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Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Grammy award-winning rock band, Dave Matthews Band. Originally released in spring of 1998, the album received both critical and commercial success. Dethroning the Titanic soundtrack, which sat atop the Billboard 200 for 16 consecutive weeks, Before These Crowded Streets was certified triple-platinum and began the band’s impressive streak of six No. 1 albums in a row. The LA Times said: On this album, the band places an even higher premium on musical proficiency. Songs such as “Rapunzel” and “The Stone” are built around vertiginous polyrhythms and serpentine riffs that dart around Matthew’s clenched vocals, yet always manage to lock into an enjoyable groove.

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The band continues to play a majority of the songs from this album in their nightly sets while on tour as it’s been a favorite among fans for over two decades. The 25th anniversary edition comes as a standard black 2LP vinyl with an exclusive new booklet featuring rare photos. Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Pantala Naga Pampa
• 2 Rapunzel
• 3 The Last Stop
• 4 Don't Drink the Water
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Stay (Wasting Time)
• 2 Halloween
• 3 The Stone
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Crush
• 2 The Dreaming Tree
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Pig
• 2 Spoon

The Strokes First Impressions of Earth on LP

Their prospects dangerously over-inflated by pundits who often hailed their debut as nothing short of rock-messianic, New York City's Strokes got a lesson in cynical rock-press dynamics when their biz-troubled, if similarly toned, 2003 sophomore set was dutifully dismissed as the proverbial sophomore slump. A lesser band might have been chastened by the experience; this one responded with a third album that positively bristles with energetic challenges. Revolving around a loose concept that allows songwriter/frontman Julian Casablancas to adopt a viewpoint that's as detached as it is world-weary and bemused, it's a record that quickly trades the often precious production conceits of its forebears for a muscular confidence that's notable from the infectious, back-to-the-80s opener 'You Only Live Once' to its perfect bookend 'Red Light.'

That often inviting sonic remodeling may come in part from Bangles/Sublime/Sugar Ray producer David Kahne (who replaces previous collaborator Gordon Raphael on all but a handful of cuts), but the band clearly has expansiveness on its mind, from a running length nearly twice its predecessors to such stylistic excursions as the cinematic, back-to-the-future riffing of the single 'Juicebox,' the spare, electro-baroque moodiness of 'Ask Me Anything,' and the dense, surprising prog flirtations of 'Electrocityscape.' 'On the Other Side' finds Casablancas convincingly casting himself as the anti-Bono while crooning 'I hate them, I hate them all, I hate myself for hating them' before chiding humanity as 'seven billion people who've got nothing to say' on the otherwise upbeat closer, 'Red Light.' 

The Strokes First Impressions of Earth Track Listing:

1. You Only Live Once      
2. Juicebox      
3. Heart In A Cage      
4. Razorblade      
5. On The Other Side      
6. Vision Of Division      
7. Ask Me Anything      
8. Electricityscape      
9. Killing Lies      
10. Fear Of Sleep      
11. 15 Minutes      
12. Ize Of The World      
13. Evening Sun      
14. Red Light      

Triple vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered and expanded 20th Anniversary edition. Rescued from defunct formats, prized from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage... OKNOTOK features the original OK Computer twelve track album, eight B-sides, and the Radiohead completist's dream: "I Promise," "Lift," and "Man Of War." The original studio recordings of these three previously unreleased and long sought after OK Computer era tracks finally receive their first official issue on OKNOTOK. All material on OKNOTOK is newly remastered from the original analogue tapes. OK Computer was originally released on various dates ranging from May to July 1997. Produced by the band and Nigel Godrich, the album is widely cited as one of the greatest works of Radiohead's-or any artist's-catalogue and was the first Radiohead record to reach #1 in the UK and to be be nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy. The album features singles "Paranoid Android," "Karma Police," "Lucky" and "No Surprises." In 2015, The National Recording Registry selected OK Computer to be preserved in the Library of Congress as a recording that has proven "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Airbag
• 2 Paranoid Android
• 3 Subterranean Homesick Alien
• 4 Exit Music (For a Film)
• 5 Let Down
• 6 Karma Police
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Fitter Happier
• 2 Electioneering
• 3 Climbing Up the Walls
• 4 No Surprises
• 5 Lucky
• 6 The Tourist
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 I Promise
• 2 Man of War
• 3 Lift
• 4 Lull
• 5 Meeting in the Aisle
• 6 Melatonin
• 7 A Reminder
• 8 Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)
• 9 Pearly
• 10 Palo Alto
• 11 How I Made My Millions

Double vinyl LP pressing. This 10th Anniversary pressing includes the album 2 along with the companion album 2 Demos. Also includes 8 page booklet containing new liner notes written by Mac. 2 is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian musician Mac DeMarco, originally released in 2012.

