: Jorge Callandrelli; Hear here) (Concord, April 24, 2007)
Nazanin (Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a former Miss World Canada) "Someday" (written in honor of Nazanin's family, who fled Iran during the revolution in 1979; Hear here) (Bodog Music, April 24, 2007)
Nightwatchman, The (Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello) "One Man Revolution" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; Read here) (Epic, April 24, 2007)
Joell Ortiz "The Brick (Bodega Chronicles)" (producers: The Alchemist, Showbiz, Fame of M.O.P., Moss, etc.; guests: Immortal Technique, MOP, Ras Kass, Noyd, Graph, Stimuli; first single: "Hip Hop"; Hear here; Read here) (Koch, April 24, 2007)
Donny Osmond "Love Songs of the '70s" (Hear here/Track listing) (Decca, April 24, 2007)
PlayRadioPlay! "The Frequency EP" (enhanced; Hear here) (Stolen Transmission, April 24, 2007)
Porcupine Tree "Fear of a Blank Planet" (guests: Alex Lifeson, Robert Fripp; Hear here; Read here) (Atlantic, April 24, 2007)
John Prine & Mac Wiseman "Standard Songs for Average People" (duets of American country classics; producer: Cowboy Jack Clement) (Oh Boy, April 24, 2007)
Rabbit in the Moon "Decade [CD/DVD]" (Hear here) (Southbeat, April 24, 2007)
Joshua Redman "Back East" (guests: Chris Cheek, Joe Lovano and Redman's father, Dewey) (Nonesuch, April 24, 2007)
REO Speedwagon "Find Your Own Way Home" (group's first album of new material since 1996; producers: Joe Vanelli, frontman Kevin Cronin; Hear here) (Mailboat, April 24, 2007)
Sa-Ra "The Hollywood Recordings" (guests: Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, J. Dilla, Pharoahe Monch, Bilal, Kurupt, Capone-N-Noreaga; first single: "Feel the Bass"; Hear here; See here) (Babygrande, April 24, 2007)
Simply Red "Stay" (includes a cover of Ronnie Lane's "Debris"; producers: frontman Mick Hucknall, Andy Wright; first single: "So Not Over You"; Hear here) (simplyred.com ltd, April 24, 2007)
Patti Smith "Twelve" (covers album, including "Are You Experienced?," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," "Helpless," "Gimme Shelter," "White Rabbit"; Hear here; Read here) (Columbia, April 24, 2007)
Mavis Staples "We'll Never Turn Back" (producer: Ry Cooder; guests: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mike Elizondo, Jim Keltner; Read here) (Anti-/Epitaph, April 24, 2007)
Billy Thorpe (guitar great died of a heart attack on Feb. 28, 2007) "Solo: The Last Recordings" (2-CD acoustic album contains covers and originals; Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Liberation Blue, April 23, 2007)
Toasters, The "One More Bullet" (producer: Cubo; Hear here) (Stomp, April 24, 2007)
Two Cow Garage "III" (Hear here) (Shelterhouse, April 24, 2007)
Vanna "Curses" (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here) (Epitaph, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "Lucky You [film soundtrack]" (Drew Barrymore movie opens May 4; soundtrack includes "Huck's Theme," a new song by Bob Dylan; See here) (Columbia, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "Snoop Dogg Presents The Big Squeeze" (featuring Westurn Union, The Warzone, Terrace Martin, Azure, etc., most of whom were produced by Snoop; first single: Westurn Union's "Hat 2 Tha Bacc"; Hear here) (Doggy/Koch, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" (contributors: Prince, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Sarah McLachlan, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris, Björk, etc.; Read here) (Nonesuch, April 24, 2007)
Veils, The "Nux Vomica" (released in the U.K. in September 2006; producer: Nick Launay; Hear here) (Rough Trade/World's Fair, April 24, 2007)
Dale Watson "From the Cradle to the Grave" (recorded at Johnny Cash's old cabin in the Tennessee mountains; See/read here) (Hyena, April 24, 2007)
Deniece Williams "Love, Niecy Style" (remakes of R&B classics; producer: Bobby Eli; guests: Stevie Wonder, Philip Bailey, George Duke; Read here) (Shanachie, April 24, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Anjani "Blue Alert [CD/DVD]" (2006 album; the DVD features music videos for "The Mist" and "Thanks For the Dance," alongside the original EPK for the album) (Columbia/Legacy, April 24, 2007)
Asylum Choir, The (pre-fame Leon Russell with Marc Benno) "Look Inside The Asylum Choir" (1968 album; featuring guests Gene Clark, Harpers Bizarre and Gary Lewis) (U.K. - Rev-Ola, April 23, 2007)
Band, The "The Best of A Musical History" (highlights from the 2005 box set; also available with a DVD) (Capitol/EMI, April 24, 2007)
Laura Branigan "The Best of Branigan" (Rhino/Atlantic, April 24, 2007)
Jerry Butler "The Iceman Cometh/Ice on Ice" (1968, 1969 albums) (Collectors' Choice, April 24, 2007)
Caravan "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You" (1970 album; remastered), "In the Land of Grey and Pink" (1971 album; remastered) (Eclectic Discs, April 24, 2007)
Leonard Cohen "The Songs of Leonard Cohen" (1968 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks), "Songs From a Room" (1969 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks), "Songs of Love and Hate" (1971 album; remastered, with one bonus track; Read here; see related DVD below) (Columbia/Legacy, April 24, 2007)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" (1970 album; remastered), "Tarkus" (1971 album; remastered; Read here) (Shout! Factory, April 24, 2007)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Flying Burrito Brothers pedal steel guitarist recently died) "Anthology" (Sundazed, April 24, 2007)
David Sanborn "Heart to Heart" (1978 album; Read here) (Mosaic Contemporary, April 24, 2007)

