Shirley Horn
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1994
Monterey Jazz Fest
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Ida
My Fair, My Dark EP
Polyvinyl
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Jamey Johnson
That Lonesome Song
Mercury
Contemporary Country
KeAnthony
A Hustlaz Story
Reprise
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I-A-Dap
Babygrande
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Lloyd
Lessons in Love
The Inc/Universal Motown
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The Lord Dog Bird
The Lord Dog Bird
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Mars Black
Stay Black
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Shannon McArdle
Summer of the Whore
Bar/None
Indie Rock
Jimmy McCracklin
The Mercury Recordings
Bear Family
West Coast Blues, Piano Blues, Soul-Blues, R&B
Sarah McLachlan
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy [CD/DVD] [Bonus CD]
Sony Legacy
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Norma Jean
The Anti Mother
Tooth & Nail
Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal
Paul Oakenfold
Forever
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Preteen Weaponry
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Thomas Sanderling
Albéric Magnard: Complete Symphonies
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The Trumpet in Salzburg
Brilliant Classics
Music for Trumpet and Orchestra
Andras Schiff
Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
Warner Classics
Modern Works for Piano and Orchestra
Original Soundtrack
Pineapple Express
Lakeshore
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Original Soundtrack
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Vol. 2 [Original Soundtrack]
Warner Bros.
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Original Soundtrack
Tropic Thunder [Original Soundtrack]
Lakeshore
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Buck Owens
Act Naturally: The Buck Owens Recordings 1953-1964
Bear Family
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Oxford Collapse
Bits
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Elvis Presley
The Complete '68 Comeback Special: 40th Anniversary Edition
RCA
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The Prodigy
Experience: Expanded
XL
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Carrie Rodriguez
She Ain't Me
Manhattan/EMI
Americana, Alternative Folk, Country-Folk, Alternative Country-Rock
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The Dave Stewart Songbook, Vol. 1
Ada/Surfdog
Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Cal Tjader
The Best of Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980
Monterey Jazz Fest
Afro-Cuban Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Latin Jazz, Cool, Mood Music, Brazilian Jazz
David Vandervelde
Waiting for the Sunrise
Secretly Canadian
American Trad Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Article comments
1 - Pico
Glen, I listened to the new Randy Newman just this morning and while the arrangements and production are impeccable, it was still very disappointing to me. In the past Newman was able to walk the fine line between sardonic parody and weighty, well constructed compositions. On this record he goes too far over to the parody side. He's doing rambling monologues on nearly every song that robs the listener from enjoying the pretty melodies playing underneath. The last song "Feels Like Home" is his best on the album, mainly because he's playing that one straight.
This is no Sail Away. Newman should have dialed back some on the shtick.
2 - Glen Boyd
Sorry to hear that Pico, but thanks for the heads up. Maybe doing movie work for all these years has led Newman to think that every song requires something extra in the way of a narrative...who knows?
-Glen
3 - Tom Johnson
It's such a slow week that there's not even anything rare on the Legacy Edition of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. It's just a pairing (tripling?) of the album, its counterpart, The Freedom Sessions, and Fumbling Towards Ecstacy Live on DVD with a few videos. It has been graced with a very, very slight remastering that isn't even mentioned on the outside of the packaging, and you have to search for it on the inside (Adam Ayan is listed as mastering the package when Greg Calbi mastered the original albums.) There's not even a write-up in the booklet - it's just lyrics and photos. A great album, to be sure - one of my favorites - but this is really only worthwhile if you're missing something of the three releases and want them all in one place. Or maybe you just want the pictures of the lovely Sarah. Pervs.
4 - Josh Hathaway
Yeah, the barely "rare" Fumbling Towards Ecstacy. I wonder who'd be dumb enough to order that-
Oh, wait a minute.
Never mind. Return to what you were doing. Thank you, drive through.
5 - Mark Saleski
josh, josh, josh...first the Fine Frenzy pics and now Sarah?
tsk, tsk.
6 - Josh Hathaway
The pics in FTE aren't that spectacular, to be honest. She hit her stride with Surfacing.
7 - Tom Johnson
I gotta disagree - that Lilith Fair short haircut was extremely unflattering. Loved seeing the longer hair come back after that. Seeing that shrew on that horrible Jon & Kate + 8 made me think of those sad times with the butch hair.
And, yeah, who would be foolish enough to waste money on that set? (Ahem)
8 - Josh Hathaway
Well, I didn't buy the picture for the haircuts or the pictures either way. I skimmed the book last night as I was listening and put it back in the sleeve.
9 - Mark Saleski
...I didn't buy the picture for the haircuts or the pictures either way
you mean "CD"?
i dunno man, you're sounding more flustered and guilty by the minute.
;-)
10 - Josh Hathaway
Yeah, well I have a perfect defense: I type at 7 damns per minute. You buy Playboy for the articles; I buy CDs for the music.