Welcome to another week of new release and do we have a bunch to choose from. We have an astounding 56 releases today!! That is INSANE!!! With that many albums, there has to be a little in here for everyone. I have a handful that I want to hear today and you will as well I am sure. My choices are in Blue. Let me know which ones you want to hear this week and also tell me if I missed any which I am sure will happen. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.
Metallica – Metallica (Deluxe Editions/Box Set) – (Blackened Recordings): The biggest selling Metallica gets the Deluxe treatment with a newly remastered album and previously unreleased, demos, rough mixes, & live tracks. Includes a 28-page booklet. This will be fun going through and will keep you busy for quite some time.
Metallica – The Metallica Blacklist – (Blackened Recordings): This Metallica set if 4 CDs of artists of all sorts of genres playing songs of the album. You get 50+ artists and a pretty cool tribute album basically.
Trip the Witch – Trip the Witch – (Trip the Witch): The debut album of a project with STP’s Dean DeLeo and Tom Bukovac. The two were brought together by my brother-in-law, Ryan Williams, who also mixed the album. If you like the album then it is all Ryan’s fault. If you don’t, it is still Ryan’s fault. The first singer had Yes’ Jon Anderson on vocals so if that is the caliber of people on this album we are in for a treat.
Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed – (Insterscope Records / MCA Nashville / UMG): She’s a little but country, a little bit poppy but very unique. Not your ordinary country lady, she is bold and empowered and 100% incredible. She is worth a listen always.
Andrew W.K. – God is Partying – (Napalm Records): Andrew W.K. is also very unique. His brand of metal, rock or whatever you want to call it is heavy, hard hitting and sometimes party rock. Can’t wait to see what he has in store this time around.
And then we have all the rest…
Aaliyah – Aaliyah – (Blackground Records) – Finally coming to streaming platforms
Donny Osmond – Start Again – (BMG Rights)
Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones (Deluxe Edition) – (RCA / Sony Music)
Foy Vance – Signs of Life – (Gingerbread Man Records)
Hawthorne Heights – The Rain Just Follows Me – (Pure Noise Records)
The Band CAMINO – The Band CAMINO – (DBLBLK Records / Elektra)
Jeremy Camp – When You Speak – (Sparrow Records)
David Phelps – GameChanger – (Stowtown Records)
Bela Fleck – My Bluegrass Heart – (Bela Fleck Productions / Renew Records)
Anette Olzon – Strong – (Frontiers Records)
Inglorious – Heroine – (Frontiers Records)
Between Worlds – Between Worlds (Feat. Ronny Munroe) – (Frontiers Records)
Steve Hackett – Surrender of Silence – (InsideOut Music)
Pat Metheny – Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) – (Metheny Group / BMG Rights)
Mastiff – Leave Me the Ashes of the Earth – (Entertainment One)
Ray Charles – True Genius (6CD) – (Tangerine Records)
TobyMac – Live in Denver – (Forefront Records)
Elvis Costello – Spanish Model – (Elvis Costello / UMG)
Common – A Beautiful Revolution, Pt 2 – (Common / Loma Vista Records / Concord)
Mitchell Tenpenny – Midtown Diaries – (Riser House Entertainment / Sony)
James Blake – Friends that Break Your Heart – (UMG / Republic Records / Polydor)
Nessa Barrett – Pretty Poison – (Warner Records)
Saint Etienne – I’ve Been Trying to Tell You – (Saint Etienne ltd / PIAS)
Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman – (La Honda Records / Thirty Tigers)
Sam Grow – This Town – (Average Joe Entertainment)
Carrie Newcomer – Until Now – (Available Light Records)
Charity Gayle – Endless Praise – (Charity Gayle)
Yebba – Dawn – (Yebba Smith LLC / RCA / Sony)
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Enjoy the View – (Big Scary Monsters)
Heartless Bastards – A Beautiful Life – (Sweet Unknown Records / Thirty Tigers)
Samantha Fish – Faster – (Rounder Records / Concord)
Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort to Me – (ATO Records)
Jonny Craig – The Places We’ll Never Be – (SBG Records)
RC & The Ambers – Big Country – (RC & The Ambers)
The Expendables & Ballyhoo – The ExendaHoo! – (Right Coast Records / Ineffable Records)
Steps – What the Future Holds Pt. 2 – (BMG Music Rights)
Slothrust Parallel Timeline – (Dangerbird Records)
Face to Face – No Way Out But Through – (Fat Wreck Chords)
Sleigh Bells – Texis – (Mom+Pop)
Matthew E. White – K Bay – (Domino Recording Co)
Daniel Romano – Cobra Poems – (You’ve Changed Records)
Hot Milk – I Just Wanna Know What Happens To Me When I’m Dead E.P. – (Music For Nations)
Sincere Engineer – Bless My Psyche – (Hopeless Records)
The Dead Deads – Tell Your Girls It’s Alright – (Rumble Records)
The Stranglers – Dark Matters – (Coursegood Ltd)
Twiztid – Unlikely Prescription – (Majik Ninja Entertainment)
Low – Hey What – (Sub Pop Records)
Hawkwind – Somnia – (Hawkwind)
Gwar – Scumdogs XXX Live! – (Pit Records)
Inferi – Vile Genesis – (The Artisan Era)
Aborted – ManiaCult – (Century Media Records)
Michael W. Smith – Worship Forever – (Rocketown Records)
God Damn – Raw Coward – (One Little Independent)
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
I’m interested in Kacey Musgraves and Low this week.
