Music

Back to Bedlam

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:36:55 PDT

As a piece of propaganda, James Blunt's album Back to Bedlam does more for changing the face of the British Army than a series of television adverts ever could. Swapping...

Heavier Things

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:49 PDT

John Mayer's big-label debut was a multiplatinum breakthrough success whose sensual anthem "Your Body Is a Wonderland" scored him an unlikely Grammy for Best Pop Vocal....

Nickel Creek

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

San Diego is not exactly known as a hotbed of contemporary bluegrass music, but then again, Nickel Creek are a far cry from most bluegrass bands you've ever heard. On...

Inside Wants Out

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Cry

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Faith Hill finally owns up to what we knew all along. She may be from deep-dish Mississippi, but she isn't a country singer, and never has been. This babe's a diva now....

Up!

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Give Shania Twain points for honesty. Up!, her first new release in five years, offers both pop and country versions of the same 19 songs, the red disc boasting pop...

Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Just as his wife, Faith Hill, gets slicker and more hermetically sealed on each album, Tim McGraw reaches back on this record to a time-honored, if now rare, country...

There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

After immeasurable success in the U.S., Faith Hill finally comes to Europe, and There You'll Be is a sort of catch-up for the best bits we may have missed along the way...

Set This Circus Down

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

As a singer who has parlayed boyish charm and modest talent into a multiplatinum career, Tim McGraw seems like the guy next door who got incredibly lucky--and not just...

Room for Squares

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Singer-songwriter John Mayer fills his debut, Room for Squares, with pep talks to and advertisements for himself. Even when questioning his young life, Mayer's doubts...

It Matters to Me

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Under My Skin

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

With her breakthrough 2002 debut, Let Go, Avril Lavigne tried to market herself as the bona fide alternative to tarty teen queens, Britney and Christina. Her guitar-pop...

Shania Twain - Greatest Hits

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Shania Twain--recluse, happily married, mother of one--has sold more than 40 million albums with flirty, hook-laden, beat-heavy, country-tinged pop that has all the...

Martina

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Martina McBride is something of a marvel. Throughout her career she has managed to walk a tightrope between Nash-Vegas commercial concerns and the high art of...

Fireflies

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

It's hard to imagine a more schizophrenic album than Fireflies, but Faith Hill, the comely pride of Star, Mississippi, had a lot of different factions to please. There's...

Breakaway

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Kelly Clarkson could have played her American Idol-propelled career much differently, languishing in the role of dippy ingénue or shunting her musical development by...

Take Me as I Am

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Timeless

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

In paying tribute to her roots, Martina McBride doesn't merely cover a selection of classic country favorites, she conjures an entire era. You'd swear that was Floyd...

More Songs from Pooh Corner

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Father of five children, pop musician Kenny Loggins follows up 1994's highly successful Return to Pooh Corner with this More Songs collection. "Your Heart Will Lead You...

The Best Of The Irish Rovers [Remaster]

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

"The Hits"

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Faith Hill finally has her first greatest-hits album after 6 successful albums. The Hits spans the superstar's career by bringing together seven number one hits like...

Songs About Jane

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:48 PDT

Maroon 5 aren't the first band to fuse R&B and rock, but they certainly are one of the most convincing. One can almost hear Stevie Wonder's beaded braids clattering in...

Eyes Open

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Snow Patrol are frequently compared to Coldplay in the press, which seems strange as they write far better songs and do not appear to be quite so self-hating, nor as...

How to Save a Life

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

On their full-length debut, Denver quartet the Fray don't exactly reinvent the wheel, but those looking for melodic, mid-tempo pop could do far worse. That said, the 12...

A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

On Dashboard Confession's fourth album, Christopher Carraba welcomes listeners back into his emotionally claustrophobic world, where relationships are minefields, women...

Everyday

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

With three years passed and a new producer at the helm, the Dave Matthews Band find themselves stretching beyond the borders of Before These Crowded Streets to more...

All the Lost Souls

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

In 2005, James Blunt was everybody's favorite overnight success story. In 2007, he's the guy who's making rock meaningful again. All the Lost Souls,, the sophomore effort...

Michael Bublé

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Pop's rush to raid the cradle continues with this promising debut by 25-year-old Canadian singer Michael Bublé. And while the young vocal star's good looks are smart...

It's Time

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Michael Bublé's assured debut and the tireless year of globe-trotting touring he spent promoting it elevated the 20-something Vancouver native into the first rank of pop...

Let It Snow

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Don't You Fake It

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Away From The Sun

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

The Better Life

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

The Mississippi-based quartet 3 Doors Down has only one thing that sets them apart from other hard rock bands: lead vocalist Brad Arnold is also the drummer. The group...

Winter Serenade

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Although this is a "Winter" album, the music can be enjoyed all year round. It is a collection of a few unknown, yet amazingly, beautiful Christmas Carols, along with...

Jon Schmidt Christmas

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

To the Summit

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Hymns Without Words

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

In this highly anticipated album release, Jon captivates listeners of all ages with his twelve inspiring LDS Hymn arrangements. Highlights include: A Poor Wayfaring Man...

The Disney Songbook

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

New Agey pianist Jim Brickman's history with children-friendly material goes back a long way--one of his early assignments was writing for Jim Henson, after all. On this...

Love Songs & Lullabies

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:47 PDT

Created, it would seem, as a special-occasion soundtrack for love-struck dreamers, the eighth career recording from Jim Brickman is a rewarding collection of eight...

Picture This

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:46 PDT

Pianist Jim Brickman would like you to picture a world that is prettier, more contented, and more emotionally in-tune than the world you probably see through your...

The Gift

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:46 PDT

Jim Brickman's 1997 holiday package is all satin bows and glowing hearth embers, precisely the approach his romantically inclined legions would have wished him to take....

Call Me Irresponsible

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:34:46 PDT

It's no coincidence that Michael Bublé's new album starts with just his voice and some fingersnaps on "The Best Is Yet to Come," a song made famous by Frank Sinatra. The...