| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bryan Adams | “Tracks of My Years” (all covers, except for one new Adams/Jim Vallance song; Hear here; MP3) | (Verve) |
| Alabama | “Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites” (12 songs of faith; Hear here; MP3) | (Gaither Music Group) |
| Alabama | “Alabama & Friends At The Ryman” (guests: Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Trisha Yearwood, Florida Georgia Line, Jamey Johnson, the Eli Young Band; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe Edition) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Herb Alpert | “In the Mood” (Hear here; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Steve Aoki | “Neon Future 1” (first single: “Rage the Night Away,” feat. Waka Flocka Flame; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Dim Mak / Ultra Music) |
| Colbie Caillat | “Gypsy Heart” (producer: Babyface; new single: “Just Like That”; Hear here) | (Republic) |
| Kat Edmonson | “The Big Picture” (producer: Mitchell Froom; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Electric Youth (Toronto electro-pop duo) | “Innerworld” (first single: “Innocence”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3, with three bonus tracks) | (Secretly Canadian) |
| Melissa Etheridge | “This Is M.E.” (first single: “Take My Number”; Hear here; MP3) | (MLE Music / Caroline) |
| Marianne Faithfull | “Give My Love to London” (she wrote most of the lyrics and the music was written by Nick Cave, Anna Calvi, Roger Waters, Pat Leonard, Tom McRae, Steve Earle; producers: Rob Ellis, Dimitri Tikovoi; mixed by Flood; guests: Leonard Cohen, Cave, Anna Calvi; first single: “Falling Back”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (U.K. – Dramatico Entertainment, Sept. 29) |
| Finch | “Back to Oblivion” (the band’s first album in more than nine years; producer: Brian Virtue; new single: “Anywhere But Here”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Flying Colors (Steve Morse, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse and Dave LaRue with singer Casey McPherson) | “Second Nature” (Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group) |
| Robin Gibb | “50 St. Catherine’s Drive” (his last album, recorded before his death in May 2012; producer: Peter-John Vettese; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Reprise / Warner / Rhino) |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | “Engelbert Calling” (two-disc duets album was released in the U.K. in March; it features collaborations with Elton John, Cliff Richard, Lulu, Il Divo, Willie Nelson, Gene Simmons, Ron Sexsmith, Johnny Mathis, Olivia Newton-John, Smokey Robinson, etc.; producer: Martin Terefe; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (OK!Good) |
| Jeff the Brotherhood | “Dig the Classics [Vinyl]” (six-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Holly Johnson | “Europa” (the former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer’s first album in 15 years; producer: Mark Ralph; first single: “Follow Your Heart”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Pleasuredome, Sept. 29) |
| Dave Koz & Friends | “The 25th of December” (guests: Stevie Wonder, Johnny Mathis, Gloria Estefan, Richard Marx, Kenny G, BeBe Winans, India.Arie, Trombone Shorty, Jonathan Butler, Heather Headley, Eric Benét, Fantasia; Hear here; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Lady Antebellum | “747” (producers: Nathan Chapman, Lady Antebellum; first single: “Bartender”; Hear here) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Lang Lang | “The Mozart Album” (two discs; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
| Lost Bayou Ramblers (Cajun-rock band) | “Gasa Gasa Live” (Hear here; MP3) | (Bayou Perdu) |
| Seth MacFarlane | “Holiday For Swing!” (producer: Joel McNeely; guests: Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Republic) |
| Raul Midón | “Don’t Hesitate” (guests: Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright; includes “Mi Amigo Cubano,” co-written with Bill Withers; Hear here; MP3) | (Artistry Music) |
| Hudson Mohawke | “Chimes [Vinyl]” (four-song EP; guests: Busta Rhymes, Eric Wareheim, Flying Lotus ; See here; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Stevie Nicks | “24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault [LP + MP3]” (a collection of lost and stray songs, all newly recorded; producers: Nicks, Dave Stewart, Waddy Wachtel; Read here; CD, out Oct. 7; MP3) | (Reprise) |
| Nonpoint | “The Return” (producers: Johnny K, Daniel Salcidoto; first single: “Breaking Skin”; Hear here; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Prince | “Art Official Age” (his first album since 2010’s “20Ten”; producer: Prince; Hear here; MP3; see related 3RDEYEGIRL release below) | (Warner) |
| Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL | “PlectrumElectrum” (Prince with guitarist Donna Grantis, drummer Hannah Ford Welton and bassist Ida Nielsen; producer: Prince; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Calvin Richardson | “I Am Calvin” (first single: “We Gon’ Love Tonite”; Hear here; MP3) | (Jordan House / Primary Wave) |
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | “Mended With Gold” (producers: Matt Lederman, Leon Taheny; first single: “Terrified”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Saddle Creek) |
