Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs.
Paul Westerberg
RELEASE: Eventually
BACKSTORY: Originally released in 1996, the Replacements frontman’s sophomore solo set gets its first-ever vinyl release with this 180-gram pressing from Plain Recordings. Includes four-color printed inner sleeve.
BUY: Amazon.com
Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio
RELEASE: Missing in Action
BACKSTORY: Dale Bozzio revives the Missing Persons brand for the group’s first new album since 1986, a set written and produced by Billy Sherwood (William Shatner/Prog Collective) and featuring the single “Hello, Hello.”
BUY: Amazon.com
Laibach
RELEASE: Spectre
BACKSTORY: The avante-garde industrial group returns this week with a 10-song set that’s the follow up to its “Iron Sky” soundtrack in 2012 and first new studio collection since 2006’s Volk.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
John Harle and Marc Almond
RELEASE: The Tyburn Tree: Dark London
BACKSTORY: The former Soft Cell frontman pairs with composer and saxophonist John Harle for this concept album about “London’s sinister past” — complete with Jack the Ripper and more.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
The Blue Nile
RELEASE: Peace at Last
BACKSTORY: The Glasgow band’s third album, originally released in 1996, receives an expanded reissue this week with a second disc featuring eight bonus tracks, including mixes and demos.
BUY: Amazon.co.uk
