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February 23, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 2-21-2006 At age 62, Ray Davies has gotten around to his first solo album release, which has some critical buzz going. Other People's Lives sounds like something that'd be worth a listen. What's a genius like Ray had brewing that long? It sure sounds intriguing.
But woo, doggies, this week Capitol is whipping out five Merle Haggard twofer CDs, vintage classics re-mastered and bonus tracks. Sweeeeeeeeeet! Perhaps you would do well to start with Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am. Then again, how long can you live without Sing Me Back Home/Bonnie & Clyde?
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not Domino Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ray Davies Other People's Lives V2 Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Merle Haggard Hag/Someday We'll Look Back Capitol Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Teddy Thompson Separate Ways Verve Forecast Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Folk-Rock, Urban Folk
Arab Strap The Last Romance Transdreamer Indie Rock
Eef Barzelay Bitter Honey spinART Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock
Pavlo Beznosiuk Charles Avison: Six Concertos, Op. 3; Eight Concertos, Op. 4 Naxos Baroque Orchestral Music
Billy Bragg Talking With the Taxman About Poetry [Bonus Disc] Yep Roc Alternative Folk, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Urban Folk, College Rock, Anti-Folk
The Chieftains The Essential Chieftains RCA Victor/Legacy Traditional Irish Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Celtic, Irish Folk, Contemporary Celtic, British Folk, International Folk
Cracker Get on with It: The Best of Cracker Virgin American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Cracker Greatest Hits Redux Cooking Vinyl American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Eugen D'Albert The Centaur Pianist: Complete Studio Recordings, 1910-1928 Arbiter
Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies Merge Indie Rock, Chamber Pop
Dilated Peoples 20/20 Capitol Underground Rap, Alternative Rap
Eels With Strings: Live at Town Hall Vagrant Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Elbow Leaders of the Free World V2 Dream Pop, Britpop
Stephen Fretwell Magpie Fiction Singer/Songwriter
Merle Haggard I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man Capitol Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Merle Haggard Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am Capitol Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Merle Haggard Sing Me Back Home/Bonnie & Clyde Capitol Western Swing Revival, Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Merle Haggard Strangers/Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down [Capitol] Capitol Western Swing Revival, Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Andrew Hill Time Lines Blue Note Modern Creative
The Holy Fire In the Name of the World Militia Group Indie Rock
Janis Ian Folk Is the New Black Cooking Vinyl USA/Rude Girl Folk Revival, Contemporary Folk, Political Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bob James Urban Flamingo Koch Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Pop
King's Singers Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium [Hybrid SACD] Signum UK Renaissance Choral Music
The Knickerbockers Rockin' With Sundazed Frat Rock, Rock & Roll
Bill Laswell Asana OHM Shanti Meta Records Worldbeat, Ethnic Fusion, Dub, Club/Dance
The M's Future Women Polyvinyl Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Pop
Maximo Park Missing Songs Warp Indie Rock, Britpop
Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes [Legacy Edition] Columbia/Legacy Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Album Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock & Roll
Mott the Hoople Mott [Legacy Edition] Columbia/Legacy Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Album Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock & Roll
Noriko Ogawa Debussy: Piano Music, Vol. 3 Bis Modern Piano Music
William Orbit Hello Waveforms Sanctuary Ambient, Electronic, Progressive House, Electronica
Anna Oxygen This Is an Exercise Kill Rock Stars Indie Pop, Synth Pop
?uestlove Babies Makin' Babies 2: Misery Strikes Back ...... No More Babies BBE Soul, Quiet Storm, Smooth Soul
Santana Santana III [Legacy Edition - Bonus Tracks] Columbia/Legacy Latin Rock, Album Rock, Psychedelic, Fusion, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock
John Stewart The Day the River Sang Appleseed Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
The Derek Trucks Band Songlines Columbia Blues-Rock, Slide Guitar Blues
