General Music Update Thread

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The 12 song Barry Manilow album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties will be released November 25th.

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A new Bruce Springsteen CD is reportedly due out in January around the same time as the presidential inauguration.

Richard Marx has two new albums coming out.

Emotional Remains is a modern rock album. The track listing is:

01. From The Inside
02. Better Or Worse
03. Part Of Me
04. Through My Veins
05. Save Me
06. Come Running
07. Flame In Your Fire
08. When November Falls
09. Take You Back
10. Over My Head
11. Done To Me
http://www.melodicrock.com/richardmarx-emotionalremains.jpg

Sundown is a pop album featuring both original material and cover songs and has 3 duets. The track listing is:

01. Have A Little Faith
02. First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
03. Suddenly (with Toni Braxton)
04. To My Senses
05. Wild Horses (with Jessica Andrews)
06. Loved
07. Can't Stop Crying
08. And I Love Her (with Vince Gill)
09. Always On Your Mind
10. In This All Alone
11. Everything I Want
http://www.melodicrock.com/richardmarx-sundown.jpg

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Blind Melon has split with their new singer. Details (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108531)

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The Daryl Hall and John Oates release Live At The Troubador is due out November 25th on Shout! Factory.

The Press release:

In May 2008, Daryl Hall & John Oates took the stage at the legendary Troubadour for the first time since playing their earliest Los Angeles shows there 35 years before. The best performances from this much anticipated two-night concert, which included hits such as “Maneater,” “Private Eyes,” “Rich Girl,” “Sara Smile” and “Kiss On My List,” will be made available in three formats – DVD, Blu-Ray, and a 1-DVD/2-CD combo, via Shout! Factory on November 25.

“John and I have a lot of great memories associated with performing at the Troubadour, since it was our first show in LA," said Daryl. "It's like going back to where it all began for us. We've always had an enthusiastic following in Los Angeles, and this is a chance for our fans to see us up close and personal in an intimate setting.”

Beyond the classic hits, the sold-out shows featured rarely performed fan favorites and deep album cuts, as well as Daryl Hall solo material, with the duo backed by a band comprised of longtime member T-Bone Wolk on guitar and vocals, Mike Braun on drums, Charles DeChant on sax, keys and vocals, Eliot Lewis on keys and vocals, Zev Katz on bass, and Everett Bradley on percussion and vocals.

The Live At The Troubadour concerts were filmed by Blaze TV with 10 remote-controlled HD cameras, allowing the viewer to experience the performance as if they were inside the crowded LA club. Although an abridged version of the show will be broadcast on VH1's Rave HD channel in late 2008, the Live At The Troubadour DVD will be the only way to catch performances of all of the songs, as well as exclusive new interviews with Hall and Oates.

Formed in Philadelphia in 1972, Daryl Hall & John Oates have enjoyed six #1 singles between the mid-70's and the mid-80's, including “Rich Girl” (also #1 R&B), “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (also #1 R&B), “Maneater” and “Out of Touch,” from their six consecutive multi-platinum albums*'76's Bigger Than Both of Us, '80's Voices, '81's Private Eyes, 82's H2O, 83's Rock N Soul, Part I and '84's Big Bam Boom. The era would also produce an additional 5 Top 10 singles, “Sara Smile,” “One on One,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Say It Isn't So” and “Method of Modern Love.”
Daryl also wrote the H&O single "Everytime You Go Away," which singer Paul Young scored a number-one hit with a cover of the song in 1985. That same year, Daryl and John, participated in the historic “We Are the World” session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. By 1987, the R.I.A.A. recognized Daryl Hall and John Oates as the Number-One Selling Duo in music history, a record they still hold today.

Daryl and John have recently been receiving recognition from younger artists including KT Tunstall, Gym Class Heroes and Finger Eleven, all of whom have appeared on Daryl's media and fan-praised web show, www.livefromdarylshouse.com, the captivating series that has been receiving kudos from Rolling Stone, Spin, Daily Variety and the influential Lefsetz Letter.

On May 20, 2008, the duo was honored with the Icon Award during BMI's 56th annual Pop Awards. The award has previously gone to the Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Ray Davies, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton.

CD Disc One: 1. Everything Your Heart Desires (Daryl Hall) 2. When The Morning Comes (Daryl Hall) 3. Family Man (Tim Cross/Rick Fenn/Mike Frye/Mike Oldfield/Morris Pert/Maggie Reilly) 4. Say It Isn't So (Daryl Hall) 5. It's Uncanny (Daryl Hall) 6. Had I Known You Better Then (John Oates) 7. She's Gone (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 8. Getaway Car (Gary Haase/Billy Mann) 9. Cab Driver (Louis Brown/Alan Gorrie/Daryl Hall)

CD Disc Two: 1. One On One (Daryl Hall) 2. Sara Smile (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 3. Maneater (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 4. Out Of Touch (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 5. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 6. Rich Girl (Daryl Hall) 7. Kiss On My List (Janna Allen/Daryl Hall) 8. You Make My Dreams (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 9. Abandoned Luncheonette (Daryl Hall) 10. Private Eyes (Sara Allen/Janna Allen/Daryl Hall/Warren Pash).

DVD Performances: 1. Everything Your Heart Desires 2. When The Morning Comes 3. Family Man 4. Say It Isn't So 5. It's Uncanny 6. Had I Known You Better Then 7. She's Gone 8. Getaway Car 9. Cab Driver 10. One On One 12. Maneater 13. Out of Touch 14. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 15. Rich Girl 16. Kiss On My List 17. You Make My Dreams 18. Abandoned Luncheonette 19. Private Eyes.
Extras: All New Interviews with Daryl & John.

http://www.melodicrock.com/HallandOates-3D.jpg

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A new Bruce Springsteen CD is reportedly due out in January around the same time as the presidential inauguration.


The album is due out January 27th via Columbia Records.

Here's the track listing:

01. Outlaw Pete
02. My Lucky Day
03. Working On A Dream
04. Queen Of The Supermarket
05. What Love Can Do
06. This Life
07. Good Eye
08. Tomorrow Never Knows
09. Life Itself
10. Kingdom Of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival

Bonus Tracks:

01. The Wrestler
02. A Night With The Jersey Devil

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Frontiers Records will release the Robert Berry CD The Dividing Line on December 5th.

01. The Dividing Line
02. One Good Man
03. Listen To The People
04. Faith
05. This Life
06. A Life Worth Living
07. Can't Let Go
08. I Gave You The Best Of Me
09. Young Hearts
10. Wait
11. Life Is On Fire
http://www.melodicrock.com/robertberry-thedividingline.jpg

Here's a Melodicrock.com CD Showcase (http://www.melodicrock.com/showcase/robertberry-thedividingline.html) of the album.

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Universal Republic will release the new Hinder CD Take It To The Limit November 4th.

Here's a review (http://www.rockislife.com/2008reviews/takeittothelimit.htm) of the album.

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A new Steve Perry compilation will be out in January 2009 under the Sony/Legacy "Playlist" series.

While the collection will feature new liner notes from Perry himself, there will be no new material, just songs from his two solo releases Street Talk and For The Love Of Strange Medicine.

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Tori Amos has signed a deal with Universal Republic. A new studio album is targeted for a late spring/early summer release.

[Deathstroke]

A new Steve Perry compilation will be out in January 2009 under the Sony/Legacy "Playlist" series.

While the collection will feature new liner notes from Perry himself, there will be no new material, just songs from his two solo releases Street Talk and For The Love Of Strange Medicine.

Here's the track listing:

1. Oh Sherrie
2. I Believe
3. Go Away
4. Foolish Heart
5. She's Mine
6. Against The Wall
7. Summer Of Luv
8. Melody
9. You Better Wait
10. For The Love Of Strange Medicine
11. Missing You
12. Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)
13. Strung Out
14. Don't Fight It

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Rod Stewart has a new compilation coming out on November 18th. The 2 disc 30 song set will be called The Definitive Rod Stewart and will include such songs as "Maggie May", "Stay With Me", "You Wear It Well", "Tonight's The Night", "Hot Legs", "Young Turks", "The Motown Song" and the previously unreleased "Two Shades Of Blue". The deluxe edition of the release will have a bonus DVD disc with 14 videos.

Here's an online review (http://www.rockislife.com/2008reviews/thedefinitiverodstewart.htm).

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Actor Jamie Foxx will have his new CD Intuition out December 16th on J. Records.

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Here's an interview with Chris Brown (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081213/music_nm/us_brown)

Former Mr. Mister singer Richard Page has a new website up at http://www.richardpagemusic.com/
You can check out the Xmas song "I Always Cry At Christmas" there. The song will be released via ITunes on December 15th.

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The new U2 album No Line On The Horizon will be out March 2nd internationally and March 3rd in North America.

The new Morrissey CD Years Of Refusal will be out February 2nd via Universal internationally and on February 17th in the US on Lost Highway Records.

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The new Kelly Clarkson single "My Life Would Suck Without You" is due January 19th at radio stations. Her new album is still untitled but is due out March 17th on RCA.

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The new India.arie album Love & Politics will be out February 10th, 2009 on Universal Republic.

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Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has officially left the group.

