5 de Junio 2001

Johnny A. Sometime Tuesday Morning (Favored Nations)

Absinthe Blind The Everyday Separation (Mud/Parasol)

Mark Adams Allison Star Machine (Water Music/KTD)

Ragheb Alama Saharony Ellil (Mondo Melodia/Ark 21)

All Kinds of Problems Turmoil (Spitfire)

Asia (Geoff Downes) Aura (Windstorm)

Betty Blowtorch (ex-Butt Trumpet) Are You Man Enough? (Foodchain)

Big Wreck The Pleasure and the Greed (clean
& explicit versions; produced by Dave Jerden) (Atlantic)

Bird3 Bird3 (Immergent)

Black Twig Pickers North Fork Flyer (VHF)

Blue Öyster Cult Curse of the Hidden Mirror (CMC Int’l)

Doyle Bramhall II Welcome (RCA)

Manu Chao Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (Virgin)

Chili Hi Fly (Australian dance/pop) It’s Allright (Razor & Tie)

Droo Church In a Palace Built for Lovers (Hall Of)

Cockeyed Ghost Ludlow 6:18 (Karma Frog)

Continental Drifters Better Day (Razor & Tie)

CrashPalace CrashPalace (Trauma)

Crunchy All Day Sucker (SAR)

Brian Culbertson Nice and Slow (Division One/Atlantic)

The Cult Beyond Good and Evil (reunion album; produced by Bob Rock) (Lava/Atlantic)

Krishna Das Breath of the Heart (produced by Rick Rubin) (Triloka)

Deleon Straight from the Heart (Tommy Boy Gospel)

Len Doolin Once in a Lifetime (Sunbird)

Doran Automatic (City of Angels/V2)

Drowning Pool Sinner (Wind-up)

Meredith Edwards Reach (Mercury Nashville)

Cesaria Evora Sao Vicente (Windham Hill/RCA)
 
                  The queen of the Cape Verdean song form known as morna,
                   60-year-old Cesaria Evora has been a darling of the global
                   music circuit for nearly a decade, thanks to such irresistibly
                   melancholy albums as Café Atlantico and Miss Perfumado.
                   On São Vicente, her first release on BMG's Windham Hill
                   imprint, Evora animates her mournful voice with lively
                   arrangements accented by strings, piano, horns, and
                   percussion. The result is a gorgeous, uplifting album made all
                   the lovelier by guest performances from Brazilian giant
                   Caetano Veloso (who sings in Spanish on the beautiful
                   "Tiempo y Silencio"), Cuban piano great Chucho Valdes
                   ("Negue"), and the Cuban ensemble Orquesta Aragon.
                   Another duet—and a most surprisingly effective one—is the
                   pairing of Evora and Bonnie Raitt on "Crepuscular Solidao,"
                   which features Raitt singing persuasively in Portuguese and
                   playing a deliciously languid slide guitar solo. Sorrow never
                   sounded so sweet.—PV

Faxed Head Chiropractic (Web of Mimicry)

Floppy Sounds Short Term Memories (Wave Music)

French Affair Desire (Arista)

Hades DamNation (Metal Blade)

Tom Harrell Paradise (RCA)

Larry Heard Love’s Arrival (Trackmode)

Herman Dune They Go to the Woods (Shrimper)

Hinge The Darker Side of Nonsense (Roadrunner)

Dave Hole Outside Looking In (Alligator)

Hoods Time - The Destroyer (Victory)

Hot Water Music A Flight and a Crash (Epitaph)

Steve Howe Natural Timbre (Spitfire)

I Muvrini I Muvrini (Higher Octave World)

India.Arie Acoustic Soul (Motown)

Keb’ Mo’ Big Wide Grin (children’s songs) (Sony Wonder/Okeh/Epic)

Kool Keith Spankmaster (Overcore)

Krystal Me & My Piano (KBNHA/Interscope)

Leroy Leroy (Hollywood)

Llama Close to the Silence (MCA)

Loop Circuit Sound on Sound (Starlight Furniture Company)

