Sales Rank:32 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $11.49 Lowest Used Price: $10.46 Artist(s):
Various Artists
Tracks:
Pink - "So What" (ZOMBA)
Katy Perry - "Hot & Cold" (EMM)
Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up" (UMG)
Rihanna - "Disturbia" (UMG)
Ne-Yo - "Closer" (UMG)
Chris Brown - "Forever" (ZOMBA)
Kardinal Offishal w/Akon - "Dangerous" (UMG)
T.I. - "Whatever You Like" (WMG)
Lil Wayne w/T-Pain - "Got Money" (UMG)
Savage w/Soulja Boy - "Swing" (UMG)
Young Jeezy w/Kanye West - "Put On" (UMG)
Yung Berg w/Casha--"The Business" (SONY/BMG)
Jordin Sparks - "One Step at a Time" (ZOMBA)
Leona Lewis - "Better in Time" (SONY/BMG)
Boys Like Girls - "Thunder" (SONY/BMG)
Saving Abel - "Addicted" (EMM)
Daughtry - "What About Now" (SONY/BMG)
Matt Nathanson - "Come On Get Higher" (EMM)
Darius Rucker - "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (EMM)
Keith Anderson--"I Still Miss You" (SONY/BMG)
2008 release, the latest in this long-running series of Pop compilations. This is the most up-to-date compilation on the market, containing the absolute hottest songs on the planet including certified hits, songs currently scaling the charts and sizzling radio smashes. This, the 29th installment in the series, features 20 tracks including cuts from Pink, T.I., Lil' Wayne, Leona Lewis, Kardinal Offishall, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls and many others. Why listen to yesterday's songs when you can live in the here and NOW?!?!
Sales Rank:54 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $6.75 Lowest Used Price: $5.44 Artist(s):
Snow Patrol
Tracks:
If there's a rocket tie me to it
Crack the shutters
Take back the city
Lifeboats
The golden floor
Please just take these photos from my hands
Set down your glass
The planets bend between us
Engines
Disaster button
The Lightning Strike - (i) What if this storm ends? (ii) Sunlight through the flags (iii) Daybreak
SNOW PATROL - A Hundred Million Suns - (Polydor/Fiction/Geffen Records)
The album is preceded by the fantastic single "Take Back The City", which comes with a video shot in East London courtesy of acclaimed video director Alex Courtes (White Stripes "Seven Nation Army").
Gary Lightbody (vocals/guitars) says, ""I'm so proud of this record. Everybody played out of their skin. Garret (Jacknife Lee) continued his progression from maverick genius to one of the best producers in the world. Musically, lyrically and sonically the best record we've made"
The Grammy-nominated band's fifth studio album was recorded throughout the Summer of 2008 in Hansa Studios in Berlin (where Bowie recorded "Low," "Heroes" and "Lodger") and at Grouse Lodge deep in the Irish countryside. Written by Snow Patrol, the album was produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee (Bloc Party, REM, U2).
Snow Patrol are one of the biggest selling UK bands this decade and A Hundred Million Suns follows up the 2006 Number One, seven-times platinum phenomenon Eyes Open which sold 2.1 million copies in the UK and over 1 million in the US. Eyes Open achieved platinum awards across the world from the US and Canada to Germany, Australia and beyond, selling over 4.5 million copies. Their single "Chasing Cars" has just received its 2 millionth download in the US.
Sales Rank:26 List Price: $22.98 Lowest New Price: $14.99 Lowest Used Price: $13.39 Artist(s):
Beyoncé
Tracks:
Deluxe two CD pressing containing five bonus tracks. One of 2008's most hotly anticipated album releases, I Am..Sasha Fierce marks the artist's first new studio collection since the Grammy-winning multi-platinum-selling B'Day debuted at #1 on charts around the world shortly after its international release on September 4, 2006. With all songs co-written and co-produced by Beyonc‚, the artist's third studio album is her most personal, reflective and revelatory collection to-date. 16 tracks.
