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April 14, 2017
Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies & the Persuasions
Raisin' Records
A warm, ebullient collaboration between the Canadian pop outfit and the longtime New York a cappella R&B ensemble.
Waiting a Lifetime
Cinematic Music Group
The band's second album took some hard work to finish, but the end result is well-crafted, deeply satisfying dream pop circa 1992 or so.
Hamartia
The End
On this offering, the band walks the tightrope between doom, death, prog, and goth metal, and gets the tenuous balance absolutely right.
Ooo La La La: The Epic Anthology
SoulMusic
Satisfying and deep-diving overview of the R&B do-it-all's 1983-1991 output, including all the charting singles.
Return to the 37th Chamber
Big Crown
Deeper and farther out sequel to the retro-R&B band's first RZA/Wu Tang Clan-inspired album.
Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs - The Music
Rhino
Companion album to the Monkee's memoirs, featuring fan favorites and rarities; not a bad overview, but skimpy at 14 tracks.
AZD
Ninja Tune
The fifth album credited to Darren Cunningham's primary handle is the producer's most direct set of decayed avant-techno.
Billy Porter Presents: The Soul of Richard Rodgers
Masterworks
Richard Rodgers tunes reimagined in an urban contemporary style by Porter with Pentatonix, India.Arie, and a roster of Broadway stars.
Love and Murder
The Royal Potato / Royal Potato Family
Spare, loss-inspired third album from the Carole King-evoking singer/songwriter includes a duet with Bob Weir.
Forever and Then Some
Third Man Records
Auspicious solo debut by a young singer/songwriter who has been working professionally her entire life.
Believe
SCI Fidelity Records
The Colorado jam institution's seventh studio LP sees them reunited with producer Jerry Harrison on this slick but diverse set.
December Avenue
ECM
With a new bassist, the Polish trumpeter and his American band explore ballads, spirited post-bop, and economical abstraction on this compelling date.
Kicking Up the Dust
Cast Recordings
Cast are in a surprisingly adventurous mood on this, their second comeback album.
The Song of Day and Night
Skeleton Key Records
The under-recognized bassist/singer/weirdo turns in the most focused and accomplished album of his long career, but will anyone notice?
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op. 64; String Octet, Op. 20
Challenge Classics
Violinist Liza Ferschtman presents works that bookend Mendelssohn's career, his early Octet and his final major work, the Violin Concerto.
Liszt/Tausig: Faust Symphony
Hungaroton
István Lajkó delivers the world premiere recording of Carl Tausig's piano transcription of Liszt's Faust Symphony.
Liszt: Faust Symphony
Alpha
Martin Haselbóck and his Vienna Academy Orchestra present a period reading of Franz Liszt's most influential work, A Faust Symphony.
A New Heaven
Signum Classics
A novel program from the top rank of England's mixed-gender collegiate choirs will be a winner among choral music enthusiasts.
Howard Shore: Two Concerti - Ruin & Memory, Mythic Gardens
Sony Classical
This is superior "crossover" music; it doesn't betray the structural rigor that has historically defined music in the classical tradition.
Lully: Persée 1770
Alpha
Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel present a re-creation of Lully's Persée, as it was performed in 1770 for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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Domesplitter [Reissue]
Fat Wreck Chords
Remastered and with new artwork, the Milwaukee pop-punks' first LP was compiled from their early self-released EPs.