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Neil Sedaka "The Definitive Collection" (22-track set includes two new recordings) (Razor & Tie, April 24, 2007)
Sly & The Family Stone "A Whole New Thing" (1967 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Dance to the Music" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Life" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Stand!" (1969 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "There's a Riot Goin' On" (1971 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Fresh" (1973 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Small Talk" (1974 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here) (Epic/Legacy, April 24, 2007)

BTW: Bonus tracks - "A Whole New Thing" - "Underdog" (single B-side version, mono)," "Let Me Hear It From You"(single B-side version, mono)," "Only One Way Out of This Mess," "What Would I Do," "You Better Help Yourself"(instrumental track, previously unreleased). "Dance to the Music" - "Dance to the Music" (single version, mono), "Higher" (unissued single version, mono), "Soul Clappin'," "We Love All" (previously unreleased)," "I Can't Turn You Loose" (previously unreleased), "Never Do Your Woman Wrong" (instrumental track, previously unreleased). "Life" - "Dynamite!" (single version, mono), "Seven More Days" (previously unreleased), "Pressure" (previously unreleased), "Sorrow" (instrumental track, previously unreleased).

"Stand!" - "Stand!" (single version, mono), "I Want to Take You Higher" (single version, mono), "You Can Make It If You Try" (unissued/canceled single version, mono), "Soul Clappin' II" (previously unreleased), "My Brain (Zig-Zag)" (instrumental track, previously unreleased). "There's a Riot Goin' On" - "Runnin' Away" (single version, mono), "Untitled instrumental track #1" (previously unreleased), "Untitled instrumental track #2" (previously unreleased, mono), "Untitled instrumental track #3" (previously unreleased, mono). "Fresh" - "Let Me Have It All" (alternate mix, unreleased album master), "Frisky" (alternate mix, unreleased album master), "Skin I'm In" (alternate mix, unreleased album master), "Keep On Dancin' " (alternate mix, unreleased album master), "Babies Makin' Babies" (alternate mix, unreleased album master). "Small Talk" - "Crossword Puzzle" (previously unreleased), "Time For Livin' " (alternate version, previously unreleased), "Loose Booty" (alternate version, previously unreleased), "Positive" (instrumental track, previously unreleased).

