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NOV. 25, 2008

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Trace Adkins "X (TEN)" (first single: "Muddy Water"; Hear/see here; MP3 Download) (Capitol Nashville, Nov. 24, 2008)
Afroman "Frobama: Head of State [MP3 Download]" (25 tracks; Hear here) (Hungry Hustler, Nov. 25, 2008)
Almost, The "No Gift to Bring [EP]" (producer: Underoath's Tim McTague; Hear here) (Tooth & Nail, Nov. 24, 2008)
Bryan Beller "Thanks in Advance" (producer: Beller; Hear here; Read here) (Onion Boy, Nov. 25, 2008)
David Byrne & Brian Eno "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" (Hear here) (Todo Mundo, Nov. 24, 2008)
Jeremy Camp "Speaking Louder Than Before" (producers: Brown Banniser, Camp; Hear here) (BEC Recordings, Nov. 24, 2008)
Evidence "The Layover EP" (Hear here) (Deconstruction, Nov. 25, 2008)
Fireman, The (alias Paul McCartney) "Electric Arguments" (producers: McCartney, Youth; first single: "Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight"; Read here) (MPL/ATO, Nov. 25, 2008)
Guns N' Roses "Chinese Democracy" (producer: Sean Beavan; first single: "Chinese Democracy"; Hear here; See here; Read here) (Geffen, Nov. 23, 2008 - Best Buy to be the exclusive retailer)
Daryl Hall & John Oates "Live at the Troubadour [CD/DVD]" (duo's May 2008 concerts were its first shows at the Los Angeles venue in 35 years; Hear here; See here; Read here) (Shout! Factory, Nov. 25, 2008)
(International) Noise Conspiracy, The "The Cross of My Calling" (producer: Rick Rubin; Hear here) (Vagrant/American, Nov. 24, 2008)
Steve Jablonsky "Gears of War 2 [video game soundtrack]" (27 tracks; See here) (Sumthing Else, Nov. 25, 2008)
Tom Jones "24 Hours" (his first album in 15 years; includes covers of Bruce Springsteen's "The Hitter" and "I'm Alive" by Tommy James and the Shondells; producers: Future Cat; guests: Bono, The Edge; Read here; MP3 Download) (S-Curve, Nov. 24, 2008)
Gary Jules & The Group Rules "Bird" (Hear here) (Down Up Down/Gary Jules Music, Nov. 24, 2008)
Kid Sister "Dream Date" (Hear here) (Fool's Gold/Downtown, Nov. 24, 2008)
Killers, The "Day & Age" (producer: Stuart Price; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Island, Nov. 24, 2008)
Ludacris "Theater of the Mind" (producers: Dre & Vidal, 9th Wonder; guests: T-Pain, The Game, T.I., Chris Brown; first single: "What Them Girls Like"; Hear here; Read here) (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam, Nov. 24, 2008)
Madonna "Miles Away [MP3 Download]" (6 remixes) (Warner, Nov. 24, 2008)
Barry Manilow "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties" (covers of "Open Arms," "Careless Whisper," "Islands in the Stream," "Against All Odds," etc.; producers: Manilow, Clive Davis; guest: Reba McEntire; Read here; MP3 Download) (Arista, Nov. 24, 2008)
Shawn Mullins "Live at the Variety Playhouse [MP3 Download]" (Vanguard, Nov. 24, 2008)
Return to Forever "Return to Forever Returns" (2-CD live album) (Eagle, Nov. 24, 2008)
Kevin Rudolf "In the City" (first single: "In the City"; guests: Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Nas; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Cash Money/Universal, Nov. 24, 2008)
Sista "O" & D'Vine Praize "Meditation" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (R.N.L.G./Koch, Nov. 25, 2008)
Supersuckers "Get It Together!" (2 CDs; Hear here) (Mid Fi Recordings, Nov. 25, 2008)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Night Enchanted [MP3 Download]" (Atlantic, Nov. 25, 2008)
