Tomorrow’s Here Today celebrated 35 Year of Lightning Seeds. It’s an absolute masterclass in modern pop songwriting from Ian Broudie. Kicking off with their classic debut single ‘Pure’, this really is a greatest hits disc worthy of the title from a band who have sold over 8 million albums. Across 20 tracks the LP features Lightning Seeds favourites including ‘The Life Of Riley’, ‘Change’, ‘Lucky You’, ‘Sense’, ‘All I Want’, ‘Sugar Coated Iceberg’, ‘You Showed Me’, ‘3 Lions’ and more.

The brand-new album by David Gilmour, ‘Luck and Strange’ was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman, with lyrics mostly written by Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer for the past thirty years. The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ ‘Between Two Points’, which sees Romany Gilmour, who performs backing vocals across the album, on vocals and harp. Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & Roger Eno on keyboards and the string and choral arrangements are by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 during a ‘Barn Jam’ at David’s house. The album’s cover image, photographed and designed by renowned artist Anton Corbijn, is inspired by lyrics written by Charlie Gilmour for the album’s final song ‘Scattered’.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
Black Cat (Gilmour)
Luck And Strange (Gilmour/Samson)
The Piper’s Call (Gilmour/Samson)
A Single Spark (Gilmour/ Samson)
Vita Brevis (Gilmour)
Between Two Points (Tranmer/Quigley)

Side 2
Dark And Velvet Nights (Gilmour/Samson)
Sings (Gilmour/Samson)
Scattered (D. Gilmour/Samson/C. Gilmour)

Neon Pill is the highly anticipated new album from Cage The Elephant, and group’s first new music since their album, Social Cues, which won Best Rock album at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards. Cage The Elephant consists of brothers Matt Shultz (vocals) and Brad Shultz (rhythm guitar) along with Daniel Tichenor (bass), Jared Champion (drums), Nick Bockrath (lead guitar) and Matthan Minster (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals).

GoGo Penguin - From The North captures the Manchester-based trio at an exciting moment within their trajectory. For this limited-edition Vinyl, the trio decided to re-arrange a selection of 7 tracks from ‘Between Two Waves’, their first EP on XXIM Records, as well as from their latest album ‘Everything Is Going to Be OK’. The live session was recorded and filmed at Old Granada Studios in Manchester, an iconic studio complex that has played a significant part of the band’s own musical history.

GoGo Penguin is an emotive, break-beat minimalist trio from Manchester, UK. Formed in 2012 its sophomore album 'v2.0' was nominated in 2014 for the Mercury Music Prize and in 2016 the trio signed to Blue Note Records, releasing a trio of acclaimed albums: 'Man Made Object', 'A Humdrum Star' and 'GoGo Penguin', as well as two EP’s and a remix album, 'GGP/RMX'. With their new record label, XXIM Records, the band ushered in a more ambient era with their EP 'Between Two Waves' and ‘Everything Is Going to Be OK’, which marks the latest chapter in the story of GoGo Penguin.

TRACK LISTING

1. Wave Decay
2. Ascent
3. Friday Film Special
4. Everything Is Going To Be OK
5. Unbroken Thread Of Awareness
6. You're Stronger Than You Think
7. Parasite

Beyonce's eighth studio album is also Act ll of a trilogy which started with Renaissance in 2022.

The album is presented as a radio broadcast by 'KNTRY Radio Texas', a fictitious station hosted by DJ's Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell. And while the LP has a predominantly country feel, it alos takes in a whole host of other styles: Pop, rock, psychedelic soul, hip hop, folk and blues amongst others.

There's an impressive guest list of musicians on the album: including Jon Batiste, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Paul McCartney, Gary Clark Jr. and Rhiannon Giddens, along with a whold host of lesser know black country artists such as Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Shaboozey, and Willie Jones.

Once again Beyonce proves what a global pop phenomemon she is.

TRACK LISTING

Ameriican Requiem
Blackbiird Ft Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts
16 Carriages
Protector Ft Rumi Carter
My Rose
Smoke Hour Ft Willie Nelson
Texas Hold ’Em
Bodyguard
Dolly P
Jolene
Daughter
Spaghettii Ft Linda Martell, Shaboozey
Alliigator Tears
Smoke Hour II Ft Willie Nelson
Just For Fun Ft Willie Jones
II Most Wanted Ft Miley Cyrus
Levii’s Jeans Ft Post Malone
Flamenco
The Linda Martell Show Ft Linda Martell
Ya Ya
Oh Louisiana
Desert Eagle
Riiverdance
II Hands II Heaven
Tyrant
Sweet ˜� Honey ˜� Buckiin’ Ft Shaboozey
Amen

Vs. is the second studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, originally released on October 12, 1993, through Epic Records. After a relentless touring schedule in support of their 1991 debut album Ten, Pearl Jam headed into the studio in early 1993 facing the challenge of following up the commercial success of its debut.

The resulting album, Vs., featured a rawer and more aggressive sound compared with the band's previous release. It was the band's first collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien and its first album with drummer Dave Abbruzzese.

TRACK LISTING

Double Black Vinyl:
Side A
1 Go
2 Animal
3 Daughter
Side B
1 Glorified G
2 Dissident
3 W.M.A.
Side C
1 Blood
2 Rearviewmirror
3 Rats
Side D
1 Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
2 Leash
3 Indifference

Single LP Clear Vinyl:
Side A
1. Go
2. Animal
3. Daughter
4. Glorified G
5. Dissident
6. W.M.A.
Side B
1. Blood
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Rats
4. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
5. Leash
6. Indifference

First time on colour vinyl with 3 never-heard before bonus tracks! Static is the follow-up to Cults' critically adorned 2010 self-titled, debut release. Written and recorded over the course of 2012 in the band's home base of New York City, Static is produced by Cults with support from Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Vampire Weekend) and Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Washed Out). The album is comprised of 11 tracks including lead single "I Can Hardly Make You Mine", "High Road" and the platinum-certified crowd favourite "Always Forever,” which is currently the band’s most popular track. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, the Static reissue will feature never-heard bonus tracks on a sky blue color vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. I Know
2. I Can Hardly Make You Mine
3. Always Forever
4. High Road
5. Were Before
6. So Far
7. Keep Your Head Up
Side B
1. TV Dream
2. We've Got It
3. Shine A Light
4. No Hope
5. Barry (Bonus Track)
6. Hurting (Bonus Track)
7. Always Forever - Demo (Bonus Track)

It's already been a full decade since mega pop star Miley Cyrus went on a crash course to shatter her Hannah Montana image with the "controversial" Bangerz. Cropping her hair to near skinhead levels, endorsing free love and marijuana usage, and shooting an array of music videos that became viral hits thanks to endless twerking and nakedly riding atop a wrecking ball, the era was a ludicrous yet retrospectively vital time in the pop icon's career. The semi-aforementioned 'Wrecking Ball' would become a global smash hit while 'We Can't Stop' and 'Adore You' also made for chart-toppers that led to the album becoming an assured outlier in the once Disney-approved songstress' catalogue. Celebrating its ten year anniversary with a sea glass double LP reissue, there's never been a more ideal time to revisit this array of transformative, carefree bangers.

Celebrate the 5th anniversary of Leon Bridges Grammy-winning album Good Thing. The limited-edition title features a custard colour variant, the original track list and a bonus track “Naomi” originally released on the 2018 Japan Edition. Good Thing was nominated for Best R&B Album, and the track “Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand” won Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards. 

TRACK LISTING

01) Bet Ain't Worth The Hand
02) Bad Bad News
03) Shy
04) Beyond
05) Forgive You
06) Lions
07) If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)
08) You Don't Know
09) Mrs.
10) Georgia To Texas
11) Naomi (bonus Track)

The Revenant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the 2015 action drama film composed by Japanese master and Oscar winner Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto with additional music by Bryce Dessner.

While the soundtrack album features the music composed specifically for the film, there are many contemporary compositions featured in the film. The score was nominated for Best Original Score at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards, and Best Film Music at the 2016 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). Specialist marketing activity.

