Street Date Oct. 29: Christina Aguilera, ‘8 Mile’ soundtrack
ByOct 27, 2002 11:00 PM
Also: Tori Amos, Nick Carter, Shaggy, Sixpence None the Richer and more.
Also: Tori Amos, Nick Carter, Shaggy, Sixpence None the Richer and more.
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Christina Aguilera - “Stripped” (RCA)
Aguilera’s latest--which is her first English-language album of original material since her multi-platinum 1999 eponymous debut--features the new hit, “Dirrty.” That song, along with the album’s remaining 15 tracks, “decisively shred Christina’s squeaky clean persona,” according to an RCA press release. The “Dirrty” music video is streaming at the label’s official website.
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Various artists - “8 Mile” soundtrack (Interscope)
Eminem makes his motion picture debut in this Curtis Hanson film, and three new songs from the rapper anchor the soundtrack. The album also includes new music from 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Nas, Xzibit, D12, Rakim, Gangstar and Obie Trice. Early pressings will include a free Shady/Aftermath sampler and enhanced CD.
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Tori Amos - “Scarlet’s Walk” (Epic)
Amos left Atlantic Records last year, and quickly signed on with Epic. Her new label describes “Scarlet’s Walk” as “a sonic novel” featuring a main character named Scarlet, “a woman who crisscrosses the country in search of answers, in search of herself.” Amos self-produced the album, and recorded it in the same Cornwall, England studio where she recorded several of her previous albums.
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Nick Carter - “Now or Never” (Jive)
This Backstreet Boys member’s solo debut houses his new hit, “Help Me.” The singer will launch the album with an appearance on Tuesday’s edition of MTV’s “Total Request Live,” on which the “Help Me” music video has been turning up as of late. A limited-edition version of the CD will feature a bonus DVD, according to Carter’s official website, which is streaming six of the album’s tracks.
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Shaggy - “Lucky Day” (MCA)
After selling more than 10 million copies of 2000’s “Hotshot,” Shaggy returns with “Lucky Day,” which features the track “Hey Sexy Lady.” Both the single and its companion music video are available via the Shaggy Jukebox posted at Shaggy’s official website.
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Sixpence None the Richer - “Divine Discontent” (Reprise)
This Christian pop group broke through to the mainstream with its self-titled 1997 release, which featured the Grammy-nominated No. 1 hit “Kiss Me.” Though the band entered the studio to begin work on a new album in the spring of 2000, a contractual dispute with its previous label kept the group’s new music from hitting stores until now. Among the new album’s tracks is a cover of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream it’s Over.”
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Other new releases:
Add N to X - “Loud Like Nature” (Mute)
Avantasia- “ The Metal Opera Pt. 2” (Century Media)
Bellamy Brothers - “The Reason for the Season” (Curb)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - “Thug World Order” (Epic)
Victor Davies - “Remixed” (JCR)
James Luther Dickinson - “Free Beer Tomorrow” (Artemis)
Gabin - “Gabin” (Astralwerks)
The Gloryholes - “Want a Divorce” (Dirtnap)
Hallucinogen - “In Dub” (Twisted)
I Am Spoonbender - “Shown Actual Size [EP]” (Gold Standard Laboratories)
Justincase - “Justincase” (Maverick)
Lacuna Coil - “Comalies” (Century Media)
Bill Laswell - “Dub Chamber 4 - Book of Exit (ROIR)
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz - “Kings of Crunk” (TVT)
Patty Loveless - “Bluegrass & White Snow - A Mountain Christmas” (Epic Nashville)
Jimmy McGriff - “McGriff Avenue” (Milestone)
Jo Dee Messina - “A Joyful Noise” (Curb)
Meredith Monk - “Mercy” (ECM)
Mr. Scruff - “Trouser Jazz” (Ninja Tune)
Laura Pausini - “From the Inside” (Atlantic)
Race for Titles - “Race for Titles” (Redemption)
Rascal Flatts - “Melt” (Hollywood)
Bic Runga - “Beautiful Collision” (Columbia)
Sigur Rós - “ ( )” (MCA)
Simian - “We Are Your Friends” (Source/Astralwerks)
The String Cheese Incident - “On the Road” (six live shows) (SCI Fidelity)
Suicide - “American Supreme” (Mute)
Rob Swift - “Sound Event” (Table Turns)
Tandy - “The Lowdown 1997-2002” (Gammon)
Tank - “One Man” (Blackground)
Titiyo - “Come Along” (Lava/Atlantic)
Too $hort - “What’s My Favorite Word” (Jive)
Caetano Veloso - “Live in Bahia” (Nonesuch)
Joe Louis Walker - “Pasa Tiempo” (Evidence)
Kirk Whalum - “The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2” (Squint/Curb)
Yu-Gi-Oh - “Music to Duel By” (DreamWorks)
Various artists - “The Excelsis Box Set” (Projekt)
Various artists - “Lenny Dee Presents Industrial F**king Strength 4: Chillin’ Is Killin’” (The Music Cartel)
Various artists - “Songs in the Key of Z II” (Gammon)