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The Kinks Choral Collection By Ray Davies and The Crouch End Festival Chorus

Ray Davies

Genre: Classic Rock

Ray Davies, one of rock's finest songwriters,
redoes selections from his songbook with a
classical choir. While aging rockers will
probably recoil at this, the results ar... More
- Nick Dedina

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)

Various Artists

For the soundtrack to his delightful
stop-motion animation feature, Wes
Anderson latches onto the unbelievably
comforting voice of Burl Ives (known... More
- Nick Dedina

No Other

Gene Clark

Genre: Country-Folk

Many a masterpiece goes unnoticed the first
time around, as was the case with No Other.
Gene Clark's 1974 album of studio wizardry
was hard to swallow after '72's organ... More
- Eric Shea

Walking To New Orleans
(Box Set)

Fats Domino

Genre: New Orleans R&B

New Orleans is a mega-comprehensive
collection of this rock 'n' roll architect's
early essential work. Domino is all too often
identified with his "golden oldies" hit... More
- Mike McGuirk

Alphabetical

Phoenix

Genre: Indie Pop

Phoenix's second album helps us to reassess
the soft pop sounds of the early to
mid-1980s. The creamy, silken production
and Thomas Mars' Hall & Oates-esque c... More
- Jon Pruett

Out Of Sight!

Poncho Sanchez

Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz

Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Sam Moore and
members of James Brown's greatest unit join
the baddest beard in Latin jazz for this
good-time celebration of late-1960s s... More
- Nick Dedina

The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family

Various Artists

Sheryl Crow mixes it up with George Jones,
Johnny Cash and the Del McCoury Band to
pay homage to this famous family. Anyone
with true Ryman air in their lungs ex... More
- Amy Bartlett

The Foundation

Zac Brown Band

Genre: Americana

With his sandy voice and heartfelt writing,
Zac Brown represents an instantly familiar
junction in pop music, blending new
Nashville, old Buffett and chorus-driv... More
- Nate Cavalieri

The Music Scene

Blockhead

Genre: Instrumental Rap/Hip-Hop

Aesop Rock's longtime beatsmith (and
architect of many a Def Jux banger),
Blockhead allows himself greater leeway on
his solo records for Ninja Tune, colla... More
- Philip Sherburne

Victorialand

Cocteau Twins

Genre: Dream Pop

With percussionist and bassist Simon
Raymonde briefly out of the picture,
guitarist Robin Guthrie and vocalist Elizabeth
Fraser were free to create somethin... More
- Jon Pruett

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