• 1 LP1: Cooking Up Something Good
• 2 Dreaming
• 3 Freaking Out the Neighborhood
• 4 Annie
• 5 Ode to Viceroy
• 6 Robson Girl
• 7 The Stars Keep on Calling My Name
• 8 My Kind of Woman
• 9 Boe Zaah
• 10 Sherrill
• 11 Still Together LP2: Cooking Up Something Good (Demo)
• 12 Stars Keep Calling My Name (Demo)
• 13 Dreamin' Slow (Demo)
• 14 Lonely Shredder (Demo)
• 15 Robson Girl (Demo)
• 16 Annie (Demo)
• 17 Harrison Ford Escort (Demo)
• 18 Sherrill (Demo)
• 19 My Kind of Woman (Instrumental) Demo (Instrumental)
• 20 Dreamin' Fast (Demo)

Roughly 28 years ago, Depeche Mode performed the 101st date of their tour behind Music for the Masses at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on June 18, 1988, a concert which was filmed and recorded for release as the film and album entitled – appropriately enough – 101.

Originally conceived by members of Depeche Mode as a method of clarifying how the group fit into the ‘80s, things changed for 101 when famed documentarian D.B. Pennebaker stepped into the role of director and felt that it was going to be too difficult to cover the topic at hand in a manner which would prove cinematically entertaining. Instead, he switched things up to follow a collective of Depeche Mode fans who'd won a "Be in a Depeche Mode Movie" contest. In turn, 101 was able to spotlight both the devotion of the band's fans and the live Depeche Mode experience.

Unfortunately, those who came into the proceedings looking for a full-fledged concert film may have walked away disappointed by the end result, which in no way showed the band's performance in its entirety, but those folks still ended up with a double-disc live album, one which did an excellent job of sampling the DM discography up to that point. Plus, whether you want to attribute it to the film, the album, or a combination of both, the end result was that Depeche Mode's profile grew so substantial as a result of 101 that their next studio album, 1990's Violator, gave them the first US top-10 album of their career.

1. Pimpf
2. Behind The Wheel
3. Strangelove
4. Sacred
5. Something To Do
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Stripped
8. Somebody
9. The Things You Said
10. Black Celebration
11. Shake The Disease
12. Nothing
13. Pleasure, Little Treasure
14. People Are People
15. A Question Of Time
16. Never Let Me Down Again
17. A Question Of Lust
18. Master And Servant
19. Just Can't Get Enough
20. Everything Counts

The English band who take their name from the nearby to Bristol town of Portishead are rightly credited with fusing electronica and experimental rock into a style that has been tagged trip hop. Utilizing break beats, acid house, soul, funk and jazz the music they create has an ethereal quality with a visceral punch. The combination of Beth Gibbons haunting vocals – she cites Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Sugarcubes and the Cocteau Twins idiosyncratic singer Liz Fraser as influences – allied to the production and instrumental skills of Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley add up to a remarkable sound. The emphasis on sonic clarity is bolstered by engineer Dave McDonald who worked with the trio on their debut disc Dummy, a gothic and noir collection that would sweep the board at the fourth Mercury Music Prize in 1995 thanks to the spacey jazz melodies and emotional density of singles like "Numb," "Sour Times" and "Glory Box." Dummy has since featured in many a select list of great albums of the 20th century and it has lost none of its appeal in the past 25 years.

1. Mysterons
2. Sour Times
3. Strangers
4. It Could Be Sweet
5. Wandering Star
6. Numb
7. Roads
8. Pedestal
9. Biscuit
10. Glory Box

Jane's Addiction's genre-defying 1988 masterpiece Nothing's Shocking captured the too short-lived quartet at its absolute peak. Combining radically diverse musical elements from art, psychedelic, and classic rock, to hard-core punk and funk and metal, Jane's Addiction was the last great precursor to the alternative revolution of 1991-92. From songs about Ted Bundy ("Ted, Just Admit It") to punk ideology as Eastern philosophy ("Pigs In Zen") to mystic romances ("Summertime Rolls") and early-morning thoughts ("Standing In The Shower...Thinking"), Perry Farrell consistently dissects his subjects through a psychologically-stimulating viewpoint while the extremely talented band made up of guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkin provide the songs with an expansive set of musical color. A must-have for lovers of cutting-edge, influential, and timeless rock, as well as anyone who's loved any band to emerge post-1990.

