[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
RELEASE: Spellbound: The Collection
BACKSTORY: The Banshees this week release a new budget-priced, 18-track compilation in the U.K. featuring “Peek-A-Boo,” “Hong Kong Garden,” “Cities in Dust,” “Kiss Them For Me,” “Happy House” and much more.
BUY: Amazon.co.uk
Alison Moyet
RELEASE: minutes and seconds — live
BACKSTORY: Released in the U.K. last fall, Alison Moyet’s new live album arrives in the U.S. this week, featuring performances of solo cuts and Yazoo classics such as “Situation,” “Only Love” and more.
BUY: Amazon.com
Sparks
RELEASE: Kimono My House
BACKSTORY: The third Sparks album receives a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue this week, with the newly remastered album paired with a second LP featuring previously unreleased demos from the Mael brothers.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Bryan Ferry
RELEASE: Avonmore
BACKSTORY: The Roxy Music frontman’s 14th solo album, which was released on CD and digitally last November, arrives in a new vinyl pressing this week in both the U.S. and U.K.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk