Featured New Releases for
November 13, 2012

Album cover for Take Me Home by One Direction
One Direction

Take Me Home

Columbia / Syco Music
Pop/Rock
Sophomore album from the British boy band features more bright, dance-oriented pop including two songs co-written by Ed Sheeran.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for King Animal by Soundgarden
Soundgarden

King Animal

Seven Four / Universal
Pop/Rock
Soundgarden's comeback King Animal is a muscular, natural return to form.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for ¡Dos! by Green Day
Green Day

¡Dos!

Reprise
Pop/Rock
Dos!, the second volume of Green Day's punk-pop trilogy, is a wilder, hookier, better album than Uno!

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Paradise by Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey

Paradise

Interscope
Pop/Rock
An eight-track mini-album that explicitly ups the ante on Del Rey's sexual-plaything persona.

— John Bush

Album cover for At the BBC by Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse

At the BBC

Republic
R&B
All of Amy Winehouse's performances at the BBC are collected on this deluxe box, which captures the singer in her prime.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for GRRR! by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

GRRR!

ABKCO Records
Pop/Rock
The Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary with the terrific multi-disc compilation GRRR!, available either as a two-, three- or four-disc set.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Trilogy by The Weeknd
The Weeknd

Trilogy

Republic
R&B
Three discs of bleak, malevolent indulgences from a sweet-voiced Drake associate whose favorite Twin Peaks character is probably Ronette Pulaski.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Koi No Yokan by Deftones
Deftones

Koi No Yokan

Reprise
Pop/Rock
Deftones explore the potential beauty of heavy music on their dreamy and drifting seventh album.

— Gregory Heaney

Album cover for Free Reign by Clinic
Clinic

Free Reign

Domino
Pop/Rock
These darkly psychedelic excursions show just how versatile the band's signature sound actually is.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for Floetry Re:Birth by The Floacist
The Floacist

Floetry Re:Birth

Shanachie
R&B
Despite attachments to the past -- which clash with messages of embracing change -- Natalie Stewart's second solo album trumps her first.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Psycho White by Travis Barker / Yelawolf
Travis Barker / Yelawolf

Psycho White

Lasalle / The Orchard Records / La Salle Records
Rap
Blink-182 drummer meets Eminem affiliate for an EP of rebellious rap-rock that's equally fun and frantic.

— David Jeffries

Album cover for The Final Adventure by Murs / 9th WonderEditors' Choice
Murs / 9th Wonder

The Final Adventure

9th Wonder / Jamla / Traffic Entertainment Group / Zulu Nation
Rap
Rapper Murs and producer 9th Wonder end their streak of collaborative albums with one of their best.

— David Jeffries

Album cover for Silver & Gold by Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens

Silver & Gold

Asthmatic Kitty
Pop/Rock, Holiday
Another five-EP set of schizophrenic seasonal cheer from one of indie pop's most prolific and maddeningly detail-oriented overachievers.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for The Road by Aaron Lewis
Aaron Lewis

The Road

Blaster Records
Country
Staind's Aaron Lewis returns to contemporary country for his solo album The Road.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Love Out Loud by Anthony DavidEditors' Choice
Anthony David

Love Out Loud

eOne
R&B
The R&B singer/songwriter's third eOne release is a typically easygoing but expressive set of open-hearted songs -- his best album since 2004.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Happy by Bush Tetras
Bush Tetras

Happy

ROIR
Pop/Rock
After nearly 15 years in the vaults, the Bush Tetras' Happy finally sees release; it was well worth the wait.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Golden Void by Golden Void
Golden Void

Golden Void

Thrill Jockey
Pop/Rock
Between organ-driven '70s biker rock and the psychedelic nightmares of '90s alternative metal, this Bay Area stoner rock quartet shines hazily.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Dark Black by Kristina TrainEditors' Choice
Kristina Train

Dark Black

Mercury
Pop/Rock
A cinematic, Baroque work that mixes '60s pop with soulful, Southern twang and draws upon the sound of Dusty Springfield and Jacques Brel.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Christmas Songs by Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack

Christmas Songs

Varèse Sarabande
Holiday, R&B
1997's The Christmas Album, appearing in 2012 as Christmas Songs, takes on a new coat of remix paint, deepens it, and shines brighter for it.

— Steve Leggett

Album cover for Medicine by Pop Levi
Pop Levi

Medicine

Counter Records
Pop/Rock
Cutting away the funky Prince-inspired weirdness of his previous album, this is a return to straight-ahead glammy, T-Rex-style rock & roll.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Ahoy! by Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers

Ahoy!

Nonesuch
Folk
This EP includes spirited renditions of songs by Josh Ritter, Gillian Welch, and Mclusky, as well a new original.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for On Triple Beams by TyvekEditors' Choice
Tyvek

On Triple Beams

In the Red Records
Pop/Rock
Detroit's Tyvek return with On Triple Beams, an album of lo-fi punk that feels like a basement show captured on tape.

— Gregory Heaney

Album cover for Mozart: La finta giardiniera by René Jacobs / Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs / Freiburger Barockorchester

Mozart: La finta giardiniera

Harmonia Mundi
Classical
Soprano Sophie Kärthauser really stretches out into her role's comic possibilities. She's a real actress, and combined with the variegated scoring in this version, the ways in which this little opera points the way to The Marriage of Figaro, with its crossing of class lines, become clear.

— James Manheim

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