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The new Phil Vincent CD Passion & Pain came out January 6th. Check out Phil Vincent.com (http://www.philvincent.com/) for details and ordering information.

http://www.melodicrock.com/philvincent-passionandpain.jpg

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Actor/comedian Steve Martin will release the CD The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo on January 27th. The album is exclusively available through Amazon.com for the first 90 days. It features 14 original tracks and a cover medley.

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The new Elliott Yamin CD, still untitled, will be out May 5th on Hickory Records.

Booker T. Jones will have the solo CD Potato Hole out April 21st on Anti-Records.

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The first ever live DVD from Stevie Wonder Live At Last is due out March 10th via Universal Motown.

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The Daryl Hall and John Oates release Live At The Troubador is due out November 25th on Shout! Factory.

The Press release:

In May 2008, Daryl Hall & John Oates took the stage at the legendary Troubadour for the first time since playing their earliest Los Angeles shows there 35 years before. The best performances from this much anticipated two-night concert, which included hits such as “Maneater,” “Private Eyes,” “Rich Girl,” “Sara Smile” and “Kiss On My List,” will be made available in three formats – DVD, Blu-Ray, and a 1-DVD/2-CD combo, via Shout! Factory on November 25.

“John and I have a lot of great memories associated with performing at the Troubadour, since it was our first show in LA," said Daryl. "It's like going back to where it all began for us. We've always had an enthusiastic following in Los Angeles, and this is a chance for our fans to see us up close and personal in an intimate setting.”

Beyond the classic hits, the sold-out shows featured rarely performed fan favorites and deep album cuts, as well as Daryl Hall solo material, with the duo backed by a band comprised of longtime member T-Bone Wolk on guitar and vocals, Mike Braun on drums, Charles DeChant on sax, keys and vocals, Eliot Lewis on keys and vocals, Zev Katz on bass, and Everett Bradley on percussion and vocals.

The Live At The Troubadour concerts were filmed by Blaze TV with 10 remote-controlled HD cameras, allowing the viewer to experience the performance as if they were inside the crowded LA club. Although an abridged version of the show will be broadcast on VH1's Rave HD channel in late 2008, the Live At The Troubadour DVD will be the only way to catch performances of all of the songs, as well as exclusive new interviews with Hall and Oates.

Formed in Philadelphia in 1972, Daryl Hall & John Oates have enjoyed six #1 singles between the mid-70's and the mid-80's, including “Rich Girl” (also #1 R&B), “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (also #1 R&B), “Maneater” and “Out of Touch,” from their six consecutive multi-platinum albums*'76's Bigger Than Both of Us, '80's Voices, '81's Private Eyes, 82's H2O, 83's Rock N Soul, Part I and '84's Big Bam Boom. The era would also produce an additional 5 Top 10 singles, “Sara Smile,” “One on One,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Say It Isn't So” and “Method of Modern Love.”
Daryl also wrote the H&O single "Everytime You Go Away," which singer Paul Young scored a number-one hit with a cover of the song in 1985. That same year, Daryl and John, participated in the historic “We Are the World” session as well as closing the Live Aid show in Philadelphia. By 1987, the R.I.A.A. recognized Daryl Hall and John Oates as the Number-One Selling Duo in music history, a record they still hold today.

Daryl and John have recently been receiving recognition from younger artists including KT Tunstall, Gym Class Heroes and Finger Eleven, all of whom have appeared on Daryl's media and fan-praised web show, www.livefromdarylshouse.com, the captivating series that has been receiving kudos from Rolling Stone, Spin, Daily Variety and the influential Lefsetz Letter.

On May 20, 2008, the duo was honored with the Icon Award during BMI's 56th annual Pop Awards. The award has previously gone to the Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Ray Davies, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton.

CD Disc One: 1. Everything Your Heart Desires (Daryl Hall) 2. When The Morning Comes (Daryl Hall) 3. Family Man (Tim Cross/Rick Fenn/Mike Frye/Mike Oldfield/Morris Pert/Maggie Reilly) 4. Say It Isn't So (Daryl Hall) 5. It's Uncanny (Daryl Hall) 6. Had I Known You Better Then (John Oates) 7. She's Gone (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 8. Getaway Car (Gary Haase/Billy Mann) 9. Cab Driver (Louis Brown/Alan Gorrie/Daryl Hall)

CD Disc Two: 1. One On One (Daryl Hall) 2. Sara Smile (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 3. Maneater (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 4. Out Of Touch (Daryl Hall/John Oates) 5. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 6. Rich Girl (Daryl Hall) 7. Kiss On My List (Janna Allen/Daryl Hall) 8. You Make My Dreams (Sara Allen/Daryl Hall/John Oates) 9. Abandoned Luncheonette (Daryl Hall) 10. Private Eyes (Sara Allen/Janna Allen/Daryl Hall/Warren Pash).

DVD Performances: 1. Everything Your Heart Desires 2. When The Morning Comes 3. Family Man 4. Say It Isn't So 5. It's Uncanny 6. Had I Known You Better Then 7. She's Gone 8. Getaway Car 9. Cab Driver 10. One On One 12. Maneater 13. Out of Touch 14. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 15. Rich Girl 16. Kiss On My List 17. You Make My Dreams 18. Abandoned Luncheonette 19. Private Eyes.
Extras: All New Interviews with Daryl & John.

http://www.melodicrock.com/HallandOates-3D.jpg


Here's an online review (http://www.rockislife.com/2009reviews/liveathetroubadour.htm).

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Here's a video interview with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113979).

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The new Green Day CD 21st Century Breakdown is due out in May.

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The new Gavin Degraw album Free is due out March 31st.

Simple Minds has a new album called Graffiti Soul due out May 25th on Universal Music Records.
http://www.melodicrock.com/simpleminds-graffitisoul.jpg

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The new Black Eyed Peas album The E.N.D. is due out June 9th.

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Tuff Gong will release the Ziggy Marley children's album Family Time on May 5th.

[brookethom]

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The new Depeche Mode album Sounds Of The Universe will be out April 2nd.

Clay Aiken has split with RCA Records.

Singer Steven Page has left Barenaked Ladies.

The next Rick Springfield CD will be a collection of lullabies he wrote for his own family. It will be called My Precious Little One - Lullabies For A New Generation and it is due out May 5th on Gomer Records / DKE Records.

01. Don't Keep The Sandman Waiting
02. My Precious Little One
03. Another Rainy Night
04. Catch A Kiss
05. Say Goodnight
06. The Night Is A Friendly Color
07. Dreamtime Faeries
08. Sweet Dreams
09. Sleepy Children
10. Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire

http://www.melodicrock.com/rickspringfield-mypreciouslittleone.jpg

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The new Lionel Richie CD Just Go will be out May 19th on Island Records.

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The new Vanessa Williams CD will be called The Real Thing and it is due out June 2nd on Concord Records.

Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left Smashing Pumpkins.

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Elvis Costello will release the roots oriented CD Sugarcane on June 2nd through Hear Music. The album was recorded over three days in Nashville and produced by T Bone Burnett.

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Spandau Ballet has reformed for a tour.

[schwamp]

Local paper today has Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith and Joe Satriani teaming up for a CD and tour under the name of Chicken Foot. I would definitely check that out.

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Local paper today has Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith and Joe Satriani teaming up for a CD and tour under the name of Chicken Foot. I would definitely check that out.


Yep, that's going in the next update of the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal thread.

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Here's an interview with Radiohead's Ed O'Brien (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090328/music_nm/us_obrien_1)

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After two albums, Kelly Rowland has split with Columbia Records.

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The new Loverboy compilation Greatest Hits...The Real Thing is due out April 7th on Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
http://www.melodicrock.com/loverboy-therealthing-bestof.jpg

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The new Levon Helm album Electric Dirt will be out June 30th on Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records.

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The second solo album from Drive By Truckers' Patterson Hood will be called Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) will be out June 23rd on his own Ruth St. Records.

The new Tori Amos CD Abnormally Attracted To Sin is due May 19th on Universal Republic.

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Sadly, the Creed reunion tour is now official (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=118932).

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Maxwell will have a new CD called BLACKsummers'night out on July 7th.

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Here's an interview with Elliott Yamin (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_en_ot/us_music_elliott_yamin_1).

[Magnificent Bastard]

According to Melodicrock.com, Patty Smyth and Scandal are reuniting.

I love her voice. The biggest mistake she ever did was saying no to Eddie Van Halen.

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Here's an interview with Billy Joel (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090508/music_nm/us_billyjoel)

The new Dolores O'Riordan CD No Baggage is due August 21st on Cooking Vinyl.

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The new Dolores O'Riordan CD No Baggage is due August 21st on Cooking Vinyl.


The album will be out in the US on August 25th from Zoe/Rounder Records.

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Jay-Z has split with Def Jam Records.

The new Gov't Mule album By A Thread will be out July 28th.

[Dennis K]

I love her voice. The biggest mistake she ever did was saying no to Eddie Van Halen.


I'd say it was the smartest thing she ever did.

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The Woody Guthrie 4 CD 54 track box set My Dusty Road will be out August 25th via Rounder Records.

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The Black Crowes will release their new CD Before The Frost... on September 1st. You can read the details on that CD and a second CD release Details (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121630)

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posted in wrong thread.

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The new Collective Soul CD Collective Soul (Rabbit) is due out August 25th via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records.