Here’s what we said about this album on it’s original release in 2003, and it still stands up today. One of the most original singer songwriters of her generation and one of the most gifted pianists too. "Scarlet's Walk" features her finest songs since "Under The Pink" and will please all the converted and maybe open up a few eyes and ears as well. There's a return to a simpler piano sound with the only other instruments on many tracks being bass and drums. Over 74 minutes long it's an epic voyage for the listener as well as 'Scarlet'.

Based on the critically acclaimed video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation® platforms, The Last of Us is written and executive produced by co-creators Craig Mazin (Emmy® Award-winning creator of HBO’s “Chernobyl”) and Neil Druckmann (creator and writer of the award-winning “The Last of Us” franchise and Naughty Dog Co-President). The Last of Us takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a viral outbreak. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heart-breaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

The vinyl release to the acclaimed series contains soundtrack highlights from the show. Featured are score tracks by composer Gustavo Santaolalla, with additional music by David Fleming as well as songs by Depeche Mode, Pearl Jam, Jessica Mazin & Nick Offerman.

The package contains 2x vinyl, standard weight at 140g, 1x green and 1x clear, a double-sided poster of the show’s key art, spot gloss and soft touch on the gatefold and an insert featuring liner notes by Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin, Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming and images from the show.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
1. The Last Of Us
2. Get Out
3. All Gone
4. The Quarantine Zone
5. Don't Look
6. Forsaken
7. Breaching The Wall
8. Hope
9. Haven
10. Resolve
Side B:
1. The Swarm
2. Long Long Time By Nick Offerman
3. It Can't Last (Sunset)
4. Raiders
5. Longing
6. All Gone (Affliction)
7. Vanishing Grace
8. All Gone (Purpose)
9. All Gone (Isolation)
10. Warning Signs
11. Salvation
12. Subterranean
13. The Last Of Us (Prevail)
14. Bravery
Side C:
1. Survive
2. A Great Man
3. All Gone (Flashbacks)
4. Never Let Me Down Again By Jessica Mazin
5. Left Behind (Together)
6. Fleeting
7. Vanishing Grace (Devotion)
8. Never Let Me Down Again By Depeche Mode
9. The Choice
10. Left Behind
Side D:
1. All Gone (Embrace)
2. Complications
3. Collateral
4. Resolve (Isolation)
5. Unbroken
6. All Gone (Elegy)
7. Wounds
8. The Last Of Us (Vengeance)
9. All Gone (In Vain)
10. All Gone (Ephemeral)
11. The Path
12. All Or None By Pearl Jam

Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale is a limited edition 3 LP vinyl set, that features Tyler, The Creator’s original critically acclaimed Call Me If You Get Lost album plus 8 additional songs, pressed on Geneva Blue colored vinyl.

The discs are housed in a triple gatefold jacket with embossed cover, and foil detail, and includes a 28-page booklet. 

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1 – Side A
1. Sir Baudelaire
2. Corso
3. Lemonhead
4. Wusyaname
5. Lumberjack
Disc 1 – Side B
1. Hot Wind Blows
2. Massa
3. Runitup
4. Manifesto

Disc 2 – Side C
1. Sweet / I Thought You Wanted To Dance
2. Momma Talk
3. Rise!
Disc 2 – Side D
1. Blessed
2. Juggernaut
3. Wilshire
4. Fishtail

Disc 3 – Side E
1. Everything Must Go
2. Stuntman
3. What A Day
4. Wharf Talk
5. Dogtooth
Disc 3 – Side F
1. Heaven To Me
2. Boyfriend, Girlfriend (2020 Demo)
3. Sorry Not Sorry

Originally released in March 2011 and featuring the first single, Under Cover of Darkness, Angles was the band’s first new release since 2006’s First Impressions of Earth and marks the ambition of that album with the immediacy of the bands earlier albums Is This It (2001) and Room on Fire (2003).

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 
1. Machu Picchu 
2. Under Cover Of Darkness 
3. Two Kinds Of Happiness 
4. You're So Right 
5. Taken For A Fool 
SIDE B
1. Games
2. Call Me Back
3. Gratisfaction
4. Metabolism
5. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight

The fifth studio album from the New York Alt-Rock band originally released in
March 2013. Features the first single "All the Time". 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Tap Out
2. All The Time
3. One Way Trigger
4. Welcome To Japan
5. 80's Comedown Machine
SIDE B
1. 50/50
2. Slow Animals
3. Partners In Crime
4. Chances
5. Happy Ending
6. Call It Fate, Call It Karma

Second studio album by the American rock band. Originally released October 2003 The album features the return of producer Gordon Raphael from 'Is This It' and consists of a slightly smoother sound than its predecessor. Three singles were released from the album: '12:51', 'Reptilia', and 'The End Has No End’.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 
1. What Ever Happened? 
2. Reptilia 
3. Automatic Stop 
4. 12:51 
5. You Talk Way Too Much 
6. Between Love & Hate
SIDE B
1. Meet Me In The Bathroom
2. Under Control
3. The Way It Is
4. The End Has No End
5. I Can't Win

Third studio album by the American rock band, originally released in December 2005 and featuring 14 tracks which showcase the core of The Strokes' sound: staccato, poppy, memorable hooks wrapped around Julian Casablancas' voice. The album, originally released in 2005, debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the hit singles 'Juicebox', 'Heart in a Cage' and 'You Only Live Once'.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 
1. You Only Live Once
2. Juicebox
3. Heart In A Cage
4. Razorblade
5. On The Other Side
6. Vision Of Division
7. Ask Me Anything
SIDE B
1. Electricityscape
2. Killing Lies
3. Fear Of Sleep
4. 15 Minutes
5. Size Of The World
6. Evening Sun
7. Red Light

But Here We Are is the new album from Foo Fighters, and marks the bands return after a year of staggering losses, personal introspection and bittersweet remembrances. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, the album opens with “Rescued,” the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between.

But Here We Are is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band’s new life. Sonically channeling the naivete of Foo Fighters’ 1995 debut, informed by decades of maturity and depth, But Here We Are is the sound of brothers finding refuge in the music that brought them together in the first place 28 years ago, a process that was as therapeutic as it was about a continuation of life.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I was a pretty big Foo Fighters fan back in the day, and their first few albums still get a good playing nowadays, but i've not heard anything for a little while that's pulled me back in. With all of the smooth rock groove of 'There Is Nothing Left To Lose' and the quiet / loud snarl of 'The Colour And The Shape', 'But Here We Are' is a clear return to form for one of the greatest rock acts of the 00's.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rescued
2. Under You
3. Hearing Voices
4. But Here We Are
5. The Glass
6. Nothing At All
7. Show Me How
8. Beyond Me
9. The Teacher
10. Rest

The Lockdown Sessions was recorded at home during the Covid lockdown between 2020 and 2021. Also included is “Comfortably Numb 2022” which was recorded during Waters’ This Is Not A Drill North American tour. The collection includes five seminal tracks from across Roger Waters’ time with Pink Floyd and his solo career; “Mother” and “Vera” from Pink Floyd The Wall; “Two Suns In The Sunset” and “The Gunner’s Dream” from Waters’ final Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut; and “The Bravery of Being Out Of Range” from his highly acclaimed solo album, Amused To Death. Waters’ new version of the classic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb” features as the final track.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Some beautiful reworkings by good old Rog. Nice to see the totally under-rated Final Cut LP get two songs on here. The Gunner's Dream is just magic.

TRACK LISTING

SideA
1. Mother
2. Two Suns In The Sunset
3. Vera
Side B
1. The Gunner's Dream
2. The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
3. Comfortably Numb 2022

Soundtrack to the brand new feature-length concert documentary “Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park,” which presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000. Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park provides an inside view of a generational talent at her prime, performing one of the biggest and most momentous concerts of her career in the city where she was born.

TRACK LISTING

1. Beautiful
2. Been To Canaan
3. Way Over Yonder
4. Smackwater Jack
5. Home Again
6. Sweet Seasons
7. It’s Too Late
8. Fantasy Beginning
9. You’ve Been Around Too Long
10. Being At War With Each Other
11. That’s How Things Go Down
12. Haywood
13. A Quiet Place To Live
14. You Light Up My Life
15. Corazón
16. Believe In Humanity
17. Fantasy End
18. You’ve Got A Friend

‘Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?’ is the debut project from Paul Simonon (The Clash, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad and The Queen); and Galen Ayers (singer-songwriter who amongst other artistic projects released the rightly acclaimed solo album ‘Monument’).

