New Releases: Dec. 8, 2017
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Luke Bryan | “What Makes You Country” (producers: Jeff Stevens, Jody Stevens; new single: “Light It Up”; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour)  |
(Capitol Nashville) |
| Jim Brickman | “A Joyful Christmas” (CD/DVD set; guests: Dick Van Dyke, Leslie Odom Jr., Jane Lynch, Russell Watson, Five for Fighting, Luke McMaster; See here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Collective Soul | “Collective Soul Live” (Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Suretone) |
| Michael Crimson (singer-guitarist) | “Medusa” (new single: “Weeping Window”; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes) |
(GAIN Music Entertainment / Sony Music) |
| Alexandre Desplat | “The Shape of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (featuring Renée Fleming on “You’ll Never Know”; directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor; See here; Hardcover Book, out Feb. 27; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; In Theaters) |
(Decca) |
| Diablo Swing Orchestra (Swedish avant-metallers) | “Pacifisticuffs” (Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; eBay; Merch) |
(Candlelight / Spinefarm) |
| Danny Elfman, et al | “Justice League (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (superhero film opens Nov. 17; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; In Theaters; Merch) |
(WaterTower Music) |
| Robert Finley (soul/blues singer) | “Goin’ Platinum!” (co-written and produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach; guests: Duane Eddy, Preservation Hall horn players, keyboardist Bobby Woods, drummer Gene Chrisman; first single: “Medicine Woman”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch) |
| Jake Gyllenhaal, Annaleigh Ashford, et al | “Sunday in the Park with George (2017 Broadway Cast Recording)” (producer: Bart Migal; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download) | (Arts Music / Warner Music Group) |
| Keith Harkin (former Celtic Thunder member) | “In the Round” (recorded and filmed in summer 2017 at Full Circle in Venice Beach, Calif.; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) |
(Blue Élan) |
| Walker Hayes | “boom.” (guest: Nicolle Galyon; first single: “You Broke Up With Me”; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Monument) |
| Jim James (My Morning Jacket frontman) | “Tribute To 2” (featuring covers of songs by The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, etc.; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; see related reissue below) |
(ATO) |
| Brett Kissel (Canadian country singer-songwriter) | “We Were That Song” (he won male artist of the year at the 2017 Canadian Country Music Awards; producers: Luke Wooten, Bart McKay, Kissel; guests: Charley Pride, Dave Mustaine; first single: “We Were That Song”; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
(BAK 2 BAK Entertainment / Warner Music Canada) |
| K. Michelle | “KIMBERLY: The People I Used To Know” (guests: Chris Brown, Jeremih; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic) |
| QTY | “QTY” (producer: Suede guitarist Bernard Butler; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dirty Hit) |
| Shovels & Rope | “Busted Jukebox Volume 2” (guests: Brandi Carlile, Rhett Miller, Hayes Carll, Nicole Atkins, John Moreland, Matthew Logan Vasquez, John Fullbright, Lera Lynn; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(New West) |
| Strawbs | “The Ferryman’s Curse” (their first album of new material in eight years; producer: Chris Tsangarides; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download) |
(Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Red) |
| Barbra Streisand | “Barbra: The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic! (Live in Concert)” (recorded in Miami on the last stop of her 13-city 2016 tour; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, featuring the entire concert and all of her dialogue; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch)  |
(Columbia) |
| Chris Thile | “Thanks for Listening” (new studio recordings of songs written for performance on “A Prairie Home Companion,” which he has hosted since October 2016; producer: Thomas Bartlett; guests: Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Gaby Moreno; first single: “Thank You, New York”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Various artists | “The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (movie musical about PT Barnum, directed by Michael Gracey, with original music from Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul; stars Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zendaya, Zac Efron and Rebecca Ferguson; See here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; In Theaters on Dec. 25) | (Atlantic) |
| Wiki | “No Mountains In Manhattan” (released digitally on Aug. 25; producers: Sporting Life, Tony Seltzer, Kaytranada, Earl Sweatshirt, Wiki; guests: Ghostface Killah, Lakutis, ACAB, Slicky Boy, Your Old Droog, etc.; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(XL Recordings) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Skrizzly Adams | “Atlantic City” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(Skrizzly Adams) |
| Belle and Sebastian | “How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)” (five-song EP; Part 2 will arrive Jan. 19 and Part 3 is due Feb. 16; the EP trilogy will be compiled for a CD and a limited edition vinyl box set later; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Matador) |
| Alex Bloom (L.A. singer-songwriter) | “Blue Room” (first single: “Sunrise”; Hear here; See here) |
(Alex Bloom) |
| Juicy J | “Rubba Band Business: The Album” (guests: A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, etc.; Hear here; See here; Read here; CD, out Dec. 29) |
(Kemosabe / Columbia) |
| Kalu & The Electric Joint | “Time Undone” (producer: Brett Orrison; first single: “Too Low To Get High”; See here; On Tour) | (Spaceflight) |
| Mabel Greer’s Toyshop (a precursor to Yes) | “The Secret” (guest: the late Peter Banks; See here; iTunes) |
(Hagger Bayley Music Limited) |
| Moderate Rebels (London post-psych collective) | “The Sound of Security” (new single: “When the Costs Have No Value”; Hear here) |
(Everyday Life Recordings) |
| G Perico (South Central L.A. rapper) | “2 Tha Left” (producers: Poly Boy, Polyester, Westside Webb, Cardo, etc.; guests: Curren$y, TeeCee4800, AD, Polyester, Nef The Pharaoh, Mozzy, etc.; new single: “Affiliated”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(So Way Out / Priority) |