Sales Rank:67 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $9.90 Lowest Used Price: $11.72 Artist(s):
Ray LaMontagne
Tracks:
You Are The Best Thing
Let It Be Me
Sarah
I Still Care For You
Winter Birds
Meg White
Hey Me, Hey Mama
Henry Nearly Killed Me(It's A Shame)
A Falling Through
Gossip In The Grain
1. You Are The Best Thing 2. Let It Be Me 3. Sarah 4. I Still Care For You 5. Winter Birds 6. Meg White 7. Hey Me, Hey Mama 8. Henry Nearly Killed Me 9. A Falling Through 10. Gossip In The Grain
Sales Rank:199 List Price: $44.98 Lowest New Price: $19.36 Lowest Used Price: $19.94 Artist(s):
The Traveling Wilburys
Tracks:
Featuring classics like "Handle With Care," "End Of The Line," and "Heading For The Light," super-group Traveling Wilbury's Collection highlights all of the band's music and previously unreleased bonus tracks through this re-mastered double album. The DVD features behind the scenes footage of the band writing and recording, along with their 5 video clips. Limited edition Deluxe package includes 40-page booklet and other exclusive extras.
Sales Rank:28 List Price: $16.98 Lowest New Price: $9.78 Lowest Used Price: $8.99 Artist(s):
Elvis Presley
Tracks:
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley & Martina McBride
I'll Be Home For Christmas Elvis Presley & Carrie Underwood
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) Elvis Presley & LeAnn Rimes
Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley & Wynonna Judd 5.Silent Night Elvis Presley & Sara Evans
White Christmas Elvis Presley & Amy Grant
Merry Christmas Baby Elvis Presley & Gretchen Wilson
O Little Town Of Bethlehem Elvis Presley & Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town
Silver Bells Elvis Presley & Anne Murray
O Come, All Ye Faithful Elvis Presley & Olivia Newton-John
The First Noel (2008)
If I Get Home On Christmas Day (2008)
Winter Wonderland (2008)
Elvis' most cherished holiday classics reinterpreted by today's biggest female stars with Elvis Presley! The album features 'Blue Christmas' with Martina McBride, 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' with Carrie Underwood, 'Here Comes Santa Claus' with LeAnn Rimes, 'Santa Clause Is Back In Town' with Wynonna Judd 'Silent Night' with Sara Evans, 'White Christmas' with Amy Grant plus Gretchen Wilson, Karen Fairchild & Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John and three Bonus Tracks.
Sales Rank:47 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $7.97 Lowest Used Price: $3.78 Artist(s):
Bjorn / Anderson, Stig Benny / Ulvaeus
Tracks:
Honey, Honey
Money, Money, Money
Mamma Mia
Dancing Queen
Our Last Summer
Lay All Your Love On Me
Super Trouper
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
The Name of the Game
Voulez-Vous
SOS
Does Your Mother Know
Slipping Through My Fingers
The Winner Takes It All
When All Is Said And Done
Take a Chance on Me
I Have a Dream
Thank You For The Music
Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, this summer is the season for Mamma Mia! Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Meryl Streep plays an independent, single mother and owner of a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, about to let go of her spirited daughter whom she’s raised alone. But the young bride has secretly invited some guests of her own three men from her mom’s past, one of whom is the girl’s biological father. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled, in this warm and hilarious adaptation of one of the most popular musicals ever written.
Sales Rank:55 List Price: $16.98 Lowest New Price: $7.97 Lowest Used Price: $8.98 Artist(s):
Kings of Leon
Tracks:
Closer
Crawl
Sex On Fire
Use Somebody
Manhattan
Revelry
17
Notion
I Want You
Be Somebody
Cold Desert
Kings of Leon return with the release of their highly anticipated fourth album 'Only By The Night' on 22nd September through Columbia Records. 'Only By The Night' is a bold and expansive sonic statement that looks set to solidify Kings of Leon's position as one of the most important international acts of 2008 and beyond. It follows rapidly in the footsteps of the bands previous albums 'Youth And Young Manhood', 'Aha Shake Heartbreak' & 'Because Of The Times', which have quickly established them as one of the most prolific and acclaimed acts around.
Sales Rank:53 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $7.49 Lowest Used Price: $6.81 Artist(s):
Duffy
Tracks:
Rockferry
Warwick Avenue
Serious
Stepping Stone
Syrup & Honey
Hanging On Too Long
Mercy
Delayed Devotion
Scared
Distant Dreamer
The most hotly anticipated album release of this New Year comes not from someone rammed into the collective consciousness by their media ubiquity. Duffy is an unknown quantity at this point, having performed but a small number of gigs, mostly in support of The Magic Numbers, and having only just begun to be seen on TV, most notably with recent appearances on Jools Holland's Later and New Year Hootenanny.
