Midwest Tape January 2023 Music Catalog

Maneskin

Hardy The Mockingbird & the Crow

Big Loud Records • Country

Guest Artists: Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson

Hardy charges into uncharted territory, marrying country and rock in a two-part, 17-track duality showcase, mastering the sounds and themes of both the influences he grew up listening to with the life he grew up living.

15537462 $14.99

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AVAILABLE JANUARY 20

Roddy Ricch Feed Tha Streets

III

Atlantic Mod • Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: Lil Durk, Ty Dolla $ign

Roddy Ricch has shared his longanticipated new project, which features the track Twin as well as collaborations with Lil Durk and Ty Dolla Sign.

15588814 $13.99

Quando Rondo & YoungBoy Never Broke Again

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Atlantic Mod • Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artist: Lul Timm

Quando Rondo and YoungBoy

Never Broke Again release their highly anticipated collab mixtape. The 16-track project is a mix of assertive and introspective, giving fans a taste of the versatility both artists have to offer.

15579538 $13.99

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Jacquees

Sincerely for You

Republic Records • R&B

Jacquees releases his third studio album, which features 17 tracks and collaborations with Dreezy, Tory Lanez, 21 Savage, and Future, who also produced the album.

15537487 $13.99

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Lukas Graham 4

(The Pink Album)

Warner Records • Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: Khalid, G-Eazy, Mickey Guyton

The 11-song set details the Danish pop singer-songwriter’s journey of self-discovery over the years, making this his most authentic and reflective work to date.

15579539 $8.99

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AVAILABLE JANUARY 20

Maneskin Rush!

Arista • Pop/Rock

Critically acclaimed four-piece rock band Maneskin releases their highly anticipated new album, featuring the tracks Kool Kids and The Loneliest.

15537482 $12.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 20

First new album in six years.

Shania Twain

Queen of Me

Republic Records • Country Shania Twain’s sixth original full-length album is her most triumphant-feeling body of work: an album about standing in your own power and worshipping yourself. Includes the single Waking Up Dreaming 15487527 $13.99 P arental Advisory

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 3

Metro Boomin

Heroes & Villains

Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop

Metro Boomin’s long-awaited sophomore album comes with collaborations with Chris Brown, Future, 21 Savage, Young Nudy, Travis Scott, and Mustafa. 15527026 $13.99

Elle King Come Get Your Wife

RCA Records • Country

Guest Artists: Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley

Elle King is a musically and personally fearless woman. With her first country album, she sharpens her gaze, digs into her roots, puts her banjo front and center, and creates a record that’s as alive and electric as she is.

15588819 $13.99

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AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

Iggy Pop

EVERY LOSER

Atlantic • Pop/Rock

Iggy Pop has never showed signs of slowing down in his decades-long career. Here, he adds another chapter with the follow-up to his acclaimed 2019 album, Free 15514435 $12.99

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AVAILABLE JANUARY 6

Russell Dickerson Russell Dickerson

Triple Tigers • Country

Guest Artist: Jake Scott

Russell Dickerson has established himself as a prolific songwriter and powerhouse showman through good old-fashioned performances and eloquent songcraft spiked with spirit. 15496403 $12.99

KIDZ BOP Kids KIDZ BOP 2023

KIDZ BOP • Children’s

The biggest KIDZ BOP album of the year is here! With today’s biggest pop hits, sung by kids for kids, including About That Time; Sunroof; and Late Night Talking. 15551476 $10.99

AVA ILABLE JANUARY 20

DJ Premier Hip Hop 50

Volume 1 EP

Mass Appeal • Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: Remy Ma, Rapsody

DJ Premier releases an EP featuring five new tracks and their instrumental counterparts. Included are collaborations with Slick Rick, Lil Wayne, Remy Ma, Nas, Run the Jewels, and more.

15499624 $12.99

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Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 17 Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions

Columbia/Legacy • Pop/Rock

The latest chapter in the highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan’s midcareer masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release.

15588817 $29.99 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

Cody Johnson Cody Johnson & the Rockin’ CJB Live

Warner Music Nashville • Country Known for his explosive live shows and electrifying stage presence, Cody Johnson has established a following of passionately loyal fans who regularly sell out shows across the country. His energetic performance is captured on this set.

15496406 $16.99 2 Discs Various

The Rolling Stones GRRR Live!

Mercury Studios • Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: The Black Keys, Gary Clark, Jr.

Featuring guest spots from the Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr., Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, and Mick Taylor, this concert proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band’s history.

15579624 $22.99 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 10

Soundtrack Spotlight

Various Artists Disenchanted Original Soundtrack

Walt Disney Records • Soundtracks

• Soundtracks Starring Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele as Fanny Brice, this bold new production marks the first time Funny Girl has returned to Broadway since its debut 58 years ago.

15569989 $15.99

Hugh Jackman, the Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning performer, and Tony Award winner Sutton Foster lead an all-star cast in the Broadway revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man

Artists: James Marsden, Idina Menzel

After 15 years, the characters from the film Enchanted return for a second tale. The soundtrack features songs performed by the cast and an original score by Alan Menken.

