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Music: Cat Power and Beth Orton
Richard C. Walls  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 
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Music: Country Albums
Billy Altman  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Cat Power The Greatest Matador
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Kenny Chesney The Road and the RadioBNA
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Music: Divas Down - And Up!
 |  Feb 03, 2006  | 

SHAKIRA. The English-language Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (Epic; Music ••••, Sound ••••) is the sequel to the all-Spanish FijaciÓn Oral, Vol. 1 - but aside from two overlapping songs, it's a different Shakira entirely. The Spanish set was a lush and relatively subdued pop disc; the follow-up is wildly and creatively multicultural.

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Music: Every Pic Tells a Story
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

The Velvet Underground: "one of the most unique bands of the 1960s." Syd Barrett: "one of the most unique talents to surface from the 1960s underground music scene." Kate Bush: "one of the most unique artists in British musical history." Queen: "perhaps the most unique band in the history of rock music." Such is the slant of your opening line of narration

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Music: F Is For 'Fake'
 |  Oct 01, 2005  | 

We can live with the current album by GORILLAZ, Demon Days (Virgin). At least there are real artists behind this fake band - er, "virtual hip-hop group." Here, Damon Albarn, once again taking a Blurman's holiday, replaces Dan the Automator with Danger Mouse, he of The Grey Album.

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MUSIC: Father and Son Thompson
Andrew Nash  |  Apr 03, 2006  | 
Richard Thompson RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson Free Reed
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Music: From The Sublime to the...Perfume?
Ken Richardson  |  May 09, 2006  | 

I've said it once in these pages, and I'll say it again: SANTANA's self-titled third album, a.k.a. Santana III (gatefold below), is the best thing they've ever done. Columbia/Legacy has reissued the 1971 album once, and now they've done it again, making it a two-disc Legacy Edition.

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Music: Historic Recordings
Richard C. Walls  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945Uptown
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Music: Iraq and a Hard Rock
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

"Four Dead in O-HI-O." "Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s." "We got a kinder, gentler machine-gun hand." "Time is runnin' out, let's roll." "I'm living with war every day." Neil Young has never been one to pull punches either socially or politically.

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MUSIC: Last Minute Shopping!
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 07, 2005  | 

Need more than the boxes and Christmas discs we gave you? Clip this list and get nutcrackin'!

BOXES:

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia, 1 CD, 2 DVDs), with new remastering plus 1975 gig and more.

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MUSIC: Queens of All Ages
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 

They'll breakfast at Tiffany's, they'll sing to you in Japanese - oh, wait. Jardin, jardin, jardin, jardin! That would be French. No matter - they're still only here to entertain you. And that's exactly what the young boys in The Darkness do on their second album, One Way Ticket to Hell ...

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Music: Songbirds of a Feather?
Brett Milano  |  Jan 14, 2006  | 
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Music: Top of the Pop in '06
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 03, 2006  | 

Think nobody writes and plays like the Fab Four anymore? Take that thought and let it be, 'cuz there's plenty of great pop here, there, and ... you know. You should know that 2006 has had more than its share of great releases.

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Music: Who'da Thunk!
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jan 03, 2007  | 
Kate Bush Aerial Columbia
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Universal/Republic
Endless Wire Music •••½ Sound •••
Live at Lyon (Bonus DVD) Show ••••½ Pi
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Music: Work Du Fab Four
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 03, 2006  | 

THE BEATLES: Love (Apple/Capitol). Mashups from the Cirque du Soleil show. Unavailable at press time, but billed as "first Beatles album in 5.1": CD+DVD-Audio!

JOHN: The U.S. vs. John Lennon (Capitol; 4-½ stars). Edgy songs from the doc. Also out: Give Peace a Song (Hip-O DVD), Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire (Capitol CD).

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