STACK NZ Dec #58

MUSIC

A Special JB Hi-Fi Promotion

RECOMMENDED by STACK

Various Arists Sounds Of The 80’s

Charli XCX Sucker

DAVID BOWIE Nothing Has Changed

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

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,

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

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 .

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.”

to Space Oddity are here! Nothing Has Changed also features three previously unreleased tracks from Bowie’s sessions for his abandoned Toy album.

Wu Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow

Knife Party Abandon Ship

Various Arists Christmas At Downton Abbey

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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