MARCH 25, 2008
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| Bryan Adams |
"11" (another album recorded in hotel rooms and empty concert halls) |
(U.K. - Badman, March 24, 2008) |
| Nicola Benedetti |
"Vaughan Williams/Tavener" (Hear here) |
(Deutsche Grammophon, March 25, 2008) |
| B-52's, The |
"Funplex" (first album of new material since 1992; producer: Steve Osbourne; first single: "Pump"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Astralwerks, March 25, 2008) |
| Blues Anatomy with Jef Lee Johnson |
"Rediscovering Lonnie Johnson" (producer: Aaron Luis Levinson; guests: Geoff Muldaur, Joe Mass; Hear here) |
(Range, March 25, 2008) |
| Caribbean Jazz Project |
"Afro Bop Alliance" (Read here) |
(Heads Up, March 25, 2008) |
| Cavalera Conspiracy, The (featuring brothers Max and Igor Cavalera) |
"Inflikted" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Roadrunner, March 25, 2008) |
| Counting Crows |
"Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" (producer: Gil Norton; Read here) |
(Geffen, March 25, 2008) |
| Crash Romeo |
"Gave Me the Clap" (producer: Chris Badami; first single: "Popular"; Hear here) |
(Trustkill, March 25, 2008) |
| DAY26 (Diddy's hand-picked group is featured on MTV's "Making the Band 4") |
"DAY26" (producers: The Runners, Jim Bean, Adonis, Bryan Michael Cox; first single: "Got Me Going"; Read here) |
(Bad Boy, March 25, 2008) |
| Justin Townes Earle (son of Steve Earle) |
"The Good Life" (producer: RS Field; Hear here) |
(Bloodshot, March 25, 2008) |
| Emerson String Quartet |
"Bach: Fugues" |
(Deutsche Grammophon, March 25, 2008) |
| Gnarls Barkley |
"The Odd Couple" (Hear here) |
(Downtown/Atlantic, March 25, 2008) |
| Head of Femur |
"Great Plains" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Greyday, March 25, 2008) |
| Heavy, The |
"Great Vengeance and Furious Fire" (released in the U.K. in 2007; U.S. version contains bonus track "Our Special Place"; Hear here; See here) |
(+1 Records/Counter, March 25, 2008) |
| Zane Lewis |
"Zane Lewis" (Hear here) |
(Slant, March 25, 2008) |
| Nick Loren (actor and John Travolta's stunt double) |
"Let's Make It Real" (producers: Jeeve, Claudio Cueni; Hear here) |
(LGN Entertainment, March 25, 2008) |
| Miguel Migs |
"Those Things Remixed" (new interpretations of original tracks from his 2007 album "Those Things"; Hear here) |
(Salted Music, March 25, 2008) |
| Mike Oldfield |
"Music of the Spheres" (producers: Oldfield, Karl Jenkins; guests: Hayley Westenra, Lang Lang; Hear here; Read here) |
(Decca, March 25, 2008) |
| Panic! at the Disco |
"Pretty. Odd." (Hear here; Read here) |
(Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen, March 25, 2008) |
| Pennywise |
"Reason to Believe" (producer: Cameron Webb; first single: "Something to Live For"; Hear here) |
(MySpace, March 25, 2008) |
| Plants and Animals |
"Parc Avenue" (Hear here) |
(Secret City, March 25, 2008) |
| Raconteurs, The |
"Consolers of the Lonely" (first single: "Salute Your Solution"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Third Man/Warner, March 25, 2008) |
| Silver Mount Zion |
"13 Blues for Thirteen Moons" (Hear here) |
(Constellation, March 25, 2008) |
| Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder |
"Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947" |
(Skaggs Family, March 25, 2008) |
| Temposhark |
"The Invisible Line" (producers: Sean McGhee, Guy Sigsworth; guests: Imogen Heap, Sophie Solomon; first single: "Blame," co-written by Youth; Hear here; See here) |
(Paper and Glue Ltd./Defend Music, March 25, 2008) |
| Various artists |
"WWE: The Music, Volume 8" (includes Jeff Hardy's theme, "No More Words," by EndeverafteR; Hear here; See here) |
(World Wrestling Entertainment/Columbia, March 25, 2008) |
| We Are Scientists |