15524662 $12.99

Alexandre Desplat Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Soundtrack from the Netflix Film

Columbia Records • Soundtracks

Guest Artists: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley

Featuring original songs and score from multiple Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat plus lyrics by Guillermo del Toro.

15537480 $15.99

Rock / Sounds from the world of indie, metal, and more.

Circa Survive Two Dreams

Rise Records • Pop/Rock

Band’s first new music in five years.

Yo La Tengo This Stupid

Matador • Pop/Rock

World

The first new studio album from Yo La Tengo was recorded at their practice space in Hoboken, NJ. The new material captures the collaborative energy and eclecticism that has defined the band’s career as it enters its 40th year.

15494191 $15.99 AVA ILABLE FEBRUARY 10

Weyes Blood And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow

Sub Pop • Pop/Rock

Technological agitation. Narcissism fatigue. A galaxy of isolation. These are the new norms keeping Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) up at night and the themes at the heart of her latest release. 15423805 $15.99 The

Chronic Easy Eye Sound • Pop/Rock In 2015, Dan Auerbach entered the studio with Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and the late Richard Swift to record the Arcs’ debut album. Now, more than seven years later, they have fleshed out the anticipated follow-up. 15471944 $13.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

The Bad Ends are a band of veteran musicians from Athens, GA, featuring Bill Berry (R.E.M), Mike Manitone (Five Eight), Christian Lopez (Curly Maple), Geoff Melkonian (Josh Joplin Group), and local guitar shop owner Dave Domizi.

15475175 $14.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 20

The seventh full-length record from Philadelphia’s Circa Survive. The 12-track release comprises two individual six-song EPs.

15483372 $15.99

Fucked Up One Day

Merge Records • Pop/Rock

The Canadian hardcore legends have been known for their epic scale in the past, from towering concept albums to 12-hour performances, so it might be a surprise that their sixth studio album is their shortest to date.

15496405 $15.99

AVA ILABLE JANUARY 27

Dave Rowntree Radio Songs

Cooking Vinyl Limited • Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: juliyah

Dave Rowntree, a founding member of the British group Blur, releases his first solo album. It features the tracks Devil’s Island; London Bridge; and Downtown 15494195 $13.99

AVA ILABLE JANUARY 20

Live Albums

Journey Live in Concert at Lollapalooza

Frontiers Records S.R.L . • Pop/Rock

In 2021, Journey took to the stage for a headlining set at Lollapalooza. That performance, which featured 20 of the band’s most iconic hits, comes home on this CD release.

15494192 $18.99

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band

Live at the Greek Theater 2019

BFD • Pop/Rock

Ringo Starr takes to stage with a band featuring Greg Rolie (Santana), Steve Lukather (Toto), Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), and Colin Hay (Men at Work). 15466971 $16.99

Isabelle Faust • Dvorak Violin Concerto & Trio Op. 65 Harmonia Mundi

Almost 20 years ago, Isabelle Faust and Jiri Belohlavek established a new milestone in the discography of Dvorák’s Violin Concerto. The coupling inaugurated the violinist’s long collaboration with Alexander Melnikov and Jean-Guihen Queyras.

15518692 $21.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

Daniel Barenboim • Schumann

The Symphonies

Deutsche Grammophon

A couple years after Maestro Daniel Barenboim’s successful complete Brahms Symphonies, he now presents a live recording of the four Schumann Symphonies with his orchestra from concerts at Berlin’s Philharmonie and in the Staatsoper.

15483386 $29.99 2 Discs

Various Artists • Beethoven for Three Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastorale’ and Op. 1, No. 3

Sony Classical

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma’s new recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices.

15464246 $15.99

BBC Concert Orchestra • Poulenc Les Animaux Modeles; Sinfonietta Chandos

When this album was recorded in March 2022, no one could have imagined that it would be Bramwell Tovey’s last recording. He shall be very sorely missed. Tovey and the BBC Concert orchestra capture the wit and charm of Poulenc’s music perfectly.

15464229 $21.99

Space Time Continuo • Pachelbel Magnificat Fugues

Analekta

The entire program is 15 fugues taken from the 95 such works written by Pachelbel. Montréal’s baroque bass band brings bass instruments into the spotlight by emphasizing the various textures and functions of baroque continuo instruments.

15462720 $20.99

Daniil Trifonov • Bach The Art of Life

Deutsche Grammophon

Daniil Trifonov returns with an album dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, exploring the scientific, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of Bach’s cosmos, his faith, family, and world.

15423836 $24.99 2 Discs Deluxe Edition

Mao Fujita • Mozart

The Complete Piano Sonatas

Sony Classical

A significant undertaking for any pianist, this project also marks the rising piano star’s Sony Classical debut. These sonatas were recorded in Berlin. With innate musical sensitivity and naturalness, Fujita lets every note speak with vitality, wit, and charm.

15464247 $61.99 5 Discs Deluxe Edition

Time for Three • Letters for the Future

Deutsche Grammophon

Comprises two technically demanding concerti exploring the breadth and depth of Time for Three’s artistry. For this project, they collaborated with the inimitable Philadelphia Orchestra.

