February 5th looks like a good day for new releases--finally!
The album I am most excited about is Lenny Kravitz's "It is Time for a Love Revolution." Lenny Kravitz has sold 20 million albums worldwide and was voted #93 on VH1's 100Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, although you would not know it based on his last two albums, "Lenny" and "Baptism." I think Lenny is due for a comeback. Rolling Stone Magazine says that this album is the best album Lenny Kravitz has ever made, and when has Rolling Stone ever steered us wrong? Ok, except for their choice for the best album of 2007, M.I.A's "Kala." Put a hold on it, listen to it and see if you agree that "Kala" is worthy of best album of the year?!?
Back to the other new releases...
The album I am most excited about is Lenny Kravitz's "It is Time for a Love Revolution." Lenny Kravitz has sold 20 million albums worldwide and was voted #93 on VH1's 100Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, although you would not know it based on his last two albums, "Lenny" and "Baptism." I think Lenny is due for a comeback. Rolling Stone Magazine says that this album is the best album Lenny Kravitz has ever made, and when has Rolling Stone ever steered us wrong? Ok, except for their choice for the best album of 2007, M.I.A's "Kala." Put a hold on it, listen to it and see if you agree that "Kala" is worthy of best album of the year?!?
Back to the other new releases...
Sheryl Crow has a new album out (FEB 5th) called "Detours." You can go to Amazon.com and watch a couple of videos from the new album. The first video is the song "Shine Over Babylon." Sounds like little Sheryl is searching for more meaning than the old "All I Wanna Do is Have Some Fun." Sample Lyrics from the song Shine Over Babylon:
"Celebrate the golden cow
Praise the bloated bank account
If there's a god where is he now..."
Sheryl's had a lot to deal with since her last album, (Cancer, breaking up with Lance, etc) I think that will be reflected on "Detours." I just hope it doesn't weigh the album down.
Praise the bloated bank account
If there's a god where is he now..."
Sheryl's had a lot to deal with since her last album, (Cancer, breaking up with Lance, etc) I think that will be reflected on "Detours." I just hope it doesn't weigh the album down.
Jack Johnson's first album, "Brushfire Fairytales" was released in 2001. The song "Bubble Toes" got some airplay, but Jack really came to the public's eyes (or should I say ears?) for his hugely popular soundtrack to the 2005 animated film "Curious George."
Anytime you can pull off a fanatastic soundtrack for a children's movie, people are bound to remember you. Jack's new album is titled, "Sleep through the Static." An album with the word "Sleep" in the title? Hopefully it is not an album worth sleeping through. We'll see if his Curious George fame can boost his album sales, although I haven't heard much about his album just yet. Jack, if you are reading this, this is a bad time to have your website under construction!!!
As always, I'll keep you posted...
Julie
