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June 09, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 6-9-2009: Chickenfoot, Tracey Lawrence, Black Eyed Peas The big name item this week is an eponymous supergroup album from the newly minted Chickenfoot. It features two alum of Van Halen - Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with fancy guitar whiz Joe Satriani. On the one hand, while Joe Satriani has always had great technical instrumental facility, he has never been as memorable as prime Eddie Van Halen. On the other hand, at this point Satriani has not destroyed himself with booze, and can still play as good as ever.
Thus, on the basis of a couple of listens, I'd say this is the best Van Halen record in about 20 years. I'm not particularly impressed with the song compositions, but is fancy songwriting what a likely fan of this outfit is really looking for? Even as a skeptic of this kind of stuff, I consider it fairly listenable.
Tracey Lawrence swims against the modern country music grain this week with a gospel album, The Rock. Haven't heard the album, but titles like "Where Heaven Is" and "The Book You Never Read" sound more interesting than he pre-processed country food product engineered for commercial country radio.
The Black Eyed Peas are back with their fifth album of vacuity, The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). "Boom Boom Pow" is a big #1 hit single. Why escapes me, but knock yourselves out if you're into it.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) Interscope Pop, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, Pop-Rap
British Sea Power Man of Aran [CD/DVD] Rough Trade Original Score, Film Music, Indie Rock
Chickenfoot Chickenfoot Ear Arena Rock, Hard Rock
Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum RCA/Red Ink Indie Rock, Britpop
Rhett Miller Rhett Miller Shout Factory Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Mos Def The Ecstatic Downtown Underground Rap, East Coast Rap, Alternative Rap, Political Rap
Sonic Youth The Eternal Matador Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Ada Adaptations: Mixtape #1 Kompakt Club/Dance, Techno, House
Trey Anastasio & Don Hart Time Turns Elastic Rubber Jungle Experimental Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Anti-Flag People or the Gun Side One Dummy Punk Revival, Hardcore Punk
The Autumn Offering Requiem Victory Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal
