This Week’s Releases: Oct. 29, 2013
New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Trace Adkins | “The King’s Gift” (Christmas album of Celtic carols; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Caliburn) |
| Arcade Fire | “Reflektor” (producer: James Murphy; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge) |
| Daniel Avery (U.K. producer) | “Drone Logic” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Phantasy / Because Music) |
| Bad Religion | “Christmas Songs” (first single: “American Jesus”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra | “Gipsy Manifesto” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Punch Drunk Piranha) |
| Body Parts (L.A.-based experimental pop group) | “Fire Dream” (first single: “Desperation”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Father/Daughter) |
| Botany (a.k.a. Spencer Stephenson) | “Lava Diviner (Truestory)” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Boy George | “This Is What I Do [MP3]” (his first album of original material in 18 years; producer: Richie Stevens; guests: DJ Yoda, Kitty Durham, Ally McErlaine, MC Spee, Nizar Al Issa; first single: “King of Everything”; Hear here) | (‘Very Me’ Record Label / Kobalt Label Services, Oct. 28) |
| Susan Boyle | “Home For Christmas” (includes a virtual duet with Elvis Presley on “O Come, All Ye Faithful”; she also duets with Johnny Mathis on a remake of his 1976 hit “When a Child Is Born”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Syco / Columbia) |
| Cash Cash | “Overtime EP [MP3]” (six songs; guests: Kerli, Bebe Rexha; Hear here) | (Big Beat / Atlantic) |
| Kelly Clarkson | “Wrapped in Red” (her first Christmas album; producer: Greg Kurstin; first single: “Underneath the Tree”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Cowboy Troy | “King of Clubs” (first single: “Drink Drank Drunk,” feat. Big & Rich and Big Smo; Hear here) | (Warner Nashville) |
| The Devil Makes Three (rootsy trio) | “I’m a Stranger Here” (producer: Buddy Miller; first single: “Stranger”; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (New West) |
| Ebone East | “Shake what cha momma gave ya” (producer: Ebone Leroy East; first single: “Shake what cha momma gave ya”; Hear here) | (Table) |
| Jace Everett | “Terra Rosa” (based on Bible stories; producer: Brad Jones; Hear here; MP3) | (Haywood Group Productions) |
| Eye Empire | “Evolve [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Bulldog Productions) |
| The 5 Browns | “The Rite of Spring: Live at the Arthur Zankel Music Center” (recorded May 29, 2013, at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; producer: Adam Abeshouse; Hear here; MP3) | (Steinway & Sons) |
| The Flaming Lips | “Peace Sword [MP3]” (new song from the movie “Ender’s Game,” plus five new tracks; Hear here) | (Warner) |
| The Flower Kings (Swedish prog-rock legends) | “Desolation Rose” (Hear here; MP3) | (Inside Out Music) |
| Chris Forsyth | “Solar Motel” (four-part suite; producers: Forsyth, Jeff Zeigler; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Paradise of Bachelors / Redeye) |
| The Grand Opening (Swedish indie band) | “Don’t Look Back Into the Darkness” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tapete) |
| Gyptian | “Sex Love & Reggae” (guests: Estelle, Melanie Fiona, Major Lazer, Angela Hunte, Bunji Garlin, Kes The Band; Hear here; MP3) | (VP) |
| Hellogoodbye | “Everything Is Debatable” (producers: Joe Chiccarelli, Carlos De La Garza, frontman Forrest Kline; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Old Friends) |
| Mick Hucknall | “American Soul” (all-covers album, including “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “That’s How Strong My Love Is,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” etc.; released in the U.K. in February 2013; Hear here; See here; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Razor & Tie) |
| David Kanaga (Oakland-based composer) | “DYAD Original Game Soundtrack” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Software Recording Co.) |
| Toby Keith | “Drinks After Work” (Hear here; MP3) | (Show Dog / Universal) |
| Ed Kowalczyk (former Live singer) | “The Flood and the Mercy” (producer: Jamie Candiloro; guests: Peter Buck, Rachael Yamagata; first single: “Seven”; Hear here; MP3) | (Soul Whisper / Harbour / Caroline) |
| Lily & Madeleine | “Lily & Madeleine” (first single: “Back to the River”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Asthmatic Kitty) |
| Linkin Park | “Recharged” (new interpretations of songs from the previous album, “Living Things”; first single: “A Light That Never Comes”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Machine Shop Recordings / Warner) |
| Los Lobos | “Disconnected in New York City [CD/DVD]” (recorded live last December at the City Winery to celebrate their 40th anniversary; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (429) |
