Sales Rank:451 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $10.55 Lowest Used Price: $6.43 Artist(s):
Demi Lovato
Tracks:
La La Land
Get Back
Trainwreck
Party
On The Line (featuring the Jonas Brothers)
Don't Forget
Gonna Get Caught
Two Worlds Collide
The Middle
Until You're Mine
Believe In Me
With producer Jon Fields at the helm, Demi teamed up with Jonas Brothers to co-write several of the album's 11 songs. It was a natural collaboration, since Demi counts Nick, Joe and Kevin among her best friends. Their inerrant feel for hook-laden rock helped Demi deliver on her vision. "If I were to write the album by myself it would probably have been a little more serious," she notes. "But I didn't want that. I wanted a fun album."
It's hard to imagine anything more musically fun than full-out rockers like "Get Back" and "Gonna Get Caught," both written by Demi with Jonas Brothers. Says Demi, "So many guys cheat and play games. I thought there needed to be a song about a guy getting caught. Nick said, `Can't it have a happy ending?' But I said, `No, no, no!'"
She balances the uptempo tracks with sweeping ballads like "Two Worlds" and "Believe in Me," the latter featuring a message Demi takes seriously. "Being a teenage girl you deal with insecurity," she says. "People think if you're in the spotlight, you're overly confident, but most of us deal with so much criticism, it gets to us. I'm the type of person who wants to take it with a grain of salt."
Demi's vulnerable side comes through on "Until Your Mine" and the title track, a touching ballad (co-written with Jonas Brothers) about a faltering relationship. She explores similar territory in "On the Line," an uptempo duet she co-wrote and sings with Nick Jonas. "We wanted to write a breakup song," Demi says, "and what better way to say it when you're breaking up over the phone than with the title `On the Line.'"
Demi's inner rocker girl comes roaring back on "Party" and "LA LA Land," a droll take on SoCal life and all its attending artifice. Showing her songwriting skills Demi wrote "Trainwreck" all by herself. She wraps the album with "The Middle," a strikingly mature song about finding balance in love and life.
Sales Rank:128 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $8.70 Lowest Used Price: $5.95 Artist(s):
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Tracks:
Born Into A Light
Go Easy
Fix It
Magick
Cobwebs
Let Us Down Easy
Crossed Out Name
Natural Ghost
Sink Ships
Evergreen
Like Yesterday
Stop
The Cardinals--Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar, keys), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chris Feinstein (bass, vocals), Jon Graboff (pedal steel, vocals) and Brad Pemberton (drums)--have confirmed an October 28 release for Cardinology, the band's latest collection of all-new studio material for the Lost Highway label.
Sales Rank:429 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $5.94 Lowest Used Price: $2.59 Artist(s):
KT Tunstall
Tracks:
Other Side Of The World
Another Place To Fall
Under The Weather
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Miniature Disasters
Silent Sea
Universe & U
False Alarm
Suddenly I See
Stoppin' The Love
Heal Over
Through The Dark
KT Tunstall's debut album Eye To The Telescope is the creative consequence of her inquiring imagination. "My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories," she explains. "They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and one other person. It's almost like an alien has been sent to get emotional samples from human beings and put it all together on a record."
Sales Rank:62 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $7.76 Lowest Used Price: $3.88 Artist(s):
Jamey Johnson
Tracks:
Released
High Cost Of Living
Sending An Angel To Hell
Place Out On The Ocean
Mowin' Down The Roses
The Door Is Always Open
Mary Go Round
In Color
When The Last Cowboy's Gone
That Lonesome Song
Dreaming My Dreams With You
Women
Stars In Alabama
Between Jennings And Jones
He could be basking in his songwriting accolades, but Jamey Johnson remains a restlessly creative maverick.
Jamey is the co-writer of the CMA and ACM 2007 Song of the Year "Give It Away," recorded by George Strait. Trace Adkins, George Jones and Joe Nichols have also recorded his songs. But instead of sitting at home counting his royalty checks, Jamey Johnson recorded more than 40 songs during the past year.
Not content with providing hits for others, the singer-songwriter has a powerful drive to sing, record and perform.
"Writing is not enough for me," says this intense artist. "I did not come here to just be a writer. I live to play....I'm not here to take a stab at it. I am going to DO it."
Following a deep period of isolation and introspection, Jamey Johnson entered the recording studio in April 2007. Within months, Jamey emerged with That Lonesome Song, a collection of extraordinary compositions that is equally noteworthy for its lyrical craftsmanship and its strikingly original sound.
The first single from the album is "In Color" and is available in the Amazon MP3 store.
Sales Rank:770 List Price: $29.98 Lowest New Price: $17.99 Lowest Used Price: Artist(s):
Tracks:
Filmed over two performances in Rotterdam, Holland in October of 2007, Rush's new DVD Snakes & Arrows Live captures the legendary band in peak form, performing classic Rush material and nine new songs from their critically acclaimed 2007 CD Snakes & Arrows. Bonus footage of four songs added for their 2008 American tour, including "Ghost of a Chance," filmed here for the first time.
Since the release of their eponymous first LP in 1974, Rush has continually expanded the definition of "progressive power trio." Guitarist Alex Lifeson, bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Geddy Lee and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart combine dazzling virtuosity, laser-beam intensity and unbridled creativity to create a cohesive whole that's infinitely greater than its parts. The Toronto-based group has become one of Canada's leading exports, with a catalog of genre-defining releases including 2112, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Vapour Trails and Snakes & Arrows and a live show which combines musicianship, showmanship and multi-media effects that engage all the senses. Following their previous best-selling DVDs Rush in Rio and R30, Snakes & Arrows Live presents a band not resting on its considerable laurels but still earning its reputation as one of the world's best live bands - one night at a time.
