Pause & Play Today: Nov. 22, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Boyology,” Asbjørn – Jan. 28, 2022
“The Kick,” Foxes – Feb. 11, 2022
“By Royal Decree,” The Flower Kings – March 4, 2022
“Feel the Void,” Hot Water Music – March 18, 2022
“On My Way,” Katie Henry – March 25, 2022
“Legacy: A Tribute to Leslie West,” various artists – March 25, 2022
“Obsidian,” Northlane – April 1, 2022
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UPCOMING RELEASES (no release date yet)
“The Sick, the Dying … and the Dead!,” Megadeth – spring 2022
VINYL
“In the Mountain In the Cloud,” Portugal. The Man – Feb. 25, 2022
“Chicago 16,” Chicago – March 4, 2022
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Save The World: Remix Suite,” Marvin Gaye & SaLaAM ReMi (four-song EP; Hear here; Motown / UMe)
“Where Phones Don’t Work,” Wade Bowen (six-song EP; Hear here; Bowen Sounds / Thirty Tigers)
“POLYDANS (Deluxe),” Roosevelt (2021 album; with eight bonus tracks, including a cover of Fiction Factory’s “[Feels Like] Heaven”; Hear here; Greco-Roman / City Slang)
“The Lover In Me (Expanded Edition),” Sheena Easton (Download; 1988 album; with four bonus tracks; Geffen / UMe)
“Christmas, With Love Always,” Leona Lewis (Download; 2013 album; with two new tracks; Legacy Recordings)
“Lights Out (Remixes),” John Roberts (curated by Roberts’ longtime collaborator Junior Sanchez, who produced Roberts’ 2021 album “Lights Out”; Hear here; X-Bop)
“Plague Accommodations,” Thank You Scientist (four-song EP; Hear here; Thank You Scientist)
“66/68,” Bart Mendoza (producers: Mike Kamoo, David Fleminger; Hear here; Pacific Records)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version) (Amazon Original), Taylor Swift
How To Talk To Girls, Brantley Gilbert | 
don’t miss me, Claire Rosinkranz |
Hyperlandia, deadmau5 feat. Foster The People |
Hold On To Your Love, Walk Off The Earth & Phillip Phillips |
Animalz, Big Boi & Sleepy Brown |
I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven, Nate Smith |
Dear X, Belora |
Giving Up, Samone
The Universal Deluge, Ethan P. Flynn
Americana, Jon Rivera |
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Terry Gilliam (81)
Jesse Colin Young (80)
Floyd Sneed (79)
Little Steven (71)
Tina Weymouth (71)
Lawrence Gowan [Styx] (65)
Jason Ringenberg (63)
Chris Fryar [Zac Brown Band] (51)
Karen O (43)
Jenny Owen Youngs (40)
Tyler Hilton (38)
Candice Glover (32)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Tommy Keene (1958-2017)
MC Breed (1971-2008)
Norman Granz (1918-2001)
Michael Hutchence (1960-1997)
Mae West (1893-1980)
RELEASED ON NOV. 22 … IN 1968
“The Beatles (The White Album),” The Beatles (their ninth studio album and only double LP, featuring “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” “Blackbird” and “Dear Prudence”; producer: George Martin; Apple)
RANDOM LYRICS
“A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest”
R.I.P.
Slide Hampton (jazz trombonist and Grammy-winning arranger)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> ‘They Weren’t Breaking Up’: Here’s Why Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’ Defies Beatles History | USA Today
> Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)’ Soars In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 | Billboard
> U2 Working on New Album, According to The Edge | NME
> BTS, Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion Take the Most Wins at the 2021 American Music Awards | HYPEBEAST
> Macy’s Parade Is Back This Thanksgiving, Without Kids on Floats | The New York Times
> ‘Mortified’ Reporter Speaks Out After Telling Adele He Hadn’t Listened To Her New Album | ET Canada
> The 11 Best Music Books of 2021 | Pitchfork
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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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