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From The Sea To The Land Beyond
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British Sea Power
genre:
Rock
release date 2013-12-02
publisher:
Rough Trade Records
British Sea Power are an English band. Their original lineup consisted of Yan Scott Wilkinson, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, Eamon Hamilton, Martin Noble, Matthew Wood. Eamon Hamilton left the band in 2006 and was subsequently replaced by Phil Sumner, with Abi Fry also joining the band in 2008.
The Lockdown Sessions
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Elton John
genre:
Folk
release date 2021-10-22
publisher:
Virgin EMI Records
英国乐坛常青树Elton John推出全新专辑《The Lockdown Sessions》,收录与Brandi Carlile, Charlie Puth, Dua Lipa, Eddie Vedder, Gorillaz, Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Rina Sawayama, SG Lewis, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Surfaces, Years & Years, Young Thug等二十多位不同流派艺术家合作的十六首曲目。这张合作专辑以与Dua Lipa合作的《Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)》开启,跨越不同流派、文化、时代以及地域,是一次激动人心的艺术交流旅程!
As The Love Continues
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Mogwai
genre:
Rock
release date 2021-02-19
publisher:
Rock Action
The album was produced by Dave Fridmann (Mogwai, Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips) and features guests Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails) and Colin Stetson (saxophonist who has collaborated with Bon Ivor, Arcade Fire). Recorded at Vada Studios, England by Tony Doogan (Grey Dogs, Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian) with Fridmann in full remote control from the US.
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This new album will please old fans and gain new as it has something for everyone. Both transcendent and surprising, As The Love Continues shows that Mogwai are still offering solace from the mundane, supplying the soundtrack to whatever movie you are making in your head.
Black Metal
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Dean Blunt
genre:
dub
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hypnagogic pop
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indie rock
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minimal wave
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indie pop
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release date 2014-11-03
publisher:
Rough Trade
“When you go to the club and every record they’re playing is yours, you try to go left, and I made that mistake…there’s always time fi reason…” – Dean Blunt in conversation with Ninjaman, JA, 2014
We are very excited to announce that Dean Blunt will release his second studio album ‘Black Metal’ on Rough Trade Records on 3rd/4th November. Vinyl format will be a 2xLP heavy pressing. You can pre-order the album now from Rough Trade or iTunes where you will instantly receive three tracks.
Rattlesnakes
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
genre:
Rock
release date 1984-12-20
publisher:
Capitol
Import pressing of their 1984 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Sweetness', 'Andy's Babies', 'The Sea and the Sand' and 'You Will Never Be Good'. 14 tracks in all. Universal.
The Head On The Door
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The Cure
genre:
Rock
release date 1985-08-13
publisher:
Elektra / Wea
The Head on the Door is the sixth studio album by English rock band The Cure, released in August 1985 on record label Polydor.
Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
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Max Richter
genre:
Classical
release date 2014-04-29
publisher:
Deutsche Grammophon
RECOMPOSED BY MAX RICHTER
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Die vier Jahreszeiten
The Four Seasons
incl. Shadows
Daniel Hope
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin
André de Ridder
Int. Release 28 Apr. 2014
1 CD / Download
Promises
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Floating Points
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Pharoah Sanders
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genre:
Jazz
release date 2021-03-26
publisher:
Luaka Bop
Simply stunning 46 minute album. It floats and melts and is beautiful and mesmerizing. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra joining together for an album for the ears, heart and soul.
Disintegration
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The Cure
genre:
Rock
release date 1989-05-01
publisher:
Elektra / Wea
The Cure 在1989年推出了这张大热门专辑《Disintegration》。《Disintegration》同时也是 Robert Smith“悲情三部曲”的第二部(第一部是《Pornography》,第三部是《Bloodflowers》),显得黑暗诱人,带着神秘和忧郁,整张专辑有着催眠曲一样的感觉,没有了乐队以前的黑暗绝望的作风,尽管专辑的基调比以前更为忧郁。The Cure 的音乐罕见的变得迷人了起来。好像在无垠的大海里,仰望夜空闪亮的星光,慢慢下沉,痛苦浸透,安详地窒息。铺天盖地的深蓝色键盘,孤寂而灿烂的吉他,黑暗中幻化出彩色光芒的贝司,沉稳压抑而华丽眩目的鼓,还有 Robert Smith 凄美冷艳的歌声......
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
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SOPHIE
genre:
Electronic
release date 2018-06-15
publisher:
Future Classic / Transgressive Records
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (stylised in all caps) is the debut studio album by Scottish recording artist and producer Sophie, released on 15 June 2018, through Transgressive, Future Classic and her own label, MSMSMSM.