Sales Rank:959 List Price: $14.98 Lowest New Price: $9.90 Lowest Used Price: $8.00 Artist(s):
Bela Fleck & Flecktones
Tracks:
Jingle Bells
Silent Night
Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Song
Twelve Days of Christmas
J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio - BVW 248 # 41
Christmas Time Is Here
Linus and Lucy
Jingle Bells (reprise)
The Hanukkah Waltz
Danse of the Sugar Plum Fairies
What Child Is This/Dyngyldai
O Come All Ye Faithful
Medley
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
River
Béla Fleck, often considered the premiere banjo player in the world, has made a name for himself as a virtuoso instrumentalist unbounded by genre. His band The Flecktones - Victor Wooten on electric bass, Jeff Coffin on sax and flute, and Future Man on percussion - are equally talented and adventurous as Fleck himself, and together they have made a string of critically acclaimed albums that combine bluegrass, jazz, funk and world music with technical prowess, unlimited imagination and occasional zaniness. Their new holiday CD Jingle All the Way is all of that, with bells on - Christmas music as it's never been heard it before, with unique tonal textures (banjo, Tuvan throat singing, klezmer mandolin), hot solos and tight ensemble arrangements that make every measure new. Jingle All the Way is the perfect stocking stuffer for those who like their Christmas music fun and challenging at the same time.
Sales Rank:141 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $9.45 Lowest Used Price: $9.45 Artist(s):
Barenaked Ladies
Tracks:
Raisins
The Ninjas
Pollywog In A Bog
7,8,9
Food Party
Canadian Snacktime Snacktime
Canadian Snacktime Popcorn
Canadian Snacktime Vegetable To
Drawing
Humongous Tree
Eraser
My Big Sister
Louis Loon
I Don t Like
Allergies
I Can Sing
What A Wild Tune
Here Come The Geese
Bad Day
Things
A Word For That
Curious
Wishing
Crazy ABC's
Multi-platinum recording artist Barenaked Ladies will release Snacktime, a collection of 24 original children’s songs through their imprint label Desperation Records. "Our collective kids now outnumber the band more than 2 to 1," explains vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson. "We set out to make a record that would be entertaining for them … not strictly a children’s record, but a record that children would really enjoy. Our kids are into all kinds of music. Making the focus about what our kids like was a truly liberating process and fun for the whole band."
Sales Rank:123 List Price: $18.97 Lowest New Price: $9.99 Lowest Used Price: $8.03 Artist(s):
Alan Jackson
Tracks:
Good Time
Small Town Southern Man
I Wish I Could Back Up
Country Boy
Right Where I Want You
1976
When The Love Factor's High
Long Long Way
Sissy's Song
I Still Like Bologna
Never Loved Before (with Martina McBride)
Nothing Left To Do
Listen To Your Senses
This Time
Laid Back 'n Low Key (Cay)
If You Want To Make Me Happy
If Jesus Walked The World Today
Within his 2008 release, Good Time, a generous selection of 17 tracks, Alan Jackson sings of all sorts of times. Not only the "Good Time" of the title track--a dance floor, barroom anthem with a hint of Chuck Berry--but tender times ("Right Where I Want You"), mournful times ("Sissy's Son"), lovelorn times ("Listen to Your Senses"), kick-back times ("Laid Back 'n Low Key"), even times of marital monotony ("Nothing Left To Do"). With his return to more traditional country, he channels his inner George Jones on "When the Love Factor's High" and "If You Want to Make Me Happy," takes a bluegrass turn on the uptempo, downbeat "Long Long Way," teams with Martina McBride on "Never Loved Before," eulogizes his father on "Small Town Southern Man" and closes with the honky-tonk gospel of "If Jesus Walked the World Today." Since Jackson is the sole songwriter here, the listener gets a sense of every side of his multifaceted musical personality. --Don McLeese
Sales Rank:377 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $8.97 Lowest Used Price: $6.99 Artist(s):
Tom Jones
Tracks:
I'm Alive
If He Should Ever Leave You
We Got Love
Give A Little Love
The Road
In Style and Rhythm
Sugar Daddy
Seasons
Never
The Hitter
Seen That Face
24 Hours
More Than Memories
Music icon Tom Jones returns with his first album of new material to be released in the United States in over 15 years. "24 Hours" represents another milestone for Tom Jones; from interpreting a classic Bruce Springsteen track (The Hitter) to writing and working alongside the likes of Bono and The Edge (Sugar Daddy).
Utilizing modern day producing maestros, Future Cut (Lily Allen), Tom Jones' "24 Hours" showcases the best of what has made him a legend. From the pulsing first single, If He Should Ever Leave You, to the soaring I'm Alive; from the reflective title track to the emotional depths of The Hitter, Tom Jones delivers one of the most powerful albums of his career.
Having sold over 100 million albums throughout his career and still touring and performing over 200 days out of the year, Tom Jones brings his best to this latest recording and shows why he remains at the top of his craft after 40 years.
Sales Rank:174 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $10.98 Lowest Used Price: $10.00 Artist(s):
The Pretenders
Tracks:
Boots Of Chinese Plastic
The Nothing Maker
Don't Lose Faith In Me
Don't Cut Your Hair
Love's A Mystery
The Last Ride
Almost Perfect
You Didn't Have To
Rosalee
Break Up The Concrete
One Thing Never Changed
Think of this long awaited studio album as if it were the first Pretenders record: musical turf that's defined by attitude, lyrical and melodic mastery, and the unexpected...and Chrissie Hynde's voice as you've always known it. "Break Up The Concrete" is an authentic slice of rock Americana, ranging from blistering punk to the most delicate storytelling as told by the queen of rock royalty herself.