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Playlist

Here’s a list of the latest music releases I’ve been devouring each month. I’ll also add on some of the other CD’s I’ve been listening to.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009

Kiss – ‘Sonic Boom’ (Roadrunner)
Alice In Chains – ‘Black Gives Way To Blue’ (Roadrunner)
Winger – ‘Karma’ (Frontiers)
Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War Is The Answer’ (Spinefarm)
Children Of Bodom – ‘Skeletons In The Closet’ (Spinefarm)
Reece – ‘Universal Language’ (Metal Heaven)
Chris Laney – ‘Pure’ (Metal Heaven)
Danger Danger – ‘Revolve’ (Frontiers)
Paul Shortino – ‘Chasing My Dream’ (Metal Heaven)
Lillian Axe – ‘Sad Day On Planet Earth’ (Blistering)

AUGUST 2009

Marseille – ‘Four Play’ (www.marseilleonline.co.uk)
Raging Slab – ‘Raging Slab’ (Rock Candy)
Iron Maiden – ‘Flight 666 – The Original Soundtrack’ (EMI)
Whitesnake – ‘Slide It In – 25th Anniversary Edition’ (EMI)
Diamond Head – ‘The MCA Years’ (EMI)
Anvil – ‘The Story…’ DVD (Universal)
Kansas – ‘The Ultimate…’ (Epic)
Rush – ‘Caress Of Steel’ (Mercury)
Dare – ‘Beneath The Shining Water’ (Legend)
The Wildhearts – ‘Chutzpah’ (Idianola)

JULY 2009

Europe – ‘Last Look At Eden’ (earMUSIC)
Gong – ‘2032’ (A-Wave)
Thunder – ‘The Collection’ (EMI)
Def Leppard – ‘Pyromania’ (Universal reissue)
Nazareth – ‘The Anthology’ (Salvo/Union Square)
Procol Harum – ‘A Salty Dog’ (Salvo/Union Square)
Bad Habit – ‘Ultimate Collection’ DVD (Superrock)
New Generation Superstars – ‘Raising The Stakes’ (Underdog)
The Good Old Boys – ‘Live At The Deep Purple Convention’ (Wymer)
Tygers Of Pan Tang – ‘Animal Instinct x2’ (Angel Air reissue)
Rick Derringer – ‘Live At The Ritz 1982’ (Angel Air)
Ian Gillan Band – ‘Anthology’ (Angel Air)

JUNE 2009

Chickenfoot – ‘Chickenfoot’ (earMUSIC)
Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson – ‘United States’ (Mascot)
Taz Taylor Band – ‘Straight Up’ (Escape Music)
Jo Webb & The Dirty Hands – ‘Acrobat’ (Clean Feet)
UFO – ‘The Visitor’ (SPV)
Marilyn Manson – ‘High End Of Low’ (Polydor)
Green Day – ‘21st Century Breakdown’ (Warner)
Billy Joel - ‘The Stranger’ 30th Anniversary (Columbia)
Bruce Springsteen – ‘Working On A Dream’ (SongBMG)

MAY 2009

Thunder – ‘Very Best’ (EMI reissue)
MSG – ‘Assault Attack’ (EMI reissue)
MSG – ‘Built To Destroy’ (EMI reissue)
MSG – ‘Rock Will Never Die’ (EMI reissue)
Saxon – ‘Crusader’ (EMI reissue)
Saxon – ‘Denim & Leather’ (EMI reissue)
Saxon – ‘Power & The Glory’ (EMI reissue)
Magnum – ‘Into The Valley Of The Moonking’ (SPV)
Primal Fear – ‘16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)’ (Frontiers)
Heaven & Hell – ‘The Devil You Know’ (Rhino)
Derek Sherinian – ‘Molecular Heinosity’ (Inside Out)
Saga – ‘The Human Condition’ (Inside Out)
Place Vendome – ‘Streets On Fire’ (Frontiers)
Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens – ‘Play My Game’ (SPV)
Whitesnake – ‘Slip Of The Tongue’ (EMI reissue)
Whitesnake – ‘Slide It In’ (EMI reissue)

APRIL 2009

Stratovarius – ‘Polaris’ (Edel)
Chickenfoot – ‘Chickenfoot’ (Edel)
Black Sabbath – ‘Paranoid’ (Universal reissue)
Highest Dream – ‘Far Away From Here’ (Escape)
Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson – ‘United States’ (Mascot)
Ricky Warwick – ‘Belfast Confetti’ (Global Music)
Filter – ‘The Very Best Things’ (Rhino)
The Parlor Mob – ‘And You Were A Crow’ (Roadrunner)
The Rushing – ‘Summon The Heroes’ (Fish Face)

MARCH 2009

Therapy? – ‘Crooked Timber’ (DR2)
The Move – ‘The Very Best Of’ (Salvo)
Bad Habit – ‘Above And Beyond’ (AOR Heaven)
Joe Bonamassa – ‘The Ballad Of John Henry’ (Provogue)
The Answer – ‘Everyday Demons’ (Albert)
Annihilator - ‘Set The World On Fire’ (Roadrunner)
Free Spirit – ‘Pale Sister Of Light’ (Edel)
Street Legal – ‘Bite The Bullet’ (Frontiers)
Ian Gillan – ‘One Eye To Morocco’ (Edel)
Draven – ‘Eden’ (CNR)
Chris Laney – ‘Pure’ (Metal Heaven)
Eric Woolfson – ‘The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was’ (Cargo)
Queensryche – ‘American Solider’ (Rhino)

FEBRUARY 2009

Sensational Alex Harvey Band – ‘Hot City: The 1974 Unreleased Album’ (MLP)
Bad Habit – ‘Above And Beyond’ (AOR Heaven)
Rewiring Genesis – ‘A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ (ProgRock)
Jorn - ‘Live In America’ DVD (Frontiers)
Robert Berry – ‘The Diving Line’ (Frontiers)
Wednesday 13 – ‘Bloodwork EP’ (Demolition/Global Music)
Therapy? – ‘Crooked Timber’ (Demolition/Global Music)

JANUARY 2009

Saxon – ‘Wheels Of Steel’ (EMI reissue)
Saxon – ‘Saxon’ (EMI reissue)
Saxon – ‘Strong Arm Of The Law’ (EMI reissue)
Girlschool – ‘Legacy’ (SPV)
MSG – ‘Michael Schenker Group’ (EMI reissue)
MSG – ‘One Night At Budokan’ (EMI reissue)
MSG – ‘MSG’ (EMI reissue)
Deep Purple – ‘Stormbringer’ (EMI reissue)
Heaven’s Basement – ‘EP’ (Unsigned)
Twisted Sister - ‘Live At The Astoria’ (Demolition)
Saxon – ‘Into The Labyrinth’ (SPV)

 

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