Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.
The Cars
RELEASE: Shake It Up, Heartbeat City
BACKSTORY: Rhino Records this week reissues the fourth and fifth albums from The Cars on CD, vinyl and digitally, paring remastered editions of each record with bonus B-sides and previously unreleased early takes.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
The Mission
RELEASE: For Ever More: Live At London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
BACKSTORY: Cherry Red Records this week releases a 5CD box set collecting live discs recorded during The Mission’s 2008 run of full-album shows in London, including performances of Children, Carved in Sand and more.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
The Damned
RELEASE: The Stiff Singles 1976-1977
BACKSTORY: This box set collects replica 7-inches of five early singles on the Stiff Records label from the punk legends, including “New Rose,” “Neat Neat Neat,” “Problem Child” and more. Features 11 songs in all, with B-sides.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
The Essence
RELEASE: 35: Collection 1985-2015
BACKSTORY: Cherry Red Records this week releases a career-spanning 5-disc box set celebrating the Dutch post-punk group, compiling five full albums along with “the best of their B-sides and alternative versions.”
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- This week’s new releases: Alice Bag, Guided By Voices, Fugazi members reunite
- This week’s new releases: Expanded reissues from The Alarm, new Yo La Tengo album
- This week’s new releases: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia,’ plus new Erasure, Ministry
- This week’s new releases: Breeders, Buffalo Tom, Pet Shop Boys, Art of Noise and more
