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December 01, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 12-1-2009: Manu Chao, R Kelly The underappreciated Manu Chao have a live package out this week, Baionarena. It has two CDs and a DVD with the complete live French concert from 2008. This cat's pretty rocking and flavorful, and has some catchy songs. If you haven't heard, for one, "La Primavera," then you've been missing out.
R Kelly is back with his ninth album, Untitled. It pretty much sounds like every other R Kelly record I've heard - minus the hooks. Plus, it's particularly actively stupid with the nonstop ridiculously mundane humping lyrics. I'll be waiting for you in the bathroom and such. At some point, it's really beyond even being dirty or sexually explicit, and just sounds more like some Tourette's thing or something. Way the most artistically significant thing this inexplicably popular guy has ever done was inspiring an episode of The Boondocks and, of course, part of the classic "Trapped in the Closet" episode of South Park.
In the Court of the Crimson King, the highly classic debut of King Crimson is getting the deluxe treatment now for the 40th anniversary. Between alternate takes, unreleased songs from the sessions and whatnot, they manage to conjure up a SIX disc set. That's be a bit much even if it was Sgt Frickin' Pepper. No way in hell I'd pop $150 for this, but maybe you can con the local library into buying this so you can get a good listen (and copy).
Here's the very few vaguely interesting new CD album releases this week:
Manu Chao Baionarena [2 CD/1 DVD] Nacional World Music
Kenny Drew Work Song: Trio & Solo 1978 Jazz Ball Jazz
Enya Very Best of Enya [Special Edition] Reprise New Age
Enya The Very Best of Enya Reprise New Age
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Complete Live at Birdland Rare Live Jazz
R. Kelly Untitled Jive R&B
R. Kelly Untitled [Clean] Jive R&B
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King [Box Set] [5CD/1DVD] Discipline Us Progressive Rock
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster Universal Int'l R&B
Lady Gaga Fame Monster [Deluxe Edition 2-CD] Universal Int'l R&B