Audio streams - "Everyday People" (single version), "Family Affair" (single version) and "Stand!"

Stories "Stories/About Us" (1972, 1973 albums on one disc) (Raven, April 24, 2007)
Nestor Torres "The Very Best of Nestor Torres" (Shanachie, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "Evil Dead The Musical [original off-Broadway cast recording]" (based on Sam Raimi's 1980s cult-classic horror films; Read here) (Time Life, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "Putumayo World Party" (a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Action Against Hunger; Hear here) (Putumayo, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "Swinging London: A Trunk Full of '60s Pop Exotica: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records" (U.K. - Retro, April 23, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
ABBA "Dancing Queen: Interviews [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Maggie Bell and Midnight Flyer "Live at Montreux July 1981 [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Blood, Sweat & Tears "Spinning Wheel [DVD]" (a full live show from the band's 1980 U.K. tour) (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Bon Jovi "Music in Review [DVD]" (Classic Rock Legends, April 24, 2007)
David Bowie "Music in Review [DVD/Book]" (Classic Rock Legends, April 24, 2007)
David Bowie "Spiders From Mars: Interviews [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Drew Carey "The Drew Carey Show: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (4 discs; ABC sitcom, 1995-96 season) (Warner, April 24, 2007)
Leonard Cohen "Under Review 1934-1977 [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Buddy Greco "The Man and The Music [DVD]" (Standing Room Only, April 24, 2007)
KISS "Hell's Guardians: Interviews [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Jack Klugman, Tony Randall "The Odd Couple: The First Season [DVD]" (5 discs; Emmy-winning ABC sitcom, 1970-71 season; theme song composed by Neal Hefti, who also did "Batman") (Paramount, April 24, 2007)
Rebecca Pidgeon "The Raven [Hybrid SACD]" (1994 album) (Chesky, April 24, 2007)
Pink Floyd "Meddle: A Classic Album Under Review [DVD]" (a close-up look at the 1971 album), "Retrospectives: Pink Floyd [DVD]" (Classic Rock Legends, April 24, 2007)
Rolling Stones, The "Satisfaction: Interviews [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Todd Snider "The Devil You Know [DVD]" (live material, music videos) (New Door/UME, April 24, 2007)
Ben Stiller "Night at the Museum [DVD]" (2006 film) (20th Century Fox, April 24, 2007)
Stryper "Greatest Hits: Live in Puerto Rico [DVD]" (March 6, 2004, concert) (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)
Thin Lizzy "Videobiography [DVD/Book]" (Classic Rock Legends, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "The Legendary Crooners [DVD]" (featuring performances by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole and Perry Como) (Standing Room Only, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "One Day At a Time: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (2 discs; CBS sitcom, 1975-76 season - the series was a midseason replacement, debuting on Dec. 16, 1975; includes "The One Day At a Time Reunion Special"; Read here) (Sony Pictures, April 24, 2007)
Various artists "WKRP in Cincinnati: Season One [DVD]" (CBS sitcom, 1978-79 season; Read here) (Fox, April 24, 2007)
War "Loose Grooves: Funkin' Live in England 1980 [DVD]" (MVD Visual, April 24, 2007)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The "The Beatles in Cleveland: Memories, Facts & Photos About the Notorious 1964 & 1966 Concerts [Paperback]" (author: Dave Schwensen) (North Shore Publishing, April 22, 2007)
Freya Jarman-Ivens "Oh Boy!: Masculinities and Popular Music [Paperback]" (Routledge, April 25, 2007)
Leslie Simon, Trevor Kelley "Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture [Paperback]" (Harper Paperbacks, April 24, 2007)
Kara Zuaro "I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands [Paperback]" (Hyperion, April 24, 2007)

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