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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
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,