Various artists "Punisher: War Zone [film soundtrack]" (movie opens Dec. 5; first single: Rob Zombie's "War Zone"; Hear here; See here) (Lionsgate, Nov. 25, 2008)
Various artists "Synecdoche, New York [film soundtrack]" (Charlie Kaufman-written and -directed film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, opened Oct. 24; music by Jon Brion; See here) (Lakeshore, Nov. 25, 2008)
Scott Weiland "Happy in Galoshes" (producers: Steve Albini, Doug Greans; guests: Paul Oakenfold, No Doubt's Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Softdrive, Nov. 25, 2008)
Kanye West "808s & Heartbreak" (first single: "Love Lockdown"; Hear here; MP3 Download; Read here) (Def Jam, Nov. 24, 2008)
Gary Wright "Waiting to Catch the Light [MP3 Download]" (instrumental album of ambient/atmospheric music) (High Wave Music/Larkio Music, Nov. 24, 2008)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Tori Amos "To Venus and Back [MP3 Download]" (1999 album; 24 tracks) (Atlantic/Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
Anastacia "Heavy Rotation" (2008 album, with bonus track "Beautiful Messed Up World") (U.K. - Universal, Nov. 24, 2008)
Jeff Beck "Performing This Week ... Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club" (16-track performance from 2007) (Eagle, Nov. 24, 2008)
Bush "The Science of Things [MP3 Download]" (1999 album) (Kirtland, Nov. 25, 2008)
Canned Heat "Anthology" (Cleopatra, Nov. 25, 2008)
Chase "Chase/Ennea/Pure Music" (1971, 1972, 1974 albums on 2 CDs; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Nov. 24, 2008)
Coldplay "Viva La Vida/Prospekt's March" (includes the 2008 album, plus an EP containing "Lost +," featuring Jay-Z, and "Lovers in Japan [Osaka Sun mix]") (Capitol, Nov. 24, 2008)
Natalie Cole "Greatest Hits Volume I [MP3 Download]" (20 tracks) (Elektra/Warner, Nov. 25, 2008)
Bing Crosby "Hey Judge [MP3 Download]" (1968 album) (Copyright Group, Nov. 24, 2008)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "4 Way Street [MP3 Download]" (1971 album, 21 tracks) (Atlantic/Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer) "Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo" (demo tracks from 1992-2007; MP3 Download) (Geffen, Nov. 24, 2008)
Datsuns, The "Smoke & Mirrors" (2006 album; Hear here) (Cooking Vinyl, Nov. 25, 2008)
Doris Day "Complete Christmas Collection" (21 tracks) (Collectors' Choice, Nov. 25, 2008)
Death Cab for Cutie "Something About Airplanes" (1998 album; 2 CDs, with bonus tracks) (Barsuk, Nov. 25, 2008)
Patti Drew "The Best of ... Patti Drew: Workin' On a Groovy Thing [MP3 Download]" (25 tracks) (Capitol/EMI, Nov. 24, 2008)
Feist "The Reminder: Limited Deluxe Edition" (2007 album; 2 CDs; Deluxe EP/MP3 Download) (Cherrytree/Interscope, Nov. 24, 2008)
Redd Foxx "Gettin' Down n' Dirty" (Cleopatra, Nov. 25, 2008)
Aretha Franklin "What You See Is What You Sweat [MP3 Download]" (1991 album) (Arista, Nov. 25, 2008)
Good Charlotte "Greatest Remixes" (15 tracks; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Daylight/Epic, Nov. 25, 2008)
Hawkwind "The Dream Goes On - From the Black Sword to Distant Horizons: An Anthology 1985-1997 [MP3 Download]" (46 tracks) (Atomhenge, Nov. 24, 2008)
Taylor Hicks "Early Works [MP3 Download]" (12 tracks) (Modern Whomp, Nov. 24, 2008)
Iggy & The Stooges "Raw Power [Vinyl LP]" (1973 album) (Sundazed, Nov. 25, 2008)
