B.o.B

Underground Luxury [Clean]

Atlantic

Rap

The rapper's third studio album features the highlights "We Still in This Bitch," "All I Want," "Ready," and "Headband."

— David Jeffries

Various Artists

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Music From the Motion Picture

Republic

Stage & Screen, R&B, Pop/Rock

Legendary anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) presents this collection of '70s and '80s pop.

— Matt Collar

Original Soundtrack

Austin & Ally: Turn It Up

Walt Disney

Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen

Second volume of cheerfully spunky modern tween pop from the hit Disney show.

— Tim Sendra

Hieroglyphics

The Kitchen

Hieroglyphics Imperium Records

Rap

After a decade off, Del the Funky Homosapien's crew return with a loose and rewarding throwback effort.

— David Jeffries

The Lonely Forest

Adding Up the Wasted Hours

Republic

Pop/Rock

The band's fourth album proves that they're worthy heirs to the Pacific Northwest's earnest-yet-epic indie rock traditions.

— Heather Phares

Jerry Garcia / Jerry Garcia Band / Rob Wasserman / Bob Weir

Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound

ATO / Round Records

Pop/Rock

This archival set, complete with opening act performances, showcases this group at the height of its performing power.

— Thom Jurek

Cabaret Voltaire

#8385 Collected Works 1983-1985

Mute

Pop/Rock

Overseen by Richard H. Kirk, a thorough anthology that adds discs of crucial 12" mixes and unreleased content, as well as two DVDs.

— Andy Kellman

After the Burial

Wolves Within

Sumerian Records

Pop/Rock

After the Burial continue to push the boundaries of progressive metal to the extreme on their fourth studio album.

— Gregory Heaney

Sallie Ford / Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

Summer

Partisan

Pop/Rock

Five-song EP is a short but sweet sampling of what this Portland-based combo (and its powerhouse singer) does so well.

— Mark Deming

Original Soundtrack

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Republic

Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock

The soundtrack to the 2013 adaptation of James Thurber's classic short story feels appropriately grand.

— James Christopher Monger

Kenneth Weiss

Heaven & Earth: Pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

Satirino

Classical

This album is aimed largely at those familiar with this style, but it's lively and fresh for anyone.

— James Manheim

Gabrieli Consort / Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir / Paul McCreesh

Incarnation

Gabrieli / Signum Classics

Classical

These pieces are fresh, unusual, and beautifully chosen to address the album's theme from a variety of unusual perspectives.

— James Manheim

King's College Choir of Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury

Britten: Saint Nicolas

King's College Choir

Classical

This a fine release, and if you've been attracted to Britten by Moonrise Kingdom and are looking for what's next, this is it.

— James Manheim

Bejun Mehta / René Jacobs / Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

This intelligently assembled program showcases a young Mozart assimilating this genre and reaching maturity earlier than his other works.

— James Manheim

Jonathan Nott / Bamberger Symphoniker

Mahler: Symphonie No. 8

Tudor Records

Classical

Jonathan Nott and the Bamberg Symphony present Mahler's Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," in glorious super audio sound.

— Blair Sanderson

Robin Ticciati / Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ

Linn Records

Classical

Robin Ticciati leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ, showing the composer's quiet side.

— Blair Sanderson

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