New CD Releases: February 26, 2008

A number of female artists chance it for a comeback on the charts this week.

Prolific soul singer/songwriter Erykah Badu returns with her first album in five years, New Amerykah.
-Watch a very cool music video for album single, "Honey," on Youtube
-Read an interview with Badu at MSNBC
-Badu will be featured in a new Tom Ford Fragrance ad campaign
-Read an album review at EW.com
-Buy New Amerykah

Ethereal electronic star Goldfrapp is back with an inspired album, Seventh Tree.
-Seventh Tree is the Guardian’s CD of the Week
-Watch the music video for album single, "A&E," on Youtube
-Read an interview with Goldfrapp at Pitchfork
-Buy Seventh Tree

We liked "Feedback," the first single from Janet Jackson's new album, Discipline, the minute we heard it. And then we read the lyrics...
-Watch the music video for "Feedback" on Youtube
-Janet hopes to sell more with this new record
-Watch a Janet Jackson videography at EW.com
-Read an album review in Rolling Stone
-Buy Discipline

We've been digging young Diddy protege Cheri Dennis's first single, "Portrait of Love," for some time now, and today Dennis releases her debut album, In and Out of Love.
-Watch the music video for "Portrait of Love" on Youtube
-Stream the entire album at AOL
-Read an album review at Billboard.com
-Buy In and Out of Love

Dolly Parton's new album, Backwoods Barbie, is her first mainstream country recording in years, and includes a spirited cover of Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of my Tears."
-Stream the entire album at AOL
-Read an album review in the Dallas Morning News
-Dolly is performing at SXSW!
-Buy Backwoods Barbie