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August 02, 2006
New Album Releases, August 1, 2006 There's absolutely not one damned thing in new music this week that looks like it would be likely worth even a passing listen. The biggest name release is DMX Year of the Dog Again. This opus apparently breaks artistic ground by exploring the theme of women as bitches, and also the popping of caps into the asses of Negroes.
I've seen some good buzz on Kill Hannah Until There's Nothing Left of Us. If you've just got a fetish for the new, you could try that.
Meantime, there are always the re-issues and compilations. Rhino has a single disc Buck Owens collection that'd be a likely starting place if you don't have any, 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection.
There's also an Elvis Presley r&b collection. Obviously they have to keep finding ways to re-process the Elvis catalogue. If you're going to do that, looking for stylistic themes like this is better than the 200th randomly selected hits collection.
Also, there some groovy sounding jazz re-issues from Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday among others.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
DMX Year of the Dog Again Sony Urban Music/Columbia Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Five for Fighting Two Lights Aware/Columbia Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock
Kill Hannah Until There's Nothing Left of Us Atlantic Post-Grunge, Post-Hardcore, Neo-Glam, Emo, Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Towers of London Blood Sweat & Towers TVT Punk-Pop, Hard Rock
Horace Andy Natty Dread a Weh She Want [Bonus Tracks] Trojan Roots Reggae, Dancehall
Count Basie One O'Clock Jump: The Very Best of Count Basie [Legacy] Columbia/Legacy Swing, Big Band
Ian Bostridge Wolf: Lieder EMI Post-Romantic Vocal Music
Eddie Boyd The Sonet Blues Story Verve Piano Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues
Brecker Brothers Sneakin' Up Behind You: The Very Best of the Brecker Brothers Arista/Legacy Crossover Jazz, Fusion, Funk
The Divine Comedy Victory for the Comic Muse Parlophone Chamber Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Eileen Farrell Puccini Arias Sony Post-Romantic Operatic Selections
Zino Francescatti Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Sony Romantic Music for Violin and Orchestra
G. Love Lemonade Brushfire Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Rap, Indie Rock, Blues-Rock
Serge Gainsbourg Monsieur Gainsbourg: The Originals Verve Forecast Baroque Pop, Foreign Language Rock, French Pop, French Rock
Dizzy Gillespie A Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie RCA/Legacy Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop
Scott Hamilton Nocturnes & Serenades Concord Standards, Mainstream Jazz
Billie Holiday God Bless the Child: The Very Best of Billie Holiday Columbia/Legacy Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Swing, Torch Songs, Ballads, Classic Female Blues, Standards
Joe Lovano Streams of Expression Blue Note Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Tania Maria Intimidade Blue Note Brazilian Jazz, Latin Jazz, MPB
Ronnie Milsap The Essential Ronnie Milsap [2-CD] RCA Nashville Urban Cowboy, Country-Pop, Contemporary Country
Dimitri Mitropoulos Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Ballet Sony Modern Ballet Music
Ollabelle Riverside Battle Songs Verve Forecast Americana
St. Lawrence String Quartet Shostakovich: String Quartets 3, 7 & 8 EMI Modern Chamber Music
Jeannie Ortega No Place Like Brooklyn Hollywood Contemporary R&B
Buck Owens 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection Rhino Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Houston Person/Bill Charlap You Taught My Heart to Sing Highnote Ballads, Standards, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop
Kelly Joe Phelps Tunesmith Retrofit Rounder Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Folk-Blues
The Pink Spiders Teenage Graffiti Suretone/Geffen Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Punk-Pop
Elvis Presley Elvis Live RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Market Pop/Rock, Pop, Rock & Roll
Elvis Presley Elvis Movies RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Market Pop, Rock & Roll
Elvis Presley Elvis R&B RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Market Pop, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll
Professor Longhair Rock 'n Roll Gumbo [Sunnyside] Sunnyside New Orleans R&B, New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues
Otis Rush Troubles, Troubles [Bonus Tracks] Verve Electric Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues
Charlie Sexton and Shannon McNally Southside Sessions Back Porch Singer/Songwriter
J.D. Short The Sonet Blues Story Verve Acoustic Blues, St. Louis Blues, Delta Blues
Stone Sour Come What(ever) May Roadrunner Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal
Sunnyland Slim The Sonet Blues Story Verve Acoustic Chicago Blues, Piano Blues
Various Artists No Limit Greatest Hits Priority Gangsta Rap, Hip-Hop, Hardcore Rap, West Coast Rap, Urban
Vaux Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice Lava Punk Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Skatepunk
Robert Pete Williams The Sonet Blues Story Verve Country Blues, Acoustic Louisiana Blues, Acoustic Blues
