There was a lot of music that was released last Tuesday. The reason? They’re preparing for Black Friday.

I should explain to the people outside of the US, “Black Friday” is the biggest shopping day (the day after Thanksgiving). Sometime the sales for that one crucial day would turn profit for a business for the rest of the year. There’s some debate on where the term came from, but I think it is from a business standpoint of turning the “red” (losses) into “black” (profit).

Sadly, I have already spent over $250 on music and DVDs in the past week. I keep telling people: You have to spend money to save money.

So here are some of the albums that were released last Tuesday (November 13th):

The Killers – Shadowplay

THE KILLERS – SAWDUST
Wait, didn’t they just release an album ? I guess Sam’s Town was released in October 2006, but funny, it seems like yesterday…

Just so you know, this only has a few new material, most of Sawdust are B-Sides and rarities. The gem of the CD is actually “Shadowplay”, a Joy Division cover (the song first appeared on the Control Soundtrack).

PS, that cover looks creepy.

AFI – Girl’s Not Grey

AFI – I HEARD A VOICE: LIVE FROM LONG BEACH ARENA
My brother’s favorite band is releasing a live album. But WAIT! It’s not new (do you see a trend here?), the audio CD is actually the audio soundtrack of the DVD of I Heard a Voice, which was released sometime last year.

If you’re a hardcore AFI fan, sure, you gotta buy it. If you’ve already own the DVD, here’s my advice to you: get a DVD audio ripper and just rip the audio from the DVD to MP3. You’ve already paid for it once, I don’t see why you’d have to pay for it again.

The Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy

THE GOO GOO DOLLS – GREATEST HITS VOL 1: THE SINGLES
Also released last Tuesday was the Goo Goo Doll’s Greatest Hits. This is their first “greatest hits” CD, having been together for over 21 years. Did everyone catch the Transformers movie ? Did you know they had a hit song on that soundtrack?

With the indication of “Volume 1”, you know that Volume 2 will compile rarities, B-Sides and random songs. It’s set for release in 2008 (probably around the same time next year).

Led Zeppelin – Communication Breakdown

LED ZEPPELIN – MOTHERSHIP
Not to be outdone by The Goo Goo’s Greatest Hits, is Led Zeppelin’s Greatest Hits CD, Mothership.

Although this looks like a pretty good compilation for LZ, unfortunately, they have previously released other similar compilations: Remasters, Led Zeppelin (Box Set, Vol. 1), and The Complete Studio Recordings.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet – The Militia Marches In

PRIDE & PREJUDICE SOUNDTRACK
Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s score for the 2005 film, based on the Jane Austen novel, comes bundled with the gift set for the DVD re-release last Tuesday. The soundtrack is all instrumental and the track that really stood out is “The Militia Marches in”, which features flutes.

Admittedly I have not seen the movie, but apparently hot-girl Keira Knightley was nominated for an Oscar in her role. I have been in love with her since “Bend it Like Beckham”.

Bob Dylan – Maggie’s Farm

BOB DYLAN – DYLAN
This wasn’t released last Tuesday, but it was released very recently. I only wanted to mention it because it’s a 3-disc set that collects some of the best Dylan tunes. There’s already a few greatest hits and collection, so if you’re happy with those, there’s no need to upgrade to this release.

I saw that they have “Maggie’s Farm” on this collection, so I’m dedicating this to Maggie.

Off in the near distance are:

Gorillaz – People

GORILLAZ – D-SIDES
I was relieved to find out that this doesn’t contain any G-Sides (which I already owned). This D-Sides compiles all the B-sides and remixes for their last album, Demon Days.

It’s set to be release on November 20th, just a few days before my birthday. I must confess the deluxe set looks really sweet.

Amy Winehouse – F–k Me Pumps

AMY WINEHOUSE – FRANK
Again, not a new album, but her debut album. It was released in the UK in October 2003, but never made its way over to the US. Well finally the CD is finally being released on November 20th.

Let’s hope the singer’s drug & alcohol problems are behind her so that she can record new material for a future album.

11/17/2007 09:12:16 vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com www.weheartmusic.com