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Sunday, April 23, 2017

New Music Album Releases: April 21, 2017

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The week of April 21, 2017 features new music album releases from Sheryl Crow, Bee Gees, Barry Manilow, Why Don't We, Charlie Worsham, Brad Paisley, Ricardo Arjona, Robyn Hitchcock, Imelda May and more.

Find out more about all the new music album releases after the jump.





BE MYSELF (Sheryl Crow)

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Artist:
Sheryl Crow

Genre:
Rock

Total Length:
45:20

Label:
Warner Bros.

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter, and musician Sheryl Crow will release a new album, entitled Be Myself, on April 21st via Warner Bros. Records. Be Myself, her ninth studio album and the first album for the label is available for pre-order now.

For this album, Crow worked again with producer, musician, and songwriter Jeff Trott, a long-time collaborator throughout her career. Trott co-wrote many of Crow's classic hits including "If It Makes You Happy" and "My Favorite Mistake." Crow says her main goal was "to investigate what made my early songs strike people as being authentic and original. So for the first time in my life, I made it a point to sit down and really listen to my old records. I'd drive my kids to school and play the old stuff as I came back home. That helped me remember what it felt like when I was just beginning as an artist. But it wasn't about repeating myself. It was about revisiting where I came from and seeing where that would take me now."

Be Myself is like each of her preceding releases: thoughtful and candid. It's unlike them too, mainly in that it represents contradictory movement -- a look at the world today powered in part by a return to the energy that first lofted Crow and her music into the limelight.


TRACK LIST:

1. Alone in the Dark (3:40)

2. Halfway There (3:58)

3. Long Way Back (5:07)

4. Be Myself (4:21)

5. Roller Skate (3:17)

6. Love Will Save the Day (4:58)

7. Strangers Again (3:50)

8. Rest of Me (3:51)

9. Heartbeat Away (5:36)

10. Grow Up (3:26)

11. Woo Woo (3:16)




TIMELESS: THE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS (Bee Gees)

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Artist:
Bee Gees

Genre:
Pop

Total Length:
1:18:12

Label:
Capitol Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes


Product Description: There is a spirituality about this album and these songs always meant the most to us. So, it is extraordinary that it came together in such a natural way. I chose the songs with the intention of having a chronological order to the whole album, and although there are many other songs, these songs I feel are the songs that Maurice, Robin, and I would be most proud of. These songs represent the path of our lives, moments in time. Moments that will never be forgotten. - Barry Gibb


TRACK LIST:

1. Spicks And Specks (2:51)

2. New York Mining Disaster 1941 (2:09)

3. To Love Somebody (3:00)

4. Massachusetts (2:26)

5. Words (3:17)

6. I've Gotta Get A Message To You (3:03)

7. I Started A Joke (3:08)

8. Lonely Days (3:48)

9. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (3:59)

10. Jive Talkin' (3:45)

11. Nights On Broadway (4:34)

12. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (4:05)

13. You Should Be Dancing (4:17)

14. How Deep Is Your Love (4:05)

15. Stayin' Alive (4:44)

16. Night Fever (3:32)

17. More Than A Woman (3:17)

18. Too Much Heaven (4:56)

19. Tragedy (5:02)

20. Love You Inside Out (4:11)

21. You Win Again (4:03)




THIS IS MY TOWN: SONGS OF NEW YORK (Barry Manilow)

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Artist:
Barry Manilow

Genre:
Pop

Total Length:
37:40

Label:
Verve Decca Crossover

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes


Product Description: I'm a New York City boy; born and raised. So when it came time to create a new album, I thought, How about celebrating New York? How about saying thanks to the city for giving me my ambition, my sense of humor and my decency. - Barry Manilow

Barry latest studio album is a musical montage with all the sights and sounds of a great city. It's filled with different styles of music: Pop, Easy Jazz, Broadway type songs, early Rock n Roll, a little R&B and a little Funk. It's a musical melting pot just like New York.

THIS IS MY TOWN: SONGS OF NEW YORK is a musical journey. Hold on for the ride.


