Columbia

LTD/DIGISLEE- INCL. 14 POSTCARDS & POLAROIDS / STICKER<br/><br/>On a wall of Arcade Fire's New Orleans studio, photos map the territory of its sixth album, WE. On one side, images capture what ails us - a crushing boot, a wounded man, a child staring blankly at a screen. On the other side, joyous family pictures cluster. In the center, there's a photograph of the cover of "We," the 1921 sci-fi novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin, showing a crystalline skyscraper in which the citizens of a dystopia live under constant surveillance.<br/><br/>With an album already written, Arcade Fire started recording in February, 2020, but were interrupted by the start of the pandemic. Win & Régine spent the rest of that year and most of the next writing even more songs. "It was the longest we've ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever" Butler said. Still, the resulting album - produced by Nigel Godrich, Win & Régine - is a concise 40 minutes long. Its first side, "I," is about our troubles; its second side, "WE," is about our love for one another.

Adele: 30 2021 [CD]

The album by David Gilmour, 'Luck and Strange' was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour's first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman, with lyrics mostly written by Polly Samson, Gilmour's co-writer for the past thirty years. The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers' 'Between Two Points', which sees Romany Gilmour, who performs backing vocals across the album, and can also be heard on harp.<br/><br/>Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & Roger Eno on keyboards and the string and choral arrangements are by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 during a 'Barn Jam' at David's house. The album's cover image, photographed and designed by renowned artist Anton Corbijn, is inspired by lyrics written by Charlie Gilmour for the album's final song 'Scattered'.

AC/DC: Power up 2020 [Digipack / CD]

Big Brother & Holding Co/Janis Joplin: Cheap th. [Gatefold / Vinyl LP]

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Digipack.<br/><br/>Jeff Lynne:<br/>"Music is such a powerful force in our lives. A good song can make people feel much less alone in this universe. And trying to create one of those songs somehow makes me feel less alone too. My whole life-from being that kid with a dream in Birmingham right until today-proves how much music can do".<br/><br/>Som alltid med ELO är Jeff Lynne producent, kompositör, ledsångare och gitarrist. I september 2014 stod Jeff Lynne's ELO som huvudakt på BBC Radio 2:s "Festival In A Day" i ett utsålt Hyde Park i London med 50 000 konsertbesökare på plats och nära en miljon tittare via BBC. Detta var första festivalspelningen för Jeff Lynne's ELO på 30 år.<br/><br/>Lynne är det kreativa geniet bakom ELO. Den legendariske gruppen har sålt mer än 50 miljoner album världen över och de har haft över 20 hits på topplistan i USA och Storbritannien. Jeff Lynnes vision med ELO har sedan start varit att skapa moderna rock och poplåtar. Samma mål kvarstår nu 30 år senare när han skapat ny musik för albumet "Alone in the Universe".<br/><br/>Jeff Lynne är en av musikhistoriens största, och han är en av grundarna av ELO. Lynne är också en av grundarna och medlemmarna av Grammybelönade supergruppen The Traveling Wilburys. Han har producerat musik åt och samarbetat med The Beatles, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty och Joe Walsh. 2015 hedrades Jeff Lynne med en stjärna på 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' och han är en aktiv välgörare i organisationer som St. Jude Research Hospital, MUSICARES och H.E.A.R.T (Helping Erase Abuse Related Trauma).