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May 09, 2007
New Album Releases, 5-8-2007: Bjork, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Elliott Smith Looks a little thin in new albums this week. The main interesting looking album is Volta, the latest from Bjork. She was just fascinating to watch doing a couple of these songs recently on SNL with her all-female Icelandic brass band et al. The arrangements and her unique spiritual presence were impressive, but like with most Bjork songs, I couldn't remember much of the actual song after it was done. But then, she might reward repeated listening, cause there's something going on in there. For being so esoteric and freaky, this album is as high as #4 currently at Amazon.
There's a new Elliott Smith album New Moon. There are 24 songs on two CDs, only three of which have had any kind of release. Most of them are from 1994 to 1997. I've never understood why this guy was a big deal, other than some kind of weird emotional thing because he killed himself. But from the songs I've heard, I would guess he was depressed and despairing over his lack of talent. In any case, death was a good career move, as this album is currently #10 at Amazon.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Bjork Volta Atlantic Electronica, Alternative Dance, Trip-Hop, Club/Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock
