Hard Candy

Is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

1. "Candy Shop" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 4:15
2. "4 Minutes" (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) (Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills) — 4:03
3. "Give It 2 Me" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 4:48
4. "Heartbeat" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 4:04
5. "Miles Away" (Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills) — 4:49
6. "She's Not Me" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 6:05
7. "Incredible" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 6:20
8. "Beat Goes On" (feat. Kanye West) (P. Williams, Madonna, K. West) — 4:26
9. "Dance 2night" (Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills, H. Lane) — 5:03
10. "Spanish Lesson" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 3:40
11. "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" (Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills, J. Henry) — 5:09
12. "Voices" (Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills, H. Lane) — 3:39

Bonus tracks
iTunes Deluxe Pre-order Version, iTunes pre-order version and Japanese CD version:
"Ring My Bell" (P. Williams, Madonna) — 3:58

iTunes Deluxe Pre-order Version, Deluxe Digital Version:
"4 Minutes" (Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit) — 3:23
"4 Minutes" (Junkie XL Remix Edit) — 4:38
"Give It 2 Me" (Paul Oakenfold Edit) — 4:59

CD Limited Collectors Edition Candy Box:
"4 Minutes" (Tracy Young House Edit) — 3:33
"4 Minutes" (Rebirth Remix Edit) — 3:42

LP Limited Edition:
"4 Minutes" (Tracy Mixshow) — 6:19
"4 Minutes" (Peter Saves New York) — 10:52


Detail Info
Released Apr 25, 2008
Recorded 2007-2008
Genre Pop, R&B, dance-pop, electropop, hip hop
Length

• 56:13 (Standard Edition)
• 63:28 (Special Edition)

Label Warner Bros.
Producer Madonna, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja

I Am… Sasha Fierce

I Am… Sasha Fierce is the third solo studio album by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, released on November 18, 2008 in the United States.


Sasha Fierce
The album introduces Knowles' alter-ego Sasha Fierce. Knowles said that Sasha was "born" during the making of her 2003 hit single "Crazy in Love". However, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knowles noted the her alter-ego is "strictly for the stage". The magazine has described it as "the singer's sensual, aggressive alter ego".

Knowles wears a "roboglove" in public to complement Sasha Fierce. It was Knowles' concept, and New York-based jeweler Lorraine Schwartz made the titanium glove. Its of several pieces, including a ring, a glove and a separate component that covers Knowles' upper arm. The glove first appeared in the video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Knowles later wore it on the red carpet during the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, on her performance at the Saturday Night Live show, and in the cover for Gotham magazine.

Track Listing
Standard edition
Disc 1: I Am…

1. "If I Were a Boy" (BC Jean, Toby Gad) – 4:09 [click here for lyric]
   
2. "Halo" (Knowles, Tedder, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 4:21
3. "Disappear" (Knowles, Ghost, Dave McCracken, Dench) – 4:27
4. "Broken-Hearted Girl" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen, Babyface) – 4:37
5. "Ave Maria" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen) – 3:41
6. "Satellites" (Knowles, Ghost, McCracken, Dench) – 3:06
7. "Save the Hero" (iTunes bonus Track) – 4:33

Disc 2: Sasha Fierce

1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Knowles, Stewart, Nash, Harrell) – 3:13 [click here for video]
   
2. "Radio" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, D-Town) – 3:38
3. "Diva" (Knowles, Crawford, Garrett) – 3:20
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, Wilkins) – 3:28
5. "Video Phone" (Knowles, Crawford & Garrett) – 3:35
6. "Why Don't You Love Me" (B. Knowles, S. Knowles, Bama Boyz) (iTunes International Bonus Track) – 3:23

Deluxe edition
Disc 1: I Am…

1. "If I Were a Boy" (BC Jean, Toby Gad) – 4:09
2. "Halo" (Knowles, Tedder, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 4:21
3. "Disappear" (Knowles, Ghost, Dave McCracken, Dench) – 4:27
4. "Broken-Hearted Girl" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen, Babyface) – 4:37
5. "Ave Maria" (Knowles, Eriksen, Hermansen) – 3:41
6. "Smash Into You" (McLaughlin, Stewart, Nash) – 4:31
7. "Satellites" (Knowles, Ghost, McCracken, Dench) – 3:06
8. "That's Why You're Beautiful" (Knowles, Andrew Hey) – 3:41
9. "Save the Hero" (Japan & iTunes bonus Track) – 4:33
10. "Si Yo Fuera un Chico" (Spain iTunes bonus track) – 4:09