The roots of the album began in lockdown as Simonon relocated to a remote Mallorcan fishing village, where he spent his time, painting, and writing songs. Over an 18-month period he worked with local musicians, playing and busking in the streets of Palma with his friend Ayers.

What emerged is a collection of ten uplifting songs which collectively present a snapshot of pan-European music culture - and an album that journeys across the continent, influenced by French chansons, Spanish pop and English sea shanties; evoking scenes stretching from Edgware Road to Hydra Island; and painting pictures of everything from elegant Parisian cafes to drunken tourists in Magaluf to the ghosttown chill of an out-of-season holiday destination.

‘Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?’ features an array of top tier talent. Produced by the legendary Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T-Rex, Sparks) with a band made up of Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good, The Bad and The Queen), Sebastian Rochford (Polar Bear, David Byrne, Patti Smith), Dan Donovan (Big Audio Dynamite), and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz…) playing melodica.

2023 marks the 10th anniversary of Daft Punk multi Grammy winning hit record Random Access Memories including Get Lucky, Instant Crush, Lose Yourself To Dance and featuring Pharell Willams, Nile Rodgers, Julien Casablancas, Paul Williams, Panda Bear and Todd Edwards.

To celebrate this milestone a special expanded edition will be released including 35 minutes of unreleased music (Demo and Studio Outtakes).

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklisting:
CD 1:
1. Give Life Back To Music
2. The Game Of Love
3. Giorgio By Moroder
4. Within
5. Instant Crush
6. Lose Yourself To Dance
7. Touch
8. Get Lucky
9. Beyond
10. Motherboard
11. Fragments Of Time
12. Doin’ It Right
13. Contact
Bonus CD
1. Horizon Ouverture
2. Horizon (Japan Cd)
3. Glbtm (Studio Outtakes)
4. Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)
5. Gl (Early Take)
6. Prime (2012 Unfinished)
7. Lytd (Vocoder Tests)
8. The Writing Of Fragments Of Time 8:17
9. Touch (2021 Epilogue) 3:00

Vinyl Tracklisting:
Side 1
1. Give Life Back To Music
2. The Game Of Love
3. Giorgio By Moroder
Side 2
1. Within
2. Instant Crush
3. Lose Yourself To Dance
Side 3
1. Touch
2. Get Lucky
3. Beyond
Side 4
1. Motherboard
2. Fragments Of Time
3. Doin’ It Right
4. Contact
Side 5
1. Horizon Ouverture
2. Horizon (Japan CD)
3. GLBTM (Studio Outtakes)
4. Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)
5. GL (Early Take)
Side 6
1. Prime (2012 Unfinished)
2. LYTD (Vocoder Tests)
3. The Writing Of Fragments Of Time
4. Touch (2021 Epilogue)

Released on RCA Records, "Endless Summer Vacation" is the eagerly anticipated new album from recording artist, songwriter & trailblazer Miley Cyrus. This collection is Miley’s eighth studio album & the follow up to 2020’s album, ''Plastic Hearts''.

2023 finds Miley the strongest and most confident she’s ever been, with the music and imagery of ''Endless Summer Vacation'' serving as a reflection of that. Recorded in Los Angeles & produced with Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin, Mike WiLL Made-It and Tyler Johnson, Miley describes the album as her love letter to LA.

Festive re-working of this classic football anthem, in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which features England & Wales amongst others. 

Los Angeles Forum - April 26, 1969 presents an extraordinary live performance by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Before a raucous, sold-out house, Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding tore through a unique set featuring highlights such as "I Don't Live Today," "Purple Haze," "Red House," and an astonishing medley of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love". This pristine recording, newly mixed by Hendrix's long-time engineer Eddie Kramer, captures the original Jimi Hendrix Experience in their unrivalled, peak form.

A portion of this performance was previously included as part of a short-lived Westwood One radio documentary box set [Lifelines 1990-1992] but has been unavailable in any form for two decades. The CD release with a 24 page booklet--complete with liner notes from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons who witnessed the show first hand--gives this seminal performance its proper platform, presenting the complete performance mixed directly from the original eight-track master tapes.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
Introduction
Tax Free
Foxey Lady
Side B
Red House
Spanish Castle Magic
Side C
Star Spangled Banner
Purple Haze
I Don’t Live Today
Side D
MEDLEY Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Sunshine Of Your Love / Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4 will include key music covering various classic eras and styles as featured in "Stranger Things 4." The soundtrack album is conceptualized and produced by The Duffer Brothers and Nora Felder (Grammy and Emmy nominee Nora Felder has served as music supervisor for "Stranger Things" since the show's inception and was nominated for a Music Supervision Grammy the first year the category was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences). The compilation album is produced by The Duffer Brothers and 2x Grammy nominee Timothy J. Smith.

"Stranger Things 4" is scheduled to be released worldwide exclusively via Netflix's streaming service in two volumes, with the first set for May 27, 2022, and the second five weeks later on July 1, 2022. The fourth season will have nine episodes and has continued to be produced by the show's creators the Duffer Brothers, along with Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Iain Paterson.

TRACK LISTING

1. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix) - Journey
2. California Dreamin' - The Beach Boys
3. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
4. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
5. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
6. Chica Mejicanita - Mae Arnette
7. Play With Me - Extreme
8. Detroit Rock City (Single Version) - KISS
9. I Was A Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps
10. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
11. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
12. Object Of My Desire (Single Version) - Starpoint
13. Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix) - Falco
14. Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
15. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
16. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
17. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version) - Rick Derringer
18. Fire And Rain - James Taylor
19. Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees
20. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
21. When It's Cold I'd Like To Die (featuring Mimi Goese) - Moby
22. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix) - Journey

Fifth studio album by the Swedish folk duo. Released four years after their previous album, Ruins, it’s probably their most upbeat album to date. The country tinged melodies are embellished with horns and subtle string swells providing a lush backdrop for the sisters’ distinctive vocal harmonizing.

“This is the first record we’ve recorded in Sweden since we made our debut album The Big Black & The Blue 12 years ago! We worked with Swedish producer Daniel Bengtson at his lovely studio Studio Rymden in Stockholm. It was such a fun experience. We really let the recording take time, we didn’t want to rush it.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Mainstays of modern folk, First Aid Kit are back with their fifth LP 'Palomino' and the first to be recorded in their home of Sweden since their debut 12 years ago. Full of grand and sweeping orchestral vistas and the band's signature vocal harmonies, 'Palomino' another gem in the duo's catalogue!

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Out Of My Head
2. Angel
3. Ready To Run
4. Turning Onto You
5. Fallen Snow
6. Wild Horses II
SIDE B
1. The Last One
2. Nobody Knows
3. A Feeling That Never Came
4. 29 Palms Highway
5. Palomino

Debut studio album on Columbia Records from Manchester born & London based R&B singer and songwriter Pip Millett. She has previously released three EPs - 'Do Well' (2019), 'Lost in June' (2020) and 'Motion Sick' (2021). Although R&B musician Pip Millet hails from Manchester, her soulfully somber vocals have serenaded the ears (and hearts) of music lovers across the globe this past year.

Now, with the announcement of her highly anticipated debut album ''When Everything Is Better, I’ll Let You Know'', the singer and songwriter takes one step further into the global spotlight. Serving as a two for one, the news of the debut album comes in tandem with a brand new single titled “Slow." And don't let the title of her debut single on the project fool you, Millet is not slowing down any time soon. If "Slow" is any indication of what to expect from the album...the songstress is set for global domination. "Slow" comes to life through a black and white visual directed by KC Locke, showcasing the tracks soulful ethos that perfectly encapsulates the thrills and subtleties of young love. Millet eloquently flirts with romance throughout the entire track, describing how to adorn her. Featuring her sultry tones, “Slow” captures the essence of womanhood—a prominent theme to expect through the rest of her forthcoming album. When Everything Is Better, I’ll Let You Know is set to be released on October 21st. The album will prove to be Millet's strongest body of work consisting of seventeen tracks where she acknowledges her personal growth, explores self-love infused with narratives of the highs and lows of love. Her raw lyricism allows listeners to witness all the paths that have led to the woman (and artist) she is today. Millet radiates maturity while reflecting on the current cultural landscape around her, having a point of view that translates both inside and outside of the studio. 

