2007: the year of reunions and more …

“They just kicked out another band member? Is there anybody left?” “What in the name of all that is good would possess him to move in with Courtney Love?” “Is THAT really metallica?!” “So they are finally releasing Chinese Democracy…. again?” These questions say a lot about recent years, as well as this one, in music. We could not think about one to sum it up as it was an amazing year, musically speaking, from…

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Josh Groban’s ‘Noel’ wins the 2007 best seller spot

Surprising a lot of people [tag]Josh Groban[/tag]’s Christmas centric LP Noel, went from being just another carol record 10 weeks ago, to now being the best selling album of the year 2007, with over 2.8 million copies sold (the majority in the last few weeks). Thus surpassing “High School Musical 2” soundtrack (which has sold just over 2.7 million units) and Daughtry, the 2006 self-titled debut by “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry’s band, (2.3 million)….

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ZME Music Top 50 Albums of 2007

Boy does time fly, we just can’t believe it how this year went by so fast, well ZME Music’s been around for only 6 months, but that’s not important. Actually this year was so busy, that we hardly could face the large amounts of new releases every week, especially in the summer time and believe us we don’t complain. Due to this, 2007, was the year in which new music was making it’s comeback; we’ve…

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Metallica’s new single to come out via Rock Band [?!]

It seems more and more bands are starting to release their material through  unconventional and exclusive distribution methods. Only this year there’s been [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] with his Starbucks Memory Almost Full, the famous [tag]Prince[/tag] Verizon mobile released single “Guitar,” [tag]Eagles[/tag] comeback album “Long Road To Eden” released exclusively in Walmart stores and a lot lot more. We live in a digital age of piracy, so I guess artists have to find new ways of promoting…

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The Eagles were ready to retire

They were in fact ready to give up music for a quiet life. But what they did was that they regrouped and recorded their first new album in 28 years. “We either had to fold our tent or make a record,” guitarist Glenn Frey tells CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview scheduled to air Sunday. “We were going to be done,” Frey says. “And I wouldn’t want to have it end . . . where…

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Eagles storms the charts and over through Britney

Today, folk icons [tag]Eagles[/tag] have managed to blow away the Billboard 200 charts, with their first studio album in 30 years, surpassing [tag]Britney Spears[/tag] much talked about come-back by a 2-1 ratio. “Long Road Out of Eden,” which sold 711,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan tops this week’s Billboard 200, with Britney Spears’ “Blackout” ocuping second place after 300,000 albums sold. Long Road Out Of Eden was made available exclusively to…

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New Eagles video: ‘How Long’

A week ago we had a sneak peek on [tag]Eagles[/tag]’ first single in 14 years, How Long, now it’s time for the video. Let’s say that old age might have caught up a bit with the mighty birds of pray, as frankly they don’t look very ecstatic in the video, and off it for that matter, for ‘huge’ comeback from 15 years of new release hiatus, i would expect a little more spirit. Anyway, you…

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New Eagles single: ‘How Long’

So you’re having your daily stroll with the car, heading to your local Wal-Mart, listening to your favorite radio station, when all of a sudden a strange deja-vu hits you like a punch to the kisser. You stop the car and say to yourself ‘Man this a [tag]Eagles[/tag] song, but I’ve never heard this before’. That’s because this is their first single in 14 years, called ‘How Long’, released all over the air waves and…

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Eagles almost ready with new album

After 5 years of production the new [tag]Eagles[/tag] album is closer to completion then ever. The californian rockers haven’t released any material since their 1979 “The Long Run”, now their latest work, dubed “The Long Road To Eden” is “almost out. We’re just finishing vocals and mixing it. We’re all finally signing off on it.” As guitarist Joe Walsh recently confessed. It will be interesting to see how this new album will be greated, things…

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