Pause & Play Today: April 27, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Butter Miracle Suite One,” Counting Crows – May 21
“SCURO CHIARO,” Alessandro Cortini – June 11
“Symphonic Suites,” Andrew Lloyd Webber – June 18
“I Know I’m Funny haha,” Faye Webster – June 25
“Happier Than Ever,” Billie Eilish – July 30
“Fighting Words,” Ellen Foley – Aug. 6
REISSUES
“Bear’s Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970 (Deluxe Edition),” The Allman Brothers Band – June 18
“Roller Coaster Weekend / Plantation Harbor,” Joe Vitale – June 18
VINYL
“The Better Life (20th Anniversary Edition),” 3 Doors Down – June 11
MUSIC BOOKS
“Booze & Vinyl: A Music-and-Mixed-Drinks Matching Game,” André Darlington and Tenaya Darlington – Sept. 28
“The Queen Bee,” Lil’ Kim – Nov. 2
“U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America,” Bradley Morgan – Nov. 15
DVD / BLU-RAY
“The West Wing: The Complete Series,” Martin Sheen, John Spencer, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, et al – June 29
JUST RELEASED
“The Making of a Woman (The Deluxe Edition),” Syleena Johnson (2020 album; with two new songs; eOne Music)
“10 Babymetal Years,” BABYMETAL (Cooking Vinyl)
“Both Sides of the Tracks,” Will Wesley (producer: Phillip Chandler; Read here; Homegrown Productions)
“The Perfect Son,” Gift of Tongues (15-song collection of folk-tronica synth-pop; See here; Gift of Tongues)
“Turn My Dial: M Squared Recordings and more, 1981-84,” Tangled Shoelaces (Chapter Music)
NEW SONGS
Celebration VIII, Sufjan Stevens
Cry About It Later, Katy Perry & Luísa Sonza & Bruno Martini
t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l, WILLOW feat. Travis Barker
when was it over?, Sasha Sloan feat. Sam Hunt
Cheers, Faye Webster
Home Run, Joe Nichols
I’m Just Happy to Be Here, Ellen Foley feat. Karla DeVito
Seek & Hide, Modern Mimes
Identität, Das Beat
Modern Day Wonder Woman, Cameron DuBois
Rock Wit It, PEACE MAKER! & Birthdayy Partyy
Songwriter, Katrina Burgoyne
Ya Feeling Good!, Like-Minded-Souls feat. Toju
Smaller, Sleepy Jean
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Ann Peebles (74)
Kate Pierson (73)
Herbie Murrell [The Stylistics] (72)
Ace Frehley (70)
Sheena Easton (62)
Marco Pirroni [Adam and the Ants] (62)
Rob Squires [Big Head Todd and the Monsters] (56)
Mica Paris (52)
Rob Coombes [Supergrass] (49)
Patrick Hallahan [My Morning Jacket] (43)
Jim James [My Morning Jacket] (43)
William Boyd [Evanescence] (42)
Travis Meeks [Days of the New] (42)
Joseph Pope III [Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats] (42)
John Osborne [Brothers Osborne] (39)
Patrick Stump (37)
Nick Noonan [Karmin] (35)
Lizzo (33)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007)
Vicki Sue Robinson (1954-2000)
Al Hirt (1922-1999)
Z.Z. Hill (1935-1984)
RELEASED ON APRIL 27 IN … 1968
“Dance to the Music,” Sly & The Family Stone (featuring “Dance to the Music” and “Higher”; producer: Sly Stone; Epic)
R.I.P.
Al Schmitt (23-time Grammy-winning engineer)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Michael Jackson Accuser Wade Robson (NBC News)
> Underrated Rolling Stones: The Most Overlooked Song From Each Album (Ultimate Classic Rock)
> Tom Jones Heading for First UK No. 1 album in Two Decades (Official Charts)
> Jim Steinman, Master of Excess (Vulture)
> Songwriter Eric Andersen Crossed Paths With Everyone From Dylan to Warhol. Now, He’s Getting His Due (Rolling Stone)
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Gerry Galipault Gerry Galipault debuted Pause & Play online in October 1997. Since then, it has become the definitive place for CD-release dates — with a worldwide audience.
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