Yet her soulful voice has already beguiled many of the nation's musical tastemakers and news of its beauty and of the strength of her songs is spreading by word of mouth even as you read these words. Radio One's Jo Whiley chose Duffy's title track and album taster `Rockferry' as her Single of the Week in late November, further adding to the momentum. Now, as the comparisons fly (Dusty Springfield has emerged as the favourite), it's time to discover her for yourself.
Duffy was born and spent her childhood years in the north Wales coastal community of Nefyn, a place too remote to be driven by style wars or opposing music factions (the nearest record counter was a bus ride away and only stocked the Top 40). The upbringing she describes is one in which everyone had to rub along together, making do and mending, accepting each other and their tastes without prejudice.
Having no CD collection of her own, her first real musical memory is of walking into the kitchen unannounced to find her mother and stepfather dancing to Rod Stewart. The first steps she took towards defining her own personal identity came when she borrowed one of her dad's VHS tapes of the `60s TV show `Ready, Steady, Go!'. "It had The Beatles, the Stones, the Walker Brothers, Sandie Shaw and Millie singing `My Boy Lollipop'. So sexy and exciting! I played it again and again until finally it disintegrated." Says former Suede guitarist and record producer Bernard Butler of this artlessness, "Duffy managed to grow up without any concept of what was cool or current, what she should or shouldn't like, how to behave or even how to sing. For her, coming to London at all was the stuff of fairytales."
"And to come here to write songs with some random bloke who'd been recommended to her, me? It meant taking two buses and then two trains and took all day. Then she'd do the same in reverse to get home, playing the music she'd just made to old ladies she encountered on the journey. It's hard for cynical music industry types to get their heads around just how far removed she was from our world, geographically and in every other way. But what you've got as a result is someone who acts and sings completely and unselfconsciously from the heart. That's a rare and magical thing."
Butler was introduced to Duffy by Rough Trade's Jeannette Lee who,in August 2004 and after hearing demos recorded in this or that mate's home, became the singer's mentor and manager. For Duffy, to have not just a friend but also point of both safety and reference in the strange new world she found herself in was crucial to her own musical development and sense of self.
"People keep saying to me, `You've made a great record' but I can't take that in because I didn't do it on my own. Jeannette and I made `Rockferry' together and she's been with me every step of the way, broadening my horizons, introducing me to people I can trust." Butler was just one of them: having written the glorious, chorus-free, utterly hypnotic `Rockferry' together at the beginning of the project, they then worked on a further three of the ten tracks on what is already being talked about as 2008's most important debut release. Jimmy Hogarth & Steve Booker are the other collaborators on this classic-in-waiting.
What can you expect to hear? The title track and album opener, as atmospheric, slow-building and idiosyncratic song as you could hope for, leads into a collection of original material that some might call retro in feel (those Dusty flavours, that girl group vibe) but which Duffy herself prefers to identify as classic. You'll find arrangements as sparsely effective as those against which Dionne Warwick told her Bacharach & David-wrought tales of heartbreak in the early 1960s. You'll find lush choruses and swooning hooks (as perfected by the late Miss Springfield and various distinguished others). But this is far from pastiche.
What you'll find instead is irrefutable evidence of a significant new talent, and one that has developed in splendid isolation, not in reaction to market forces or the input of focus groups and industry experts. Duffy is the real, unspoiled original deal. "People keep asking me where my voice comes from and the fact is I don't know," says the brightest new star of 2008. "Why are your eyes the colour they are? It's no answer at all but it's the only one I have."
Sales Rank:41 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $9.97 Lowest Used Price: $14.36 Artist(s):
Amy Grant
Tracks:
Jingle Bells
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
I Need A Silent Night
Winter Wonderland
Baby, It's Christmas
Sleigh Ride
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song)
Joy To The World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Grown-Up Christmas List
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Tennessee Christmas
A Christmas To Remember
O Come All Ye Faithful
A Mighty Fortress/Angels We Have Heard On High
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Amy is pulling out all of the stops with a 2008 collection of the best Christmas songs from all three catalog albums plus four new songs. Christmas music is synonymous with Amy Grant. Her classic arrangements, stirring original Christmas songs, TV specials, and widely attended Christmas tours over the years have all contributed to over five million Christmas albums sold. In 2007, all three of Amy's classic Christmas albums were digitally re-mastered and sold over 50,000 albums in just three months.