November 18, 2008
New Releases

Featured Albums Belle & Sebastian The BBC Sessions [Deluxe Edition] Matador The BBC Sessions collects recordings Belle & Sebastian made for the BBC between 1996 and 2001 including four tracks from If You're Feeling Sinister, four songs recorded for John Peel's show in 2001 that have never been released officially until now, and six more songs originally found on albums and singles. It's a wonderful document of the band in a more relaxed setting and is an essential purchase for Belle & Sebastian fans. A deluxe edition that adds a second disc made up of a raucous live show from 2001 is also released this week. Indie Pop, Chamber Pop Beyoncé I Am...Sasha Fierce [Deluxe Edition] Music World Music/Columbia Buoyed by a flimsy gimmick made to justify the spreading of 40 minutes of music across two CDs, I Am...Sasha Fierce contains little evidence that Beyoncé is making a radical progression or being any more bold than before. The I Am half, filled with adult contemporary ballads, is mostly dry and featureless. The Sasha Fierce half, when compared to the majority of B'day, is less fun, less impulsive, and yes, less fierce. Pop, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Contemporary R&B David Cook David Cook 19 Recordings/RCA Season seven American Idol winner David Cook releases his major-label debut album this week and the results should be no surprise to anybody that watched him on the show: it's friendly, angst-free post-grunge, more commercial than DAUGHTRY, sounding a bit like an American Our Lady Peace. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge, Pop Dido Safe Trip Home Arista Working with producer Jon O'Brien -- and on one track, Brian Eno -- has deepened Dido's elegant trip-hop, turning Safe Trip Home into the singer/songwriters richest and best record yet. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Ace Hood Gutta Def Jam Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap Angelo Badalamenti The Edge of Love [Original Soundtrack] Ume Imports Original Score Beyoncé I Am...Sasha Fierce Music World Music/Columbia Pop, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Contemporary R&B Marat Bisengaliev Karl Jenkins: The Concertos EMI Classics Modern Music for Soloists & Orchestra Jeffrey Bryant Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4; Rondo in e-flat major Sheridan Square Classical Music for Horn & Orchestra Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan Sunday at Devil Dirt Fontana International Alternative Singer/Songwriter Pelle Carlberg The Lilac Time Labrador Swedish Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Twee Pop Miley Cyrus Breakout [Platinum Edition] [CD/DVD] Hollywood Teen Pop, Dance-Pop Il Divo The Promise Syco Music/Columbia Classical Crossover, Classical Pop, Vocal Pop The Doors Live at the Matrix, San Francisco, March 10, 1967 Rhino/Bright Midnight Archive Psychedelic, Rock & Roll Thomas Fey Haydn: Complete Symphonies No. 70, No. 73, No. 75 Haenssler Classic Classical Music for Orchestra Frizzell & Friends This Is Our Time Nashville America Honky Tonk, Traditional Country Sammy Hagar Cosmic Universal Fashion Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop-Metal, Album Rock Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid NYC Domino Structured Improvisation, Experimental, Electronic Barbara Hendricks Barbara Sings the Blues Arte Verum Modern & Contemporary Vocal Music David Holmes The Holy Pictures Mercury Funky Breaks, Electronica, Club/Dance, Techno Randy Houser Anything Goes Universal South Contemporary Country, Country-Pop Femi Kuti Day by Day Mercer Street/Downtown Afro-Beat, Deep Funk Revival Ladyhawke Ladyhawke Modular Indie Electronic Ricky Martin 17 Sony International Latin Pop, Dance-Pop Momus Joemus American Patchwork Indie Pop, Chamber Pop Morley Seen Wrasse Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Jason Mraz We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things [2CD/DVD] Atlantic Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock Mudvayne The New Game Epic Alternative Metal Nickelback Dark Horse Roadrunner Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal The Orb The BBC Sessions 1989-2001 Universal/Island UK IDM, Ambient House, Ambient Dub, Electronica, Ambient Techno, Club/Dance Michael Reisman Philip Glass Soundtracks Orange Mountain Music Contemporary Music for Piano Original Soundtrack Gonzo: Music from the Film Legacy Soundtracks Phish At the Roxy (Atlanta '93) Jemp Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Neo-Psychedelia Earl Scruggs The Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman Rounder Traditional Bluegrass, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Bluegrass Señor Coconut Around the World [Bonus Tracks] Nacional Indie Electronic, Experimental Techno, Latin Pop Señor Coconut El Baile Alemán [Bonus Tracks] Nacional Tribute Albums, Latin Dance, Synth Pop, Experimental Techno Blake Shelton Startin' Fires Warner Bros. New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country Stereophonics Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics [Deluxe Edition CD/DVD] Fontana Universal British Trad Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock Rod Stewart The Definitive Rod Stewart [Deluxe Edition CD/DVD] Warner Bros. Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Dance-Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, British Blues, Arena Rock, Singer/Songwriter Various Artists Boots, Buckles & Spurs: 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years of Cowboy Tradition Sony Legacy Outlaw Country, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop, Cowboy, Traditional Country Various Artists The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971 Hip-O Select Smooth Soul, Motown, Funk, Soul Gene Vincent Born to Be a Rolling Stone Topline Rock & Roll, Folk-Rock, Garage Rock Wu-Tang Clan Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan Loud/Legacy Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop Hector Zazou/Swara In the House of Mirrors Crammed Disc Spiritual, Indian Classical, Ethnic Fusion, Progressive Electronic