New Album Releases 11/13/07: The Return Of Duran Duran Plus: The Killers, The Hives, Alicia Keys, Led Zeppelin, Robyn Hitchcock, Queensryche, James Taylor, Celine Dion, And More
Published November 14, 2007
Indie label Yep Rock also begins an ambitious reissue campaign for college radio/alt-rock darling Robyn Hitchcock, by issuing a four disc box set, I Wanna Go Backwards, as well as three of his albums, Black Snake Diamond Role, Eye, and I Often Dream of Trains.
Before Seattle gave the world grunge, the last big band to come out of Starbucks-land was prog-metal heroes Queensryche. With a live album and a hits retrospective released earlier this year, the band has also enjoyed a revival of sorts. Queensryche's new album, the appropriately titled Take Cover, finds the Seattle band offering up their versions of songs made famous by the likes of U2, Pink Floyd, and Crosby Stills Nash & Young.
On the softer side, veteran singer-songwriter (and the latest signee to Starbucks Hear Music label) James Taylor has the live album, One Man Band. On the combination CD/DVD set, Taylor performs several of his greatest hits in concert, while revealing the stories behind the songs in the more intimate format made famous by the VH1 Storytellers series.
Celine Dion also leaves Las Vegas long enough to deliver her first new album in several years, Taking Chances. It's an odd title given Dion's reputation for rarely doing anything of the sort, although she is actually leaving Vegas to embark on a lengthy world tour to support the release.
Here are all of this week's new album releases courtesy of All Music Guide:
Duran Duran
Red Carpet Massacre
Epic
Dance-Rock, Pop/Rock
Robyn Hitchcock
I Wanna Go Backwards [Bonus Tracks]
Yep Roc
College Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock
The Hives
The Black and White Album
A&M/Octone
Retro-Rock, Garage Punk, Garage Rock Revival, Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock
Alicia Keys
As I Am
J-Records
Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Trisha Yearwood
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love
Big Machine
Contemporary Country
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
T.H.U.G.S.
Ruthless
Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap, Midwest Rap
Boyz II Men
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Decca
Tribute Albums, Urban, Adult Contemporary
Vashti Bunyan
Some Things Just Stick in You Mind: Single and Demos 1964-1967
Fat Cat
British Folk
Don Cherry
Thinking of You
Sepia
Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop
Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
Labrador
Indie Electronic, Swedish Pop/Rock, Indie Pop
Dane Cook
Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden
Comedy Central Rec.
Standup Comedy, Observational Humor
Brian Dewan
Words of Wisdom
Eschatone
Folksongs
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ire Works
Wea/Relapse
Experimental Rock, Post-Hardcore, Grindcore
Celine Dion
Taking Chances
Sony
Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock
Ian Dury
The Best of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
The Great American
British Punk, Pub Rock, New Wave, Punk, Disco
Fancey
Schmancey
What Are?
Indie Pop, Pop Underground
Aretha Franklin
Jewels in the Crown: All Star Duets with the Queen
Arista
Smooth Soul, Pop/Rock, Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary
The Goo Goo Dolls
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Singles
Warner Bros.
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock
Manuel Göttsching
Live at Mt. Fuji
MG Art
Kraut Rock, Experimental, Electronic
David Gray
Greatest Hits
ATO
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Angela Hewitt
Schumann: Humoresque; Sonata in F sharp minor [Hybrid SACD]
Hyperion
Romantic Piano Music
Robyn Hitchcock
Black Snake Diamond Role [Yep Rock]
Yep Roc
College Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Folk-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Robyn Hitchcock
Eye [Yep Roc]
Yep Roc
Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Folk-Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream of Trains [Yep Roc]
Yep Roc
Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Folk-Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
John Lee Hooker
I'm John Lee Hooker
Collectables
Detroit Blues, Country Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Juke Joint Blues
Japancakes
Loveless
Darla
Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Pop, Experimental Rock
The Killers
Sawdust
Island
New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ton Koopman
Buxtehude: Opera Omnia V: Vocal Works, Vol. 2
Challenge Classics
Baroque Vocal Music
LCD Soundsystem
45:33
EMI
Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance
Led Zeppelin
Mothership
Rhino
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, British Metal, British Blues
Dave Liebman
Blues All Ways
Omnitone
Progressive Jazz
Os Mutantes
Live at the Barbican Theatre 2006
V2
Brazilian Pop, Tropicalia, Psychedelic
Peter Schickele
P.D.Q. Bach: The Jekyll & Hyde Tour
Telarc
Contemporary Vocal & Chamber Music
Tokyo String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 1-6
Harmonia Mundi
Romantic String Quartets
Dominique Visse
Takemitsu: Songs
Haenssler Classic
Contemporary Vocal Music
Queensrÿche
Take Cover
Rhino
Progressive Metal, Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock
Jimmy Reed
Live at Carnegie Hall
Shout! Factory
Blues Revival, Electric Harmonica Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, R&B
Seal
System
Warner Bros.
