New Releases: Aug. 6, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Lauren Anderson | “Love on the Rocks” (guest: Mike Zito; Hear/Read here; Download) » BUY NOW  |
(Lauren Anderson) |
| Leah Blevins | “First Time Feeling” (producers: Paul Cauthen, Beau Bedford; first single: “First Time Feeling”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Crabtree) |
| Joe Calderon (Latin jazz guitarist) | “Cup of Joe” (new single: “El Poeta”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Warrior) |
| Ellen Foley | “Fighting Words” (her first solo album in eight years includes covers of Jim Steinman’s “Heaven Can Wait” and Wilson Pickett’s “I Found a Love”; producer: Paul Foglino; guest: Karla DeVito; new single: “Are You Good Enough”; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Urban Noise Music) |
| Colin Hay | “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” (covers of The Beatles, The Kinks, Faces, Blind Faith, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc.; Hear here; Random Color Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Compass) |
| Tito Jackson | “Under Your Spell” (his first blues album; guests: Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Joe Bonamassa, Marlon Jackson, Eddie Levert, Kenny Neal, Bobby Rush, etc.; Download) » BUY NOW |
(SoNo Recording Group) |
| Liars | “The Apple Drop” (new single: “Sekwar”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Tamela Mann | “Overcomer” (Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Tillymann Music Group) |
| Desire Marea (Durban, South Africa-based artist) | “Desire” (new single: “Tavern Kween”; See here; White Vinyl; Download, released in January 2020 on his own imprint; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Willy Mason | “Already Dead” (his first album since 2012; new single: “Youth on a Spit”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Night Ranger | “ATBPO” (the title stands for “And the band played on”; new single: “Breakout”; See here; Red Vinyl; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Sponge | “Lavatorium” (first single: “Stitch”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cleopatra) |
| Staind | “Live: It’s Been a While” (their first album in nine years was recorded at a reunion show at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT, in 2019; Hear here; Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Yellow, White and Black Swirl Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Yap’em / Alchemy Recordings) |
| Kate Taylor | “Why Wait!” (new album marks 50 years since her 1971 debut album, “Sister Kate,” and reunites her with Russ Kunkel, Danny Kortchmar, and Leland Sklar; producer: Peter Asher; first single: a cover of The Beatles’ “Good Day Sunshine”; Hear here; Read here; Jade Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Red House) |
| Paul Thorn | “It’s Never Too Late To Call” (See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Perpetual Obscurity / Thirty Tigers) |
| The Umbrellas | “The Umbrellas” (first single: “She Buys Herself Flowers”; See here; Clear Green Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Slumberland) |
| Various artists | “Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone” (label artists and alumni, including The Lumineers, Brett Dennen, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mt. Joy, Shovels & Rope, and Langhorne Slim, cover each other’s songs; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Dualtone) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 79” (22 songs; Download; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Universal Music Group / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| The Wandering Hearts | “The Wandering Hearts” (producers: Simone Felice, David Baron; new single: “Gold”; See here; Read here; Vinyl, out Oct. 22; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Chris Young | “Famous Friends” (guests: Kane Brown, Lauren Alaina, Mitchell Tenpenny; new single: “Rescue Me”; Read here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(RCA Nashville) |
| Will Young | “Crying on the Bathroom Floor” (producer: Richard X; first single: “Daniel”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
More Releases for Aug. 6, 2021 »
Other Notable Releases
| Flor Bromley | Sean McConnell | Clan of Xymox |
| Lingua Ignota | Circus of Rock | Travis Denning |
| Long Shadows Dawn | Alirio | The Kiffness |
| Tom Braxton | Hippo Campus | Laci Kaye Booth |
| Demun Jones | Ro Myra | Jason Nelson |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Patricia Barber | “Clique” (recorded, mixed and mastered in Digital eXtreme Definition (352.8kHz/32bit) at Chicago Recording Company’s Studio 5; Hear here; CD and Hybrid SACD out Aug. 20) » BUY NOW |
(Impex) |
| Benét | “Game Over!” (Richmond, VA-based artist’s debut four-song EP; producer: Cameron Smith; new single: “Shoot Your Shot”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Bayonet) |
| Information Society | “ODDfellows” (the first complete album released in THXⓇ Spatial Audio; available on CD and vinyl via Negative Gain Records later this year; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Hakatak International) |
| Liam Kazar | “Due North” (new single: “Frank Bacon”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Woodist / Mare) |
| Khruangbin | “Mordechai Remixes” (featuring remixes from Knxwledge, Soul Clap, Harvey Sutherland, Mang Dynasty, etc.; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dead Oceans / Night Time Stories, Ltd.) |