01. Welcome All Again
02. Fuzzy
03. Dig
04. You
05. My Days
06. Understanding
07. Staring Down
08. She Does
09. Lighten Up
10. Love
11. Hymn For My Father

Sony will reissue the REO Speedwagon albums Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin' and Life As We Know It with 2009 remastering. The albums will be out in Japan on July 22nd and in the US and the rest of the world on July 28th.

The new Alice In Chains CD Black Gives Way To Blue is due out September 29th on Virgin Records.

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The new Mariah Carey CD Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel is due out August 25th on Island Def Jam.

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The Uncle Kracker CD Happy Hour is due out September 15th.

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The new Barbra Streisand album Love Is The Answer will be out September 29th on Columbia Records.

The new Daughtry CD Leave This Town will be out July 14th.

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The new Daughtry CD Leave This Town will be out July 14th.

Here's the artwork:

http://www.melodicrock.com/daughtry-leavethistown.jpg

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The new Ashley Tisdale CD Guilty Pleasure will be out July 25th on Warner Bros.

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Vibe magazine has been shut down.

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Guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have left Panic At The Disco to form their own project.

Panic at the Disco will continue.

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The new album from The Swell Season is called Strict Joy and will be out September 29th.

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The new Jordin Sparks CD Battlefield will be out July 21st.

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The new Whitney Houston CD I Look To You is due out September 1st.

The Bee Gees have 2 new releases due out this year celebrating their anniversary. The 4 CD box set Mythology and the 2 disc The Ultimate Bee Gees: The 50th Anniversary Collection.

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Nelly Furtado's new all Spanish CD Mi Plan is due out September 15th on her own Nelstar Music label.

Queen Latifah's new rap CD Persona is due out August 22nd on Flavor Unit Entertainment. Here's an interview (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090725/music_nm/us_latifah).

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The Backstreet Boys CD This Is Us is due out October 6th on Jive Records.

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Colin Hay has a new album called American Sunshine due out August 18th on Compass Music.
http://www.melodicrock.com/colinhay-americansunshine.jpg

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Here's an interview with Ashley Tisdale (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/en_nm/us_tisdale_qa_2).

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The new Robbie Williams CD Reality Killed The Video Star is due out November 9th on EMI Records.

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The new Alice In Chains CD Black Gives Way To Blue is due out September 29th on Virgin Records.

Here's the track listing:

01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue

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The new Train CD Save Me, San Francisco will be out October 27th.

http://www.melodicrock.com/train-savemesanfrancisco.jpg

[howyadoin]

Here's the track listing:

01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To BlueI really hope this lives up to their legacy.

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The new Alice In Chains CD Black Gives Way To Blue is due out September 29th on Virgin Records.

Here's the track listing:

01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue

Here's the artwork:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/aic_black.jpg

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Singer-songwriter/keyboardist Bill Champlin has left Chicago after 28 years with the band.

Phish will release the 10 track CD Joy on September 8th.

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The Hall & Oates 4 CD compilation Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates is due out October 6th in the US.

Disc: 1 -

1. Girl I Love You - The Temptones
2. I Need Your Love - The Masters
3. Say These Words Of Love - The Temptones
4. Perkiomen
5. I'm Sorry
6. Fall In Philadelphia
7. Waterwheel
8. Lilly (Are You Happy)
9. Had I Known You Better Then
10. Las Vegas Turnaround
11. She's Gone
12. You're Much Too Soon
13. Is It A Star
14. It's Uncanny
15. Love You Like A Brother
16. Lady Rain (Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, October 3, 1975, Previously Unreleased)
17. Beanie G. And The Rose Tattoo (Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, October 3, 1975, Previously Unreleased)
18. Better Watch Your Back (Live at the New Victoria T heatre, London, October 3, 1975, Previously Unreleased)
19. Abandoned Luncheonette (Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, October 3, 1975, Previously Unreleased)
20. When The Morning Comes (Live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, October 3, 1975, Previously Unreleased)

Disc: 2 -

1. Camellia
2. Sara Smile
3. Alone Too Long
4. Gino (The Manager) 2009 Remix (Previously Unreleased)
5. Ennui On The Mountain
6. Out Of Me, Out Of You
7. Back Together Again
8. Rich Girl
9. Crazy Eyes
10. Have I Been Away Too Long
11. August Day
12. It's A Laugh
13. I Don't Wanna Lose You (7" Remix)
14. Wait For Me
15. Time's Up (Alone Tonight)
16. The Woman Comes And Goes
17. How Does It Feel To Be Back
18. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
19. Kiss On My List
20. Everytime You Go Away (Live in Tokyo, Japan, 1996, Previously Unreleased)

Disc: 3 -

1. You Make My Dreams
2. Private Eyes
3. Head Above Water
4. Did It In A Minute
5. Your Imagination
6. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
7. Don't Go Out (Previously Unreleased)
8. Maneater
9. Family Man
10. One On One
11. Go Solo
12. Say It Isn't So
13. Adult Education
14. Out Of Touch
15. Method Of Modern Love
16. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
17. Possession Obsession (Live at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, May 23, 1985)
18. A Nite At The Apollo Live! The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl (Live at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, May 23, 1985) with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick.

Disc: 4 -

1. Everything Your Heart Desires (Video Mix)
2. Missed Opportunity
3. Keep On Pushin' Love
4. Storm Warning (Previously Unreleased)
5. Change Of Season
6. Starting All Over Again (Live in Tokyo, Japan, 1995, Previously Unreleased)
7. So Close (Live in Portland, OR, 2006, Previously Unreleased)
8. Do It For Love
9. Forever For You
10. Heartbreak Time
11. All The Way From Philadelphia (Previously Unreleased)
12. Have You Ever Been In Love (Demo, Previously Unreleased)
13. Me And Mrs. Jones (Live at John Jay College, New York, March 24, 2003)
14. I Want Someone (Live From Daryl's House, Previously Unreleased)
15. Do What You Want, Be What You Are (Live 2007, Previously Unreleased)
16. Dreamer ('72-'09 Redux, Previously Unreleased)

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[Deathstroke]

Here's lineup news (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125451) for Smashing Pumpkins.

Stephen Stills will have two releases out in the coming months:

Masassas - Pieces is a 15 song collection of outtakes and rarities. It is due out September 22nd.

The live CD/DVD set Live at Shepherd's Bush will be out October 27th.

[Deathstroke]

Here's an interview with Jason Mraz. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090820/music_nm/us_mraz)

The as yet untitled new album from Norah Jones will be out in November on Blue Note Records.

[Deathstroke]

Boston vocalist Kimberley Dahme will have her solo CD Can't A Girl Change Her Mind? out October 23rd on Escape Music.

01. Can't A Girl Change Her Mind?
02. Rock You Like A Baby
03. Lighthouse
04. You Make Me Believe
05. Something We Do
06. No Question
07. Jet Lag City
08. The Only Man
09. Love Don't Leave Me Now
10. It Takes Two To Fall
11. With You
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[Deathstroke]

The Barry White greatest hits compilation Number Ones is due out September 15th.

[Deathstroke]

Here's an interview with Alice In Chains vocalist/guitarist William DuVall (http://www.livedaily.com/news/20007.html).

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The new Melissa Etheridge CD Fearless Love will be out in March 2010.

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The new Alice In Chains CD Black Gives Way To Blue is due out September 29th on Virgin Records.

Here's an online review (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1791) of the album.

[Deathstroke]

A four disc Elvis Presley box set called Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight will be out December 8th on Legacy Recordings.

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The new Sade album Soldier of Love is due out February 8th, 2010 on Epic Records.

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The Creed DVD Creed Live will be out in stores on December 8th, the day after it premieres in theaters.

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The new Julian Lennon CD Everything Changes is due out in the summer of 2010.

[Elmira Nancy]

I like all types of music but mostly country because every person I know was raised and has raised me around it...Jazz. Because you'll find interesting/challenging chords changes and rhythm in Jazz.

[Deathstroke]

There's no title yet, but the new Rick Springfield CD will be out February 19th on Frontiers Records.

[Deathstroke]

John Waite will be releasing a live CD called In Real Time via No Brakes Records. There is no release date yet.

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The new Peter Wolf solo CD Midnight Souvenirs is due out April 6th, 2010.

Here's the press release:

"Midnight Souvenirs...the heartbeat of secret love behind closed doors...whispers in the dark long after the lights go down low...melodies drifting in from a downtown honky-tonk. It's the beginning...or the end...and anything goes.

'Midnight Souvenirs'...(Verve/UMe, April 6, 2010) Peter Wolf's seventh solo album, is a continuation of the singer-songwriter's distinctive and eclectic tales that brighten and interpret a world gone noir. Following in the tracks of Wolf's Sleepless, which was honored by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the '500 greatest albums of all-time,' the new collection gives hope to the love-wounded and promises 'there's still time for the midnight wine," even if "sometimes you heal, sometimes you're scarred."

Featuring duets with country legend and national treasure Merle Haggard, the soulfully transcending and dynamic Grammy award winner Shelby Lynne and the haunting and majestic voice of Neko Case, 'Midnight Souvenirs' integrates and embraces rock, R & B, blues, folk and country in a way that has distinguished Wolf's storied career. Measurable are his decades as the leader and frenzied focal figure of the J. Geils Band, with whom he showcased his talents on such hits as "Centerfold," "Freeze Frame," "Love Stinks" and "Musta Got Lost."

