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June 02, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 6-2-2009: Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Iggy Pop Elvis Costello is back this week with Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. It is his first acoustically based album since King of America in 1986, perhaps his finest album. Like that classic, this was produced by T Bone Burnett, who also gets co-writing credits on two tracks. This album includes new country string arrangements of a couple of old and lesser Elvis songs. It also includes "I Felt the Chill," co-written with Loretta Lynn. It also includes a Bing Crosby waltz, "Changing Partners." It is currently as high as #5 in Amazon best sellers.
Preliminaires is the new album by Iggy Pop, apparently containing jazzy and French flavors. He as much as sings "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)" in French. I find this curious, in that he seems barely intelligent enough to speak intelligibly in his native English. Groovy album cover though.
Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 is a big ol' honkin' comprehensive eight CD set. It goes back to his first recordings in Canada with the Squires, through Buffalo Springfield and CSNY and Harvest. This bad boy includes some 40 previously unreleased songs, and all kinds of poster and notes and goodies.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Elvis Costello Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Hear Music Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Country-Folk
Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King RCA Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Iggy Pop Preliminaires Astralwerks Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Rancid Let the Dominoes Fall Epitaph Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Ska-Punk
Neil Young Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 Warner Bros. Album Rock, Folk-Rock, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock, Pop/Rock
Piotr Anderszewski Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall Virgin Classics Baroque, Romantic & Modern Keyboard Music
Ryan Bingham/The Dead Horses Roadhouse Sun Lost Highway Americana, Country-Folk
Blank Dogs Under and Under In The Red Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
Jeff Buckley Grace: Live Around the World Sony Legacy Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Marshall Crenshaw Jaggedland 429 Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Eva Leon Turina: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; El poema de una sanluquena Naxos Modern Music for Violin & Piano
Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter DRG Traditional Pop, Torch Songs, Cool
The Meatmen Cover the Earth Meat King Hardcore Punk, Punk
Kent Nagano Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 [Hybrid SACD] Sony Post-Romantic Symphony
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up Atlantic Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Iain Quinn Variations on America Chandos Modern & Centemporary Organ Music
Steve Reich Reich: Four Organs; Phase Patterns Felmay Contemporary Chamber Music
Willy Porter How to Rob a Bank Weasel Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Soft Rock
Louis Prima Hey Boy! Hey Girl!/Swingin' Pretty DRG Traditional Pop, Jump Blues, Dixieland, Early R&B
Jerry Reed When You're Hot 1967-1983 Raven Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan
Duke Robillard Stomp! The Blues Tonight Stony Plain Jazz Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Perry Robinson Two Voices in the Desert Tzadik Contemporary Jazz
Sad Day for Puppets Unknown Colors Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Noise Pop
Frank Sinatra Classic Sinatra II Capitol Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards, Swing, Ballads, Vocal Pop, Big Band
The Sounds Crossing the Rubicon Original Signal Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
Taking Back Sunday New Again Warner Bros. Emo, Post-Hardcore
311 Uplifter Volcano Rap-Rock, Rap-Metal, Funk Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
Unladylike Unladylike Radio Def Jam Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Pop-Rap
Various Artists Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock Rhino/Cotillion American Trad Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Boogie Rock, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Political Folk, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Funk