Disc 2: Sasha Fierce

1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Knowles, Stewart, Nash, Harrell) – 3:13 [click here for video]
   
2. "Radio" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, D-Town) – 3:38
3. "Diva" (Knowles, Crawford, Garrett) – 3:20
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Knowles, Jonsin, Love, Wilkins) – 3:28
5. "Video Phone" (Knowles, Crawford & Garrett) – 3:35
6. "Hello" (Knowles, REO, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, David Quiñones) – 4:16
7. "Ego" (Knowles, Elvis Williams, Harold Lilly) – 3:56
8. "Scared of Lonely" (Cristyle Johnson, Jerkins) – 3:42
9. "Why Don't You Love Me" (B. Knowles, S. Knowles, Bama Boyz) (Japan & iTunes Bonus Track) – 3:23

Black Ice - AC/DC Album

Black Ice is the 15th studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, produced by Brendan O'Brien and released worldwide between October 17 and 22, 2008. AC/DC were known to be working on the album as early as January 2006, with it being delayed because of an injury to bassist Cliff Williams and a change of record labels to Sony Music, and in turn Columbia Records.

The album is their longest to date, with the band having recorded it in The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada, the same studio as their previous album Stiff Upper Lip. It is their first album since the release of Stiff Upper Lip in 2000, the longest gap between two AC/DC studio albums to date.

Black Ice sold around 1,762,000 units in its first week, shipping 5,000,000 copies worldwide. The album went number one in 29 different countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. In its first week, it sold 784,000 copies in the US alone, with it receiving a three times platinum certification in Australia and selling upwards of 110,000 in the UK. The band's 15th effort has been heralded as "the biggest debut ever by a mainstream hard rock album."


Track listing
All songs written by Angus and Malcolm Young
"Rock N Roll Train" 4:21
"Skies on Fire" 3:34
"Big Jack" 3:57
"Anything Goes" 3:22
"War Machine" 3:09
"Smash N Grab" 4:06
"Spoilin' for a Fight" 3:17
"Wheels" 3:28
"Decibel" 3:34
"Stormy May Day" 3:10
"She Likes Rock N Roll" 3:53
"Money Made" 4:15
"Rock N Roll Dream" 4:41
"Rocking All the Way" 3:22
"Black Ice" 3:25

Under the Radar

Is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter and follows his 2005 self-titled sophomore album. The album was released in September 2008 in Europe and will be released in early 2009 in the U.S. The song "Next Plane Home" has been released as the first single off the album. This album also contains a new remix of "Love You Lately" which has a cleaner sound and some extra keyboard/synthesizer effects, and some extra backing vocals. In the UK, the album has debuted at number 43.

Track listing

• "Best of Me" 3:59
• "Not Coming Back" 4:01
• "Whole World Around" 4:27
• "Next Plane Home" 3:10
• "Am I Still the One?" 4:16
• "Negative Fashion" 3:26
• "Don't Give Up on Me" 3:31
• "Fly Away" 3:35
• "Beauty Queen" 3:37
• "My So Called Life" 3:43
• "Love You Lately (Unlisted Remix)" 3:23
• "Bad Day (Live in France)" 4:16

Death Magnetic

The ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. It is the band's first studio album to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo, as well as the first to be produced by Rick Rubin. Death Magnetic is also the band's first studio album released through Warner Bros., although they still remain with Warner Music Group, which also owns Elektra Records, their previous label (internationally they remain on Vertigo Records). The album is the band's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, making Metallica the first band ever to achieve five consecutive number one debuts.


Track listing
All lyrics written by James Hetfield, all music composed by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo.

