Bandwagonesque is the third album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, originally released in November 1991 on Creation Records. The album gave the band substantial US success when the single "Star Sign" reached number four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their biggest hit in that country, with "What You Do to Me" and "The Concept" also becoming top 20 hits. Bandwagonesque was voted 'album of the year' for 1991 by American music magazine Spin, famously beating Nirvana's landmark album Nevermind.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Concept
2. Satan
3. December
4. What You Do To Me
5. I Don't Know
6. Star Sign
Side B
1. Metal Baby
8. Pet Rock
9. Sidewinder
10. Alcoholiday
11. Guiding Star
12. Is This Music?

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut studio album by the American hiphop group Wu-Tang Clan, originally released on November 9, 1993.

The gritty, distinctive sound of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) created a blueprint for hardcore hip-hop during the 1990s, and helped return New York City hip-hop to national prominence. Its sound also became greatly influential in modern hip-hop production, while the group members' explicit, humorous, and free-associative lyrics have served as a template for many subsequent rap records. Serving as a landmark release in the era of hip-hop known as the East Coast Renaissance, its influence helped lead the way for several other East Coast rappers, including Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, and Jay-Z.

Despite its raw, underground sound the album received positive reviews from most music critics, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) has since been widely regarded as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. In 2020, the album was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2022, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Bring Da Ruckus
2. Shame On A Nigga
3. Clan In Da Front
4. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
5. Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission
6. Protect Ya Neck / Intermission
Side B
1. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
8. Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit
9. C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
10. Method Man
11. Tearz
12. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II

Long out of print on vinyl, Tyler, The Creator’s classic album Wolf finally receives an official repress that is set for release on 20th Oct.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. WOLF
2. Jamba
3. Cowboy
4. Awkward
5. Domo23
6. Answer
SIDE B
1. Slater
2. 48
3. Colossus
4. PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer
SIDE C
1. IFHY
2. Pigs
3. Parking Lot
4. Rusty
SIDE D
1. Trashwang
2. Treehome95
3. Tamale
4. Lone

'async' is the nineteenth solo studio album of Ryuichi Sakamoto and his first one in eight years since Out of Noise (2009). Consisting of a combination of bizarre interpretations of familiar musical instruments, unusual textures both acoustic and electronically made, samples of recordings of people such as David Sylvian and Paul Bowles doing readings, and everyday sounds borrowed from field recordings of city streets, async has underlying themes of the worries of the end of life and the interaction of differing viewpoints in humanity.

TRACK LISTING

Andata
Disintegration
Solari
Zure
Walker
Stakra
Ubi
Fullmoon
Async
Tri
Life, Life
Honj
Ff
Garden

Wilco's 12th studio album, Cruel Country, is the band's exploration of the genre they've often been defined by but, until now, never fully embraced. The double album features 21 Jeff Tweedy-penned tracks, made almost entirely of live takes, created with all six members together in The Loft for the first time since the 2011 release The Whole Love.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1 I Am My Mother 
2 Cruel Country 
3 Hints 
4 Ambulance 
5 The Empty Condor
6 Tonight's The Day
SIDE B 
1 All Across The World 
2 Darkness Is Cheap 
3 Bird Without A Tail / Base Of My Skull 
4 Tired Of Taking It Out On You 
5 The Universe 
SIDE C
1 Many Worlds
2 Hearts Hard To Find
3 Falling Apart (Right Now)
4 Please Be Wrong
SIDE D
1 Story To Tell
2 A Lifetime To Find
3 Country Song Upside-down
4 Mystery Binds
5 Sad Kind Of Way
6 The Plains

Experience the amazing 50-year journey of rap music with Raised by Rap: 50 Years of Hip Hop. This double-LP vinyl traces the roadmap through rap music from legendary acts to newcomers, offering a comprehensive history lesson and fascinating overview.

Hear some of the greatest hip hop tracks ever released from legendary acts like 21 Savage, A Tribe Called Quest, Bia, Doja Cat, Fugees, Future, Mobb Deep, Nas, RUN DMC, Wu-Tang Clan and more. This limited edition double-LP vinyl is a must-have for hip hop fans and anyone interested in exploring rap music's illustrious past.