| Nick Lowe | “Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All the Family” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Johnny Mathis | “Sending You a Little Christmas” (featuring duets with Billy Joel, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Susan Boyle, Vince Gill and Amy Grant, etc.; producer: Fred Mollin; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Minor Alps (Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws) | “Get There” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Barsuk) |
| Moonface (aka Canadian singer-keyboardist Spencer Krug, formerly of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown) | “Julia With Blue Jeans On” (first single: “Everyone Is Noah, Everyone Is the Ark”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Neurotic November (South Florida deathcore band) | “Annunaki” (first single: “Nonchalant”; Hear here; MP3) | (Victory) |
| Paper Tiger (Leeds-based hip hop, space jazz outfit) | “Laptop Suntan” (Hear here; MP3) | (Wah Wah 45s) |
| Protest the Hero | “Volition” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Thomas Rhett | “It Goes Like This” (producers: Jay Joyce, Michael Knox, Luke Laird; Hear here; MP3) | (Valory Music Group) |
| Julie Roberts | “Good Wine and Bad Decisions” (producers: Sorted Noise, Thad Beaty; guests: Vince Gill, Buddy Miller; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Sun / Red River Entertainment) |
| ShitFucker (Michigan-based thrash metal band) | “Suck Cocks in Hell” (Hear here; MP3) | (Hell’s Headbangers) |
| Shy Girls | “Timeshare [MP3]” (six-song EP; first single: “Still Not Falling”; Hear here; See here) | (Hit City U.S.A.) |
| Son Lux (aka post/rock, hip-hop producer-composer Ryan Lott) | “Lanterns” (first single: “Lost It to Trying”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| The Sounds (Swedish indie rockers) | “Weekend” (producer: Alex Newport; first single: “Shake Shake Shake”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Arnioki / INgroove) |
| The Swellers (punk band from Flint, Mich.) | “The Light Under Closed Doors” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (No Sleep) |
| Toxic Holocaust (Portland, Ore., punk metal group) | “Chemistry of Consciousness” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Relapse) |
| Upset (pop-punk trio led by former Best Coast member Ali Koehler and Hole’s Patty Schemel) | “She’s Gone” (first single: “Oxfords and Wingtips”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Various artists | “The Best Man Holiday [Film soundtrack]” (comedy-drama film, directed and written by Malcolm D. Lee, is a sequel to the 1999 film, “The Best Man”; opens Nov. 15; newly written material, as well as holiday classics, performed by R. Kelly, Jordin Sparks, Mario, Fantasia, Monica, Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, Emeli Sandé, etc.; See here; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Various artists | “The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute” (profits from the CD benefit the family of the late No Use For A Name frontman; contributors: Rise Against, NOFX, Yellowcard, Simple Plan, Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, Frank Turner, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Fat Wreck Chords) |
| Leslie West | “Still Climbing” (producers: West, Mike “Metal” Goldberg; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Widowspeak | “The Swamps” (six-song EP; first single: “Calico”; Hear here; LP + MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Yuna (Malaysian-born singer-songwriter) | “Nocturnal” (producers: Robin Hannibal, Chris Braide, Michael Einziger; first single: “Falling”; Hear here; MP3) | (Verve) |
More Releases for the Week of Oct. 29, 2013
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| ABBA | “Ring Ring: Deluxe Edition [MP3]” (1973 album; remastered, with 13 bonus tracks; Read here; CD) | (Universal) |
| Any Trouble | “The Complete Stiff Recordings 1980-1981 [Box set]” (three CDs, 129 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Oct. 28) |
| Bananarama | “Deep Sea Skiving: Deluxe Edition” (1983 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD; Read here), “Bananarama: Deluxe Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD), “True Confessions: Deluxe Edition” (1986 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD), “Wow!: Deluxe Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD), “Pop Life: Deluxe Edition” (1991 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD), “Please Yourself: Deluxe Edition” (1993 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, a second CD of more bonus material and a DVD) | (U.K. – Edsel, Oct. 28) |
| Beck | “Sea Change [Blu-ray Audio]” (2002 album; remastered) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Belfegore | “Belfegore” (1984 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Belleruche | “Best Of” (two CDs, 28 tracks; See here) | (Tru Thoughts) |
| Billy Bragg | “Life’s a Riot with Spy v Spy (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with a second CD containing “Live at Union Chapel,” recorded in June 2013; Read here; Vinyl) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Bros | “Push: Deluxe Edition” (1988 album; remastered, with two CDs containing 21 bonus remixes and B-sides; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, Oct. 28) |