1. "That Was Just Your Life" 7:08
2. "The End of the Line" 7:52
3. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" 6:25
4. "The Day That Never Comes" 7:56
5. "All Nightmare Long" 7:58
6. "Cyanide" 6:40
7. "The Unforgiven III" 7:47
8. "The Judas Kiss" 8:01
9. "Suicide & Redemption" 9:58
10. "My Apocalypse" 5:01

Detail Info
Released Sep 12, 2008
Recorded Apr 2007–May 2008 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California; Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California; and HQ in San Rafael, California
Genre Thrash metal, heavy metal
Length 74:46
Label Warner Bros., Vertigo, Mercury, Universal Music Japan
Producer Rick Rubin

Safe Trip Home

Safe Trip Home is the third studio album by Dido. It was released in the UK on 17 Nov 2008. The album features collaborations and production with Jon Brion, her brother Rollo Armstrong, Brian Eno, Mick Fleetwood, Citizen Cope and Questlove.

Track listing

1. "Don't Believe in Love" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion) – 3:53
2. "Quiet Times" (Dido Armstrong) – 3:17
3. "Never Want To Say It's Love" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion) – 3:35
4. "Grafton Street" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Brian Eno) – 5:57
5. "It Comes and It Goes" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion) – 3:28
6. "Look No Further" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion) – 3:14
7. "Us 2 Little Gods" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Rick Nowels, Daisy Gough) – 4:49
8. "The Day Before The Day" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) – 4:13
9. "Let's Do The Things We Normally Do" (Dido Armstrong, Jon Brion) – 4:10
10. "Burnin' Love" (featuring Citizen Cope) (Dido Armstrong, Citizen Cope) – 4:12
11. "Northern Skies" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) – 8:57

Bonus tracks

1. "For One Day" (Dido Armstrong) 5:43 (Bonus iTunes/CD Deluxe Version)
2. "Summer" (Dido Armstrong) 3:55 (Bonus iTunes/CD Deluxe Version)
3. "Northern Skies" (Rollo Version) (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) 5:53 (Bonus iTunes/CD Deluxe Version)
4. "The Day Before The Day (5/4)" (Early Mix) (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) 4:14 (Bonus iTunes Version)

& Then Boom

is the debut studio album by American new wave band, Iglu & Hartly. It was released on September 29, 2008.

The album has received generally negative reviews. It was rated only 2/10 when reviewed by NME (Who gave the "In This City" single 8/10) asking "Are Iglu & Hartly for real? Are they a pretend-gay, LA surf-rock in-joke?", and later commenting that it was an "abomination of a debut album, informed by all the most disgusting musical faux pas of the past 20 years". The Guardian commented about the album "it's a bit naff", and The Times said "pray that this doesn’t bring about a second Vanilla Ice-age."

Track listing

• "Believe"
• "Violent and Young"
• "Tomorrow"
• "Build"
• "DayGlo"
• "In This City"
• "People"
• "Whatever We Like"
• "We'll See"
• "Out There"
• "Jump Out of Your Car"

Fearless - Taylor Swift album

Fearless is the second studio album by American country pop artist Taylor Swift. It was released on November 11, 2008 (see 2008 in country music) on Big Machine Records. "Change", the first song from this album to chart, was also included on the AT&T TEAM USA Soundtrack, although "Love Story" is the first official single. The tracklisting along with the album cover was released on her website.

The music video for "Love Story" made its premiere on Friday, September 12th at 8:30 P.M. EDT on CMT.

Another track from this album, "White Horse", was played during the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

The album debuted on iTunes on November 11th, reaching #1 on Top Albums the same day.

The album also occupied 9 out of the 10 song positions in iTunes Hot Country Songs on its release date 11/11/08, unheard of for any artist.


Tracklisting
All songs written and composed by Swift except where noted.

1. "Fearless" (Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey) - 4:03 [click here for lyric]
   
2. "Fifteen" - 4:55
3. "Love Story" - 3:56
4. "Hey Stephen" - 4:16
5. "White Horse" (Swift, Rose) - 3:55
6. "You Belong With Me" (Swift, Rose) - 3:52
7. "Breathe" (Swift, Colbie Caillat) - 4:25
8. "Tell Me Why" (Swift, Rose)- 3:22
9. "You're Not Sorry" - 4:23 [click here for VM]
   
10. "The Way I Loved You" (Swift, John Rich) - 4:05
11. "Forever & Always" - 3:46
12. "The Best Day" - 4:06
13. "Change" - 4:40 [click here for VM]
    

Hidden Messages
In the course of writing the songs on the album, Taylor capitalized various letters in the lyrics pages to form acrostic messages. None of the other letters in the lyrics are capitalized, even where grammatically appropriate.

