Uncut.co.uk publishes a weekly selection of music album reviews; including new, reissued and compilation albums. Find out about the best albums here, by clicking on the album titles below.
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These albums are all set for release on July 28, 2008:
CONOR OBERST – CONOR OBERST – 4* The Bright Eyes mainman strips away the bombast for a rare solo album
CAROLE KING – TAPESTRY – 4* Low-key, high impact pop; Reissued over two discs with live versions
ALICE COOPER – PRETTIES FOR YOU / EASY ACTION – 3* Fun and games in the pre-“School…” playground; reissues reviewed
THE COOL KIDS – THE BAKE SALE – Old school, new style, Chicago duo’s debut album reviewed
Plus here are some of UNCUT’s recommended new releases from the past month – check out these albums if you haven’t already:
RANDY NEWMAN – HARPS & ANGELS – 4* Newman is back with a blinding album after almost a decade.
ENDLESS BOOGIE – FOCUS LEVEL – 4* Grizzled music biz dudes boogie. Endlessly. And the album’s great!
SHE & HIM – VOLUME ONE – 3* Promising debut album from Zooey Deschanel and M Ward; the latest Indie/Hollywood hook-up
PRIMAL SCREAM – BEAUTIFUL FUTURE – 3* “It’s too blunt, messy and reverent to be up there with their best, but you hope that it also serves a secondary function: to clear the decks for one last magnificent tilt at rock deification on album number ten,” says Uncut’s Sam Richards. Check out the review here. Then let us know what you think of Gillespie’s latest.
WALTER BECKER – CIRCUS MONEY – 4* First in 14 years from the other Steely Dan man
U2 – REISSUES – BOY / OCTOBER / WAR – 2*/ 2*/ 3* Passion, and politics: the early years, remastered, with extras
THE HOLD STEADY – STAY POSITIVE – 5* Elliptical, euphoric and “staggeringly good” says Allan Jones, plus a Q&A with Craig Finn
MICAH P HINSON AND THE RED EMPIRE ORCHESTRA
– 4* Select fourth outing from dolorous US twentysomething
BECK – MODERN GUILT – 4* New label, old sound: Danger Mouse helms dreamy psych-pop on his 10th album
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