Wolf's musical roots precede rock and roll, and are personally entwined with friendships and performers such as the late Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin and Van Morrison. His talents have continued into the music of tomorrow with tours and on-stage antics with the Rolling Stones, U2, Kid Rock, and Bruce Springsteen.

'Midnight Souvenirs' was packed fair and square in the studio by Wolf and Kenny White, who also co-produced 'Sleepless' and 1998's 'Fools Parade,' celebrated as one of the "50 most influential albums of the '90s" by Rolling Stone Magazine. As on those two discs, the majority of the new songs were co-written with Oscar winner Will Jennings, whose pen yielded Eric Clapton's "Tears From Heaven," Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," and Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warens duet "Up Where We Belong." Also contributing to the album were songwriters Angelo Petraglia and Taylor Rhodes, whose songs have been recorded by Kings of Leon and Aerosmith.

The 14 songs on the album range from the country blues of "Tragedy" with Shelby Lynne and the hard-rockin' "The Night Comes Down," dedicated to the late Willie DeVille, to the bittersweet texture of "It's Too Late For Me" with Merle Haggard, and the punchline impact of vintage Philly roots R & B on "Overnight Lows." Wolf and Neko Case deliver an eternal bouquet on "Greenfields of Summer."

The timelessness of 'Midnight Souvenirs' spans decades and musical genres and travels into the after hours of silhouetted smoky clubs, as well as to the deep delta of America's South with its sounds of shake, rattle and roll.

"I never obsess about the commercial aspect of my music, just like with my artwork," says Wolf, also an accomplished painter whose art world connections have included Norman Rockwell, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and Director David Lynch.

"What matters is if the painting is interesting to keep or show to somebody." It's the same with the songs; you hope people will make an emotional connection. I absorb the influences and reshape them," he says. "The act of creation is what gives meaning to my life and keeps me going--in music and in art."

That passion was evident, as Wolf pursued the project in studios from Boston to New York to Los Angeles. Night after night of midnight wine and of setting the scenes for the melodies of lost love, backroom laments and new expectations.

Midnight Souvenirs...the black leather pants and high-topped boots that minutes ago walked the rain-splattered streets are now piled on an overstuffed chair. In the deep background is the love of love and the love of music. Hear these nocturnal souvenirs...in fourteen soul-stirring segments of sound.

'Midnight Souvenirs' track list:
1. Tragedy - with Shelby Lynne
2. I Don't Wanna Know
3. Watch Her Move
4. There's Still Time
5. Lying Low
6. The Green Fields Of Summer - with Neko Case
7. Thick As Thieves
8. I'm Always Asking For You
9. Leaves Us All Behind
10. Overnight Lows
11. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
12. Don't Try And Change Her
13. The Night Comes Down (for Willy Deville)
14. It's Too Late For Me - with Merle Haggard"

[Magnificent Bastard]

I'd say it was the smartest thing she ever did.

Well, yeah for own sanity and well being. But can you imagine VH songs being sung by her? A real singer for VH? That would have been glorious for us.

[Magnificent Bastard]

Singer-songwriter/keyboardist Bill Champlin has left Chicago after 28 years with the band.



WTF? Did he find a better gig after 28 yrs? I don't really care actually. I'm just curious what does a keyboardist do after 28 yrs with the same band.

[Magnificent Bastard]

s.

Stephen Stills will have two releases out in the coming months:



Is this some kind of a threat from Mr. Stills? I don't respond kindly to threats, my good man!

[Spike-X]

WTF? Did he find a better gig after 28 yrs? I don't really care actually. I'm just curious what does a keyboardist do after 28 yrs with the same band.
Retire and live off the royalties, I guess.

[Deathstroke]

The last Johnny Cash studio CD American VI - Ain't No Grave is due out February 26th.

[Deathstroke]

Glee actor Matthew Morrison will have his debut CD out in the fall of this year on Mercury Records.

[DonC]

Glee actor Matthew Morrison will have his debut CD out in the fall of this year on Mercury Records.


I'm surprised it took so long for one of the Glee cast to put out a CD.

[Deathstroke]

Frontiers Records will release the Alan Parsons CD/DVD Eye 2 Eye - Live in Madrid on March 19th in Europe and April 6th in the US.

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[Deathstroke]

The last jazz CD from the late Jeff Healey is called Last Call and it will be out April 6th in the US and Canada through Stony Plain Records.

A coinciding DVD entitled The Beautiful Noise is due out in Canada at the same time.

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The new Survivor studio album is reportedly titled Re-Entry.

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The John Waite live CD In Real Time will be out in Europe on May 14th via Frontiers Records.

01. Change
02. Back On My Feet Again
03. In Dreams
04. Every Time I Think Of You
05. Band Intro
06. Prelude
07. New York City Girl
08. Best Of What I Got
09. Missing You
10. Head First
11. Rock and Roll
12. When I See You Smile (Bonus Track)

[Deathstroke]

Frontiers Records will release the Alan Parsons CD/DVD Eye 2 Eye - Live in Madrid on March 19th in Europe and April 6th in the US.

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Here's a Melodicrock.com CD Showcase (http://www.melodicrock.com/showcase/alanparsons-liveinmadrid.html) for the album.

[Deathstroke]

The new Bo Bice CD 3 will be out May 18th through his own Sugar Money Records and distributed by Saguaro Road Records.

[Magnificent Bastard]

The new Bo Bice CD 3 will be out May 18th through his own Sugar Money Records and distributed by Saguaro Road Records.

I've always liked his potential as a singer. Just needs some good material I suppose.

[Deathstroke]

The new Christopher Cross CD Dr. Faith will be out in September.

Phil Collins will release an all-Motown covers CD called Going Back in September.

[Deathstroke]

Concord Music Group has bought Rounder Records, the home of Alison Kraus, Robert Plant, Bela Fleck, Steve Martin, Raffi and Willie Nelson.

[Deathstroke]

John Waite will be releasing a live CD called In Real Time via No Brakes Records. There is no release date yet.

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Here's a Melodicrock.com CD Showcase (http://www.melodicrock.com/showcase/johnwaite-inrealtime.html) for the album.

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The John Mellencamp CD No Better Than This is due out August 3rd.

The new Goo Goo Dolls CD Something For The Rest Of Us is due out in July.

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The new Marc Cohn CD Listening Booth: 1970 is due out July 20th.

The new Jerry Lee Lewis album Mean Old Man will be released September 7th.

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The new Bush CD Everything Always Now is tentatively due out in October.

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The new Steve Lukather solo CD All's Well That Ends Well is due out in the UK on October 11th.

The tracklisting is:

'Darkness In My World'
'On My Way Home'
'Can't Look Back'
'Don't Say It's Over'
'Flash In The Pan'
'Watching The World'
'You'll Remember'
'Brodie's'
'Tumescent'

[Deathstroke]

The new Alter Bridge CD AB III will be out October 8th from Roadrunner Records.

1. Slip To The Void
2. Isolation
3. Ghost Of Days Gone By
4. All Hope Is Gone
5. Still Remains
6. Make It Right
7. Wonderful Life
8. I Know It Hurts
9. Show Me A Sign
10. Fallout
11. Breathe Again
12. Coeur D'Alene
13. Life Must Go On
14. Words Darker Than Their Wings.

[Deathstroke]

Here's an interview with Pat Dinizio of The Smithereens. (http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewSmithereens.htm)

The new Huey Lewis & The News CD Soulsville is due out November 2nd on W.O.W. Records.

[DonC]

The new Alter Bridge CD AB III will be out October 8th from Roadrunner Records.

1. Slip To The Void
2. Isolation
3. Ghost Of Days Gone By
4. All Hope Is Gone
5. Still Remains
6. Make It Right
7. Wonderful Life
8. I Know It Hurts
9. Show Me A Sign
10. Fallout
11. Breathe Again
12. Coeur D'Alene
13. Life Must Go On
14. Words Darker Than Their Wings.


Cool. I thought the Creed reunion killed the infinitely superior Alter Bridge.

[Deathstroke]

The new Phil Collins CD Going Back will be out September 14th in the rest of the world and in North America on September 28th.

You can check out details and a brief interview with Collins HERE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100910/music_nm/us_collins).

[Deathstroke]

Big Country is reuniting with a new singer (Mike Peters) for four UK shows in January 2011.

Mr. Mister's 4th CD Pull will be out in October on singer Richard Page's label Little Dume. It was recorded in 1994.

[Deathstroke]

A new CD from John Waite is due in early 2011 in both Europe and the US.

[Deathstroke]

Pink's Greatest Hits...So Far! will be out on November 16th via LaFace/Jive Records.

[Magnificent Bastard]

Boston vocalist Kimberley Dahme will have her solo CD Can't A Girl Change Her Mind? out October 23rd on Escape Music.

01. Can't A Girl Change Her Mind?
02. Rock You Like A Baby
03. Lighthouse
04. You Make Me Believe
05. Something We Do
06. No Question
07. Jet Lag City
08. The Only Man
09. Love Don't Leave Me Now
10. It Takes Two To Fall
11. With You
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Anybody else read that and went...Boston? As in "More Than A Feeling" BOSTON? Then I realized oh, that she's from Boston. Which is like Meh. Might as well be from Cleavland.

