Midwest Tape May 2021 Music Catalog

What’s Inside Chart Toppers p7 NOW Music p13 Children’s p15

MAY 2021 BUYER’S GUIDE

MUSIC

Olivia Rodrigo SOUR

Geffen • Pop/Rock • Available May 21

Debut studio album by Oliva Rodrigo features hit singles Drivers License and Déjà Vu, which allegedly was written about her previous relationship with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-star Joshua Bassett.

Her record-breaking debut single hit 1 billion global steams in March 2021.

Includes recordbreaking debut single Drivers Licen se!

Parental Advisory 14097498 $13.99 Edited Version 14097499 $13.99

High School Musical The Musical - The Series Various Artists

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks 12629299 $13.99

IN THIS ISSUE

May 2021 NOW Music; Soundtracks

3

Best of May

8-9

4-6

Hot New Releases

10-11 Rock

14 Classical

7

Chart Toppers

12

15

Top Music Picks Country; Christian

Customer Service: 1-800-875-2785 Hours 9 am - 6 pm, Mon.-Fri. ET Order Online: midwesttape.com @midwesttapes @midwesttape

2 May 2021 | Midwest Tape | 1.800.875.2785

13

Children’s

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED We guarantee every CD, DVD, Blu-ray, Playaway, and audiobook we sell for one year against shipping damage and manufacturer defects.

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

BEST OF MAY The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.

Demi Lovato

MercyMe

Inhale (Exhale)

Dancing with the Devil…The Art of Starting Over

Island Records Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 14050305 $13.99 Edited Version 14050306 $13.99 Demi Lovato’s album serves as the companion to her powerful four-part documentary, which premiered March 23, 2021. The album includes nineteen original songs, including previously released Grammy Awards showstopper Anyone as well as What Other People Say with Sam Fischer.

Fair Trade/Columbia Religious 14090790 $12.99 Guest Artists: Sam Wesley, Gary Levox, Gloria Gaynor In a year filled with uncertainly and broken hopes, this project delivers both affirmations and challenges on what it means to be anchored in faith and paves a path to finding light amidst the darkness.

Includes surprise features from Grammy Award-winning vocalist Gloria Gaynor and Gary Levox of Rascal Flatts.

Twenty One Pilots

Amy Winehouse

FBY/WEA/Fueled Ramen Pop/Rock Available May 21 14107288 $11.99 Written and largely produced in isolation over the course of the past year, this album is the product of long-distance virtual sessions and finds the Grammy Award-winning duo processing their upended routines along with the prevailing emotions of 2020–anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and doubt.

Republic Records Pop/Rock Available May 7 3 Discs 14059123 $29.99 Features tracks from appearances on Later with Jools Holland over the years, notably Amy’s first performance on the show in 2003 with Stronger Than Me. Plus, two performances from the Mercury Prize: Take the Box from 2004 and Love Is a Losing Game from 2007.

Scaled and Icy

Lord Huron Long Lost

Republic Records Pop/Rock Available May 21 14059122 $13.99 In answer to the shutdowns during the pandemic, Lord Huron created a four-part streaming show called Alive from Whispering Pines that included live virtual performances and introduced a fictitious multiverse which is referenced in the new tracks of their fourth studio album.

At the BBC

Blake Shelton

Body Language

Warner Music Nashville Country Available May 21 14110307 $14.99 Guest Artists: The Swon Brothers, Gwen Stefani Country superstar Blake Shelton is back with his first new fulllength album in four years.

The latest from The Voice judge includes the single Happy Anywhere, a collaboration with Gwen Stefani.

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 3

HOT NEW RELEASES The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.

Includes new track co-produced by Billie Eilish’s brother, Finneas

Dreamer Boy

All the Ways We Are Together

slowplay / Harvest Records Pop/Rock Second full-length album from Nashville-based singer and songwriter Zach Taylor, a.k.a. Dreamer Boy. The album is similar to his debut release with its ‘80s-inspired pop blend sound.

14007317 $11.99

AFI

Girl in Red

If I Could Make it Go Quiet

World in Red • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 14047724 $11.99

The album is Girl in Red in its purest elevated form. Betrayal, lust, longing, pulling herself out of a depressive spell– nothing is off limits on If I Could Make It Go Quiet.

Lilith Czar

Created from Filth and Dust

Sumerian Records Pop/Rock Juliet Simms releases a debut album under new pseudonym Lilith Czar, a name inspired by the female equal of Adam and the Russian origin word for ruler. Influenced

by Stevie Nicks, Czar describes the sound of this album as a blend of pop and rock.

14010703 $11.99

Bodies

Rise Records • Pop/Rock California-based rock band AFI is back with their eleventh album, their first new album in four years.

The new release includes the singles Looking Tragic and Begging for Trouble.