Originally released in 1983, ‘Soul Mining’ is the debut major label album by post punk outfit, The The, fronted by Matt Johnson. Including the singles “Uncertain Smile”, “Perfect”, and the iconic “This Is The Day”, the album, which is Gold certified in the UK, has been long out of print on vinyl, except as part of a limited run 30th anniversary 2 LP boxset reissue in 2014. Featuring a host of talented musicians, including JG Thirwell (aka Foetus, Manorexia and Steroid Maximus), Zeke Manyika (Orange Juice), electronic DIY pioneer Thomas Leer and Jools Holland, Matt Johnson set out with a clear vision in mind - to produce an album that felt cinematic; a record of width, depth and texture and one which avoided the mundane line-up of two guitars, bass and drums. Lauded with critical acclaim (“Soul Mining is a brilliant and very idiosyncratic album” – The Guardian ; "Like shaving lotion applied to cleanse a wound, Johnson’s songs are attractively scented and sting like hell” – Melody Maker) the music and lyrics of ‘Soul Mining’ are as fresh and relevant today as they were almost 40 years ago.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 
1 I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)
2 This Is The Day
3 The Sinking Feeling 
4 Uncertain Smile
SIDE B
1 The Twilight Hour
2 Soul Mining
3 Giant

The Clash is the eponymous debut studio album one of Britain’s most iconic bands, The Clash. Originally released on 8 April 1977, this album is regularly cited as one of the greatest Rock and Roll albums of all time, including tracks like White Riot, Janie Jones & Police & Thieves.

Issued for National Album Day 2022 on 180g PINK vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 
1 Janie Jones 
2 Remote Control 
3 I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. 
4 White Riot 
5 Hate & War 
6 What's My Name 
7 Deny
8 London's Burning
SIDE B
1 Career Opportunities
2 Cheat
3 Protex Blue
4 Police & Thieves
5 48 Hours
6 Garageland

3CD description:
That’s What Happened 1982-1985: Bootleg Volume 7 is the next installment in the celebrated, award-winning archival series that began in 2011, shining an in-depth light onto different eras of the legendary career of Miles Davis. In the 1980s, popular music had moved to a smoother, electronic-based sound that traded the steam of previous years for subdued arrangements meant to elicit peace and deep reflection. Miles Davis embraced this era, pulling inspiration from FM radio and an upstart music video channel called MTV. He was searching for the next frontier, letting his creativity roam. This music on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 captures that exploration, and finds Miles beginning to re-emerge in a creative landscape far different than the one he left in 1975. He’s touched every inch of pop culture while keeping true to his iconoclastic vision of jazz as amorphous art that’s supposed to bend and flow and mutate to something else. On That’s What Happened, we get to play in the rubble of what would become yet another period of unprecedented innovation. Beauty resides in evolution. The set collects nearly 4 hours of unreleased music including 2 CDs of studio material from 1982 to 1985 plus another CD containing a complete, blistering show of one of Miles’ last amazing bands captured live at the Festival International De Jazz De Montreal in July 1983. Side men include a multi-generational who’s who of jazz talent from JJ Johnson, John McLaughlin, Al Foster and John Scofield to Mike Stern, Marcus Miller, Daryl Jones and Vince Wilburn.

2xLP Highlights description:
That’s What Happened 1982-1985: Bootleg Volume 7 is the next installment in the celebrated, award-winning archival series that began in 2011, shining an in-depth light onto different eras of the legendary career of Miles Davis. In the 1980s, popular music had moved to a smoother, electronic-based sound that traded the steam of previous years for subdued arrangements meant to elicit peace and deep reflection. Miles Davis embraced this era, pulling inspiration from FM radio and an upstart music video channel called MTV. He was searching for the next frontier, letting his creativity roam. This music on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 captures that exploration, and finds Miles beginning to re-emerge in a creative landscape far different than the one he left in 1975. He’s touched every inch of pop culture while keeping true to his iconoclastic vision of jazz as amorphous art that’s supposed to bend and flow and mutate to something else. On The Bootleg Series Vol. 7, we get to play in the rubble of what would become yet another period of unprecedented innovation. Beauty resides in evolution. This double LP collects highlights of Bootleg Volume 7 with over 80 minutes of unreleased studio material from 1982 to 1985 on white vinyl. Side men include a multi-generational who’s who of jazz talent from JJ Johnson, Al Foster and John Scofield to Mike Stern, Marcus Miller and Daryl Jones.

TRACK LISTING

3CD Tracklist:
CD1
1. Santana (13:06)
2. Minor Ninths, Part 1 (3:13)
3. Minor Ninths, Part 2 (4:13)
4. Celestial Blues, Part 1 (8:05)
5. Celestial Blues, Part 2 (4:04)
6. Celestial Blues, Part 3 (6:57)
7. Remake Of OBX Ballad (5:00)
8. Remake Of OBX Ballad Sessions (7:17)
9. Freaky Deaky, Part 1 (9:50)
10. Freaky Deaky, Part 2 (5:25)
CD2
1. Time After Time (alternate) (5:53)
2. Time After Time (full Session) (8:58)
3. Theme From Jack Johnson (Right Off) / Intro (8:30)
4. Never Loved Like This (studio Session Demo) (5:00)
5. Hopscotch (slow) (5:39)
6. Hopscotch (fast) (6:59)
7. What’s Love Got To Do With It (4:25)
8. Human Nature (alternate) (5:59)
9. Katia (full Session) (10:24)
CD3 (Live In Montreal, July 7, 1983)
1. Speak (That’s What Happened) (12:27)
2. Star People (9:21)
3. What It Is (6:58)
4. It Gets Better (12:25)
5. Hopscotch (7:51)
6. Star On Cicely (9:12)
7. Jean-Pierre (7:34)
8. Code 3 (6:36)
9. Creepin’ In (10:36)

2xLP White Vinyl Tracklist:
LP 1 Side A
Santana (13:06)
Duet (Part 2) (4:32)
Celestial Blues (Part 2) 4:03
LP 1 Side B
Remake Of OBX Ballad (4:59)
Time After Time (alternate) (5:53)
What’s Love Got To Do With It (4:25)
Human Nature (alternate) (5:59)
LP 2 Side C
Freaky Deaky (vinyl Edit) 7:48
Never Loved Like This (studio Session Demo) 5:16
Hopscotch (fast) (6:59)
LP 2 Side D
Intro (8:30)
Katia (full Session) 10:24

Manic Street Preachers release a radically reimagined version of their 6th album ‘Know Your Enemy’. The new version of the album has been entirely remixed and reconstructed to form two separate albums as originally planned. 

This deluxe release includes two previously unheard ‘forgotten’ tracks: ‘Studies in Paralysis’ and ‘Rosebud’.

Following the success of 1998’s’ This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’, Manic Street Preachers planned an ambitious follow-up to be released as two distinct albums: an aggressive, rapid fire return to their roots called ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’, a more conciliatory, reflective collection. During the recording sessions, the trio got cold feet and settled on a single album that forced often conflicting ideas to sit side by side on the same record. ‘Know Your Enemy’ was launched in February 2001 with a show at Teatro Karl Marx in Havana in front of the Cuban leader and charted at No.2 in the UK the following week, going on to see over half a million copies worldwide. The singles taken from the album: ‘So Why So Sad’, ‘Found That Soul’, ‘Ocean Spray’ and ‘Let Robeson Sing’ all reached the Top 20.