TRACK LIST:

1. This Is My Town (3:00)

2. New York City Rhythm / On Broadway (3:57)

3. Coney Island (3:00)

4. Lonely Town (5:00)

5. Lovin' At Birdland (3:29)

6. Downtown / Uptown (3:20)

7. On The Roof (3:19)

8. I Dig New York (2:52)

9. The Brooklyn Bridge [feat. Mel Tormé] (2:44)

10. NYC Medley (6:59)




SOMETHING DIFFERENT - EP (Why Don't We)

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Artist:
Why Don't We

Genre:
Pop

Total Length:
14:28

Label:
Signature Entertainment

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes



TRACK LIST:

1. Something Different (2:41)

2. Tell Me (2:48)

3. Made For (3:07)

4. Air of the Night (Smooth Step) (2:58)

5. Never Know (2:54)




BEGINNING OF THINGS (Charlie Worsham)

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Artist:
Charlie Worsham

Genre:
Country

Total Length:
44:51

Label:
Warner Bros.

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Beginning of Things is Worsham's second full-length album and follows 2013's Rubberband, which received widespread acclaim. American Songwriter calls Worsham, "the sort of triple threat artist that seems in short supply on Music Row these days. He writes well, sings well, and is a skilled and tasteful guitarist to boot," while Rolling Stone asserts, "A fleet-fingered guitarist and empathetic vocalist, his talent is reminiscent of a young Keith Urban in all the best ways." Co-produced by Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, Aubrie Sellers) and Eric Masse (Rayland Baxter, Mikky Ekko) with Arturo Buenahora, Jr. (Eric Church, Dierks Bentley) serving as the Executive Producer, Beginning of Things includes 13 new songs, 9 of which Worsham co-wrote. Of the album, Worsham comments, "We had so much fun! I had fallen out of love with music, and making this record put me back in love with it on a level I hadn't felt since I was a teenager. Beginning Of Things was a challenge in surrendering control and trusting my own talent. I'm confident that these songs and these recordings capture my musical geography and personal truth, and at the end of the day, I'm convinced that is the ultimate purpose of an artist-to speak one's truth."


TRACK LIST:

1. Pants (0:14)

2. Please People Please (3:57)

3. Southern By the Grace of God (4:33)

4. Call You Up (3:30)

5. Lawn Chair Don't Care (2:46)

6. Only Way to Fly (3:57)

7. Old Time's Sake (3:22)

8. Cut Your Groove (4:11)

9. I Ain't Goin' Nowhere (4:21)

10. The Beginning of Things (4:17)

11. Birthday Suit (3:19)

12. I-55 (3:37)

13. Take Me Drunk (2:47)




LOVE AND WAR (Brad Paisley)

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Artist:
Brad Paisley

Genre:
Country

Total Length:
58:41

Label:
Arista Nashville

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Heaven South (4:15)

2. Last Time for Everything (3:50)

3. One Beer Can (3:46)

4. Go to Bed Early (3:20)

5. Drive of Shame feat. Mick Jagger (4:33)

6. Contact High (4:34)

7. Love and War feat. John Fogerty (3:51)

8. Today (3:49)

9. selfie#theinternetisforever (3:41)

10. Grey Goose Chase feat. Timbaland (3:05)

11. Gold All Over the Ground (3:33)

12. Dying to See Her feat. Bill Anderson (3:45)

13. Solar Power Girl feat. Timbaland (3:44)

14. The Devil Is Alive and Well (3:59)

15. Meaning Again (3:45)

16. Heaven South (Reprise) (1:11)




CIRCO SOLEDAD (Ricardo Arjona)

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Artist:
Ricardo Arjona

Genre:
Pop Latino

Total Length:
53:39

Label:
Metamorfosis Enterprises Inc.

