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April 25, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 4-25-2006 Pete Seeger was famously an old Stalinist, so it's fitting that this Bruce Springsteen tribute album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] comes chained down to some repressive DRM crap worthy of the regime they celebrate. It appears the CD will not play in most computers at all, much less let you rip mp3s for your Ipod. In the name of The People's Revolutionary Council, I'd recommend that rather than pay money for this and then not get to use it- good comrades should reach across the Limewire and liberate a copy of this in the name of the proletariat.
Meanwhile, if you were wanting music rather than corporate political rants, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris have just released an apparently long gestating album All the Road Running. This would be the top likely item this week to take a flyer on. Do these two broody personalities compliment each other? Enquiring minds want to know.
The world has been waiting four anxious years for a new Goo Goo Dolls album. Thank G-d the long drought is over.
New compilation album of note: Reintarnation is the first ever compilation of kd lang. Looks pretty sharp, and geared to her "country" records. This would be a nice simple likely Mother's Day gift for cool moms.
PSST! Heads up- a new Paul Simon album Surprise comes out in two weeks, on May 9. Amazon is taking orders now.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Martin Hannett Zero: A Martin Hannett Story Big Beat Post-Punk, Alternative Dance, British Punk, Madchester, Alternative Pop/Rock
Rihanna A Girl Like Me Def Jam Urban, Dance-Pop, Contemporary Reggae
Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Columbia Heartland Rock, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock
The Streets The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living Vice/Atlantic British Rap, Garage Rap/Grime
Tom Verlaine Songs and Other Things Thrill Jockey Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
Jeff Healey/Jazz Wizards & Chris Barber It's Tight Like That Stony Plain Contemporary Jazz
Mike Johnson Gone Out of Your Mind Up Indie Rock
Paavo Järvi Lutoslawski, Bartok: Concertos for Orchestra [Hybrid SACD] Telarc Modern Orchestral Music
B.B. King Sings Spirituals [Bonus Tracks] Ace Black Gospel, Southern Gospel, Spirituals, Traditional Gospel, Blues Gospel
Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris All the Road Running Warner Bros. Folk-Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country-Rock
Mr. Nogatco Nogatco Rd. Insomniac Underground Rap
k.d. lang Reintarnation Sire/Rhino Neo-Traditionalist Country, Alternative Country, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Roots Rock
Helene Lindqvist Alban Berg: Jugendlieder Col Legno Modern Vocal Music
Cheikh Lo Lamp Fall Nonesuch Mbalax, Afro-Pop
Rose Melberg Cast Away the Clouds Double Agent Indie Pop
Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer Sony Contemporary Chamber Music
Roisin Murphy Ruby Blue Echo/World's Fair Indie Electronic
Joey Negro The Trip Family Club/Dance, Obscuro, Urban, House, Pop
Mitsuko Uchida Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 109, 110 & 11 Philips Romantic Piano Music
Plasticland Make Yourself a Happening Machine: A Collection Rykodisc Neo-Psychedelia, Garage Rock Revival
James Raynard Strange Histories Unearthed/One Little Indian Neo-Traditional Folk, British Folk
Secret Machines Ten Silver Drops Reprise Alternative Pop/Rock, Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Taking Back Sunday Louder Now Warner Bros. Post-Hardcore, Emo
10 City Run Somethin' Else Universal South Honky Tonk, Truck Driving Country, New Traditionalist
Irma Thomas After the Rain Rounder New Orleans R&B, Soul, Louisiana Blues
Time Again The Stories Are True Hellcat Punk Revival, Punk-Pop, Hardcore Punk
Various Artists Auto Glamour Sound Shake It Post-Punk, Experimental
Various Artists Classic African American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways Folk-Blues, Traditional Folk, Songster, Field Recordings, Folksongs, Work Songs, Acoustic Blues
Various Artists Invaders Kemado Stoner Metal, Punk Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Various Artists Pioneers of Electronic Music New World Contemporary Electronic Music
Various Artists Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars Rhino Lullabies, Adult Contemporary
Tom Verlaine Around Thrill Jockey Alternative Pop/Rock, Instrumental Rock
