New Music Friday: Nov. 29, 2024

This Week's New Releases + Reissues 🦃

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NEW RELEASES

Charley Crockett | “Visions of Dallas” (Chapter II of his 2024 album “$10 Cowboy”; producers: Billy Horton, Bruce Robinson, Crockett; Hear here; Vinyl; Download released on July 22; Apple Music; On Tour; Son of Davy)

Walker Hayes | “Christmas Vacation” (Amazon-Exclusive CD; five-song EP; producer: Shane McAnally; Hear here; See here; Download released on Nov. 1; Apple Music; Monument / RCA)

Il Volo | “Ad Astra (International Edition)” (11 original songs, plus five previously unreleased tracks, including a duet with soprano Pretty Yende; new single: “Capolavoro [English version]”; Hear here; Sony Masterworks)

the innocence mission | “Midwinter Swimmers” (their 13th album and first since 2020; new single: “This Thread Is a Green Street”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; Thérèse Records / Bella Union)

Juice WRLD | “The Party Never Ends” (late rapper’s fifth and final album; new single: “Album AGATS2 [Insecure]”; See/Read here; Apple Music; Merch; Interscope)

Greg Koch | “Blues” (live recordings with Larry McCray, Jimmy Hall, Memphis Horns, Roscoe Beck and Malford Milligan; Download; Apple Music; Create)

Bear McCreary | “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season Two” (Double CD; Amazon Original Series Soundtrack; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Black and Gold Galaxy Double Vinyl out Dec. 20; Download released on Aug. 23; Mutant)

Sunroof | “Electronic Improvisations Vol. 3” (third album from Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones; new single: “Ensnare”; Hear here; Apple Music; Mute)

Sweet | “Full Circle” (British rock band’s 15th and final studio album; Purple Vinyl; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Sept. 20; Apple Music; On Tour; Metalville)

Various artists | “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023” (six-disc box set; two-day concert at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, featuring Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Santana, Roger McGuinn, The Wallflowers, Los Lobos, John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Eric Gales, H.E.R., Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, The Marcus King Band, John McLaughlin, et al; Vinyl, six-LP box set; Amazon UK; Audio DVD; Download; Rhino)

Wilco | “Hot Sun Cool Shroud” (six unused but revisited tracks from their “Cousin” album sessions in 2023; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on June 28; Apple Music; dBpm Records)

¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) | “Vultures 1” (guests: Travis Scott, Freddie Gibbs, Quavo, Playboi Carti, Lil Durk, Chris Brown, et al; Marbled Double Vinyl; Cassette; Download released on Feb. 10; YZY)

REISSUES

Dave Brubeck | “Classic ‘Live’ Albums 1952-54” (three-CD, 35-song collection drawn from his Fantasy Records live albums “Jazz at Storyville,” “Jazz at the Blackhawk,” “Jazz at Oberlin,” “Brubeck & Desmond at Wilshire Ebell,” “Jazz at the College of the Pacific” and “Jazz Goes to College”; Acrobat)

Bullet For My Valentine | “The Poison (20th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 debut album; remastered, with bonus material and a “Live at Brixton” performance; Transparent Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; On Tour; Merch; Legacy)

Echo & The Bunnymen | “What Are You Going to Do With Your Life? (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1999 album; remastered, with B-sides, alternative takes and live versions; Transparent Clear Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Orange Rust Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; London)

Françoise Hardy | “Françoise Hardy En Vogue Best of 1962-1967” (24 tracks on one CD; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Disques Vogue / Sony)

Leo Sayer | “1992” (previously unreleased album, recorded between 1992-94; mastered by his mix engineer, John Hudson; new single: “Wonderworld”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour; Edsel / Demon Music Group)

Nancy Sinatra | “Sugar” (1967 album, featuring “Sugar Town”; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) + “Country, My Way” (1967 album, featuring “Jackson”; remastered, with five bonus tracks, including “You Only Live Twice”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Light in the Attic)

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes | “Live at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey – December 30, 1978” (featuring Steven Van Zandt on guitar; Triple Vinyl and Yellow Marbled Triple Vinyl out Dec. 6; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Renaissance)

Sparks | “Kimono My House & Propaganda (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Triple CD; 1974 albums, featuring “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us,” “Amateur Hour” and “Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth”; with a bonus CD containing demos, unreleased tracks, live takes and B-sides; Edsel / Demon Music Group)

Regina Spektor | “Songs” (2002 album; remastered by Bob Ludwig; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Rhino)

Taylor Swift | “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” (Target-Exclusive Double CD; 2024 album, featuring all 31 tracks plus four bonus acoustic versions; Vinyl, four marbled translucent LPs, with 12″ by 12″ poster; released simultaneously with the Target-exclusive “The Eras Tour Book”; On Tour; Merch; Republic)

Various artists | “Here, There and Everywhere: Black America Sings John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison” (22-track covers compilation; Hear/Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Ace)

WAR | “The CD Collection 1977-1994” (five-CD box set includes the albums “Platinum Funk,” “Galaxy,” “The Music Band,” “Outlaw” and “Peace Sign”; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Rhino / Avenue)