New Album Releases 05/13/08: Death Cab For Cutie, Jason Mraz, Old 97s, Foxy Brown, Robert Cray, Bill Frisell
Published May 13, 2008
Mark Saleski did not contribute a pick this week.
Here are all of this week's new album releases courtesy of All Music Guide:
Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs
Atlantic/WEA
Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Duffy
Rockferry
Mercury
Neo-Soul, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Jason Mraz
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Atlantic/WEA
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock
Old 97's
Blame It on Gravity [Deluxe]
New West
Alternative Country-Rock, Americana, Pop Underground
Abysmal Dawn
Programmed to Consume
Relapse
Death Metal/Black Metal, Heavy Metal
Botticellis
Old Home Movies
Antenna Farm
Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
Cleo Brown
Complete Recorded Works
Document
Swing, Boogie-Woogie, Stride, Jive
Foxy Brown
Brooklyn's Don Diva
Koch
Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Ryan Cabrera
The Moon Under Water
Papa Joe
Pop/Rock
Renaud Capuçon
Capriccio
Virgin Classics
Violin Selections
Arthur Conley
More Sweet Soul
Collectors' Choice Music
Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Soul
Arthur Conley
Soul Directions
Collectors' Choice Music
Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Soul
Robert Cray
Live at the BBC
Mercury
Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
Dokken
Lightning Strikes Again
Rhino
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Moonshine
Green Leaf
Post-Bop
The Feeling
Join with Us
Island
Pop Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock
Fretwork
Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols
Harmoni Mundi
Renaissance Chamber Music
Bill Frisell
History, Mystery
Nonesuch
Chamber Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde, Modern Creative, Standards, Avant-Garde Jazz
Marc-André Hamelin
In a State of Jazz
Hyperion
Jazz-Influenced Piano Music
Hesperion XX
Estampies & Danses Royales [Hybrid SACD]
Alia Vox Spain
Medieval Vocal and Choral Music
Jools Holland
Best of Friends [CD/DVD]
WEA/Rhino
Alternative Country-Rock, Country-Rock, Boogie-Woogie, Rock & Roll, Retro Swing, Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
Lars Hollmer
Viandra
Cuneiform
Avant-Prog, Classical Crossover, Experimental Rock, Modern Composition, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Neo-Classical
Iron Maiden
Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980-1989
Sony
British Metal, Heavy Metal
Local H
12 Angry Months
Shout! Factory
Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock
Mason Proffit
Come & Gone
One Way
Folk-Rock, Country-Rock
John Miles
Zaragon
Arista
Album Rock, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock
Mink DeVille
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Collectors' Choice Music
New York Punk, Rock & Roll, Roots Rock
Musica Pacifica
Fire Beneath My Fingers
Dorian
Baroque Chamber Music
Xuefei Yang
40 Degrees North
EMI Classics
Modern and Contemporary Guitar Music
Osborne
Osborne
Spectral Sound
Club/Dance, House, Left-Field House, Techno
Plantlife
Time Traveller
Decon
Neo-Soul, Urban, Contemporary R&B
Quiet Village
Silent Movie
K7
Electronica, Downbeat
Duke Robillard
A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard
Stony Plain
Contemporary Blues, Swing
Sahib Shihab
Complete Sextets Sessions: 1956-1957
Fresh Sound
Hard Bop, Bop, Soul-Jazz
Frank Sinatra
Nothing But the Best [Capitol]
Rhino
Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards
The Submarines
Honeysuckle Weeks
Nettwerk
Indie Pop, Indie Rock
10cc
...Meanwhile
Polydor
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
10cc
Food For Thought
Alex
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
10cc
Live and Let Live
Mercury
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
10cc
Look Hear?
Warner Bros.
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Rufus Thomas
Tiger Man: Earliest Recordings 1950-1957
Document
R&B, Electric Memphis Blues
Tindersticks
The Hungry Saw
Beggars Banquet
Chamber Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Gene Vincent
A Million Shades of Blue
Rev-Ola
Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Country-Rock
We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery
Virgin
Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
Young and Sexy
The Arc
Mint
Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
- New Album Releases 05/13/08: Death Cab For Cutie, Jason Mraz, Old 97s, Foxy Brown, Robert Cray, Bill Frisell
- Published: May 13, 2008
- Type: News
- Section: Music
- Filed Under: Music: Recording, Music: News, Music: Lists, Music: Business
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I don't normally spotlight best of's anyway...not unless they are a definitive or otherwise exhaustive sort of document that adds some sort of new element. Both Sinatra (many times in ol' Blue Eyes case) and to a lesser extent Maiden have been afforded this treatment before. And like you already noted these aren't exactly complete anyway.
There were a bunch of reissues from 10cc too. On three different labels covering what -- best as I could tell anyway -- was not exactly their peak period (no "Im Not In Love" or "Things We Do For Love."
Face it Bicho, its just a crapola of a week. I certainly have.
-Glen
Dave Douglas' Moonshine actually came out on April 15.
I think the Cray release may have come earlier this year too Pico, just in a less complete version. Anyway, I just go by AMG here -- unless I spot a really glaring obvious error (which I often do, for whatever its worth).
-Glen
Maybe the rest of the week's offerings were mediocre, but we got what might be album o' the year this week, for me at least, in my pick.
And no one needs a best-o-Maiden from the 80s. Just buy each and every one of those albums. There isn't a one that isn't a classic from beginning to end. No songs can or should be left out. Just stay away from the terrible remasters - stick to the originals or the Castle 2-disc versions.
I hear ya', Glen. I was checking out AMG's list yesterday myself and it was confusing to say the least. It seems that nowadays a lot of records have several release dates attached to them: limited release, general release, digital release, jewel case release, regular CD release, enhanced CD/DVD release, etc. I wish they can simplify it and release all versions of a record on the same damned day.
Not counting the Douglas, there's no releases this week that excites me, either, except for the Frisell. Tom's write-up has gotten me even more stoked about it.
"And no one needs a best-o-Maiden from the 80s. Just buy each and every one of those albums."
Quoted for Truth. Scream for me, BC!
I hear ya', Glen. I was checking out AMG's list yesterday myself and it was confusing to say the least. It seems that nowadays a lot of records have several release dates attached to them: limited release, general release, digital release, jewel case release, regular CD release, enhanced CD/DVD release, etc. I wish they can simplify it and release all versions of a record on the same damned day.
Not counting the Douglas, there's no releases this week that excites me, either, except for the Frisell. Tom's write-up has gotten me even more stoked about it.
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What's wrong with these Best-of's?
Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back in Time is missing "Running Free"
Frank Sinatra - Nothing But the Best is missing "Night and Day" and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"