Best Selling Alternative CDs

“Rolling In The Deep” will be the first single, released on Sunday January 16th. Written and produced by Adele and award winning British producer Paul Epworth, it’s a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” according to Adele herself. Adele’s new album “21”...

MTV Unplugged - A Live Album' was recorded late last year in New York when Flo, joined by 3 of her band plus a 10 piece Gospel choir, performed some of her biggest tracks to date plus covers of classics such as 'Try A Little Tenderness' and 'Jackson'. DVD Tracklisting: 1. Only If For A Night 2....

Blink 182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (bass guitar); Scott Raynor, Travis Barker (drums). In early 2005, SoCal pop-punk act Blink 182 announced that it was going on "indefinite hiatus," and this 17-track retrospective followed later that year. The disc charts the trio's c...

Personnel: Matt Allchin, Ben Thomas, Michael Tighe (guitar); Neil Cowley (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Jason Silver (keyboards); Sam Koppelman, Jim Abbiss (glockenspiel); Tom Driessler (bass guitar, tambourine); Stuart Zender (bass guitar); Pete Biggins (drums, percussion); Seb Rochfo...

Producers include: Pete Glenister, Mark Saunders, E.C. Radcliffe, Yaz, Tony Swain.Engineers: Mark Saunders.What the critics say...Q (12/00, p.148) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Inspiration to us all..."Q (7/95, p.146) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's lopsided as far as the chart hits go, but the high sta...

Rhino Records UK is proud to present ‘Complete’, the complete The Smiths catalogue across eight albums lovingly reworked by Johnny Marr and Rhino UK. Packaged together for the first time on CD, it's the ultimate The Smiths remasters collection. The collection includes all four of the band's studi...

Marilyn Manson: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, pan flute); Twiggy Ramirez (acoustic & electric guitars, bass); Zim Zum (guitar); M.W. Gacy (keyboards); Ginger Fish (drums, programming).Additional personnel includes: Trent Reznor (guitar, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, programming); Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (...

Despite an incredibly short recording career Joy Division remarkably have stood the test of time in terms of influential British bands. Their dark, brooding sound has inspired more artists than could be listed and their continued adoration today is testament to the forward thinking yet inwar...

Personnel: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, saxophone, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, drums, loops); John (guitar, strings, piano); Tim Skold (guitar, accordion, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); MW Gacy (keyboards, synthesizer, loops); Ginger Fish (drums).Producers: Marilyn Manson, Tim Skol...

Chris Cornell has been heralded as one of the pioneers of the grunge era for writing a string of hits for Soundgarden, including the Grammy award-winning "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman." In 1991, Chris formed Temple of the Dog, writing the classic song "Hunger Strike" featuring a duet with Pearl Jam...

Strangeland is the upcoming fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane. It will be released from 4 May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as a permanent official member.

Greatest Hits is the ultimate solo career retrospective spanning the years 1988 to the present day, a period when Morrissey hit his commercial and artistic peak. The album features many classic Morrissey tracks such as Every Day is Like Sunday, the more recent hit Irish Blood, English Heart and the ...

**Falling In Reverse** marks the return of Ronnie Radke, original singer and songwriter for **Escape the Fate**. When Ronnie left the band after their first full-length Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, fans were fiercely divided. While ETF have prospered without him, a devoted Ronnie Radke following...

Florida's Dashboard Confessional, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba, release its sixth studio album, entitled Alter The Ending. Recorded in New York City, Alter The Ending was produced by Butch Walker, noted for his work with Weezer, Fall Out Boy and Pink, and co-produced by Adam Schlesinger (...

Available with FIGHT FOR YOUR MIND and THE WILL TO LIVE in THE BEN HARPER BOX SET.Personnel: Ben Harper (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, dobro); Suzie Katayama (cello); Richard Cook (Uillean pipes); John McKnight (accordion, bass); Gail Deadrick (piano); Rock Deadrick (drums, percussion, backgro...

Includes bonus DVD. Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, piano); Steve Caton, Mac Aladdin (guitar, mandolin); Willie Porter (guitar); Al Perkins (pedal steel); John Chamberlain (mandolin); Eric Williams (ukulele); Jef Scott, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jon Evans, George Porter Jr. (bass); Ed Green, Carlo Nuc...

Following on from their highly acclaimed debut album How To Lose My Life, White Lies will release their second album Ritual on 24th January. 2009 was quite a year for White Lies – the single To Lose My Life entered the UK charts at number one and went on to sell well over 750,000 ...

Eskimo Joe release their highly anticipated fifth studio album. GHOSTS OF THE PAST is the follow up to Eskimo Joe's platinum selling 2009 album Inshalla, and recorded by the same team that produced the 4 x platinum, #1 album Black Fingernails, Red Wine. GHOSTS OF THE PAST was recorded at The Grove s...

Silversun Pickups return with their third album, the follow-up to 2009′s 'Swoon'. Entitled 'Neck of the Woods', the album was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.) at his home studio in Topanga Canyon, California.

