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November 21, 2006
New Album Releases, 11-21-2006: Snoop Dogg, Christ Daughtry, Beatles for Vegas, and the Ramones for kids Thing that looks most promising out today is Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids. This idea is a natural, as the Ramones largely were kiddie bubblegum music - of a fairly exalted order. I'm rather disappointed to note that no one took up my main #1 all time little boy play theme "Beat on the Brat."
On the other hand, I'd be right interested in hearing Josie Cotton attacking "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker." Thinking back to her outstanding Movie Disaster Music album from earlier this year, and particularly the outstanding precision squawling during her trip down the "Rabbit Hole," I could really see this chick and her sharp band doing interesting things with the Ramones. ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS OF 2006
Warning to all the niggas and hos out there: Snoop Dogg's back upside your head with a new album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. It features such likely masterpieces of lyrical art as "Gangbangn 101" and "I Wanna F*** You."
Not exactly new, but there's a Beatles re-mix/mashup album LOVE based on the big Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show. It's currently the #1 selling CD at Amazon, and is notable as being the first ever officially sanctioned re-mix type album ever for the Beatles. This review from Blogcritic Nik Dirga, however, makes it sound like this was too reverent or conservative in the approach to really make a mark.
American Idol serial #B000IY04RC reporting for duty: Chris Daughtry has an eponymous album out. Perhaps the Satanic wickedness of this corporate music food product is hinted at in the words of this hearty recommendation from the official Amazon editorial review, "Here are a dozen songs that'll flick your rock & roll switch, whether you're a Creed fan, a club kid, or a mambo king."
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
The Beatles LOVE Capitol Pop/Rock, Pop
DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY RCA Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Jay-Z Kingdom Come Roc-A-Fella Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop, Pop-Rap
Oasis Stop the Clocks Columbia British Trad Rock, Britpop, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Snoop Dogg Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Doggystyle/Geffen Gangsta Rap, West Coast Rap, G-Funk
ABBA Number Ones Polar Euro-Pop, Swedish Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Synth Pop, Disco, Dance-Pop, Pop/Rock
Lydia Ayers Virtual Gamelan Albany Contemporary Gamelan Music
Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Interscope/Tiny Evil Indie Rock, Emo
David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name [Bonus Tracks] Atlantic/Rhino Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock
David Crosby Voyage [Box Set] Atlantic/Rhino Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Martin Denny Quiet Village: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [Bonus Tracks] Rev-Ola Exotica, Space Age Pop
The Doors Perception Rhino Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock & Roll
Eyeless in Gaza Plague of Years Sub Rosa Experimental, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock
Ginuwine Greatest Hits Sony Urban Music Urban, Contemporary R&B
Il Divo Siempre Syco/Columbia Classical Crossover, Vocal Pop, Adult Contemporary
Inhale/Exhale The Lost the Sick the Sacred Solid State Alternative CCM, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore
Jagged Edge Greatest Hits Columbia Urban, Contemporary R&B
Jamiroquai High Times: Singles 1992-2006 Epic Alternative Dance, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Urban, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Josef K Entomology Domino Post-Punk, New Wave
Simon Joyner Skeleton Blues Jagjaguwar Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Country-Rock
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies Roadrunner Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Alternative Metal
King Crimson The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: 1969-2003 Discipline Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock
Kiss Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 [Box Set] Island Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock
Stephane Lemelin Migot: Le Zodiaque Atma Classique Modern Piano Music
Loreena McKennitt An Ancient Muse Verve Celtic New Age, Celtic Fusion, Adult Alternative, Worldbeat
Louise Pellerin Bach: Music for Oboe and Organ Atma Classique Baroque Chamber Music
Konstantin Scherbakov Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1-9 Transcribed by Liszt [Box Set] Naxos Romantic Piano Transcriptions
Original Soundtrack Babel [Original Soundtrack] Concord Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks
Original Soundtrack The History Boys Rhino College Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Synth Pop, Club/Dance, Vocal Pop, Nostalgia, Music Hall
P.O.D. Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years Rhino Rap-Metal, Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge
Robert Plant Nine Lives Rhino Album Rock, Hard Rock
Reel Big Fish Greatest Hits and More Mojo/Jive Ska-Punk, Third Wave Ska Revival, Punk Revival, Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock
Rock Star Supernova Rock Star Supernova Burnett/Epic Heavy Metal, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas Asthmatic Kitty Indie Pop, Christmas, Chamber Pop, Progressive Folk
Swan Lake Beast Moans Jagjaguwar Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
2Pac Pac's Life Interscope Gangsta Rap, West Coast Rap
U2 U218 Singles Interscope College Rock, Post-Punk, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Various Artists Plague Songs [4AD] Artangel/4AD Avant-Prog, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Experimental Rock, Underground Rap, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Various Artists Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids Go Kart Sing-Along, Tribute Albums, Punk
Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Anti Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Urban Folk
Darryl Worley Here and Now 903 Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
