The pandemic traffic is still going and albums recorded or designed during quarantine times are piling up for this fall, with new productions added. The wide and varied harvest that awaits us for hire, which we review below.
Pop idols: From Blackpink to Robbie Williams
The most long-awaited album in the commercial pop arena is undoubtedly Rihanna’s album, six years before Anti (2016), although the release date of R9 (the so-called name of this new work) is unknown, but recent leaks indicate it. It could come in the next quarter. Also floating are new Cardi B and Janet Jackson (Black diamond).
More specifically, broadcasts by South Korean group Blackpink (Born Pink, Sept. 16) and Carly Rae Jepsen (Time of Loneliness, Oct. 21). A novelty in Latin plot, Colombian Camilo’s Inside Out, which will go on sale September 30. And the return of Julieta Venegas seven years later with Walking Alone (December 5). Male nightingales include Robbie Williams (XXV, Anthology of Orchestrated Hits, September 9) and Eros Ramazzotti (Infinite Heartbeat, September 16).
Alternative classics: Björk, Morrissey and Suede return
Björk will be in the spotlight with Fossora, an album marked by the death of her mother, whose Latin title alludes to the verb to dig. New York experimental musician Serpentwithfeet and Indonesian duo Gabber Modus propose complicity with Operandi. The version is scheduled to be released this fall, with no firm date yet.
Also in this last part of the year, he will be releasing Morrissey’s Bonfire of the Young, whose main theme is inspired by the attack recorded at the Manchester Arena in 2017 and imitating the Oasis song that consoled the citizens in those days. . The lyrics say, “And fools angrily sing don’t look back.” Suede will reappear with Brett Anderson’s “punk album” Autofiction (September 16) and Pixies with Doggerel (September 30). And without leaving this month new battery (Bible) with Dominique A (Le monde réel), The Afghan Whigs (How do you burn?), Death Cab For Cutie (Asphalt meadows), Editors (EBM), Beth Orton (Weather live) and Lambchop. Earlier, last Thursday, Muse revealed People’s Will, and in October 1975, Being funny in a foreign language and Arctic Monkeys will release Car (October 21).
Legends: Revisiting Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen
Lou Reed’s catalog was also expanded on Friday, almost nine years after his death, with Words & music, May 1965, an album rescuing unreleased recordings made with John Cale before The Velvet Underground. And yet another missing giant is inspiring a new tribute album (October 14), with contributions from Leonard Cohen, Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop and Norah Jones.
Marianne Faithfull will publish the anthology Songs of innocence and experience (September 16) from 1965-1995, with rarities and live shots, and the volume by Brian Eno, Foreverandevernomore (October 14), inspired by the effects of the climate crisis. In the Beatle family, Julian Lennon’s return with Jude after 11 years (September 9) and Ringo Starr’s new EP, EP3 (November 18).
Hard rock and metal: a new part of Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have gained momentum and are about to release their second album, Under the Night Sun (October 14), this year, with material from the same sessions as Unlimited love. A week before the new The Cult, Under the midnight sun will be released after a six-year hiatus.
Veterans of the hard rock industry include Ozzy Osbourne, Patient no. September 9 (September 9) is an album where he reunites with guitarist Tony Iommi, his ex-partner on Black Sabbath. And exits from Megadeth (The sick, the dead… and the dead!, Sept. 2), Slipknot (last ever, Sept. 30), and Lamb of God (Omens, Oct. 7).
Spaniards: Zahara expands its Whore and Bandini lengthens
Macaco returns to action in September with Vuélame el corazón and shares the mic with C. Tangana, Leiva and Ana Mena. Also this month (on the 23rd) Zahara will act: after the famous Puta (2021), comes Reputa, a revision with the help of a wide variety of accomplices, from Rodrigo Cuevas to La Oreja de Van Gogh. And a new one by Manuel Carrasco is expected before the end of the year.
The shuttle has Taburete (Caminito a Matadero, September 30), Elefantes (Scraps / Strange Things, October 7), and Mägo de Oz (Love and Oz vol 2, October 21). The news comes from indie institution Sr., from techno-rumba champion band Camela (May the music be with you). To Chinarro (Reality show), both are scheduled to air on October 28. No date has been set yet, but it’s worth mentioning the return of Viva Sweden and the long premiere of Rigoberta Bandini in the last four months of 2022. On stage in Catalan, an album with a cheerful name by Pau Vallvé and also the debut album of Ernest Crusats, a former member of La Iaia (La font gelada).