New Music Friday: Dec. 6, 2024
This Week's New Releases, Reissues + More
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NEW RELEASES
Tori Amos | “Diving Deep Live” (Double CD; recorded during her Ocean to Ocean Tour throughout 2022 and 2023, backed by bassist/musical director Jon Evans and drummer Ash Soan; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Decca)
AURORA | “What Happened to the Heart?” (Norwegian alt-pop singer’s fourth album; new single: “Animal Soul”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on June 7; On Tour; Glassnote)
DeWolff | “Muscle Shoals” (Dutch psychedelic rock band’s 10th album, recorded at FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama; producer: Ben Tanner; new single: “In Love”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group)
Interpol | “Live at Third Man Records” (Digital; captured live-to-acetate at Third Man’s Blue Room venue in Nashville in June; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour; Third Man)
Jamey Johnson | “Midnight Gasoline” (country singer-songwriter’s sixth album and first in 14 years; producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys, Dave Cobb; the first of his Cash Cabin Series, a collection of albums recorded at the famed studio in Hendersonville, TN, that was owned by Johnny and June Carter Cash and is now owned by their son, John Carter Cash; guest: Randy Houser; new single: “Someday When I’m Old”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Opaque Blue Jay Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Nov. 8; Apple Music; On Tour; Big Gassed Records / Warner Music Nashville)
Dua Lipa | “Dua Lipa Live From the Royal Albert Hall” (Double CD – U.K. version; recorded on Oct. 17, joined by the 53-piece Heritage Orchestra, conductor Ben Foster, guest Elton John on “Cold Heart,” a 14-member choir, and a seven-piece band; CD and Double Vinyl out in U.S. on Jan. 17, 2025; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Warner)
Jesse Malin | “Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin” (Double CD; 27-track tribute and benefit album, with all proceeds going to Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello, Bleachers, Tommy Stinson, the late Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Counting Crows, Dinosaur Jr., The Wallflowers, Spoon, Susanna Hoffs, Frank Turner, Rancid, et al; new single: “Prisoners of Paradise”; Hear here; See here; Triple Vinyl released on Oct. 25; Download released on Sept. 20; Apple Music; Glassnote)
Cory Marks | “Sorry For Nothing” (Canadian country rock singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Kevin Churko, Kile Odell, Andrew Baylis; guests: Sully Erna, Mick Mars, Travis Tritt, DL of Bad Wolves; Red Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Better Noise Music)
Lauren Mayberry | “Vicious Creature” (CHVRCHES singer’s debut solo album; producers: Dan McDougall, Ethan Gruska, Matthew Koma; new single: “Crocodile Tears”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Island)
Anaïs Mitchell & Hadestown Original West End Cast | “Hadestown: Live From London” (Digital; recorded at Lyric Theatre on Aug. 25; cast includes Dónal Finn as Orpheus, Grace Hodgett Young as Eurydice, Zachary James as Hades, Melanie La Barrie as Hermes, et al; CD out Dec. 20; Rough Trade; Amazon UK; Apple Music; Sing It Again)
Angel Olsen | “Cosmic Waves Volume 1” (Digital; compilation of new original songs by other artists and Olsen’s covers of those artists, featuring Poppy Jean Crawford, Coffin Prick, Sarah Grace White, Maxim Ludwig and Camp Saint Helene; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; somethingscosmic / Jagjaguwar)
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz | “Wicked (Original Motion Picture Score)” (Digital; opened in theaters on Nov. 22; “Wicked Part Two” is scheduled to arrive in theaters in November 2025; Trailer; Cinemark Showtimes; Merch; Republic)
ROSÉ | “rosie” (Blackpink member’s debut solo album, co-writing and co-producing the 12-song project; new single: “number one girl”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with one premium cover postcard, 11 postcards, two photocards and one poster; Other Versions; Retail Exclusive; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive CD, with postcards; Target-Exclusive CD, with deluxe packaging; Walmart-Exclusive CD, with deluxe packaging; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; The Black Label / Atlantic)
Sister Hazel | “Sand, Sea & Crash Debris” (Florida rock band’s 13th album; producers: Ben Jackson, Sister Hazel; new single: “Lay Your Worry Down”; Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Rock Ridge Music)
TWICE | “Strategy” (K-pop group’s 14th mini album; Target-Exclusive CD, with additional photocard; Target-Exclusive Peppermint Vinyl; Download; Merch; JYP Entertainment)
Various artists | “The Henry Mancini 100th Sessions: Henry Has Company” (all-star tribute to the legendary pianist-composer, who would have turned 100 on April 16; producer: Gregg Field; contributors: Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Lizzo, The Royal Philharmonic, Herbie Hancock, John Williams, The L.A. Philharmonic, et al; first single: “Peter Gunn”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on June 21; Apple Music; Primary Wave Music)
Lucinda Williams | “Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” (12 covers from the latest edition of her “Lu’s Jukebox” cover series; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour; Highway 20)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again | “I Just Got a Lot On My Shoulders” (Digital; his seventh album; new single: “Never Stopping”; See here; Apple Music; Motown)
