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Miracle — $9.99
Mark Isham, a gifted composer who often uses jazz or electronic elements, ignores his flair for the unconventional here, and delivers extended orchestral suites that fit the icy atmosphere of this "shoulda been a hit" very well. Three FM radio classics that appear in the film add period flavor, including Jay Ferguson's oddly forgotten "Thunder Island."

Alice — $8.99
From the 2008 release Last Night , "Alice" bears all the markings of a possible Moby resurgence: solid beats, filthy guest rapping from Aynzil and a hook at the chorus that will ensure its continuous play in dance clubs the world over, and probably throughout the galaxy.

Back Home — $9.99
Even though ol' Slowhand unleashed this album of original material after the Cream union tour, don't expect drug-addled, mind-melting psychedelia. Back Home is much tamer than even their "Tales of Brave Ulysses" -- in fact, if Edie Brickell was really a middle-aged man who wailed on the guitar, she'd sound a lot like this.

Live In Seattle — $18.99
African-American author Amiri Baraka coined the phrase "new black music" in the mid-'60s,

Symphony No. 4 — $4.99
Tchaikovsky's soul is laid bare in this epic work of a lifetime which spans the spectrum of human experience from awe to zealous optimism. Emotionally immense in scope, Symphony No. 4 was composed after a turbulent marriage and at a time of great personal anguish.

Blue Lights — $18.99
This collection from the late 1950s finds the guitarist Kenny Burrell in an upbeat jam session with Art Blakey, Junior Cook, Bobby Timmons, and others. A superlative set that falls somewhere between uptown hard bop and chicken shack blues, though the couple of shimmering romantic ballads are more in keeping with the mood of the cover art (drawn by a pre-fame Andy Warhol). Props to Grant Green but Kenny Burrell remains the essential Blue Note guitarist.

Live and Burning — $6.99
Seals's club work tends to be rawer than the (genuinely) "progressive" Midnight Son , so this product makes sense. And nice as it is that Seals composes his own material, the numerous borrowings--my favorites are from Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, and Pinetop (I think) Perkins--are a peer's prerogative. (Grade: A-)

Narrow Stairs — $9.99
Death Cab take a great leap forward with Narrow Stairs , combining Ben Gibbard's melodic indie pop songs with the kind of loose, free-wheeling band jams that Wilco are famous for. This one should find the band's cardie-clad converts and older fans embracing top tunes such as "Cath," "No Sunlight" and "Your New Twin Sized Bed." Overall, the sound and feel here is brawnier than before, but Death Cab hasn't gotten any less brainy -- Narrow Stairs is like the last panel of that old comic ad, where the...

Hellogoodbye — $0.99

This Is Ballroom Dancing — $0.99

Babatundeh Riddim — $6.99

MP3 Music Downloads: The Allstars Cover Fragma — $8.99

Arturo Toscanini N. B. C. Orchestra — $8.99

The Sigmund Romberg Songbook — $9.99