New Album Releases, 8-22-2006: Pirate Ballads, Paris Hilton, OutKast

The main promising new album release this week is Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys. It's something of an adjunct to Johnny Depp's pirate movies, a multi-artist collection of old seafaring songs. Among the artists on this two CD set are Richard Thompson, Bono, Sting, and Lucinda Williams.

OutKast has a new album Idlewild, which is also the soundtrack to their movie.

Paris Hilton has made an album, of course. Paris doesn't sound promising. When did she become a musician? Perhaps she'll make a porn video for the single to add some small bit of actual entertainment value to this project.

Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:

Paris Hilton Paris Warner Bros.
Teen Pop, Dance-Pop, Pop/Rock

Kelis Kelis Was Here Jive/Zomba
Urban, Contemporary R&B

OutKast Idlewild LaFace/Zomba
Southern Rap, Hip-Hop, Alternative Rap

Various Artists Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys Anti
Sea Shanties, Traditional Scottish Folk, Irish Folk, Folksongs, British Folk, Traditional Folk

Alexisonfire Crisis Vagrant
Post-Hardcore

Eric Bachmann To the Races Saddle Creek
Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock

Emmanuel Borok A Road Less Traveled Eroica
Classical Chamber and Orchestral Music

Broadcast Future Crayon Warp
Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop, Electronica, Dream Pop, Post-Rock/Experimental, Alternative Pop/Rock

Anthony Coleman Pushy Blueness Tzadik
Avant-Garde Chamber Music

Crazy Frog More Crazy Hits Jamster/Next Plateau
Club/Dance, Novelty

Cursive Happy Hollow Saddle Creek
Indie Rock

Danity Kane Danity Kane Bad Boy
Contemporary R&B, Urban, Dance-Pop

Deadsy Phantasmagore Immortal
Alternative Metal, Indie Rock

Joyce DiDonato Songs by Faure, Hahn and Head; Arias by Rossini and Handel Wigmore Hall
Art Songs and Operatic Selections

Easy Star All-Stars Radiodread Easy Star
Contemporary Reggae, Roots Reggae, Reggae-Pop, Dub

Eliane Elias Around the City Bluebird/RCA Victor
Brazilian Jazz, Post-Bop, Latin Jazz

Ensemble Dissonanzen Dallapiccola, Petrassi: Musica da camera Mode
Modern Chamber Music

Gosling Here Is... V2
Alternative Pop/Rock

The Gossip GSSP RMX Kill Rock Stars
Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Lo-Fi

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