What Colin’s Listening to:
Right Now
Rock
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Andy Bell, Ten Crowns ( 2 CD ) ( Crown Recordings ) [ 2025 Release ]
Buckcherry,
Roar Like Thunder ( Round Hill Records (Frontline) ) [ 2025 Release ]
Byzantine, Harbingers ( Metal Blade )
The Budos Band, VII ( Diamond West Records ) [ 2025 Release ]
The Cure,
Mixes of a Lost World ( 2 CD ) ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Remix Album ] ***
Erasure: Andy Bell,
Ten Crowns ( 2 CD ) ( Crown Recordings ) [ 2025 Release ]
Fallujah, Xenotaph ( Nuclear Blast ) [ 2025 Release ]
5 Seconds of Summer: Calum Hood,
ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release ]
GooSE, Everything Must Go ( 2 CD ) ( No Coincidence ) [ 2025 Release ]
Grateful Dead,
Gratest Hits ( Grateful Dead Productions ) [ 2025 Compilation ] ***
Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release ]
Metallica, Load ( 3 CD ) ( Rhino / Blackened Recordings )
[ from 1996; Remastered; Expanded Edition ] ***
Sir Van Morrison,
Remembering Now ( Virgin Music International ) [ 2025 Release ]
New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Oasis, Time Flies… 1994–2009 ( 2 CD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ Compilation from 2010 ] ***
Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
Saxon, Hell, Fire and Damnation / Eagles Over Hellfest ( 2 CD )
( Militia Guard Music )
[ from 2024 plus Live Recording at Hellfest 2024 ] ***
Sigh, I Saw the World’s End Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV ( Peaceville )
[ 2025 Release ]
WatchTower, Energetic Disassembly ( 2 CD ) ( High Roller )
[ Debut from 1985 ] ***
neil young and the chrome hearts,
Talkin to the Trees ( Reprise ) [ 2025 Release ]
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DVD
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Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
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Country
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Dierks Bentley, Broken Branches ( Capitol Nashville ) [ 2025 Release ]
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Jazz
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Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts ( Nonesuch ) [ 2025 Release ]
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Vocals
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New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974 ] ***
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World
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ARTMS, Club Icarus ( EP , CD–R ) ( Modhaus ) [ 2025 Release; US Exclusive ]
ITZY, Girls Will Be Girls ( JYP Entertainment / Imperial / Republic )
[ 2025 Release; Photobook Version ]
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Blues
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Larry McCray, Heartbreak City ( KTBA Records ) [ 2025 Release ]
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Gospel and Religious
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Brandon Lake, King of Hearts ( Provident Music Group ) [ 2025 Release ]
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Soundtracks, Cast Recordings and Television
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Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Next to Normal” ( 2 CD )
( Ghostlight Records )
[ Broadway Musical from 2009; 15th Anniversary Edition;
2024 Remix ] ***
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LP / VINYL
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Black Sabbath: John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings ) [ from 2010 ] ***
Black Sabbath: John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2010; Amazon Exclusive Edition; Sea Blue Vinyl ] ***
Buckcherry,
Roar Like Thunder ( Round Hill Records (Frontline) ) [ 2025 Release ]
The Budos Band, VII ( Diamond West Records ) [ 2025 Release; Purple Vinyl ]
The Cure, Mixes of a Lost World ( 2 LP ) ( Capitol )
[ 2025 Remix Album; Half–Speed Master; 180g BioVinyl] [ ] ***
Fallujah, Xenotaph ( Nuclear Blast ) [ 2025 Release; Red Black Swirl Vinyl ]
5 Seconds of Summer: Calum Hood,
ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release; Red Vinyl ]
Graceless, Icons of Ruin ( Listenable Records ) [ 2025 Release; Marble Vinyl ]
Grateful Dead, Gratest Hits ( Grateful Dead Productions )
[ 2025 Compilation; Amazon Exclusive Orange Vinyl ] ***
Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release; Red Vinyl ]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island ( p(doom) records )
[ 2025 Release; 180g Recycled Vinyl ]
Sir Van Morrison,
Remembering Now ( 2 LP ) ( Virgin Music International )
[ 2025 Release ]