Lúnasa The Merry Sisters of Fate (Green Linnet)

Baaba Maal Mi Yeewnii - Missing You
(Palm Pictures)

Janiva Magness Blues Ain’t Pretty (Blues Leaf)

Harry Manx Dog My Cat (Northern Blues)

McGill, Manring and Stevens Addition by Subtraction (Free Electric Sound)

Mint Royale On the Ropes (MCA)

The Mockers Living in the Holland Tunnel (produced by Mitch Easter) (One Eye Open)

Molly Hatchet Kingdom of XII (w/Charlie Daniels on two tracks) (CMC Int’l)

Murphy’s Law The Party’s Over (Artemis)

My Morning Jacket At Dawn (Darla)

Not It Burns When I Spit (Lyrical Contraband)

Steve Oliver Positive Energy (Native Language)

Osker Idle Will Kill (Epitaph)

Pelt Ayahuasca (VHF)

Pleasure Forever Pleasure Forever (Sub Pop)

Poundhound Pineappleskunk (Metal Blade)

Radiohead Amnesiac (Capitol)
 
                  In some quarters, there seems to be an air of impatience with
                   Radiohead digging in its avant-garde heels with the follow-up
                   to the experimental Kid A. Don't listen to the philistines. By
                   resolutely forgetting formula, Radiohead proves itself all the
                   more relevant with Amnesiac. There are no conventional
                   rock radio singles here—not even anything in the way of the
                   cathartic "Optimistic" from Kid A—but pace many critics,
                   there are "tunes" galore, particularly with the tracks that
                   make up the wounded heart of the record—the anti-hymn
                   "You and Whose Army?," abstract-blues single "I Might Be
                   Wrong," elegiac cautionary tale "Knives Out," Kid A redux
                   "The Morning Bell Amnesiac," and "Dollars & Cents," a
                   sublime summation of leader Thom Yorke's disdain for the
                   philosophical currency of the not-so New World Order.
                   That rarest of things, Radiohead is a rock band with
                   something meaningful to say, saying it in a truly
                   contemporary, utterly individual language.—BB

Rumba Club Radio Mundo (Palmetto)

Rustic Overtones Viva Nueva (Tommy Boy)

Saffire Ain’t Gonna Hush (Alligator)

Shea Seger The May Street Project (RCA)

Sensational Get on My Page (Ipecac)

Seven Mary Three The Economy of Sound (Mammoth)

Ron Sexsmith Blue Boy (spinART)

Si*Se Si*Se (Luaka Bop/Narada)

Jessica Simpson Irresistible (Columbia)
 
                   Sony has its sights set on nothing less than super-stardom for
                   its reigning pop princess, Jessica Simpson. The groove-laden
                   first single, "Irresistible," is already flying high on the charts,
                   with a brace of potent soul-stompers and romantic ballads
                   waiting in the wings. Her high-caliber duet with labelmate
                   Marc Anthony, "There You Are," is an obvious choice, as is
                   the resplendent, skyscraping "When You Told Me You
                   Loved Me," which showcases the 20-year-old's voice in full
                   bloom. Simpson demonstrates her maturing manner and
                   vocal prowess on the attitude-laden ode to '80s funk
                   "What's It Gonna Be," where she solicits, "I wanna know
                   where we stand/Are you gonna be a dog or a gentleman?,"
                   another bid for chart domination. It's all in fun here, but
                   expect nothing less than a full-on assault in the year to come.
                   A great step forward for youth pop and sure footing for this
                   glamorous talent.—CT

Slang The Bellwether Project (w/Dave Schools of Widespread Panic) (Terminus)

Soneros de Verdad A Buena Vista (Narada World)

Soul Slinger Mixer Presents United DJs of America (Razor & Tie)

Spring Heel Jack Masses (Thirsty Ear)

St. Lunatics Free City (clean & explicit
versions) (Universal)

Starflyer 59 Leave Here a Stranger (Tooth & Nail)

The Stone Coyotes Born to Howl (Red Cat)