| Kississippi (aka indie pop artist Zoe Reynolds) | “Mood Ring” (new single: “Big Dipper”; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Triple Crown) |
| Zachary Knowles | “tendency to be a loner” (new single: “tendency to be a loner”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(FADER Label) |
| Jordan Lehning (son of country producer Kyle Lehning) | “Three Colored Wall” (new single: “Static”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Tone Tree) |
| Nas | “King’s Disease II” (sequel to last year’s Grammy-winning “King’s Disease”; guests: Eminem, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Charlie Wilson, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, EPMD, YG, Blxst, Hit-Boy; Hear/Read here; CD out Nov. 5; Vinyl out March 4, 2022) » BUY NOW |
(Mass Appeal) |
| Alice Sara Ott | “Echoes of Life” (featuring Chopin’s “24 Préludes” interspersed with seven contemporary works by Francesco Tristano, György Ligeti, Nino Rota, Chilly Gonzales, Tōru Takemitsu, Arvo Pärt and Ott’s own composition; Hear here; CD out Sept. 10; Vinyl out Oct. 8) » BUY NOW |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Dan Rose (Danish folk-pop artist) | “My Heart Belongs with You EP” (five songs; Hear here) » BUY NOW | (Lady Lux) |
| Spice | “10” (producers: Shaggy, Supa Dups, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor, Costantin “Costi” Ionita, Shane Hoosong, Ainsley Morris, Grace Hamilton) » BUY NOW |
(VP) |
| Tinashe | “333” (guests: Jeremih, KAYTRANADA, Quiet Child, Kudzai, Kaash Paige, Buddy; new single: “I Can See the Future”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Tinashe Music / Equity Distribution) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 6, 2021 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mose Allison | “The Complete Atlantic / Elektra Albums 1962-1983” (12 albums on six CDs; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Strawberry) |
| BTS | “BTS, THE BEST” (two-CD set of Japanese versions of their hits, with 36-page lyric booklet and three photo cards; 2 CD + 2 DVD Deluxe Edition, 36-page photo booklet w/ 1 square photo card in deluxe slipcase digipak; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Geffen / UMe) |
| Ed Bruce | “See the Big Man Cry: The Complete SUN and Wand recordings 1957-65, plus …” (30 songs on one CD; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Bear Family) |
| Drive-By Truckers | “Plan 9 Records July 13th, 2006” (recorded in Richmond, Va., to celebrate the store’s then-25th anniversary; band lineup: Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell, Brad Morgan, John Neff and Shonna Tucker; Hear/Read here; Vinyl; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Bill Evans | “Symbiosis” (1974 album; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(MPS) |
| George Harrison | “All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary)” (1970 album; newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, overseen by executive producer Dhani Harrison; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with sticker pack; Triple Vinyl Box Set; Deluxe 5 LP Box Set; Super Deluxe 8 LP Box Set, featuring 47 demo recordings, session outtakes and studio jams) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Brian May | “Back to the Light (Deluxe Edition)” (1992 solo debut album, featuring “Too Much Love Will Kill You” and “Driven by You”; newly remastered by Bob Ludwig from the original tapes, with a second CD of alternative versions, B-sides and live tracks; See here; CD + LP Box Set; Standard CD; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(UMe) |
| Nico | “Drama of Exile” (1981 album; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Modern Harmonic) |
| Barbra Streisand | “Release Me 2” (10-track compilation of previously unreleased songs, including a duet with Willie Nelson on “I’d Want It to Be You”; Hear/Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with one extra song; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Lavender Sleeve & Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Clear Vinyl, with green album jacket artwork; Target-Exclusive Gray Vinyl, with one extra song; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| Various artists | “Country Funk III (1975-1982)” (featuring Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Conway Twitty, Billy Swan, Larry Jon Wilson, etc., plus a previously unreleased track by country funk pioneer Tony Joe White; produced and compiled by Jason Morgan and Patrick McCarthy; Hear/Read here; Black Vinyl; Clear With Red & Blue Swirl Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Light in the Attic) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call A Decade 1980s” (18 songs; Walmart-Exclusive Red and Yellow Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Universal Music Group / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Kim Wilde | “Pop Don’t Stop: Greatest Hits” (five-CD, two-DVD box set includes her hits, B-sides, remixes, nearly 50 videos and a 2021 interview, etc., plus two new songs: “Shine On,” with Boy George, and “You’re My Karma,” feat. Tom Aspaul; See here; Read here; 2-CD Edition; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Pop) |
More Releases for Aug. 6, 2021 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | “Berlin 1959” (28 songs; CD out Aug. 20) » BUY NOW |
(Storyville) |
| Racing Cars | “The Albums 1976-1978” (51-song collection covering the band’s Chrysalis years; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Glam / 7T’s / Cherry Red) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 6, 2021 »
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