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[ Columbia Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 30 January, 2012

Lauded poet Leonard Cohen's first studio album in eight years is the latest in an esteemed career spanning six decades.

The ten songs on 'Old Ideas' poetically address some of the most profound quandaries of human existence -- the relationship to a transcendent being, love, sexuality, loss and death. Arguably the most overtly spiritual of the revered artist's...

[ Cooking Vinyl / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 27 February, 2012

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The Cranberries return with 'Roses', their first studio album in over a decade. The songs on 'Roses' come from a band with a renewed hunger and in every corner you'll find the extraordinary sound of Dolores O'Riordan's voice, the pivotal instrument which transformed the band from a group of young Irish hopefuls at the edge of the 80s into an MTV sensation and...

[ EMI Music / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

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Goldfrapp's 'The Singles' is a career-spanning overview featuring tracks from their five critically acclaimed albums.

Also included are two brand new songs written especially for this release: "Yellow Halo" -- a slow building synth-pop wonder, and the introspective and defiant new wave ballad "Melancholy Sky"....

[ Sony Music / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

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'The Very Best of Neil Diamond' is a collection of 23 original studio recordings, all together for the first time on one CD.

The fine compilation features "Kentucky Woman", "Sweet Caroline", "Cracklin' Rosie", "Forever in Blue Jeans", "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" and many more....

[ Aural Apothecary / Columbia Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 19 March, 2012

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This is the Albuquerque indie-pop rockers fourth album and their first since 2007's rather good, 'Wincing the Night Away'.

'Port of Morrow' was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland over the course of 2011 with Mercer customarily handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals, guitar, lap steel, percussion and glockenspiel. The record was produced by Greg Kurstin,...

[ Verve / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday, 17 November, 2011

"Apparently, Etta James' musical career ends with The Dreamer. The legendary vocalist announced a few months back that this would be her final album; she's retiring from music in order to deal with serious medical issues. Co-produced by James, Josh Sklair, and her sons Danto and Sametto, The Dreamer's 11 tracks offer an imperfect but utterly worthy portrait...