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Circo Soledad (Intro) (0:17)

2. Ella (3:18)

3. El Que Olvida (3:51)

4. Señorita (3:39)

5. Remiendo Al Corazón (4:15)

6. Porque Puedo (3:17)

7. Hasta Que la Muerte Los Separe (4:13)

8. Vivir (4:16)

9. Sixto Pérez (5:47)

10. El Cielo a Mi Favor (3:48)

11. Dime Tú (3:29)

12. Correr (4:16)

13. No Preguntes Cómo Estoy (4:05)

14. Circo Soledad (5:08)




ON MY SIDE (Kim Walker-Smith)

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Artist:
Kim Walker-Smith

Genre:
Christian, Gospel

Total Length:
49:07

Label:
Jesus Culture

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Kim Walker-Smith is one of the most influential female voices in worship music. Fans around the world have come to love her passionate and uninhibited sound captured on live recordings from Jesus Culture. Kim's latest full-length album, ON MY SIDE, is her first solo studio project, exploring themes of heartbreak and triumph and giving the listener a glimpse into the past few years in her journey with God. Although a departure from her live recordings, Kim's unforgettable, soulful voice continues to capture exhilarating moments of worship through both nuance and strength as she weaves together this beautiful collection of songs.


TRACK LIST:

1. Brave Surrender (4:21)

2. Glimpse (3:37)

3. Throne Room (4:44)

4. I Know (4:05)

5. Awaken Love (5:09)

6. Interlude (1:26)

7. Just One Touch (4:46)

8. On My Side (4:12)

9. You Define Me (4:06)

10. Rise (3:50)

11. Undone (3:26)

12. Fresh Outpouring (5:25)




THE LAST RIDER (Ron Sexsmith)

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Artist:
Ron Sexsmith

Genre:
Rock

Total Length:
48:48

Label:
Compass Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: 2017 release from the Canadian singer/songwriter. Ron Sexsmith's status as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation has never been in doubt, even from the moment he released his self-titled major-label debut album in 1995. His career arc since then has in some ways been a study in how that pure ability has been handled in the studio. On his 12 albums, Sexsmith has worked with some of music's most celebrated producers - Daniel Lanois, Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake, Ray Kennedy, Martin Terefe, Bob Rock and Jim Scott. With all of that experience, it would stand to reason that Sexsmith has learned a thing or two over the years about how to make a record. The Last Rider features 15 new Sexsmith original songs that are by turns happy, sad, romantic, bittersweet, uplifting, spiritual and witty. Recorded at The Bathouse studio on Lake Ontario near Toronto, sessions for the record were a marked change in approach from Sexsmith's previous albums, as he recorded it with the musicians he knows best, his touring band - Don Kerr (drums), Jason Mercer (bass), Dave Matheson (keyboards) and Kevin Lacroix (guitar). The album was produced by Ron and Don Kerr, who have been friends and musical collaborators since they worked together as couriers in the late eighties. "I think my sound has always been a combination of the folk singers and British invasion artists I've always admired," says Ron. "At this point, it's just second nature for me to write short, melodic songs that say everything you want to say. But having my band totally involved on this album maybe brought out more in the songs than on other recent albums. It felt special, anyway." Although Ron Sexsmith has more music to come that is sure to inspire us, for now The Last Rider is the latest addition to a body of work as impressive as any produced in the past quarter-century. Through truth and simplicity, Sexsmith's songs help us get closer to the things that make us better people, meaning that an album like The Last Rider is as necessary now as anything he has ever done.


TRACK LIST:

1. It Won't Last For Long (2:45)

2. Our Way (2:47)

3. Breakfast Ethereal (3:13)

4. Worried Song (3:23)

5. West Gwillimbury (2:55)

6. Who We Are Right Now (3:45)

7. Shoreline (2:50)

8. Dead End Dream (3:22)

9. Evergreen (4:08)

10. Upward Dog (3:44)

11. Only Trouble Is (2:48)

12. Radio (2:43)

13. Every Last One (3:08)

14. Dreams Are Bigger (3:09)

15. Man At The Gate (1913) (4:08)




NARKOPOP (Gas)

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Artist:
Gas

Genre:
Electronic

Total Length:
71:12

Label:
Kompakt Germany

Purchasing Links:
CD, Vinyl, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Narkopop 1 (4:52)

