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September 26, 2006
New Album Releases, 9-26-2006: Weird Al Yankovic, Solomon Burke
Folks, you don't want to fool with Weird Alfred Matthew Yankovic, cause he's Straight Outta Lynwood, and he will hurt you. This album runs largely toward rap parodies, but I'm curious about the "Canadian Idiot" as well. Hey, Green Day are dumb enough to be Canadian. I'm just saying. Anyway, this comes on a Dual Disc, with animations for half a dozen songs, plus karaoke versions of the whole album with scrolling lyric sheets.
Solomon Burke returns to his rootsy country origins with Nashville. For starters, I'm real curious to hear him singing Tom T Hall's classic "That's How I Got to Memphis." Bruce Springsteen fans may be interested in hearing the country soul version of "Ain't Got You."
Janet Jackson has a new album, in which she apparently is backing away from the cheap supposedly "risque" nonsense. Lacking significant talent other than by the association of her rapidly-losing-value family name and having thoroughly discredited herself with the infamous Superbowl Titty Massacre, it's not likely to make a hell of a lot of difference.
Ludacris has a CD called Release Therapy. I can't quite remember any of his actual songs, but anybody who cheeses Bill O'Reilly off as bad as this guy can't be all bad.
But screw all that, the groovy action is a three CD box of Fats Waller, If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!. Obviously, Fats didn't have to ask, and this looks like it would be about the best collection of him I've seen.
Ayn knows I love Tori Amos, but my eyes glaze over just looking at the listings for this big, expensive 5 CD set A Piano: The Collection. She hasn't made all that many albums. This has some whole albums, plus alternate takes and other leftovers, with a fancy book and all. This would be good for obsessives, but it's way too much for a normal human to listen to. Two CDs would hold all the Tori Amos even a (reasonably) devoted fan could stand to listen to. Of course, she's still young.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
Janet Jackson 20 Y.O. Virgin
Contemporary R&B, Urban, Adult Contemporary
Ludacris Release Therapy Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam
Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap
Fats Waller If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! Bluebird/Legacy
Jive, Classic Jazz, Stride, Swing
Adem Love and Other Planets Domino
Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Tori Amos A Piano: The Collection Rhino
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jay Bennett The Magnificent Defeat Rykodisc
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic RPM/Columbia
Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards, American Popular Song
Solomon Burke Nashville Shout! Factory
Country-Soul, Soul
Nels Cline New Monastery Cryptogramophon
Structured Improvisation, Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative
Natalie Cole Leavin' Verve
Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary
Enigma A Posteriori EMI
Club/Dance, Ethnic Fusion, Neo-Classical
Escape the Fate Dying Is Your Latest Fashion Epitaph
Post-Hardcore, Emo
Flat Earth Society Psychoscout Crammed Disc
Progressive Big Band, Experimental Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Avant-Prog
Jerry Garcia The Very Best of Jerry Garcia Rhino
Jam Bands, Folk-Rock, Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
Hedley Hedley Capitol
Punk-Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Dave Hollister The Book of David, Vol. 1: The Transition Zomba
Contemporary Gospel, Urban, Contemporary R&B
Keith Jarrett The Carnegie Hall Concert ECM
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative
James Judd Douglas Lilburn: A Song of Islands; Aotearoa Overture; Forest Naxos
Contemporary Orchestral Works
Paavo Jarvi Britten: 4 Sea Interludes; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Elgar: Enigma Variations Telarc
Modern Orchestral Music
Ladyfinger (ne) Heavy Hands Saddle Creek
Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Lemonheads The Lemonheads Vagrant
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
John Lennon The U.S. vs John Lennon Capitol/EMI
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Sean Lennon Friendly Fire Capitol/EMI
Alternative Pop/Rock
London Voices Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum EMI
Contemporary Choral Music
George Lopez El Mas Chingon Oglio
Observational Humor, Standup Comedy
Lucero Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers Liberty & Lament
Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock, Rock & Roll
Luny Tunes/Tainy Mas Flow: Los Benjamins Machete Music
Reggaeton
Dave Matthews Live Trax, Vol. 6: 7/7 - 7/8/2006 Fenway Park, Boston Ma. RCA
Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Christian McBride/Javon Jackson/Jimmy Cobb/Cedar Walton New York Time Chesky
Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Post-Bop
Medeski/Scofield/Martin/Wood Out Louder Indirecto
Jam Bands, Post-Bop, Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz
Stanton Moore III Telarc
Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Konstantin Scherbakov Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2; The Limpid Stream; A Child's Exercise Book Naxos
Modern Piano Music
Fredrik Ullen Ligeti: Complete Piano Music Bis
Contemporary Piano Music
Robert Randolph Colorblind Warner Bros.
Jam Bands, Boogie Rock, Blues-Rock
Tommy Roe It's Now Winters Day [Bonus Track] Fallout
Sunshine Pop, Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Saosin Saosin [CD/DVD] Capitol
Screamo, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
Klaus Schulze Ballett 1 Revisited
Electronic
Scissor Sisters Ta Dah Universal/Motown
Pop/Rock, Club/Dance
Solillaquists of Sound As If We Existed Anti
Neo-Soul, Alternative Rap, Underground Rap
Sparklehorse Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Astralwerks
Noise Pop, Dream Pop, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Subhumans New Dark Age Parade Alternative Tentacles
Punk
Ronan Tynan The Dawning of the Day Decca
Classical Crossover
Various Artists Eccentric Soul, Vol. 11: Mighty Mike Lenaburg Numero
R&B, Soul
Various Artists Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival Smithsonian Folkways
Folksongs, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Traditional Folk, Traditional Country, Old-Timey, Acoustic Blues
Mario Vazquez Mario Vazquez Arista
Contemporary R&B, Urban, Latin Pop
David S. Ware BalladWare Thirsty Ear
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Free, Avant-Garde, Modern Creative
Westbound Train Transitions Hellcat
Ska Revival, Contemporary Reggae
Paul Westerberg Open Season [Original Soundtrack] Lost Highway
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock
Wolf Eyes Human Animal Sub Pop
Experimental, Electronic, Industrial, Noise
Ron Wood Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion EMI
Rock & Roll
Weird Al Yankovic Straight Outta Lynwood Zomba
Song Parody, Comedy Rock, Novelty,Labels: new_album_releases
posted by Al at 9/26/2006 03:09:00 PM
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