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[ Universal Music / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010

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Brian Wilson has re-recorded and re-imagined twelve classic songs from the Gershwin Brothers and collaborated on two new Wilson/Gershwin compositions. The Gershwin estate gave Wilson access to rare, unfinished pieces of music by George Gershwin, with which Brian crafted collaborative compositions unlike anything the world has heard with "The Like in I Love You"...

[ Octone / Interscope / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 20 September, 2010

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The Deluxe version of 'Hands All Over' is a limited edition CD with 5 bonus tracks, packaged in a special eco-pak cover.

Maroon 5 have released two multi-platinum studio albums (2002's 'Songs About Jane' and 2007's 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long'), scored a string of hit singles ("This Love," "She Will Be Loved," "Harder to Breathe," "Sunday Morning," "Makes...

[ Warner Music International / 2 CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Monday, 13 September, 2010

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This limited edition set of 'Going Back' includes 6 bonus songs, plus a DVD!

Phil's first new studio album in eight years, 'Going Back' is a personal labour of love project that finds the eight-time Grammy winner faithfully recreating the soul gems that played such an influential role in his musical life.

Phil Collins' exceptionally successful musical...

[ Decca Music Group / Rounder Records / CD ]

Release Date: Friday, 20 August, 2010

"John Mellencamp is an artist with many strings to his bow. An artist that can just as convincingly belt out a searing blues tune as he can pen an anthemic rock song, it will come as no surprise that for his newest offering, 'No Better Than This', Mellencamp has brought all of those talents together, under the expert guidance of country producer extraordinaire,...

[ Spunk! Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 2 August, 2010

Written, arranged, performed by the Arcade Fire and co-produced with Markus Dravs, 'The Suburbs' was recorded around Montreal and New York through 2009 to 2010.

Having released two of the most inventive and musically extravagant records of the noughties -- 'Funeral' and 'Neon Bible' -- Canadian ensemble, Arcade Fire create a concept and sound that represents...

[ RCA Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 23 August, 2010

"Looking like a cross between a young Donald Sutherland and Jesus, and sounding like a cross between early Ryan Adams and a more optimistic Leonard Cohen, Ray LaMontagne sings lullabies for adults and fables for the modern age -- if you haven't heard him, you are missing out!

First appearing with the Ethan Johns produced 'Trouble' in 2004, Ray's blend of...