New Releases: Dec. 10, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Aeon Station (new project from Kevin Whelan of The Wrens) | “Observatory” (new single: “Queens”; Hear here; Cloudy Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW  |
(Sub Pop) |
| Biffy Clyro | “The Myth of the Happily Ever After” (producers: Biffy Clyro, Adam Noble; new single: “A Hunger in Your Haunt”; Hear here; Read here; Download released on Oct. 22; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(14th Floor / Warner) |
| The Brandy Alexanders (Canadian psych-rock band) | “The Brandy Alexanders” (new single: “Live By The Light”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Gypsy Soul) |
| Common | “A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2” (guests: Brittany Howard, Marcus King, Black Thought, Morgan Parker, Isaiah Sharkey, Seun Kuti, PJ; new single: “When We Move”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download released on Sept. 10; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| King Krule | “You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down” (17-song live album, recorded during a series of European shows before the world went into lockdown last year; new single: “Stoned Again”; See here; Vinyl; Download released on Sept. 10; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(True Panther Sounds / Matador) |
| The Korgis | “Kartoon World” (two-CD concept album; Hear here; Download released on July 23) » BUY NOW |
(Angel Air) |
| MONSTA X | “The Dreaming” (the K-pop group’s second English-language album; first single: “One Day”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Versions I-IV; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Starship Entertainment / BMG Rights Management) |
| Marie Osmond | “Unexpected” (featuring Broadway, classical and standard tunes; producers: Osmond, Jerry Williams, Dave Reitzas; first single: “Unexpected Song”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Oliveme LLC / BFD) |
| Sister Hazel | “Before the Amplifiers 2” (16 acoustic performances accompanied by a string quartet, recorded during a live stream in Tampa; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Croakin’ Poet) |
| Neville Staple | “From The Specials & Beyond” (includes new versions of “Ghost Town” and “Monkey Man”; guests: Jamaican legends Clint Eastwood and Derrick Morgan, plus Selecter’s Neol Davies, British actor/musician Gary Shail, etc.; Hear here; Black & White Splatter Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Cleopatra) |
| Various artists | “Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (movie opened in a limited run on Nov. 26 and opens wide on Christmas Day; the film stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie; Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood composed the score, and the film’s writer and director, Paul Thomas Anderson, curated the soundtrack; Trailer; Vinyl; Download released on Nov. 26) » BUY NOW | (Republic) |
| Various artists | “West Side Story” (new film remake of the Broadway musical, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg; opens in theaters Dec. 10; cast includes Ansel Engort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist and Rita Moreno, who starred in 1961 classic film; original score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Trailer; Hardcover Book: “West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film”; Fandango) » BUY NOW |
(Hollywood) |
| Paul Weller | “An Orchestrated Songbook: Paul Weller With Jules Buckley & the BBC Symphony Orchestra” (guests: Boy George, James Morrison, Celeste; See here; Hardback Book Package; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Polydor) |
| Brian Wilson | “At My Piano” (reimagining Beach Boys hits on solo piano; Hear here; Vinyl out Dec. 17; Download released on Nov. 19; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | “Barn” (producers: The Volume Dealers, aka Young and Niko Bolas; new single: “Welcome Back”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Vinyl Deluxe Edition; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Nicole Atkins | “Memphis Ice” (a reimagined companion project to last year’s “Italian Ice” album; recorded live in one day at Memphis Magnetic studio; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Single Lock) |
| Simon Bromide | “Following the Moon” (new single: “The Waiting Room”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Scratchy / Cargo) |
| FLY BOY JACK | “Issue Zero” (six-song mixtape trailer; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(FLY BOY JACK) |
| Alicia Keys | “KEYS” (double album featuring two versions of each track: the original and the unlocked; new single: “Best of Me”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| Spell Songs | “Spell Songs II: Let the Light In” (new single: “Bird of the Blizzard”; Hear here; CD out Jan. 14, 2022; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Quercus) |
| Various artists | “Don’t Look Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)” (satirical science fiction black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Adam McKay; cast includes Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep with Jonah Hill; premieres on Dec. 24; music by Nicholas Britell, featuring Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi and Bon Iver; Trailer; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Republic) |
| Denver Williams | “The Blooming Eye” (new single: “Any Other Name”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Denver Williams) |
More Digital Releases for Dec. 10, 2021 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Rex Allen | “The Arizona Cowboy: Selected Singles 1946-62” (two CDs, 55 songs) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| The Band | “Cahoots (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1971 album, featuring “Life Is a Carnival”; new remix and remaster by Bob Clearmountain, with bonus tracks, alternate versions, instrumentals and the previously unreleased bootleg concert at Olympia Theatre, Paris 1971; Hear here; Super Deluxe Edition, new stereo mix, bonus tracks and “Olympia Theatre, Paris 1971” on two CDs, plus a surround-sound Blu-ray, a 180-gram half-speed master LP, a 7-inch single, booklet, new liner notes and collectible lithographs; Vinyl, 180-gram, half-speed mastered; Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | “First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings” (recorded at Hibiya Public Hall on Jan. 14, 1961; featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt; newly transferred from the original 1/4″ tape reels; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Note / UMe) |
| Gene Clark | “Collected” (three-CD compilation; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Music on CD) |
| Doja Cat | “Planet Her (Deluxe)” (2021 album; with five extra songs; Download) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | “The Hits Collection 1935-58” (six-CD, 146-track box set) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| The Electric Prunes | “Then Came the Dawn: Complete Recordings 1966-1969” (six-CD box set includes their albums, rarities and demos; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Gogi Grant | “The Wayward Wind: The Essential Collection 1953-61” (two CDs, 53 songs) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| Green Day | “BBC Sessions” (16-song compilation of live recordings from 1995-2001, including “2000 Light Years Away”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; 2022 Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
| Gurrumul | “The Gurrumul Story (Deluxe Edition)” (posthumous deluxe CD + DVD compilation contains a 25-minute documentary; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Hawkwind | “Dust of Time: An Anthology” (two-CD, 26-track compilation; Read here; Deluxe Edition, six-CD box set; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Atomhenge / Cherry Red) |
| Henry Mancini | “Movies & Moods: The Magic of Mancini 1956-62” (two CDs, 52 songs) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| Buck Owens & Susan Raye | “Together Again” (22-song collection; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Connie Smith | “The Latest Shade of Blue: The Columbia Recordings 1973-1976” (four-CD box set; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Bear Family) |
| Jeff Tweedy | “Love Is the King / Live Is the King” (2020 album; deluxe edition, with 11-song live version, including a bonus cover of Neil Young’s “The Old Country Waltz”; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(dBpm) |
More Releases for Dec. 10, 2021 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Charlie Parker | “His Finest Recordings” (eight full albums) » BUY NOW |
(Enchantment) |
| The Tea Party | “The Tea Party (Deluxe Edition)” (1991 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; CD and Red Vinyl out Jan. 7, 2022; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol / UMe) |
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