"Brain Thrust Mastery" (Hear here) |
(U.K. - Virgin, March 24, 2008) |
| Geoff Weston |
"Vidiots - Tune In!!" (guests: Davey Johnstone, Richard Elliot, Lewie Goldsmith, Jefferson Kewley, Dennis Conway, The Heart Attack Horns) |
(Disturbing Music, March 25, 2008) |
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| Bay City Rollers |
"Elevator" (1979 album; remastered; includes the single "Turn On Your Radio," when the band was known simply as The Rollers) |
(U.K. - Glam/7Ts, March 24, 2008) |
| Cardigans, The |
"Best of The Cardigans" |
(U.K. - Universal, March 24, 2008) |
| Coasters, The |
"The Very Best of The Coasters" (1993 album; 16 tracks) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| England Dan & John Ford Coley |
"The Very Best of England Dan & John Ford Coley" |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Doobie Brothers, The |
"Best of the Doobies, Volume II" (1981 album) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Everly Brothers, The |
"The Very Best of The Everly Brothers" |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Gerry and the Pacemakers |
"You'll Never Walk Alone (The EMI Years 1963-1966)" (4 CDs; Read here) |
(U.K. - EMI, March 24, 2008) |
| Jesus and Mary Chain, The |
"Psychocandy" (1985 album; remastered), "Darklands" (1987 album; remastered), "Automatic" (1989 album; remastered), "Honey's Dead" (1992 album; remastered), "Stoned & Dethroned" (1994 album; remastered) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Nicolette Larson |
"The Very Best of Nicolette Larson" |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Lemonheads, The |
"It's a Shame About Ray [CD/DVD Collector's Edition]" (1992 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks; the DVD contains 45 minutes of videos and live performances; Hear here) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Montrose |
"The Very Best of Montrose" (2000 album) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Morrissey |
"Greatest Hits" (includes two new songs, "That's How People Grow Up," produced by Jerry Finn, and "All You Need Is Me"; Hear here; Read here; also available in deluxe edition, with a second disc of live cuts) |
(Decca, March 25, 2008) |
| Leo Sayer |
"The Very Best of Leo Sayer" (2000 album; 16 tracks) |
(Rhino, March 25, 2008) |
| Simon & Garfunkel |
"Live 1969" (17 previously unreleased tracks culled from performances in Detroit, Toledo, Carbondale, Ill., St. Louis, Long Beach, Calif., and New York) |
(Columbia/Legacy, March 25, 2008 - sold exclusively at Starbucks stores; retail release will be in the fall) |
| Smokie |
"Solid Ground" (1981 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks), "Strangers in Paradise" (1982 album; remastered) |
(U.K. - Glam/7Ts, March 24, 2008) |
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| Lindsey Buckingham |
"Live at the Bass Performance Hall [DVD/CD]" (Jan. 27, 2007, concert in Fort Worth; Read here) |
(Reprise, March 25, 2008) |
| Mike Douglas |
"Mike Douglas - Moments & Memories [DVD]" (featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Rolling Stones, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Martin, etc.; Read here) |
(Kultur, March 25, 2008) |
MUSIC BOOKS
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| Greil Marcus |
"Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll: Fifth Edition [Paperback]" |
(Plume, March 25, 2008) |
| Pet Shop Boys |
"Pet Shop Boys Catalogue [Paperback]" (author: Philip Hoare, Chris Heath) |
(Thames & Hudson, March 24, 2008) |
| Bruce Williams, Donnell Alexander |
"Rollin' with Dre: The Unauthorized Account: An Insider's Tales of the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of West Coast Hip Hop [Paperback]" |
(One World/Ballantine, March 25, 2008) |
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