Tracklisting:

1. No Fairy Tale
2. The 90's
3. Weak Day
4. Walls
5. A Hot Minute
6. Sick, Sick, Sick
7. Matches
8. Married
9. Swept Away
10. He Loved You So Much
11. Ami, I'm Sorry
12. The Worst

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009O07NT8/?tag=imwan-20

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She has had a tendency for LOTS of B-sides & bonus tracks (especially in Japan); I'm going to take a good look around at various bonus track versions before purchase.

As pretty as she is, not the greatest album cover.

She's aging, just like the rest of us.........

I didn't mean it from a "looks" standpoint. She still looks great in fact. What I meant is look at the title and then they use a face shot of her.

A guess: most of her work is about relationships gone bad. My understanding is she's now happily married, but if that's how she writes......

I'm pretty sure that "They Way It Really Is" was about her break up with Dweezil, even though he plays on a few songs.

I picked up the "The Purple Tape" CD yesterday. It's hard to believe she's been recording for 20 years already.

The Japan edition has been released. 2 bonus tracks: (the Amazon free mp3) A Holiday Song & Fall Back Guy

Will write more after I hear the whole thing. First song is really good, but oh man is the mastering bright (CRAP).

Thanks for the word on the Japanese CD. I might have to order it, not only for the bonus tracks, but because the artwork is much cooler!

Agree on the art work!

I saw that artwork posted on Twitter, and it is 100x better!

If they don't end up using that art for the domestic version, it will be a crime. That domestic cover is awful. Poor photo, poor design, nothing going for it. The Japanese cover is great.

In case anyone cares, the USA portion is DR8, the Japan bonus tracks are DR9 (the USA portion is very compressed).

I've finished 2nd play. As many know I am a huge fan. With that said, I have to say that after the Purple Tapes (which was a collection of early demos & never meant to be more), this is her worst non children's album. It''s not awful (she's too good for that), but this is not up to her previous standards.

Here's what I think is the biggest reason, quoting her lyrics "The Worst": "I've been breaking my heart for the last 10 years: & it looks good, & it feels good too. Don't worry the, the worst is there to comfort you"

Like a few other artists, (Dan Fogelberg comes to mind), her best work was always when she was hurting. And apparently, like DF now that she's happily married, the pain that infused her best work is now gone (mind you I'm glad for her!).

This also feels like 2 separate albums: from track 10-14 it's pretty close to her old standards (those are also the more acoustic songs). The first 9 songs are hard rock & just don't feel emotionally authentic which is what I've come to expect from LL. They are also really compressed, at times to the point of physical pain.

Always glad to get new LL, but i find this somewhat disappointing. If you can afford it, I do suggest the Japan album for the 2 bonus tracks (13 & 14).

No idea how long this link will be good, but Billboard has her new video up along with a story:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... -what-shes

The video's also on her Vevo channel at YouTube, so that at least should last:

What's a Vevo? How does one find it on You Tube?

She only has two videos there, including the one above:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LisaLoebVEVO/videos

That's her Vevo channel. I haven't checked to see if she has an individual channel as well ....

Yeh, she does have her own channel. Lots of "making of the album" videos there:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lisaloebofficial/videos

Thanks! i'd never heard of Vevo before today.

They're the "Super D" of promo videos.