1. Up The Beach
2. Ocean Size
3. Had A Dad
4. Ted, Just Admit It
5. Standing In The Shower...Thinking
6. Summertime Rolls
7. Mountain Song
8. Idiots Rule
9. Jane Says
10. Thank You Boys
11. Pig's In Zen

The Smiths' eclectic 1985 release finds the band branching out into rockabilly, post-punk and flashes of funk, all while refining the guitar pop of their debut. Produced by Morrissey and Johnny Marr, Meat Is Murder is the band's sole studio album to reach No. 1 on the U.K. charts. "The Headmaster Ritual" and "I Want the One I Can't Have" are fine elaborations on the formula the band introduced on their debut, while "Rusholme Ruffians" is an infectious take on rockabilly. There was no other British group making music quite like this in 1985.

1. The Headmaster Ritual
2. Rusholme Ruffians
3. I Want the One I Can't Have
4. What She Said
5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
6. Nowhere Fast
7. Well I Wonder
8. Barbarism Begins at Home
9. Meat Is Murder

Originally released as a DVD, The Back Parade Is Dead! documents My Chemical Romance's final performance as The Black Parade from the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007. Available on vinyl for the very first time as a 2LP-set, the album served as the band's second live album and features three bonus tracks on side D that were not included in the initial 2008 release.

LP1

1. The End.
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Didn't Love You
7. House Of Wolves
8. Interlude
9. Cancer
10. Mama

LP2

1. Sleep
2. Teenagers
3. The Black Parade Is Dead
4. Disenchanted
5. Famous Last Words
6. Blood
7. Kill All Your Friends
8. My Way Home Is Through You
9. Heaven Help Us

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Seventeen Seconds is the second studio album by English rock band The Cure, recorded at Morgan Studio and released on 22 April 1980. Seventeen Seconds established the group's gloomy sound that would continue until 1982's Pornography. It is the only Cure album to feature keyboardist Matthieu Hartley. Inspiration was very high for the album, as Robert Smith wrote the lyrics and music for most of the record on just two occasions. Most of the music was composed by Smith in his parents' home, on a Hammond organ with a built-in tape recorder. Interviewed in 2004, producer Mike Hedges does not recall any demo tracks, with the band generally playing the track in the studio before laying down a backing track to which overdubs were added. Two members of The Magazine Spies, bass guitarist Simon Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley, were added to the band's lineup. Gallup replaced Michael Dempsey, which relieved Smith as he felt Dempsey's basslines were too ornate and that they weren't getting on socially. Hartley's synth work added a new dimension to the band's newly ethereal sound, although Smith and he clashed over complexity (Hartley enjoyed complex chords; Smith wanted single notes).

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 A Reflection
• 2 Play for Today
• 3 Secrets
• 4 In Your House
• 5 Three
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Final Sound
• 2 A Forest
• 3 M
• 4 At Night
• 5 Seventeen Seconds

Vinyl LP pressing. 2023 release. This Is Why is the sixth studio album by Paramore. It is the band's first album in nearly six years, following After Laughter (2017), as well as their first album to feature the same line-up as it's predecessor. Includes the single This Is Why.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 This Is Why
• 2 The News
• 3 Running Out of Time
• 4 C'est Comme Ça
• 5 Big Man, Little Dignity
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 You First
• 2 Figure 8
• 3 Liar
• 4 Crave
• 5 Thick Skull

Panic at the Disco's sophomore album Pretty. Odd (2008) was recorded at Las Vegas' Studio at the Palms, with additional production and mixing at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios in London. Produced by Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated arranger/composer Rob Mathes, the album found Panic At The Disco embracing a melodic, classic rock-inspired aesthetic while still maintaining the visionary pop modernism that made their 2005 debut A Fever You Can't Sweat Out among the new millennium's most popular and successful releases. Debuting at No. 2 on the on Billboard 200, Pretty. Odd earned a veritable ream of critical acclaim with Spin awarding the set four stars, noting that PATD "have stepped up their songwriting skills to create a dazzling album that is both blindingly bright and optimistically beautiful," while the New York Times called it "A brave change...the magnum opus of a talented band."