Available June 11 14003147 $13.99

Matt Berry

The Blue Elephant

Acid Jazz • Pop/Rock Recorded during the summer of 2020, this album explores themes surrounding today’s close scrutiny in all its bewildering, objectifying, and unnerving experiences, and is a testament to Matt’s exceptional musicianship, production skills, and songwriting prowess.

Available May 14 14065067 $14.99

The Coral

Coral Island

Run On Records in Association with Modern Sky UK • Pop/Rock The wheels rattle into the thrilling unknown on the Coral’s first new music since 2018, a new and vividly evocative body of work from the legendary Merseyside band in the form of their tenth and first-ever double album.

2 Discs 14024653 $17.99

DDG x OG Parker Die 4 Respect

Epic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Blueface, 42 Dugg, 2KBABY Producer OG Parker joins Pontiac, MI, rising rapper DDG in this new joint project that includes new single Rule #1 featuring Lil Yachty. DDG is one of rap’s hottest new artists, having already reached gold-certified status for his single Moonwalking in Calabasas.

Band behind 1995 hit single Roll to Me releases new album!

Available May 14 Parental Advisory 14096975 $12.99

New Order

Education Entertainment Recreation

Rhino/Warner Bros.

Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Joy Division Recorded at a sold-out London’s Alexandra Palace on November 9, 2018.

The set includes all the New Order favorites, such as Blue Monday; True Faith; and Bizarre Love Triangle, as well as four from Joy Division, with Love Will Tear Us Apart closing the show.

Available May 7 2 Discs 14006006 $21.99

Gary Moore How Blue Can You Get

Provogue • Blues Eight previously unreleased songs from legendary guitarist Gary Moore are now available ten years after his passing. The songs include four original tracks plus four songs previously recorded by Elmore James, Sonny Thompson, Memphis Slim, and B.B. King.

Deluxe Edition 14059113 $19.99

Del Amitri

Fatal Mistakes

Cooking Vinyl Limited • Pop/Rock 14093770 $13.99 Returning with their seventh studio album, Del Amitri creates a track collection of bizarre tales of poisoning, pleading, and bitter acceptances, powered by guitars, drums, and keyboards.

4 May 2021 | Sign up to receive our monthly catalogs digitally! Visit go.midwesttape.com/monthlycatalogs to sign up.

HOT NEW RELEASES You’ll want the Deluxe Edition! Includes covers of songs by David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Bruce Springsteen.

Country

Myles Kennedy

The Ides of March

Napalm Records Pop/Rock Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy releases the long-anticipated fulllength follow-up to his 2018 solo debut, Year of the Tiger.

This showcases the organic side of his musical spectrum and one-of-a-kind voice.

Available May 14 Parental Advisory 14003146 $13.99

Damien Jurado

Garbage

No Gods No Masters

Infectious Music • Pop/Rock

Available June 11

Parental Advisory 14097473 $17.99 Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition, 2 Discs 14097472 $23.99

Rise Against

The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania

Maraqopa Records • Folk Contains ten intense stories of people determined not to be broken by dire circumstances. The selfproduced album is sonically among Damien Jurado’s most exposed, homespun ambiance.

Available May 14 14065075 $13.99

Nowhere Generation

Porter Robinson

Available June 4

Mom+Pop • Pop/Rock An album about hope, overcoming despair, faithfully pursuing a sense of purpose, and trying to prove that it’s worthwhile to try. The album came about during a period of intense creative and emotional struggle.

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock Rise Against draws a line in the sand with its blazing and aggressive punk rock, with lyrics that shine a spotlight on the younger generation’s social and economic struggles in pursuit of the American dream.

Parental Advisory 14059124 $14.99

Moby

Reprise

Deutsche Grammophon Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Gregory Porter, Amythyst Kiah, Jim James Together with Deutsche Grammophon, he is releasing an album of his best-known tracks in stunning new arrangements for the classical instrument, featuring Moby himself and a stellar lineup of collaborators from across the musical spectrum.

Available May 28 Deluxe Edition 14090150 $13.99

Nurture

Available May 28 13937010 $13.99

Travis Tritt Set in Stone

Big Noise Music Group • Country

Available May 7 14034161 $12.99 With the release his first new studio album in more than a decade, Travis Tritt embarks on the next chapter of his stellar career.

Armed with his distinctive voice, insightful songwriting, and an outlaw edge, Tritt returns to the signature sound that has served him well for more than three decades.

Ashley Monroe Rosegold

Mountainrose Sparrow, LLC Country Riding the joyful emotional wave that followed the birth of her son, Ashley Monroe create her most ecstatic, blissed-out collection yet. Written and recorded over the past two years, the record finds the Grammy-nominated Nashville star pushing her sound in bold new directions.