Club/Dance, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Urban, House, Dance-Pop
Shaggy
Intoxication
VP
Dancehall, Contemporary Reggae, Reggae-Pop
Michael Showalter
Sandwiches & Cats
Jdub
Standup Comedy, Observational Humor, Musical Comedy
George Strait
22 More Hits
MCA Nashville
Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Honky Tonk, Contemporary Country
Streetlight Manifesto
Somewhere in the Between
Victory
Third Wave Ska Revival, Ska-Punk
James Taylor
One Man Band
Hear Music
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter
McCoy Tyner
Afro Blue
Telarc
Post-Bop, Latin
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- New Album Releases 11/13/07: The Return Of Duran Duran Plus: The Killers, The Hives, Alicia Keys, Led Zeppelin, Robyn Hitchcock, Queensryche, James Taylor, Celine Dion, And More
- Published: November 14, 2007
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- Filed Under: Music: Recording, Music: Pop, Music: News, Music: Lists, Music: Business
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You answered your own question here Gupster, with the bands two best known works...and I stand by the genre desciption.
-Glen
OMI may have been their best work & a concept album at that but it doesn't hold the technical prowess,the odd time signatures & the incorporation of other styles that the genre "Prog-Metal" is known for nevermind the bands from Pink Floyd's era that incapsulate how these metal bands have been influenced(Yes,King Crimson,etc).
Queensryche pretty much typefied "progressive" - everything they did was different from the last album, which is a lot more than can be said for most bands that actually call themselves "prog rock." Regardless, AllMusic extensively uses the term to define them, and that's how 99% of music listeners would define them, too.
And I quote AllMusic.com's Queensryche entry:
Styles
* Rock
* Prog-Rock/ Art Rock
* Heavy Metal
* Progressive Metal
* Hard Rock
* Album Rock
* Arena Rock
"Queensrÿche constructed a progressive form of heavy metal . . ."
"Rage for Order also demonstrated a flowering of progressive rock influences . . ."
"With 1997's Hear in the New Frontier, Queensrÿche stripped back their sound to the bare bones, leaving behind the prog rock influences that made them distinctive."
How are they gonna sell Zeppelin compilations to people who have the complete studio recordings & the three live sets (Song Remains, BBC, Once Upona time in the West) and the DVD? Who's left to buy this stuff - seriously, are younger fans going for this?
Supposedly the sound quality on this collection is quite an improvement, Skeet. But yeah, I know what ya' mean.
They have that reunion concert in the UK coming up, plus the re-release of Song Remains the Same, so my guess here is that they simply wanted to capitalize on yet another revival of interest in Zep.
-Glen
"Besides, with interest in Zeppelin once again running high (did it ever really go away?) "
The fact that they're finally jesuschristaboutdamntime on iTunes certainly gave them a boost recently.
Yeah, this Mothership is nearly the same track listing as the Early Days/Latter Days comps from 1999 or so, aside from lineup and a couple of songs swapped out. The fact that they don't even bother to fill up the entire discs should tell us everything. 80 minutes per disc and they each got about 70 minutes? That's several extra songs that could have been added to each. They certainly weren't thinking of fans here. If someone was new to Zep and wanted this, I'd advise them to save their money and buy the two box sets to get everything on 6 discs, honestly. That's how I have their music.
Queensryche pretty much typefied "progressive" - everything they did was different from the last album.
Everything with that statement is completely wrong. Changing your style per album, or in Queensryche's case - losing grip on the music & songwriting that made them great, does not equal progressive in any matter.
The term "Progressive" that is used in conjunction with "Metal" derives from how the band or artist progresses through the song and, ultimately, the album. Not how a particular release sounds to the one that precedes it.
A "Prog-Metal" band progresses through different genre influenced passages,i.e;Jazz,Classical,etc while resorting back to or fusing/incorporating metal standards supported by complex time changes.
Queensryche pretty much typefied "progressive"
People didn't start labeling these 80's bands that way until Dream Theater opened the doors with their success. Just because ALL Music labels it that way doesn't mean it is true. I'm pretty sure they label Poison as Metal.(Checking...)Yup, they do and Poison was never Metal...PERIOD! Plus, your statement is so weak & ill-informed! You overlooked Watchtower,Fates Warning & Yngwie Malmsteen.
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Are you kidding me,man?? Honestly, what did Queensryche ever release that could be considered Progressive? I'm still baffled by this new catagorization... OMI may have been a concept album but that's as close as they ever got to anything prog! Well, I guess if you wanna name Silent Lucidity as a Pink Floyd influenced track but that still would be Prog Rock.