| Neal Schon | “Ave Maria EP” (four songs) |
(Neal Schon Music) |
| Statik Selektah (hip-hop producer/DJ) | “8” (guests: G-Eazy, Wiz Khalifa, Run the Jewels, 2 Chainz, Action Bronson, Wale, Curren$y, Prodigy, B-Real, Everlast, etc.; new single: “Ain’t a Damn Thing Change”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Showoff / Duck Down) |
| Various artists | “The Goldbergs Mixtape” (14 songs from the ABC hit series; See/read here; DVD; iTunes) | (Madison Gate, Dec. 6) |
More Digital Releases for Dec. 8, 2017 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Pepper Adams | “The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1961” (eight albums on four CDs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Luther Allison | “A Legend Never Dies: Essential Recordings 1976-1997” (11-disc box set, with an 88-page coffee table book; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Ruf) |
| Les Baxter | “The Les Baxter Collection 1943-62” (four-CD, 107-song set; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Acrobat) |
| Beastie Boys | “The In Sound from Way Out! [Vinyl]” (1996 compilation of instrumental music composed and performed by the trio; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK), “To the 5 Boroughs [Vinyl]” (2004 album; double LP; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK), “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two [Vinyl]” (2011 album; double LP; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; eBay; Merch) |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Jeff Beck | “Truth [Hybrid SACD]” (1968 album; remastered; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Audio Fidelity) |
| Debby Boone | “You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)” (1977 album; remastered, with 14 bonus tracks; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Bing Crosby | “New Tricks: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (1957 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK), “Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures from the Crosby Archive” (two CDs, 35 songs; Read here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Bing Crosby Enterprises / UMe) |
| Deep Purple | “inFinite (Gold Edition)” (2017 album, with “The inFinite Live Recordings, Vol. 1,” recorded at Hellfest 2017 in France; See here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK), “The inFinite Live Recordings, Vol. 1 [Vinyl]” (three-LP 180-gram gatefold edition; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(earMUSIC) |
| Victor de Sabata | “Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon and Decca” (four-CD box set; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| John Fogerty | “Premonition” (1997 live album; remastered; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Georgia Gibbs | “The Georgia Gibbs Collection 1946-58” (two CDs, 56 songs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Acrobat) |
| Woody Herman | “The Woody Herman Collection 1937-56” (two CDs, 44 songs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Acrobat) |
| Jim James | “Tribute To” (2009 EP; remastered, with one bonus track, a cover of “If Not For You”; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl) |
(ATO) |
| Thad Jones | “The Complete Albums Collection 1954-1959” (four CDs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Johnny Mathis | “The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection” (68-CD box set features 62 remastered albums, including the previously unreleased “I Love My Lady” with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, plus two discs containing 40 previously unreleased songs; Read here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; eBay; On Tour) |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| Roy Milton | “The Roy Milton Collection 1945-61” (two CDs, 55 songs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Acrobat) |
| Motion City Soundtrack | “Even If It Kills Me (10th Anniversary Edition) [Vinyl]” (the original 2007 album, with a five-song acoustic EP, a Japanese bonus track, plus eight unreleased live tracks and demo; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Epitaph) |
| Jimmy Reed | “Big Boss Man” (12-song best-of; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download) |
(Innovation 360) |
| The Searchers | “Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979-1981” (two CDs, 29 songs; Read here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Chip Taylor | “Last Chance: The Warner Bros. Years” (three-disc set includes 1972’s “Last Chance,” 1974’s “Some of Us” and 1975’s “This Side of the Big River” and a DVD; Hear here; Amazon UK) |
(Train Wreck) |
| Hank Thompson | “The Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Collection 1946-62” (two CDs, 46 songs; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Christmas Songs” (three CDs, 57 songs, featuring David Bowie & Bing Crosby, David Essex, Andy Williams, Boney M, Destiny’s Child, Elvis Presley, Il Divo, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Whitney Houston, etc.; Track list; Hear here; Amazon UK) | (Crimson / Demon Music Group) |
| Various artists | “Harry Potter: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-V [Vinyl]” (10-LP picture disc box set; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Filmography; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| Various artists | “That’ll Flat … Git It! Vol. 28: Rockabilly & Rock ‘n’ Roll From the Vaults of Warner Reprise” (30 songs; Track list; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Bear Family) |
| Jimmy Webb | “Angel Heart: 35th Anniversary Expanded Edition” (1982 album; remastered; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK) |
(Real Gone Music) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Count Basie | “Count Basie At Carnegie Hall [DVD]” (March 20, 1981, concert featuring Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, George Benson and Joe Williams; See here; Amazon UK) |
(S’More Entertainment) |
| Culture Club | “Live At Wembley: World Tour 2016 [DVD + CD]” (Blu-ray + DVD + CD; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Terry Kath | “Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience [DVD]” (2017 documentary, directed by Kath’s daughter Michelle Kath Sinclair; See here; Blu-ray; Amazon.ca) |
(FilmRise) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: Dec. 15, 2017
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