14047748 $11.99

Tony Joe White

Yiruma

The Rewritten Memories

Decca • New Age Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut recording, South Korean pianist and composer Yiruma releases his first orchestral studio album. It will feature music from his 20-year career along with recent original music written right before the pandemic.

Smoke from the Chimney

Easy Eye Sound • Country Tony Joe White’s posthumous album brings to life previously unknown home recordings by the legendary songwriter and musician.

Available May 7 14042206 $14.99

Available May 7 14042209 $13.99

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 5

HOT NEW RELEASES The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.

K-Pop ENHYPEN

Border Carnival Available May 14

Second mini-album release from the K-pop seven-member boy band that took the world by storm last year. Three different boxset versions are available with physical CD, deluxe photo book, lyrics book, folded poster, and retail exclusive postcard.

Sir Sly

The Rise & Fall of Loverboy

Cherrytree Records/ Kierszenbaum 33% Pop/Rock Their third studio album documents a period of intense transformation for lead singer and guitarist Landon Jacobs, a journey from selfdestruction to radical self-discovery, offering a real-time portrait of near-catastrophic despair and the gradual reclaiming of purpose and hope.

14007341 $11.99

David Gray Skellig

Hype Version

BELIFT LAB • Pop/Rock 14097490 $35.99

Laugh a Minute Records Pop/Rock A communal soundscape with the atmospheric songs centering themselves around six-part vocals with Gray trading his signature gravel for a softer tone.

Available May 14 13959558 $13.99

Up Version

BELIFT LAB • Pop/Rock 14097491 $35.99

Down Version

BELIFT LAB • Pop/Rock 14097489 $35.99

NU’EST

The 2nd Album ‘Romanticize’

PLEDIS Entertainment Pop/Rock Brand new album from NU’EST (short for Newly Established, Style & Tempo), the K-pop boy band from Seoul who formed in 2012.

Members are Jr., Aron, Baehko, Minhyun, and Ren. Available May 7 This Moment Version 14065074 $31.99

Itzy

Guess Who

Jyp Entertainment Pop/Rock South Korean girl group releases a follow-up album to their 2020 EP Not Shy. The standard edition will include a photobook, physical CD, photocards, poster, and lyric newspaper.

14093776 $27.99

6 May 2021 | midwesttape.com

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

When God Was Great

Hellcat Records • Pop/Rock Credited as one of the ancestors of ska punk and the creators of its subgenre ska-core, the Bosstones have built and continued to build a devoted following with their unique brass-infused brand of punk rock.

Cain

Rise Up

Essential Records Religious The sibling band Cain toes the line between new and nostalgia. Their album exudes warm, analog tones from some of their influences, such as the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, while not neglecting a crisp, current vocal, making something new altogether.

Available May 7 14093307 $8.99

Current Joys Voyager

Secretly Canadian Pop/Rock The seventh abum from Current Joy rattles with the live-wire feeling that’s thrummed through all of Rattigan’s previous releases: quavering, scream-itself-hoarse vocals and selfinterrogation via song. But here, that bristling, sentimental rock n’ roll cacophony is overlaid with a soundtrack orchestra guiding it along.

Available May 14 14065068 $14.99

Winner of Critics Choice Award for Best Score!

Available May 7 14042172 $11.99

Nancy Wilson You and Me

Carry On Music • Pop/Rock With her band Heart, Nancy Wilson has recorded sixteen albums and sold over 35 million albums worldwide. Within that history-making career, this album represents something special, as it is Nancy Wilson’s very first solo studio album.

Available May 7 14042174 $16.99

The Midnight Sky Score Various Artists

ABKCO • Soundtracks

Available May 14 14097482 $16.99 Guest Artists: London Symphony Orchestra Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat worked with the London Symphony Orchestra for the dramatic score.

In-demand titles like these are delivered every week in our Chart Toppers Standing Order Plan.

1

Justin Bieber Justice

Def Jam • Pop/Rock

Parental Advisory 13995399 $13.99 Edited Version 13995400 $13.99 Guest Artists: Chance the Rapper, Benny Blanco Justin Bieber had his eighth chart-topping release with his sixth album.

He also became the first artist to debut at number one on both the Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the same week.

“4 out of 5 stars.

Bieber appears to have rediscovered his mojo, resulting in one of his most focused projects to date.”

- NME

2 3 4 5 Lana Del Rey Morgan Pop Smoke Dua Lipa Chemtrails Shoot for the Future Wallen Over the Country Club

13910840

$13.99

6 Pooh Shiesty

Shiesty Season

Digital album available on hoopla.

