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New Release Wednesday: Ciara, Gwen, Lil Scrappy

Ciara - The Evolution (comes with limited-edition DVD; LaFace)
Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie - Stratus (MVD Audio)
Danny Elfman - "Charlotte's Web" soundtrack (Sony Classical)
Dreamgirls soundtrack (two-CD deluxe edition also available; Columbia/ Sony Music Soundtrax)
"Fast Food Nation" soundtrack (Park the Van)
James Horner - "Mel Gibson's Apocalypto" soundtrack (Hollywood)
Lil Scrappy - Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live (Reprise)
Brian McKnight - 10 (Warner Bros.)
Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape (Interscope)
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (Shady)
Kids Rap Radio, Volumes 1 & 2 (Music World)
"Unaccompanied Minors" soundtrack (Abacus)
Reissues and Greatest Hits:
Richard Cheese - I'd Like a Virgin (Surfdog)
Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams: The Four Star Recordings 1955-1960 (DBK Works)
Rick Derringer - Free Ride (Big3)
Freddy Fender - Classics (Fuel)
Ella Fitzgerald - The Very Best of the Song Books (Verve)
Waylon Jennings - Last Train to Lubbock: The Early Years (DBK Works)
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness (EP; Secretly Canadian)
John Mayall - Essentially John Mayall (special-edition five-CD box set; Eagle)
Loreena McKennitt - Live in Paris and Toronto (enhanced two-CD set; Verve)
Too $hort - The Mack of the Century ... Greatest Hits (Jive)
Yes - Essentially Yes (special-edition five-CD box set; Eagle)
Rocky: The Score (30th Anniversary Edition) (Capitol/EMI)
Music DVDs after the jump
Music DVDs:
Abba - "Number Ones" (Polydor/UMe)
Bachman Cummings - "First Time Around" (Sony BMG)
Black Eyed Peas - "Live From Sydney to Vegas" (A&M)
Botch - "061502" (with CD; Hydra Head)
John Cage - "One and 103" (Mode)
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - "Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade" (Hip-O)
Sheryl Crow - "Wildflower Tour: Live From New York" (A&M)
The Cure - "Festival 2005" (Geffen)
Loreena McKennitt - "No Journey's End" (Verve)
Metallica - "The Videos: 1989-2004" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel O'Donnell - "Peaceful Waters" (DPTV)
Pussycat Dolls - "Live From London" (A&M)
Rise Against - "Generation Lost" (Geffen)
Slipknot - "Voliminal: Inside the Nine" (two DVDs; Roadrunner)
Gwen Stefani - "Harajuku Lovers Live" (Interscope)
The Supremes - "Reflections - The Definitive Performances: 1964-1969" (Motown)
Pat Travers Band - "Hooked on Music" (MVD Visual)
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