Posted in Deluxe/Redux Reviews

Tears For Fears pregame, cont’d: Don’t sleep on the Seeds box

As we bide our time this week until The Tipping Point on Friday, today’s quick question is: Did you miss out on the Seeds Of Love box? When the 4CD+BluRay box came out in 2020, the limited inventory disappeared with…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Bruce Springsteen Deluxe/Redux DMB New Releases News

The Week In Coming Attractions: Calexico disc, DMB dates, Springsteen archives, and Steven Wilson writes

Last week at M8: Reviews of the latest from John Mellencamp (stream) and Aiofe O’Donovan (buy), the latter with production by Joe Henry. As for a decent week in music news … Calexico’s El Mirador Calexico’s Joey Burns and John…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Deluxe/Redux New Releases Reviews

8 notes on Aiofe O’Donovan / Age Of Apathy

This was the album that made me think, “Well, I guess I need to start a 2022 Favorites list.”Stream / Buy / Skip: I went Buy. Eight notes on why … “B61.” A song with a first date across town…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Deluxe/Redux Reviews

U2 / Achtung Baby (Super Deluxe “B-sides & Bonus Tracks” Disc)(Archives, 2011)

Real-time review of Disc 5 of the Super Deluxe version of the Achtung, Baby reissue (related: the review of the Kindergarten disc). Ready … set …LADY WITH THE SPINNING HEADThis is not a random choice for the opening track. As Edge has noted, this…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Deluxe/Redux Reviews

U2 / Achtung, Baby (Super Deluxe Disc 6: Kindergarten – Alternative Achtung Baby)

Achtung, y’all! In what may be some extended coverage of the reissue of U2’s Achtung, Baby, let’s start with the one audio disc in the Super Deluxe set that is 100% totally unheard by fans until now. This “Kindergarten” or “Baby” disc…

Continue Reading...