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The Black Eyed Peas: The Beginning
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Feb 28, 2011  | 
 
Interscope
Music ••½ Sound ••••

Call me naive, but I think album titles should mean something. When the Black Eyed Peas unleashed their poptastic The E.N.D.

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Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011  | 
 
Roc-A-Fella
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer
Jeff Perlah  |  Feb 28, 2011  | 
 
Elektra
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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My Chemical Romance: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011  | 
 
Reprise
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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Marshall Chapman: Big Lonesome
Steve Simels  |  Mar 02, 2011  | 
 
Tall Girl
Music •••• Sound •••

 

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Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3: Northern Aggression
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011  | 
 
Yep Roc
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Kid Rock: Born Free
Jeff Perlah  |  Mar 02, 2011  | 
 
Top Dog/Atlantic
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Duffy: Endlessly
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011  | 
 
Mercury
Music ••1/2 Sound ••

 

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King Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 02, 2011  | 
 
Discipline
Music •••½ DVD-Audio Mix ••••½ Extras ••••

The latest reissues in King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Series capture the band at difficult junctures in Phase 1 of its quixotic history.

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The Rolling Stones Catalog Comes to HDTracks.
Stan Horaczek  |  Mar 03, 2011  | 

It was kind of a big deal with The Beatles finally made their way onto the ever-growing digital music behemoth that is iTunes, but we find this news just as, um, satisfying. Starting this week, 27 Stones records will be finding their way onto the audiophile music service, HDTracks.com. The tracks have been pulled from remasters that were originally created for and released on SACD in the early 2000s.

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King Crimson: Islands
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 03, 2011  | 
 
Discipline
Music •••½ DVD-Audio Mix •••••Extras •••••

Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson's multichannel mix of Islands detangles some of their album In the Wake of Poseidon's

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XTP: Skylarking
Ken Richardson  |  Mar 03, 2011  | 
 
Ape House
Music ••••½ Sound ••••

Funny thing about this 1986 album: Despite its Pepper-y production by Todd Rundgren, it has always sounded . . . what, exactly? Thin?

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Rush: The Fountain of Surround
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 04, 2011  | 

In anticipation of the 30th anniversary reissue of Rush’s truly seminal Moving Pictures as both CD+DVD (April 5) and CD+BD (May 3) deluxe editions, with PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround-sound mixes by Richard Chycki, I’m dipping into my personal Rush interview archive to present a truly exclusive, incremental look at how the band’s attitude toward bringing its vaunted studio material into the surround-sound arena has literally changed from “no” to “go” over the last decade.

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Rush: The Fountain of Surround Page 2
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 04, 2011  | 

In anticipation of the 30th anniversary reissue of Rush's truly seminal Moving Pictures as both CD+DVD (April 5) and CD+BD (May 3) deluxe editions, with PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround-sound mixes by Richard Chycki, I'm dipping into my personal Rush interview archive to present a truly exclusive, incremental look at how the band's attitude toward bringing its vaunted studio material into the surround-sound arena has literally changed from "no" to "go" over the last decade.

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Rush’s Fountain of Surround, Part 2: Moving Predictions
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 05, 2011  | 

“It’s a timeless record with so much detail,” says surround-sound remix guru Richard Chycki about Rush’s 1981 masterpiece, Moving Pictures. “I’m glad you’ve clued into all of the nuances.” Chycki is referring to what I said to him last week about the PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mixes he did for MP’s 30th anniversary reissue. Today marks the release of the CD+DVD version, something certainly worth getting if you’re not equipped for Blu-ray — but the much preferred Holy Grail CD+BD version won’t be out until May 3.

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