TRACK LISTING

LP1
Side A
Genius Rap (7” Single Version) – Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde 
It's Tricky – Run DMC 
It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock 
Can I Kick It? – A Tribe Called Quest 
Summertime (Single Edit) – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 
Funkdafied – Da Brat
Side B
Insane In The Brain – Cypress Hill 
C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) – Wu-Tang Clan Feat. Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck & Buddha Monk 
Shook Ones, Pt. II – Mobb Deep 
Ready Or Not – Fugees 
N.Y. State Of Mind – NAS 
Watch Out Now – The Beatnuts Feat. Yellaklaw
LP2
Side C
Ms. Jackson – Outkast 
Grindin’ – Clipse 
Hip-Hop – Dead Prez 
Poppin’ My Collar – Three 6 Mafia 
Blow The Whistle – Too $hort
Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) – UGK (Underground Kingz) Feat. Outkast
Side D
Goosebumps – Travis Scott 
A Lot – 21 Savage 
Streets – Doja Cat 
Mask Off – Future 
Praise The Lord (Da Shine) Feat. Skepta – A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta
Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) (Remix) – Lil Nas X Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
Whole Lotta Money – BIA

The Gold Experience, released in 1995, was the first full-length Prince album to be credited to his unpronounceable symbol and was released at the most public, heated stage of his battle with the major label industrial complex. With the word “SLAVE” written on one cheek, Prince shined on the opulent ballads “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” and “Gold” and the defiant single “[eye] Hate U,” and the album earned widespread critical acclaim. Available as black vinyl double LP.

Rhythm and Stealth is the second studio album by Leftfield, originally released on 20 September 1999. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.

Matt Hendrickson of Rolling Stone said, "The album's jumble of epic sounds is a blessing and a curse: Rhythm and Stealth never develops a sustained, full-on groove, but it makes for a mind-melding headphone adventure."[10] John Bush of AllMusic said, "Leftfield has moved on with a grace and mastery of production seldom seen in the dance world."[4]

NME named it the 24th best album of 1999.

Pressed on black vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1 Dusted 
2 Phat Planet
SIDE B
1 Chant Of A Poor Man 
2 Double Flash 
3 El Cid
SIDE C
1 Afrika Shox
2 Dub Gussett
SIDE D
1 Swords
2 6/8 War
3 Rino's Prayer

Leftism is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo (now solo project) Leftfield, originally released in 1995 on Columbia Records. It contained a mixture of new tracks along with reworked versions of previous Leftfield singles. The album contains guest spots from musicians not associated with dance music at the time such as John Lydon from Public Image Ltd. (and formerly of Sex Pistols) and Toni Halliday from Curve. The album was described as progressive house, although some journalists found that label too limiting, suggesting the album incorporated many genres.

On its release, the album was well received from the British press with positive reviews from the NME and Q. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in. Critics have praised the album as one of the major album-length works of dance music, with Q referring to it as "the first truly complete album experience to be created by house musicians and the first quintessentially British one". Pressed on black vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
1 Release The Pressure 
2 Afro Left 
3 Melt 
SIDE B:
1 Song Of Life
2 Original 
3 Black Flute
SIDE C
1 Space Shanty
2 Inspection (Check One)
3 Storm 3000
SIDE D
1 Open Up
2 21st Century Poem

Sony Music is proud to re-issue The Strokes’ critically acclaimed, Gold-certified album ‘First Impressions Of Earth’ on vinyl. The album, originally released in 2005, debuted at number 1 on the UK Official 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. Ize Of The World
6. Evening Sun
7. Red Light

Highly anticipated eighth studio album by the American rock band. The album was recorded at Nashville's famed Blackbird Studios, and produced by Grammy Award-winning Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Florence + the Machine). 'When You See Yourself' propels Kings of Leon into 2021 with a modern evolution of their sound.

TRACK LISTING

1. When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away
2. The Bandit
3. 100,000 People
4. Stormy Weather
5. A Wave
6. Golden Restless Age
7. Time In Disguise
8. Supermarket
9. Claire & Eddie
10. Echoing
11. Fairytale

This is the original Arcade Fire demo EP recorded in August 2003 in a barn in Maine, and featuring an earlier line up of the band (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Dane Mills, Brendan Reed and Myles Broscoe). It was produced by Richard Reed Parry, Win and Régine, and was originally only available at shows.

The EP features an early version of fan favourite “No Cars Go”.