15038093 $13.99

Mitsuko Uchida • Beethoven Diabelli Variations

DECCA

Revered pianist Mitsuko Uchida presents a brand new recording of this Everest of the piano repertoire. This long-awaited cornerstone of her discography was recorded at Snape Maltings.

15014904 $13.99

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Sam Smith

Gloria

Capitol • Pop/Rock

Following the global success of the unstoppable single Unholy featuring pop diva Kim Petras, Sam Smith will be releasing their fourth studio album. The 13-track record will be Sam’s boldest statement.

15475403 $13.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

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Fitz & the Tantrums • Let Yourself

Free

Elektra • Pop/Rock

After a three-year wait, Fitz and the Tantrums are back with their fifth studio album. The band’s new album includes the single Moneymaker

15469071 $16.99

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Kid Cudi • Entergalactic

Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: Ty Dolla Sign, 2 Chainz

Kid Cudi takes fan Entergalactic with his (final?) tenth studio and eighth solo album. The music inspired the new Netflix special while framing the story of two young, ambitious artists falling in love.

15475405 $13.99 Parental Advisory

Ava Max

Diamonds & Dancefloors

Atlantic • Pop/Rock

Global pop sensation Ava Max’s sophomore album is a fiercely personal release that features the upbeat and confident new single Maybe You’re the Problem

15177127 $14.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 27

Run the Jewels • RTJ CU4TRO

RBC Records • Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: Pharrell Williams, Lin-Manuel Miranda Run the Jewels have reimagined their hit album, RTJ4, through the prism of Latin America. This features appearances and remixes from Bomba Estereo, Danny Brasco, Iggor Cavalera, and a special appearance from Lin-Manuel Miranda.

15485009 $16.99

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Gucci Mane • So Icy Boyz 22

Atlantic MOD • Rap/Hip-Hop

Gucci Mane is back with his latest New 1017 compilation. This includes 22 new tracks from Gucci and members of the New 1017 roster, including Big Scarr, BiC Fizzle, Enchanting, Hotboy Wes, and songs from brand-new signee Sett.

15486637 $24.99 Parental Advisory

Wisin & Yandel • La Última Misión

Sony Music Latin • Latin

Guest Artists: Rauw Alejandro, Ozuna Wisin & Yandel’s hit digital release makes its way onto CD with appearances from Sean Paul, J Balvin, Rosalia, Prince Royce, Ozuna, and much more.

15480704 $12.99 2 Discs

Ozuna • Ozutochi

Aura Music Corp • Latin

Guest Artists: Pedro Capo, Omega

One of the hottest stars in Latin music is back with a brand new album featuring collaborations with Danny Ocean, J Balvin, Arcangel, and more.

15459330 $10.99

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Christina Aguilera • Aguilera

Sony Music Latin • Latin

Guest Artists: Becky G, Nathy Peluso

Twenty-two years after releasing her first Spanishlanguage album, Christina Aguilera delivers her second. It includes collaborations with Becky G, Ozuna, and more. This digital release is now available on CD.

15464245 $13.99

Margo Price • Strays

Loma Vista Recordings • Country

In just three remarkable solo albums, Margo Price has cemented herself as a force in American music and a generational talent. Her fourth full-length album presents a clear-eyed mission statement delivered in blistering rock n’ roll.

15466931 $14.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 13

Ashley McBryde • Ashley McBryde

Presents: Lindeville

Warner Nashville • Country

Guest Artists: Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark

Ashley McBryde set out with a group of her favorite co-writers to work up a project they had no intention of ever recording or releasing. What emerged is raw, honest, specific portraits of small-town America.

15464275 $16.99

Nicki Minaj • Queen Radio Volume 1

Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop

Features Nicki Minaj’s biggest hits to date, all on one album, including her latest Billboard Hot 100 number one, Super Freaky Girl

15486654 $18.99 2 Discs

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Various Artists • Black Panther

Black Eyed Peas • Elevation

Epic • Pop/Rock

Black Eyed Peas take their sound to new heights with their ninth studio album. Along with the singles Simply the Best and Don’t You Worry, there are appearances from Anitta, Shakira, Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, and more.

15487511 $13.99

Peppa Pig • Peppa’s Club The Album

MNRK Music • Children’s

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed sophomore album Peppa’s Adventures, lighting the Internet on fire for having a better Pitchfork rating than Donda 15466972 $15.99

Wakanda

Forever - Music from and Inspired By Hollywood Records • Soundtracks

The soundtrack to one of 2022’s most anticipated films also has music fans talking, as it features Rihanna’s first new solo track since 2016, Lift Me Up. 15485010 $11.99

Sara Bareilles • Into the Woods 2022 Broadway Cast Recording

Craft Recordings • Soundtracks

Featuring an enchanting score by legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, the album turns the world of fairy tales upside down and teaches us the responsibility that comes with getting what you want.

15464279 $17.99

John Williams • The Fabelmans

Original Motion Picture Score

Sony Classical • Soundtracks

Fifty years after their first film, John Williams and Steven Spielberg team up for their 31st project together. Here, Williams creates music that combine the tradition of classic films while drawing from great classical composers.

15487513 $13.99

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