Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships (2009 Multi5 Eng)

Recorded in association with a live performance from Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in 2022, this account of Stanford’s Requiem from Martyn Brabbins and massed Birmingham forces thrillingly captures all the grandeur and intimacy of a neglected choral epic.

The 31st of February made an obscure album for Vanguard in the late 1960s that was typical of many LPs of the time in that it was made up of a little bit of folk-rock, a little bit of psychedelia, and a little bit of pop. The record didn't make a commercial splash, but the trio became a historical footnote when, after meeting Gregg and Duane Allman, they ended up backing the brothers on the Duane & Greg Allman album, which was issued in 1972. After the band split up, Butch Trucks became drummer for the Allman Brothers, Scott Boyer played in Cowboy, and bassist David Brown worked as a session musician, notably with Boz Scaggs.

Musique is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, released in 2000. The title on the album's cover, [ˈmjuːzɪk], is the pronunciation of the English word "music" transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Musique is the album that marked for the band the change from gothic metal with Early Modern English lyrics to a more electronic style, using Modern English. The change in musical direction for Theatre of Tragedy was associated with a change from traditional gothic and supernatural themes to lyrics based on modern life, including technology ("Machine", "Radio"), nightlife ("Image", "The New Man") and streetfighting ("Crash/Concrete"). The song "Commute" has the line "It's more fun to commute" in its lyrics, possibly a reference to Kraftwerk's "It's more fun to compute" from their Computer World album, which in turn is a reference to "It's more fun to compete" found on old pinball machines.