Billy Nicholls, Would You Believe ( Immediate ) [ Debut from 1968 ] ***
Nonpoint, Recoil ( Music on Vinyl ) [ from 2004; Limited Gold Vinyl ] ***
Oasis, Time Flies… 1994–2009 ( 4 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ Compilation from 2010 ] ***
John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings ) [ from 2010 ] ***
John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2010; Amazon Exclusive Edition; Sea Blue Vinyl ] ***
Sigh, I Saw the World’s End Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV ( Peaceville )
[ 2025 Release ]
Slightly Stoopid, Closer to the Sun ( Stoopid Records )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
WatchTower, Energetic Disassembly ( High Roller )
[ Debut from 1985; Silver Vinyl ] ***
neil young and the chrome hearts,
Talkin to the Trees ( Reprise ) [ 2025 Release ]
Dierks Bentley, Broken Branches ( Capitol Nashville )
[ 2025 Release; Jet Black Vinyl ]
Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts ( Nonesuch ) [ 2025 Release ]
Brandy Norwood,
Afrodisiac ( 2 LP ) ( Atlantic Catalog Group ) [ from 2004 ] ***
Josh Groban, Gems ( 2 LP ) ( Warner Records )
[ 2025 Compilation; Amazon Exclusive Edition ] ***
Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( 2 LP ) ( Neil Sedaka )
[ from 1974; Red Vinyl ] ***
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
Brandon Lake,
King of Hearts ( 2 LP ) ( Provident Music Group ) [ 2025 Release ]
Will Aronson and Hue Park,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Maybe Happy Ending”
( 2 LP ) ( Ghostlight Records ) [ 2024 Broadway Musical ] ***
Alice Ripley,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Next to Normal”
( 2 LP ) ( Ghostlight Records )
[ Broadway Musical from 2009; 15th Anniversary Edition;
2024 Remix ] ***
Billy Nicholls,
Would You Believe ( Immediate ) [ Debut from 1968 ] ***
Neil Sedaka,
Sedaka’s Back ( 2 LP ) ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974; Red Vinyl ] ***
Wu–Tang with Mathematics,
Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman:
Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection ( RuffNation )
[ 2025 Release ]
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DVD Audio
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Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
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Oldies
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Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974 ] ***
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Electronic / Dance
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Brandy Norwood,
Afrodisiac ( 2 LP ) ( Atlantic Catalog Group ) [ from 2004 ] ***
New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll,
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
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*** From the
vaults
Updated June 9, 2025
Right Now
Rock- Andy Bell, Ten Crowns ( 2 CD ) ( Crown Recordings ) [ 2025 Release ]
Buckcherry,
Roar Like Thunder ( Round Hill Records (Frontline) ) [ 2025 Release ]
Byzantine, Harbingers ( Metal Blade )
The Budos Band, VII ( Diamond West Records ) [ 2025 Release ]
The Cure,
Mixes of a Lost World ( 2 CD ) ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Remix Album ] ***
Erasure: Andy Bell,
Ten Crowns ( 2 CD ) ( Crown Recordings ) [ 2025 Release ]
Fallujah, Xenotaph ( Nuclear Blast ) [ 2025 Release ]
5 Seconds of Summer: Calum Hood,
ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release ]
GooSE, Everything Must Go ( 2 CD ) ( No Coincidence ) [ 2025 Release ]
Grateful Dead,
Gratest Hits ( Grateful Dead Productions ) [ 2025 Compilation ] ***
Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release ]
Metallica, Load ( 3 CD ) ( Rhino / Blackened Recordings )
[ from 1996; Remastered; Expanded Edition ] ***
Sir Van Morrison,
Remembering Now ( Virgin Music International ) [ 2025 Release ]
New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Oasis, Time Flies… 1994–2009 ( 2 CD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ Compilation from 2010 ] ***
Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
Saxon, Hell, Fire and Damnation / Eagles Over Hellfest ( 2 CD )
( Militia Guard Music )
[ from 2024 plus Live Recording at Hellfest 2024 ] ***
Sigh, I Saw the World’s End Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV ( Peaceville )
[ 2025 Release ]
WatchTower, Energetic Disassembly ( 2 CD ) ( High Roller )
[ Debut from 1985 ] ***
neil young and the chrome hearts,
Talkin to the Trees ( Reprise ) [ 2025 Release ]
DVD- Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
Country- Dierks Bentley, Broken Branches ( Capitol Nashville ) [ 2025 Release ]
