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January 1, 2016The "Fight Song" singer turns in a well-crafted collection of inspirational AAA affirmation-pop.
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January 8, 2016The Spanish garage pop quartet's full-length debut is a ramshackle affair full of sunny grooves and melodies.
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January 8, 2016The Glaswegian composer, singer, and songwriter confronts the folk tradition with sparse, fragmented, beguiling, and accessible tunes.
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January 8, 2016Peerless original singles and rare solo sides from the vocal group that merged studio pop with California hippie culture.
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January 8, 2016Massive 11-disc collection spanning Episodes I through VI, collecting all the iconic themes and beloved compositions from John Williams' work on the Star Wars series.
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January 8, 2016Sarah Lipstate's 2011 full-length was a refinement of her atmospheric guitar-based sound, containing her most melodic material to date.
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November 27, 2015Rana delivers an extremely exciting debut and fine versions of these two standards by any measure.
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December 18, 2015Soundtrack to the seventh installment of the epic space opera, combining nostalgic allusions and new themes to enchant past and future fans.
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November 13, 2015Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra present Mahler's First Symphony in its published version, with Blumine included as a bonus track.
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November 13, 2015This program shows the full range of Tenebrae's remarkable technical control.
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November 13, 2015Neeme Järvi and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande present a delightful program of Offenbach's best loved overtures.
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November 13, 2015The Gift of Life is Rutter's first extended work in a decade, and his handling of his Cambridge Singers is exemplary.
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November 13, 2015Peter Dijkstra and the B'Rock Belgian Baroque Orchestra Ghent present a lively Messiah that is one of the most exciting tracks on the disc.
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December 18, 2015Celebrating life snatched from the jaws of death, this quartet delivers a mosaic of metal, hard rock, and sprawling psychedelia.
1971
Two keyboardists -- Zawinul and the formidable Herbie Hancock -- form the underpinning of this stately, probing album, garnishing their work with the galactic sound effects of the Echoplex and ring modulator. Earl Turbinton provides the Wayne Shorter-like beams of light on the soprano sax, spelled by Wayne himself on "Double Image." The third founder of WR, Miroslav Vitous, checks in on bass, and hard-bopping trumpeter Woody Shaw proves to be perfectly adept at the jazz-rock game.
Various Artists
March 14, 2000
It's the second soundtrack released around a sequel, but this collection of Old School hits based around Ice Cube's comedy Next Friday plays like the best retro releases from Low Rider or Thump Records. The Gap Band, Mtume, Whodini, and Hot Chocolate are all here with their definitive numbers, and then there's the brilliant addition of David Bowie's "Fame" which sounds extra funky in these surroundings.