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

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