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MUSIC
A Special
JB Hi-Fi
Promotion
RECOMMENDED
by
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The London-based singer-songwriter has enjoyed a
meteoric international rise since the release of her
2013 debut
True Romance
. As well as touring with the
likes of Coldplay and Ellie Goulding, Charli XCX penned
the global smash
I Love It
for Swedish duo Icona Pop,
and co-wrote and appeared on Iggy
Azalea’s four million selling global
smash
Fancy.
Her sophomore album
Sucker
is another bad-ass floor
filler, oozing rebellion and attitude,
and includes the top 10 smash
Boom Clap
.
Charli XCX
Sucker
After headlining Australia’s world renowned Future
Music Festival in March, the hot English dance duo
have been on an extended, album-focused studio hiatus
that has seen them cultivate some of the most dynamic,
innovative and outright exciting music of their career.
Electro house at its hardest, Knife Party’s debut album
Abandon Ship
includes the singles
Resistance
and
Begin Again
. And
don’t forget you can catch them live
in Auckland at the Logan Campbell
Centre on December 16.
Knife Party
Abandon Ship
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Music’s most flamboyant decade is celebrated on this
unique double album of covers from some of today’s
best known acts. Highlights include Birdy (pictured)
tackling Madonna’s
Lucky Star
, Sam Smith singing
Whitney Houston’s
How Will I Know
, Ed Sheeran’s
take on Bruce Springsteen’s
Atlantic City
and Kylie
Minogue’s version of Kim Carnes’
Bette Davis Eyes
. “I have always
loved
Bette Davis Eyes
,” says Kylie.
“It marks a point in time for me as a
young teenager in Australia, crazy
about pop music.”
Various Arists
Sounds Of The 80’s
The Wu-Tang Clan not only re-defined hip hop, they
re-defined the idea of a crew. They were a collective,
who would work together but individually forge careers
from the immediate outset. Named after the classic
series of Hong Kong action movies directed by John
Woo and starring Chow Yun Fat in
the 1980s,
A Better Tomorrow
is the
the first Wu Tang album since 2008’s
Eight Diagrams.
Leader member
and producer RZA has overseen its
creation and the album includes
verses from all key members.
Wu Tang Clan
A Better Tomorrow
The stars of the hit British TV drama have teamed up
with the likes of Kiri Te Kanawa and the Choir Of Kings
College for this very special Christmas album of festive
hymns. As well classic carols like
Good King Wenceslas
and
I Saw Three Ships
from Te Kanawa, Elizabeth
McGovern – who plays the Countess
of Grantham – sings
It Came Upon A
Midnight Clear
and performs a duet
of
The First Noel
with fellow star
Julian Ovenden, who plays Charles
Blake.
Various Arists
Christmas At Downton Abbey
This career-spanning compilation from one of modern
music’s true legends features a brand new track, the
jazz-infused
Sue (Or in Season in Crime)
, and goes all
the way back to Bowie’s debut single
Liza Jane
in 1964
(released under the name David Jones). All his smash
hit singles from
Ashes to Ashe
s, to
Heroes
to
Space Oddity
are here!
Nothing
Has Changed
also features three
previously unreleased tracks from
Bowie’s sessions for his abandoned
Toy
album.
DAVID BOWIE
Nothing Has Changed