New Reviews for November 24, 2023

Nowhere to Go But Up
GBV
On their third album of 2023, the Dayton rockers embrace enormous production and more complex arrangements for their ever-odd pop songs.
- Fred Thomas
The Yes Album [Super Deluxe Edition]
Yes
Rhino / Rhino Atlantic
The first album where the band's well-known and exceedingly popular prog rock sound comes together completely -- presented here with new mixes and live tracks.
- Tim Sendra
HeavenEditor's choice
Forever Living Originals
R&B
Third solo album of traditional and resonant soul-rooted R&B from the Sault singer/songwriter.
- Andy Kellman
Happy Holiday!
ATO
Jim James and his bandmates deliver nine sweetly sad songs for late, lonely nights in the Yuletide season.
- Mark Deming
Love & Fury: The Holloway Road Sessions 1962-1966Editor's choice
Cherry Red
This deep dive into the band's sessions with Joe Meek offers a wealth of insight into their music and the producer's bag of tricks.
- Heather Phares
Illuminated 1989Editor's choice
5BC
Unearthing of the true first album from the sorta-shoegaze North Carolinian outliers, recorded with (and remastered by) Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie.
- Andy Kellman
Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967Editor's choice
Anagram / Elemental Music / Jazz Detective / Jazz Detective
A multi-disc set revealing the great vibraphonist as he plays his particular brand of Latin jazz in a club setting.
- Thom Jurek
Sisters [Deluxe Edition]
Cherry Red
Crisp and clean jangle pop album bolstered by the hit single "Cath" -- presented here with an altered track list and many extras.
- Tim Sendra
Previsão do Tempo
AllMusic Staff Pick - November 29, 2023
1973
With Valle on Fender Rhodes and Jose Roberto Bertrami on Mini-Moog and ARP, the album is more electronic than electric, but with soloists as talented as these, and a lifetime of musical instincts to draw on, the results are absolutely pristine. (Only Stevie Wonder was capable of coaxing the same type of warm, fluid grooves from his coterie of synthesizers, and integrating them so flawlessly into his productions.)
- John Bush