REISSUES + MORE
Alter Bridge | “One Day Remains (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Digital; 2004 debut album, featuring “Open Your Eyes” and “Find the Real”; with a bonus track, “Save Me,” and five unreleased live songs recorded at Phase One Studios in Toronto on March 28, 2005; Hear here; Double Vinyl out March 7, 2025; Craft Recordings / Concord)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity | “5 Classic Albums” (three-CD digipack includes “A Tear to a Smile,” “Mystic Voyage,” “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” “Vibrations” and “Lifeline”; Read here; Amazon UK; Robinsongs / Cherry Red)
Joshua Bell | “Complete Decca Recordings” (14-CD box set; Bell became music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011 and has extended his contract through August 2028; On Tour; Eloquence Australia)
The Blasters | “Over There: Live At The Venue, London – The Complete Concert” (1982 album; with 13 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download; Liberation Hall)
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | “Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking” (20-disc box set, featuring the band’s remastered original albums, plus demos, rehearsals, outtakes, backing tracks, BBC sessions, live recordings, etc., along with three DVDs of TV performances and 148-page hardback coffee table book; Madfish)
Mariah Carey | “Merry Christmas (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Digital; 1994 album, featuring “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has sold more than 16 million physical copies; with newly remastered version of her 1994 St. John of the Divine concert; Double Vinyl and Zoetrope Vinyl out Dec. 13; On Tour; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
Sabrina Carpenter | “Fruitcake” (six-song holiday EP, released digitally in 2023; Fruit Punch Vinyl, 12-inch EP; Green Cassette; On Tour; Merch; Island / UMe)
Flamin’ Groovies | “Let It Rock: Live From The San Francisco Civic Center 1980” (featuring classic Groovies core of Cyril Jordan, George Alexander, and Chris Wilson, recorded just as the band’s contract with Sire Records had expired; with three bonus tracks; Download; Liberation Hall)
Hozier | “Unreal Unearth: Unending” (Double CD; 2023 album; includes all 16 original albums tracks, plus 10 songs never-before available on CD, including his global smash hit “Too Sweet”; Tooth White Triple Vinyl; Raw Ochre Vinyl, containing the 10 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Rubyworks / Columbia)
Bob James and David Sanborn | “Double Vision” (SACD Hybrid Multi-Channel; 1986 album, featuring guests Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, Steve Gadd, Paul Jackson Jr., Paulinho Da Costa and Eric Gale, with production by Tommy LiPuma; Grammy winner for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental; Hear here; Evosound)
Al Jarreau | “Wow! Recorded Live In Performance At The Childe Harold” (August 1976 concert in Washington, D.C., previously unreleased and originally recorded for WHFS radio; Hear here; Resonance)
B.B. King | “B.B. King In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival” (previously unreleased concert performance; restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, transferred from the original tape reels; Deep Digs / Elemental Music)
Iain Matthews | “Thro’ My Eyes: The Vertigo Years 1970-1974” (five-CD, 102-song box set, including three full albums, live recordings and 37 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Lemon / Cherry Red)
Melanie | “Take Me Home – Live at the Troubadour 1969” (recorded just before her Woodstock performance; Vinyl; Cleopatra)
Laura Nyro | “Hear My Song: The Collection 1966-1995” (19-CD box set contains 10 studio albums, six live albums, two previously unreleased concerts and rarities, with coffee table book, featuring a foreword by Elton John and testimonials from other artists, and photographs; remastered; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Madfish)
Luciano Pavarotti | “O Holy Night” (17-track collection of festive music, recorded with National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Decca)
The Rolling Stones | “Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush” (Double CD; June 8, 1999, surprise show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire for a crowd of 1,800 fans, with guest Sheryl Crow; Double CD + Blu-ray; 4K Ultra HD; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Mercury Studios)
Roxette | “Crash! Boom! Bang! (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1994 album, featuring “Sleeping In My Car,” the title track and “Fireworks”; includes the original album, with bonus tracks and a second disc of demo recordings of songs considered for the album; White and Black Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Parlophone)
Various artists | “Lazy Days: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1975” (three-CD, 65-track compilation of hits, misses, cult classics and key album tracks, featuring Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, Roxy Music, 10cc, Electric Light Orchestra, Sweet, David Essex, Ace, John Miles, et al; Read here; Amazon UK; Grapefruit / Cherry Red)
Nancy Wilson | “You’re As Right As Rain: The Capitol Albums (1970-1980)” (12 original albums on seven CDs, with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; SoulMusic Records / Cherry Red)
VINYL RELEASES
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