10 Luke Combs

What You See Is What You Get

12468738

$9.99

Dangerous The Double Album

2 Discs 13793221

$19.99

7 The Weeknd After Hours

Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99

Stars Aim for the Moon

Parental Advisory 13477288 $13.99

8 Lil Baby My Turn

Parental Advisory 12847090 $11.99

Nostalgia

12810203

$11.99

9 Lil Durk

The Voice

Digital album available on hoopla.

11 12 13 Giveon Juice WRLD Post Malone When It’s All Said and Done...

Take Time

14009367

$11.99

Legends Never Die

Parental Advisory 13578989 $13.99

Hollywood’s Bleeding

Parental Advisory 12454759 $13.99

14 15 16 17 Taylor Swift The Weeknd Ariana Megan Thee Folklore The Highlights Grande Stallion Parental Advisory 13499496 $13.99

Parental Advisory 13928909 $13.99

Positions

Parental Advisory 13660395 $13.99

Good News

Digital album available on hoopla.

Harry Styles Billie Eilish Taylor Swift 18 19 20 21 Machine Fine Line When We All Evermore Gun Kelly 12614206

$10.99

Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

12307484

22 Queen

Greatest Hits We Will Rock You Edition

10117038

$13.99

Parental Advisory 13823352 $13.99

Tickets to My Downfall

Parental Advisory 13547418 $13.99

$13.99

23 24 25 Fleet Foxes Juice WRLD Luke Combs Shore

13888595

$11.99

Goodbye & Good Riddance

Digital album available on hoopla.

All albums highlighted in red are new to the chart toppers page this month

This One’s for You

11883635

$9.99

May 2021 7

TOP MUSIC PICKS Titles people are talking about.

New Re-Recording!

Nick Jonas Spaceman

Island Records • Pop/Rock Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated singersongwriter Nick Jonas returns with his third solo album. He has found a new sonic landscape that felt both fresh and like a nod to the records he loves from the ‘80s.

13988516 $13.99

Taylor Swift

Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

Republic Records • Pop/Rock 2 Discs 13960093 $18.99

Taylor Swift looks back on her artistic past with a re-recording of her second album.

Along with new takes on the album’s songs, there are six additional tracks that she wrote during that time but did not record until now.

Dropkick Murphys Pop/Rock Dropkick Murphys’ new album boots in the front door of 2021, punches listeners square in the face, and says, in the words of Ken Casey, ‘Get up, get out of those sweatpants you’ve been wearing for the last year, better times are ahead. LET‘S F-in’ GO!!’

Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock The third full-length album from rock duo Royal Blood is one of the most anticipated rock releases of 2021. It takes a similar back-to-basics approach to what made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral, and original.

13967568 $11.99

Parental Advisory 14003145 $13.99

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock The sixth album from St. Vincent is the latest facet of an ever-evolving artist regarded by many as the most consistently innovative and intriguing presence in modern music.

Concord Records Pop/Rock The Offspring return with their tenth album, and first new offering since 2008.

The blistering and triumphant release includes the single Let the Bad Times Roll.

Cheap Trick

In Another World

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock Cheap Trick, one of the most influential classic rock groups of the past fifty years, returns with their nineteenth studio album.

Includes the single Light Up the Fire.

13936402 $13.99

Republic Records Pop/Rock After three years, one million concert tickets sold across five continents, four consecutive number one singles, a Grammy Award, and several high-profile TV performances, Greta Van Fleet releases its second album.

13957430 $13.99

Royal Blood

Turn Up That Dial

The Offspring

Available May 14 14007350 $14.99

The Battle at Garden’s Gate

Dropkick Murphys

St. Vincent

Daddy’s Home

Greta Van Fleet

Let the Bad Times Roll

Parental Advisory 13960094 $14.99

Manchester Orchestra

The Million Masks of God

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock Manchester Orchestra’s latest release showcases their strength and boundary-pushing invention and is a testament to the kinship of its songwriting duo.

13960095 $14.99

Typhoons

Country Picks Thomas Rhett

Country Again Side A

Valory • Country Two-time Grammy Award nominee Thomas Rhett is back with his fourth studio album. Along with the single Look What God Gave Her, it includes collaborations with Kelsea Ballerini, Jon Pardi, and Little Big Town.

14010754 $11.99

Rhiannon Giddens They’re Calling Me Home

Nonesuch • Country Rhiannon Giddens is a celebrated artist who excavates the past to reveal bold and candid truths about our present.

Here she collaborates with Italian artist Francesco Turrisi.

13959289 $12.99

8 May 2021 | Sign up to receive our monthly catalogs digitally! Visit go.midwesttape.com/monthlycatalogs to sign up.

Receive titles like these in your login with your Must-Have Music Custom Standing Order Plan! Contact your sales rep today for more info.

TOP MUSIC PICKS

Kaleo

NF

New Elektra • Pop/Rock Icelandic rock band Kaleo has quickly risen to the upper ranks of contemporary alternative rock with the global success of its 2016 breakthrough album, A/B. Now the band is releasing their highly anticipated second album.