Guys am I rite?

[Deathstroke]

Anybody else read that and went...Boston? As in "More Than A Feeling" BOSTON? Then I realized oh, that she's from Boston. Which is like Meh. Might as well be from Cleavland.

Guys am I rite?

No, she was a part of the group Boston.

[Deathstroke]

The new Eric Johnson CD Up Close will be out December 7th via his own Vortexan Music, with EMI distribution.

Track Listing:

1. Awaken
2. Fatdaddy
3. Brilliant Room (Malford Milligan -Vocal)
4. Texas (Steve Miller *Vocal, Jimmie Vaughan - Guitar)
5. Gem
6. Traverse
7. Austin (Jonny Lang - Vocal)
8. Soul Surprise
9. On The Way
10. Arithmetic
11. The Sea And The Mountain
12. Vortexan
13. A Change Has Come To Me
14. Change - Revisited
15. Your Book (Sonny Landreth - Guitar)


Inxs have revealed November 8 as the release date for their hotly-anticipated all-star Greatest Hits album, Original Sin. Two years in the making, Original Sin revisits all their best-loved tracks with the help of stars like Ben Harper, Rob Thomas, Tricky and on-again, off-again singer JD Fortune, who reinterprets The Stairs.

"We've re-invented these songs. Some have been done by an orchestra, some [are] stripped down and some tracks may take you [a while] to recognise what it is," Jon Farriss told Triple M's Home Brew earlier this year. It's INXS' unique way to pay tribute to songwriter Andrew Farriss and their legendary frontman, the late and great Michael Hutchence.

"We wanted to celebrate the songs, they're such great songs," drummer Jon Farriss says. "I think initially there was a mixed bag of emotions and feelings, which was probably a good thing because we realized how much the songs meant to us," Farriss continued. "But at the end of the day we started to realize that this is actually cathartic for us and it might be for everyone else as well."

The music world were equally moved. "Inxs' material, specifically Inxs' songs, set the table for singers," said Ben Harper. "In my opinion, they're any singer's dream songs to sing," Harper added. Covering, 'Never Tear Us Apart' is like covering 'Dock Of The Bay.' That is one of the greatest soul songs ever written."

Several of the artists who bravely stepped into Hutchence's shoes in the studio didn't make this record, like The Killers' Brandon Flowers and Vanessa Amorosi. The outtakes may one day surface on a second volume according to band insiders, but this is by no means confirmed. Young Aussie singer/songwriter Dan Sultan will not only be sharing the stage with the band at this year's ARIAs, he also sings his version of Just Keep Walking with the band.

“We put the track down between shows in London. The producer saw our last show and asked if [his songwriting partner/guitarist] Scott [Wilson] could play guitar on it," Dan says. "[Dan Sultan guitarist] Scott was blown away as he played a Telecaster that was apparently owned by the great Carl Perkins and later by Ray Davies of The Kinks. So, it was an Inxs song, [played on] Carl Perkins' guitar and recorded in a studio owned by Robbie Williams' producer," Sultan says. The unique stories behind each track will be revealed in due course.

Inxs Original Sin tracklist as follows:
1. Drum Opera - Jon Farriss
2. Mediate - feat. Tricky
3. Original Sin feat. Rob Thomas
4. Never Tear Us Apart - feat. Ben Harper & Mylene Farmer
5. Beautiful Girl - feat. Pat Monahan
6. New Sensation - feat. Deborah de Corral
7. Just Keep Walking - feat. Dan Sultan
8. To Look At You - feat. Kav Temperly
9. Mystify - feat. Loane
10. Don't Change - Andrew Farriss & Kirk Pengilly
11. The Stairs - feat. JD Fortune
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[Deathstroke]

Bryan Adams will be releasing a live album called Bare Bones.

"Bare Bones is the eleventh studio album from Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and was recorded during his acoustic 'Bare Bones Tour' in early 2010. The album features re-workings of songs from Adam's extensive back catalogue stripped back to just vocals and guitar, with the occasional backing by keyboardist Gary Breit. The album captures Adams at his most vulnerable and raw and breathes new life into some of his most popular songs.

Adams says he was inspired to re-record the tracks by his experience recording 'MTV's Unplugged' in the Nineties. So he began performing the re-worked songs during his live shows. 'As the tour rolled across the USA and Canada, many people were asking for a recording of the songs as they had just heard in the show. So in response to that, I decided to record a few shows to see if a recording was even interesting… I like the way the songs carry themselves warts and all, bare-boned, without the original arrangements of a full band or an orchestra. These recordings only have the voices and hand claps of the fans in the audience and the ambience of the room to lift them.'

Narrowing down the selection of songs was such a difficult task that Adams threw it open to his fans, who voted through Twitter and his official website. The Canadian-born singer-songwriter has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, garnered 21 top ten hits, and earned nominations for three Academy Awards and five Golden Globes."

Bare Bones track listing:
You've Been A Friend To Me
Here I Am
I'm Ready
Night To Remember
It Ain't A Party (If You Can't Come 'Round)
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Cuts Like A Knife
Please Forgive Me
Summer Of '69
Walk On By
Cloud Number 9
It's Only Love
Heaven
Right Place
The Way You Make Me
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
You're Still Beautiful To Me
Straight From The Heart
I Still Miss You...A Little Bit
All For Love

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[Deathstroke]

The new Charlotte Church album Back To Scratch will be out in early 2011.

[Deathstroke]

Mr. Mister's 4th CD Pull will be out in October on singer Richard Page's label Little Dume. It was recorded in 1994.

“Pull needed to be released, and it deserves to be heard because it's a really special record. There are a lot of Mr. Mister fans out there, and they deserve it, hardcore fans who loved our band.” (Richard Page, founding member of Mr. Mister)

After a 20-year wait, legions of loyal Mr. Mister fans around the world are buzzing over news of the official release of Pull, the band's previously unreleased fourth and final album from 1990. Subject of rumor and speculation for two decades (and shoddy, often partial bootlegs that have never done justice to the album's pristinely crafted sound), Pull will finally be available at online retail in digital form starting November 23, 2010 through RCA/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Physical CD packages of Pull will be available exclusively at MrMisterofficial.com and littledumerecordings.com.

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At the same time, two of Mr. Mister's classic albums, originally released on RCA, will also be available at online retail in digital form starting November 23 through RCA/Legacy. Out-of-print in this country for at least 15 years, the two albums are:
I Wear The Face (1984), the first Mr. Mister album, with their first Hot 100 chart single, “Hunters of the Night”; and Go On... (1987), the third album, with the Top 30 hit “Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)” and the Grammy nominated track, “Healing Waters.”

I Wear The Face and Go On... now rejoin Mr. Mister's legendary second album, Welcome To the Real World, with the career-defining consecutive #1 singles, “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie.” A consistent RIAA platinum catalog best-seller, Welcome To the Real World also enjoyed high chart success after its 1985 release in Austria, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and elsewhere.

As every fan of Mr. Mister knows, they evolved from the late-'70s Los Angeles-based group known as Pages, who released two albums on Epic Records. At the end of Pages' run, three of the members – bassist Richard Page, keyboardist Steve George, and principal lyricist John Lang – joined with guitarist Steve Farris and drummer Pat Mastelotto to form Mr. Mister. The two Pages albums, which were once issued on CD in Japan, will now join the two Mr. Mister albums as part of this reissue campaign. The self titled Pages debut album of 1978, and Future Street of 1979, will be available at online retail in digital form November 23 through Epic/Legacy.

After a near decade and a half hiatus from the spotlight, Richard Page released a new solo album in 2010, Peculiar Life, and recently concluded the “11th All-Star Band Tour,” a two-month, 32-concert tour with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Page joined a band that included Edgar Winter and Gary (“Dream Weaver”) Wright on keyboards, Rick Derringer and Wally Palmar (from the Romantics) on guitars, and Gregg Bisonette on [second] drums. Ringo graciously cameoed Page on “Broken Wings” and "Kyrie" as a nightly feature of the tour.

(The tour encompassed Ringo's 70th birthday at Radio City in New York, including a surprise appearance by fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, who sang “Birthday” from the White album. A gala party afterwards at the Rainbow Room was attended by Keith Richards and many other friends. Including Richard Page.)

In the March 1, 1986 issue of Billboard, RCA Victor recording group Mr. Mister joined an elite handful of contemporary artists who have charted – in the same week – a #1 album (their second LP, Welcome To the Real World) and its #1 single (“Kyrie,” follow-up to their #1 '80s rock anthem, “Broken Wings”). It was RCA's first chart-topping album in a decade, since Jefferson Starship and John Denver back in 1975; and the company's first consecutive #1 singles by an artist since Elvis Presley back in 1959-60-61. At the dawn of the MTV era, Mr. Mister was on top of the world – and gold and platinum around the world.

But in 1987, a so-called 'regime change' in senior management at RCA changed the picture, and Mr. Mister suffered. After Welcome To the Real World went to #1 and RIAA platinum, Go On… only rose to #55. Richard accepts part of the responsibility, “I may have made the mistake of thinking, 'Look, we've got everybody's attention now, we can do whatever we want.' But when I was growing up listening to music, the bands that I liked were always breaking new ground with every new record, and I thought that's what you were supposed to do.”

