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March 07, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 3-7-2006
Van Morrison has a new country album out this week, Pay the Devil. There's something new for him, huh? Van singing "Your Cheatin' Heart" sure sounds like it would be a lot more interesting than one more of those bland half-assed background music jazz records he's spent most of the last few decades on. This might actually be worth hearing.
Kris Kristofferson has been traveling This Old Road for 70 years now, which is his first new album in 11 years. Early reviews are strong, but considering what a crappy vocal performer he was even in his prime I have to wonder how the guy can even actually begin to actually carry a tune at this point. Still, the guy IS one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.
Cheap Trick has a particularly good re-issue this week. All Shook Up was really outstanding, and never got the credit it deserved. This great George Martin production has been re-mastered. Besides being one of their couple of best albums to begin with, this now includes the Found All the Parts EP as a bonus, which has the outstanding "Everything Works If You Let It."
Personally, I'm not that much into Pink Floyd, but you have to give them props. David Gilmour is somebody, and he has what appears to be but his third solo album and first in 18 years this week, On An Island. It's the #1 album currently at Amazon.
Finally, there's a new Public Enemy album this week, Rebirth of a Nation. They haven't written anything that could reasonably be described as a "real song" in 15 years or so, but they're militant black nationalists or some such - plus they've got Professor Griff there to help keep the Jews down, so I'm sure this is a profound work of street art.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Kris Kristofferson This Old Road New West
Singer/Songwriter
The Little Willies The Little Willies Blue Note
Americana, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Van Morrison Pay the Devil Lost Highway
Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped Shout! Factory
Electronica, Funky Breaks, Ambient Breakbeat, Ambient Dub
Victoria de los Angeles Victoria de los Angeles performs Ravel, Debussy & Duparc EMI
French Art Songs
Blondie Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision Capitol/EMI
Pop/Rock, New Wave, American Punk, New York Punk, Punk
Buzzcocks Flat-Pack Philosophy Cooking Vinyl
British Punk, Punk Revival, Punk
Larry Carlton Fire Wire RCA
Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Anti
Alternative Country-Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Exene Cervenka/The Orginal Sinners Sev7en NIT
Roots Rock, Punk Revival
Sarah Chang Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 EMI
Russian Violin Concertos
Cheap Trick All Shook Up [Bonus Tracks] Sony
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, Hard Rock
Cheap Trick Dream Police [Bonus Tracks] Sony
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, Hard Rock
Martin Denny Best of Martin Denny's Exotica Capitol
Exotica, Space Age Pop
Duke Spirit Cuts Across the Land [Bonus Tracks] Startime International
Indie Rock
Roger Desormiere Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande EMI
French Opera
Jace Everett Jace Everett Epic
Contemporary Country
Cesaria Evora Rogamar RCA Victor
Morna, Fado
David Gilmour On an Island Sony
Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Blues-Rock
Goldfrapp Supernature [Bonus Track] Mute U.S.
Trip-Hop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Electronica
The Grateful Dead Shakedown Street [Bonus Tracks] Rhino
Album Rock, Jam Bands, Pop/Rock, Disco
Half-Handed Cloud Halos + Lassos Asthmatic Kitty
Indie Pop, Lo-Fi, Chamber Pop, Alternative CCM
Hotel Lights Hotel Lights Bar None
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Impossible Shapes Tum Secretly Canadian
Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
Simon Joyner Beautiful Losers Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
Juvenile Reality Check Atlantic
Dirty South, Southern Rap, Gangsta Rap
Soovin Kim Niccolo Paganini: 24 Caprices Azica
Solo Violin Music
Glenn Kotche Mobile Nonesuch
Process-Generated, Experimental Rock, Modern Composition, Contemporary Instrumental, Avant-Garde, Solo Instrumental
Rolf Lislevand Nuove musiche ECM
Contemporary Improvisations on Renaissance Music
Little Feat Barnstormin' Live [Box Set] Hot Tomato
Southern Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
Mogwai Mr. Beast Matador
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Mudhoney Under a Billion Suns Sub Pop
Garage Punk
Fred Neil Fred Neil [Water] Water
Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Lee Roy Parnell Back to the Well Universal South
Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Blues
Pinmonkey Big Shiny Cars Backporch
Country-Rock, Progressive Bluegrass
Public Enemy Rebirth of a Nation Guerrilla Funk
Political Rap, East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop
Revolting Cocks Cocked and Loaded 13th Planet
Industrial, Alternative Metal, Industrial Dance
The Rogers Sisters The Invisible Deck Too Pure
Indie Rock
Scarface My Homies, Pt. 2 Asylum/Rap-A-Lot
Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap
Stereolab Fab Four Suture Too Pure
Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Electronic
The Weepies Say I Am You Nettwerk
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Wood Brothers Ways Not to Lose Blue Note
Alternative Folk, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Acoustic Blues
Labels: new_album_releases
posted by Al at 3/07/2006 10:11:00 PM
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