2. Narkopop 2 (11:22)

3. Narkopop 3 (4:24)

4. Narkopop 4 (4:10)

5. Narkopop 5 (6:47)

6. Narkopop 6 (5:12)

7. Narkopop 7 (9:17)

8. Narkopop 8 (7:28)

9. Narkopop 9 (7:58)

10. Narkopop 10 (17:09)

11. Narkopop 11 (16:26)




ROBYN HITCHCOCK (Robyn Hitchcock)

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Artist:
Robyn Hitchcock

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
36:00

Label:
Yep Roc Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Robyn Hitchcock is the follow up to 2014's critically acclaimed The Man Upstairs. The new record was recorded in Nashville, Robyn's new home base in the US, and was produced by Robyn and Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs). This is the first time Robyn has made a full band album in the studio since 2008 and the record features a lot of key players, including Gillian Welch, Emma Swift, Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense), and Grant-Lee Phillips. The psych-rock influence is a callback to his days with The Soft Boys and his early solo albums.


TRACK LIST:

1. I Want to Tell You About What I Want (3:42)

2. Virginia Woolf (2:52)

3. I Pray When I'm Drunk (2:06)

4. Mad Shelley's Letterbox (3:38)

5. Sayonara Judge (5:55)

6. Detective Mindhorn (3:27)

7. 1970 In Aspic (3:13)

8. Raymond and the Wires (2:20)

9. Autumn Sunglasses (5:06)

10. Time Coast (3:41)




LIFE LOVE FLESH BLOOD (Imelda May)

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Artist:
Imelda May

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
44:05

Label:
Verve

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Imelda May has found a new groove, exploring blues, soul, gospel, folk, rock, acoustic, cinematic drama and explosive balladry. She is setting a new course with a collection of the boldest, most personal and intimately autobiographical songs she has ever written. May has long been admired by her peers in the music community, including Bono, who says of May, I love the girl she used to be but I think I love even more the woman she s become. Still mischievous and playful, still a siren, but there s an ache in her voice now that has me with a glass at my ear to the wall of her world where trouble has entered the room. There s an erotic power here that's not just feminine power. She makes truth telling an invitation to intimacy.

Imelda May has finally made the album she s always wanted to make. I've called it Life Love Flesh Blood because that encompasses everything, says Imelda. It's all in there: birth, sex, love, divorce and death. It's the story of my life.


TRACK LIST:

1. Call Me (3:27)

2. Black Tears [feat. Jeff Beck] (4:03)

3. Should've Been You (3:38)

4. Sixth Sense (4:14)

5. Human (3:40)

6. How BadCan A Good Girl Be (3:27)

7. Bad Habit (4:42)

8. Levitate (3:33)

9. When It's My Time [feat. Jools Holland] (5:16)

10. Leave Me Lonely (4:01)

11. The Girl I Used To Be (4:04)




GUPPY (Charly Bliss)

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Artist:
Charly Bliss

Genre:
Indie Rock

Total Length:
29:26

Label:
Barsuk Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: If it's true that listening to just the right record at just the right moment can psychically transport you to some other time and place, then Charly Bliss - an NYC band responsible for having crafted some of the finest guitar-crunched power pop this side of an old Weezer record with a blue cover - can pretty much turn any space into an adult-friendly version of your old teenage bedroom - a candy-scented safe space for extreme fits of happiness and angsty teen-level explosions of romantic ennui.

Though Charly Bliss has been a band for over half a decade, the path that led to their first full-length record, Guppy, has been anything but straightforward. As the story goes, the band officially started when front-woman Eva Hendricks and guitarist Spencer Fox, both just 15, crossed paths at a Tokyo Police Club show in New York City, but the ties within the band go much deeper than that. "It's kind of insane and hilarious," says Eva, "Sam is my older brother, so obviously we've known each other our whole lives, but all of us have been connected to each other since we were little kids. Dan Shure and I dated when we were in our early teens and he and Spencer went to summer camp together. Dan and I broke up years ago, but eventually he'd become our bass player. The reason we all get along so well has to do with the fact we share this ridiculous history. We are all deeply embedded in each other's lives."