13333522 $11.99

NF Real Music • Rap/HipHop Building on the success of Perception and The Search, consecutive number-one Billboard Top 200 albums (both RIAA certified platinum), NF is back with his first-ever mixtape.

13968425 $11.99

Featured on NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

Surface Sounds

Giveon

When It’s All Said and Done...Take Time

Epic • R&B Guest Artist: Snoh Aalegra Recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, Giveon’s soulful new album includes the singles Stuck on You; Heartbreak Anniversary; and Still Your Best.

14009367 $11.99

Clouds (The Mixtape)

FITZ, Fitz and the Tantrums Head Up High

New Elektra • Pop/Rock FITZ, aka Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums, releases his first solo album. With this new music, he introduces another side of himself and his artistry, reaching a new apex of his wonderfully unbelievable journey thus far.

13959288 $11.99

Justin Bieber Justice

Def Jam • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 13995399 $13.99 Edited Version 13995400 $13.99

Guest Artists: Chance the Rapper, Benny Blanco The new album includes the smash singles Holy; Lonely; and the brand new anthem Anyone.

For King & Country

CeCe Winans

Imelda May

Word Entertainment Religious For King & Country release a deluxe edition of their hit album, complete with collaborations with Dolly Parton, Timbaland, Tori Kelly, Kirk Franklin, and more.

Fair Trade/Columbia Religious Gospel music icon CeCe Winans releases her first ever live album, which includes the anthem Never Lost. This contains several of her top hits and several new worship songs performed with her powerful yet soothing signature style.

13945638 $12.99

Verve • Pop/Rock On her sixth album, Imelda May continues to deliver a modern take on classic rock styles.

The album’s first single, Just One Kiss, features Noel Gallagher and Ronnie Wood.

13936339 $13.99

Burn the Ships

Deluxe Edition: Remixes & Collaborations 13936403 $11.99

Pet Shop Boys Discovery Live in Rio

Rhino/Parlophone Pop/Rock Previously only available on VHS, this is the first time that fans will be able to experience this classic concert on CD. Pet Shop Boys decided to focus the two-hour set largely on uplifting songs with a party vibe.

2 Discs 13967565 $29.99

Believe for It

Mick Fleetwood

Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock Legendary drummer Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-akind concert honoring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green, which was held on February 25, 2020, at the London Palladium.

2 Discs 13967566 $16.99

11 Past the Hour

Mat Kearney

January Flower

Tomorrow Music, Inc Pop/Rock With over a million albums already sold, singersongwriter and producer Mat Kearney returns with his new album. The album sees him in his rawest form, distilling the songwriting process and rediscovering the joy of making music.

Available May 21 13938737 $11.99

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 9

ROCK Delayed Van Halen-inspired rock album finally has a release date!

Weezer

Van Weezer

Available May 7

Atlantic 14059106 $11.99 After being delayed, Weezer releases their highly anticipated new album. Featuring a healthy dose of heavy guitars, the band dedicated it to Eddie Van Halen following his passing.

It includes the single The End of the Game.

Also Available: Weezer OK Human

Atlantic 13923536 $12.99

Paul McCartney

Pink Floyd

Capitol Guest Artists: Beck, St. Vincent Personally curated by Paul McCartney, this features an A-list assortment of friends, fans, and brand new acquaintances, each covering and/or reimagining their favorite McCartney III moments in their own signature styles.

Legacy Recordings Previously available as part of the Later Years box set, Pink Floyd’s memorable 1990 concert now is available as a standalone release.

Included are performances of Money; Comfortably Numb; and Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

14042193 $14.99

McCartney III Imagined

Available July 23 14034163 $13.99

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton Forgets the Words

UMe The album features instrumental tributes to some of Peter Frampton’s favorite songs and is the follow-up to his 2007 Grammy Awardwinning instrumental album, Fingerprints.

14007318 $13.99

10 May 2021 | Midwest Tape | 1.800.875.2785

Live at Knebworth 1990

Tom Jones

Surrounded by Time

Curve Records The 42nd album from music icon Tom Jones also serves as the follow-up to the critically acclaimed release Long Lost Suitcase.

It includes the singles One More Cup of Coffee; No Hole in My Head; and Talking Reality Television Blues.

Available May 7 14042192 $13.99

Billy F. Gibbons

Van Morrison

Concord Records Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and ZZ Top frontman Billy F. Gibbons wants to take listeners on a desert trip.

For his solo release, he compiled a group of A-listers, including Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum.

BMG Rights Management (UK) For the release of Van Morrison’s 42nd studio album, there is a real ambition to make a difference by engaging new ears, eyes, and minds to the music.