| Buckcherry | “The Best of Buckcherry” (12 tracks; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| John Coltrane | “A Love Supreme [Blu-ray Audio]” (1965 album; remastered) | (Impulse! / UMe) |
| Bobby Darin | “The 25th Day of December with Bobby Darin” (1960 album; remastered, with a bonus track, “Christmas Auld Lang Syne”; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Miles Davis | “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud [Blu-ray Audio]” (1957 soundtrack album; remastered) | (Fontana / UMe) |
| Nick Drake | “Five Leaves Left [Blu-ray Audio]” (1969 album; remastered) | (Island / UMe) |
| Eagles | “The Studio Albums 1972-1979 [Vinyl box set]” (six-LP collection includes all their Asylum Records albums; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| The Emotions | “Come Into Our World: Expanded Edition” (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | “Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again [Blu-ray Audio]” (1956, 1957 albums; remastered) | (Verve / UMe) |
| Flash featuring Peter Banks | “Flash in Public” (Jan. 21, 1973, concert at Kansas City’s Cowtown Ballroom; Banks died just days before finishing the final mix in March 2013; See here; MP3) | (AdequatEsounds) |
| Foxy | “Foxy: Expanded Edition” (1976 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Marvin Gaye | “What’s Going On [Blu-ray Audio]” (1971 album; remastered) | (Motown / UMe) |
| Stan Getz / João Gilberto | “Getz/Gilberto [Blu-ray Audio]” (1964 album; remastered) | (Verve / UMe) |
| Tompall and the Glaser Brothers | “Lovin’ Her Was Easier / After All These Years” (1981, 1982 albums on one CD; remastered; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Goodie Mob | “Playlist: The Very Best of Goodie Mob” | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Eydie Gorme and the Trio Los Panchos | “Navidad means Christmas” (1966 album; remastered; Hear here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Steve Hackett | “Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith [Box set]” (2013 album “Genesis Revisited II” is expanded to three CDs and two DVDs, with 5.1; recorded on May 10 in London; guests: Nik Kershaw, John Wetton, Jakko Jakszyk, Amanda Lehmann, Steve Rothery; Hear here; MP3) | (InsideOut Music) |
| Emmylou Harris | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Pieces of the Sky,” “Elite Hotel,” “Luxury Liner,” “Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town” and “Blue Kentucky Girl”) | (Warner / Rhino) |
| Loleatta Holloway | “Love Sensation: Expanded Edition” (1980 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Humble Pie | “Performance: Rockin’ the Fillmore – The Complete Recordings [Box set]” (four CDs, 22 songs; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Jethro Tull | “Benefit: A Collector’s Edition” (1970 album; two CDs, one audio DVD; remastered, in 5.1 surround, with bonus tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Chrysalis) |
| Quincy Jones | “Big Band Bossa Nova [Blu-ray Audio]” (1962 album; remastered) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Chaka Khan | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Chaka,” “Chaka Khan,” “I Feel For You,” “Naughty” and “What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me”) | (Warner / Rhino) |
| Kool & The Gang | “Celebrate!: Expanded Edition” (1980 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Diana Krall | “The Look of Love [Blu-ray Audio]” (2001 album; remastered) | (Verve / UMe) |
| Mike + The Mechanics | “The Singles 1986-2013” (18 songs) | (U.K. – Universal, Oct. 28) |
| Roger Miller | “20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roger Miller [MP3]” (1999 compilation; 12 songs) | (Mercury Nashville / UMe) |
| Nirvana | “Nevermind [Blu-ray Audio]” (1991 album; remastered), “In Utero [Blu-ray Audio]” (1993 album; remastered) | (Verve / UMe) |
| Patti Page | “Christmas with Patti Page” (1955 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Poco | “Legend / Indian Summer” (1977, 1978 albums on one CD; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO, Oct. 28) |
| The Pretenders | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Pretenders,” “Pretenders 2,” “Get Close,” “Last of the Independents” and “Learning To Crawl”) | (Sire / Rhino) |
| Ramones | “The Sire Years 1976-1981 [Box set]” (six CDs, featuring the albums “Ramones,” “Leave Home,” “Rocket to Russia,” “Road to Ruin,” “End of the Century” and “Pleasant Dreams”; MP3) | (Sire / Rhino) |
| Otis Redding | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Dictionary of Soul,” “Otis Blue,” “Pain In My Heart,” “Sings Soul Ballads” and “The Soul Album”) | (Atlantic / Rhino) |
| Lionel Richie | “Can’t Slow Down [Blu-ray Audio]” (1983 album; remastered) | (Motown / UMe) |
