Pause & Play Today: May 7, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN’),” Tedeschi Trucks Band – July 16
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JUST RELEASED
“HELLRAISERS, Part 1,” Cheat Codes (their debut album; guests: Tinashe, AJ Mitchell, Marc E. Bassy, CXLOE, Lil Xxel, Au/Ra, Bryce Vine; Epic)
“Final Home,” Lil West (six-song EP; Hear here; Republic)
“Built For Whatever,” Tee Grizzley (guests: Big Sean, Quavo, Young Dolph, Lil Durk, G Herbo, King Von, YNW Melly, Lil TJay, etc.; 300 Entertainment)
“Hidden Stories,” Hooverphonic (the Belgian trio’s 10-song album includes their Eurovisio entry “The Wrong Place”; See here; Universal)
“Instead of Dreaming,” Marissa Nadler (covers album; Hear here; Sacred Bones)
“Mercy Rising,” Maia Sharp (Hear here; Crooked Crown)
“Just for You (Deluxe Edition),” Lionel Richie (Download; 2004 album; with 13 bonus tracks; Mercury / UMe)
“Now In a Minute (Expanded Edition),” Donna Lewis (Download; 1996 album, featuring “I Love You Always Forever”; with 15 bonus tracks; Warner Music Group / X5 Music Group)
“Still Taking Risks,” Quando Rondo (Quando Rondo, LLC / Never Broke Again, LLC / Atlantic)
“The Producers,” The Producers (Download; 1981 album, featuring “What’s He Got?” and “Who Do You Think You Are”; Epic / Legacy)
“Seasons in the Sun (Expanded Edition),” Terry Jacks (1974 album; with four bonus tracks; Arista / Legacy)
“Repeatable 1980-2020,” Spoons (Download; 17-song compilation; Sparks Music)
“Lost & Found EP,” Manolo Redondo (five songs; Violette)
“For Bathing,” Siren and the Sea (Hear here; Siren and the Sea)
“What Lies Ahead of Us,” Pentral (Brazilian progressive rock / metal trio’s debut album; Hear here; Pentral Music)
“Vol. 2,” Radio Company (Two Chair Entertainment, LLC)
“y?,” Amber Liu (guests Masiweri, Junoflo, PENIEL, Blow Fever; Steel Woo / EMPIRE)
“Boleros de Hoy,” Los Dos Carnales (Afinarte Music)
“CHROMATOPIA,” NoMBe (producer: NoMBe; new single: “Water Into Wine”; TH3RD BRAIN)
NEW SONGS
All I Know So Far, P!nk
i n t e r l u d e, J. Cole
i need you (to be wrong), Switchfoot
Miss the Rage, Trippie Redd & Playboi Carti
What the Stars See, Cassadee Pope feat. Karen Fairchild & Lindsay Ell
Put Your Head On My Shoulder, Paul Anka & Olivia Newton-John
Io sì (seen), Jonathan Antoine
Make Me, Teedra Moses feat. Uncle Chucc and Brody
Real Talk, Austin Brown
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Thelma Houston (78)
Christy Moore (76)
Bill Danoff [Starland Vocal Band] (75)
Bill Kreutzmann (75)
Pete Wingfield (73)
Keith (72)
Prairie Prince (71)
Steve Diggle [Buzzcocks] (66)
Anne Dudley [Art of Noise] (65)
Marty Willson-Piper [The Church] (63)
Phil Campbell (60)
Eagle-Eye Cherry (50)
Matt Helders [Arctic Monkeys] (35)
IN REMEMBRANCE
John Walker [The Walker Brothers] (1943-2011)
Eddie Rabbitt (1941-1998)
RELEASED ON MAY 7 IN … 1982
“Business as Usual,” Men at Work (U.S. release date; released in their native Australia on Nov. 9, 1981; featuring “Who Can It Be Now?,” “Down Under” and “Be Good Johnny”; the band won Best New Artist at the 1983 Grammy Awards; producer: Peter McIan; Columbia)
R.I.P.
Lloyd Price (R&B singer, best known for “Stagger Lee” and “Personality”)
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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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