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ROCKIN' ON This week marks return of the Boss as also heavyweights Deep Purple and Nine Inch Nails
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Devils & Dust
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The boss is back. The album, set for release on April 26 is in many ways a sequel to 1995's The Ghost of Tom Joad. "I wrote a lot of this music after those shows, when I'd go back to my hotel room. I still had my voice, because I hadn't sung over a rock band all night," says Springsteen. As with Joad, many of the songs are set in the Southwest, replete with Spanish phrases. "The lives of the new migrant population were interesting stories for me," he says. The inspiration though, Springsteen says, was a new song Devils and dust that he wrote in 2003, at the start of the Iraq War. At various points, the album employs a string section, horns, organ and electric guitar, with an overall stark and sepia-toned. "I wanted to keep it raw. I think that's what's slipped out of a lot of modern country music, that certain sort of chill-to-the-bone sound," says Springsteen.
With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails/Universal
Time magazine named Trent Razor as one of the 25 most influential Americans. This was way back in 1997. And Reznor and his boys have not stopped rocking since then. The current line up with Jeordie White (bass), Alessandro Cortini (keyboards), Aaron North (guitars) and Jerome Dillon (drums) is busy with the UK tour for the new album. The Teeth Tour that closes on July 14 is sold out. As for the new album, it follows Downward Spiral— a compilation of B-Sides, demos and unreleased material. With Teeth will be released in dual disc format, including a high-resolution stereo surround mix. The single from this album The hand that feeds promises to be another chart topper like their earlier alternative hit Head like a hole.
Everything's Ok
Al Green/ EMI
Everything's OK is Al Green's second album following 2003's I can't stop again, with arranger and co-producer Willie Mitchell. This time Rev Green has co-written 11 of the 12 tunes and kept them simple. The Royal Horns and The New Memphis Strings and several musicians who had a hand in Green's 1970s hits join him for the new album. Brief instrumental flourishes, harmonica fills and fruity saxophone solos mark the album. Recorded last summer in Memphis, it's one more righteous album from the surviving genius of soul, on stands come April 20. While Solomon Burke's Make do with what you got, that releases the same time is a hybrid of rock, funk and blues, Green opts for a lightweight disco and soft pop-soul vocabulary. Check out a characteristically expressionist version of You are so beautiful.
Breathe In
Lucie Silvas/Universal
The newcomer is the latest UK import to hit the American pop charts. After writing songs for Gareth Gates, Rachel Stevens, Silvas comes up with a solo debut album. The album promises to be emotional moody, featuring Lucie and her piano, not forgetting strong powerful ballads showcasing Silvas' vocal range. The first single and title track is already a UK top 10 single. Watch out for the new crooner who is already been talked in the same breathe as the next Christina Aguilera.
SYEDA FARIDA
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