After spending years playing shows in and around New York City, the band eventually released an EP (2014's Soft Serve) and scored opening gigs for the likes of Glass Animals, Darwin Deez, Tokyo Police Club, and Sleater-Kinney, as well as a touring spot for their own musical forebears, Veruca Salt.

The ten tracks that make up Guppy, Charly Bliss' sparkling full-length debut, show the band embracing all of their strengths - a combination of ripping guitars and irrepressible pop hooks, all delivered with the hyper-enthusiasm of a middle school cafeteria food fight. That every track is loaded front-to-back with sing/shout-worthy lyrics and ear worm melodies is a testament to the band's commitment to the art form of pop songwriting.


TRACK LIST:

1. Percolator (2:46)

2. Westermarck (3:12)

3. Glitter (3:14)

4. Black Hole (3:02)

5. Scare U (2:25)

6. Ruby (2:11)

7. DQ (3:19)

8. Gatorade (2:19)

9. Totalizer (2:33)

10. Julia (4:25)




YOUNG (Overcoats)

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Artist:
Overcoats

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
38:34

Label:
Arts&Crafts

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Father (1:46)

2. Smaller Than My Mother (3:17)

3. 23 (3:35)

4. Leave the Light On (3:19)

5. Hold Me Close (3:14)

6. The Fog (3:35)

7. Walk On (3:51)

8. Little Memory (2:58)

9. Siren (3:36)

10. Nighttime Hunger (2:48)

11. Kai's Song (4:02)

12. Mother (2:33)




DEATH SONG (The Black Angels)

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Artist:
The Black Angels

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
48:44

Label:
PTKF

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: The Black Angels – Austin’s psych rock masters – have confirmed details for their upcoming album, ‘Death Song,’ This will be the five-piece’s first full-length release in four years. Written and recorded in large part during the recent election cycle, the music on ‘Death Song’ serves as part protest, part emotional catharsis in a climate dominated by division, anxiety and unease. “Currency,” a strong contender for the heaviest song the band has ever put to wax, meditates on the governing role the monetary system plays in our lives, while slow-building psychedelic earworm “Half Believing” questions the nature and confusing realities of devotion. Recorded between Seattle and Austin, ‘Death Song’ features production from Phil Ek (Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, The Shins). The 11-track collection offers a sharply honed elaboration on their signature sound - menacing fuzz guitar and cutting wordplay, steeped in a murky hallucinatory dream. Since forming in Austin in 2004, The Black Angels have become standard-bearers for modern psych-rock, and the New York Times has said they “play psychedelic rock as if the 1960s never ended, and they are absolute masters of it”. The band has toured with Queens of the Stone Age, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Black Keys + more, and played festivals such as Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, Primavera, Harvest Fest, Coachella and Bonnaroo. Two of the band members co-founded Levitation Festival (formerly Austin Psych Fest) in 2008, which has since grown into one of the best-reviewed and expertly-curated festivals in the country.


TRACK LIST:

1. Currency (5:16)

2. I'd Kill for Her (3:37)

3. Half Believing (4:20)

4. Comanche Moon (4:51)

5. Hunt Me Down (3:53)

6. Grab as Much (as you can) (3:51)

7. Estimate (5:09)

8. I Dreamt (4:22)

9. Medicine (3:31)

10. Death March (3:24)

11. Life Song (6:30)




THANK YOU, FRIENDS: BIG STAR'S THIRD LIVE...AND MORE (Big Star’s Third)

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Artist:
Big Star’s Third Live

Genre:
Rock

Total Length:
90:37

Label:
Concord Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes


Product Description: Thank You Friends: Big Star's Third Live…and more celebrates the musical legacy of one of rock's most influential bands - Big Star - and their legendary THIRD album. Experience this classic of late '70s power pop through the prism of a collective of immensely talented fans, including members of Wilco, R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, and, of course, Big Star. Following the untimely death of Alex Chilton two days ahead of Big Star's SXSW performance in 2010, famous friends and fans came from far and wide to play the gig in his honor. Much of that spontaneous ensemble, along with other musical titans, assembled at Glendale, CA's ALEX Theatre in April 2016 to record and film an epic performance.