Tindersticks Can Our Love... (Beggars Banquet)

Tragedy-Khadafi Against All Odds (Gee Street)

Turk Young & Thuggin’ (clean & explicit
versions) (Universal)

Rhonda Vincent The Storm Still Rages (Rounder)

W.A.C.O. Game of Cards (True Classical)

Rufus Wainwright Poses (DreamWorks)

Waltz for Debbie Gone and Out (Hidden Agenda/Parasol)

Elbert West Livin’ the Life (Broken Bow)

Chris Whitley Rocket House (ATO)

Lucinda Williams Essence (Lost Highway)

Steve Wynn Here Come the Miracles (two CDs) (Down There)

Trisha Yearwood Inside Out (MCA Nashville)

VA Avantgardism Drum n’ Bass Vol. 1 (Rounder)

VA Keeping the Dream Alive: Race to Erase MS (w/Macy Gray, Jamiroquai and others) (Epic)

VA Lunatic Works: Where We Going? Volume 1 and Who’s in Charge? Volume 2 (Lunatic Works/Beyond Music)

VA Platinum Hits: Official Cash Money Instrumental Album (Universal)

VA Punk-O-Rama 2001 (w/NOFX, Bad Religion and Rancid) (Epitaph)

VA Respect the Rock (w/Queens of the Stone Age, Supersuckers and Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs) (Red Ink)

OCR 42nd Street (Q/Atlantic)

OST The Animal (new Rob Schneider film) (Hollywood)

OST Bride of the Wind (new Bruce Beresford film) (Universal Classics)

OST Dr. Doolittle 2 (Eddie Murphy sequel) (J Records)

OST The Fast & the Furious (score by BT; clean & explicit versions) (Def Jam)

OST The Man Who Cried (new Christina Ricci/Johnny Depp film) (Sony Classical)

OST Swordfish (new John Travolta/Halle Berry film) (London/Sire)

OST Tomb Raider (Elektra)

16 Horsepower Hoarse (Checkered Past)

Harley Allen Live at the Bluebird (American Originals)

Amanda Everybody Doesn’t (Maverick)

American Nightmare Background Music (Equal Vision)

Ashley Park The American Scene (Darling/Kindercore)

Aspera Sugar and Feathered (Big Wheel Recreation)

Ass Ponys Lohio (Checkered Past)

The Asteroid #4 King Richard’s Collectibles (Rainbow Quartz)

Az 9 Lives (clean & explicit versions) (Motown)

Big Kahuna Shake Those Hula Hips
(Concord Jazz)

Big Time Sarah A Million of You (Delmark)

Norman Blake Flower from the Fields of Alabama (Shanachie)

blink-182 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (clean & explicit versions) (MCA)

David Candy Play Power (Jetset)

Chamber 36 Chamber 36 (Hawg Legg)

Citizen Fish Life Size (Honest Don’s)

Vassar Clements Full Circle (OMS)

Craving Theo Craving Theo (Valley Entertainment)

D-12 Devil’s Night (clean & explicit versions) (Interscope)

Toby Dammit Top Dollar (Omplatten)

De Phazz Death by Chocolate (Blue Thumb)

Ryan DeHues My Dream Come True (Honest Entertainment/Gold Label)

Lea DeLaria Play It Cool (Warner Bros.)

Bob DiPiero Laugh (American Originals)

John Doyle (ex-Solas) Evening Comes Early (Shanachie)

Electric Light Orchestra Zoom (new Jeff Lynne project) (Epic)

The Excessories Pure Pop for Punk People (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

Fall Silent Six Years in the Desert (Revelation)

Fartz What’s in a Name (Alternative Tentacles)

Steve Freund I’ll Be Your Mule (Delmark)

Alex Gordon Small Craft Warnings (Tone Casualties/Never)

Chico Hamilton Forrestorn (Koch Jazz)

Don Henry Live at the Bluebird (American Originals)

Insolence Revolution (Maverick)

Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (new Clive Davis protégé) (J Records)

