It is a sad, sad day here on the 9th Green. For years I have been ending my seasonal music preview list by saying, "this may be the quarter that Dr. Dre actually drops Detox." No Dre did not actually let us hear Detox but announced the album was actually dead and released a completely different album Compton. Hurmph. I started out mocking Chinese Democracy and then moved to Detox when Alx rose finally stopped tinkering on his album. For years I planned if Detox actually got released I would move on to D’Angelo's long simmering album, but he had to go and surprise and release his album last Christmas. So I am left with nothing to mock at the end of this column because nothing really sticks out as being long delayed, at least not with a title (wow, has it really been seven years since Chinese Democracy). But then again just because Dr. Dre says Detox is dead does not mean we will never get to hear those songs. Just last year Bob Dylan did release The Basement Tapes almost fifty years later so maybe Detox does get released eventually, it may just take another thirty-five years.
All year I have talked about how bleak the releases are and assumed everyone was holding the biggest releases until fall. Well it is fall, and wow, the albums with release dates are still kind of unimpressive. The only two album that I am actually anticipating to come out before Christmas drop this week. First up is Ryan Adams track for track remake of Taylor Swift's 1989 in the style of The Smiths which I am more excited for than I was Taylor's originals which came out yesterday and it is awesome. Also out this week but on the new traditional Friday is the sophomore album by Chvrches which of the three prereleased tracks sounds as good as their debut.
This is not to say there will not be any big albums out this fall. Kanye West, Adele, and Rihanna have been teasing fans all year while Coldplay and Ariana Grande have names to for their next albums but now release dates yet. I have been theorizing it for the last two years but I think it is official that the Beyonce approach of just airdropping your album instead of a three month launch is now the new normal which is probably better for the consumer because I contend few things live up to the hype so just give it to us as soon as you can, but unfortunately it will make my music previews as about as boring as below. To pre-order the album, click its name to be taken to Amazon; click on the artist's name to go to iTunes.
September 25
1989
- Ryan AdamsEvery Open Eye
- ChvrchesDodge and Burn
- The Dead WeatherMusic Complete
- New OrderCass County
- Don HenleyServant of Love
- Patty GriffinOnce Again It's Christmas
- Kenny RogersBetter Nature
- Silversun Pickupsb'lieve i'm goin down...
- Kurt VilePhantasmagoric - Grace and Tony
October 2
Show Me Your Fangs
- Matt NathansonUnbreakable
- Janet JacksonSee What You Started By Continuing
- Collective SoulAll Across This Land
- Blitzen TrapperZipper Down
- Eagles of Death MetalThis Is War
- Emily KinneyOctober 9
Revival
- Selena GomezFlorasongs EP
- The DecemberistsIf I Should Go Before You
- City and ColourLive In No Particular Order: 2009 - 2014
- Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic ZerosOctober 16
Fading Frontier
- DeerhunterGet Up
- Get Up - Bryan AdamsToday Is Christmas
- LeAnn Rimes October 23
Storyteller
- Carrie UnderwoodAnother Country
- Rod StewartLiberman
- Vanessa CarltonThat Would Be Me
- Harry Connick, Jr.October 30
Wiped Out!
- The NeighbourhoodIt's A Holiday Soul Party
- Sharon Jones and The Dap-KingsTBA - SWV
So Familiar
- Steve Martin and Edie BrickellDef Leppard
- Def LeppardNovember 7
7
- SealNovember 13
Heart Blanche - CeeLo Green
First Comes The Night
- Chris IsaakTBD
The Last Zulu - Q-Tip
Swish - Kanye West
Moonlight - Ariana Grande
A Head Full of Dreams - Coldplay
Return of the Tender Love - Babyface
Better - Brian McKnight
Adele
The Band Perry
Beck
Grimes
Hailee Steinfeld
Haim
Kings of Leon
Meat Loaf
Rihanna
And of course maybe this is the quarter when Dr. Dre finally releases Detox.
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