Jaheim "Classic Jaheim, Vol. 1" (Hear here; Read here) (Warner, Nov. 24, 2008)
Tommy James and the Shondells "40 Years (1966-2006)" (2 CDs, 48 songs; Read here) (Collectors' Choice/Aura, Nov. 25, 2008)
Judas Priest "Rocka Rolla [Vinyl LP]" (1974 album; 2 CDs), "Hero, Hero [Vinyl LP]" (1979 album; 2 CDs) (Koch, Nov. 25, 2008)
Tommy Keene "Tommy Keene [MP3 Download]" (1989 album) (Geffen, Nov. 24, 2008)
Linkin Park "Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes [CD/DVD]" (from 2008 tour of England) (Warner, Nov. 24, 2008)
Dave Mason "Dave Mason/Split Coconut" (1974, 1975 albums on one disc) (U.K. - BGO, Nov. 24, 2008)
Liza Minnelli "The A&M Years" (2 CDs) (Collectors' Choice, Nov. 25, 2008)
Moby "Last Night Remixed" (remixes of the 2008 album) (Warner, Nov. 24, 2008)
Molly Hatchet "No Guts ... No Glory [MP3 Download]" (1983 album) (Epic, Nov. 25, 2008)
Mott the Hoople "The Definitive Mott the Hoople" (Astract Sounds, Nov. 24, 2008)
Real Thing, The "It's the Real Thing: The Singles Collection" (2 CDs) (U.K. - Fontana/UME, Nov. 24, 2008)
R.E.M. "Murmur: Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; 1983 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here) (A&M/UME, Nov. 24, 2008)
Mstislav Rostropovich "The Complete EMI Recordings [CD/DVD]" (26 CDs, 2 DVDs) (EMI Classics, Nov. 24, 2008)
Santana "Santana [Vinyl LP]" (1969 album), "Abraxas [Vinyl LP]" (1970 album) (Sundazed, Nov. 25, 2008)
Savoy Brown "Boogie Brothers/Wire Fire" (1974, 1975 albums on 2 CDs) (U.K. - BGO, Nov. 24, 2008)
Rick Springfield "Mission: Magic!" (17 songs from the 1973 cartoon series, featuring the voice of Springfield; Hear/see here; Read here) (Cleopatra, Nov. 25, 2008)
Starship "Winds of Change [MP3 Download]" (1982 album), "Knee Deep in the Hoopla [MP3 Download]" (1985 album; includes "We Built This City" and "Sara"), "No Protection [MP3 Download]" (1987 album; includes "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now") (RCA, Nov. 25, 2008)
Steely Dan "Two Against Nature [MP3 Download]" (2000 album) (Reprise/Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
Suede "Dog Man Star [MP3 Download]" (1994 album), "Coming Up [MP3 Download]" (1996 album), "Head Music [MP3 Download]" (1999 album) (Nude/Columbia, Nov. 24, 2008)
Third Eye Blind "Blue [MP3 Download]" (1999 album) (Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
Ike & Tina Turner "The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner/Dynamite [MP3 Download]" (1960, 1963 albums) (Capitol/EMI, Nov. 25, 2008)
Various artists "Juno [film soundtrack]" (2007 movie; 2-CD deluxe edition) (Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
Various artists "Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 7" (15 tracks; Hear here; MP3 Download; Read here) (Wicked Cool, Nov. 25, 2008)
Various artists "The Rapture - K7 Tapes" (22 of the post-punk group's favorite tracks by other artists) (K7, Nov. 24, 2008)
Various artists "The Swinging Sixties" (3 CDs, 75 tracks; Track listing) (U.K. - Virgin/EMI, Nov. 24, 2008)
Various artists "The Very Best of Music to Watch Girls By" (3 CDs, 60 tracks; Track listing) (U.K. - Sony, Nov. 24, 2008)
War "War: Collector's Edition [box set]" (8-CD collection features the group's first eight studio albums) (Avenue/Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)
We the Kings "We the Kings: Deluxe Edition" (2007 album) (S-Curve, Nov. 24, 2008)
