New Releases: Oct. 15, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Zac Brown Band | “The Comeback” (producers: Brown, Ben Simonetti; guests: Gregory Porter, Marcus King; new single: “Slow Burn”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch)  |
(Home Grown Music / Warner Music Nashville) |
| Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes | “Sticky” (guests: Bobby Gillespie, Lynks, Cassyette, Joe Talbot; new single: “Sticky”; See/Read here; Translucent Blue Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(International Death Cult) |
| Kelly Clarkson | “When Christmas Comes Around …” (producers: Jason Halbert, Joseph Trapanese, Jesse Shatkin; guests: Ariana Grande, Chris Stapleton, Brett Eldredge; first single: “Christmas Isn’t Canceled [Just You]”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with Christmas card; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| Coldplay | “Music of the Spheres” (producer: Max Martin; first single: “Higher Power”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with poster; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| The Courettes (Brazilian/Danish garage rock duo) | “Back in Mono” (producer: Søren Christensen; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Damaged Goods) |
| Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe (Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone) | “Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe” (new single: “No Justice”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rare Bird / Kitten Robot) |
| Dos Santos | “City of Mirrors” (producer: Elliot Bergman; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(International Anthem Recording Co.) |
| FINNEAS | “Optimist” (debut album from the producer, singer-songwriter and brother of Billie Eilish; new single: “A Concert Six Months From Now”; See here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Dark Red Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive White Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(OYOY, Inc. / Interscope) |
| The Georgia Thunderbolts | “Can We Get a Witness” (producer: Richard Young; first single: “Be Good to Yourself”; Hear here; Vinyl, out Nov. 26; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Mascot) |
| David Keenan (Irish singer-songwriter) | “‘WHAT THEN?'” (new single: “Peter O’Toole’s Drinking Stories”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rubyworks) |
| Toby Keith | “Peso in My Pocket” (producers: Kenny Greenberg, Keith; new single: “Old School”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Show Dog, LLC / Thirty Tigers) |
| Melvins | “Five Legged Dog” (career-spanning, two-CD acoustic album includes covers of the Rolling Stones’ “Sway” and Alice Cooper’s “Halo of Flies”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ipecac Recordings) |
| Men Without Hats | “Again (Part 1)” (five-song EP of covers, including a new version of “The Safety Dance,” reimagined as “No Friends of Mine”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sonic Envy) |
| Stephan Moccio | “Redeeming Features” (piano album from the Oscar-Nominated and Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer behind platinum hits for Miley Cyrus and The Weeknd; first single: “Le Jardin de Monsieur Monet”; Hear here; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Tom Morello | “The Atlas Underground Fire” (guests: Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Chris Stapleton, Bring Me the Horizon, Damian Marley, Mike Posner, grandson, Phantogram, etc.; first single: “Highway to Hell”; Hear here; Orange Splatter Vinyl out April 1, 2022; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| Santana | “Blessings and Miracles” (guests: Steve Winwood, Kirk Hammett, Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, American Authors, Corey Glover, etc.; new single: “Move”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| sir Was (Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist) | “Let the Morning Come” (new single: “Waiting for the Weekend”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
(Memphis Industries) |
| Hayden Thorpe | “Moondust For My Diamond” (producers: Richard Formby, Nathan Jenkins; new single: “The Universe Is Always Right”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Domino) |
| Twelve Foot Ninja | “Vengeance” (first single: “Start the Fire”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Volkanik Music) |
| Lucinda Williams | “Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 3 – Bob’s Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs” (recorded live at Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio in Nashville; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 4 – Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of 60’s Country Classics” (recorded live at Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio in Nashville; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Highway 20) |
| The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars | “A Gift to Pops” (a group of New Orleans musicians pay tribute to Satchmo, including a previously unknown Louis Armstrong and the All Stars track titled “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South”; guests: Wynton Marsalis, Common, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Verve) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Baker Boy | “Gela” (new single: “Butterflies”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Island) |
| JP Cooper | “SHE” (new single: “Call My Name”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| Devan | “Liquid Sunshine” (six-song EP; new single: “Feel Better”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Premature Nostalgia) |
| Selma Hande Gade | “Glims from My Life” (producer: Juan María Solare; first single: “Flower Growing Through a Crack in a Stone”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Janus Music & Sound) |
| Lilly Hiatt | “Lately” (first single: “Been”; Hear here; White Cassette; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | “Georgia Blue” (guests: Brandi Carlile, Bèla Fleck, Chris Thile, Amanda Shires, Brittney Spencer, Adia Victoria, Julien Baker, Steve Gorman, Peter Levin, John Paul White; Hear here; CD out Nov. 26) » BUY NOW |
(Southeastern) |
| Johnny Marr | “Fever Dreams, Pt. 1” (four-song EP; first single: “Spirit, Power and Soul“; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Namesake | “Redeeming Features” (first single: “I’m Sick”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Get Better) |