Hardware

Available June 4 14090149 $14.99

Latest Record Project Volume I

Available May 7 2 Discs 14006007 $17.99

Rock out to titles like these with our monthly Music Genre Custom Standing Order Plans! Call your sales rep and sign up today.

Rise Against

Myles Kennedy

Loma Vista Recordings Rise Against draws a line in the sand with its blazing and aggressive punk rock, with lyrics that shine a spotlight on the younger generation’s social and economic struggles in pursuit of the American dream.

Napalm Records Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy releases the long-anticipated fulllength follow-up to his 2018 solo debut, Year of the Tiger. This showcases the organic side of his musical spectrum and one-of-a-kind voice.

Nowhere Generation

The Ides of March

Available June 4

Available May 14

Parental Advisory 14059124 $14.99

Parental Advisory 14003146 $13.99

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

When God Was Great

Hellcat Records The eleventh studio album from the Bosstones is produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong and Flogging Molly’s Ted Hutt and features guest artists from the many bands that they have influenced.

Available May 7 14042172 $11.99

Mammoth WVH Mammoth WVH

Ex1 Records The debut album from Mammoth WVH, the band created by Wolfgang Van Halen. It embraces many inspirations, including Wolfgang’s father Eddie Van Halen, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and Jimmy Eat World.

Available June 11 Parental Advisory 13959291 $12.99

Juliana Hatfield Blood

American Laundromat Records Juliana Hatfield’s nineteenth solo studio album of originals is a deep dive into the dark side. It is a brutal and critical look at modern human psychology and behavior, at personal and societal sickness.

ROCK Fall 2021 Tour Announced!

Dinosaur Jr.

Sweep It Into Space

Jagjaguwar 14003148 $14.99

The fifth studio album from Dinosaur Jr. is a masterpiece of zoned dialing. The band expands upon their personal universe without ever losing their central core.

The album also includes contributions from Kurt Vile.

Available May 14 13958171 $14.99

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Carnage

Goliath Ent Written, recorded, and completed during lockdown, this is the first studio album from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis working together outside of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Released digitally in February 2021, it is now available on CD. Available May 28 14006022 $13.99

Julia Stone

Sixty Summers

BMG Rights Management (Australia) Pty Ltd. Guest Artist: Matt Berninger The scope of Julia Stone’s third solo album is dizzyingly vast, miles away from her past work. Where previous records found her grappling with the natural darkness that comes with loving too much, this finds her claiming every part of herself.

Parental Advisory 14006010 $13.99

St. Vincent

Lord Huron

Nancy Wilson

Loma Vista Recordings The sixth album from St. Vincent is the latest facet of an ever-evolving artist regarded by many as the most consistently innovative and intriguing presence in modern music.

Republic Records Lord Huron has often tried to uncover the past of their studio, Whispering Pines, without much success.

Instead, they decided to imagine what has gone on in the studio, who has passed through, and that is how their fourth album was created.

Carry On Music With her band Heart, Nancy Wilson has recorded sixteen albums and sold over 35 million albums worldwide. Within that history-making career, this album represents something special, as it is Nancy Wilson’s very first solo studio album.

Daddy’s Home

Available May 14 14007350 $14.99

Long Lost

Available May 21 14059122 $13.99

You and Me

Available May 7 14042174 $16.99

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 11

COUNTRY Tony Joe White

Ashley Monroe

Easy Eye Sound Tony Joe White’s posthumous album brings to life previously unknown home recordings by the legendary songwriter and musician.

Mountainrose Sparrow, LLC Written and recorded over the past two years, the record finds the Grammynominated Nashville star pushing her sound in bold new directions on an album inspired by the birth of her son.

Smoke from the Chimney

Available May 7 14042206 $14.99

Alan Jackson

Where Have You Gone

UMG Nashville

Available May 14 14090148 $17.99 Alan Jackson’s brand new studio album is his first country release in over five years.

One of the tracks, Where Her Heart Has Always Been, was written for his mother’s funeral while two others were written for his daughters’ weddings.

Travis Tritt

Set in Stone

Big Noise Music Group With the release of his first new studio album in more than a decade, Travis Tritt embarks on the next chapter of his career.

Armed with his distinctive voice, insightful songwriting, and outlaw edge, he returns to his signature sound.

Available May 7 14034161 $12.99

Rosegold

2 Discs 14047748 $11.99

Ronnie Milsap A Better Word for Love

Black River Entertainment Guest Artist: Vince Gill Country Music Hall of Fame legend Ronnie Milsap follows up his all-star Duets album with a ten-song slice of the soul country he’s inhabited for the last half-century.

14047746 $12.99

Mandy Barnett

CHRISTIAN Glorious Church

Annie Moses Band

Gaither Music Group This release sees Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends sharing the stage for a sing-along, hand-clappin’ good time. It captures melodies of joy and moments of laughter from some of gospel music’s legendary artists.