1. We're So Starving
2. Nine In The Afternoon (Radio Mix)
3. She's A Handsome Woman
4. Do You Know What I'm Seeing?
5. That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
6. I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
7. Northern Downpour
8. When The Day Met The Night
9. Pas De Cheval
10. The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know
11. Behind The Sea
12. Folkin' Around
13. She Had The World
14. From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins
15. Mad As Rabbits

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as individuals, musicians, and chosen family over 4 distinct recording sessions. In Upstate New York, Topanga Canyon, The Rocky Mountains, and Tucson, AZ, Big Thief spent 5 months in creation and came out with 45 completed songs. The most resonant of this material was edited down into the 20 tracks that make up DNWMIBIY, a fluid and adventurous listen. The album was produced by drummer James Krivchenia who initially pitched the recording concept for DNWMIBIY back in late 2019 with the goal of encapsulating the many different aspects of Adrianne's songwriting and the band onto a single record.

All four of these sessions, in their varied states of fidelity, style, and mood, when viewed together as one album seem to stand for a more honest, zoomed-out picture of lived experience than would be possible on a traditional, 12 song record. This was exactly what the band hoped would be the outcome of this kind of massive experiment. When Max's mom asked on a phone call what it feels like to be back together with the band playing music for the first time in a year, he described to the best of abilities: "Well it's like, we're a band, we talk, we have different dynamics, we do the breaths, and then we go on stage and suddenly it feels like we are now on a dragon. And we can't really talk because we have to steer this dragon."

The attempt to capture something deeper, wider, and full of mystery, points to the inherent spirit of Big Thief. Traces of this open-hearted, non-dogmatic faith can be felt through previous albums, but here on Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You lives the strongest testament to its existence.

1. Change
2. Time Escaping
3. Spud Infinity
4. Certainty
5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
6. Sparrow
7. Little Things
8. Heavy Bend
9. Flower of Blood
10. Blurred View
11. Red Moon
12. Dried Roses
13. No Reason
14. Wake Me up to Drive
15. Promise Is a Pendulum
16. 12,000 Lines
17. Simulation Swarm
18. Love Love Love
19. The Only Place
20. Blue Lightning

Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since Limited Initial Pressing; 40th Anniversary Reissue Pressed at Memphis Records Pressing with Lacquers Cut by George Horn at Fantasy Studios

As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band's enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 collection Add It Up (1981 – 1993). The 23-track compilation features Violent Femmes' biggest hits, including "Blister in the Sun," "American Music," and "Gone Daddy Gone," plus live recordings of favorites like "Add It Up," and "Kiss Off," alongside a trove of demos, B-sides, interstitial voice recordings, and rarities. Housed in a gatefold jacket, the 2LP-set was pressed at Memphis Records Pressing, with lacquers cut by George Horn at Fantasy Studios.

Tracks

LP1

1. Intro
2. Waiting For The Bus
3. Blister In The Sun
4. Gone Daddy Gone
5. Gordon's Message
6. Gimme The Car
7. Country Death Song
8. Black Girls
9. Jesus Walking On The Water
10. 36-24-36
11. I Held Her In My Arms

LP2

1. I Hate The TV
2. America Is
3. Old Mother Reagan
4. Degradation
5. Dance, Motherfucker, Dance!
6. Lies [Live]
7. American Music
8. Out The Window
9. Kiss Off [Live]
10. Add It Up [Live]
11. Vancouver [Live]
12. Johnny [Live]

Double vinyl LP pressing. Third Eye Blind is the debut studio album by Third Eye Blind, originally released in 1997. The album was collectively written by Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan, while production was helmed by Jenkins and Eric Valentine. Recorded in and around San Francisco at Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch, and H.O.S., the album incorporates elements of alternative rock, post-grunge, and power pop. Thematically, the album focuses on topics such as relationships, drug addiction, suicide prevention, and the band's experience of being signed to a major record label. Includes the singles: "Semi-Charmed Life", "Graduate", "How's It Going to Be", "Losing a Whole Year", and "Jumper".

