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Hot New, p5
Rock, p8
Country & Folk, p11
Music Buyer’s Guide February 2022
New Look! Same Expert Curation.
Singer-songwriter presents a collection of his most popular love songs. CD Available February 11. See page 3 for details.
NOW! That’s What I Call Music The popular music series is back with two new collections of hits. Make sure your shelves always have the most recent volumes with our Music Series Standing Order Plan. Featuring modern classics from Outkast, Snoop Dogg, Chamillionaire, and others.
81 NOW • Pop/Rock Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, the Weeknd The popular music series returns with a new collection featuring Doja Cat’s Need to Know; Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits; the Weeknd’s Take My Breath; Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s Industry Baby; and more. 14744567 $18.99
Includes tracks from Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, and more.
2000’s Hip Hop NOW • Rap/Hip-Hop Artists: Nelly, DMX Relive one of the biggest decades in hip-hop with a collection featuring Outkast’s Ms. Jackson; Ja Rule’s Always on Time; Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It’s Hot; and many more. 14744566 $18.99
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First New (First time in catalog) Gold Artist Platinum Artist Multi-Platinum Artist Reissue New to Midwest Tape
Best of February
Jason Mraz Lalalalovesongs
for King & Country What Are We Waiting for?
Atlantic Catalog Group • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Colbie Caillat
Word Entertainment • Religious
The greatest love songs from Jason Mraz in one collection featuring I’m Yours; I Won’t Give Up; Lucky; Love Someone; and many more timeless hits and fan favorites. $12.99 14760924
After releasing a Christmas album in 2018, for KING & COUNTRY return with a brand-new studio album. The first single, Relate, was the duo’s seventh consecutive number one single on the Christian AC Airplay Chart. 14783528 $11.99
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11
AVAILABLE MARCH 11
PA
A collection of Jason Mraz’s top love songs.
GA
New album includes the chart-topping single Relate.
Lil Baby & Lil Durk The Voice of the Heroes
Charli XCX Crash
Quality Control Music; LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop
Atlantic • Pop/Rock
Lil Baby and Lil Durk have unleashed their long-awaited, highly anticipated, album with the Atlanta and Chicago rap giants teaming up for a supercharged project that features the likes of Travis Scot, Meek Mill, Young Thug; and Rod Wave. $13.99 14760927 PARENTAL ADVISORY
The new album from Charli XCX was named as one of Pitchfork’s 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022. Her latest includes the song New Shapes, a collaboration with Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek. $8.99 14763837 PARENTAL ADVISORY
MPA
AVAILABLE MARCH 18
Digital release now available on CD!
Featuring the tracks New Shapes and Good Ones.
The Weeknd Dawn FM
Kanye West Donda
Xo Records • R&B Guest Artists: Lil Wayne, Tyler, The Creator
Def Jam Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: André 3000, Kid Cudi
Just a few weeks into the new year, the Weeknd returns with a brand-new album. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s After Hours comes with the new single Take My Breath. 14795799 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY 14795800 $13.99 EDITED VERSION MPA
Kanye West delivers a deluxe edition of his record-breaking, chart-topping album, featuring four bonus tracks plus fan-favorite verses from Andre 3000, Kid Cudi, and more. 14799640 $18.99 2 Discs DELUXE EDITION AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11 MPA
Kanye’s digital release comes to CD.
“4 out of 5 stars…a refreshingly light and accessible listen.” - Rolling Stone
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Hot New Releases
Video also available: Summer of Soul DVD 14774850 $15.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 8
Soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary by Questlove.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Legacy Recordings • Soundtracks Artists: B. B. King, The 5th Dimension Recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, these live performances have not been heard in over fifty years. This album brings a lost moment in musical history to light. 14744564 $12.99
Dustin Lynch Blue in the Sky Broken Bow Records • Country Guest Artists: Chris Lane, Riley Green Country music star Dustin Lynch is back with the follow-up to his 2020 album Tullahoma. This includes his charttopping duet with Mackenzie Porter, Thinking ‘Bout You. 14794535 $13.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11
Roc Nation • Soundtracks Soundtrack to the Netflix film featuring the title track from Koffee; Guns Go Bang from Kid Cudi/Jay-Z; Better than Gold from Barrington Levy; Blackskin Mile from CeeLo Green; and more! 14789956 $11.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Luis Fonsi Ley de Gravedad
Alicia Keys Keys
Universal Music Latino • Latin Guest Artists: Farruko, Nicky Jam
RCA Records • R&B
The new studio album from global superstar, Latin Grammy winner, and three-time Grammy nominee Luis Fonsi includes the hits Vacio; Date La Vuelta, Girasoles; Besame; and more. 14770577 $11.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11 4
The Harder They Fall Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists
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Keys’s eighth album and follow-up to the 2020 Alicia is a 26-track double album that features a collaboration with Brandi Carlile. 14810340 $13.99 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11
Top music titles. / Hot New Releases Matrix Resurrections Original Motion Picture Score Various Artists
Rufus du Sol Surrender
WaterTower Music • Soundtracks
Released digitally in late 2021, the new Rufus du Sol album includes the Grammy Award-nominated track Alive. 14789939 $18.99
Reprise • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Curtis Harding
Features the music of Golden Globe nominees Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer. The album also features eleven remixes from Marcel Dettmann, Modema, Thomas Fehlmann, System 01, Gudrun Gut, and many other well-known DJs. 14789938 $20.99 2 Discs
Foxes The Kick
Grammy Award nominee now available on CD.
