Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2017 Staff Picks!
Here’s Glenn’s Top 10:
JD MCPHERSON
Undivided Heart and Soul
MONDO COZMO
Plastic Soul
EZRA COLLECTIVE
Juan Pablo: The Philosopher
NHD
And the Devil Went Up to Portland
CURTIS STIGERS
One More for the Road
JOHN MELLENCAMP
Sad Clowns and Hillbillies
CHRIS THOMAS KING
Hotel Voodoo
ZZ WARD
The Storm
HILLFOK NOIR
Junkerpunch
WALK THE MOON
What If Nothing
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2017 Staff Picks!
Here’s Taylor’s Top 10:
DRAB MAJESTY
The Demonstration
JOHN CARPENTER
Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
CIGARETTES AFTER SEX
Cigarettes After Sex
THUNDERCAT
Drunk
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
Flying Microtonal Banana
CHELSEA WOLFE
Hiss Spun
SANNHET
So Numb
BEACH HOUSE
B-Sides and Rarities
LOUNGE ON FIRE
Lips of Calypso
GODFLESH
Post Self
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases* available at The Record Exchange Friday, Nov. 24:
*NOTE: This list does not include Black Friday exclusives. That list is HERE.
CD:
Various Artists – Ida Ho Ho
Bjork – Utopia
Ramones – Rocket to Russia 40th Anniversary Edition
Eagles – Hotel California 40th Anniversary Edition
Bring Me the Horizon – 2004-2013
Sorxe – Matter and Void
Yes – Topographic Drama: Live Across America
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Who Built the Moon (deluxe edition available)
INXS – Kick 30th Anniversary Edition
Phil Collins – Take a Look at Me Now: The Complete Albums Box
Dimebag Darrell – Dimevision 2: Roll With It or Get Rolled Over
Justin Furstenfeld – Open Book Winter Album
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder 10th Anniversary Edition
Jem – Beachwood Canyon
Dude York – Halftime for the Holidays
Steve Moore – Mayhem Soundtrack
Scorpions – Born to Touch Your Feelings
Sacred Reich – Ignorance 30th Anniversary Edition
Polyrhythmics – Caldera
VINYL:
Bjork – Utopia
Toy Zoo – Beast or Boot
Wu-Tang Clan – The Saga Continues
Ed Sheeran – Live at the Bedford
Ed Sheeran – Loose Change
Ed Sheeran – No. 5 Collaborations Project
Ed Sheeran – Songs I Wrote with Amy
Ed Sheeran – You Need Me
Various Artists – The Exorcist Soundtrack
Marshall Crenshaw – Thank You Rock Fans
Jason Molina – Black Sabbath Covers
Danny Elfman – Batman Returns Original Score
Winds of Plague – Blood of My Enemy
Suicide – First Rehearsal Tapes
Goblin – Suspiria 40th Anniversary Edition
Wussy – Wussy
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell Live
Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
Elvis Presley – Moody Blue 40th Anniversary Edition
Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow – Black Mirror: Men Against Fire Soundtrack
College – Shanghai
45 Grave – Sleep In Safety
Polyrhythmics – Caldera
CASSETTE:
Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift
DVD/BLU-RAY:
Idaho From Above DVD and Blu-Ray
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases available at The Record Exchange Friday, Nov. 17:
CD:
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Soul of a Woman (deluxe edition available)
Nine Inch Nails – Not the Actual Events
Bob Seger – I Knew You When (deluxe edition available)
Morrissey – Low in High School
Black Sabbath – The End (multiple versions available)
Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
Iron Maiden – Book of Souls: Live Chapter
Various Artists – A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg
Green Day – Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band
Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black
Baths – Romaplasm
Paul McCartney – Various Reissues
Lil Uzi Vert – Luv is Rage 2
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – Wembley or Bust
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Talib Kweli – Radio Silence
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – The Rest of Our Life
Mike Love – Unleash the Love
Chase Rice – Lambs and Lions
Ana Lete – Psychic Translation
Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch – Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack
The Doors – Strange Days 50th Anniversary Edition
John Coltrane – Chasing Trane Soundtrack
Whitney Houston – I Wish You Love: More From Bodyguard
Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever 40th Anniversary Edition
Queen – News of the World 40th Anniversary Edition
The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Barenaked Ladies – Fake Nudes
Cavalera Conspiracy – Psychosis
Nxworries – Yes Lawd Remixes
Various Artists – Diggin’ In The Carts: A Collection of Pioneering Japanese Video Game Music
Throbbing Gristle – Various Reissues
Skillet – Unleashed Beyond
GBH – Momentum
Katharine McPhee – I Fall in Love Too Easily
Dan Deacon – Rat Film Original Score
Carter Burwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Philthy Rich – Sem God
Kodak Black – Project Baby 2