Fred Koller No Song Left to Sell (written w/poet Shel Silverstein) (Gadfly)

Lady Bianca Rollin’ (Rooster Blues)

Jim Lauderdale The Other Sessions (DualTone)

Gary LeMel While I’m in Love (Division One/Atlantic)

Lost Horizon Awakening the World (Koch)

Lung Cookie Chicken Feet (Naked Jain)

Moochie Mack Broke Pimpin (In the Paint/Koch)

Cheb Mami Dellali (Mondo Melodia/Ark 21)

Brother Jack McDuff Brotherly Love (Concord Jazz)

Rico McFarland Tired of Being Alone (Evidence)

Scott Miller and the Commonwealth Thus Always to Tyrants (Sugar Hill)

Mountain Heart The Journey (Doobie Shea)

Willie Nelson Rainbow Connection (Island)

Old Time Relijun Witchcraft Rebellion (K Records)

Lee Roy Parnell Tell the Truth (Vanguard)

The Pearlfishers Across the Milky Way (Marina)

The Philadelphia Experiment The Philadelphia Experiment (Division One/Ropeadope)

Puya Union (MCA)

Rondelles Shined Nickels and Loose Change (K Records)

Roomful of Blues Watch You When You Go (Bullseye Blues & Jazz/Rounder)

Rosc Celtic Dreams (Valley Entertainment)

Rufio Perhaps, I Suppose... (The Militia Group)

Kate Rusby Little Lights (Compass)

Ken Saydak Love Without Trust (Delmark)

Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special: Ignition! (Surfdog/Hollywood)

Simon Shaheen Blue Flame (w/Qantara) (Mondo Melodia/Ark 21)

Silk Love Sessions (w/cover of Rick James’ "Brown Eyes") (Elektra)

Special EFX Butterfly (Shanachie)

Stereo MC’s Deep Down & Dirty (Island)

Sugar Ray Sugar Ray (Lava/Atlantic)
 
                  This is the album that Sugar Ray has been inching toward
                   recording since its 1997 break-out hit, Floored. Sugar Ray
                   shows the quintet honing a hybrid of hip-hop, funk, arena
                   rock, and pop—coated with an ample dose of frat-boy
                   humor and teen-dream romance. There isn't a dud among
                   this project's 11 tracks, each of which sounds custom-made
                   for radio. A formidable front man, Mark McGrath has never
                   seemed more assured than he does here. He has found a
                   comfortable performance zone between pin-up heartthrob
                   and forceful rock belter, which allows him to play coy on
                   ditties like the vibrant first single, "When It's Over," and then
                   swagger on the guitar-drenched "Disasterpiece." The trick to
                   this (or any other Sugar Ray disc) is balancing the cute with
                   the credible, and producers Don Gilmore and David Kahne
                   do a fine job of keeping the band in check. All of this adds
                   up to a collection destined to elevate Sugar Ray to the
                   proverbial "next level" of success.—LF

Super Chikan Shoot That Thang (Rooster Blues)

Super XX Man Volume V (Post Parlo)

Sebastien Tellier L’Incroyable Verite (Record Makers/Astralwerks)

Travis The Invisible Band (Epic)

Trilok Gurtu The Beat of Love (Blue Thumb)

Phil Upchurch Tell the Truth (Evidence)

John Vanderslice Time Travel Is Lonely (Barsuk)

Brian Warfield Celtic Exodus (Valley Entertainment)

VA Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt (Vanguard)

VA Duplex Planet Presents... Ernie (songs of Ernie Noyes Brookings) (Gadfly)

VA Fat Beats (Koch)

VA New York City: Global Beat of the Boroughs (Smithsonian Folkways)

VA Radiohead Tribute: Anyone Can Play Radiohead (Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra)

VA Substitute: The Songs of the Who
(Ear Music)

VA A Tribute to The Jam (Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra)

VA A Twist of Marley: A Tribute (GRP)

OST More Music from Save the Last Dance (Hollywood)

OST Sexy Beast (new Ben Kingsley film) (Beyond)