Word: cd
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...haven't lost her as a vocalist. On July 18, EMI Records will release Dreaming of You, a half English, half Spanish pop album that was completed after Selena's death. The CD will undoubtedly bring her music to a far wider audience than she ever had when she was alive. That should not be surprising. The music world has long been fascinated with performers cut off in their prime; death, the old saying goes, is frequently a good career move...
Posthumous albums can mean big money. The grunge band Nirvana sold more than 7 million copies of its Unplugged CD, released after the group's lead singer, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide last year. Selena's Spanish-language albums have sold 2.5 million copies since her death. Then there's the inevitable merchandising. The new retrospective album of reggae great Bob Marley, Natural Mystic, contains three full pages in the liner notes plugging "Bob Marley Official Merchandise," such as T shirts and knit caps. And continuing enthusiasm for Hendrix--he sold 3.5 million albums last year--has spawned a virtual cottage...
...thought of record-company executives altering their unfinished work after their death. In life Marvin Gaye fought Motown Records to release his classic, risk-taking soul album What's Going On just the way he wanted it. But in September, Motown will bring out a promising Gaye tribute CD on which other performers, from Madonna to Lisa Stansfield, offer renditions of his greatest songs, many drawn from that album. One track features Bono (of the Irish rock group U2), singing Save the Children as a haunting, elegiac duet with Gaye, whose vocals have been culled from an old recording...
Judging from the thoughtful, involving songs on Mirror Ball, something good must have been happening. Most of the songs are burly rock 'n' roll, with operatic guitar solos and propulsive drumming. Thematically, the CD portrays a world too hurt to feel, too overloaded with information to think. On I'm the Ocean, Young, in his nasally tenor, sings "Need distraction/ Need romance and candlelight/ Need random violence/ Need Entertainment Tonight." Several songs appear to allude to the suicide of rock star Kurt Cobain. On Peace & Love, for example, Young performs a duet with Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder that...
...bring every single CD you own. Not only is good music essential for studying, but it's a must for impromptu dorm parties. Besides, you and your roommates can tape each other's best albums...