If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Street Date: 2/09/10

BUZZCOCKS- REISSUES

Can you believe it's been 30 years? "Another Music In A Different Kitchen," "Different Kind Of Tension" and "Love Bites" all get remastered and have another CD tacked onto them, featuring the usual assortment of extries---B-sides, Peel sessions, demos and more.






NEIL DIAMOND- HOT AUGUST NIGHT NYC

Sequel to the live 70's classic, this set was recorded at NYC's Madison Square Garden in August of 2008. I went to one of these shows. For every song that made me say, "Wow! Neil is great!," there was a sister moment that made me wish I had a bag over my head.







GALACTIC - YA-KA MAY

New Orleans' funk brothers turn the Crescent City on its ass on this new release. With help from such greats as Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, John Boutte, Bo Dollis, and Corey Henry, Galactic take traditional New Orleans rhythms into the 21st century. My Huffington Post piece is HERE. Just in time for Mardi Gras.





K.D. LANG- RECOLLECTION

2 CD retrospective featuring hits and rarities, clocking in at 90 minutes of music at a $20 list price. Couldn't Nonsuch Records have found 5-8 more songs to fill up the space and justify the cost? I know I could have and I'm not really that much of a fan. Or, how about getting rid of 3 songs and making it a single CD for $12? (I know, I know, that's the way the artist wanted it.)

TRACKLIST

Disc 1
Trail of Broken Hearts 3:25
Constant Craving 4:37
The Air That I Breathe 6:14
Helpless 4:15
You're Ok 3:03
Western Stars / Nashville String Machine 3:14
The Valley 5:30
Summerfling 3:52
Miss Chatelaine 3:49
I Dream of Spring 4:02
Hallelujah 5:08

Disc 2
Help Me 4:00
Hush Sweet Lover 4:06
Beautifully Combined previously unreleased 2:43
Crying 3:48
Love For Sale 5:26
Golden Slumbers/The End 4:17
Barefoot 4:17
Moonglow 4:34
So In Love 4:35
Calling All Angels 5:19
Hallelujah previously unreleased / New Version / Version 5:36






DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS- LIVE IN LAS VEGAS

No versions of "Wives & Lovers" or "That Old Black Magic" unfortunately, just some fan faves and hits performed acoustically.







MASSIVE ATTACK- HELIGOLAND

Trip-Hop pioneers are back with only their 5th album in 20 years. Features guest vocalists Hope Sandoval, Damon Albarn, Martina Topley-Bird among others.






ALLISON MOORER- CROWS

It's hard to ignore the similarities between Moorer's new release and K.D. Lang's "Ingenue," but that doesn't mean this collection isn't good on its own. Allison Moorer's voice is velvety, and the arrangements are lush but accessible. Good stuff....even if it sounds a lot like "Ingenue."







PRETENDERS- LIVE IN LONDON 2009 (CD/DVD)

Exactly what it says, with an additional 5 tracks (IN BOLD) only on the DVD.

1 Boots of Chinese Plastic DVD
2 Don't Cut Your Hair DVD
3 Talk of the Town DVD
4 Message of Love DVD
5 Kid DVD
6 The Nothing Maker DVD
7 Don't Lose Faith in Me DVD
8 Back On the Chain Gang DVD
9 Love's a Mystery DVD
10 Rosalee DVD
11 I Go To Sleep DVD
12 Don't Get Me Wrong DVD
13 Tequila DVD
14 Stop Your Sobbing DVD
15 Day After Day DVD
16 Cuban Slide DVD
17 Break Up the Concrete DVD
18 Thumbelina DVD
19 Middle of the Road DVD
20 The Wait DVD
21 Tattooed Love Boys DVD
22 Precious DVD
23 I'll Stand By You DVD
24 Brass In Pocket DVD








SADE- SOLDIER OF LOVE

The Marquis de Sade is back after a ten year hiatus, with what I am sure will be a record that sounds like she's never been away.