Following on from her multi-million selling, multi-award winning, global smash of a debut album 'Lungs', Florence returns with new music. The album, was produced in full by Paul Epworth to retain one complete sound. It all magically came together over five weeks in the famous Studio 3 of Abbey Road ...

Two albums in one package! **Tracklisting:** **Disc 1:** 1. Harder To Breathe 2. This Love 3. Shiver 4. She Will Be Loved 5. Tangled 6. The Sun 7. Must Get Out 8. Sunday Morning 9. Secret 10. Through With You 11. Not Coming Home 12. Sweetest Goodbye 13. If I Never See Yo...

Smashing Pumpkins: Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'Arcy, Jimmy Chamberlin.Additional personnel: Greg Leisz (pedal & lap steel guitars).Producers: Flood, Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan.Engineers include: Alan Moulder, Flood, Chris Shepard."Bullet With Butterfly Wings" won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Hard Roc...

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Counting Crows: David Immergluck (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, electric sitar); Dave Vickrey (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, sitar); Charles Gillingham (vocals, acoustic ...

The Script is the self-titled debut album from the Irish band, The Script.

Scars And Stories is the third full-length album from the Denver-based quartet The Fray and follow-up to the band's Grammy Nominated 2009 self-titled release. The 12-song set was recorded at the legendary Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN with producer Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam,...

'Ukulele Songs' features a number of songs that Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder penned and first played live -- but never released -- nearly a decade ago. Also included on the album is a uke version of Pearl Jam's 2002 track "Can't Keep" and guest vocalists on two tracks: Glen Hansard on t...

Storm & Grace is the third studio album from American singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. It is the singer's first album in seven years, since the release of Now What.

Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Dirt (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion). Producers: Green Day, Jerry Finn, Rob Cavallo. Filling in grunge's fading pop appeal, Green Day and peers Offspring and Rancid kicked off a neo-punk re...

Spending her early years gigging around her native New Zealand, it was only once Kimbra borrowed a small eight-track recorder from her school’s music department that her song writing blossomed in earnest. This new tool opened up a new perspective, leading to a flurry of tracks that featured her sign...

Florence and the Machine’s debut album “Between Two Lungs” is now available in a deluxe 2CD edition. As well as featuring the stellar standard album, the deluxe package also features six bonus acoustic tracks recorded at Roundhouse Studios in Sydney on her 2010 tour Do...

British singer-songwriter producer and two-time Grammy Nominee Imogen Heap returns with a new studio album. After the leaps made on the release of her last breakthrough album Speak For Yourself, Imogen has maintained a strong bond with her fans with one of the biggest profiles online - more than ...

After R.E.M. ignited the blogosphere on September 21 with the news they had decided to “call it a day as a band” via a statement on their website, the beloved band have announced that they will release their final album, R.E.M., PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE, 1982 – 2011, on Warner...

While some bands may be content with releasing a "best of" Funeral for Friend have created a "must have" in ‘Your History Is Mine’. A sequential exploration of Funeral For A Friend’s history from their early days to the present that reflects their roots in Bridg...

HARAKIRI, the new studio album from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian is set to be released July 6th. Look for a teaser video with a snippet of the first single, ‘Figure It Out’, on www.serjtankian.com. ‘Figure It Out’ will hit radio airwaves and go ...

The Smiths were THE definitive British independent band of the eighties, releasing a remarkable series of singles and albums between 1983 and 1987 that was both commercially and critically successful. The Smiths laid down a marker for guitar pop-rock that remains unsurpassed. They were the inspirati...

Mazzy Star includes: Hope Sandoval (vocals); David Roback (guitar); Keith Mitchell, William Cooper, Jason Yates.Combining the considerable talents of guitarist Dave Roback (Opal, Rain Parade) and Hope Sandoval's sultry, heavy-lidded vocals, Mazzy Star fuses blues, country, and pulsing acoustic folk ...

The Smiths were THE definitive British independent band of the eighties, releasing a remarkable series of singles and albums between 1983 and 1987 that was both commercially and critically successful. The Smiths laid down a marker for guitar pop-rock that remains unsurpassed. They were the inspirati...

Live: Edward Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar); Chad Taylor (guitar, background vocals); Patrick Dahlheimer (bass); Chad Gracey (drums, background vocals).Recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota.Having come together as a band in junior high school, the members of Live demonstrate a maturity a...

Composer: Violent Femmes.The Violent Femmes: Gordon Gano (guitar); Brian Ritchie (acoustic guitar); Victor DeLorenzo (drums).Recording information: 1983 - 2000.Intense, wry, risque, and dependably quirky, the music of Violent Femmes helped define "college rock" in the 1980s. The Wisconsin trio's wil...

Eagles Of Death Metal: Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar, percussion); Joshua Homme (guitars, slide guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, percussion, background vocals). Personnel: Kim Martinelli, The Dream Boys, Brody Dalle (vocals); Dave Catching (guitars, bass guitar); Tony Bevilaqua, Alain Johannes (...