Whilst going through the band’s archive to put together an anniversary version of ‘Know Your Enemy’, Nicky Wire found the original tapes of ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’ that he’d made up in the studio during recording. When he put forward the idea of recreating those records, James Dean Bradfield agreed on the condition that he could remix the entire record with the band’s longtime studio partner Dave Eringa. The new mixes would bring a clarity to each record, losing extraneous studio effects and digital noise from the ‘Solidarity’ songs and stripping away unnecessary orchestration and embellishment from the tracks that made up ‘Door To The River’.

Author and long-term band collaborator Robin Turner explains in his expansive sleeve notes that this release is “the Director’s Cut of ‘Know Your Enemy’. The picture has been painstakingly restored, cleaned up, brightened. Although it doesn’t aim to replace the original, it most certainly enhances it.”

The vinyl edition ‘Know Your Enemy’ presents ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’ in the same order as originally planned in 2000. Each of the CD packages features those records in full plus outtakes, unused mixes by Tom Lord-Alge and tracks featured on the original ‘Know Your Enemy’ that aren’t on the two restructured albums. All formats feature previously unseen photos from the recording sessions taken by regular collaborator Mitch Ikeda.

TRACK LISTING

VINYL
DISC 1 - DOOR TO THE RIVER
Side 1
1. The Year Of Purification
2. Ocean Spray
3. So Why So Sad (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. Door To The River
5. Rosebud
Side 2
6. Just A Kid
7. His Last Painting
8. Let Robeson Sing
9. Groundhog Days
10. Epicentre
DISC 2 - SOLIDARITY
Side 1
1. Intravenous Agnostic
2. Found That Soul (TLA Mix)
3. We Are All Bourgeois Now
4. Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children
5. The Convalescent
6. Baby Elian
Side 2
7. Masses Against The Classes
8. My Guernica
9. Studies In Paralysis
10. Dead Martyrs
11. Wattsville Blues
12. Miss Europa Disco Dancer

DELUXE 3 X CD VERSION
DISC 1 - DOOR TO THE RIVER
1. The Year Of Purification
2. Ocean Spray
3. So Why So Sad (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. Door To The River
5. Rosebud
6. Just A Kid
7. His Last Painting
8. Let Robeson Sing
9. Groundhog Days
10. Epicentre
11. His Last Painting (LA Mix)
12. Epicentre (TLA Mix)
13. So Why So Sad (Original KYE Version)
14. Royal Correspondent
DISC 2 – SOLIDARITY
1. Intravenous Agnostic
2. Found That Soul (TLA Mix)
3. We Are All Bourgeois Now
4. Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children
5. The Convalescent
6. Baby Elian
7. Masses Against The Classes
8. My Guernica
9. Studies In Paralysis
10. Dead Martyrs
11. Wattsville Blues
12. Miss Europa Disco Dancer
13. Fear Of Motion
14. Pedestal
15. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
16. Locust Valley
17. Masking Tape
18. Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel
DISC 3 – DEMOS
1. Ocean Spray (Studio Demo)
2. So Why So Sad (Cassette Demo)
3. Door To The River (Cassette Demo)
4. His Last Painting (Air Version Home Cassette Demo)
5. Let Robeson Sing (Home Cassette Demo)
6. Groundhog Days (Home Cassette Demo)
7. Epicentre (Cassette Demo)
8. Intravenous Agnostic (Home Cassette Demo)
9. Freedom Of Speech Won’t Feed My Children (Studio Demo)
10. The Convalescent (Studio Rehearsal Demo)
11. His Last Painting Baby Elian (Studio Demo)
12. Masses Against The Classes (Studio Demo)
13. My Guernica No 1 (Home Acoustic Demo)
14. My Guernica (Studio Demo)
15. Dead Martyrs (Home Cassette Demo)
16. Wattsville Blues (Home Cassette Demo)

2 X CD VERSION
DISC 1 - DOOR TO THE RIVER
1. The Year Of Purification
2. Ocean Spray
3. So Why So Sad (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. Door To The River
5. Rosebud
6. Just A Kid
7. His Last Painting
8. Let Robeson Sing
9. Groundhog Days
10. Epicentre
11. His Last Painting (LA Mix)
12. Epicentre (TLA Mix)
13. So Why So Sad (Original KYE Version)
14. Royal Correspondent
DISC 2 - SOLIDARITY
1. Intravenous Agnostic
2. Found That Soul (TLA Mix)
3. We Are All Bourgeois Now
4. Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children
5. The Convalescent
6. Baby Elian
7. Masses Against The Classes
8. My Guernica
9. Studies In Paralysis
10. Dead Martyrs
11. Wattsville Blues
12. Miss Europa Disco Dancer
13. Fear Of Motion
14. Pedestal
15. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
16. Locust Valley
17. Masking Tape
18. Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel

WHO CARES? was made in close partnership with musician Benny Sings, over the course of a few sessions in Sings’ Amsterdam studio. After spending the bulk of 2020 quarantined back home in the UK due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rex made the trek to Amsterdam that fall to record with Sings. What started as sessions without expectations turned into an incredibly productive 48-hour window of recording with Benny, prompting a follow-up trip to Amsterdam.

The subsequent 10 days of work together produced his fourth album, made in close partnership with Benny, that is a playful record by an artist in a playful mood. The album also finds Rex reunited with Tyler, The Creator, who contributes a verse to "OPEN A WINDOW," which marks the first time the two have collaborated since Tyler's 2017 album Flower Boy.

TRACK LISTING

1. Keep It Up
2. Open A Window (Feat. Tyler, The Creator)
3. Worth It
4. Amazing
5. One In A Million
6. If You Want It
7. 7am
8. The Shade
9. Making Time
10. Shoot Me Down
11. Who Cares?

Imposter is a collection of songs by Dave Gahan & Soulsavers. Dave & Soulsavers didn’t write these songs, but they listened to them, studied them & gave them new life.

Recorded at the legendary Shangri-La Studio in Malibu, these versions of songs you know & some you may not, range from sparse to lush, sombre to joyful. The choices and the sequencing were deliberate & meaningful. It shines a light on the enduring strength of poignant lyrics and well executed melodies.

Imposter is a reflection of Dave’s life, a story told by others, but in his own distinct voice. 

TRACK LISTING

The Dark End Of The Street
Strange Religion
Lilac Wine
I Held My Baby Last Night
A Man Needs A Maid
Metal Heart
Shut Me Down
Where My Love Lies Asleep
Smile
The Desperate Kingdom Of Love
Not Dark Yet
Always On My Mind

While Nao's previous project propelled the singer-songwriter into a new stratosphere with its cosmic, coming-of-age themes, the songstress is now entering a brand new chapter with ‘And Then Life Was Beautiful’ - where ‘Saturn’ untangled the knots of late twenties soul-searching, ‘And Then Life Was Beautiful’ goes a step further by setting out a clarified sense of purpose. Now a mother of a young daughter, NAO is more confident in herself and her voice than ever. A pandemic album, written and recorded throughout never-ending lockdowns, the project celebrates life’s ups and downs, reaching out a hand to guide listeners through what hurdles may confront them next. It includes previously released tracks ‘Antidode’, featuring Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold, ‘Woman’, featuring Lianne La Havas, which she recorded with her new-born daughter strapped lovingly to her chest, as well as ‘Messy Love’, a stunning offering loaded with strummed guitar grooves and drum rhythms rooted in 90s R&B.  

Other notable stand-out tracks include ‘Wait’, a stripped-back track which takes an intimate look at how you make mistakes to develop a relationship, and ‘Postcards’, highlighting a gorgeous vocal interplay of NAO and serpentwithfeet, who features alongside her on the track. For ‘Good Luck’, R&B crooner Lucky Daye jumped on board.

She says: “Life isn’t perfect; we still go through ups and downs, but it can be beautiful as a whole. I do think it’s a hopeful album, in an honest way – it’s not shiny or all ‘isn’t this great!’ and ‘party party party.’ But it’s hopeful in that through every rough patch, every dark patch or struggle we always come out again. That’s what life is. You keep going. But most of all you try and step into a place of gratitude so that you can see life in all of its beauty.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A silky smooth mix between soaring synth pop and grooving R&B, wonderfully bringing together Nao's gorgeous vocals and a distinctly modern mash-up of styles into a cohesive and jubilant whole.

