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The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to ‘MTV Unplugged’ on Paramount+ (Part 5)

June 22, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV’s great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We’re running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that’s currently streaming on the station’s parent streaming network Paramount+! (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 can be read here, here, here and here.) The turn-of-the-millennium shot in the arm afforded to MTV by a big-budget teen-pop explosion and the channel’s eventual 20th anniversary in 2001 – growth not immediately deterred by the explosion…

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Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Dashboard Confessional, Jodeci, Korn, Queen Latifah, R.E.M., Redman, Shakira, Shawn Mendes, Staind, The Sugarhill Gang, Wyclef Jean

The Weekend Stream: October 19, 2024

October 19, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A brief week offers some unusual soundtracks, an even more unusual Beach Boys homage – and plenty of Christmas curiosities! Various Artists, Pulp Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Geffen) (iTunes / Amazon) This weekend, the iconic songs-and-dialogue album for Quentin Tarantino’s classic film Pulp Fiction – featuring favorites like Dick Dale’s rapid-fire, guitar-driven instrumental “Misirlou” and a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” by Urge Overkill…

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Alicia Keys, Deborah Cox, Dick Dale, Grandma Moses, Lil Kim, Luther Vandross, Sammy Kaye, Slim Whitman, Snoop Dogg, Urge Overkill

The Weekend Stream: December 2, 2023

December 2, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. This week’s latest includes anniversary projects from Alicia Keys, live vault material from Bruce Springsteen, an oddity from The Alan Parsons Project and possibly the only article where Taylor Swift shares space with Minor Threat! Alicia Keys, The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Legacy Recordings celebrates two decades of R&B pianist/singer Alicia Keys’ sophomore album, featuring the hits “You Don’t Know My Name” and “If I Ain’t Got You.” The album…

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Alicia Keys, Britny Fox, Bruce Springsteen, Keane, Michel Legrand, Minor Threat, Plush, Siedah Garrett, Taylor Swift, The Alan Parsons Project, The Bongos

The Weekend Stream: March 25, 2023

March 25, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend…and usually a good cause to check out when you’re not enjoying some songs. Today’s a short week with remixes of a great No. 1 hit from the ’00s, a classic country couple, some underrated ’90s hip-hop/dance and a way to bring some positive energy to the people of South America! Alicia Keys, No One (Remixes) (J/RCA) (iTunes /…

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Alicia Keys, Patti Page, Waylon Jennings

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The Weekend Stream: June 5, 2021

June 5, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Nelly Furtado, Loose (Expanded Edition) (Geffen/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) Portuguese-Canadian…

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Alicia Keys, Bear McCreary, John Cale, Nelly Furtado, Terry Riley

Piano and I: Alicia Keys Revisits Her Debut Album “Songs in A Minor” with Previously Unissued Bonus Tracks

June 1, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Alicia Keys’ 2001 debut Songs in A Minor quickly established the singer-songwriter-pianist as a musical force with which to be reckoned. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 1, going on to sell roughly 12 million copies worldwide and earning five Grammy Awards for the young artist as well as a 7x Platinum certification. The LP was the breakthrough success for Clive Davis’ J Records label, proving without a doubt that the golden-eared hitmaker hadn’t lost his touch. This Friday, Songs in A Minor will mark its 20th anniversary with…

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Some People Want It All: Vinyl Me, Please Announces Color Vinyl Reissue of “The Diary of Alicia Keys”

November 19, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

“Everything means nothing, if I ain’t got you…” The refrain was inescapable in 2003, when Alicia Keys’ instant classic “If I Ain’t Got You” dominated the radio and reached a cross-section of audiences that had rarely been seen before. The track is a highlight among many on her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. The chart-topping, Grammy-winning album defied the concept of the sophomore slump. It stayed on the Billboard Albums listing for 88 weeks and has been certified 5x-Platinum by the RIAA. Upon its release, it was instantly recognized as…

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Nobody Does It Better: ‘The Best of Bond…James Bond’ Gets Update and Vinyl Release

September 28, 2020 by The Second Disc | 15 Comments

With a new James Bond film set to shake (not stir) audiences in November, a longtime compilation of the super-spy’s famed film themes is getting a new iteration on November 20. The Best of Bond…James Bond offers a stellar 25-track overview of the pop themes that scored nearly all of the films based on Ian Fleming’s famed British secret agent. There are 14 U.K. Top 10 hits and two Academy Award winners herein – altogether, a formidable, half-century-plus musical portrait of one of cinema’s most popular characters. First released under this title…

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Rhino Presents 150-Song Set of 2000s Hits, A Dozen Other Box Sets Also Available on Streaming

December 12, 2018 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

VA ThatsAught the00sPopCultureBox Rhino Playlist

In their first-ever digital-only box set, the music lovers at Rhino have curated That’s Aught: The ’00s Pop Culture Box, a 150-song collection that celebrates the many sides of that decade of music. From pop and hip-hop, country, pop-punk, soul, dance, and underground music, the selections are as diverse as the decade was. The staff at Rhino have sequenced the selections in more-or-less chronological order, beginning with *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” before continuing on to iconic hits from music veterans U2 (“Beautiful Day”) and Madonna (“Music.”) Massive hits from decade-defining acts like…

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That’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More

September 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend. Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive 34-track deluxe soundtrack on Apple Music boasting four previously unreleased performances. (A standard 20-track digital soundtrack will be…

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