NEW MUSIC TUESDAY-- BIGGEST NEW CD RELEASES (ALL FORMATS)
Kris Allen ("American Idol" season 8 winner) "Thank You Camellia"
Joe Bonamassa "Driving Towards the Daylight"
Cory Branan "Mutt."
The Cult, "Choice of Weapon"
The Danks, "Are You Afraid of the Danks"
Danny Elfman "Men in Black 3 [Film soundtrack] (sequel starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin opens May 25)
Garbage "Not Your Kind of People" (their first album in seven years)
JEFF the Neighborhood (Nashville rockers Jake and Jamin Orrall) "Hypnotic Knights EP" (a four-song preview of their debut album, "Hypnotic Nights," out July 17)
Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe Remixes" (four versions)
Tom Jones "Spirit in the Room" (covers of Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Tom Waits)
Sonny Landreth "Elemental Journey" (all-instrumental album; guests: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Robert Greenidge)
John Mayer "Born and Raised" (guests: David Crosby, Graham Nash)
Jon McLaughlin "Promising Promises" (guest: Sara Bareilles)
Men Without Hats "Love in the Age of War"
MercyMe "The Hurt & The Healer"
The Oak Ridge Boys, "Back Home Again" (12 gospel favorites)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP"
Haley Reinhart (finalist on "American Idol" season 10) "Listen Up!"
Royal Thunder (Atlanta rock quartet) "CVI"
Slash "Apocalyptic Love" (guests: Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators)
Soulsavers (music and production team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover) "The Light the Dead See" (featuring vocals and lyrics by Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan; guests: Will Oldham, Jason Pierce, Richard Hawley, Mike Patton, Gibby Haynes)
Michael Stanley "The Hang"
Shannon Stephens (Seattle singer-songwriter) "Pull It Together"
Various artists "Rags: Music From the Original Movie [TV soundtrack] (Cinderella story starring Max Schneider, Keke Palmer, Drake Bell, Zak Santiago, Burkley Duffield, Avan Jogia, and Nick Cannon premieres on Nickelodeon on May 28)
ALSO:
Cheap Trick "All Shook Up" (1980 album; with a bonus single version of "Everything Works Out If You Let It"), "One on One" (1982 album), "Next Position Please: The Authorized Version" (1983 album; with three bonus tracks), "Standing on the Edge" (1985 album), "The Doctor" (1986 album), "Lap of Luxury" (1988 album), "Busted" (1990 album)
Aretha Franklin "Jump to It: Expanded Edition" (1982 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Get It Right: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)
The Hollies, "Radio Fun" (32 unreleased BBC recordings, circa 1964-1969)
Jermaine Jackson "Don't Take It Personal (Expanded Edition)" (1989 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)
The Knack, "Havin' a Rave-Up! Live in Los Angeles, 1978"
Paul and Linda McCartney "RAM [Standard Edition]" (1971 album; remastered; Special Edition, containing the documentary "Ramming"; Deluxe Book Edition)
Joey Ramone " … ya know?" (never-before-heard songs written and sung by Ramone, who died 11 years ago of lymphoma)
Patrice Rushen "Watch Out! (Expanded Edition)" (1987 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)
Traffic "Heaven Is In Your Mind" (1967 album, titled "Mr. Fantasy" in the U.K.; remastered, with four bonus tracks)
UFO "The Chrysalis Years (1980-1986) [Box set]" (five CDs, 75 songs)
Various artists "The Influences Behind The Rolling Stones" (27 original recordings that inspired the band)
MUSIC on DVD:
Alice Cooper "The Strange Case of Alice Cooper — Live 1979: The Madhouse Rock Tour [DVD]"
Grateful Dead "Dawn of the Dead: The Grateful Dead & The Rise of the San Francisco Underground [DVD]" (138-minute documentary)
Dean Martin "The Dean Martin Variety Show Uncut [DVD]" (three-disc set includes six entire episodes, featuring such guests as Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason, Buck Owens, Zero Mostel, Joey Heatherton, Bob Newhart and Tommy Tune)
Pink Floyd "Then and Now [DVD]" (two-disc documentary)
Sade "Sade: Bring Me Home — Live 2011 [DVD/CD]"
Simply Red "Live at Montreux 2003 [Blu-ray]"