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December 19, 2006
New Album Releases, 12-19-2006: Amy Winehouse, Nas, Trick Daddy It's the week before Christmas, and the new album release schedule is quiet as a mouse. Not much in the way of interesting new releases. However, there is one standout that I'm hyped on, Back to Black, which is the second album for Amy Winehouse. I don't know much about her and I've never heard her first album. However, "You Know I'm No Good" has been circulating on the net for a couple of months, and it's one outstanding r&b exposition on sexual guilt, one of the best new songs I've heard all year.
It's not anything particularly stylistically exotic, but I'm not sure what else to compare it to. The closest I can come up with is Nina Simone. In any case, if the rest of the album is half as good as this song - which apparently isn't even the single - then this could be a most impressive disc.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
Nas Hip Hop Is Dead Def Jam Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop
Styles P Time Is Money Ruff Ryders/Interscope Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Amy Winehouse Back to Black Universal/Island Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
Blak Jak Place Your Bets Universal Republic Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap
Bow Wow The Price of Fame Sony Urban Music/Columbia Pop-Rap, Southern Rap
DJ Clue? The Professional, Pt. 3 Roc-A-Fella East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop
James DePreist Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Naxos Post-Romantic Orchestral Music
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Nonesuch Contemporary Vocal Music
Jean-Guihen Queyras Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata Harmonia Mundi Romantic Keyboard Music
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin Germaine Thyssens-Valentin Plays Mozart, Debussy, Faure Testament Classical and Modern Piano Music
Robert Ian Winstin Holidays of the New Era Erm Media Contemporary Holiday Music
Original Score Night at the Museum Varese Sarabande Original Score
Original Soundtrack Pan's Labyrinth Milan Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks
Original Score We Are Marshall Varese Sarabande Original Score, Film Music
The Pack Skateboards 2 Scrapers Up All Nite/Jive/Zomba West Coast Rap
John Powell Happy Feet [Original Score] Warner Sunset/Atlantic Original Score, Film Music
RBD Rebels EMI Televisa Music/Virgin Teen Pop, Latin Pop, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop
Trick Daddy Back by Thug Demand Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic Dirty South, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap
Various Artists Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streets, Vol. 4 Grand Hustle/Atlantic Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap
Neil Young Living with War - "In the Beginning" Reprise Album Rock, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter
