New Music Releases
Dec. 8 2009, Published 6:12 a.m. ET
Of course we all remember Sir Bob Geldof’s heart-warming ‘80s classic “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and now there’s a new version of the song that features vocals from members of Vampire Weekend, Husker Du, Tegan & Sara, Broken Social Scene, TV On the Radio and so on, and just like the original version the proceeds will go to a good cause, in this case three organizations in Canada working to bring to end to the epidemic of missing and murdered native women...Timbaland offers up his third solo album, Shock Value 2, on which he collaborates with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, to name a few…Mr. Heidi Klum, a.k.a. Seal, offers up HITS which includes tracks like “Crazy” and “Kiss From A Rose.” The CD can be bought with or without an accompanying live DVD…
Jared Leto’s Thirty Seconds To Mars release This is War, which features the single “Kings & Queens” …Malice N Wonderland is Snoop Dogg’s tenth studio album and features production by Dr. Dre and The Neptunes, as well as guest appearances by R. Kelly, Ghostface Killah, Mary J. Blige and Pharrell…Glee: The Music, Volume 2 features 17 new songs performed by the cast of the TV show, including a cover of Lily Allen’s “Smile”…Virginia hip-hop duo Clipse reunited with Pharrell Williams on Til the Casket Drops, which also features cameos from Kanye West and Keri Hilson…
Erasure offer up a remastered version of their classic 1988 album, The Innocents, which featured the hits “A Little Respect” and “Chains Of Love,” that includes a disc of B-Sides, remixes and rarities plus a live DVD …Jimmy Buffett releases his first studio album in three years, Buffet Hotel (note just one “t” in the album name), which was inspired by a recent trip to West Africa…