TRACK LISTING

1. And Then Life Was Beautiful
2. Messy Love
3. Glad That You’re Gone
4. Antidote (feat. Adekunle Gold)
5. Burn Out
6. Wait
7. Good Luck (feat. Lucky Daye)
8. Nothing’s For Sure
9. Woman (feat. Lianne La Havas)
10. Better Friend
11. Postcards (feat. Serpentwithfeet)
12. Little Giants
13. Amazing Grace

‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction; a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky.

Musically, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post-Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables-era REM, Lodger) though the end result could only be the unique union of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, collectively one of the UK’s most consistently brilliant rock’n’roll bands for over three decades.

TRACK LISTING

1. Still Snowing In Sapporo
2. Orwellian
3. The Secret He Had Missed
4. Quest For Ancient Colour
5. Don’t Let The Night Divide Us
6. Diapause
7. Complicated Illusions
8. Into The Waves Of Love
9. Blank Diary Entry
10. Happy Bored Alone
11. Afterending

Indies Exclusive 7"
SIDE A: Orwellian
SIDE B Orwellian (Gwenno Remix)

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, alongside solo artist and Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth, presents this stunning debut solo project collection - exploring loss, miscommunication and emotional inarticulacy that a married couple experience as they realise that their relationship is breaking down.

‘Utopian Ashes’ draws on the tradition of country soul classics, such as Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’s ‘Grievous Angel’ and George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s ‘We Go Together’, to deal with the heavy realities of love turning sour. It’s an album for people who have dealt with the inevitable sadness that comes with age and acknowledged the realities of life. There is no sweetening of the pill, but it does achieve what should be the goal of all good art: to make us feel less alone. And while it’s not autobiographical, it channels heartfelt truth from the songwriters’ own experiences.

In addition to Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, the album features Johnny Hostile (bass) alongside Primal Scream trio Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: This collaboration sees Beth and Gillespie in absolute peak form, flitting between more upbeat balladry and thoughtful meditative orchestration but always moving towards a brilliantly inventive conclusion. The more downbeat slo-country moments are accentuated with a perfect juxtaposition of vocal talents and a keen ear for melody. Beautiful stuff.

TRACK LISTING

Chase It Down
English Town
Remember We Were Lovers
Your Heart Will Always Be Broken
Stones Of Silence
You Don’t Know What Love Is
You Can Trust Me Now
Living A Lie
Sunk In Reverie

Debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf, as well as his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren. Originally released October 21, 1977, Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard Wagner, Phil Spector, Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide. As of June 2019, it has spent 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, the second longest chart run by a studio album. 

A 'National Album Day' release - Pressed on standard Black LP Vinyl. 

'Bizarro' was the second Wedding Present album, originally released in 1989. The band's first album on a major label, 'Bizarro' saw The Wedding Present toughening up rather than selling out. Toying with extremes of tempo and mood, the result was a vibrant hybrid of astringency and the band's quintessential pop euphoria.

Band of Gypsys was originally released in March 1970, at a time when Hendrix was at the peak of his powers. Featuring a new line up consisting of drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox, it was recorded across two performances at the Fillmore East on New Year’s Day 1970. The resulting live album captured an incendiary mix of blues, rock, and funk.

The 50th anniversary edition of Band of Gypsys features an 8 page book featuring rare archival photos and an essay by Hendrix archivist John McDermott, and has been remastered from the original analogue stereo tapes by Eddie Kramer, long time engineer to Jimi Hendrix. 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Who Knows
Machine Gun
Recorded January 1, 1970 Early Show

SIDE B
Changes
Power To Love
Message To Love
We Gotta Live Together
Recorded January 1, 1970 Late Show

Instrumental version of the amazing "Bandana" album from 2019. You know the score by now... Madlib's beats are just sooo juicy and nice, he normally releases them separately to the artist's vocal album.

Such was the case with "Pinata" and now "Bandana", the unofficial follow-up, continues the trend. One of hip-hop's most respected beat makers shows no signs of losing his edge in his forties - he's still one of the best in the business!

Unlike "Pinata"'s glamourising, flamboyant celebration of the drug game (albeit with some rather cutting lyrics), "Bandana"'s beats highlight the claustrophobic, tense and unbridled darkness that also comes with it. Smothered in a foreboding, dready weight, the perfect canvas for Gibbs' black hearted lyrics. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Madlib's killer beats always deserve a seperate album to themselves and no more so is this apparant than the claustophobic and edgy tension of "Bandana".

TRACK LISTING

Side 1.

1. Obrigado (0:50)
2. Freestyle Shit (2:24)
3. Half Manne Half Cocaine (2:53)
4. Crime Pays (3:05)
5. Massage Seats (2:26)
6. Palmolive (4:08)
7. Fake Names (3:44)
8. Flat Tummy Tea (2:38)

Side 2.

1. Situations (2:47)
2. Giannis (3:22)
3. Practice (2:44)
4. Cataracts (3:39)
5. Gat Damn (2:50)
6. Education (4:22)
7. Soul Right (3:27)

Numbered, limited edition recreation of a 7" released in advance of the band's debut album "Funeral."

Recorded on a European tour to promote their sophomore album, 2004’s Aha Shake Heartbreak, Day Old Belgian Blues captures Kings of Leon’s raw, urgent rock sound as it swept over fans and critics alike. This live EP, featuring versions of “The Bucket,” “Four Kicks,” “Molly’s Chambers” and more, makes its vinyl debut for Record Store Day Black Friday

Off the back of the incredible latest album ‘I Trawl The Megahertz‘, and following last month’s first hit of remastered vinyl, Prefab Sprout have announced an exciting next batch, featuring four of the band’s classic albums - out October 25th - all overseen by Paddy and Martin McAloon. The releases include Prefab Sprout’s renowned hit album ‘Steve McQueen’ - this time arriving as a ½ speed remaster from the original tapes and follows its 2007 ‘legacy edition’ release. An album that frequently graces critics’ “all time best” lists, it’s a record that is highly-revered. The BBC labelled it as “one of the greats. What really matters is the music. Really. If you have never listened to this album then I urge, no, demand that you do.” The releases include Prefab Sprout’s fourth studio album ‘Protest Songs’ - an essential release for the band that secured them a UK Top 20 record, as well as their sixth album ‘Andromeda Heights’, that spawned singles ‘A Prisoner Of The Past’ & ‘Electric Guitars’ and comes on 180g black vinyl for the very first time. Finally, the fourth part in the latest batch is the band’s newly mastered and remastered release of 2009’s ‘Let’s Change The World With Music’ - seen widely as the band’s comeback album, which received critical acclaim. Promo & marketing activity.

The third and last of the 'classic' Tribe records (preceding the addition of Jay Dee and the formation of the Ummah production team), "Midnight Marauders" sees the group at their most musically sophisticated, marrying the distinctive Tribe sound with groundbreaking sampling and adventurous rhymes. The logical evolution of the bop-influenced hooks which characterized "Low End Theory", "...Marauders" seemlessly balances jazz, soul and reggae influences with pure golden age hip hop, graduating from a cool school aesthetic to an electric jazz sound (reminiscent of fusion-era Miles Davis). Lyrically "Midnight Marauders" finds the group's abstract poetics in excellent form as usual, and Phife is miles ahead of the 'mayor-flavor' rhymes of "Can I Kick It." As per the title, the album develops the introspection of "After Hours" into a nocturnal feel which winds its way through "Midnight," the party-rock of "We Can Get Down," "Clap Your Hands" and the complex layers of "God Lives Through." No review of this LP would be complete without a moment in tribute to the majesty of the Ronnie Foster sampling "Electric Relaxation", a flawless cut which sees Q-Tip and Phife Dawg trading killer bars with effortless flow. All in all, a true classic from back in the day, which no home should be without.