Jazz- Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts ( Nonesuch ) [ 2025 Release ]
Vocals- New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974 ] ***
World- ARTMS, Club Icarus ( EP , CD–R ) ( Modhaus ) [ 2025 Release; US Exclusive ]
ITZY, Girls Will Be Girls ( JYP Entertainment / Imperial / Republic )
[ 2025 Release; Photobook Version ]
Blues- Larry McCray, Heartbreak City ( KTBA Records ) [ 2025 Release ]
Gospel and Religious- Brandon Lake, King of Hearts ( Provident Music Group ) [ 2025 Release ]
Soundtracks, Cast Recordings and Television- Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Next to Normal” ( 2 CD )
( Ghostlight Records )
[ Broadway Musical from 2009; 15th Anniversary Edition;
2024 Remix ] ***
LP / VINYL- Black Sabbath: John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings ) [ from 2010 ] ***
Black Sabbath: John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2010; Amazon Exclusive Edition; Sea Blue Vinyl ] ***
Buckcherry,
Roar Like Thunder ( Round Hill Records (Frontline) ) [ 2025 Release ]
The Budos Band, VII ( Diamond West Records ) [ 2025 Release; Purple Vinyl ]
The Cure, Mixes of a Lost World ( 2 LP ) ( Capitol )
[ 2025 Remix Album; Half–Speed Master; 180g BioVinyl] [ ] ***
Fallujah, Xenotaph ( Nuclear Blast ) [ 2025 Release; Red Black Swirl Vinyl ]
5 Seconds of Summer: Calum Hood,
ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release; Red Vinyl ]
Graceless, Icons of Ruin ( Listenable Records ) [ 2025 Release; Marble Vinyl ]
Grateful Dead, Gratest Hits ( Grateful Dead Productions )
[ 2025 Compilation; Amazon Exclusive Orange Vinyl ] ***
Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDER ( Capitol ) [ 2025 Release; Red Vinyl ]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island ( p(doom) records )
[ 2025 Release; 180g Recycled Vinyl ]
Sir Van Morrison,
Remembering Now ( 2 LP ) ( Virgin Music International )
[ 2025 Release ]
Billy Nicholls, Would You Believe ( Immediate ) [ Debut from 1968 ] ***
Nonpoint, Recoil ( Music on Vinyl ) [ from 2004; Limited Gold Vinyl ] ***
Oasis, Time Flies… 1994–2009 ( 4 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ Compilation from 2010 ] ***
John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings ) [ from 2010 ] ***
John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne,
Scream ( 2 LP ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2010; Amazon Exclusive Edition; Sea Blue Vinyl ] ***
Sigh, I Saw the World’s End Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV ( Peaceville )
[ 2025 Release ]
Slightly Stoopid, Closer to the Sun ( Stoopid Records )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
WatchTower, Energetic Disassembly ( High Roller )
[ Debut from 1985; Silver Vinyl ] ***
neil young and the chrome hearts,
Talkin to the Trees ( Reprise ) [ 2025 Release ]
Dierks Bentley, Broken Branches ( Capitol Nashville )
[ 2025 Release; Jet Black Vinyl ]
Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts ( Nonesuch ) [ 2025 Release ]
Brandy Norwood,
Afrodisiac ( 2 LP ) ( Atlantic Catalog Group ) [ from 2004 ] ***
Josh Groban, Gems ( 2 LP ) ( Warner Records )
[ 2025 Compilation; Amazon Exclusive Edition ] ***
Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( 2 LP ) ( Neil Sedaka )
[ from 1974; Red Vinyl ] ***
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
Brandon Lake,
King of Hearts ( 2 LP ) ( Provident Music Group ) [ 2025 Release ]
Will Aronson and Hue Park,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Maybe Happy Ending”
( 2 LP ) ( Ghostlight Records ) [ 2024 Broadway Musical ] ***
Alice Ripley,
Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Next to Normal”
( 2 LP ) ( Ghostlight Records )
[ Broadway Musical from 2009; 15th Anniversary Edition;
2024 Remix ] ***
Billy Nicholls,
Would You Believe ( Immediate ) [ Debut from 1968 ] ***
Neil Sedaka,
Sedaka’s Back ( 2 LP ) ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974; Red Vinyl ] ***
Wu–Tang with Mathematics,
Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman:
Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection ( RuffNation )
[ 2025 Release ]
DVD Audio- Queen, Queen I ( Audio DVD ) ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1973; 2024 Remix ] ***
Oldies- Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back ( Neil Sedaka ) [ from 1974 ] ***
Electronic / Dance- Brandy Norwood,
Afrodisiac ( 2 LP ) ( Atlantic Catalog Group ) [ from 2004 ] ***
New Kids on the Block, Step by Step ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 1990; Extra Tracks ] ***
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll,
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 ( Legacy Recordings )
[ from 2005; 20th Anniversary ] ***
*** From the vaults