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April 21, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 4-21-2009: Allen Toussaint, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Sinead O'Connor Allen Toussaint is 70 years old, a writer of song standards and one of the biggest half dozen musical reputations ever to come out of New Orleans. The Bright Mississippi is his first album for Nonesuch, and is billed by the record company as officially his first "jazz" album. The bits I've heard sound like something a fellow might need to hear.
The other best item this week is a re-master of Sinead O'Connor's classic 1990 breakthrough album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. Besides being re-mastered, this edition comes with a whole second CD, including a newly released contemporary reggae oriented pop song "Night Nurse." Sinead of course can totally sell "Silent Night," such that it's a tasty treat even out of season in April.
Also note her recording of "Mind Games." That's a perfect Sinead O'Connor song, right there. She should do a whole album of John Lennon ballads. I bet she could do something really memorable with "Strawberry Fields Forever."
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases:
Art Brut Art Brut vs. Satan Downtown Indie Rock
Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career 4AD Indie Pop
Depeche Mode Sounds of the Universe Capitol Alternative Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock, Alternative Dance
Pet Shop Boys Yes Astralwerks Alternative Dance, Dance-Rock, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop
Rick Ross Deeper Than Rap Def Jam Southern Rap, Gangsta Rap
Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi Nonesuch New Orleans Jazz Revival, Post-Bop
Buju Banton Rasta Got Soul Gargamel Contemporary Reggae
Harry Belafonte The Early Years at Capitol Records DRG Caribbean Folk, Calypso, Traditional Folk, Traditional Pop
Lurrie Bell/John Primer/Billy Branch/Billy Boy Arnold Chicago Blues: A Living History Raisin' Music Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy How Big Can You Get?: A Tribute to Cab Calloway Vanguard Retro Swing
The Black Math Experiment Wyllt Tee Pee Symphonic Black Metal, Doom Metal
Brian Blade Mama Rosa Verve Forecast Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock
Blockheads Staring Down the Barrel EMI France Pub Rock
Chairlift Does You Inspire You [Bonus Tracks] Kanine/Columbia Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Chester French Love the Future Interscope Alternative Pop/Rock
Bruno Cocset Bach: Sonates, BWV 1027-1029; Chorals & Trios Alpha Productions Baroque Chamber Music
Commander Cody Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers Blind Pig Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll
Cryptacize Mythomania Asthmatic Kitty Experimental, Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Dose Overdose Mia Mind Music Contemporary R&B
The Dukes of Stratosphear 25 O'Clock [Bonus Tracks] Ape British Psychedelia, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Pop/Rock
The Dukes of Stratosphear Psonic Psunspot Virgin British Psychedelia, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Pop/Rock
Empire of the Sun Walking on a Dream Virgin New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Electronic