TRACK LISTING

Midnight Marauders Tour Guide
Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
Award Tour
8 Million Stories
Sucka Nigga
Midnight
We Can Get Down
Electric Relaxation
Clap Your Hands
Oh My God
Keep It Rollin'
The Chase (Part II)
Lyrics To Go
God Lives Through

Released only in Japan in 1997, this collection of live and demo tracks—available for the first time on vinyl—is a must for Rage Against The Machine fans! Includes fiery versions of “Take The Power Back” and “Bombtrack,” covers of N.W.A.’s “Fuck Tha Police” and Public Enemy’s “Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos” (with Chuck D on lead vocals) and tracks from the band’s original 1991 demo tape.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1 Bullet In The Head (live)
2 Settle For Nothing (live)
3 Bombtrack (live)

SIDE B
1 Take The Power Back (live)
2 Freedom (live)
3 Intro (Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos) (live)
4 Zapata's Blood (live)

SIDE C
1 Without A Face (live)
2 Hadda Be Playing On The Jukebox (live)

SIDE D
1 Fuck Tha Police (live)
2 Darkness
3 Clear The Lane

Originally released on Creation Records, this long out of print classic has been re-mastered for the first time from the original tapes at Abbey Road Studios, London under the guidance of the band, Norman Blake, Gerard Love, and Raymond McGinley. Packaged in a faithful re-production of the original vinyl artwork and available on heavyweight 180g single vinyl. 

This is one of a series of five releases, and for each the band have also selected rarities, favourites and tracks previously unavailable on vinyl to include on a 7” with each album. These 7” singles each feature two tracks and are only available with the initial pressing of each album.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Teenage Fanclub finally slow up with this year 2,000 record. It's still sweet, supremely well crafted, and in Raymond's "My Uptight Life" in particular, extraordinary, but it was no surprise that this release closed a particular chapter for this much-loved band.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Need Direction
2. I Can’t Find My Way Home
3. Accidental Life
4. Near You
5. Happiness
6. Dumb DumbDumb
7. The Town And The City
8. The Sun Shines From You
9. Straight And Narrow
10. CulDe Sac
11. My Uptight Life
12. If I Never See You Again

Bonus 7”
1. Thaw Me –‘Dumb DumbDumb’ B-side, First Time On Vinyl
2. One Thousand Lights –‘Dumb DumbDumb’ B-side, First Time On Vinyl

2 LPs, yellow 180 Gram, in gatefold jacket with audio and Lemonade film download inserts.

'"Lemonade" is the sixth studio album by American singer Beyoncé. Released via Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, it is Beyoncé's second 'visual album' following her previous eponymous 2013 album, as well as a concept album, accompanied upon its release by a one-hour film aired on HBO. Primarily an R&B album, "Lemonade" encompasses a variety of genres, including pop, reggae, blues, rock, hip hop, soul, funk, Americana, country, gospel, electronic, and trap music. The album features guest vocals from James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, and Jack White. The album contains samples and interpolations of a number of hip-hop and rock songs.' - Wiki

TRACK LISTING

Pray You Catch Me
Hold Up
Don’t Hurt Yourself (ft Jack White)
Sorry
6 Inch (ft The Weeknd)
Daddy Lessons
Love Drought
Sandcastles
Forward (ft James Blake)
Freedom (ft Kendrick Lamar)
All Night
Formation

This is a 20 track, double (140gm), vinyl format which includes a download code insert.

All the biggest & best hits are on here, including:- "All Along The Watchtower", "Crosstown Traffic", "Purple Haze", "Foxey Lady", "Hey Joe", "Voodoo Child", "Stone Free" & many more...

Kings of Leon burst onto the music scene in 2003 and were (bizarrely, from this vantage point) lazily compared to TheStrokes. Something to do with youthful exhuberance, perhaps, but the similarities end there. Here was a preacher raised band of (literal!) brothers, hell bent on bringing Southern, good-time rock'n'roll back onto the radio and into our hearts. They had the bar-band groove, a cool as you like attitude, but most importantly some massive pop songs to help them stake their claim. It was thrilling debut.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Superb debut which brought country-rockin, Southrn-frazzled booginess right back into the mainstream.

TRACK LISTING

Red Morning Light
Happy Alone
Wasted Time
Joe's Head
Trani
California Waiting
Spiral Staircase
Molly's Chamber
Genius
Dusty
Holy Roller Novocaine
Talihina Sky

180g vinyl repress of Leonard Cohen’s 1998 album which Includes “First We Take Manhattan” and “Everybody Knows”. His eighth LP, and one that marked the move to a more modern sound, encompassing synthesizer in many of the compositions. It reached no. 1 in many European countries, catapulting Cohen into a best-selling artist. A highly acclaimed album, right across the board, it was voted 495 in the third edition of Colin Larkin’s ‘All Time Top 1000 Albums’ in 2000.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The best of Bob Dylan. The perfect entry point.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Subterranean Homesick Blues

Side B
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
5. Lay, Lady, Lay
6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Side C
1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up In Blue
3. Gotta Serve Somebody
4. Jokerman
5. Make You Feel My Love

Side D
1. Things Have Changed
2. Mississippi
3. When The Deal Goes Down
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Long And Wasted Years

Double LP pressing featuring essential cuts from Johnny Cash''s back catalogue, including: Ring Of Fire, Hey Porter, Folsom Prison Blues, A Boy Named Sue and many more!

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. I Walk The Line
4. Get Rhythm
5. There You Go
6. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
7. Big River
8. Guess Things Happen That Way

Side B
1. All Over Again
2. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
3. Five Feet High And Rising
4. The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
5. Tennessee Flat-Top Box
6. I Still Miss Someone
7. Ring Of Fire

Side C
1. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
2. Orange Blossom Special
3. It Ain't Me, Babe - Johnny Cash With June Carter Cash
4. The One On The Right Is On The Left
5. Jackson - Johnny Cash With June Carter Cash
6. Folsom Prison Blues

Side D
1. Daddy Sang Bass
2. Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
3. A Boy Named Sue
4. If I Were A Carpenter (Live In Denmark) - June Carter Cash / Johnny Cash
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down
6. Man In Black
7. One Piece At A Time

Primal Scream had been fragile, 60s obsessed  dreamers, influenced by Love and (particularly) The Byrds (85-87) but in 1989 they were NY Dolls leather-clad rockers with the odd Big Star slowie or Stonesy ballad thrown in for good measure. Then BANG acid house and ecstasy hit  and in the spirit of the day, Andy Weatherall took one of those Stones style heartbreakers and made the hit single "Loaded" . Indie-Dance was born, anyone remember?!But this LP is much, much bigger than that. It goes up, it comes down, and covers all the magic in between. There's blues, soul, gospel, house, dub and yes a beautiful Stonesy ballad ("Damaged"). No songs are fillers, it's a perfectly realised musical statement. With the Orb, Andy Weatherall and even the Stones'Jimmy Miller to help them, they created one of the best albums of the 90s that still resonates today. Higher than the sun.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: First time on a cd-only box set for every single Screamadelica affiliated track. Lovely new booklet and a storming live set (which better illustrates the band's fusion of rock'n'roll and dance grooves) make this a brilliant collection.

Martin says: Classic album, perfectly presented.

Patrick says: Not only do you get a defining moment in musical history, you get all the remixes, live versions and backstory to put the whole thing in context. Raver, do yourself a favour!

