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|Good Girl Gone Bad (CD)|
Rihanna (Artist)
2007-06-05
Island Records (USA)
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Whether you love or Loath "Umbrella" is not
the question - no one can dispute that radioplay in 2007 belonged to this
good girl gone bad.
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|Easy Tiger (CD)|
Ryan Adams (Artist)
2007-06-26
Mercury Nashville
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"Everybody Knows‘ captures the heartbreak of
unrequited love perfectly: You and I together, but only one of us in
love…and everybody knows"
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|We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
(CD)
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Modest Mouse (Artist)
2007-03-20
Epic (USA)
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Finally Johnny Marr has found a foil worthy of
his formidable talents! Modest Mouse were no slouches before his arrival but
now they sound that much better.
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|Into The Wild (CD)|
Eddie Vedder (Artist)
2007-09-18
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Vedder plays virtually every instrument on
this record but that impressive accomplishment is rightly overshadowed by
his always astounding vocal performance.
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|Sound Of Silver (CD)|
LCD Soundsystem (Artist)
2007-03-20
Capitol/EMI Records
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Two years after their impressive debut album,
LCD Soundsystem delivers a second round of rock, funk, dance and soul worthy
of bringing Daft Punk back to the party.
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|Drastic Fantastic (CD)|
KT Tunstall (Artist)
2007-09-18
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One of the best album covers of the year,
Scotland‘s brightest export KT Tunstall returns with an impressive sophmore
release that lives up to her four million album-selling debut.
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|The Wheel Man (Digipak) (CD)|
Watermelon Slim (Artist)
2007-04-17
NorthernBlues Music
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Easy going Slim works it out on a relaxed and
bluesy set that highlights his wonderful slide guitar playing that never
gets too frantic and always impresses.
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|Make Someone Happy (CD)|
Sophie Milman (Artist)
2007-08-28
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Barely 24 years old, Sophie Milman has already
seen and done more than many people twice her age. Make Someone Happy is an
expression of Sophie transformed. With each track, it tells a tale of her
past, her present, and a future filled with pride, fear, excitement and
passion.
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|Friend And Foe (CD)|
Menomena (Artist)
2007-01-23
Barsuk
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The most inventive band around deliver their
unique blend of experimental, catchy and addictive pop. Somehow they are
reminiscent of everyone and no one at the same time.
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|Desire (CD)|
Pharoahe Monch (Artist)
2007-06-26
Universal Records (USA)
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There‘s nothing worse than people who say,
‘I only listen to old skool‘ – if you want a retro rap re-imagination,
give them Pharoahe Monch‘s new album. "Desire" brings old skool to the new
millennium.
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|Luciano Pavarotti - The Best - Farewell
Tour (CD)
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Luciano Pavarotti - The Best - Farewell Tour
2005-09-13
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Luciano Pavarotti will live on forever. His
powerful voice is so uplifting and soothing. One favorite track is the
lively "La Donna E Mobile" composed by Verdi. We also love Pavarotti‘s
rendition of Verdi‘s "Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici". This song is a celebration
of life. "La Danza" or the dance is an up tempo track from Rossini. "O Sole
Mio" is such a pretty romantic song. This track is a pure gem. His voice
sounds so elegant on the track "Nessum Dorma". "Mappari" is another
standout track. Pavarotti sounds so peaceful here singing about a place
where sound never dies. This is beautiful music from a singing legend.
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|The Shepherd's Dog (CD)|
Iron & Wine (Artist)
2007-09-25
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All of the melancholy pathos you‘ve come to
expect from Iron & Wine blanketed in much bigger and more varied
instrumentation.
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|Or Give Me Death (CD)|
Aqueduct (Artist)
2007-02-20
Barsuk
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Aqueduct‘s songs are funny, honest and
touching all at the same time and leave you still humming them days later.
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|The Mix Up (CD)|
The Beastie Boys (Artist)
2007-06-26
Capitol/EMI Records
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This CD, the first all-instrumental album from
the Beastie Boys, proves that the trio has come a long way from their goofy
early days of fighting to party and girls, girls, girls. Definitly not
Paul‘s Boutique but a perfect reflect of a group‘s evolution.
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|Wincing The Night Away (Digipak) (CD)|
The Shins (Artist)
2007-01-23
Sub Pop Records (USA)
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Indie darlings the Shins don‘t disappoint on
their third outing. Wincing boasts imaginative songwriting and lilting pop
melodies.
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|Underground Kings (CD)|
UGK (Artist)
2007-08-07
Jive
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Texan underground duo UGK (short for
Underground Kingz) have been on the scene since the early 1990s, working
their way up from local record label Bigtyme Recordz to legendary Jive
Records, but remain true to their underground leanings despite this
explosive album skyrocketing them up the mainstream charts.
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|Night Falls Over Kortedala (CD)|
Jens Lekman (Artist)
2007-10-09
Secretly Canadian
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Written in the midst of three years of
exhaustive touring, celebrated songster Jens Lekman returns to hipster
civilization with "Night Falls Over Kortedala, a collection of 12 beautiful
and introspective tracks dedicated to his hometown.
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|Sky Blue Sky (CD)|
Wilco (Artist)
2007-05-15
Nonesuch Records (USA)
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Wilco have taken a surprisingly successful
detour into 70‘s soft rock on this record which is full of soulful
introspection and failing relationships.
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|Super Taranta! (CD)|
Gogol Bordello (Artist)
2007-07-10
Side One Dummy
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Gogol Bordello combine gypsy stylings and punk
together to great effect. The result is infectiously fun, boisterous and
invigorating.
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|I'll Sleep When You're Dead (CD)|
El-P (Artist)
2007-03-20
Definitive Jux
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$12
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Amazing genre-bending effort featuring
collaborations with Cat Power, Mars Volta and legendary NIN front man Trent
Reznor, underground rapper and producer El-P continues to define the new
hip-hop sound with this 2007 darling, "I‘ll Sleep When I‘m Dead."
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|None Shall Pass (CD)|
Aesop Rock (Artist)
2007-08-28
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Signed to El-P‘s Definitive Jux label, "Aesop
Rock" (born Ian Matthias Bavitz ) is part of a new wave of underground
hip-hop emerging from New York City since the 2000s. Weaving a tapestry of
unique riffs, metaphors and rhymes, "None Shall Pass" is the critical and
controversial favorite of 2007.
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|From Beale Street To Oblivion (CD)|
Clutch (Artist)
2007-03-27
DRT Entertainment
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Every Clutch record has been fantastic but
their retro leanings are more pronounced than ever here and it will appeal
to fans of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as their
own die-hard following.
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|Because Of You (CD)|
Ne-Yo (Artist)
2007-05-01
Def Jam (USA)
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One of the most gifted songwriters in R&B, Def
Jam artist Ne-Yo finally got his due in 2007 with the silky and sultry
"Because of You." Beautiful, captivating and truly mood-setting.
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|The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
(Import) (CD)
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Josh Ritter (Artist)
2007-08-21
Sony
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$7
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Josh Ritter can‘t avoid comparisons to Dylan
and Springsteen but his sound is evocative rather than copycat. What all
three do have in common is the size of their respective talents.
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