They eventually began to work on their next album, as the songwriting team of Page, Steve George and John Lang “Pulled” together. “It was just a matter of making the best music we possibly could,” says Page, “and satisfying ourselves first, figuring if we liked it, other people would like it, that was always our criteria for making records.” Lang was the main lyricist. “John had the real unusual take on life, a real poetic sense,” Page says. “He'd usually come in with the idea and I'd refine the lyrics. “George is a super accomplished musician, he's the kind of guy who can sit down and play piano like Bill Evans, or play a pop song – or classical. He's just one of those guys who has a broad, deep musical palette. The disparate musical distance between Steve and I is what made that interesting contrast of the simple melody with the complex harmonic structure and rhythmic thing. He loved jazz, we all loved Weather Report” (whose 1978 album, Mr. Gone, on Columbia Records, supposedly inspired Mr. Mister's name). Also, in the wake of the departure of Steve Farris after Go On…, Mr. Mister was able to work with a variety of guitarists, among them musician's musician Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin of Yes, and James Harrah, as well as Cuban percussionist Luis Conte. The other element was a reunion with producer Paul DeVilliers, who produced Welcome to the Real World, and engineer Kevin Killen who worked on Go On… “Paul is sonically very experimental and very pioneering,” says Page. “He just liked to try new and odd things, and he had great arrangement ideas, so he definitely had a lot to do with construction and arrangements of the songs and their sonic quality. Kevin mixed most of the album, he really understands space and e.q. and how to create a panorama.” The whole concoction described the essential chemistry of Mr. Mister. “That's really how we worked off each other and how we complemented each other.”

Their spirit, however, may have been too adventurous. In 1990, with new A&R and a new president, RCA rejected the “sneak previews” of tracks they heard from the new album by Mr. Mister. Despite the high level of craftsmanship in “Close Your Eyes,” “Waiting in My Dreams,” “We Belong To No One,” and “No Words To Say” (Page's autobiographic paean to growing up in the segregated Jim Crow deep South of Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s) – Pull was ultimately shelved. Mr. Mister disbanded that year, and the members went their separate ways. Page began recording as a solo artist and then collaborated in 3rd Matinee with Madonna's producer Patrick Leonard. Page and Leonard wrote Madonna's #2 hit of 1994, “I'll Remember,” but after Page released his solo album Shelter Me in 1996 (on Blue Thumb Records) he put his public career on hold. Steve George toured as Kenny Loggins' music director from 1990-96, and later worked with Jewel before leaving the industry and settling in Sedona, Arizona. One of the busiest drummers on the planet, Pat Mastelotto has been a member of King Crimson since 1994 (some 20 studio and live albums' worth), and works with bassist Tony Levin on many KC side projects. As for any long hoped-for Mr. Mister get-together happening, Page has the final word: “There's always a chance for a reunion, never say never.”

[Deathstroke]

The new Mike & The Mechanics album The Road will be out in April 2011.

[Deathstroke]

The new REM CD Collapse Into Now will be out in Spring 2011.

[Deathstroke]

A new CD from John Waite is due in early 2011 in both Europe and the US.

The album will be called Rough and Tumble.

[Deathstroke]

The new John Waite album will be called Rough and Tumble. It is due out in Europe via Frontiers Records on January 21st.

01. Rough & Tumble
02. Shadows of Love
03. Evil
04. If You Ever Get Lonely
05. Skyward
06. Sweet Rhode Island Red
07. Love's Goin' Out of Style
08. Better Off Gone
09. Further The Sky
10. Peace of Mind
11. Mr. Wonderful
12. Hanging Tree

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[Deathstroke]

The new John Waite album will be called Rough and Tumble. It is due out in Europe via Frontiers Records on January 21st.

01. Rough & Tumble
02. Shadows of Love
03. Evil
04. If You Ever Get Lonely
05. Skyward
06. Sweet Rhode Island Red
07. Love's Goin' Out of Style
08. Better Off Gone
09. Further The Sky
10. Peace of Mind
11. Mr. Wonderful
12. Hanging Tree

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You can check out the video of "Shadows of Love" HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOBtk6vpc0k&feature=player_embedded).

[Deathstroke]

The new Green Day live CD/DVD Awesome As F**k is due out March 22nd.

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Take A Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia, an 11 CD / 1 DVD box set will be out March 22nd.

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Escape Music are pleased to announce the release of the Paul Young album Chronicles on the 25th March.

Paul is sadly no longer with us, but this CD is a reminder to us all of what a hugely talented man he was. Paul will be remembered always for his recordings with Sad Cafe and, of course, Mike and the Mechanics, The album also features renowned musicians such as Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart of 10cc, Victor Emerson and Ian Wilson of Sad Cafe, and of course Paul Carrack and Mike Rutherford of Mike and the Mechanics.

Your Shoes will be released as a single on the 21st February.

Track Listing: 01 House Of Many Nations, 02 Your Shoes, 03 Grace Of God (Duet With Paul Carrack), 04 Loss Of Innocence, 05 Frozen Heart, 06 Two Wrongs, 07 Water Now The Seed, 08 Here Comes The Future, 09 Everything, 10 One Heart, 11 We Did Nothing Wrong, 12 I'm In Heaven Again, 13 Everyday Hurts Recorded Live with Mike and The Mechanics (bonus track with first pressing only).

Paul was born in South Manchester, England in June, 1947, and soon became a well-known and much loved “Wythenshawe lad”…
He formed his first group “Johnny Dark & the Midnights” in 1962 whilst still at school, and very quickly made a name for himself as a front man and lead singer… so much so that following an appearance at a local hall, he was invited to join the now legendary beat group “The Toggery Five”.

The early 1970's saw Paul as a solo artist signed to CBS records, before teaming up with Ian Wilson from “Greasy Bear” to form “Gyro” a popular local rock band on Manchester's buzzing live music scene… Gyro were later to become involved with a project led by composer/engineer/producer Davy Rohl, who put together Mandalaband and released two excellent albums featuring many Manchester musicians, including Paul and Ian. Gyro & Mandalaband joined forces around 1977 and became one of Manchester's best live bands Sad Café. The band released “Fanx Ta-Ra” in 1977 to critical acclaim, and an extensive catalogue of material was to follow, most of which was penned by Paul, and several singles which “Everyday Hurts” climbed to the top of the charts and albums emerged from Polydor/A&M/Chrysalis/ and other record labels until the band finally broke up following “Politics Of Existing” in the mid 1980's before he went on to join Mike Rutherford (Genesis), and become a full time member of Mike & The Mechanics in 1985.

Paul was to remain with Mike and the Mechanics with many hits under his belt and tour the world until his untimely death in July 2000, following sudden heart failure.

A few years after he passed away, unfinished material he had been working on was recovered from his home studio, a total of thirty five songs, some of which have since been carefully recorded and completed by musician friends and collaborators who had known and worked with him… so now, after more than ten years, we are to hear these “NEW” recordings for the very first time, will be released by ESCAPE MUSIC, which means that for Paul Young fans everywhere, the dream is still very much alive!

Produced by Alistair Gordon and Martin Kronlund.

'Grace Of God' duet with Paul Carrack / Guitars: Mike Rutherford, Martin Kronlund, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Michael byron Hehir, Victor Emerson, Ian Wilson / Keyboards: Alistair Gordon, Victor Emerson, Steve Pigott, Per Aronson, Paul Carrack, Eric Stewart / Bass: Des Tong, Martin Kronlund, Graham Gouldman / Drums: Dave Irving / Backing Vocals: Alistair Gordon, Carl Davis, Ian Wilson, Steve Butler, Sue Quin, Mark Menzies, Graham Gouldman / Saxophone: Lenni / Programming: Steve Pigott.

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The new Steve Earle CD I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive is due out April 26th on New West Records.

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...and now for the news I'm sure no one has been waiting for...Britney Spears will have her new CD Femme Fatale out in March.

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The first new Stevie Nicks studio album in 10 years, In Your Dreams will be out May 3rd.

You can check out a new John Waite audio interview HERE. (http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2011/john-waite)

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It doesn't have a title yet, but the new CD from The Foo Fighters will be out April 12th via Roswell/RCA.

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The new album from The Cars, Move Like This will be out May 10th.

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The new Lenny Kravitz CD Black and White America will be out in July.

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The new Mike & The Mechanics CD The Road will be out April 8th.

1. The Road
2. Reach Out (Touch The Sun)
3. Try To Save Me
4. Background Noise
5. I Don't Do Love
6. Heaven Doesn't Care
7. It Only Hurts For A While
8. Walking On Water
9. Hunt You Down
10. Oh No
11. You Can Be The Rock

http://www.melodicrock.com/mikeandthemechanics-theroad.jpg

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The new 3 Doors Down album Time of My Life is due out July 19th via Universal/Republic.

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The Richard Marx 3 disc career retrospective Stories To Tell will be out in May via an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart. It will have 2 discs of his hits and a concert performance on the third disc.

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No title yet, but the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD is due out the last week of August.

