Release Day Picks: November 18th New Album Highlights

Each week Release Day Picks profiles new LPs and EPs Team JamBase will be checking out on release day Friday. This week we highlight new albums by Metallica, Ween, The Who and Justice. Read on for more insight into the records we have all queued up to spin.

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Metallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct

The Scoop: Today heavy metal legends Metallica unveil Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, the band’s 10th studio album. Metallica had gone eight years since the release of their last studio effort, 2008’s Death Magnetic. The group worked with producer Greg Fidelman on 12 new songs that span nearly 80 minutes of music across two discs. All 12 tracks are credited to founding members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, (bassist Robert Trujillo received a co-writing credit with the pair on “ManUNkind”) which makes the LP the first not to feature a contribution from Kirk Hammett since he joined Metallica. Watch the official music video for “Hardwired”:

Label: Blackened Recordings

Producers: Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich

Number Of Tracks: 12 (2CD Edition)

Running Time: 77:26 (2CD Edition)

Guest Musicians: N/A

Tracklist:

1. Hardwired
2. Atlas, Rise!
3. Now That We’re Dead
4. Moth Into Flame
5. Am I Savage?
6. Halo On Fire

Disc Two

1. Confusion
2. Dream No More
3. ManUNkind
4. Here Comes Revenge
5. Murder One
6. Spit Out The Bone

Disc Three (Deluxe Edition Only)

1. Lords Of Summer
2. Riff Charge (Riff Origins)
3. N.W.O.B.H.M. A.T.M. (Riff Origins)
4. Tin Shot (Riff Origins)
5. Plow (Riff Origins)
6. Sawblade (Riff Origins)
7. RIP (Riff Origins)
8. Lima (Riff Origins)
9. 91 (Riff Origins)
10. MTO (Riff Origins)
11. RL72 (Riff Origins)
12. Frankenstein (Riff Origins)
13. CHI (Riff Origins)
14. X Dust (Riff Origins)

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Ween – GodWeenSatan Live

The Scoop: Just days after the tragic 9/11 attacks Ween was slated to perform at John & Peter’s in their hometown of New Hope, Pennsylvania to celebrate the re-release of their debut album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness. The band debated whether to go ahead with the concert and eventually decided to play. Ween wound up performing each and every track from their debut LP before a grateful crowd, who were happy to have an escape from the horrors of the previous few days. Today Ween unveils a never-before-heard recording of the entire show they played at John & Peter’s on September 14, 2001 as GodWeenSatan Live. The LP marks the first live release from the group in eight years. Listen to “Bumblebee” from the September 14, 2001 concert:

Label: ATO Records

Number Of Tracks: 26

Guest Musicians: N/A

Tracklist:

1. You Fucked Up
2. Tick
3. I’m In The Mood To Move
4. I Gots A Weasel
5. Fat Lenny
6. Cold & Wet
7. Bumblebee
8. Don’t Laugh (I Love You)
9. Never Squeal
10. Up On The Hill
11. Wayne’s Pet Youngin’
12. Nicole
13. Common Bitch
14. El Camino
15. Old Queen Cole
16. Nan
17. Licking The Palm For Guava
18. Mushroom Festival In Hell
19. L.M.L.Y.P.
20. Papa Zit
21. Old Man Thunder
22. Birthday Boy
23. Blackjack
24. Squelch The Weasel
25. Marble Tulip Juicy Tree
26. Puffy Cloud

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The Who – My Generation Deluxe

The Scoop: Veteran British rockers The Who‘s massive reissue of their 1965 debut album My Generation features three previously unreleased songs from the era. New mixes, alternate takes and other bonus tracks highlight the new edition of the landmark LP. Guitarist Pete Townshend recently discovered tapes in his archive last year and realized demos of “The Girls I Could Have Had,” “As Children We Grew” and “My Own Love” were songs even his band mates had not heard. The deluxe release comes with a new stereo remix featuring new overdubs by Townshend using the exact same guitars and amps as he did in 1965 and frontman Roger Daltrey utilizing the same type of microphone. Stream the demo for “The Girls I Could Have Had”:

https://open.spotify.com/track/297R6emA5Whw1G9NHYLPYL

Label: Geffen/Polydor Ltd.

Producer: Shel Talmy (original), Bob Pridden and Robert Whittaker

Number Of Tracks: 79

Running Time: 3:58:02

Guest Musicians: Perry Ford, Nicky Hopkins, The Ivy League, Jimmy Page

Tracklist:

CD1: Original album (mono mixes)

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. It’s Not True
10. I’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox

CD2: Original album (new stereo mixes)

1. Out In The Street
2. I Don’t Mind
3. The Good’s Gone
4. La-La-La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. It’s Not True
10. I’m A Man
11. A Legal Matter
12. The Ox

CD3: Mono mixes – bonus tracks

1. I Can’t Explain
2. Bald Headed Woman
3. Daddy Rolling Stone
4. Leaving Here
5. Lubie, Come Back Home
6. Shout And Shimmy
7. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
8. Motoring
9. Anytime You Want Me
10. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
11. Instant Party Mixture
12. Circles
13. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (French EP Mix)
14. Out In the Street (Alt guitar break)
15. Out In the Street (Alt early vocal)
16. I Don’t Mind (Full Length)
17. The Good’s Gone (Full Length)
18. My Generation (Alt version)
19. I’m A Man (V2 – Early vocal)
20. Daddy Rolling Stone (alt. take)
21. Lubie (Alt Mix)
22. Shout And Shimmy (Alt mix)
23. Circles (Alt Mix)

CD4: Stereo mixes – bonus tracks

1. Out In The Street (Alt – Take 1)
2. I Don’t Mind (Full Length Version)
3. The Good’s Gone (Full Length Version)
4. My Generation (Instrumental Version)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Alt – Take 1)
6. I Can’t Explain
7. Bald Headed Woman
8. Daddy Rolling Stone
9. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt version)
10. Leaving Here
11. Lubie, Come Back Home
12. Shout And Shimmy
13. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
14. Motoring
15. Anytime You Want Me
16. Instant Party Mixture
17. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
18. Circles (New Mix)
19. Daddy Rolling Stone (Alt Take B – New Mix)
20. Out In The Street (Alt Take 2)
21. I’m A Man (Alt – New Mix)

CD5: Primal Scoop – The Demos

1. My Generation (V 3)
2. My Generation (V 2 – fragment)
3. The Girls I Could’ve Had
4. It’s Not True
5. As Children We Grew
6. Legal Matter
7. Sunrise (V 1)
8. Much Too Much
9. My Own Love
10. La-La-La- Lies
11. The Good’s Gone

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Justice – Woman

The Scoop: The third album by French dance duo Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé, Woman comes five years after their 2011 sophomore LP Audio, Video, Disco. A number of guest vocalists joined Justice including Zoot Woman’s Johnny Blake, fellow Frenchman Romuald and Diamond Nights’ Morgan Phalen. Check out one of the LP’s three singles via “Randy” with Phalen on vocals:

Label: Ed Banger Records/Because Music

Producer: Xavier de Rosnay, Gaspard Augé

Number Of Tracks: 10

Running Time: 54:10

Guest Musicians: Morgan Phalen, M. Yaman, Johnny Blake, Romuald

Tracklist:

1. Safe And Sound
2. Pleasure
3. Alakazam!
4. Fire
5. Stop
6. Chorus
7. Randy
8. Heavy Metal
9. Love S.O.S.
10. Close Call

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Compiled by Andy Kahn and Scott Bernstein.