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October 17, 2006
New Album Releases, 10-17-2006 - Vince Gill, Ruben Studdard, Diddy Yee-haw! Vince Gill is swingin' a big stick this week with a huge career moment - a four CD set of all new songs, with a big array of groovy guests, including the king's wife - Diana Krall. They're separately named and stylistically themed, per the Amazon description, "rock The Rockin' Record, romance The Reason Why, vintage honky-tonk Some Things Never Get Old, and acoustic Little Brother." Other guests include Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Rodney Crowell, Phil Everly, the Del McCoury Band, Emmylou Harris, Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, and Gretchen Wilson. The whole set, titled These Days, is currently #2 at Amazon, and priced for a modest $24.
Meanwhile, Diddy also has a big buttload of famous names on his new Press Play album. Only instead of Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris, he's got the real A-list musicians- Christina Aguilera and Jamie Foxx, for example. I was disappointed to see no song on the album called "Vote or Die." That would at least sound more promising as a title than "Diddy Rock." No is the answer, or so I'd take it from the ludicrously serious look he gives on the cover.
The good side of some Diddy wah diddy hogwash is that it makes the idea of a new Ruben Studdard album sound almost promising. No American Idol is allowed to have a personality, but he is at minimum a competent professional quality singer who can carry a tune. That's more claim to musical legitimacy for The Return than anything I can think to say for Diddy.
Everyone knows that Primus sucks. Ask any fan. Their first hits collection, They Can't All Be Zingers: Best of Primus looks like it will suck beyond all belief.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Badly Drawn Boy Born in the U.K. Astralwerks Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Dierks Bentley Long Trip Alone [CD/DVD] Capitol Contemporary Country
Diddy Press Play Bad Boy Pop-Rap, Urban
Vince Gill These Days MCA Nashville New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Honky Tonk, Bluegrass, Country-Folk, Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Rockabilly, Country-Rock, Progressive Bluegrass, Rock & Roll
Ruben Studdard The Return J/19 Recordings/S Urban, Adult Contemporary
Aerosmith Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith Sony Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Album Rock
Davie Allan The Cycle Breed Sundazed Obscuro, Hot Rod, Instrumental Rock, Surf
Billy Bragg Volume 2 Yep Roc Alternative Folk, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Urban Folk, College Rock
Cradle of Filth Thornography Roadrunner Goth Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal
Glenn Danzig Black Aria II Mega Force Alternative Metal, Goth Metal, Heavy Metal
Doleful Lions Song Cyclops, Vol. 2 Parasol Indie Pop, Lo-Fi
Tanya Donelly This Hungry Life Eleven Thirty Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Dosh The Lost Take Anticon Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Electronic
Jeremy Enigk World Waits Reincarnate Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Renee Fleming Homage: The Age of the Diva Decca Operatic Showpieces
Gulda, Friedrich Friedrich Gulda: Music for Two Pianos Capriccio Modern Music for Two Pianos
Goldfrapp We Are Glitter Mute Electronica
Gomez Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004 Hut/Virgin British Trad Rock, Britpop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
IV Thieves If We Can't Escape My Pretty New West British Trad Rock
Valentina Igoshina Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Schumann: Carnaval Warner Romantic Piano Music
Imitation Electric Piano Blow It Up, Burn It Down, Kick It 'Til It Bleeds Drag City Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock
Frankie J Priceless Columbia Contemporary R&B, Urban, Latin Pop, Adult Contemporary
Bert Jansch Black Swan Drag City British Folk, Neo-Traditional Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Scottish Folk, British Blues, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk, Acoustic Texas Blues, Acoustic Blues
JoJo The High Road [Bonus DVD] Universal Contemporary R&B, Teen Pop
Lonestar Mountains BNA/Sony BMG Contemporary Country
Maria McKee Live Acoustic Tour 2006 Cooking Vinyl Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Russell Sherman Beethoven: Best of Russell Sherman Artemis Romantic Piano Music
Vassily Sinaisky The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 3 Chandos Modern Film Music
Motion Picture Soundtrack Flicka Curb Soundtracks, Country-Pop, Contemporary Country
Patrice Pike Unraveling Tape Slap Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Primus They Can't All Be Zingers Interscope Funk Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Sadies Tales of the Rat Fink Yep Roc Surf Revival, Instrumental Rock, Hot Rod Revival
The Slits Revenge of the Killer Slits S.A.F. Punk Revival
Twisted Sister Twisted Christmas Razor & Tie Holiday, Hair Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Christmas
Various Artists She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool BNA/Sony BMG Contemporary Country
Link Wray & His Ray Men White Lightning: Lost Cadence Sessions '58 Sundazed Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll
Xzibit Full Circle Koch West Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Dwight Yoakam Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. [Deluxe Edition] Rhino/Reprise Alternative Country, New Traditionalist, Bakersfield Sound, Country-Rock, Neo-Traditionalist Country
John Zorn Astronome Tzadik Avant-Garde, Structured Improvisation, Modern Compositionn Composition