[Spike-X]

No title yet, but the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD is due out the last week of August.
Gee, I wonder what it'll sound like.

[Oskar Von Strange]

I bought their Stadium Arcadium CD when it came out. Thought it okay, just seemed a little too "mainstream"-if I can put it that way- for me, but anyways, I'm looking forward to checking out their new stuff.

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The new Barry Manilow album, his first original release in 10 years, will be the guitar driven pop album 15 Minutes. It is due out June 14th.

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The new Keb Mo CD The Reflection will be out August 2nd via Yolabelle International/Ryko/Warner Music Group.

[abbott]

Lady Gaga released a new single today - hair from the album Born this way

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Eagle Vision will release the Sheryl Crow DVD/Blu-Ray Miles From Memphis: Live At The Pantages Theatre June 7th.

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No title yet, but the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD is due out the last week of August.

The album will be called I'm With You. It's due out August 30th via Warner Bros. Records.

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Daryl Hall is working on his first solo album in 12 years. It is called Laughing Down Crying. It is due out this fall on Verve Records.

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The new Bush CD The Sea of Memories is due out September 13th.

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Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Beth Hart, known for her raw and powerful blues-rock sound, wraps her expressive vocals around classic soul covers on Don't Explain, an album that grew out of her friendship with the acclaimed Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. The album will be released in the UK and Europe on Monday 26th September by Provogue Records.

Produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Country Communion), Don't Explain is an intimate collection of hand-picked soul cover versions, as performed by celebrated artists, such as Gil Scott-Heron, Tom Waits, Etta James and Aretha Franklin.

'Don't Explain' – Album Track listing: 1. Sinner's Prayer (Ray Charles w/ B.B. King) 2. Chocolate Jesus (Tom Waits) 3. Your Heart Is As Black As Night (Melody Gardot) 4. For My Friend (Bill Withers) 5. Don't Explain (Billie Holiday) 6. I'd Rather Go Blind (Etta James) 7. Something's Got A Hold On Me (Etta James) 8. I'll Take Care Of You (Gil Scott-Heron) 9. Well, Well (Delaney & Bonnie) 10. Ain't No Way (Aretha Franklin).

Don't Explain perfectly combines Beth Hart's raspy soulful vocal with Bonamassa's unique guitar sound, Kevin Shirley, who has produced Bonamassa's last five albums, reflects on what it was like working with Beth for the first time - "Beth's got a pretty heady voice, very reminiscent of Janis Joplin, she's also got a lot of Etta James in her, but hadn't really accessed it. With this material, there is a gentleness to the way she delivers the most heartfelt tunes that she hasn't shown before. It's very cool, she's done a fantastic job."

Bonamassa and Hart had crossed paths on the road numerous times, and played many of the same festivals in Europe. In early 2010, Joe caught a show of hers in London - "It was killer," says Bonamassa - and suggested they do a project together sometime.

"I was up late one night, I couldn't sleep. I was playing songs on my iPod from the reissue of Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, which included all the opening acts from that Stones show," he recalls. "As soon as the Ike & Tina Turner tracks came on, I just said out loud, 'Beth Hart.' I emailed Kevin, saying, 'Let's do a soul covers record with Beth,' and he replied back, 'Actually, that's a great idea.'"

Clearly humbled by the recording process, Beth Hart adds "Going into the studio with the level of players there, including Joe of course, I really had to rise to the occasion. I couldn't do my best, I had to do better. That kind of focus was humbling, and it was great. We had such a good time making the record; I listened to all these songs over and over to learn them the best I could. I felt so much growth just by virtue of listening to these amazing singers. I hope some of those chops rubbed off."

To back Hart up, Bonamassa assembled the ace band that was heard on his 2009 #1 Blues album The Ballad of John Henry: Anton Fig (drums, percussion), Blondie Chaplin (guitar), Carmine Rojas (bass), and Arlan Scheirbaum (keyboards). The sound evolved into a simmering mix of soul, jazz, rock, and blues, with Hart's vocals confidently in the pocket of each and every groove. "Beth has been an absolute hidden gem," says Bonamassa. "She has a beautiful voice. She's a fantastic singer, a lovely person."

http://www.melodicrock.com/bethhartjoebonamassa-dontexplain.jpg

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The 3 disc box set from Sting, Sting: 25 Years, will be out September 27th. It covers his entire solo career.

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Bobby Kimball (ex-Toto) and Jimi Jamison (ex-Survivor) will release the album Kimball Jamison via Frontiers Records on October 14th in Europe and October 18th in North America.

The track listing isL


01. Worth Fighting For
02. Can't Wait For Love
03. Sail Away
04. Chasing Euphoria
05. Find Another Way
06. Get Back In The Game
07. I Did Everything Wrong
08. Shadows Of Love
09. Hearts Beat Again
10. We Gotta Believe
11. Kicking And Screaming
12. Your Photograph

The album will be released exclusively in a glossy DigiPack edition featuring a bonus DVD which includes: The Making of the Album (approx. 30 mins. documentary); Worth Fighting For (videoclip); Can't Wait for Love (videoclip)

http://www.melodicrock.com/kimballjamison.jpg

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Hiccup post

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Hiccup post again.

[Spike-X]

I wouldn't have thought it was worth posting once, let alone three times...

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I wouldn't have thought it was worth posting once, let alone three times...

Yeah, no chance it was a server hiccup. :D

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Blackmore's Night singer Candice Night will release her debut solo album, an adult contemporary CD called Reflections on September 27th.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/candicenightsolo.jpg

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The new Bush CD The Sea of Memories is due out September 13th.

Here's the unbelievably shitty artwork:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/bushsea.jpg

[Spike-X]

It'll go well with what I'm sure will be unbelievably shitty music.

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Andy Taylor's (ex-Duran Duran) new solo album will be called Motherload.

[the4thpip]

Carole King has posted two songs from an upcoming new album online:
http://snd.sc/ntQ8tN

http://snd.sc/n0dpzF

[sHayden]

It'll go well with what I'm sure will be unbelievably shitty music.

Correct. The song Sound of Winter or whatever it is called is pretty dreadful. He should just go back to being Mr. Gwen Stefani.

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Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the new live album from The B-52's on October 11th. It will be called With The Wild Crowd! - Live In Athens, GA.

1) Pump
2) Private Idaho
3) Mesopotamia
4) Ultraviolet
5) Give Me Back My Man
6) Funplex
7) Whammy Kiss
8) Roam
9) 52 Girls
10) Party Out Of Bounds
11) Love In The Year 3000
12) Cosmic Thing
13) Hot Corner
14) Band Intros
15) Love Shack
16) Wig
17) Planet Claire
18) Rock Lobster

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Ex-Toto singer Fergie Frederiksen will have his new solo CD Happiness Is The Road out October 14th in Europe and October 18th in North America via Frontiers Records.

The tracklisting:

Angel (Mirror To Your Soul)
Elaine
First To Cry
Follow Your Heart
Happiness Is The Road
I Still Believe In Love
Lyin' Eyes
Love Waits For No One
Writing On The Wall
The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
The One
The Saviour

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Here's an interview with ex-MTV VJ Nina Blackwood (http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewNINABLACKWOOD.htm).

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Here's an interview with Debbie Harry of Blondie (http://news.yahoo.com/minute-deborah-harry-talking-blondie-115605113.html).

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The new Bush CD The Sea of Memories is due out September 13th.

The album will be released in Europe via earMUSIC on October 28th.

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The R.E.M. "final" album release will be a 40 song compilation called R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011. It's due out from Warner Bros. Records on November 15th. A new song called "We All Go Back To Where We Belong" will be at radio and on sale on October 18th.

[the4thpip]

Gladys Knight re-recorded the classic Leiber/Stoller power ballad "I Who Have Nothing" over 30 years after she included it on her second solo album.

An EP with 3 dancey remixes is available at iTunes and amazon

http://www.amazon.com/I-Who-Have-Nothing/dp/B005P39OOU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317234362&sr=301-1

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The R.E.M. "final" album release will be a 40 song compilation called R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011. It's due out from Warner Bros. Records on November 15th. A new song called "We All Go Back To Where We Belong" will be at radio and on sale on October 18th.

Two other new songs will be on the disc as well. They are "A Month of Saturdays" and "Hallelujah".

[Spike-X]

There's word of a new Bruce Springsteen album set for release in November. Hopefully it will be better than his last one, which was disappointing to say the least.


Bruce Springsteen's 'Arcade At Night' Set For November 8 Release On Columbia Records

Bruce Springsteen's new album 'Arcade At Night' has been set for November 8 release on Columbia Records. 'Arcade At Night' was recorded with current and former members of the E Street Band including Steven Van Zandt, David Sancious and Roy Bittan. 'Arcade At Night' features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus one bonus track written in memory of Saxophonist, Clarence Clemons, who was lost from complications of a stroke in June 2010. It is the first collaboration between Springsteen and Ron Aniello, who produced and mixed the album.

'Arcade At Night' Song Titles:

1. Beneath The Floodgate
2. Arcade At Night
3. Stuck
4. Times Two
5. Turned Away
6. You'll Never Know
7. Figure It Out
8. Lost Soldiers
9. Caravan
10. Dead Of Night
11. Out Of Tune
12. Wake Me Up

Bonus track:
Bigger Than Life

'Arcade At Night' is Bruce Springsteen's twenty-fifth album and was recorded and mixed at Thrill Hill Recording* in Colts Neck, NJ with additional recording in New York City and Los Angeles.