| The Script | “No Sound Without Silence” (first single: “Superheroes”; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Blake Shelton | “Bringing Back the Sunshine” (guests: Ashley Monroe, RaeLynn; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Michael W. Smith | “Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit of Christmas” (guests: Bono, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Michael McDonald, Little Big Town, Jennifer Nettles; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Soft Swells | “Floodlights” (producer: Dave Lynch; first single: “Floodlights”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Modern Outsider) |
| Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | “Saturday Night / Sunday Morning” (double album; guests: The Staple Singers; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Superlatone) |
| Team Spirit | “Killing Time” (first single: “Teenage Heart”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vice / Warner) |
| Three Bridges (gospel trio) | “Jesus Saves” (Hear here; MP3) | (Mansion) |
| Tove Lo (Swedish singer Tove Ebba Elsa Nilsson) | “Queen of the Clouds” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Island) |
| The Tragic Thrills | “The Tragic Thrills” (originally self-released last year; Hear here) | (Washington Square / Razor & Tie) |
| Trigger Hippy (created Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, with Joan Osborne and Jackie Greene on vocals) | “Trigger Hippy” (producer: Greene; first single: “Rise Up Singing”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Various artists | “Mass Appeal Volume 1” (annual compilation includes a cover of Gang Starr’s “Mass Appeal” by Nas, Future, Pusha T, Mac Miller and A$AP Mob; Read here; Vinyl) | (Mass Appeal – new label started by Nas) |
| Various artists | “Motown Christmas” (16 tracks; Vinyl; MP3) | (Motown Gospel) |
| Various artists | “WOW Hits 2015 (Deluxe Edition)” (two CDs, 36 songs; MP3) | (Capitol Christian Music Group) |
| Gerard Way (former My Chemical Romance frontman) | “Hesitant Alien” (new single: “Pink Station Zero”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Reprise) |
| Lucinda Williams | “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone” (producers: Williams, Tom Overby, Greg Leisz; guests: Jakob Dylan, Bill Frisell, Tony Joe White, Ian McLagan, Pete Thomas, Davey Faragaher; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Highway 20) |
| Witch Mountain (doom-metal band) | “Mobile of Angels” (producer: Billy Anderson; Hear here; MP3) | (Profound Lore) |
| yMusic (NYC chamber ensemble) | “Balance Problems” (producer: Son Lux; Hear here; See here) | (New Amsterdam) |
More Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2014
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Auramancer (Belgian alt-rock artist) | “Golconda [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Karma, Oct. 1) |
| John Butler (soul singer-songwriter from Chantilly, Va.) | “I Love You [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Mylestone, Oct. 1) |
| Cazwell | “Hard 2 B Fresh [MP3]” (collaborators: Richie Beretta, Justin de Nobrega, Nicky da B, Peaches, Jesse Novak, Big Dipper, RedTop, Manila Luzon, DJ Fresh Direct, etc.; Hear here) | (Peace Bisquit) |
| Hanging Scarlet (Loudon, N.H., rock quartet) | “Desert Lands [MP3]” (six-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Hanging Scarlet, Oct. 1) |
| JCharlesworth (Australian alt-rock artist) | “The End [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (JCharlesworth, Oct. 1) |
| Jonatan Piña Duluc y El Trio (Dominican rock band) | “A Medio Vivir [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Jonatan Piña Duluc y El Trio) |
| Jerico of the Angels | “Undead A-Go-Go [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Osiristar, Oct. 2) |
| Lou Lombardi’s Strangelove | “Lou Lombardi’s Strangelove [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Guitar Lounge, Oct. 1) |
| Memoryy (aka Brooklyn synth-pop artist Shaun Hettinger) | “Young Oblivion [MP3]” (five-song EP; producers: Brothertiger, The Golden Pony; first single: “Feels Like the First Time”; Hear here; See here) | (Memoryy) |
| Matthew Parker (Christian EDM artist) | “Shadowlands [MP3]” (guests: Cash Hollistah, St. Matthew, Skrip, eXecutive Decision, Anna Criss; first single: “We Go”; Hear here; Read here) | (Drom) |
| Kandace Springs | “Kandace Springs [MP3]” (four-song EP; first single: “Love Got in the Way”; Hear here; See here) | (SRP Music Group / Blue Note) |
| Violent Soho | “Hungry Ghosts [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Kurt von Stetten | “Animals [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Static Motor Recordings) |
| We Are the Catalyst (Swedish alt-metal band) | “Monuments [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (We Are the Catalyst, Oct. 1) |
| Westrin & Mowry | “The Past Rushes In [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Westrin & Mowry) |
More MP3 Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2014
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| ABBA | “ABBA Live At Wembley Arena” (two CDs; complete concert from Nov. 10, 1979; See here; Track list; Vinyl) | (Polydor / UMe) |
| Garth Brooks | “Double Live” (two-CD, one-DVD set, originally released in 1998; remastered) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Ronnie Dyson | “Phase 2 / Brand New Day” (1982, 1983 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Ramblin’ Jack Elliott | “The HighTone Years” | (RockBeat) |
