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The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler [Import]
Cartellieri: Clarinet Quartets
Embrace Me [CD-single] [Import]
Hardcore Til I Die, Vol. 2 [Box set]
Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Deconstructed [Explicit Lyrics]
Dubee Aka Sugawolf [Explicit Lyrics]
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 [Hybrid SACD]
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Spiritualized frontman Jason Pierce was recently labeled "the worst boss in Britain" by a major London magazine. No wonder. He has sacked virtually every lineup of Spiritualized since 1992, seemingly with the arrival of each new album. So Let It Come Down is essentially a solo affair, but you couldn't tell by its expansive sound. Incorporating a full orchestra, gospel choir, and crack team of extremely tolerant British rock musicians, like 1997's breakthrough Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space this has all the markings of a classic--from the heartbreaking choruses ("Stop Your Crying") and ramshackle rock workouts ("I Didn't Mean to Hurt You") to the rhapsodic lullabies ("You Won't Get too Heaven"). It is a record as unconventional and enlightening as a pair of other records helmed by egomaniacal psychedelic geniuses: Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Love's Forever Changes. --Jaan Uhelszki