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Cool. Glad you found some stuff. I am hoping the Kacey one is good as I’m about to throw that one on.
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I don’t think it’s as good as the last one, but that one was amazing IMO.
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Heck yeah, that last was awesome. My daughter even got in to her with that one.
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On the Metallica tribute, does anyone cover “Battery?”
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Nope, doesn’t look like it. About 100 bands cover Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman. That is a lot of times with the same song. Might be a tough listen.
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Yeah, hearing the same songs over and over, no matter who covers them would be very boring.
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I will listen to whatever version of the Black album release is up on Spotify.
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Same except Apple Music!!
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The Black album 2 vinyl set should be at my door today
I downloaded the super deluxe on Apple and man there is a ton of rock lol
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Yeah, there is a crapload of stuff. The tribute album is not what I was expecting as there are so many artists, but only a handful of songs. You would get so tired of these songs after so any versions.
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I’m skipping that tribute for now
Wanna hear the demos and live stuff
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That is probably the better one to go with. The tribute may be fun one day if I feel up to it.
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I’ll be buying all that Metallica. Just not today. I already have the singles, so may as go for the whole enchilada.
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Ha! You might as well!!
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Like Inglorious, weren’t they releasing a covers album?
Costello freak, not sure spanish version is needed…
Been reading a lot about Amyl and the Sniffers, sounds interesting.
Like Kasey too, have the last album.
Hawthorne Heights could be fun. Haven’t listened to them in ages…
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For Inglorius, I think this one is a covers album right?
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I think you accidentally forgot to put the new Donnie Osmond in blue. And don’t try and tell me you’re not working on collecting his entire catalog for your upcoming review series “An Osmond October” here on 2loud2old.
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No. Did not forget. 😂
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Who could resist those dance moves?
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No one!!
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It’s practically the 2021 version of MJ’s “Bad.” I was waiting for Wesley Snipes to make an appearance and ask Donny “are you bad or what!?”
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LOL! I can’t believe you listened. I haven’t listened and not sure I will.
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Due to my budget, I can’t afford to buy new stuff all the time. But thanks for doing these posts every week John!
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I don’t buy new stuff every weekend either. Maybe older stuff but not running out and buying new as often. Plus I’ve been working for years and have a different Budget then you but when I was younger I was in your boat.
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I mean I don’t think it’s necessary to buy new stuff that often anyways. But yeah, it helps that you have a job currently. What’s your job by the way?
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I am a Director of Business Analysts which means I do a lot of budgeting/forecasting and analysis of our business.
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Wow, that sounds awesome! So you were a business major then?
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Accounting major
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That explains why you’re so good with money and budgets.
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I’ve got my pre-order in for the Blacklist. I’ve loved Kacey Musgraves since Same Trailer, Different Park. New stuff is cool. And I have a buddy who has been waiting very, very impatiently for the new Face To Face album.
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Glad you got it on order. Hopefully it lives up to expectations. I’m holding out for a while as too many other things I want. And the Kacey new one is great!!
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Brother Craig says the Blacklist thing is awesome, I dunno how he’s heard it but I believe him when he says it rocks.
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Blacklist is streamable so he probably heard it that way. I hadn’t dived into it yet.
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Ah, there you go. He’ll have the fancypants deluxe whatever edition when it comes out. His LP collection is drool-worthy.
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I like drool-worthy collections!!
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Yeah, he’s got money, and fine tastes. It’s always been fun to me just to be along for the ride. I don’t see him often, these days (naturally, we don’t see many people at all) but yeah. When he turned his mind to LPs I knew how that was going to go lol.
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Ha!! Yeah, 5 years ago my collection was pretty dinky…not now.
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I love stories like that. I’ve been collecting stuff so long, I love fledgling collection stories!
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I bought the three disc Metallica set. I wanted the remaster and the live stuff. Hearing them at the height of their live powers was a treat.
I heard that Ghost did a cover of Enter Sandman. I’ll need to check that one out.
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I haven’t bought any of the sets yet. don’t know which one I want. And I haven’t heard Blacklist yet, but I do believe Ghost is on it.
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You know what ? My crush love nessa barrett and it’s not as bad as I thought, it’s pure pop but I like (am I’m the one who never listen pop music, I listen Hard rock and nothing else)
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I go pop on occasion, but Rock is my go to.
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It’s kinda like Katy Perry for you
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Ha!
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