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2007 Grammy awards are tonight. Here's some of the pertinent categories in Rock.

Quick view is the news article by RM (http://auralmoon.com/index.php?optio...564&Ite mid=2)

Below are those (and a few other) categories with full listings of the nominees.

Category 17

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Sweet Sacrifice
  Evanescence
  Track from: The Open Door
  [Wind-up Records, LLC]
• The Pretender
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
• I Don't Wanna Stop
  Ozzy Osbourne
  Track from: Black Rain
  [Epic]
• Sick, Sick, Sick
  Queens Of The Stone Age
  Track from: Era Vulgaris
  [Interscope Recods]
• The Pot
  Tool
  Track from: 10,000 Days
  [Volcano]

Category 18

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Nothing Left
  As I Lay Dying
  Track from: An Ocean Between Us
  [Metal Blade Records]
• Never Ending Hill
  King Diamond
  Track from: Give Me Your Soul...Please
  [Metal Blade Records]
• Aesthetics Of Hate
  Machine Head
  Track from: The Blackening
  [Roadrunner Records]
• Redemption
  Shadows Fall
  Track from: Threads Of Life
  [Atlantic]
• Final Six
  Slayer
  Track from: Christ Illusion
  [American Recording/Columbia]

Category 19

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Ecstasy Of Gold
  Metallica
  Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
  [Sony Classical]
• Malignant Narcissism
  Rush
  Track from: Snakes & Arrows
  [Anthem/Atlantic]
• Always With Me, Always With You
  Joe Satriani
  Track from: Satriani Live!
  [Epic/Red Ink]
• Once Upon A Time In The West
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
  [Sony Classical]
• The Attitude Song
  Steve Vai
  Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
  [Epic/Red Ink]

Category 21

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• Daughtry
  Daughtry
  [RCA Records]
• Revival
  John Fogerty
  [Fantasy]
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  Foo Fighters
  [Roswell/RCA Records]
• Magic
  Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia]
• Sky Blue Sky
  Wilco
  [Nonesuch Records]

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Field 5 — Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Alright, Still...
  Lily Allen
  [Capitol Records]
• Neon Bible
  Arcade Fire
  [Merge Records]
• Volta
  Bjork
  [Elektra/Atlantic]
• Wincing The Night Away
  The Shins
  [Sub Pop]
• Icky Thump
  The White Stripes
  [Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Field 9 — New Age

Category 44

Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Faces Of The Sun
  Peter Kater
  [Silver Wave Records]
• Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
  Kitaro
  [Domo Records, Inc]
• One Guitar
  Ottmar Liebert
  [Spiral Subwave Records]
• Southwest
  Eric Tingstad
  [Cheshire Records]
• Crestone
  Paul Winter Consort
  [Living Music]

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Field 10 — Jazz

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Party Hats
  Will Bernard
  [Palmetto Records]
• Downright Upright
  Brian Bromberg
  [Artistry Music]
• Re-imagination
  Eldar
  [Masterworks Jazz]
• River: The Joni Letters
  Herbie Hancock
  [Verve]
• He Had A Hat
  Jeff Lorber
  [Blue Note]

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Field 17 — Polka

Category 76

Best Polka Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Polka's Revenge
  Brave Combo
  [DenTone]
• Bulletproof Polkas
  John Gora & Gorale
  [Sunshine Diversified Ent.]
• Polka Freak Out
  Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner
  [Moon Zero Bird Records]
• Dueling Polkas
  Walter Ostanek And His Band & Brian Sklar And The Western Senators
  [Sunshine (Polkamania)]
• Come Share The Wine
  Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
  [Rounder]

Field 23 — Composing/Arranging

Category 85

Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ash Wednesday
  Harry Connick, Jr., composer (Harry Connick, Jr.)
  Track from: Chanson Du Vieux Carré
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
• Cerulean Skies
  Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
  Track from: Sky Blue
  [ArtistShare]
• Deep Six
  Mark Walker, composer (Oregon)
  Track from: 1000 Kilometers
  [CamJazz]
• I Knew Her (From Notes On A Scandal)
  Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
  Track from: Notes On A Scandal - Soundtrack
  [Rounder/Fox Music]
• Spectacle
  Béla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)
  Track from: The Enchantment
  [Concord Records]

Category 88

Best Recording Package

• Cassadaga
  Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
  [Saddle Creek]
• The Dio Years
  Masaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)
  [Rhino]
• Friend & Foe
  Craig Thompson, art director (Menomena)
  [Barsuk Records]
• Secrets Keep You Sick
  Don Clark, art director (The Fold)
  [Tooth & Nail Records]
• White Horse
  Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (GTS)
  [Ring Of Fire Music/Major Music]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

• Beauty & Crime
  Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)
  [Blue Note]
• Destination Moon
  Dave O'Donnell & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Deborah Cox)
  [Decca Records]
• Don't Mess With The Dragon
  Robert Carranza, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & KC Porter, engineers (Ozomatli)
  [Concord Records]
• Floratone
  Tucker Martine, engineer (Floratone)
  [Blue Note]
• II
  Jason Lehning, engineer (Viktor Krauss)
  [Back Porch Records]

Category 95

Best Surround Sound Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

• At War With The Mystics 5.1
  The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround producers (The Flaming Lips)
  [Warner Bros.]
• Fear Of A Blank Planet
  Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Porcupine Tree, surround producers (Porcupine Tree)
  [Atlantic Records]
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
  [Chandos Records]
• Love
  Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
  [Apple/Capitol Records]
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis; Serenade To Music
  Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus)
  [Telarc]