This Week in Music is a weekly column that details the CD releases that week. This week’s column features CD release from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8, 2014.
Bob Dylan’s The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Release date: Nov. 4, 2014
“The Bard” returns in a six-disc box set of nearly complete collection of the 1967 recording sessions of Bob Dylan and The Band. With each track being digitally restored, the CD set was published by Columbia Records and features Dylan along with The Band’s members Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson. The CD set includes Dylan-written tracks such as "One for the Road,” “It Ain’t Me, Babe” and "See You Later, Allen Ginsberg," a parody song of Bobby Charles’ “See You Later, Alligator.”
Release date: Nov. 4, 2014
Returning for his 35th solo studio album and the second studio album released in 2014, Neil Young collaborated with a 92-piece orchestra to provide two versions of each track on the two-disc album, one disc for the solo tracks and the other for the orchestral tracks. Published by the studio Reprise, the album was produced by Young along with Niko Bolas. The album features the protest song "Who's Gonna Stand Up?" which Young released in relation to the People's Climate Marches that were held around the world.
Release date: Nov. 4, 2014
Returning from last year's The Redeemer, Black Metal marks Dean Blunt's second full-length studio album. This album also marks the first time record label Rough Trade has published Blunt's work, his previous album published by labels Hippos In Tanks and World Music. The 13-track album features the British rocker in songs with clever titles such as "50 Cent," "Molly & Aquafina" and also features a 13 minutes long song called "Forever."
Warning: The song below is explicit
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