Best Drum And Bass Albums - April 2024

Love Is Here To Stay

• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• Manufacturer: Verve Label Group

Help!

• ASIN: B01929H4VM
• ASIN: B01929H4VM
• Manufacturer: EMI Catalogue

Title (Deluxe) [Explicit]

• ASIN: B00OIK4C5C
• ASIN: B00OIK4C5C
• Manufacturer: Epic

Ultimate Santana

• ASIN: B00138CYD4
• ASIN: B00138CYD4
• Manufacturer: Arista

Dystopia [Explicit]

• ASIN: B015U2LLIW
• ASIN: B015U2LLIW
• Manufacturer: AG Records (Megadeth) 2017

Thank You (Deluxe)

• ASIN: B01CEZ5706
• ASIN: B01CEZ5706
• Manufacturer: Epic

Power Windows

• ASIN: B000W1ZF4I
• ASIN: B000W1ZF4I
• Manufacturer: Island Def Jam

How Did We Get So Dark?

• ASIN: B06Y5GF1XP
• ASIN: B06Y5GF1XP
• Manufacturer: Warner Bros.

Travelling Without Moving

• ASIN: B00138H0HO
• ASIN: B00138H0HO
• Manufacturer: Work

Harmony of Difference

• ASIN: B0749RW4MB
• ASIN: B0749RW4MB
• Manufacturer: Young Turks Recordings

The Central Park Concert

• ASIN: B0013GH98Q
• ASIN: B0013GH98Q
• Manufacturer: RCA/Legacy

Incarnate [Explicit]

• ASIN: B01AZG3OM4
• ASIN: B01AZG3OM4
• Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records

The Fall (Amazon Exclusive)

• ASIN: B002U9JEVA
• ASIN: B002U9JEVA
• Manufacturer: Blue Note Records

Greatest Hits Remixed

• ASIN: B075RYVSQB
• ASIN: B075RYVSQB
• Manufacturer: Round Hill/Triumph Catalog

Apex

• ASIN: B06XVKNMNH
• ASIN: B06XVKNMNH
• Manufacturer: Napalm Records

Personnel: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, saxophone, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, drums, loops); John (guitar, strings, piano); Tim Skold (guitar, accordion, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); MW Gacy (keyboards, synthesizer, loops); Ginger Fish (drums).Producers: Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Ben Grosse.Recorded at Doppelherz, The Mix Room, Burbank, California and Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, California."Mobscene" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Marilyn Manson proudly wears his musical influences on his band's fifth studio album, where the perpetually androgynous singer and company continue their crusade of industrial rock outrage, making nods to forerunners while never losing that which is quintessentially Manson. "mOBSCENE," reeks of ANGEL DUST-era Faith No More. "Para Noir" offers a romantic agenda in grand Manson style, with little chance for radio edit status. "Better Of Two Evils" and "Your Fist And Not Your Mouth" rally with undeniable choruses while "This Is The New Shit" nails a Korn-inflected groove. The set's down-tempo title track is built around a haunting piano line, and "(s)AINT" deftly captures the Powerman 5000 style. The album track most likely to get extensive re-mixing is the incredibly catchy "Ka-boom Ka-boom." THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE drops yet another bomb on convention, and Marilyn Manson clearly planned it that way.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE [CLEAN]

• UPC: 3481535
• Rating: 5.0

Personnel: Chico O'Farrill (conductor, arranger); Jimmy Cozier, Marshall McDonald, Bobby Porcelli (alto saxophone); Mike Migliore, Peter Brainin (tenor saxophone); Pablo Calogero (baritone saxophone); Jim Seeley, Matt Hilgenburg, Roger Ingram, Kenny Rampton, Peter Olstad, David "Piro" Rodriguez (trumpet); Gary Valente, Sam Burtis, Papo Vazquez, Jack Jeffers (trombone); Arturo O'Farrill (piano); Andy Gonzalez, Joe Santiago (bass); Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Willie Martinez (drums); Eddie Bobe (bongos, percussion); Joe Gonzalez (congas).Producers: Jorge Ulla, Todd Barkan, Arturo O'Farrill.Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York in December 1998 and in June & July 1999. Includes liner notes by Oscar Hijuelos, Enrique Fernandez and Nat ChediakHEART OF A LEGEND was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.

THE HEART OF A LEGEND

• UPC: 3448416

Personnel: John McCutcheon (acoustic & electric guitars, fiddle, banjo, hammer dulcimer, percussion); Pete Kennedy (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, mandolin); Bob Read (clarinet, saxophone); John D'Earth (trumpet); Michael Aharon (piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, tubatronic, timpatronic); Bobby King (bass); Robert "Jos" Jospe (drums, percussion, tambourine); Kevin Davis (percussion, timbales, triangle); Jon Carroll, JT Brown, Maura Kennedy, Robin Williams, Linda Williams (background vocals).Recorded at Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia.All songs written by John McCutcheon and Si Kahn.WINTERSONGS is part of John McCutcheon's Four Seasons series.WINTERSONGS was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album For Children.

