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The Pretty Things: Introducing the Pretty Things [5/21]

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Rosalyn; Judgement Day; Roadrunner; Honey, I Need; Don't Bring Me Down; You Don't Believe Me; Get the Picture?; Come See Me; L.S.D.; Death of a Socialite; Sun, The; Photographer; Defecting Grey; Talk...
Artists: The Pretty Things

Liner Note Author: Mark St. John....continue...

Willy Moon: Here's Willy Moon [5/21] *

CD / Interscope (USA) / 2013-05-21

Artists: Willy Moon

A New Zealand wannabe pop idol who samples Wu-Tang Clan, has moves like Elvis, covers Little Willie John and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (while gleefully ripping off the Yardbirds), Willy Moon doesn't fit i...continue...

Ariana Grande: The Way [Single] [5/21]

CD / Republic / 2013-05-21

Artists: Ariana Grande

Katatonia: Introducing... *

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Dead Letters; Nephilim; Idle Blood; Forsaker; July; Soil's Song; Evidence; Walking by a Wire; Criminals; Clean Today; Tearbas; Dispossession; Right Into the Bliss; In Death, a Song; Cold Ways; I Brea...
Artists: Katatonia

Bobby Darin: The Essential Bobby Darin: 15 Original Hits [5/21]

CD / Spring Hill Music / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Beyond the Sea; Dream Lover; Mack the Knife; Splish Splash; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Things; Queen of the Hop; Artificial Flowers; Irresistible You; Clementine; You Must Have Been a Beauti...
Artists: Bobby Darin

This 15-song set collects some of Bobby Darin's early hits, including his classic versions of "Dream Love," "Mack the Knife," and "Splish Splash." ~ Steve Leggett...continue...

Pendragon: Introducing...

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Kowtow; Voyager, The; Breaking the Spell; Paintbox; Masters of Illusion; If I Were the Wind (and You Were the Rain); Wishing Well: For Your Journey, The; Wishing Well: Sou' By Sou'West, The; Wishing ...
Artists: Pendragon

Jimmy Cliff: Icon

1 CD / UMe / 2013-05-14

Tracks: You Can Get It If You Really Want; Vietnam; Wild World; Many Rivers to Cross; Wonderful World, Beautiful People; Give a Little, Take a Little; Hello Sunshine; Sufferin' in the Land; Hard Road to Trav...
Artists: Jimmy Cliff

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is certainly one of the icons of the genre, so this Icon collection of some of his brightest moments is a fantastic starting point for anyone curious about his extensive oeuv...continue...

Queensrÿche: Icon

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Silent Lucidity; Jet City Woman; Another Rainy Night; Bridge; Sign of the Times; I Am I; Empire; I Don't Believe in Love; Best I Can; You; Eyes of a Stranger
Artists: Queensrÿche

Queensrÿche aren't exactly a band whose forte is the single. Nevertheless, they racked up quite a few in the late '80s and early '90s, and 11 of them are collected on the 2013 compilation Icon. "...continue...

Culture Club: Icon *

CD / Virgin / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me; Karma Chameleon; Time (Clock of the Heart); Church of the Poison Mind; I'll Tumble 4 Ya; Miss Me Blind; It's a Miracle; Move Away; War Song, The; Mistake Number 3; Vict...
Artists: Culture Club

A truly terrific budget-line collection, Culture Club's installment in Universal's Icon series contains all of the band's hits. Every one of the MTV staples are here -- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,...continue...

The Boxer Rebellion (UK): Promises [Digipak] *

CD / Absentee Recordings / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Diamonds; Fragile; Always; Take Me Back; Low; Keep Moving; New York; Safe House; You Belong to Me; Dream; Promises
Artists: The Boxer Rebellion (UK)

Personnel: Stephen G. Schwartz (strings).

Audio Mixer: Billy Bush.

Recording information: Red Razor Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA; The Exit Room, London.
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Simple Minds: Icon *

CD / Virgin / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Don't You (Forget About Me); Alive and Kicking; Sanctify Yourself; Promised You a Miracle; Stand By Love; All the Things She Said; She's a River; Glittering Prize; Belfast Child; See the Lights; Brok...
Artists: Simple Minds

The 2013 Universal compilation Icon chronicles Simple Minds' time as hitmakers, with a slight emphasis on songs that crossed over to America. Naturally, the whole thing kicks off with "Don't You (Forg...continue...

