Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello and The Imposters, The Boy Named If (Capitol/EMI) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Elvis Costello and The Imposters are back with a new, rip-roaring rock album. The band previewed many of the songs on The Boy Named If during its last concert tour; if those tunes (including lead single “Magnificent Hurt”) are any indication, this set returns Costello to his spiky roots. Available on CD, LP, cassette, digital platforms, and an official store-exclusive, autographed CD set with accompanying 88-page illustrated storybook. Richard Carpenter, Richard Carpenter’s…
Yesterday Once More: Richard Carpenter Returns with Solo “Piano Songbook”
Richard Carpenter’s last solo album was titled Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor. Now the musical legend is returning in three of those capacities for his first full-length recording since that 1997 set. His third overall solo album, Richard Carpenter’s Piano Songbook arrives from Decca Records – not A&M, but part of the same Universal Music family – on October 22 in CD and digital formats. The nine-song collection features newly-recorded solo piano renditions of some of the rich, classic melodies associated with Karen and Richard Carpenter including Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “(They…