Eric Johnson – Various Reissues
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – The New Classics
Conan – Man is Myth
America – Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973
Jimmy Buffett – Buried Treasure Vol. 1
VINYL:
Nine Inch Nails – Not the Actual Events
Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence
Nine Inch Nails – Various Reissues
Paul McCartney – Various Reissues
Morrissey – Low in High School
Black Sabbath – The End
SZA – Control
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
Iron Maiden – Book of Souls: Live Chapter
Bob Seger – I Knew You When
Green Day – Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band
The Killers – Hot Fuss
Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black
Brian Eno – Before and After Science
Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Steve Reich and Philip Glass – Berkeley University Museum November 7, 1970
Lou Reed – Various Reissues
Portugal. The Man – Church Mouth
Portugal. The Man – Waiter: You Vultures
Playboy Carti – Playboy Carti
Vic Menza – The Autobiography
Mitch Hedberg – Various Reissues
Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (picture disc)
The Body and Full of Hell – Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
Ed Askew – A Child in the Sun: Radio Sessions 1969-1970
Bob Marley and the Wailers – The Legend Live: Santa Barbara County Bowl
Bob Dylan – Saved
Fujiya and Miyagi – Transparent Things
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Mary J. Blige – What’s the 411
Wanda Jackson – There’s a Party Goin’ On
Various Artists – Studio One: Black Man’s Pride
Beast in Black – Berserker
Conan – Man is Myth
The Carpenters – Various Reissues
Dub Syndicate – Displaced Masters
George Strait – Icon
DVD/BLU-RAY:
John Coltrane – Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary DVD/Blu-ray
Pearl Jam – Let’s Play Two DVD
Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases available at The Record Exchange Friday, Nov. 10:
CD:
Metallica – Master of Puppets: Remastered
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Live at Red Rocks
Walk the Moon – What If Nothing
Elton John – Diamonds (deluxe edition available)
Evanescence – Synthesis
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People 25th Anniversary Edition
Greta Van Fleet – From the Fires
Princess Nokia – 1992 Deluxe
Tears for Fears – Rule the World
Aretha Franklin – A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Angel Olsen – Phases
Andrew Bird – Echolocations: River
Langhorne Slim – Lost at Last Vol. 1
Seal – Standards
Four Tet – New Energy
Quicksand – Interiors
Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism
Guided By Voices – Live from Austin TX
Mickey Hart – Ramu
Dan Reeder – Nobody Wants to Be You
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 25th Anniversary Edition
Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas – The World of Captain Beefheart
Syleena Johnson – Rebirth of Soul
Primal Fear – Best of Fear
Destruction – Thrash Anthems II
Entheos – Dark Future
Kindling – Hush
Horace Andy – Good Vibes
Spock’s Beard – Snow Live
VINYL:
Metallica – Master of Puppets: Remastered (deluxe box set available)
Princess Nokia – 1992 Deluxe
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Live at Red Rocks
Childish Gambino – Awaken My Love
Angel Olsen – Phases
Elton John – Diamonds
Walk the Moon – What If Nothing
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People 25th Anniversary Edition
Pearl Jam – Ten
Pearl Jam – Various 7-inch reissues
Quicksand – Interiors
Morphine – Live at the Warfield 1997
Bob Dylan – Various Reissues
Aretha Franklin – A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Morrissey – Spent the Day in Bed/Judy is a Punk
Andrew Bird – Echolocations: River
Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
Exploded View – Summer Came Early
Peter Oren – Anthropocene
Hippo Campus – Warm Glow
Compton White – Compton White
Four Tet – New Energy
Tennis – We Can Die Happy
Whitney – Light Upon the Lake: Demo Recordings
Pauline Anna Strom – Trans-Millenia Music
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
The Kinks – Sleepwalker
Guided By Voices – Live from Austin TX
Eric Johnson – Live from Austin TX
Pharoah Sanders – Various Reissues
Ben Folds – Supersunnyspeedgraphic
Sondre Lerche – Pleasure
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn – Echo in the Valley
Various Artists – The Void Soundtrack
Harry Manfredini – House 1 and 2 Soundtrack
Matt Cameron – Cavedweller
Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism
No Doubt – No Doubt
Twink – Think Pink
Muddy Waters – The Best of Muddy Waters
Billie Eilish – Don’t Smile at Me
Popol Vuh – Die Nacht der Seele: Tantric Songs
Oceansize – Effloresce
Nickleback – Feed the Machine
CASSETTE:
Quicksand – Interiors
DVD/BLU-RAY:
Sting – Live at the Olympia Paris DVD and Blu-ray