Fearless - I LOVED YOU BEFORE I MET YOU
Fifteen - I CRIED WHILE RECORDNG THIS Y (The Y may have been unintentionally capitalized, as it does not seem to fit with the acrostic on this page.)
Love Story - SOME DAY ILL FIND THIS
Hey Stephen - LOVE AND THEFT
White Horse - ALL I EVER WANTED WAS THE TRUTH
You Belong With Me - LOVE IS BLIND SO YOU COULDNT SEE ME
Breathe - IM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY
Tell Me Why - GUESS I WAS FOOLED BY YOUR SMILE
You're Not Sorry - SHE CAN HAVE YOU
The Way I Loved You - WE CANT GO BACK
Forever & Always - IF YOU PLAY THESE GAMES WERE BOTH GOING TO LOSE
The Best Day - GOD BLESS ANDREA SWIFT
Change - YOU MADE THINGS CHANGE FOR ME

Weezer - Red Album

Weezer, also known as The Red Album is the sixth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on June 3, 2008. Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee both helped to produce the album. Like the first self-titled album (and unlike most Weezer records that featured Rivers Cuomo as the main songwriter and vocalist), other band members contributed to songwriting. This is the first Weezer album to feature lead vocals from all band members.

The video for the album's first single "Pork and Beans" quickly became the most-watched video on the internet the weekend following its release. Additionally, an unconventional Hootenanny Tour replaced the traditional rock concert tour to promote the album. The sales of The Red Album are below that of its 2005 predecessor, Make Believe, which was certified Gold (500, 000 copies) after the same amount of time The Red Album took to shift 300,000 albums.


Track listing
All songs were written and feature lead vocals by Rivers Cuomo, except where noted.

1. "Troublemaker" – 2:44
2. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" – 5:52
3. "Pork and Beans" – 3:09
4. "Heart Songs" – 4:06
5. "Everybody Get Dangerous" – 4:03
6. "Dreamin'" – 5:12 – Co-lead vocals by Brian Bell
7. "Thought I Knew" (Bell) – 3:01 – Lead vocals by Brian Bell
8. "Cold Dark World" (Cuomo, Shriner) – 3:51 – Lead vocals by Scott Shriner
9. "Automatic" (Wilson) – 3:07 – Lead vocals by Patrick Wilson
10. "The Angel and the One" – 6:46

DragonForce: Ultra Beatdown

Ultra Beatdown is the fourth studio album by DragonForce, released on 20 August 2008 in Japan through JVC and on 26 August 2008 worldwide through Roadrunner Records and Universal Music. It was the first studio album to feature Frédéric Leclercq on bass. On 4 July 2008 the first single from the album, "Heroes of Our Time", was posted on their MySpace profile. On 8 July 2008, the music video for Heroes of Our Time was released onto their MySpace profile. The songs "Heartbreak Armageddon", "The Fire Still Burns" and "A Flame for Freedom" were all played on 106.1 Rock Radio during a interview with ZP Theart on 15 July 2008. On 14 August 2008 Ultra Beatdown was made available for pre-order in the DragonForce official web store. On 18 August 2008 the album became available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

Prior to the album's release, the shortest song (excluding "Invocation of Apocalyptic Evil", the 14-second intro on Valley of the Damned) was the track "Dawn Over a New World", from the second album, Sonic Firestorm. This honour now goes to the special edition track "Strike of the Ninja". This song also holds the honour of being the first and, so far, only unedited song recorded by DragonForce with a length of less than five minutes, albeit due to it being a re-recorded version of "Feel the Fire" by Sam Totman's side project Shadow Warriors.

Track listing

1. "Heroes of Our Time" - 7:13 [ click here for video music ]
   
2. "The Fire Still Burns" - 7:53
3. "Reasons to Live" - 6:26
4. "Heartbreak Armageddon" - 7:43
5. "The Last Journey Home" - 8:16
6. "A Flame for Freedom" - 5:20
7. "Inside the Winter Storm" - 8:12
8. "The Warrior Inside" - 7:15
9. "Strike of the Ninja" (Special edition bonus track) - 3:18
10. "Scars of Yesterday" (Special edition bonus track) - 7:49
11. "E.P.M." (Japanese only bonus track) - 7:24

