I was so excited about the twin Nirvana releases of last week and the R.E.M. live set from the previous week. I was hoping I'd be able to stay enthusiastic throughout the month of November but it's just not going to happen this week. There are a couple releases I'm interested in, but most of these are albums I could do without.
Switchfoot
Hello, Hurricane
I dig the Switchfoot. I had never heard of them until their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown, but was so taken by them I quickly studied up on their previous three albums. They followed TBL with the excellent Nothing Is Sound and then things turned sinister. Sony thought it might be a good idea to release their Oh! Gravity. record the day after Christmas, and then dropped them.
I wasn't a big fan of Gravity but I'm hoping for good things from Hurricane.
AC/DC
Backtracks
I like AC/DC and there are some good rarities and interesting cuts that make up this box set but I'm not sure I like them enough to jump on this box. It's not a bad value for the standard set (the super deluxe is absurdly expensive) and if you're a hardcore fan, you're going to find something here to like. If you're more casual, there's nothing here to get that excited about.
That's about it. I'm going to walk away from the table rather than take swipes at a few of the other releases listed below. Just know that I'll know if you buy them and that I'm silently mocking you.
AC/DC
Backtracks
Bon Jovi
The Circle
The Cribs
Ignore the Ignorant
Dashboard Confessional
Alter the Ending
The Jackson 5
I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
Snow Patrol
Up to Now
Britney Spears
The Singles Collection
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
Somebody's Been Sleeping/100 Proof Aged in Soul
Tori Amos
Midwinter Graces [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD Combo]
Paul Anka
Times of Your Life: The Best of the '70s
Anthrax
Among the Living [Deluxe Edition] [Bonus Tracks] [CD/DVD]
Anthrax
Caught in a Mosh: BBC Live in Concert
April Wine
Animal Grace/Walking Through Fire
Asobi Seksu
Rewolf
Bad Lieutenant
Never Cry Another Tear
Bibio
The Apple and the Tooth
Big Kenny
The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Live
Jim Capaldi
Oh How We Danced/Whale Meat Again
Cassy
Simply Devotion
Nels Cline/G.E. Stinson
Elevating Device
Coalesce
Ox
Ray Davies & the Crouch End Festival Chorus
The Kinks Choral Collection
Paul Davis
A Little Bit of Paul Davis
Paul Davis
Paul Davis
Paul Davis
Ride 'em Cowboy
Paul Davis
Singer of Songs
Paul Davis
Southern Tracks & Fantasies
Dead to Me
African Elephants
Luther Dickinson & Sons of Mudboy
Onward and Upward
The Doors
Live in New York
Dr. Hook
Pleasure & Pain/Sometimes You Win
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Fountain
Joe Ely
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta/Hi-Res
Chris Farlowe
14 Things to Think About/The Art of Chris Farlowe
Ella Fitzgerald
Twelve Nights in Hollywood
Flyleaf
Memento Mori
Ben Frost
By the Throat
Jerry Garcia Band
Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock
Jeanne Golan
American Handstands
Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream of Trains in New York
Billie Holiday
The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
Hollywood Undead
Desperate Measures
Jungle Brothers
Straight Out the Jungle [Deluxe Edition]
The Killers
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Stephen Layton
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
Lissie
Why You Running
London Concertante
Piazzolla and beyond
MF Doom
Unexpected Guests
Lisa Moore
Julia Wolfe: Dark Full Ride
Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth
Bryan Pezzone
Sudoku 82
Original Soundtrack
2012 [Soundtrack]
Original Soundtrack
Californication: Season 3
Original Soundtrack
A Christmas Story [Rhino]
Pants Yell!
Received Pronunciation
Dolly Parton
Live from London
Oscar Peterson
Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951
Grant Lee Phillips
Ladies' Love Oracle
Porcupine Tree
Up the Downstair
Radian
Chimeric
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Xenophanes
Switchfoot
Hello Hurricane
Koko Taylor
What It Takes: The Chess Years [Expanded Edition] [Bonus Tracks]
Various Artists
Invictus' Greatest Hits/Hot Wax Greatest Hits
Various Artists
Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958
Various Artists
Songs That Made Woody Allen Movies Great
Wale
Attention Deficit
Steve Wariner
My Tribute to Chet Atkins
Shelly West
The Very Best of Shelly West