Run Rose Run
Dolly Parton partners with James Patterson on this unique project!
PIAS America • Pop/Rock Inspired by the desire for freedom that the world collectively shared over the last eighteen months of lockdowns, Foxes naturally pivoted the sonics to feed that escapism and create a record that feels close to her euphoric pop roots. $14.99 14733683 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11
Robert Glasper Black Radio III Concord • Jazz Nine years after the release of Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper returns with a new album in the series. This new release promises to build upon the innovations from the previous Grammy Award-winning efforts. $15.99 14787814 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25
CD by Dolly Parton
Butterfly Records • Country
Sebastian Yatra Dharma Universal Music Latino • Latin Guest Artists: Jorge Celedon, Rosario Sebastián Yatra’s true talent is in his vocal transformation and ability to use his voice to transcend genres. He has redefined the romantic ballad with pop and reggaeton fusion, once again pleasing his fans with this new album. 14738943 $11.99
The companion album to the new novel with the same name, partnered with author James Patterson. Parton’s new album is a mix of country, bluegrass, and Americana. 14810336 $12.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 4
Audiobook by James Patterson AB CD 12 Discs AB Flex Metered 24 Mo. eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE MARCH 7
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$49.99 $65.00 $65.00
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Rock
Includes collaborations with Bruce Springsteen.
John Mellencamp Strictly a One-Eyed Jack Republic Records Guest Artist: Bruce Springsteen John Mellencamp releases the follow-up to his 2018 album Other People’s Stuff. His 25th studio album features three collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, including the landmark duet Wasted Days. 14742464 $13.99
Tears for Fears The Tipping Point
Mitski Laurel Hell
Concord Records
Dead Oceans, Inc.
Tears for Fears release their first new album in nearly two decades, an inspired song cycle that vividly recalls the depth and emotional force of the group’s earliest triumphs.
With this release, Mitski cements her reputation as an artist in possession of such power, capable of using her talent to perform the alchemy that turns the most savage and alienated experiences into the very elixir that cures them.
14621368 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25
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Jack White Fear of the Dawn
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Third Man
Guest Artists: Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
The fourth studio album from Jack White, founding member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather. True to his DIY roots, this album was recorded at White’s Third Man Studio throughout 2021.
It’s been a decade since Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators released their first album together. True to the band’s expanding legacy, this new album is everything fans have come to expect, with a touch of something new. $16.99 14738930 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11
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14733677 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4
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14768402 $14.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 8
Country & Folk Old Crow Medicine Show Paint This Town ATO Records Offers a riveting glimpse into American mythology and the wildly colorful characters in it. This pays homage to everyone from Elvis Presley to Eudora Welty while shedding a bright light on the darker aspects of the country’s legacy. 14742463 $13.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 22
Tony Awardwinning creator of Hadestown.
Jamestown Revival Young Man Jamestown Revival Recordings The first Jamestown Revival album recorded in a proper studio and featuring fiddle on all tracks, and the album features no electric guitar whatsoever. It is a body of work that incorporates sounds from all aspects of Americana music. 14737844
$11.99
Anais Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell BMG Rights Management
In 2006, Anais Mitchell began work on what would become the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical phenomenon Hadestown. Now, she returns with her first solo album since 2012. This includes collaborations with Bon Iver and the National. 14760964 $14.99
Yonder Mountain String Band Get Yourself Outside
Grace Cummings Storm Queen
Frog Pad Records
Over the course of eleven feverishly composed folk songs, Grace Cummings explores a vast and volatile emotional landscape, approaching each track with both exquisite control and unfettered abandon.
With their latest album, Colorado-based quintet Yonder Mountain String Band once again echoes out into the universe its place as not only a pioneering jamgrass act, but also one of the most innovative, intricate groups in the live music scene. 14770557
ATO Records
14719616
$12.99
$11.99
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Aaron Lewis Frayed at Both Ends
Craig Morgan God, Family, Country
Valory
Broken Bow Records
The album is Aaron Lewis’s measure of the wages of being a grown-up in today’s world, an American in a nation torn apart, and a man seeking love and redemption in the words of his songs.
Following a digital release in 2020, Craig Morgan’s hit album is now available for fans to enjoy, complete with the single The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost.
14688543 $10.99 DELUXE EDITION
14720822
$14.99
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