Interesting to see founding E Street Band member David Sancious on board for this one.

* 'Thrill Hill Recording' is just a fancy name for Bruce's house.

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Cool news Spike!

[Spike-X]

Disregard the above. It seems I've been led astray by some fiendish prankster.

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Disregard the above. It seems I've been led astray by some fiendish prankster.

Ahhh okay Spike...disregarding now in process.

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Bobby Kimball (ex-Toto) and Jimi Jamison (ex-Survivor) will release the album Kimball Jamison via Frontiers Records on October 14th in Europe and October 18th in North America.

The track listing isL


01. Worth Fighting For
02. Can't Wait For Love
03. Sail Away
04. Chasing Euphoria
05. Find Another Way
06. Get Back In The Game
07. I Did Everything Wrong
08. Shadows Of Love
09. Hearts Beat Again
10. We Gotta Believe
11. Kicking And Screaming
12. Your Photograph

The album will be released exclusively in a glossy DigiPack edition featuring a bonus DVD which includes: The Making of the Album (approx. 30 mins. documentary); Worth Fighting For (videoclip); Can't Wait for Love (videoclip)

http://www.melodicrock.com/kimballjamison.jpg

You can check out the video/song form "Worth Fighting For" Via This Youtube Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_XVZQ6GfDk&feature=player_embedded)

The Youtube link for "Can't Wait For Love" is HERE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-pAgDgQdm0&feature=player_embedded)

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It is being reported that Heavy D died today at the age of 44.

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Atlantic Records will release the new Shinedown CD Amaryllis on March 27th.

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The new Bonnie Raitt CD Slipstream is due out April 10th.

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The new Bruce Springsteen album Wrecking Ball is due out March 5th.

Track Listing:

01. We Take Care of Our Own
02. Easy Money
03. Shackled and Down
04. Jack of All Trades
05. Death to My Hometown
06. The Depression
07. Wrecking Ball
08. You've Got It
09. Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Live
12. Swallowed Up (iTunes Bonus Track)
13. American Land (iTunes Bonus Track)

http://www.melodicrock.com/brucespringsteen-wreckingball.jpg

[Spike-X]

The first single, We Take Care Of Our Own, has been released. It's all over YouTube, if anyone wants to check it out.

It sounds pretty good. If the rest of the album is of similar quality, I'll be happy paying money for it.

No, it's not going to be another Born To Run or Darkness On The Edge Of Town. We're not going to get another Born To Run or Darkness. But if we can get another album of similar quality to The Rising or Magic (let's not talk about Working On A Dream), I can live with that.

[Spike-X]

Rolling Stone has previews of four of the songs off the new album (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/listen-four-songs-from-bruce-springsteens-new-album-wrecking-ball-20120119), in some fashion. Three of them - Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams, and American Land - have been played on tour in the past, but never been officially released as studio recordings.

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Mark Tremonti (Creed/Alter Bridge) will release his debut solo album All I Was in the spring.

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The new Norah Jones CD Little Broken Hearts is due out in the spring.

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The Jack White solo CD Blunderbuss is due out April 24th.

[Spike-X]

The Jack White solo CD Blunderbuss is due out April 24th.
This is relevant to my interests!

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The new Candlebox CD Love Stories & Other Musings is due out April 3rd. It will contain 9 new songs plus 5 re-recordings of classic tracks like "Far Behind" and "You".

The new Wilson Phillips CD Dedicated is due out April 3rd via Sony Masterworks.

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The new Counting Crows album Underwater Sunshine is due out April 9th.

[Spike-X]

Bruce Springsteen just gave the keynote speech at SXSW.

Watch it here. (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21123958)

Bruce's speech starts at around 5:10.

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The new Smashing Pumpkins CD Oceania is due out June 19th via EMI Label Services / Caroline Distribution / Martha's Music.

[Melanieshaman]

Atlantic Records will release the new Shinedown CD Amaryllis on March 27th.

And it's incredible! So mature, socially conscious, and just a great album!

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The new Candlebox CD Love Stories & Other Musings is due out April 3rd. It will contain 9 new songs plus 5 re-recordings of classic tracks like "Far Behind" and "You".

Here's the cover art:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/candleboxlove.jpg

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Here's an interview with Lionel Richie (http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1683111/lionel-richie-cmt-insider-interview.jhtml).

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The new Linkin Park CD Living Things is due out June 26th via Machine Shop Recordings / Warner Bros.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/linkinliving.jpg

[MantisToboggan]

Jack White is streaming his new album Blunderbuss on iTunes. It's really good...like...really good.

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Susanna Hoffs will self-release her new solo album Someday due July 17th.

The new Blues Traveler CD Suzie Cracks The Whip is due out June 26th via 429 Records.

Track Listing:

1) You Don't Have To Love Me
2) Recognize My Friend
3) Devil In The Details
4) All Things Are Possible
5) Things Are Looking Up
6) Love Is Everything (That I Describe)
7) Don't Wanna Go (feat. Crystal Bowersox)
8) Nobody Fall In Love With Me
9) Cover Me
10) Saving Grace
11) Big City Girls
12) Cara Let The Moon

[Spike-X]

Jack White is streaming his new album Blunderbuss on iTunes. It's really good...like...really good.

I'm looking forward to this like you wouldn't believe.

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Frontiers Records is honoured to welcome Richard Marx to the label for the exclusive release of Inside My Head - a 2 CD album set featuring rare and new material along with new recordings of his greatest hits - on June 1 in Europe. The first single Wouldn't Let Me Love You will be released digitally on May 1 and can be exclusively streamed in full on the Frontiers Records webradio www.frontiers.it/webradio. A video clip is in the works.

A gifted singer and consummate songwriter Richard Marx has left a powerful mark on the music industry over the past 20 years. With 30 million records sold, 3 Grammy Awards nominations, a Grammy Award for “Song of the Year” and an American Music Award nomination for favourite male singer Marx, who has written fourteen #1 songs and had thirteen US #1 songs on the Billboard charts, has remained a fixture on pop and adult contemporary radio for years.

Marx was the first male solo artist in history to have his first 7 singles reach the top 5 on Billboard's singles chart, including the 1 hits “Hold On to the Nights,” “Satisfied” and the worldwide classic “Right Here Waiting.” This feat remains unchallenged. He has also emerged as a first rate producer working with some of the biggest names in the music business including *NSYNC, Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Kenny Rogers, Sarah Brightman, Lara Fabian, Sister Hazel and The Tubes among others. More recently, he has written and produced records for Daughtry, Leann Rimes, Emerson Drive, Natalie Cole, Keith Urban, Kenny Loggins, Michael Bolton and actor Hugh Jackman.

The first CD of the Inside My Head set is a new studio record. It features two bonus tracks as well as collaborations with some of the most talent singer songwriters in the business including Chris Daughtry (“Had Enough” and “On The Inside”), Chad Kroeger of Nickelback (who also co-wrote “On The Inside”), Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon (who played and co-wrote “Always on Your Mind”), Jason Wade of Lifehouse (who co-wrote “Had Enough”, also released by his band on “Smoke and Mirrors”), Fee Waybill of The Tubes (“Come Running”), Dann Huff (co-producer and guitarist on “Loved”) and many others.
Marx said: “I'm excited to be putting out a new release in Europe. My fans there have been incredibly loyal and I hope they like this new music and I hope to be back over touring there soon.”

The second, bonus CD contains amazing new versions of 12 of Marx's greatest hits, including “Right Here Waiting”, “Angelia”, “Don't Mean Nothing” and “Keep Coming Back”.

Marx added: “I wanted to have new recordings of my classic tracks because, while they were all fun to revisit and sing and play again, in a few cases I felt they needed some updating. After playing these songs live for so many years I wanted to incorporate some of the ways the songs have evolved but still retain what people seemed to like about them to begin with.”

Inside My Head will be released in a lavish DigiPack edition and will include the following songs:

CD 1: Had Enough; Wouldn't Let Me Love You; Like Heaven; On The Inside; Through My Veins; Always On Your Mind; Loved; Come Running; All Over Me; Scars; Done To Me; Over My Head; Part of Me.

CD 2: Don't Mean Nothing; Should've Known Better; Endless Summer Nights; Keep Coming Back; Take This Heart; Hold On To The Nights; Angelia; Hazard; Too Late To Say Goodbye; Satisfied; Right Here Waiting; When You Loved Me

http://www.melodicrock.com/richardmarx-insidemyhead.jpg

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The new Smashing Pumpkins CD Oceania is due out June 19th via EMI Label Services / Caroline Distribution / Martha's Music.

Here's the track listing:

01. Quasar
02. Panopticon
03. The Celestials
04. Violet Rays
05. My Love Is Winter
06. One Diamond, One Heart
07. Pinwheels
08. Oceania
09. Pale Horse
10. The Chimera
11. Glissandra
12. Inkless
13. Wildflower

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/smashingoceania.jpg

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The new Limp Bizkit CD will be called Stampede of the Disco Elephants.

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The new Rick Springfield CD will be called Love Songs For The End Of The World.