While the band may not be Big Star per se, the fabled group's sole surviving original member, Jody Stephens, heads an amazing cast, whose membership includes latter-day Big Star alumni Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of the Posies, R.E.M's Mike Mills, Let's Active's Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey of the dB's, and others.

Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Wilson of Semisonic, Benmont Tench from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jessica Pratt, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, and Skylar Gudasz are among the guests who were joined by a full chamber orchestra helmed by the Kronos Quartet, performing scores created directly from the original multi-track tapes from Ardent Studios for this event. Carl Marsh, who wrote the original orchestrations, conducted.


TRACK LIST:

Disc 1

1. Watch The Sunrise (Live) [feat. Pat Sansone] (4:22)

2. September Gurls (Live) [feat. Mike Mills] (2:49)

3. In The Street (Live) [feat. Brett Harris] (2:54)

4. Back Of A Car (Live) [feat. Ken Stringfellow] (2:28)

5. Thirteen (Live) [feat. Skylar Gudasz] (3:01)

6. Give Me Another Chance (Live) [feat. Dan Wilson] (3:09)

7. When My Baby's Beside Me (Live) [feat. Jeff Tweedy] (3:23)

8. I'm In Love With A Girl (Live) [feat. Pat Sansone] (1:46)

9. Feel (Live) [feat. Ken Stringfellow] (3:25)

10. The Ballad Of El Goodo (Live) [feat. Dan Wilson] (4:25)

11. I Am The Cosmos (Live) [feat. Chris Stamey] (4:10)

12. You And Your Sister (Live) [feat. Pat Sansone] (3:55)


Disc 2

1. Kizza Me (Live) [feat. Jeff Tweedy] (2:55)

2. O Dana (Live) [feat. Jon Auer] (2:23)

3. For You (Live) [feat. Jody Stephens] (3:16)

4. Nightime (Live) [feat. Jeff Tweedy] (3:42)

5. Jesus Christ (Live) [feat. Mike Mills] (2:57)

6. Take Care (Live) [feat. Ira Kaplan] (2:42)

7. Big Black Car (Live) [feat. Jon Auer] (5:12)

8. Blue Moon (Live) [feat. Jody Stephens] (2:20)

9. Stroke It, Noel (Live) [feat. Ken Stringfellow] (2:41)

10. Downs (Live) [feat. Robyn Hitchcock] (3:04)

11. Dream Lover (Live) [feat. Skylar Gudasz] (3:45)

12. Holocaust (Live) [feat. Django Haskins] (4:22)

13. You Can't Have Me (Live) [feat. Skylar Gudasz] (3:15)

14. Kanga Roo (Live) [feat. Brett Harris] (5:09)

15. Thank You, Friends (Live) [feat. Kronos Quartet] (3:07)




BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (Beatrice Rana)

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Artist:
Beatrice Rana

Genre:
Classical

Total Length:
77:30

Label:
Warner Classics

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes


Product Description: For her second Warner Classics release, young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana turns to a pinnacle of the solo keyboard repertoire and a composer she has described as “my first love”: Johann Sebastian Bach. Her interpretation of his epic Goldberg Variations bears out Le Monde’s judgement that “Beatrice Rana certainly has nothing left to prove when it comes to technique, but what makes an impression are her calm maturity and her sense of architecture,” and Gramophone’s that she is “a fully developed artist of a stature that belies her tender years.” Bach was the composer who most obsessed Beatrice Rana as a child, and in a recent interview with Pianist magazine, she confessed that it would be his music, and above all the Goldberg Variations, that she would choose if she had to devote her life to a single composer. As she said: “I’m very happy to be going back to Bach … It’s best to avoid Bach in competitions … you can’t expose yourself to be totally killed by the jury! But Bach is my first love; now I am allowed to play it in public and I’m really looking forward to that.”