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Losing a Whole Year
• 2 Narcolepsy
• 3 Semi-Charmed Life
• 4 Jumper (1998 Edit)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Graduate
• 2 How's It Going to Be
• 3 Thanks a Lot
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Burning Man
• 2 Good for You
• 3 London
• 4 I Want You
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 The Background
• 2 Motorcycle Drive By
• 3 God of Wine

One by One is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Foo Fighters, released on October 22, 2002 by RCA. The album is the first to feature guitarist Chris Shiflett. Production on the album was troubled, with initial recording sessions considered unsatisfying and raising tensions between the band members. They eventually decided to redo the album from scratch during a two-week period at front man Dave Grohl's home studio in Alexandria, Virginia. The songs on the album, which include the successful singles "All My Life" and "Times Like These", have been noted for their introspective lyrics and a heavier and more aggressive sound compared to the band's earlier work, which Grohl said was intended to translate the energy of the Foo Fighters' live performances into a recording. One by One was positively received by critics, winning a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2004-the second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Rock Album won by the band-and praised for it's sound and production.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 All My Life
• 2 Low
• 3 Have It All
• 4 Times Like These
• 5 Disenchanted Lullaby
• 6 Tired of You
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Halo
• 2 Lonely As You
• 3 Overdrive
• 4 Burn Away
• 5 Come Back

There Is Nothing Left to Lose is the third studio album by the Foo Fighters, released November 2, 1999. The album marks the first appearance of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and is often seen as a departure from the band's previous work, showcasing a softer, more experimental sound. In a 2006 interview, Dave Grohl states that the album is "totally based on melody" and that it "might be his favorite album that they've ever done." There Is Nothing Left to Lose won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2001, marking the group's first ever Grammy Award. The band would go on to win the Grammy for Best Rock Album for three of their next four studio releases (One By One, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and Wasting Light).

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Stacked Actors
• 2 Breakout
• 3 Learn to Fly
• 4 Gimme Stitches
• 5 Generator
• 6 Aurora
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Live-In Skin
• 2 Next Year
• 3 Headwires
• 4 Ain't It the Life
• 5 M.I.A

Vinyl LP pressing including digital download. 2018 release from the hardcore outfit. Recorded with producer Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA, Time & Space marks Turnstile's Roadrunner Records debut and follows their 2015 breakthrough, Nonstop Feeling. Time & Space features additional vocals from Sheer Mag's Tina Halladay on "Moon," while Diplo offers added production to "Right To Be." Comprised of Brendan Yates (vocals), Franz Lyons (bass/vocals), Brady Ebert (guitars), Pat McCrory (guitars), and Daniel Fang (drums), Turnstile has gripped listeners and press around the globe with their, "... melodic riffs, bright-eyed spirit, and riotous sets... " as noted by The New Yorker. NPR revered Turnstile as, "... freewheeling and heavy... with shout-along choruses and grooves that do more than just open up the pit," with The Washington Post adding, "... The unabashed funkiness of Turnstile feels so invigorating." Noisey declared, "... (Turnstile) has positively exploded, moving from exciting prospect to one of the most talked about bands in hardcore," while Stereogum asserted, "Right now, the biggest band in hardcore might be Turnstile... ." Thrasher Magazine wrote "These guys are powerful," with GQ agreeing, "Turnstile is more than a good hardcore band-they've got a whole movement behind them."

• 1 Real Thing
• 2 Big Smile
• 3 Generator
• 4 Bomb
• 5 I Don't Wanna Be Blind
• 6 High Pressure
• 7 Another) Piece of My World
• 8 Can't Get Away
• 9 Moon
• 10 Come Back for More / H.O.Y
• 11 Right to Be
• 12 Disco
• 13 Time + Space

Double vinyl LP pressing including digital download. 2017 release, the highly anticipated sophomore album from HAIM. When the time came to record the eleven tracks that make up Something To Tell You, HAIM decided to "go in and record as a band, keeping it a little more organic. That was kind of a mission statement for the album" offered Danielle HAIM. Includes the singles 'Want You Back' and 'Right Now'. HAIM consists of three sisters: Este HAIM (bass), Danielle HAIM (guitars and lead vocals), and Alana HAIM (guitars and keyboards), as well as drummer Dash Hutton. In addition to their primary instruments, each member is also proficient in several others. The group's pop sound on their studio work stands in contrast to the more rock-based music of their live shows.

Tracks

LP1

1. Want You Back
2. Nothing's Wrong
3. Little of Your Love
4. Ready For You
5. Something To Tell You
6. You Never Knew

LP2

1. Kept Me Crying
2. Found It In Silence
3. Walking Away
4. Right Now
5. Night So Long
6. Water's Running Dry