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Tracks II: The Lost AlbumsEditor's choice
Bruce Springsteen
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A box set of seven previously unreleased albums that find the heartland rock hero expanding his creative boundaries.
- Mark Deming
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The New Zealand singer's fourth album is a boldly candid, potent declaration of personal and creative reawakening.
- Matt Collar
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Sub Pop
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As Greta Kline enters her thirties, Katie von Schleicher and Hugo Stanley (Palm) join the band for 17 soft bops preoccupied by time and change.
- Marcy Donelson
Boleros Psicodélicos IIEditor's choice
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The guitarist/producer's second batch of collaborations with first-rate vocalists proves just as transcendent and important.
- Tim Sendra
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The ballad-rich fourth album from the creative throwbacks is a lowrider soul delight.
- Andy Kellman
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Keke Palmer
Just Keke
Big Bosses Ent. / SoNo Recording Group
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The actress, singer, and songwriter works through a public breakup with help from Tayla Parx (Ariana Grande, Shakira, Jennie).
- Andy Kellman
The Secret of Life: Partners, Vol. 2
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The pop legend's follow-up to her 2014 album of duets with fellow icons and rising stars.
- Matt Collar
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Robert Randolph
Preacher Kids
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Pop/Rock, Blues
This solo effort from the raucous pedal steel virtuoso ponders the sacred while cranking out the profane in lively style.
- Mark Deming

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