Grand Funk Railroad: Icon *

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: We're an American Band; Some Kind of Wonderful; Loco-Motion, The; Bad Time; Shinin' On; Walk Like a Man; Footstompin' Music; Mean Mistreater; Inside Looking Out; Rock & Roll Soul; Closer to Home (I'm...
Artists: Grand Funk Railroad

The 2013 compilation Icon contains the basics from Grand Funk Railroad: "We're an American Band," sure, but also "The Loco-Motion," a live "Mean Mistreater," "Some Kind of Wonderful," "Shinin' On," "F...continue...

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Icon [Clean] *

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Higher Ground; Fight Like a Brave; Behind the Sun; Me and My Friends; Backwoods; True Men Don't Kill Coyotes; Fire; Get Up and Jump; Knock Me Down; Under the Bridge; Show Me Your Soul; If You Want Me...
Artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers

The 2013 collection called Icon is simply a retitled, "rebranded" version of 1992's What Hits? It's a good collection of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' time at Capitol/EMI -- i.e., the years before they b...continue...

George Thorogood (Vocals/Guitar): Icon *

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Bad to the Bone; I Drink Alone; Willie and the Hand Jive; Gear Jammer; If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave); Who Do You Love?; Treat Her Right; I'm a Steady Rollin' Man; One Bourbon, One Sco...
Artists: George Thorogood (Vocals/Guitar)

George Thorogood's installment in Universal's Icon series serves up 11 basics, beginning with the obligatory "Bad to the Bone" and then running through '70s and '80s hits from Thorogood & the Destroye...continue...

PJ Morton: New Orleans *

CD / Cash Money / 2013-05-14

Tracks: New Orleans; Only One; Never Get Over You; Heavy - (featuring Adam Levine); Hard Enough; Work It Out; Trade It All; First Sight; Always Be; Go Alone; Motions
Artists: PJ Morton

Recording information: Dogwood Recording. Conyers, CA; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; Fever Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Fly Nerd Studios, Los Angeles, CA.

Photographer: Steven Taylor ...continue...

Billy Squier: Icon *

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Everybody Wants You; Stroke, The; Rock Me Tonite; In the Dark; Learn How to Live; My Kinda Lover; All Night Long; Emotions in Motion; Lonely is the Night; Don't Say You Love Me; She Goes Down
Artists: Billy Squier

All of Billy Squier's big hits -- "The Stroke," "Lonely Is the Night," "My Kinda Lover," "Don't Say You Love Me," "Rock Me Tonite," "Emotions in Motion" -- are featured on this 11-track budget-line co...continue...

Heart: Icon *

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Barracuda; Heartless; What About Love; Never; These Dreams; Alone; Nothin' at All; Straight On; All I Wanna Do; Magic Man; Crazy on You
Artists: Heart

Universal's 2013 compilation Icon concentrates on Heart's big '80s hits, adding live versions of "Barracuda" and "Straight On" to balance it out. Also, there are studio versions of "Magic Man" and "Cr...continue...

Jah Cure: World Cry

CD / SoBe Entertainment / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Nothing Is Impossible; Can't Wait; Co-Sign; Before I Leave; Unconditional Love; Only Vice; Choose Up - (featuring Jazmine Sullivan); Me Miss; Like I See It - (featuring Mavado); World Cry; Reach Out;...
Artists: Jah Cure

Photographer: Julien Gaspar....continue...

Social Unrest: New Lows *

1 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Colossal Sleep; Wolf Hole; Reverse Cocktail; Flood; Girl Called Kill; Sheer Heart Attack; Blood Star; Cheater; Authobiography of an Ulcer; After After
Artists: Social Unrest

Social Unrest includes: Jason Honea (vocals); Creetin Chaos (bass).

Personnel: Mark Monti (vocals, drums); Creetin K-Os, Jason Honeaetc (vocals); Danny Norwood (guitars).

Audio Mixers: K...continue...

Ozric Tentacles: Introducing...

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Velmend; Spiral Mind; Og-Ha-Be; Sniffing Dog; Sunscape; Iscence; Throbbe, The; Kick Muck; 0-1; Sploosh!; Bizarre Bazaar; Strangeitude; White Rhino Tea; Jurassic Shift; Vita Voom; Sunhair; Myriapod; S...
Artists: Ozric Tentacles

Liner Note Author: Richard Allen....continue...

