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February 08, 2006
New album releases, week of 2-7-2006 BEST SONGS OF 2007 Not a hell of a lot of new music of interest. The main big new thing (and #3 at Amazon currently) is Jack Johnson's soundtrack album for the new Curious George movie. I'm lukewarm on this guy generally, but he does get points here for covering the White Stripes' "We Are Going to Be Friends." He loses them again, however, for re-working "3 Is a Magic Number" into three PC "r"s - reduce, reuse, recycle.
As to real music, there's a huge, intimidating 5 CD box set of Richard Thompson live material, covers, rarities, etc. It's absolutely not the place for the uninitiated. You probably should start with Shoot Out the Lights or perhaps Rumor and Sigh. However, this should be the motherlode for devoted fans, including commercial releases of some of the cute novelty songs he's done at live shows in recent years. This set has "Madonna's Wedding" and the particularly fun "Dear Janet Jackson." Plus, he's got several studio rehearsals of Who covers. With a big, fat book thrown in the package, that sounds pretty promising, right there.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
Belle & Sebastian The Life Pursuit Matador Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
The Corrs Home Rhino Fusion, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Celtic, Celtic Pop
Remy Ma There's Something About Remy SRC/Universal East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers Astralwerks Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Aceyalone Magnificent City Project Blowed/DeCon Underground Rap, Hip-Hop, Alternative Rap, Hardcore Rap
Ian Bostridge Perspectives EMI Romantic, Post-Romantic and Modern Vocal Music
Susanne Brokesch Emerald Stars Chicks on Speed Ambient, Ambient Techno
Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure Stretch Fusion
Jack DeJohnette The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm Improvisation, Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde
Deadboy & the Elephantmen We Are Night Sky Fat Possum Indie Rock, Punk Blues
Dem Franchize Boyz On Top of Our Game So So Def/Virgin Dirty South, Southern Rap, Gangsta Rap
Electric Six Señor Smoke Metropolis Indie Rock
Far-Less Everyone Is Out to Get Us Tooth & Nail Post-Hardcore, Punk Metal
The Go-Betweens That Striped Sunlight Sound Yep Roc Indie Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Hem No Word From Tom Nettwerk/Waveland Country-Folk, Americana
The Juliana Theory A Small Noise Tooth & Nail Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Emo
Tamriko Kordzaia Piano Music by Christoph Delz Guild Contemporary Piano Music
Roderich Kreile Gottfried August Homilius: Musik an der Dresdner Frauenkirche Carus Baroque Choral Music
The Legendary Shack Shakers Pandelerium Yep Roc Indie Rock, Psychobilly, Punk Blues, Alternative Country-Rock
Jackie Leven Shining Brother Shining Sister [Bonus DVD] Silverline Celtic Rock, Celtic Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Mary Lorson & Saint Low Realistic Cooking Vinyl Chamber Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Mastodon Call of the Mastodon Relapse Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Shannon McNally North American Ghost Music Back Porch Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll
The Minus Five The Minus Five Yep Roc Pop Underground, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Rolando Villazon Opera Recital Virgin Operatic Highlights
Lars Vogt Mozart: Piano Sonatas & Fantasias EMI Classical Piano Music
Original Soundtrack Curious George Brushfire Pop/Rock, Film Music, Soundtracks
Various Artists Elizabethtown, Vol. 2 RCA Contemporary Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Original Soundtrack Rollergirls Koch TV Soundtracks, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Perez Prado The Best of Perez Prado: The Original Mambo No. 5 RCA Big Band Latino, Mambo, Tropical