Special edition DVD

• "The Making of Ultra Beatdown" - 15:16
• "The Making of the E-Gen Guitar"- 9:35

Detail Info
Released Japan August 20, 2008
Global August 26, 2008
Recorded 2007 – 2008
Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, LamerLuser & BATMAM Studios, London.
Genre Power metal
Length 58:18 (76:49 for special edition)
Label Roadrunner, Universal, Spinefarm
Producer Karl Groom, Herman Li, Sam Totman

Viva La Vida

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (also simply known as Viva la Vida) is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was released on 11 June 2008 in Japan, 12 June 2008 in the United Kingdom and on 17 June 2008 in North America. In May 2008, Coldplay released two singles from the record: "Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida", the latter becoming the band's first song to reach number one in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The album has, to date, been the number-one-selling album in 36 countries around the world. In the United States, it sold 316,000 copies in its first day, and 720,000 in its first week. In the UK, the album sold 125,000 copies in its first day of release and 302,074 in three days, debuting at number one. The album has since sold over 500,000 copies in 10 days since its release, beating the first week UK sales of Coldplay's previous album, X&Y. Viva la Vida has become the most paid-for downloaded album of all time.

In August 2008, Coldplay announced they would be releasing an EP, Prospekt's March, consisting of unreleased material from Viva la Vida.

The album will be re-released on 25 November 2008 in a deluxe edition, titled Viva La Vida - Prospekt's March Edition. It will contain the original album plus the Prospekt's March EP.

Track listing
All songs written by Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin except where stated.

1. "Life in Technicolor" (Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin/Hopkins) – 2:29
2. "Cemeteries of London" – 3:21
3. "Lost!" – 3:55
4. "42" – 3:57
5. "Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love" – 6:51

• "Lovers in Japan" – 3:56
• "Reign of Love" – 2:55

6. "Yes" – 7:06

• "Yes" – 4:04
• "Chinese Sleep Chant" – 3:02 (hidden song)

7. "Viva la Vida" – 4:01 [ click here for lyric ]
8. "Violet Hill" – 3:42
9. "Strawberry Swing" – 4:09
10. "Death and All His Friends" – 6:18

• "Death and All His Friends" – 3:32
• "The Escapist" (Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin/Hopkins) – 2:46 (hidden song)

Bonus tracks
11. "Lost?" – 3:39 (Japan and iTunes bonus track)
12. "Lovers in Japan (Acoustic Version)" – 3:54 (iTunes pre-order only)

GNR - Chinese Democracy

Chinese Democracy is the upcoming sixth studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, to be released worldwide on November 23, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2008. Once released, it will be their first album of original studio material since the simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I and II in September 1991. In a 2007 interview, Axl Rose's close friend Sebastian Bach stated that Chinese Democracy will be the first installment in a trilogy of new albums. Bach also remarked that Rose had told him the third, as of yet untitled, album has been slated for 2012. The retail release will be sold exclusively through Best Buy in the US. The first single from the album, "Chinese Democracy", was released on October 22, 2008.

Controversy and lawsuits
In 2004, Geffen Records released Greatest Hits. Rose, along with Slash and McKagan, attempted to block the album's release. They filed a lawsuit against Geffen, claiming the album was unauthorized and would damage the band's reputation, Rose also claimed it would distract the band from completing Chinese Democracy. A week before the scheduled release, a judge denied their request for an injunction and the album was released. Greatest Hits was #1 in the UK for two weeks and reached #3 on the Billboard 200. Despite being criticized for being hastily assembled, it was the world's ninth highest selling album of 2004.

Title conflicts
On April 1, 2003, The Offspring announced that they would be naming their upcoming album Chinese Democrazy (You Snooze, You Lose). The Offspring's lead singer Dexter Holland elaborated, "You snooze, you lose. Axl ripped off my braids, I ripped off his album title." However, it turned out to be an April Fools' joke and the Offspring album was eventually released under the title Splinter instead.

Track listing

1. "Chinese Democracy" – 4:41
2. "Shackler's Revenge" – 3:35
3. "Better"
4. "Street of Dreams"
5. "If the World"
6. "There Was a Time"
7. "Catcher N' the Rye"
8. "Scraped"
9. "Riad N' the Bedouins"
10. "Sorry"
11. "I.R.S."
12. "Madagascar"
13. "This I Love"
14. "Prostitute"