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1.
WWE RAW Greatest Hits: The Music
Various Artists
Columbia (USA) CD ROCK
Retail: $18.98
886972125923
Raw's Greatest Hits - The Music. 15 superstars, 15 greatest entrance
themes themes in WWE Raw history. Plus two exclusive
never-before-released themes |
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2.
It Won't Be Soon
Before Long
05/22/07
Maroon 5,
Octone Records
CD
ROCK
Retail: $18.98
602517331068
Global neo-soul
rock superstars
are back with
their much
anticipated
sophomore album
featuring the
first smash
single "Makes Me
Wonder". This
release is
sexier and
stronger than
their 10 x
platinum debut. |
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3.
In Rainbows 01/01/08
Radiohead,
Radiohead CD ROCK
Retail: $13.98
880882162221
In Rainbows, as a title, implies a sense of comfort and
delightfulness. Symbolically, rainbows are more likely to be
associated with kittens and warm blankets than the grim and glum
circumstances Radiohead is known for soundtracking. There's a
slight, if expected, twist at play. The band is more than familiar
with the unpleasant moods associated with colors like red, green,
and blue -- all of which, of course, are colors within a rainbow --
all of which are present, and even mentioned, during the album. On a
couple levels, then, In Rainbows is not any less fitting as a
Radiohead album title than "Myxomatosis" as a Radiohead song title.
Despite references to "going off the rails," hitting "the bottom,"
getting "picked over by the worms," being "dead from the neck up,"
and feeling "trapped" (twice), along with Radiohead Wordplay Deluxe
Home Edition pieces like "comatose" and "nightmare" -- in the same
song! double score! -- the one aspect of the album that becomes
increasingly perceptible with each listen is how romantic it feels,
albeit in the way that one might find the bioport scenes in David
Cronenberg's eXistenZ to be extremely hot and somewhat unsettling.
Surprisingly, some of the album's lyrics are even more
personal/universal and straightforward than anything on The Eraser,
the album made by Thom Yorke and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. |
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4.
Go
Mario,
[Parental Advisory]
J-Records (USA) CD SOUL/R&B
Retail: $18.98
886972156927
The album sets
Mario up in the
right direction
pairing him with
talented
producers and
songwriters like
Timbaland,
Pharrell
Williams,
StarGate, Polow
Da Don, Krucial
Keys, Ne-Yo, and
Akon |
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5.
Hate It Or Love
It
Chingy,
[Parental
Advisory]
Def Jam (USA) CD
RAP
Retail: $13.95
602517499485
Hot off the
singles "Pullin'
Me Back" and
"Dem Jeans" from
his previous
release Chingy
returns with his
4th studio album
which features
the first single
"Fly Like Me"
and includes
guest
appearances by
Ludacris,
Anthony
Hamilton, Rick
Ross and others. |
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6.
As I Am
Alicia Keys,
J-Records (USA)
CD
SOUL/R&B
Retail: $18.98
886971151329
Her new album is
a collection of
music with no
boundaries…influenced
by everthing
from hip hop to
soul to rock to
classical music.
First single is
"No One". Also
includes free
wallpaper and
voicetone. |
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7.
5 * Stunna
BirdMan,
[Parental
Advisory]
Motown Records
CD
RAP
Retail: $13.95
602517529687
With his long
awaited album,
the Birdman will
take legions of
hip hop fans
around the world
to even deeper
levels of "stunnin'".
Guests include
Lil Wayne, Yung
Jeezy, Fat Joe
and Yo Gotti to
name a few.
First single is
"Pop Bottles".
Explicit. |
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8.
Lupe Fiasco's
The Cool
Lupe Fiasco,
[Parental
Advisory]
Atlantic (USA)
CD
RAP
Retail: $18.98
075678995996
Lupe's
sophomore effort
-he's been named
one of the TOP
TEN leaders of
the new school! |
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9.
Raising Sand 10/23/07
Robert
Plant/Alison Krauss,
Rounder Records CD ROCK
Retail: $18.98
011661907522
First recorded collaborative effort between two of the most
distinctive vocalists in modern music. The songs range from modern
to classic, consisting mostly of lesser-known material from a wide
spectrum of great blues, R&B, country and folk songwriters. First
single is "Gone Gone Gone". |
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10.
Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige,
Geffen Records (USA) CD SOUL/R&B
Retail: $12.96
602517520301
Latest from the multi-platinum artist includes production by
Timbaland, Jazze Pha, 'Tricky' Stewart and Stargate and features the
first hit single "Just Fine". |
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