Music CDs, June 2009

Greatest Hits II
Kenny Chesney
CD 781.642 CHE 2009
2009 collection from the Country music great, his second collection of hits, featuring 15 tracks including the brand new single ‘Out Last Night’ (only available on this collection!). Since his debut album 15 years ago, Chesney has managed to shift 25 million units and consistently plays live to over one million fans every year. Not bad for a seemingly average-guy from Knoxville, TN!

Live In London [LIVE]
Leonard Cohen
CD 781.62 COH 2009
For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power – he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human lives, always with a full appreciation of how elusive answers can be to the vexing questions he raises. But those questions, and the journey he has traveled in seeking to address them, are the ever-shifting substance of his work, as well as the reasons why his songs never lose their overwhelming emotional force. Documentaries, awards, tribute albums and the ongoing march of artists eager to record his songs all acknowledge the peerless contribution Cohen has made to what one of his titles aptly calls “The Tower of Song.”

21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
CD 781.66 GRE 2009
2009 release, the Punk trio’s long-awaited eighth studio album,. The album is the best-selling trio’s first studio album since 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning Punk Rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide. 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: “Heroes and Cons,” “Charlatans and Saints,” and “Horseshoes and Handgrenades,” and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. Songs include “Know Your Enemy”, “21 Guns”, “East Jesus Nowhere”, “Before the Lobotomy”, and “Restless Heart Syndrome.”

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Harry Gregson-Williams
CD 781.542 GRE 2009
Logan through time — Special privileges — Lagos, Nigeria — Wade goes to work — Kayla — Victor visits — Adamantium — Agent Zero comes for Logan — Logan meets Gambit — To the island — Deadpool — The towers collapse — Memories lost — –I’ll find my own way.

Sounds Of The Universe
Depeche Mode
CD 781.66 DEP 2009
In chains — Hole to feed — Wrong — Fragile tension — Little soul — In sympathy — Peace — Come back — Spacewalker — Perfect — Miles away ; The truth is — Jezebel — Corrupt.

Star Trek
Michael Giacchino
CD 781.542 GIA 2009
Original soundtrack to the highly anticipated 2009 motion picture. From producer/director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Mission: Impossible: III, and Fringe) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek, featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no one has gone before. Starring Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Scotty, with Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Leonard Nimoy. Michael Giacchino, who has served as J.J. Abrams’ musical lieutenant on all his projects, follows the extraordinarily rich musical legacy of Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner, as he boards the Enterprise for her maiden voyage.

The Power of One
Israel Houghton and New Breed
CD 782.254 HOU 2009
1. My Name Iz – Everywhere That I Go – Just Wanna Say – Surely Goodness – The Power Of One (Change The World) – U R Loved – Moving Forward – I Receive – Saved By Grace – Every Prayer – Sing Redemption’s Song – Better To Believe – You Found Me – My Tribute Medley

Freedom
Mandisa
CD 782.254 MAN 2009
My deliverer — How much — He is with you — The definition of me (feat. Blanca from Group 1 Crew) — Not guilty — Leave it in the valley — Victorious — Broken hallelujah — Freedom song — Dance dance dance — You wouldn’t cry (Andrew’s song).

Nights in Rodanthe
Various Artists
CD 781.542 NIG 2008
Based on the #1 NY Times bestseller by Nicholas Sparks, “Nights In Rodanthe” follows a woman (Diane Lane) with her life in chaos as she retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe to tend a friend’s inn for the weekend. The only guest at the inn (Richard Gere) arrives with a storm closing in on the town. The two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance. The soundtrack features “In Rodanthe” written and performed by Emmylou Harris, along with heartwarming songs in the style of Piedmont Blues by such artists as Count Basie, Ruth Brown, Slim & Slam, Dinah Washington, and more.

Yes
Pet Shop Boys
CD 781.63 PET 2009
Limited edition 2CD includes extra CD of “dub” versions of the songs, specially produced and mixed by the acclaimed Xenomania.

Unstoppable
Rascal Flatts
CD 781.642 RAS 2009
With Unstoppable, Gary, Joe Don and Jay release their most powerful and accessible album to date, taking their career and country music another large step forward. Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts, the record applies the group’s formidable talents to a spectrum of songs that range from the pure drama of “Forever,” which deals, as the group has so often in the past, with the pain of a broken relationship, to the pure fun of “Summer Nights,” a romp through a world of coolers and bikinis guaranteed to be a concert favorite. The trio is as proud of the project as they’ve ever been.

The Sound Of Madness
Shinedown
CD 781.66 SHI 2008
The record opens with lead single “Devour.” Its heavy onslaught of ripping guitars and relentless drums would not sound out of place on a Guitar Hero soundtrack. Of the album, frontman Brent Smith says “In the seven years of this thing called Shinedown, I’ve seen a lot of different things – what we’ve all gone through on the road, things in our personal lives or witnessed firsthand through the fans that we’ve made and the relationships we’ve built with our audience. I think the biggest thing was I didn’t want to sugarcoat the way life can be sometimes.” Their face-melting rock comes as no surprise, considering that the band hails from sultry Jacksonville, Florida.

Hook Me Up
The Veronicas
CD 781.66 VER 2008
Three years ago, The Veronicas-identical twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso-took their homeland of Australia by storm with their brilliant and phenomenally successful debut album, The Secret Life Of The Veronicas. Now a dramatic new sound marks The Veronicas’ musical coming of age on Hook Me Up. Their pop punk leanings have given way to a more sophisticated electro-beat feel, though still marked by the sisters’ signature harmonies and vocals, and innate pop sensibility.

Fork In The Road
Neil Young
CD 781.66 YOU 2009
The DVD in this CD+DVD package
features three live, never-before-seen concert videos, and videos for four songs on the album.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young is stirring things up again. This time he is rolling on down the road not only with an auto-centric concept album but with his own electric ride. Fork In The Road, whose largely ecocar themed songs he debuted in concert during the past year, will get a promotional push from the 1959 Lincoln Continental Young has converted to hybrid technology and which he plans to drive to Washington, D.C. With Fork In The Road as current as today’s headlines, the controversial and mad-as-hell Neil Young is still rockin’ the free world and once more is taking the road less traveled.

Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)
Yusuf/Cat Stevens
CD 781.63 ISL 2009
In “roadsinger,” the illuminating title track to Yusuf’s new album, he asks, “Where do you go in a world filled with fright? Only a song to warm you through the night.” For decades, his has been the voice that has carried us through the darkness. One of the most influential and successful singer-songwriters of the last 40 years, Yusuf has provided the perfect salve for a troubled world–a beautifully nuanced, warm voice shielding us against harsh, turbulent times bringing songs of truth and hope.