14034162 $11.99

Gaither Music Group They’ve been hailed as the ‘First Family of American Music,’ and now, on this album, Annie Moses Band takes listeners beyond the bright lights of the Grand Ole Opry and Carnegie Hall to hear their story.

14007311 $13.99

Various Artists

Elizabeth King Living in the Last Days

Bible and Tire Recording Co. At 79 years young, the legendary D-Vine Spirituals queen, Elizabeth King, has reemerged as a shining light in the Memphis soul-gospel scene. This is her first album release.

14003509 $12.99

12 May 2021 | Midwest Tape | 1.800.875.2785

Tales from My Grandpa’s Pulpit

The Gaither Vocal Band

That’s Gospel, Brother

Gaither Music Group Guest Artists: Tony Lucido, Kelly Back Gospel Music Hall of Famers the Gaither Vocal Band continue to raise the standard of benchmark energy and offers messages of hope and encouragement.

13938735 $13.99

Every Star Above

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Critically lauded as one of the most talented vocalists in contemporary music, Mandy Barnett makes her grand entrance into the world of Great American Songbook standards with her new release.

Available May 7 14006008 $13.99

Grace Pettis

Working Woman

SoNo Recording Group Guest Artist: Dar Williams Grace Pettis’s new album includes contributions from Indigo Girls, Ruthie Foster, the Watson Twins, and more. Powerful songs span styles from rocking alt-country to neo-folk, raising up the voices of women everywhere with swagger and soul.

Available May 7 14042204 $12.99

Don’t miss a release in this popular series with the Adult Music Series Standing Order Plan.

NOW That’s What I Call Music 78

NOW That’s What I Call A Decade! 1990s

Various Artists

NOW! Music Pop/Rock 14034251 $18.99 Features major current hits from today’s hottest artists in the worlds of pop, hip-hop, rock, country, and more.

Various Artists

NOW! Music Pop/Rock 14034252 $18.99 Travel back to the era of Beanie Babies, grunge, and slap bracelets with a new collection featuring some of the biggest hits from the ‘90s.

SOUNDTRACKS A Week Away Music from the Netflix Film

I’m Going to Break Your Heart

Maisie Music • Soundtracks Featuring original songs written by Adam Watts as well as reimagined songs from some of the biggest hits in contemporary Christian music history.

14065072 $11.99

MRI Associated Labels Soundtracks Moon Vs. Sun is the duo of Our Lady Peace lead singer Raine Maida and singersongwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. This CD features music from the documentary that chronicles the ups and downs in their nearly two-decade -ong marriage.

14034265 $15.99

Various Artists

Moon Vs Sun

Nomadland Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Judas and the Black Messiah The Inspired Album

Decca • Soundtracks Nominated for six Academy Awards, the soundtrack the acclaimed film starring Frances McDormand features breathtaking music from Ludovico Einaudi and Olafur Arnalds.

14085033 $13.99

Six Course Music Group/RCA Records • Rap/Hip-Hop This collection features songs inspired by the film from artists including Rhapsody, Nas, Jay-Z, Nipsey Hussle, BJ the Chicago Kid, and more.

Available May 14 Parental Advisory 14085038 $14.99

Various Artists

Various Artists

Hemingway A Film

by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Original Music from the PBS Documentary Various Artists

In a Circle Records Soundtracks Artists: Gyan Riley, Shanir Blumenkranz Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer and violinist Johnny Gandelsman, this album features stirring and evocative original music inspired by one of America’s greatest writers.

13959266 $14.99

Godzilla Vs. Kong Original Score Tom Holkenborg

Watertower Music Soundtracks The original score to this spectacular battle for the ages features exciting music from the film created by Grammynominated multi-platinum producer, musician, composer, and educator Tom Holkenborg.

14065061 $15.99

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 13

CLASSICAL New work from Arcade Fire violinist.

Mozart Die Zauberflöte Various Artists

Decca Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa, Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle A rare operatic gem receives its first ever CD release.

This features an all-star cast of Kiri Te Kanawa, Peter Hofmann, Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Kurt Moll, and Jose Van Dam

Featuring The Lonely Night with Kris Kristofferson and more!

2 Discs 14007344 $13.99

Detritus

Sarah Neufeld

Paper Bag Records

Available May 14

14047747 $10.99 Internationally renowned violinist and composer Sarah Neufeld’s new solo album is the direct result of a significant collaboration with celebrated choreographer Peggy Baker on the acclaimed dance piece Who We Are in the Dark.

Passione

Freddie de Tommaso

Beethoven Wagner - Verdi

Lise Davidsen & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Decca Recorded in London during the summer and autumn of 2020, Lise Davidsen is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder on this new record featuring her acclaimed vocal style.