Thick as a Brick
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Jethro Tull
genre:
Rock
release date 1998-06-30
publisher:
EMI Int'l
Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1972. The album is notable for only including one song, which spans the entire album. Thick as a Brick was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album, as well as a "bombastic" and "over the top" parody of the then-prevalent vogue for concept albums. The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by the fictional 8-year-old genius Gerald Bostock, though the lyrics were actually written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson.
The album was recorded in about three weeks in December 1971, featuring music composed by Anderson and arranged with the contribution of all band members. The live show of 1972 included the playing of the full suite, with various comic interruptions. Thick as a Brick is considered by critics the first release by Jethro Tull entirely consisting of progressive rock music and received mixed reviews upon its release. Nonetheless, it was a commercial success and topped various charts in 1972. Today it is regarded as a classic of progressive rock and has received several accolades. Ian Anderson produced a follow-up to the album in 2012, focused on the adult life of Gerald Bostock.
Corinne Bailey Rae
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Corinne Bailey Rae
genre:
放克/灵歌/R&B
release date 2006-01-01
publisher:
EMI
温暖慵懒的轻吟、纯净恬淡的曲风与有如夏夜微风的爵士情调,让肯妮贝儿Corinne Bailey Rae自2006年起缔造无数傲人成绩。2006年肯妮贝儿以首张同名专辑《追风箏的女孩Corinne Bailey Rae》空降英国金榜冠军,成为该排行榜近30年来,继安妮蓝妮克丝Annie Lennox与娜塔莎Natasha Bedingfield后,第三位以首张作品空降专辑榜冠军的新进女歌手。这样的表现无愧英国BBC国家广播电台网站,当初誉她为「2006年十大闪耀推荐新星Sound of 2006」的头号代表。首张同名专辑发行后,获得英美乐评一致高分推荐,纷纷预告一颗即将照亮世界的璀璨新星已经诞生。这样的预言在2006年进入尾声之际确实得到印证:肯妮贝儿的首张同名专辑除了荣获英国音乐权威杂誌Mojo,选为2006年度最佳专辑之一;在英国著名杂誌Q主办的Q Awards颁奖典礼上,肯妮贝儿更突破重围一举拿下「年度最佳新人Best New Act Award」的大奖。
出生英国里兹的肯妮贝儿,自小在一般教堂礼拜中演唱诗歌展现天生好歌喉,学生时期攻读古典音乐,并拉得一手绝佳小提琴才能,随后在获得人生第一把电吉他,开啟肯妮音乐另一扇门,同时开始试著词曲创作。签入EMI音乐集团前,肯妮早已累积十年演唱经历,简洁纯净恬淡创作风格,揉合各种不同音乐对她的影响,完成此张倍受讚誉的首张同名专辑。当中更不乏放克灵魂作品〈Call Me When You Get This〉,并佐以典雅弦乐点缀;〈Choux Pastry Heart〉带著微甜鬆软音感谱写出对於情爱世界期望,让人徜徉在一个不见压力的男女亲密关係之中;而〈Butterfly〉以及打造爵士灵魂外衣的〈Seasons Change〉,都是肯妮展现令人震撼且最具实力之明证。
肯妮贝儿在迈入2007年之际,可说完全绽放她的光芒,不但常驻销售排行榜,更在2007年全英音乐奖Brit Awards中获得「全英最佳女歌手British Female Solo Artist」、「全英年度最佳单曲British Single」以及「全英年度最佳新人British Breakthrough Act」三项提名。她的魅力同时横扫大西洋彼岸,在第49届葛莱美音乐奖Grammy Awards公布的入围名单中,肯妮贝儿亦为「年度最佳歌曲Song of the Year」、「年度最佳录音Record of the Year」以及「年度最佳新人Best New Artist」等热门奖项的候选人,而她在全美的唱片销量更已大破白金。
Song Machine, Season One [Deluxe]
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Gorillaz
genre:
Pop
release date 2020-10-23
publisher:
WB / PARLOPHONE
Song Machine, Season One is Gorillaz’ newest concept which started in January 2020, releasing brand new material episodically - as and when it happens – and has continued throughout the year. The ongoing and ever-evolving process has seen our favourite characters joined by an expanding roster of collaborators captured live in Kong Studios and beyond. The result is an expansive collection of 17 tracks embracing a myriad of sounds, styles, genres and attitudes from a breath-taking line-up of guest artists including Beck, Elton John, Fatoumata Diawara, Georgia, Kano, Leee John, Octavian, Peter Hook, Robert Smith, Roxani Arias, ScHoolboy Q, Slaves, Slowthai, St Vincent and 6LACK, as well as CHAI, EARTHGANG, Goldlink, Joan As Police Woman, JPEGMAFIA, Moonchild Sanelly, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Skepta and Tony Allen.
