In Joy Music releases Ralf Illenberger’s instrumental solo album The Gateway. 
In Joy Music releases Ralf Illenberger’s instrumental solo album The Gateway.
Columbia Records releases Tal Bachman‘s self-titled debut solo album, featuring the single “She’s So High”.
Touch And Go Records releases the fifth Man…Or Astroman? album, EEVIAC: Operational Index and Reference Guide Including Other Modern Computational Devices.
RealWorld Records releases Afro-Celt Sound System‘s second album, Volume 2 – Release, featuring the single “Release” with guest vocalist Sinead O’Connor.
Epic Records releases Ben Folds Five’s third album, The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner, featuring the single “Army”.
Sony Classical releases John Williams‘ soundtrack for the eagerly anticipated upcoming movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, complete with track titles that constitute major story spoilers.
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack to the Babylon 5 TV movie The River Of Souls is released on Sonic Images Records.
Fat Wreck Chords releases Me First and the Gimme Gimmes‘ second album, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Are A Drag.
Warner Bros. Records releases the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ seventh album, Californication, featuring the single “Scar Tissue”.
Eagle Records releases the Electric Light Orchestra album The BBC Sessions, collecting material the band performed on BBC Radio.
Zang Tung Tumb releases the Art Of Noise‘s fifth album, The Seduction of Claude Debussy, the first new material from the pioneering electronic group in a decade. Among the many guest appearances are rapper Rakim, film composer Henry Jackman, Sally Bradshaw, and actor John Hurt (!).
Volcano Records releases the Weird Al Yankovic album Running With Scissors, featuring the Star Wars Episode I-inspired single “The Saga Begins”.
Renaissance Records releases the Bill Mumy album In The Current.
Concord Jazz releases the James Darren album This One’s From The Heart, consisting of American standards, a selection obviously influenced by Darren’s recent stint as singing hologram Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts release a CD of Frank Klepacki‘s soundtrack from the Westwood computer game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun as a bonus with pre-ordered copies of the game.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Scott Gilman’s music from the soundtrack of the UPN science fiction series Seven Days.
Universal Music releases the debut album by Oceania, a modern Maori music project fronted by Hinewehi Mohi and producer Jaz Coleman.
Repetoire Records releases the Roy Wood compilation album Exotic Mixture – Best of Singles A’s & B’s, a 2-CD collection of highlights including Wood’s solo work, Wizzard, and various collaborations.
Arista Records releases Eurythmics‘ eighth album, Peace, the band’s first new material in ten years.
Evan H. Chen’s soundtrack from the Babylon 5 sequel series Crusade is released on Sonic Images Records.
Raven Records releases Other Enz: Split Enz and Beyond, a collection of singles and rarities by former members of New Zealand rock group Split Enz.
Essential Records releases the third Jars Of Clay album, If I Left The Zoo.
Warner Bros. releases the soundtrack from the movie Man On The Moon, featuring both songs and instrumental underscore by R.E.M.
Sonny’s Pop Records releases Tim Finn’s fifth solo album, Say It Is So.
Virgin Rrecords releases the debut Blue Man Group studio album, Audio, a recording of the uniquely tuneful percussion-based numbers heard in the group’s live performance routine.
Capitol Records releases the Crowded House album Afterglow, a compilation of unreleased songs and demos, intended to be the final word on the band’s storied career.
Warner Bros. Records releases the Steely Dan album Two Against Nature, the first new material from the duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in two decades.
Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon’s soundtrack from the Gene Roddenberry series Earth: Final Conflict is released on Sonic Images Records. A second volume of music from the series is promoted on the label’s web site, but is never released.
BBC Music releases Geoffrey Burgon‘s soundtrack from the 1975 Doctor Who story Terror Of The Zygons; Burgon’s music from The Seeds Of Doom is also included.
Film Score Monthly releases a limited edition CD of the soundtrack from the 1971 Charlton Heston science fiction movie The Omega Man, whose music was composed by Ron Grainer (best known for his UK TV themes, such as Doctor Who and The Prisoner). The limited pressing of 3,000 copies sells out in record time; an unlimited pressing with slightly different content will be re-released by FSM’s Retrograde Records label in 2008.