Various Artists: Idols Singing Idols

CD / Interscope (USA) / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Yesterday - Angie Miller; I Who Have Nothing - Candice Glover; Flying Without Wings - Burnell Taylor; With a Little Help from My Friends - Kree Harrison; Amazed - Paul Jolley; Moment Like This, A - A...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Russell Graham (guitar, keyboards); Brady Cohan (guitar); Rex Hardy Jr. (drums); Roland Garcia (percussion); Antonio Sol, Neka Brown, Jessica Magbitang (background vocals).

Audio Mix...continue...

Don Omar: El Rey

DVD Video / Music Video Distribution / 2013-05-07

Artists: Don Omar

My Dying Bride: Introducing...

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Snow In My Hand, The; Cry of Mankind, The; Kiss To Remember, A; Sear Me III; My Hope, The Destroyer; Scarlet Garden, The; My Wine In Silence; To Remain Tombless; My Body, a Funeral; Bring Me Victory;...
Artists: My Dying Bride

Darkthrone: Introducing Darkthrone

2 CD / Recall / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Cromlech; Green Cave Float; In the Shadow of the Horns; Inn I De Dype Skogers Fabn; Skald Ab Satans Sol; Triumphant Gleam; Blackwinged; To the Death (Under the King); Command; Rust; Sacrificing to th...
Artists: Darkthrone

Ten Bright Spikes: Astro Stukas

1 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Norse; Your Breathing Doll; Vertical Brando; Spleen; King of Sweden; Dogstar; Ten Bright Spikes; 000,000; Plumflower: Prayer for the Night/Ghost-Shirt/Waterghost
Artists: Ten Bright Spikes

The Ten Bright Spikes includes: Jason Honea (vocals); Nicky Garratt (guitar, piano); Lovely Previn (violin); Jacek Ostoya (viola, bass); Dave Air, Mario Pietryga (drums)....continue...

Hogan's Heroes: 101/3 Fists & A Mouthful *

1 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-05-07

Tracks: That One; Sprayed Against the Wall; Lies; 101; Standing Alone; Corporate Life; Self Defense; Spider Bite; One Intent; Bleeding Blind; Scram
Artists: Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes: Skip (vocals); George Barberio (guitar, bass, drums); Daryl "The Doctor" (guitar); Johnny (bass); Brian (drums).

Producers: George Barberio, Ryk Oakley, Hogan's Heroes.

R...continue...

Hands (Los Angeles): Synesthesia

CD / Kill Rock Stars / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Trouble; Videolove; Elegant Road; Brave Motion; Game Is Changing Us, The; House of Jars; Lonesome Body; Kinetic; Nothing But Animals; Take It All
Artists: Hands (Los Angeles)

It often seemed like virtually every 2010s indie band was just as able with sequencers and synths as they were with guitars and drums. Hands, which began as the project of Geoff Halliday and Ryan Swee...continue...

Os Mutantes: Fool Metal Jack [Digipak] *

1 CD / Krian Music Group / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Dream Is Gone, The; Fool Metal Jack; Picadilly Willie; Ganja Man; Look Out; Eu Descobri; Time and Space; To Make It Beautiful; Once Upon a Flight; Into Limbo; Bangladesh; Valse LSD
Artists: Os Mutantes

Personnel: Dinho Leme, Henrique Peters, Bia Mendes, Vinicius Junqueira, Vitor Trida, Sergio Dias.

Audio Mixer: Sergio Dias.

Photographers: Eric Mendes; Beta Klein; Lourdes Dias.

W...continue...

The Airborne Toxic Event: Such Hot Blood *

1 CD / Island (Label) / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Secret, The; Timeless; What's in a Name?; Storm, The; Safe; Bride & Groom; True Love; This Is London; Fifth Day, The; Elizabeth
Artists: The Airborne Toxic Event

Audio Mixer: Jacquire King .

Recording information: Blaclbird Studio D, Nashville, TN; The Bank, Los Angeles, CA.

Illustrator: Alex Haldi.

Photographer: Alex Haldi.

After t...continue...