| Todd Rundgren | “Todd [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]” (1974 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| The Salsoul Orchestra | “Magic Journey: Expanded Edition” (1977 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Hear here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Boz Scaggs | “The Essential Boz Scaggs” (two CDs, 33 songs, spanning 1969 to 2013, including 23 Columbia Records single and album tracks, plus cuts from Virgin and 429; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Seether | “Seether 2002-2013” (two CDs, 27 songs, including three new tracks and rare B-sides; first single: “Seether,” a cover of Veruca Salt’s 1994 hit; MP3) | (Wind-up) |
| Howard Shore | “Ed Wood: Original Soundtrack – Collector’s Edition Vol. 3” (1994 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Howe) |
| Bunny Sigler | “Let Me Party With You: Expanded Edition” (1978 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, Oct. 28) |
| Nina Simone | “I Put a Spell On You [Blu-ray Audio]” (1965 album; remastered) | (Verve / UMe) |
| S.O.S. Band | “Diamonds in the Raw: Tabu Re-born Expanded Edition” (1989 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Tabu, Oct. 28) |
| Soul Coughing | “Lust in Phaze: The Best of Soul Coughing [MP3]” (2002 compilation; 20 songs) | (Rhino / Slash) |
| The Staple Singers | “Let’s Do It Again [MP3]” (1975 soundtrack album; music by Curtis Mayfield) | (Rhino) |
| Steely Dan | “Going Mobile: Classic 1974 Live Radio Broadcast [Vinyl]” (two LPs; Hear here; CD) | (U.K. – Let Them Eat Vinyl, Oct. 28) |
| James Taylor | “The Essential James Taylor” (two CDs, 30 songs, spanning his five-decade career; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Randy Travis | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Storms of Life,” “Always & Forever,” “Old 8×10,” “No Holdin’ Back” and “High Lonesome”) | (Warner / Rhino) |
| Dave Van Ronk | “Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” (three CDs, 54 tracks, including 16 previously unreleased recordings, with 40-page booklet; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Smithsonian Folkways) |
| Various artists | “Funky Christmas” (1976 compilation from the Cotillion label; includes Luther Vandross fronting his namesake quintet Luther; remastered; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Various artists | “Oh Yes We Can Love: The History of Glam Rock [Box set]” (five-disc, 91-song compilation includes tracks by Little Richard, The Kinks, David Bowie, T.Rex, Mott the Hoople, Slade, Mud, Suzi Quatro, The Runaways, Blondie, Adam & The Ants, etc.; Read here) | (U.K. – Universal, Oct. 28) |
| Various artists | “12” Disco: The Collection” (three CDs, 34 songs; Hear here) | (U.K. – Rhino, Oct. 28) |
| Andy Williams | “The Complete Christmas Recordings” (two CDs, 42 songs; Read here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Wu-Tang Clan | “The Essential Wu-Tang Clan” (two CDs, 29 tracks; MP3) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Yes | “Original Albums Series” (five discs, featuring “Going for the One,” “Tormato,” “Drama,” “90125” and “Big Generator”) | (Atlantic / Rhino) |
More Releases for the Week of Oct. 29, 2013
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Billy Crystal, John Goodman | “Monsters University [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray + DVD; Collector’s Edition) | (Disney Pixar) |
| Lady Antebellum | “Lady Antebellum Live: On This Winter’s Night [DVD]” (filmed at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Chris O’Dowd | “Family Tree: The Complete First Season [DVD]” (HBO series; See here) | (HBO Home Video) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Springsteen & I [DVD]” (2013 documentary, directed by Baillie Walsh; See here; Blu-ray) | (Black Dog Films) |
| Various artists | “Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia’s 70th Birthday [DVD]” (documentary/concert film recorded at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael, Calif.; featuring Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Donna Jean Godchaux, Carlos Santana, Sammy Hagar, Mike Campbell, Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Oct. 29, 2013
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Johnny Cash | “Johnny Cash: The Life [Hardcover]” (author: Robert Hilburn; Kindle) | (Little, Brown and Company) |
| Deep Purple | “Wait for the Ricochet: The Story of the Band’s Classic Album [Paperback]” (authors: Simon Robinson, Stephen Clare; Read here) | (Easy on the Eye Books, Oct. 28) |
| Corey Feldman | “Coreyography: A Memoir [Hardcover]” (Kindle; Read here) | (St. Martin’s Press) |
| Jon Savage, Stuart Baker | “Punk 45: Original Punk Rock Singles Cover Art [Paperback]” | (Soul Jazz Records Publishing, Oct. 31) |
| Sparks | “In the Words of Sparks … Selected Lyrics [Paperback]” | (TamTam Books, Oct. 31) |
| Throwing Muses | “Purgatory/Paradise [Hardcover/CD]” (Read here) | (The Friday Project Limited) |
More Music-Book Releases for the Week of Oct. 29, 2013
Video games
| Subject: | Title: | Media/Due date: |
| LEGO | “LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes” (available on PS3, X360, Nintendo DS, DS 3D, Wii U) | (Warner Bros., Oct. 31) |
Next week: Nov. 5
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