Smokey Robinson has a new album of Timeless Love standards which sounds like the best blind pick for the week. Along with stuff like "Fly Me to the Moon," I'm pleased to see him take a swing at Cyndi Lauper's modern standard "Time After Time."
In groovy catalogue action, Rhino is putting Willie Nelson The Complete Atlantic Sessions, a three CD set covering his early 70s work. This would include the Phases and Stages album, Shotgun Willie, along with "Whiskey River" and "Stay All Night," which are among his top concert staples.
"Somewhere They Can't Find Me" never made a big impression on me, but Keane's last album was a pretty big hit. They're back with Under the Iron Sea.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Frank Black Fast Man Raider Man Back Porch
Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Guster Ganging Up on the Sun Reprise
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Keane Under the Iron Sea Interscope
Alternative Pop/Rock
Gene Autry Year-Round Cowboy: Songs for the Whole Year Varese Sarabande
Holiday, Cowboy, Traditional Country
Awesome Color Awesome Color Ecstatic Peace!
Garage Punk, Noise-Rock
Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light Matador
Indie Rock, Jam Bands
Donald Byrd With Strings [Bonus Tracks] Lone Hill Jazz
Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Hard Bop, Ballads
Marc Cohn Greatest Hits Atlantic/Rhino
Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock
Paula Cole Greatest Hits: Postcards from East Oceanside Warner Bros./Rhino
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock
Counting Crows New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 6, 2003 Geffen
American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Cute Is What We Aim For The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch Fueled by Ramen
Emo, Power Pop, Punk-Pop
Delitiæ Musicæ Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5 Naxos
Baroque Choral Music
Fefe Dobson Sunday Love Island
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Ronnie Earl The Best of Ronnie Earl Shout! Factory
Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Soul-Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Electric Blues, Jazz Blues, Blues-Rock
Ensemble New Art George Crumb: Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death Naxos
Contemporary Vocal and Chamber Music
Fatboy Slim The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder Astralwerks
Big Beat, Funky Breaks, Trip-Hop, Club/Dance, Electronica
Field Mob Light Poles and Pine Trees Geffen
Dirty South, Southern Rap
Front Line Assembly Artificial Soldier Metropolis
Electro-Industrial, Industrial Dance, Industrial
Anson Funderburgh The Best of Anson Funderburgh Shout! Factory
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Contemporary Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues
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