White Zombie "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [CD/DVD box set]" (4-CD, 1-DVD collection contains every track from 1985 to 1996) (Geffen/UME, Nov. 24, 2008)
Yes "Fragile [MP3 Download]" (1972 album), "Going for the One [MP3 Download]" (1977 album), "Drama [MP3 Download]" (1980 album), "Classic Yes [MP3 Download]" (1981 album), "Highlights: The Very Best of Yes [MP3 Download]" (1993 album) (Atlantic/Rhino, Nov. 24, 2008)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
ABBA "ABBA: The Movie [Blu-ray]" (from 1977 tour of Australia) (Polydor, Nov. 24, 2008)
Christina Aguilera "Back to Basics: Live and Down Under [DVD]" (2 discs) (RCA, Nov. 25, 2008)
Arch Enemy "Tyrants of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan [DVD]" (2 discs) (Century Media, Nov. 24, 2008)
Beatles, The "Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney, 1966-1970 [DVD]" (MVD Visual, Nov. 25, 2008)
Bon Jovi "The Billion Dollar Quartet: In the Third Millennium [DVD]" (Read here) (Sexy Intellectual/MVD Visual, Nov. 25, 2008)
George Carlin "It's Bad for Ya [DVD]" (his 14th and final HBO special from March 2008; Blu-ray) (MPI Home Video, Nov. 25, 2008)
Heart "Dreamboat Annie Live [Blu-ray]" (Concert Hot Spot, Nov. 25, 2008)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, The "The Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey: The Definitive Edition [Blu-ray]," "Live at Woodstock [Blu-ray]" (Experience Hendrix, Nov. 24, 2008)
Elton John "Tantrums and Tiaras [DVD]" (1995 documentary) (Echo Bridge, Nov. 25, 2008)
B.B. King "Live [Blu-ray]" (Geffen, Nov. 24, 2008)
KISS "KISS Collection [DVD]" (MVD Visual, Nov. 25, 2008)
Larry the Cable Guy "Larry the Cable Guy's Star Studded Christmas Extravaganza [DVD]" (Warner, Nov. 24, 2008)
Living Colour "The Paris Concert [DVD]" (Inakustic, Nov. 25, 2008)
Ricky Martin "Black & White Tour [Blu-ray]" (Sony International, Nov. 25, 2008)
Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster Live [DVD]" (Cleopatra, Nov. 25, 2008)
Nevermore "The Year of the Voyager [DVD/CD]" (Ecard here; Read here) (Century Media, Nov. 24, 2008)
O.A.R. "Live From Madison Square Garden [Blu-ray]" (Concert Hot Spot, Nov. 25, 2008)
Rush "Snakes & Arrows Live [DVD]" (3 discs; filmed over two nights in October 2007 at Ahoy Rotterdam arena in the Netherlands) (Zoë Vision/Anthem Entertainment, Nov. 24, 2008)
John Sebastian "Welcome Back [DVD]" (1987 concert with David Bromberg at Iowa State University; Read here) (Quantum Leap, Nov. 25, 2008)
Paul Simon "Live From Philadelphia [DVD]" (filmed at the Tower Theater in 1980) (Eagle, Nov. 25, 2008)
Various artists "Freaks and Geeks: Yearbook Edition [DVD]" (1999-2000 series; 8 discs) (Shout! Factory, Nov. 25, 2008)
Paul Weller "Live at the BBC [DVD]" (Universal, Nov. 25, 2008)
Yardbirds, The "The Story of the Yardbirds [DVD]" (documentary, featuring the group and Jimmy Page live in Germany in 1964; Read here) (Zeit Media/MVD Visual, Nov. 25, 2008)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Ol' Dirty Bastard "Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB [Hardcover]" (author: Jaime Lowe) (Faber & Faber, Nov. 25, 2008)
Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd [Paperback]" (author: Mark Blake) (Da Capo Press, Nov. 24, 2008)
Various authors "The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2009 [Paperback]" (Penguin, Nov. 25, 2008)

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