| Faith, Hope & Charity | “Life Goes On (Expanded Edition)” (1976 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Genesis | “R-Kive [Box set]” (three CDs, 37 songs; career retrospective, along with solo hits and Mike + The Mechanics hits; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Eydie Gorme | “Since I Fell For You” (1981 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Amy Grant | “ICON: Amy Grant Christmas” (11 tracks) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| Heart | “5 Classic Albums” (five full albums) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Judas Priest | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Barbara Lynn | “The Complete Atlantic Recordings” (25 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Maroon 5 | “5 Classic Albums” (five full albums) | (Interscope / UMe) |
| Megadeth | “5 Classic Albums” (five full albums) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Monty Python | “Monty Python’s Total Rubbish! The Complete Collection [Box set]” (10 discs, featuring all nine remastered U.K. albums, from 1970’s “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” to 1983’s “The Meaning of Life,” plus a bonus 7″ single of the 1974 flexi-disc “Monty Python’s Tiny Black Round Thing” and a hardback book with liner notes by Michael Palin; Vinyl) | (Virgin / UMe) |
| Mudvayne | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Nas | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| The Notting Hillbillies | “Missing … Presumed Having a Good Time [Vinyl]” (1990 album; remastered) | (Rhino) |
| Oasis | “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Chasing the Sun Edition)” (1995 album; remastered, with two additional discs of B-sides, demos and soundcheck recordings; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Big Brother Recordings) |
| Larry Rice | “If You Only Knew .. The Best of Larry Rice” (MP3) | (Rebel) |
| Shalamar | “The Complete Solar Hit Singles Collection” (two CDs, 22 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Solar / Sanctuary, Sept. 29) |
| Stories | “Stories Untold: The Very Best of Stories” (19 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Vanilla Ice | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Various artists | “Real World 25” (three-CD label retrospective, featuring tracks by founder Peter Gabriel, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Blind Boys of Alabama, Joseph Arthur, Dub Colossus, etc.; MP3) | (Real World) |
| Various artists | “The Westbound Sound: Detroit Soul 1969-1975” (23-track collection features Denise LaSalle, the Detroit Emeralds, the Magictones, the Fantastic Four, etc.; Track list) | (U.K. – Westbound, Sept. 29) |
| The Whispers | “The Complete Solar Hit Singles Collection” (three CDs, 41 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Solar / Sanctuary, Sept. 29) |
| Barry White | “5 Classic Albums” (five full albums) | (Mercury / UMe) |
More Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2014
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, et al | “Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s [DVD]” (1984 film; two discs; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Dream Theater | “Breaking the Fourth Wall: Live From The Boston Opera House [DVD]” (two discs; See here; Blu-ray) | (Roadrunner) |
| Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, et al | “Gone With the Wind: 75th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]” (1939 film; four-disc set) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, et al | “Gremlins: Diamond Luxe Edition [Blu-ray]” (1984 film) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Audrey Hepburn | “Audrey Hepburn Collection [Blu-ray]” (contains “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” “Funny Face” and “Sabrina”) | (Paramount) |
| Led Zeppelin | “Led Zeppelin: You Shook Me [DVD]” (four discs) | (eOne Music) |
| Melissa McCarthy, Billy Gardell | “Mike & Molly: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]” (1984 film) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Various artists | “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever [DVD]” (1983 TV special aired on NBC, famous for Michael Jackson’s moonwalk performance; See here; Deluxe Edition) | (Time Life Music) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2014
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Eminem | “Eminem: Survivor [Hardcover]” (authors: Michael and Drew Heatley) | (Flame Tree) |
| Tracey E.W. Laird | “Austin City Limits: A History [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Oxford University Press, Oct. 2) |
| Brian May | “Brian May’s Red Special [Hardcover]” (subtitled “The Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and the World”) | (Carlton Books, Oct. 1) |
| My Chemical Romance | “Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance [Paperback]” (author: Tom Bryant; Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Fiona Ritchie & Doug Orr | “Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia [Hardcover]” (foreword by Dolly Parton; Kindle) | (The University of North Carolina Press, Sept. 29) |
| Phil Swern & Neil Myners | “Popmaster Quiz Book, BBC Radio 2 – As Played On The Ken Bruce Show [Paperback]” | (Ovolo Books) |
| The Who | “The Who: Official Calendar 2015 [Calendar]” | (Danilo Promotions, Oct. 1) |
| Gary Wright | “Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Tarcher Hardcover / Penguin Books, Oct. 2) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2014
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