FOUR SEASONS: WINTERSONGS

• UPC: 3440770

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Gary Bartz (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet); Christian McBride (bass instrument); Lewis Nash (drums).Recording information: Avatar, New York, New York (11/18/2003 - 11/19/2003).ILLUMINATIONS finds McCoy Tyner, some 40 years after his best-known work (as a member of John Coltrane's legendary early-1960s quartet), still kicking. Tyner's energies as a session leader, composer, and ever-progressive musician haven't flagged since the mid-'60's, when the pianist started heading his own dates. On this 2004 album, as per usual, Tyner has surrounded himself with some of the finest personnel in jazz, including bassist Christian McBride, sax player Gary Bartz, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.Tyner's music is appealing for its balance of familiar hard-bop vocabulary and intricately wrought structures--it is rhythmic and accessible, yet intellectually engaging. Tyner plays with great vigor, mixing virtuoso classical flourishes with bold chords and dazzlingly complex solos. His compositions here touch on avant-bebop ("The Chase"), Latin groove ("Angelina"), and smooth swing (the title track--on which all the musicians get a chance to stretch out). Blanchard's playing is especially notable, substantiating the melody lines in the chorus and blazing on the solos (as on "New Orleans Stomp," driven by a classic second-line beat). The high quality of music here--in conception and execution--should come as no surprise to long-time fans of Tyner or his sidemen.

Mccoy Tyner - Illuminations (SACD NEW)Label: TelarcFormat: SACDRelease Date: 22 Jun 2004No. of Discs: 1UPC: 089408359965Details1. Illuminations2. Angelina3. New Orleans Stomp4. Come Rain Or Come Shine5. Soulstice6. Blessings7. If I Should Lose You8. The Chase9.

• UPC: 3465201

Personnel: Dave Davies (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Andrew Sandoval (guitar, background vocals); Kristian Hoffman (keyboards); Dave Jenkins (bass, background vocals); Jim Laspesa (drums, background vocals).Recorded live at The Bottom Line in New York, New York in 1998.The fame and fortunes of Kinks guitarist Dave Davies have been overshadowed by his brother Ray, lead singer and principal songwriter of that band. Dave has never quite had his due as a contributor to one of the 1960s and '70s best mainstream rock bands, even though he wrote one of the Kinks' best tunes, "Death Of a Clown," and provided the band's sound with much of its rock & roll weight.The live ROCK BOTTOM finds Dave Davies fronting a lean, punchy outfit at New York City's legendary Bottom Line, playing a mixture of Kinks classics, obscurities, and songs from his solo albums. The program spans the Kinks' early American R&B roots ("Beautiful Delilah"), the melancholy mid-'60s landmarks ("Too Much on My Mind," where he sounds quite a bit like Ray), their wry later '60s highlights, such as "Picture Book," and Dave's solo career originals, like the wistful, slightly Band-like "Strangers." What Davies' voice lacks in subtlety and nuance, he more than makes up for in enthusiasm and good-natured earnestness. He also gets to cut loose on guitar, letting loose grunge-edged power chords, and upping the energy-level considerably on "All Day and All of the Night" and "I'm Not Like Everybody Else."

Dave Davies - Live at the Bottom Line [CD] 09992380872

• UPC: 3479962

Personnel: Mose Allison (piano); Addison Farmer (bass); Ronnie Free, Nick Stabulas (drums).Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey between November 1957 & August 1959. Includes liner notes by Jack McKinney.Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1997, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).Singer/songwriter/pianist Mose Allison has proven himself equally at home with jazz and blues, making him difficult to categorize. Allison's songs have been covered by artists as diverse as The Who ("Young Man Blues"), Bonnie Raitt ("Everybody's Cryin' Mercy"), Van Morrison, and Marlena Shaw. His underrated piano playing is straightforward and intensely lyrical, descended from Fats Waller, Nat "King" Cole (himself an underrated and influential pianist), and Pete Johnson. DOWN HOME PIANO is a compilation of Allison originals from his late 1950's albums AUTUMN SONG, CREEK BANK, RAMBLIN' WITH MOSE, and LOCAL COLOR, originally issued on Prestige.Here, the focus is on Allison the pianist/composer, accompanied by drums and acoustic bass. Throughout, he effortlessly combines jazz, blues, and country music, swinging like crazy throughout; witness the wildly careening "Devil In The Cane Field," "Town," which manages to be urbane and down-home at the same time, or the laid-back, subtly Thelonious Monk-like "Moon And Cypress."

