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March 21, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 3-21-2006
Kids, we got us a new Prince album this week, 3121. The man's been a mixed bag in recent years, but a new Prince album always rates at least a couple of close listens. Early reviews sound promising, and it's currently #2 at Amazon.
Rhino has a remastered version of Elvis Costello's criminally under appreciated classic The Juliet Letters, composed and performed with a classical string quartet. Personally, I definitely take this over the higher profile Painted From Memory among that orchestral end of the Elvis catalog. "Swine" is a personal fave- though it would be hard to pick just one.
This Rhino version comes with a whole separate disc of bonuses. That's more generous, and it has the advantage of leaving the original album sequence in tact on one disc. Among other things, it has some kind of live version of "God Only Knows," a kind of song that he has grown enough over the years as a vocalist to do justice to. But best of all, there are at least several bonus titles unfamiliar to even so devoted an Elvis man as me. New Elvis!
The anti-Christ is loose in the Earth. No, not Bin Laden or Barbara Streisand. I mean the real, true enemy of Geometry and Theology, Kenny Rogers. His umpteenth sure to be a hit assault upon all that is holy is entitled Water & Bridges. I naturally and most righteously assumed such an outlook on Mr Rogers as a teenage Elvis Costello fan in the 70s. But after these many years of Shania Twain and the truly Satanic anti-Hank incarnated as "Garth Brooks" - well, Kenny Rogers almost starts sounding soulful.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Richard Ashcroft Keys to the World [Bonus DVD] Virgin
Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Ben Harper Both Sides of the Gun Virgin
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Jam Bands
Loose Fur Born Again in the USA Drag City
Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Prince 3121 Universal
Pop/Rock, Urban, Funk
Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire RCA
Punk Revival, Punk-Pop
Anna Caterina Atonacci Era La Notte Naive
Baroque Vocal Music
Band of Horses Everything All the Time Sub Pop
Indie Rock
Blight Detroit: The Dream Is Dead Touch & Go
American Underground, Hardcore Punk, Noise-Rock
Luka Bloom Innocence Cooking Vinyl
Alternative Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Urban Folk
Chamber Domaine Rorem: The Auden Songs; The Santa Fe Songs Black Box Classics
Contemporary Vocal Music
Chicago Chicago XXX Rhino
Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary
Cocteau Twins Lullabies to Violaine 4AD
Dream Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Punk
Elvis Costello The Juliet Letters [2-CD] Rhino
College Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Baroque Pop, Classical Pop, Chamber Pop, Chamber Music, Classical
The Essex Green Cannibal Sea Merge
Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
From First to Last Heroine Epitaph
Post-Hardcore
Teddy Geiger Underage Thinking Sony
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Howe Gelb Sno Angel Like You Thrill Jockey
Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Gospel Choir
Michel Legrand American Piano Music Warner Classics
Post-Romantic, Modern and Contemporary Piano Music
Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet Duper Sessions Astralwerks
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Vocal Jazz
Liars Drum's Not Dead Mute
Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Ashley MacIsaac Pride Koch
Indie Rock
Madlib Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2 Stones Throw
Turntablism, Underground Rap, Hip-Hop
Mates of State Bring It Back Barsuk
Indie Rock
Mclusky Mcluskyism Too Pure
Post-Punk, Indie Rock
Men, Women & Children Men, Women & Children Reprise
Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock
Murs Murray's Revenge Record Collection
Underground Rap, Hip-Hop, Alternative Rap, West Coast Rap
My Chemical Romance Life on the Murder Scene [CD/2DVD] Reprise
Post-Hardcore, Emo, Punk-Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
The New Amsterdams Story Like a Scar Vagrant
Indie Rock, Sadcore, Emo
Margaret Leng Tan John Cage: The Works of Piano, Vol. 7 Mode
Contemporary Piano Music
University of St. Thomas Wind Ensemble Road to the Stars Innova
Contemporary Music for Wind Ensemble
The Outfield Any Time Now Sidewinder Music
Pop/Rock, Album Rock
Quasi When the Going Gets Dark Touch and Go
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
Lou Rawls The Best of Lou Rawls: The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions Blue Note
Vocal Jazz, Modern Electric Blues, Southern Gospel
Kenny Rogers Water & Bridges Capitol Nashville
Country-Pop, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Country
Josh Rouse Subtitulo Nettwerk/Bedroom Classics
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Royksopp Royksopp's Night Out Astralwerks
Trip-Hop, Dance-Pop, Ambient Breakbeat, Downtempo
Tom Russell Love and Fear Hightone
Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Shoplifting Body Stories Kill Rock Stars
Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Riot Grrrl
The Sounds
Dying to Say This to You New Line
Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Southern Culture on the Skids Doublewide and Live Yep Roc
Psychobilly, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Television Personalities My Dark Places Domino
Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Lobi Traore Lobi Traore Group Astralwerks
African Folk, World Fusion
Aki Tsuyuko Hokane Thrill Jockey
Electronica
Urban Mystic Ghetto Revelations, Vol. 2 Warner Bros.
Contemporary R&B, Urban
Various Artists Idol Tryouts Two: Ghostly International, Vol. 2 Ghostly International
Indie Electronic, Ambient Techno, Left-Field House, Indie Rock, Minimal Techno
Original Soundtrack Lost Varese Sarabande
Original Score, TV Soundtracks
Young People All at Once Too Pure
Indie Rock, Experimental RockLabels: new_album_releases
posted by Al at 3/21/2006 02:17:00 PM
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