14042201 $13.99

Debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart!

Decca Artists: London Philharmonic Orchestra Freddie de Tommaso is a thrilling young tenor with a dynamic voice. His debut album pays homage to his great hero Franco Corelli, as well as Mario Lanza, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Enrico Caruso, the father of all modern tenors.

Albrecht Mayer & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Deutsche Grammophon Albrecht Mayer’s latest is inspired by his lifelong love for the music of Mozart. Featuring a world premiere recording and several new arrangements of Mozart’s most famous pieces, it is made in partnership with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

14042199 $16.99

Moby

Deutsche Grammophon

Available May 28 Deluxe Edition 14090150 $13.99

Guest Artists: Gregory Porter, Jim James Moby releases an album of his best-known tracks in stunning new arrangements for the classical instrument, featuring himself and a stellar lineup of collaborators from across the musical spectrum.

Franz Schmidt Complete Symphonies Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Deutsche Grammophon Stunning new live recording of a composer whose ‘rediscovering’ in the last few years has continued to excite audiences enriching their account of the music of the late romantic/early modern period.

Available May 7 14042207 $13.99

Mozart Works for Oboe and Orchestra

Reprise

The Drop That Contained the Sea Various Artists

Decca Gold 14007348 $13.99

Artists: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The title comes from a Sufi concept: in the same way that every drop of water contains the essence of the sea, inside every human is the essence of all of humanity. Features an all-star collection of classical and world music artists.

3 Discs 14007313 $39.99

Album Für Die Frau Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton

BIS In an imaginative recital, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton combine songs by Robert and Clara Schumann into something similar: the depiction of a relationship seen through the eyes of a married couple.

14024622 $19.99

14 May 2021 | Sign up to receive our monthly catalogs digitally! Visit go.midwesttape.com/monthlycatalogs to sign up.

CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS Awesome!

Jesse Jukebox

Self Produced Jesse Jukebox turns ADHD childhood memories into a collection of songs for kids of all ages.

13801655 $13.99

The Wiggles We’re All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles’ Greatest Hits The Wiggles

ABC (Australian) 13988586 $12.99

It is the sixth ‘Best Of’ album set to be released. The Wiggles announced this album on January 27, 2021. But unlike the others, this time some of the songs were picked by public vote online.

Under the Pepper Tree Kidz Bop All-Time Greatest Hits KIDZ BOP Kids

KIDZ BOP KIDZ BOP’s family-friendly new album compiles the biggest hits of this millennium, hits sung by kids for kids. Featuring kid-friendly versions of songs such as I Gotta Feeling; Call Me Maybe; Happy; and Old Town Road.

13936338 $10.99

Let’s Go, Pistachio!

Smithsonian Folkways Guest Artists: The War and Treaty, Ed Helms Debut release from the duo of songwriter Kristin Andreassen and child psychiatrist Kari Groff, MD. Brimming with uplifting and empowering songs, this invites listeners to think deeply on the emotions that come with growing up.

13786351 $14.99

With the nostalgic and gentle album, Sara Watkins offers a comforting record for those moments as daily rhythms fade into nightly rituals and when a child’s imagination comes to life.

The Laurie Berkner Band

CD Baby Kelli Welli’s new album combines hints of country with plenty of good humor.

It includes the track Kickin’ It with My Chicken.

13978805 $14.99

The Bright Siders

Guest Artists: Nickel Creek, I’m With Her

Let’s Go!

Kelli Welli

A Mind of Your Own

Sara Watkins

New West Records 13957445 $13.99

Concord Music Group Inc. Laurie Berkner’s fourteenth album showers her ever-growing list of fans with an inspiring array of original, interactive songs in her signature style, famous for its clarity, warmth, and wisdom.

13921431 $10.99

Putumayo Kids Presents Yoga Dreamland Various Artists

Putumayo World Music 13967561 $14.99

Artists: Nitin Sawhney, Aiko Shimada Tranquil music from around the world for yoga, relaxation, and bedtime. Includes music from Lodoe, Peter Kater, Michael Brant DeMaria, Marta Gomez, and more.

Best of GoNoodle GoNoodle

Verve Music Group For the first time in one place, enjoy fourteen of the most popular songs from GoNoodle bands like Blazer Fresh and Moose Tube, beloved by kids and their grownups 13660041 $13.99

For all titles in this catalog, click Cat2Cart on midwesttape.com | May 2021 15

Visit the NEW hoopla Resource Center!

Find how-to guides, videos, and more campaign support materials to share with staff and patrons.

Welcome to the Resource Center

Just Added: Summer Reading Campaign Materials

To learn more, please visit resources.hoopladigital.com.

Tap into Discovery.

Instantly Read, Listen, and Watch with Your Library Card.