New album releases, week of 4-5-2005

A couple of famous chicks have albums this week, not that their music is what either one is particularly known for. Famous rap hooker Faith Evans has a new album out this week, The First Lady. With Biggie and Tupac dead and no longer arguing or shooting over her or whatever, is there some less than obvious reason why anyone would care? It's starting out at #244 on Amazon, so it certainly ain't breaking any records out of the box.

Lisa Marie Presley puts out her second album this week, Now What. She apparently has big input from some gal what wrote some hits for Pink.

I don't know squat about what kind of music Fischerspooner makes, but their new Odyssey album has input from, among others, David Byrne, Madonna, and Susan Sontag.

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

Faith Evans The First Lady Capitol
Urban

Fischerspooner Odyssey Capitol
Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Neo-Electro

Hot Hot Heat Elevator Sire
Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Lisa Marie Presley Now What Capitol
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

The Books Lost and Safe Tomlab
Indie Pop, Indie Electronic

Brandy The Best of Brandy Rhino
Contemporary R&B, Urban

British Sea Power Open Season Rough Trade
Indie Rock

Beth Nielsen Chapman Look Sanctuary
Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country

Kristin Chenoweth As I Am Sony
CCM

Clemencic Consort La Messe de Tournai: Polyphonic Pieces from the Codex Musical de las Huelgas Oehms
Renaissance Sacred Choral Music

The Crystal Method Community Service, Vol. 2 Ultra
Funky Breaks, Club/Dance

Fantomas Suspended Animation Ipecac
Alternative Metal, Experimental Rock, Doom Metal

Fripp & Eno The Equatorial Stars Opal
Experimental Ambient, Electro-Acoustic, Ambient

Richard Goode Mozart Nonesuch
Classical Piano Music

Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers Misra
Indie Rock, Sadcore

Markus Guentner 1981 Kompakt
Ambient Techno

Scott Hamilton Back in New York Concord
Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Neo-Bop, Ballads

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Haydn: The Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87 RCA
Classical Orchestral Music

Billie Holiday The Ultimate Collection Hip-O
Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Swing, Torch Songs, Ballads, Classic Female Blues, Standards

Charlie Hunter/Bobby Previte Come in Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader Rope a Dope
Post-Bop, Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Damien Jurado On My Way to Absence Secretly Canadian
Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Charles Lloyd Jumping the Creek ECM
Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop

Lost City Angels Broken World Universal
Punk Revival

Magnolia Electric Co What Comes After the Blues Secretly Canadian
Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock

Keiko Matsui Walls of Akendora Narada
Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Pop

Tommy McCook Real Cool Anthology 1966-1977 Sanctuary/Trojan
Rocksteady, Dub, Ska

Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi

Original Soundtrack Millions Milan
Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks

Original Soundtrack Music from The O.C.: Mix 4 Warner Bros.
Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Television Soundtracks, Alternative Pop/Rock

Trevor Pinnock Rameau: Les Cyclopes Avie
Baroque Piano Music

Reel Big Fish We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy Mojo / Jive
Ska-Punk, Punk Revival

The Rolling Stones Made in the Shade Rolling Stones
Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, Album Rock

The Rolling Stones Sucking in the 70s Rolling Stones
Album Rock, British Blues, Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock

Diane Schuur Schuur Fire Concord
Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Solvent Elevators and Oscillators: An Album Companion Ghostly International
Neo-Electro, Ambient Techno

Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material [Bonus Tracks] Restless
Punk, British Punk

Stiff Little Fingers Nobody's Heroes [Bonus Tracks] Restless
Punk, British Punk

Supersuckers Devil's Food Mid Fi Recordings
Indie Rock, Hard Rock, Garage Punk, Country-Rock

Various Artists Verve Remixed, Vol. 3 Verve
Electronica, Club/Dance, House

The Vulcans & Friends Star Trek Sanctuary/Trojan
Reggae-Pop, Dub

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