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Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria

Pop/Rock

The metalcore quintet's polished fifth effort marks the welcome return of prodigal frontman Danny Worsnop.

- Neil Z. Yeung
Frank Turner

Songbook

Pop/Rock

Double-disc retrospective includes one CD of remastered vintage favorites and a new song, and a second CD of radically reworked versions.

- Thom Jurek
Serpent Power

Electric Looneyland

Pop/Rock

Swirling, hooky psych-pop from the duo of Ian Skelly and Paul Molloy, both on loan from the Coral.

- Tim Sendra

Mary Bevan / Joseph Middleton

Voyages

Classical

Performing settings of poems by Baudelaire and Goethe, soprano Mary Bevan delivers an atmospheric program that reveals her profound artistry.

- Blair Sanderson
Darrell Ang / L'Orchestre National de Lille

Offenbach: Overtures

Classical

Darrell Ang and the Orchestre National de Lille present overtures from Offenbach's operettas and the youthful Ouverture à grand orchestre.

- Blair Sanderson
Septura

Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 5: Fauré, Ravel, Debussy

Classical

Septura's fifth volume is one of the strongest, filled with songs and orchestral pieces not immediately associated with a brass ensemble.

- James Manheim

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford / Stephen Darlington

The Gate of Glory: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 5

Classical

English polyphony of the 15th century is not for everybody, but here it takes a big step forward in intelligibility.

- James Manheim
Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus / Hervé Niquet

Handel: Messiah 1754

Classical

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel celebrate 30 years together with this performance of the 1754 version of Handel's Messiah.

- Blair Sanderson
Sistine Chapel Choir / Massimo Palombella

Veni Domine: Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel

Classical

A standout holiday release, sung from the Vatican's manuscripts, with sumptuous sound adjusting easily from the majestic to the intimate.

- James Manheim

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Sammy Davis, Jr.

Our Shining Hour

March, 1965

Cast Recordings

This is one of popular entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr's best jazz-oriented albums, featuring Davis with the Count Basie Orchestra performing arrangements by Quincy Jones. The singer is heard in top form on "Teach Me Tonight," "Work Song," and "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" and adding a bit of tap dancing to a lighthearted "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home."

- Scott Yanow

Babymetal

February 26, 2014

Alternative Metal

Mixing pummeling heavy metal and bubblegummy J-pop, the band's debut should be a joke but turns out to be a work of genius instead. Whatever the magical quality producer Kobametal sprinkles liberally over the mix, he's clearly tapped into the same kind of cosmic, comic stream of unconsciousness that made Andrew W.K.'s first album so brilliant.

- Tim Sendra

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