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October 28, 2008
New CD Album Releases, 10-28-2008: Hank Williams, Toby Keith, Pink, Ryan Adams The biggest release this week is That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy from Toby Keith. I generally actively avoid modern commercial country music, but Keith has actually had at least a couple of good songs in time. He's definitely above average in such things. Plus, he's perhaps the only person alive who hates the danged Dixie Chicks worse than I do, so I'll have to give him some credit there.
Pink has a new album called Funhouse. Again, I'm probably not particularly the target market for this teen pop radio fodder, but Alecia Moore has definitely had at least several outstanding songs. Apparently she has broken up with her husband, and this is something of a divorce album. I doubt it'll make anyone forget Blood on the Tracks, but it would likely be worth a listen. Apparently she still gets along with the ex well enough to have him in the video, so that's nice.
Beyond any of that, there's a Time/Life box set of Hank Williams Sr, 54 tracks on three CDs of 1951 recordings for Mother's Best Flour Company. You'd think that some 50 years on, they'd have pretty well long since scraped the barrel for Hank Sr. But even the barrel scrapings of Hank the First beat almost anything else going. Plus, I do not recognize a good many of these song titles.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Ryan Adams/The Cardinals Cardinology Lost Highway Alternative Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Cure 4:13 Dream Geffen Alternative Pop/Rock
Deerhunter Microcastle Kranky Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock
Eagles of Death Metal Heart On Universal Hard Rock, Garage Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock
Kaiser Chiefs Off with Their Heads B-Unique/Universal Motown Indie Rock
Pink Funhouse LaFace Dance-Pop, Urban, Pop/Rock
Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns Geffen/Fiction Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Dave Alvin The Best of the Hightone Years Shout! Factory Heartland Rock, Americana, Roots Rock
Burt Bacharach Live at the Sydney Opera House Verve Pop, AM Pop, Movie Themes, Film Music, Soundtracks, Early Pop/Rock
Black Milk Tronic Fat Beats Midwest Rap, Underground Rap
Cause Co-Motion! It's Time! Singles & EPs 2005-08 Slumberland Indie Rock
Ry Cooder The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed Rhino Contemporary Blues, Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Blues-Rock, Album Rock, Americana, Film Music, Instrumental Rock
Cradle of Filth Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder Roadrunner Goth Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal
Crystal Stilts Alight of Night Slumberland Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Diana Damrau Donna: Opera and Concert Arias by Mozart Virgin Classics Classical Vocal Music
Bo Diddley Gold Geffen Rock & Roll, Early R&B, Electric Chicago Blues
Celine Dion My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection Sony Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock
The 88 Not Only... But Also Island Indie Rock, Indie Pop
I Am Robot and Proud Uphill City Darla Indie Electronic, IDM
It's a Musical Music Makes Me Sick Morr/M.M. Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop
Kara Karayev Kara Karayev: Symphony No. 3. Leyla and Mejnun; Don Quixote Naxos Modern Orchestral Music
Toby Keith That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy Show Dog Nashville Contemporary Country
Angelika Kirchschlager My Heart Alone Sony Classical Operetta Arias and Duets
Kottonmouth Kings The Green Album Suburban Noize Rap-Metal, Alternative Metal, Funk Metal
Erich Kunzel Vintage Cinema Telarc Orchestral Film Music
Lady Gaga The Fame Interscope Urban, Dance-Pop
John Legend Evolver G.O.O.D./Columbia Contemporary R&B, Pop
Jerry Lee Lewis The Original Greatest Hits Time/Life Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Living Colour CBGB Omfug Masters CBGB Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, College Rock, Album Rock
Toby Keith