Inner Song
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Kelly Lee Owens
genre:
Electronic
release date 2020-08-28
publisher:
Smalltown Supersound
Kelly Lee Owens' masterful second album Inner Song finds the convention-blurring techno producer and singer/songwriter diving deep into her own psyche—excoriating the struggles she's faced over the last several years and exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world.
Dinked Edition No. 44
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* bonus Exclusive ‘Hidden’ track Side C
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* Etching on Side D
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* Signed and Numbered Exclusive 12” Art Print .
It's a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident, rich sound, and Inner Song is endlessly enticing when it comes to what Owens is capable of.
Inner Song follows the star-making debut of her 2017 self-titled album, a quixotic blend of body-moving beats and introspective songwriting that garnered numerous accolades from the music press. Owens has indeed come a long way from her background as a nurse, since then she has remixed Bjørk & St Vincent, released an indelibly clubby two-tracker, 2019's "Let It Go" b/w "Omen" and
teamed up with like-minded auteur Jon Hopkins on the one-off "Luminous Spaces."
Her latest album also comes off of what Owens describes as "the hardest three years of my life" an emotionally fraught time that, in her words, "Definitely impacted my creative life and everything I'd worked for up to that point. I wasn't sure if I could make anything anymore, and it took quite a lot of courage to get to a point where I could make something again." So while the lovely cover of
Radiohead's "Arpeggi" might strike some as an unconventional way to open a sophomore effort, to Owens the winding take on the classic tune—recorded a year before work on Inner Song properly kicked off—represents the sort of sonic rebirth that's so essential to Inner Song's aura.
Inner Song was largely written and recorded over a month last winter. As with her debut, Owens holed up in the studio with co- producer and collaborator James Greenwood —and letting loose in the studio and being open to whatever sonic whims emerge was essential to Owens' craftwork. The evocative title of the album is borrowed from free-jazz maestro Alan Silva's 1972 opus, which was
gifted to Owens Smalltown Supersound's Joakim Haugland for her 30th birthday: "I'm so grateful for him and his perspectives—he's always thinking outside of the box. Those two words really reflect what it felt like to make this record. I did a lot of inner work in the past few years, and this is a true reflection of that." The hair raising bass and tickling textures of Inner Song drive home that, more so than ever, Owens is locked in to delivering maximal sonic pleasure—as evidenced by the decision to make the album's vinyl release a sesqui album, or triple-sided album: "Im still obsessed with frequencies that don't do well on vinyl if they don't have the space."
"The power of conceptualizing who you are has really informed this album" Owens states about Inner Song's essence, and her second album is truly a discovery of self— the latest statement from a fascinating artist who continues to surprise, gesturing towards a rich and varied career to come
Everybody's in Show-Biz
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The Kinks
genre:
Pop
release date 2006-11-07
publisher:
Velvel Records
Ocean Rain
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Echo & The Bunnymen
genre:
Rock
release date 1990-01-01
publisher:
Warner Bros / Wea
Ocean Rain is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 4 May 1984[1][2] and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, number 87 on the United States Billboard 200, number 41 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums and number 22 on the Swedish chart. Since 1984 the album has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Ocean Rain includes the singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas".
The band wrote the songs for the new album in 1983. In early 1984 they recorded most of the album in Paris using a 35-piece orchestra, with other sessions taking place in Bath and Liverpool. Receiving mixed reviews the album was originally released as an LP and a cassette in May 1984 before it was reissued on CD in August. The album was reissued on CD in 2003, along with the other four of the band's first five studio albums, having been remastered and expanded before again being reissued in 2008 with a live bonus disc. The artwork for the album was designed by Martyn Atkins and the photography was by Brian Griffin. Echo & the Bunnymen played a number of concerts in 2008 where they performed Ocean Rain in full and with the backing of an orchestra.
What's Your Pleasure?
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Jessie Ware
release date 2020-06-26
publisher:
© 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
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℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Live From Moscow
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艾尔顿·约翰 Elton John
genre:
Rock
release date 2019-04-13
publisher:
Virgin EMI Records
2019 is the 40th anniversary of Elton John's historic first tour of Russia - he was the first Western rock star to ever perform in the country. The show in Moscow on 28th May 1979 with Ray Cooper was broadcast on BBC radio in the UK. This release is taken from the original broadcast masters, which have been remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. Now available on 2CD with mini gatefold-style sleeve.