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October 27, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 10-27-2009: Del McCoury, Dolly Parton, Sting, Michael Jackson The big find this week is Los Lobos Goes Disney. Obviously, this outstanding and flavorful band coupled with some of the best pop songs of the last six or seven decades offers many choice goodies. "The Bare Necessities" rocks righteously. They pick also several lesser known songs from the canon, including "Grim Grinning Ghosts" and "The Ugly Bug Ball." I'm particularly pleased to note that they picked two songs from the Robin Hood movie, which is to say Roger Miller songs. I'm a little disappointed though that they didn't take a crack at "The Phony King of England," which would seem like the most obvious song for them there. But it's all good, however you want to look at it.
Sting has a Christmas album, If on a Winter's Night.... It's got two new Sting compositions, but mostly really old stuff, obscure enough stuff that I don't know any of it. Some of this stuff goes back to at least the 14th century, and he's after at least some modern incarnation of very old traditional English sounds. He's obviously consciously avoided anything holly and jolly, looking for somber invocations of the season and the Christ child. I tend to think of Sting as becoming progressively way too precious over his career, but this is perhaps where such traits pay off.
Also, there's the soundtrack to the new film of Michael Jackson's big concert rehearsal film Michael Jackson's This Is It. There seems to be one actual new song, and I'm to understand that the recordings are mostly not new live recordings, but basically backing tracks of the hit recordings to which the live dance rehearsals were set.
Here's the complete list of this week's new CD album releases:
Devendra Banhart What Will We Be Warner Bros. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Acid Folk, Neo-Psychedelia, Lo-Fi
Broadcast & the Focus Group Broadcast & the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age Warp Ambient Pop, Dream Pop, Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Electronic
Creed Full Circle Wind-Up Post-Grunge
Gov't Mule By a Thread Evil Teen Jam Bands, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock
Heavy Trash Midnight Soul Serenade Big Legal Mess Rockabilly Revival, Garage Punk
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson's This Is It Epic Club/Dance, Pop/Rock, Motown, Dance-Pop
Dolly Parton Dolly [RCA/Legacy] Legacy Country-Folk, Country-Pop, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Contemporary Country
R.E.M. Live at the Olympia [2CD/1DVD] Warner Bros. Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
The Swell Season Strict Joy Anti Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
U2 The Unforgettable Fire [Super Deluxe Edition] Island/Universal Album Rock, Post-Punk, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock
Wolfmother Cosmic Egg DGC/Interscope/Modular Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
3 Revisions Metal Blade Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal
Matias Aguayo Ay Ay Ay Kompakt Left-Field House, Club/Dance, Experimental Techno
Tony Allen/Jimi Tenor Inspiration Information, Vol. 4 Strut Clubjazz, Afro-Beat, Contemporary Reggae, World Fusion
Atreyu Congregation of the Damned Hollywood Alternative Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Screamo
Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect Victory Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore
Boat Setting the Paces Magic Marker Indie Rock, Indie Pop
James Brown Live at the Garden [Expanded Edition] Hip-O Select Funk, Soul
Sara Davis Buechner Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music of Dana Suesse E1 Modern Piano Music
A Day to Remember Homesick Victory Post-Hardcore, Heavy Metal
Dave Douglas A Single Sky Green Leaf Post-Bop
Melissa Etheridge A New Thought for Christmas [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD] Island Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Christmas
The Blind Boys of Alabama Duets Saguaro Road Traditional Gospel, Southern Gospel, Black Gospel, Reggae Gospel, Country Gospel, Blues Gospel
The Blind Boys of Alabama Enlightenment Great American Traditional Gospel, Southern Gospel, Black Gospel
Rosie Flores Girl of the Century Bloodshot Americana, Alternative Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Honky Tonk
Garage a Trois Power Patriot Telarc Post-Bop
Egberto Gismonti Saudacoes ECM Brazilian Folk, Brazilian Jazz, Modern Composition
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family Go Waggaloo Smithsonian/Folkways Children's Folk, Sing-Along
Everette Harp First Love Shanachie Straight-Ahead Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Hem Twelfth Night RCA/Nettwerk Musicals, Contemporary Celtic
The big find this week is Los Lobos Goes Disney. Obviously, this outstanding and flavorful band coupled with some of the best pop songs of the last six or seven decades offers many choice goodies. "The Bare Necessities" rocks righteously. They pick also several lesser known songs from the canon, including "Grim Grinning Ghosts" and "The Ugly Bug Ball." I'm particularly pleased to note that they picked two songs from the Robin Hood movie, which is to say Roger Miller songs. I'm a little disappointed though that they didn't take a crack at "The Phony King of England," which would seem like the most obvious song for them there. But it's all good, however you want to look at it.