TRACK LIST:

1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria (5:06)

2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: II. Variatio 1 a 1 clav (1:55)

3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: III. Variatio 2 a 1 clav (1:29)

4. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: IV. Variatio 3 Canone all Unisuono a 1 clav. (1:55)

5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: V. Variatio 4 a 1 clav. (1:04)

6. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: VI. Variatio 5 a 1 o vero 2 clav (1:22)

7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: VII. Variatio 6 Canone alla seconda a 1 clav. (1:19)

8. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: VIII. Variatio 7 A 1 O Vero 2 Clav. (2:16)

9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: IX. Variatio 8 a 2 clav. (2:03)

10. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: X. Variatio 9 Canone alla terza a 2 clav. (1:48)

11. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XI. Variatio 10 Fughetta a 1 clav. (1:32)

12. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988:XII. Variatio 11 a 2 clav. (1:52)

13. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: XIII. Variatio 12 Canone Alla Quarta (2:10)

14. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XIV Variatio 13 a 2 clav. (4:17)

15. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XV. Variatio 14 a 2 clav. (2:01)

16. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XVI. Variatio 15 Canone alla Quinta a 1 clav. (4:22)

17. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: XVII. Variatio 16 A 1 Clav. Ouvertura (3:22)

18. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: XVIII. Variatio 17 A 2 Clav. (2:02)

19. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XIX. Variatio 18 Canone alla sexta a 1 clav. (1:23)

20. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XX. Variatio 19 a 1 clav. (1:12)

21. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXI. Variatio 20 a 2 clav. (1:48)

22. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxii. Variatio 21 Canone Alla Settima A 1 Clav. (2:53)

23. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxiii. Variatio 22 A 1 Clav. Alla Breve (1:20)

24. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxiv. Variatio 23 A 2 Clav. (2:06)

25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXV. Variatio 24 Canone alla Ottava a 1 clav. (2:28)

26. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxvi. Variatio 25 A 2 Clav. (7:02)

27. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxvii. Variatio 26 A 2 Clav. (1:54)

28. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxviii. Variatio 27 Canone Alla Nona A 2 Clav. (1:53)

29. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxix. Variatio 28 A 1 Clav. (2:23)

30. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: XXX. Variatio 29 a 1 o vero 2 clav. (2:03)

31. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxxi Variatio 30 A 1 Clav. Quodlibet (1:46)

32. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988: Xxxii. Aria Da Capo E Fine (5:24)




CHOPIN: WORKS FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA (Jan Lisiecki)

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Artist:
Jan Lisiecki

Genre:
Classical

Total Length:
64:32

Label:
Deutsche Grammophon

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante In G Major / E Flat Major, Op. 22 - Andante spianato. Tranquillo - Semplice (4:38)

2. Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante In G Major / E Flat Major, Op. 22 - Grande Polonaise brillante. Allegro molto (9:12)

3. Chopin: Rondo À La Krakowiak In F Major, Op. 14 - Introduzione. Andantino quasi Allegretto - Allegro molto (2:18)

4. Chopin: Rondo À La Krakowiak In F Major, Op. 14 - Rondo. Allegro non troppo - Poco meno mosso (11:25)

5. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Introduzione. Largo - Poco più mosso (4:44)

6. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Tema. Allegretto (1:22)

7. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Var. I. Brillante (1:01)

8. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Var. II. Veloce, ma accuratamente (0:59)

9. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Var. III. Sempre sostenuto (1:13)

10. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Var. IV. Con bravuraZ (1:10)

11. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Var. V. Adagio (3:18)

12. Chopin: Variations On "Là ci darem la mano" From Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 - Coda. Alla Polacca (3:45)

13. Chopin: Fantasy On Polish Airs, Op. 13 - Largo non troppo (4:55)

14. Chopin: Fantasy On Polish Airs, Op. 13 - Air: "Już miesiąc zeszedl psy się uśpily" Andantino (2:45)

15. Chopin: Fantasy On Polish Airs, Op. 13 - Thème de Charles Kurpinski: Allegretto - Presto con fuoco - Lento quasi Adagio - Molto più mosso (4:11)

16. Chopin: Fantasy On Polish Airs, Op. 13 - Kujawiak. Vivace (3:04)

17. Chopin: Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. (4:32)








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