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The Gaslight Anthem · Island
Format: Audio CD

Fifth studio album, produced by Mike Crossey (The 1975 and Arctic Monkeys), sees The Gaslight Anthem push their raw, striped back rock 'n roll into new territory, drawing on a fresh palette of influences ranging across folk, punk, and Americana.
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Testify

Caleb Johnson · Interscope Records
Format: Audio CD

TESTIFY
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If I Stay: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Various · WaterTower Music
Format: Audio CD

IF I STAY (OST)
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Tribal

Imelda May · Verve
Format: Audio CD

Ireland s reigning queen of rockabilly, the truly unique Imelda May, is back with a brand new album, entitled Tribal, and a highly-anticipated Tour.Since the release of her raucous debut, Love Tattoo, back in 2009, Imelda has been one of the most strikingly original talents in the music...
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Don't Kill the Magic

MAGIC! · RCA
Format: Audio CD

Canadian pop reggae act Magic! release this, their major-label debut, Don't Kill the Magic. The album sees the band continuing their sound from the lead single "Rude" by fusing pop and reggae with a hint of indie rock.
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F.R.E.E.

Paul Porter · Motown Gospel
Format: Audio CD

For nearly three decades, Paul Porter has endeared himself to Gospel music lovers around the world. As the lead vocalist of the legendary group The Christianaires, he earned numerous nominations and awards---including GRAMMY®, Dove, and Stellar awards---and was inducted into the Gospel...
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Heads Up

Warpaint · Rough Trade
Format: Audio CD

It's easy to get the wrong impression about Warpaint. The band's studio albums (including their most recent full-length, 2014's Warpaint) have tended to emphasize moody atmospheres: gauzy keyboards, hypnotic harmonies and sinister grooves. In concert, however, the Los Angeles quartet...
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rose ave.

You+Me · RCA
Format: Audio CD

You+Me consists of Alecia Moore and Dallas Green and is a passion project for the two. The artists met through Alecia's husband Carey Hart and instantly felt a connection and wanted to work together. Alecia invited Dallas to Los Angeles to write a song or two and ended up writing 8 songs...
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The Sound of Music (Music From the NBC Television Event)

~ Carrie Underwood · Sony Masterworks
Format: Audio CD

All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine The soundtrack to the Carrie Underwood-starring live 2013 presentation of The Sound of Music is absent the one quality that made the televised musical so interesting: it is not recorded live; it was cut in the studio....
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Beauty & Ruin

Bob Mould · Merge Records
Format: Audio CD

All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine There is a tension within the title of Beauty & Ruin, Bob Mould's tenth solo album, a tension that can also be heard in the music. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of Mould's somewhat estranged...
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Home

~ Kim Walker-Smith & Skyler Smith · Jesus Culture Music
Format: Audio CD

All Music Guide - David Jeffries A departure from the usual Jesus Culture release, Home finds members Kim Walker-Smith and Skyler Smith delivering a more subdued style of worship. The usual epic pop ock gives way to soft folk-rock here as highlights like "Your...
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Issa Album

21 Savage · Slaughter Gang
Format: CD

After building anticipation with a handful of self-released EPs and mixtapes, Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage delivered his official major-label debut, Issa Album. The full-length trap effort featured production from the scene's most in-demand names, like Metro Boomin, Zaytoven, DJ Mustard,...
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Recharged

Linkin Park · Warner Bros.
Format: Audio CD

Like the first Linkin Park remix album -- Reanimation, which arrived over a decade prior -- Recharged offers reworked versions of an entire LP, this time 2012's Living Things. Ten years is a long time and in 2013, it is perfectly acceptable for a hard rock band to give themselves over entirely...
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Falsettos

William Finn · Ghostlight Records
Format: Audio CD

The first-ever full cast recording of the renowned Falsettos includes a 60-page full-color booklet with complete lyrics, production photos, and an essay from Lincoln Center Theater's artistic director, André Bishop.Falsettos revolves around the life of a charming, intelligent, neurotic...
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I'll Find A Way

Blind Boys of Alabama · SONY MASTERWORKS
Format: Audio CD

All Music Guide - Thom Jurek Justin Vernon may seem a curious choice to produce a Blind Boys of Alabama record. But adventure has been the group's M.O. during the 21st century, as they've collaborated with musicians of almost every stripe, with varying...
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