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February 09, 2010
New CD Album Releases, 2-9-2010: Sade, KD Lang, Georgia Anne Muldrow Sade is back this week with Soldier of Love. What I'm hearing here seems like it's of a piece with nearly everything that I've ever heard from her. There's at least some middling decent songwriting, but the attraction is definitely mostly in the sound of her voice and the gently melancholic mood of the arrangements. If you're into Sade, you'll likely find this a worthy new entry. I note also that this is the current #1 seller at Amazon.
Recollection is a 2CD compilation from KD Lang. This has only one or two songs from her early country career, but she's better known for the later stuff and it does go together better. Get this and Absolute Torch and Twang, and you'll be in pretty good shape for KD.
Georgia Anne Muldrow has a new album Kings Ballad. I haven't heard any of this, but I'll just say it would rate a listen on the basis that she made one of the best songs of 2006.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Hot Chip One Life Stand EMI Music Distribution Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Dance
Massive Attack Heligoland Virgin Records Electronica, Downbeat, Trip-Hop, Ambient Breakbeat, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, Acid Jazz
Sade Soldier of Love Epic Adult Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary
Watson Twins Talking to You, Talking to Me Vanguard Records Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alt-Country, Indie Rock
ALO Man of the World Brushfire Records Jam Bands, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
AM Future Sons & Daughters Filter US Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
William Albright Scott Joplin: Complete Rags, Marches & Waltzes Nimbus Post-Romantic Keyboard Music
Bad Company Hard Rock Live Image
Big Brother & the Holding Company The Lost Tapes Airline Records Blues-Rock, Psychedelic, Acid Rock
Black Cat Bones Barbed Wire Sandwich See For Miles Records Boogie Rock, Acid Rock, Psychedelic, Blues-Rock, Regional Blues, British Blues
Kath Bloom Thin Thin Line Caldo Verde Records Alternative Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
A Broken Consort Crow Autumn Tompkins Square Post-Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Electro-Acoustic, Ambient
Buzzcocks Another Music in a Different Kitchen [Bonus Disc] United Artists Records British Punk, Punk/New Wave, Punk
Buzzcocks Different Kind of Tension [Bonus Disc] Nettwerk British Punk, Punk/New Wave, Punk
Buzzcocks Love Bites [Bonus Disc] EMI Music Distribution British Punk, Punk/New Wave, Punk
Chris Cagle The Best of Chris Cagle LCT Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Joe "Fingers" Carr/Lou Busch Let's Do It Again: From Honky Tonk to the Classics Jasmine Records (UK)
Celtic Thunder It's Entertainment Decca Records Vocal Pop
Nat King Cole and Friends Riffin': The Decca, JATP, Keynote and Mercury Recordings Hip-o Select Modern Jazz Vocals, Piano Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Jive, Swing, Jazz Instrument
Various Artists More Than Just A DJ: DJ Kayslay E1/Koch Hardcore Rap
Deadmau5 At Play, Vol. 2 Play Records Club/Dance
Neil Diamond Hot August Night/NYC: Live from Madison Square Garden Legacy
Fear Factory Mechanize Candlelight Records Heavy Metal
Vilde Frang Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Humoresques; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 EMI Classics Modern Music for Violin & Orchestra
Galactic Ya-Ka-May Anti Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Funk, R&B Instrumental, Deep Funk Revival, Underground Rap, Southern Rap, New Orleans R&B
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Restored, Returned ECM Records Contemporary Jazz, Chamber Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument
H.I.M. Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapter 1-13 Sire Alternative/Indie Rock, Goth Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Glam, Goth Metal, Heavy Metal
Bernard Haitink Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie LSO Live Post-Romantic Symphony
Michael Martin Murphey Buckaroo Blue Grass II: Riding Song Rural Rhythm Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country, Country-Rock, Progressive Country, Bluegrass
Original Soundtrack Valentine's Day Watertower/Big Machine Soundtracks, Neo-Soul, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop, Pop, Soul
Pantha du Prince Black Noise Rough Trade Techno, Club/Dance, Experimental Techno
Billy Paul Am I Black Enough for You Abstract Sounds
Phantogram Eyelid Movies BBE Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Trip-Hop
Pretenders Live in London Koch Records Contemporary Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Hard Rock, Soundtracks
Reckless Kelly Somewhere in Time Yep Roc Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Alt-Country
Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds Live in Las Vegas RCA Records Jam Bands, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Marc Ribot/Lucien Dubuis Ultime Cosmos Enja
Sanchez Now and Forever VP Smooth Reggae, Contemporary Reggae
Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here XL Poetry, Spoken Word, Experimental Ambient, Dark Ambient, Trip-Hop, Dubstep
Secret & Whisper Teenage Fantasy Tooth & Nail Contemporary Christian, CCM
Ravi Shankar Rare and Glorious Times Square Records Indian Subcontinent Traditions, Indian Classical, Raga, World Fusion
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 1978: Live in Boston Fuel 2000 Records
Esbjorn Svensson Trio Retrospective: The Very Best of E.S.T Act Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop
T.I. Live from Forest City Correctional Facility D Bag International
tobyMac Tonight Forefront Records Gospel, Contemporary Christian, CCM
Josh Turner Haywire MCA Nashville Americana, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country
Abdullah Ibrahim Bombella Intuition
Daphne Willis What To Say [Barnes & Noble Exclusive] Vanguard Records Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Yeasayer Odd Blood Secretly Canadian Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock
You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX Paper Bag Records Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Sade is back this week with Soldier of Love. What I'm hearing here seems like it's of a piece with nearly everything that I've ever heard from her. There's at least some middling decent songwriting, but the attraction is definitely mostly in the sound of her voice and the gently melancholic mood of the arrangements. If you're into Sade, you'll likely find this a worthy new entry. I note also that this is the current #1 seller at Amazon.