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting
Side A
1. Movin' On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don't Fight It, Feel It
Side B
1. Higher Than The Sun
2. Inner Flight
3. Come Together
Side C
1. Loaded
2. Damaged
3. I'm Comin' Down
Side D
1. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
2. Shine Like Stars

CD Tracklisting
Disc: 1
1. Movin' On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don't Fight It, Feel It
4. Higher Than The Sun
5. Inner Flight
6. Come Together
7. Loaded
8. Damaged
9. I'm Comin' Down
10. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
11. Shine Like Stars
Disc: 2
1. Movin' On Up
2. Stone My Soul
3. Carry Me Home
4. Screamadelica
Disc: 3
1. Loaded
2. Loaded 7"
3. Come Together
4. Come Together
5. Come Together
6. Come Together
7. Come Together
8. Higher Than The Sun
9. Higher Than The Sun
10. Higher Than The Sun
11. Don't Fight It
12. Don't Fight It
13. Don't Fight It
14. I'm Losing More (Than I'll Ever Have)
Disc: 4
1. Movin' On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don't Fight It, Feel It
4. I'm Losing More (Than I'll Ever Have)
5. Damaged
6. Screamadelica
7. Loaded
8. Come Together
9. Higher Than The Sun
10. Cold Turkey
11. No Fun

The third album from The Manics isn’t the easiest of listens. It’s a tense and at times harrowing collection of songs, recorded shortly before Richey James hospitalisation for depression, and subsequent disappearance. The lyrics, whether personal or political, are graphic and unflinchingly bleak. And even their usually buoyant glam hooks are tighter and more intense. It’s a powerful statement and still remains one of The Manics’ finest moments.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yes
2. Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart
3. Of Walking Abortion
4. She Is Suffering
5. Archives Of Pain
6. Revol
7. 4st 7lb
8. Mausoleum
9. Faster
10. This Is Yesterday
11. Die In The Summertime
12. The Intense Humming Of Evil
13. P.C.P

Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Transformers The Movie comes this collector's edition, double vinyl package including two etched, coloured vinyl LPs in a Transforming gatefold sleeve. LP1 is pressed on red vinyl and etched with the Autobot logo, while LP2 is pressed on purple vinyl and etched with the Decepticon logo. The gatefold sleeve completely "transforms" all four sides from an Autobot themed jacket to a Decepticon themed jacket. This original 1986 cult classic, remastered and re-imagined, has never sounded or looked better! Transformers, There's More Than Meets The Eye!

TRACK LISTING

The Touch
Instruments Of Destruction
Death Of Optimus Prime
Dare
Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way
The Transformers Theme
Escape
Hunger
Autobot / Decepticon Battle
Dare To Be Stupid 

Jimi Hendrix's debut recording was an instant classic, and is as startling today as when it first hit the streets in 1967. "Are You Experienced?" is probably the most rock-oriented of Hendrix's official studio releases, but its influences are incredibly diverse. "Third Stone From The Sun" recalls the supple octaves of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery; the churning Afro-Cuban polyrhythms of "Manic Depression" evoke John Coltrane and Elvin Jones; "I Don't Live Today" employs ritualistic Native American drum beats; and the title tune borrows the Eastern airs of sitarist Ravi Shankar.

Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding blast away with a barely controlled fury, and there's a distorted metallic edge to Hendrix's guitar timbre that has made "Are You Experienced?" a particular favourite among rock and heavy-metal guitarists. "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady" helped define the power-trio format, thanks to Hendrix's full-bodied rhythm guitar and his soaring solos. "Are You Experienced?" also established Hendrix as a singer-songwriter. His Dylanesque vocals and spacey imagery make each tune a little gem, especially on gentle outings such as the ballad "The Wind Cries Mary".

On "Electric Ladyland" Jimi Hendrix stretched and experimented in the studio, going beyond the power-trio format on what would be his last studio album with the Experience. "Electric Ladyland" was revolutionary in its scope and execution. Using New York City's Record Plant as a gateway to free expression, Hendrix traversed an abstract landscape containing compositions as weird and wonderful as "...And The Gods Made Love" and "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)".  Simultaneously looking forwards and backwards, Hendrix mixed in a song reminiscent of his time on the chitlin' circuit (Earl King's "Come On [Part 1]"), a Bob Dylan favourite ("All Along The Watchtower"), and one of his snappiest singles ("CrosstownTraffic"). Although Hendrix produced and wrote most of this masterpiece, others weighed in with their own contributions. Noel Redding penned "Little Miss Strange", and other guests such as Al Kooper and Buddy Miles showed up to play. Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane also made cameos, appearing on this classic album's spiritual centre, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)".

"Axis: Bold As Love" was the follow-up to "Are You Experienced?", and represented a much more conscious use of the recording studio's possibilities. Where his live shows continued to showcase the raw rocking power of the Experience, the recording studio gave Hendrix the composer/arranger a broader palette. There are still plenty of powerful blues/rock-inflected songs, such as the menacing "If 6 Was 9", the rolling "Spanish Castle Magic" and the spatial title tune. But "Up From The Skies" is a jazzy trio romp, featuring Hendrix's bluesy, vocalised wah-wah pedal. And on the ballads "Little Wing"and "Castles Made Of Sand", Hendrix shifts the focus from the band to the silvery chord/melody accompaniments he often employed to complement his vocals. They are an orchestral effect unto themselves.

Patti Smith's third album was her most commercial sounding album to date, and due to the inclusion of the Bruce Springsteen penned (with lyrical amendments from Smith) "Because The Night" it also became her biggest seller. This isn't a 'sell out' slbum though, she still stick to her defiant, poetic lyrics but here she  manages to create a balance between her art and commercial success.

TRACK LISTING

1. Till Victory
2. Space Monkey  
3. Because The Night  
4. Ghost Dance 
5. Babelogue 
6. Rock N Roll Nigger  
7. Privilege (Set Me Free) 
8. We Three 
9. 25th Floor 
10. High On Rebellion 
11. Easter 

Surely this album needs no introduction or explanation?! But just in case you don’t know, this is arguably one of the best debut albums of all time, from one of the most influential bands of their generation! And if that’s not enough to tempt you, then I don’t know what is.

25th anniversary replica featuring original artwork and 180gm heavyweight vinyl.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The Stone Roses' debut album from 1989 is that rare thing: a perfect record. The quality of these songs is actually hard to comprehend; absolute classics, every single one! Uprooting the established guitar pop format in favour of a loose-limbed groove the baggy icons somehow incorporated Byrdsian jangle, hippie-inclusivity, funk swagger and searing solos into a new type of rock music, single-handedly soundtracking the second Summer of Love and defining a moment in time. It ignited and united a whole generation and will be passed on forever. Beautiful.

Hurts return with the follow up to 2010's debut "Happiness". Their second album 'Exile' sees the band ditch their electro-pop and instead head towards anthemic ballads and theatrical beauty.

TRACK LISTING

CD:
1. Exile
2. Miracle
3. Sandman
4. Blind
5. Only You
6. The Road
7. Cupid
8. Mercy
9. The Crow
10. Somebody To Die For
11. The Rope
12. Help
13. Heaven
14. Guilt

DVD:
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3

The accompanying soundtrack to the much-anticipated and talked about directorial debut from Foo Fighters main man Dave Grohl. This is a documentary, recording the highs, lows & ultimate demise of the legendary U.S. Recording studio 'Sound City'.

Featured artists include Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Corey Taylor, Joshua Homme, Sir Paul McCartney, Trent Reznor & more...

TRACK LISTING

1. Heaven And All - Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl & Peter Hayes
2. Time Slowing Down - Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl & Brad Wilk
3. You Can't Fix This - Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Rami Jaffee
4. The Man That Never Was - Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Pat Smear
5. Your Wife Is Calling - Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes & Pat Smear
6. From Can To Can't - Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen & Scott Reeder
7. Centipede - Joshua Homme, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl & Alain Johannes
8. A Trick With No Sleeve - Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl & Joshua Homme
9. Cut Me Some Slack - Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
10. If I Were Me - Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee & Jim Keltner
11. Mantra - Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme & Trent Reznor

This is the 15 track 'Very Best Of' which was originally released in 2002. 

All tracks have been remastered by original producer John Leckie.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs The Drums
3. Ten Storey Love Song
4. Waterfall
5. Made Of Stone
6. Love Spreads
7. What The World Is Waiting For
8. Sally Cinnamon
9. Fools Gold
10. Begging You
11. Elephant Stone
12. Breaking Into Heaven
13. One Love
14. This Is The One
15. I Am The Resurrection

An impressively assured debut album from Hope Of The States and one that has already seen them compared to prime time Radiohead, this is an album full of epic masterpieces that could well see HOTS catapulted to another level. There is an obvious influence from more avant acts such as Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Sigur Ros on show here, and indeed the production duties are taken up by Sigur Ros' Ken Thomas. Having survived and moved on from the tragic suicide of their guitarist Jimmi Lawrence which would have seen the break up of lesser bands, this is an epic fully formed triumph!!!

Covers album, including versions of tracks by everyone from Dylan and the Rolling Stones to Devo and Africa Bambaataa. This special edition also includes 2 live hidden bouns tracks.