Meta & the Cornerstones: Ancient Power [Digipak] *

CD / VP / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Roaring Lions; Mayan River; Price of Everything; Tijahni; Lonliest People; Beloved Africa; Anywhere For Love; Without Heart; Rooftop; Silence of the Moon; Bahia; Bound To Glory; Mankind; Ancient Powe...
Artists: Meta & the Cornerstones

Recording information: Mercy Sound Studios, New Yrok, NY; Mondays/HC & F Studios, Freeport, NY; Tuff Gong Studioa, Kingston, Jamaica....continue...

Loudmouths: The Loudmouths *

1 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Saki To Me; No Guts; Rough House; Rockin' at the Rollerderby; Rev It Up & Go; Hands Up!; Pay the Price; Wash 'N' Dry (There's a Cat in the Dryer); Kick Her Out; Tura; Quick Mechanic; Pornstar; Told Y...
Artists: Loudmouths

Recording information: Big Rehab Studios, San Francisco, CA (1994).

Photographers: Kelly Walker; Michael Day ; Fletcher Fleudejon; Tony Transplant; Rick Seger; Lara Hata.

The Loudmouths ...continue...

Marco Iacobini: The Sky There'll Always Be [Digipak]

1 CD / Muso / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Great Rush, The; Where the Angels Come Down; Smoky Club's Blue Light; Red Sunset On L.a.; A Cup of Shred Wine, Pt. 1; Sunny Day With You; 18f; A Cup of Shred Wine, Pt. 2; Sky There'll Always Be, The;...
Artists: Marco Iacobini

Hot Rain: Hot Rain [Digipak] *

1 CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2013-04-23

Tracks: We Dem People; Crazy Woman; Acquaintance - (featuring J Boog); So Pure; Heavyweight Love; Take A Breath; Cuz I'm; Love; Get Together; Sister Love; Jah Message; Internatonal Lover; Interlude; Song A S...
Artists: Hot Rain

Personnel: Carl Noa (vocals, guitar); Jorell Nacapuy, Chris Rod (vocals, keyboards); Crystal Nakamaejo (vocals); Rockford Holmes (saxophone); Eldred Ahlo (trumpet); Brandon Hudson (trombone); Leslie L...continue...

Various Artists: Thin Lizzy/U.F.O.: As Performed By

2 CD / United Audio Entertainment / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Boys Are Back in Town, The - Doogie White/Lea Hart/Nicky Moore/Steve Grimmett/Steve Overland/Bernie Shaw; Jailbreak - Doogie White/Lea Hart/Nicky Moore/Steve Grimmett/Steve Overland/Bernie Shaw; Kill...
Artists: Various Artists

Both influential in their own right, Thin Lizzy and UFO get paired up to have their songs reworked on the double tribute album Top Musicians Play Thin Lizzy & UFO. Featuring artists like Steve Overlan...continue...

Leroy Justice: Above the Weather [Digipak]

1 CD / Elm City Music / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Up on the Mountain; Blue Eyed Blues; New Island, A; Watch Him Fall; Worry; Heroine; Before I Die; So Long; Two Trees; Row Boat
Artists: Leroy Justice

Personnel: Joseph Miraglia, Germaine Gallagher (vocals); S. Marshall (piano, organ); Mr. Taps (percussion).

Audio Mixer: John Siket.

Recording information: Dicton's Bakery, Kingston, PA;...continue...

Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart [PA]

1 CD / Xtra Mile Recordings / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Recovery; Losing Days; Way I Tend to Be, The; Plain Sailing Weather; Good & Gone; Tell Tale Signs; Four Simple Words; Polaroid Picture; Fisher King Blues, The; Anymore; Oh Brother; Broken Piano
Artists: Frank Turner

Personnel: Frank Turner (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Ben Lloyd (electric guitar, background vocals); Matt Nasir (mandolin, accordion, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, orga...continue...

Samiam: Billy

1 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Don't Break Me; Well; Head Trap; Pith, The; Go Away; Why Where When; Regret; Get Out; Conditions; Hey Brother; Homeboy; Ten Feet Tall; At the Bottom
Artists: Samiam

Personnel: Jason Beebout (vocals); James Brogan, Sergie Loobkoff (guitar); David Ayer (drums).

Recording information: Razors Edge, San Francisco, CA (01/1992).

Photographer: Steve Caruso...continue...