With the shortest list of new releases seen this year, there isn't a whole lot to talk about this week. It's also probably safe to say that the labels are pretty much done for the year. Which brings us to a little NAR business...
Traditionally the record labels shut down for the year around the second week of December, which means — without any new releases to talk about — we at NAR would be doing the same. However, with this week's list being so short, it's possible this may be it for the year. Which means the shutdown for '08 might come a week early. We'll see what happens next week, but if you don't see us here you'll know why.
The good news here is that 2009 already looks promising, with new releases from Bruce Springsteen, U2, Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent all headed our way in the first quarter alone.
Anyway...on to what we've got for your ears right now.
We're talking Britney, baby! She's tanned, she's rested, she's sober, she's sane, and she's back. It's Britney Spears with a brand new album called Circus (the title is supposed to be about her life...get it?). The new, cleaned-up Britney Spears is back to doing what she does best here, which is to say that Circus is loaded with innocuous sounding dance-pop ear candy. Come, and get you some Britney kids!
Neil Young has been promising us that massive boxed set of his Archives for so long now that it makes Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy look like a quickie knockoff by comparison. The latest news on Archives is that we're supposed to see it early next year — which I'll believe when and if we actually see it. The good news is that Neil continues to offer these nifty live sets from his vaults while we wait.
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Article comments
1 - Pico
I'll bet the people who attended that Neil Young concert paid only about a buck to get in. Just sayin' ;-)
2 - El Bicho
"the people who attended that Neil Young concert paid only about a buck to get in."
But did they they write an article complaining about in their alt. weekly?