In 1967, audiences at the Monterey Pop Festival experienced the powerful voice and stage presence of Janis Joplin, many for the very first time. Her work with Big Brother & The Holding Company and as a solo artist was a defining force in the changing soundscape of rock music in the 1960s. Her passionate vocals on "Piece of My Heart," "Cry Baby" and the posthumous chart-topper "Me and Bobby McGee" inspired generations of female singers to pour their hearts out. This Greatest Hits was originally released in 1973. A coloured vinyl version was pressed for Black Friday last year, and it now gets a standard black vinyl release.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
2. Summertime - Big Brother & The Holding Company
3. Try (Just A Little Harder) - Kozmic Blues Band
4. Cry Baby - The Full Tilt Boogie Band
5. Me And Bobby McGee - The Full Tilt Boogie Band

Side B
1. Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company
2. Get It While You Can - The Full Tilt Boogie Band
3. Bye, Bye Baby - Big Brother & The Holding Company
4. Move Over - The Full Tilt Boogie Band
5. Ball And Chain - The Full Tilt Boogie Band

SZA, one of the redefining voices of today’s contemporary music era, entered the music scene in 2012 with her first critically acclaimed EP, See.SZA.Run. Following that, she released S in 2013 and Z in 2014, both to rave reviews. In 2013, SZA signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, being the first female artist to join the label. SZA wrote and performed on Rihanna’s Anti Single “Consideration” in 2016 and helped write Nicki Minaj and Beyonce’s “Feelin Myself” in 2014.

Born in Maplewood, New Jersey as Solána Rowe, SZA grew up listening to classic and avant-garde jazz, alternative, and rap. She renamed herself finding inspiration within the Supreme Alphabet: the ‘S’ stands for savior or sovereign, the ‘Z’ for zig-zag, and the ‘A’ for Allah.

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: Raw vocals from SZA storms into the Alt-RnB with her incredible powerful sense of herself and her music influences. Having collaborated with Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper, SZA is one to definitely check out! Personal favourite song has to be Drew Barrymore, so good.

Deep breaths...headphones on...needle dropped. LCD Soundsystem are back. Seven years after their last long player, and six years since their premature retirement, NYC's era defining, life changing indie-dance/alt-disco/punk-funk legends are back on wax with their fourth LP "American Dream". As the live hats and staccato pulse of "Oh Baby" give way to tender arps, dramatic synth bass and Murhpy's crooning vocals, all seems well in the world once more. Imbued with the same cinematic quality with which "All My Friends" and "Someone Great" stole our hearts a decade ago, this album opener is vintage LCD. One track in and I'm already hooked. "Other Voices" pushes the tempo and picks up the intensity, fusing low slung bass, sizzling 4/4 and buzzing synthwork into the kind of hypnotic, disco-rock groover the world's been crying out for. Backwards guitar solos and strange synth riffs lend a little psychedelic colour while Murphy's vocals, ably supported by Nancy Wang and Korey Richey, retain all the sardonic lyricism of a particularly arch Larry David. Closing the first side out with shimmering synths, slow rolling bass and a moody piano, "I Used To" details a midlife moment of clarity before the squawking guitar, loose groove and Bowie-styled vocals of "Change Yr Mind" bring the punk to the funkshow. Tumbling toms, immersive reverb and distant vocals march around nagging violin and spectral arpeggios on "How Do You Sleep?", creating a gloomy Joy Division ambience which soon bursts into a slo-mo technicolour via chugging percussion and big bass blasts - Far from your average drug ballad, this is gonna bring the house down live! Blasting through the speakers on a tank full of squelching synthbass, snapping electronic percussion and Murphy's trademark half spoken/ half sung vocals, current single "Tonite" picks up the electroid baton from "Yeah" and "Pow Pow" and treats us to relentless barrage of Murphy's needle-point self referencial wit. Hilarious, danceable and deeply on point, this could well be an album standout. Presumeably inspired by his time working on Bowie's "Blackstar", "Call The Police" pairs an achingly sincere, occasionally bleak lyricism with anthemic rock drums and buzzing guitars, relishing in the bittersweet beauty of life. Electro-pop ballad "American Dream" continues the quest for understanding and acceptance in the tough climate of 2017 as Murphy leads us waltzing through the richest synth tones of his career. As we arrive at the final side Murphy et al blitz through the punk inspired rage of "Emotional Haircut", a hair-raiser in the style of early !!! or Outhud, before embracing the existential melancholy of "Black Screen", the medicated lullaby which closes the set with buzzing synth tones and delicate piano. Though this album may lack the immediacy of its predecessors, it offers infinite emotional depth, sincerity and faultless songwriting. Leave your skepticism at the door, this is the best LCD Soundsystem LP to date.

TRACK LISTING

1. Oh Baby
2. Other Voices
3. I Used To
4. Change Yr Mind
5. How Do You Sleep?
6. Tonite
7. Call The Police
8. American Dream
9. Emotional Haircut
10. Black Screen