DOWN HOME PIANO (025218692229)

• UPC: 3448030

The Alarm: Dave Sharp (vocals, guitar); Mike Peters (vocals, harmonica); Eddie MacDonald (vocals, bass); Nigel Twist (drums).Recorded live at The Metro, Boston, Massachusetts in 1983. Includes liner notes by Dave Thompson.KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR concerts tend to catch bands either at the beginnings or the ends of their careers. In the case of the Welsh rockers the Alarm, it was the former. Recorded in late 1983 at the Metro, a legendary club in Allston, Massachusetts, this set captures Mike Peters and crew just after their stint opening for U2--the group's obvious inspiration--on the WAR tour.At the time, the Alarm's main feature, aside from their sky-high vintage '80s hair, was the fact that they were a strictly acoustic act who nonetheless rocked harder than many electric bands. Of course, the set features their three early standards, "Marching On," "68 Guns," and the Stephen King-inspired "The Stand," along with 11 other tracks and a revealing recent interview with Peters. The Alarm, surprisingly, never released a live album during their career, so this is a nice surprise for fans.

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR [THE ALARM] [CD] [1

• UPC: 3488289

Personnel: Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Maucha Adnet (vocals); David Sanborn (saxophone); David Bargeron (trombone); David Taylor (bass trombone, tuba); Keith Underwood (alto & bass flutes); Lawrence Feldman (bass flute); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet); Gil Goldstein (accordion, keyboards); Adam Rogers (acoustic & electric guitars); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Jonathan Joseph (drums); Cafe (percussion); Richard Sussman (programming).Principally recorded at Power Station, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Randy Brecker.INTO THE SUN won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.This disc showcases Randy Brecker's wide-ranging influences and continuing love affair with Brazilian music. Brecker and arranger Gil Goldstein brought together musicians from NY, Miami, Brazil and South Africa to form a unit which manages to maintain a spontaneous feel within some extremely challenging and modern arrangements. "Grey Area" employs the talents of guitarist Adam Rogers to give the track a hard-edged fusion sound reminiscent of early Brecker Brothers music. "The Hottest Man In Town, a recording made by Brecker's father, when the junior Brecker was only two weeks old, predicting Randy's future as an innovative jazz musican.

INTO THE SUN [RANDY BRECKER]

• UPC: 3441664

America: Gerry Beckley (vocals, various instruments); Dewey Bunnell (vocals, acoustic, electric & nylon-string guitars).Additional personnel: Andrew Gold (vocals, various instruments); Timothy B. Schmit, Robert Lamm, Carl Wilson, Jeff Foskett, Robbyn Kirmsse, Serena Nelson (vocals); Phil Galdston (various instruments); Paul Livant (acoustic guitar); Hank Linderman (6 & 12 string electric & slide guitars); Ira Siegel, Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Henry Diltz (clarinet); Brad Palmer, Jason Scheff (bass); Phil Jones (drums); Willie Leacox (bongos).Producers: Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Hank Linderman, Phil Galdston.Engineers include: Gerry Beckley, Hank Linderman, Dom Maita.Principally recorded at Human Nature Studio, Sherman Oaks, California; East Wing Studio, New York, New York; Roman Foods, Los Angeles, California.All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.Twenty-six years after their debut album, America's HUMAN NATURE proves that their formula--boyish harmonies with a debt to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, lots of acoustic guitars, vaguely cosmic lyrics--still works. Nothing here is as instantly memorable as their early hits, but the songs are uniformly well-crafted and hook-laden, in particular the highly atmospheric "From a Moving Train," and the jangly "Wednesday Morning." There's next to no tinkering with the basic America sound here. In fact, unless you listen extremely hard, these could easily be outtakes from the '70s (the modern drum sound is the only giveaway).

short description is not available

• UPC: 3476982

LIVE IN JAPAN was recorded on Night Ranger's 1988 Japanese tour.Night Ranger: Jack Blades (vocals, bass); Kelly Keagy (vocals, drums); Brad Gillis, Jeff Watson (guitar); Jesse Bradman (keyboards).Night Ranger's fortunes may have been waning back home in the U.S. by the late 1980s, but the quintet remained as popular as ever in Japan--as evidenced by 1990's LIVE IN JAPAN. Name a Night Ranger favorite of the 80's and chances are it's here.The rockers "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," "When You Close Your Eyes," and the anthem "(You Can Still) Rock in America," are included, as well as more refined fare, such as "Sister Christian" and "Goodbye." LIVE IN JAPAN would prove to be the last Night Ranger release for another five years, until 1995's all-new studio album FEEDING OFF THE MOJO appeared.

LIVE IN JAPAN [NIGHT RANGER] [CD] [1

• UPC: 3439993