| Novelty Island (Liverpool musician Tom McConnell) | “How Are You Coping With This Century?” (producer: McConnell; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Think Like A Key) |
| Katelyn Tarver | “Subject to Change” (producers: Davis Naish, David Arkwright, Justin Gammella; new single: “All Our Friends Are Splitting Up”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Nov. 12; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Compliments Only) |
| Vanishing Twin | “Ookii Gekkou” (translation: “Big Moonlight”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fire) |
| Various artists | “Pokémon 25: The Album” (featuring tracks by Katy Perry, J Balvin, Post Malone, Vince Staples, Lil Yachty, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| YULLOLA | “Priestess” (singer-songwriter and producer’s debut album; new single: “Is It Love or a Pyramid Scheme”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(D36) |
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Alarm | “History Repeating 1981-2021” (two-CD, 40-song anthology includes a new recording of “History Repeating”; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Twenty First Century Recording Company) |
| The Beatles | “Let It Be (Special Edition)” (1970 album, their 12th and final studio LP, featuring the title track, “Get Back” and “The Long and Winding Road”; all editions newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell, sourced from the original session and rooftop performance eight-track tapes; See here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, with a second CD of outtake highlights, and a 40-page booklet; Super Deluxe Edition, five-CD, one-Blu-ray box set, with 27 unreleased session recordings, a 4-track “Let It Be” EP, the 1969 unreleased 14-track “Get Back” stereo LP mix by Glyn Johns, and a 100-page hardback book; Vinyl, 180-gram heavy LP; Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition, four-LP + 12″ EP box set; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with T-shirt; Walmart-Exclusive Vinyl, with four collectible prints; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Apple / Capitol / UMe) |
| Tony Bennett | “Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album” (1968 album; newly remixed and remastered; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Snow White Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| The Charlatans UK | “A Head Full of Ideas” (two-CD career retrospective, along with a bonus live album, “Trust Is For Believers”; Read here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Then Recordings / Republic of Music) |
| The dB’s | “I Thought You Wanted To Know: 1978-1981” (23-song collection of remastered early singles, demos and live recordings, with 28-page booklet; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Propeller Sound Recordings) |
| Debbie Gibson | “Out of the Blue (Deluxe Edition)” (1987 debut album, featuring “Only In My Dreams,” “Shake Your Love,” “Out of the Blue,” “Foolish Beat” and “Staying Together”; three-CD, one-DVD collection includes mixes from the original master tapes, music videos, “Out of the Blue: Live in Concert,” an “Up Close and Personal” interview, etc.; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Pop) |
| Clarence “Frogman” Henry | “But I Do: The Complete Releases 1956-62” (30 songs on one CD; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| Judas Priest | “Judas Priest: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music” (16-song compilation, including seven previously unreleased live cuts from the band’s archive; Read here; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| Nick Lowe | “Labour of Lust [Vinyl]” (Pink Vinyl; 1979 album, featuring “Cruel to Be Kind”) » BUY NOW, “The Impossible Bird” (1994 album; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Dig My Mood” (1998 album; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Yep Roc) |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | “Architecture & Morality: The Singles” (their hit U.K. singles – “Souvenir,” “Joan of Arc” and “Maid of Orleans” – from the 1981 album, with original B-sides, live recordings from 1981 and unheard demos; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, 12-inch box set; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Republic / UMe) |
| Primal Scream | “Demodelica” (previously unreleased demos and works-in-progress mixes of tracks on their 1991 album “Screamadelica”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon UK; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| Seether | “Vicennial – 2 Decades of Seether” (20-song collection, curated by frontman Shaun Morgan; Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Al Stewart | “Time Passages (Deluxe Box Set)” (three-CD, one-DVD box set of the 1978 album, featuring the title track and “Song on the Radio”; newly remastered from the original master tapes by producer Alan Parsons, with 13 bonus tracks from the sessions, a demo session from August 1977, a radio concert recorded in Chicago in 1978 and a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Livingston Taylor | “The Middle Years (1978-1996)” (19-song compilation; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Whistling Dog Music) |
| The Tragically Hip | “Road Apples 30th Anniversary Deluxe” (1991 album; three-CD box set includes the original album, remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in Nashville, “Saskadelphia” [a collection of previously unreleased tracks, released in May], “Live at The Roxy Los Angeles, May 3rd, 1991” and “Hoof-Hearted,” a compilation of previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions, with a 36-page booklet; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Universal Canada / UMe) |
| Various artists | “Box of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds of 1965” (three CDs, 62 songs; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
| The Velvet Underground | “The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (two CDs; film launches on Apple+ on Oct. 15; Trailer; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Polydor / UMe) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| David Crosby | “If I Could Only Remember My Name (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1971 debut solo album; remastered, with 13 bonus tracks; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Mac Miller | “Faces” (2014 mixtape; available for streaming and on vinyl for the first time; with one bonus track, “Yeah”; Hear here; See here; Triple Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Warner) |
Next Week: Oct. 22, 2021
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