Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Crazy Times (2022) [24-96]

Never one for subtlety, Sammy Hagar calls his grappling with the pandemic album Crazy Times -- a title that speaks equally to the personal and the world at large. Hagar does spend some time contemplating "Childhood's End" and "Father Time," but make no mistake, he's still a guy who will jam out to "Funky Feng Shui" and turn Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" into an anthem for drinking beer. Instead of canceling each other, the party tunes play off the reflective numbers, creating something that hints at emotional depth. Make no mistake, the Circle -- the band featuring Sammy's old Van Halen running partner Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham, along with guitarist Vic Johnson -- still favor good times over glum, yet this set of old pros enjoy flexing their muscles on a variety of different moods, making Crazy Times an unusually effective Hagar record. 

Vic Johnson – guitar, backing vocals

Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals

Jason Bonham – drums

01. Intro: The Beginning Of The End (1:50)

02. Slow Drain (4:55)

03. Feed Your Head (3:19)

04. Pump It Up (3:02)

05. Be Still (4:01)

06. You Get What You Pay For (3:57)

07. Crazy Times (4:27)

08. Funky Feng Shui (2:18)

09. Father Time (4:05)

10. Childhood's End (5:36)

11. 2120 (4:27)

12. Father Time (Acoustic) (3:45)

Sting - 1987 - ...Nothing Like The Sun (24-192)

...Nothing Like the Sun is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Sting. The album was originally released on 5 October 1987 on A&M (worldwide). The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dance-rock, and funk rock. The songs were recorded during March–August in 1987 in sessions that took place at Air Studios, in Montserrat, assisted by record producers Hugh Padgham, Bryan Loren, and Neil Dorfsman. It features a number of high-profile guest guitarists, including former Police member Andy Summers, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Hiram Bullock, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Sting's early work. 

David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) [12 CD, 2016] (FLAC + 320)

 

A sequel to the 2015 box Five Years 1969-1973, 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) covers just three years but this stretch in the mid-'70s happens to be the peak of David Bowie's superstardom. That much can be gleaned from the number of albums within the set: three studio albums -- Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, each released in a subsequent year -- along with the double live album David Live from 1974. Four albums in three years is plenty but to that core canon Who Can I Be Now? adds five additional alternate albums, each with varying degrees of rarities. 

Rush - Sector Three (5 CD, 2013/FLAC) [FLAC-HD + FLAC]

Limited six disc (five CDs + DVD) box set from the Canadian Rock trio. Contains the albums Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire and Show Of Hands.

Status Quo - Quo’ing In — The Best of the Noughties (2 CD, 2022) [FLAC-HD]

Status Quo are delighted to announce the release of Quo’ing In — The Best Of The Noughties, an era-spanning compilation taking in their greatest hits from the band’s output thus far in the new millennium, which includes 5 Top Ten studio albums, and many fan favorites. Along with this news comes the release of the first single “Caroline,” one of the band’s biggest hits, in a brand-new studio version recorded in 2022. 

As well as all of the key tracks from this important era of the band’s career, the collection includes brand new and never before available 2022 studio versions of the classics “Rockin’ All Over The World,” “Paper Plane,” and the aforementioned “Caroline,”” plus brand new 2022 studio “Out Out Quoin’ Remixes” of live favorites “Backbone” and “Cut Me Some Slack.”