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October 21, 2016
You Want It Darker
Columbia
On his 14th album, the 82-year-old singer/songwriter looks into the void, wrestles with himself, God, and love with unflinching honesty.
The Serenity of Suffering
Roadrunner Records / WEA
The nu-metal godfathers make a welcome return to basics on their best album in a decade.
Alone
BMG / BMG Rights Management
Chrissie Hynde revives the Pretenders name for this soulful, swaggering collaboration with Black Key Dan Auerbach.
Lighthouse
Groundup Music / Verve
The singer/songwriter teams with Snarky Puppy's Michael League to deliver an uncharacteristically loose collection of new songs.
Wonderland
Verve
On her second holiday album, Sarah McLachlan favors traditional material and cozy surroundings.
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Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Solo Acoustic Sessions [LP]
Future Days / LITA
Volume of solo acoustic demos recorded between the singer/songwriter's first and second albums contains seven unheard tracks.
Integrity Blues
Dine Alone
The Arizona emo-rock stalwarts modernize their sound with shimmering production, indie rock flair, and refreshing experimental flourishes.
The Visitor
Fat Possum Records
Debut from a categorically evasive singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist whose approach evokes comparisons to bygone chamber soul and British folk acts.
Running Out of Love
Just So Records / Labrador
After a six-year wait between albums, the duo returns with an impressive batch of politically charged, dance music-inspired modern pop.
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American Football [LP2]
Polyvinyl
The reunited band revisits the post-rock meets emo sound it perfected in 1999, sounding more experienced but otherwise about the same.
Dreamless
Zoo Music
The duo's sixth album trades out guitars in favor of keyboards, but keeps all the dirty, spooky bubblegum hooks intact.
Nobody But Me
Reprise / Warner Bros.
The neo-crooner balances swinging old-school glitz and romance with an ear for contemporary pop hooks and modern studio production.
R M H Q: Headquarters
Grapefruit
Ambitious four-album set from the New Zealand-based experimental guitarist, ranging from wry, bitter ruminations to cosmic head trips.
The Wave
Island
Triumphant solo debut from the Keane frontman that charts his painful journey from rock bottom to an optimistic, post-addiction future.
Apricity
Harvest
The Canterbury prog-psych quartet shakes things up on its synth-heavy, pop-forward third effort.
Front Row Seat to Earth
Mexican Summer
Co-produced by Chris Cohen, Natalie Mering's second album for Mexican Summer contains her most direct songwriting to date.
Peel Away the Ivy
Ghost Box
Lush and dreamy collaboration between members of the Friendly Fires and the Advisory Circle, built around woody synths and machine soul.
The Divine Miss M
Atlantic / Rhino
Expanded reissue of the singer's 1972 debut remains the best showcase for her talents as a performer and interpretive vocalist.
The Studio Albums 2000-2011
Loud-N-Proud Records / Saddle Creek Records
This handsome, limited-edition box set collects all of the group's most essential LPs, remastered by Yoda/Oz-like studio wizard Bob Ludwig.
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music
Concord
A star-studded celebration of the music of New Orleans legend Dr. John.
'Tis the Seasons
Rhino
The Four Seasons leader releases his first solo Christmas album, with his trademark voice surrounded by modern arrangements.
Big Box of Chocolates
Heavenly
Second album of relaxed, unassuming, and hooky indie pop, this time produced by the legendary Edwyn Collins.
Sterling Spoon
Rhino
A six-LP box spotlighting Jane's Addiction around Nothing's Shocking and Ritual De Lo Habitual.
Let It Be You
BFD / Reveal Records
The duo transforms Central African musical traditions into electro-pop full of creativity and heart.
Confessions
Nonesuch
The composer and indie singer/songwriter team up for 14 songs inspired by mundane home videos from the early days of YouTube.
Our Love in the Light
Big Crown
An engaging blend of warm soul, jangly Americana, psych, and new wave from this talented Staten Islander.
I Dreamed an Island
Beating Drum / Six Degrees
A cosmopolitan set of socially and politically charged folk songs performed in English, Arabic, French, and Italian.
12 Nights of Christmas
RCA
The singer and songwriter's first holiday album, strictly originals, featuring some string arrangements from Larry Gold.
Greatest Gift of All
Big Machine Records
The country-pop trio blend the traditional with a modern flair on their holiday album.
Superwoman
RCA
The British R&B singer's fourth album is an empowered, deeply personal effort, rife with an earthy '70s-style soulfulness.
Saintmotelevision
Atlantic / Elektra
The California quartet's second full-length delivers ebullient indie pop anthems with a side of sass.
Savoy Motel
What's Yr Rupture?
'70s-influenced band from Nashville (featuring members of Cheap Time and Heavy Cream) fumble on their debut album.
Ten Hymns from My American Gothic
Anyway
A bold and relevant 21st century pop record chronicling the American experience.
Celebrate Your Worth
Goner Records
Minneapolis trio delivers the perfect soundtrack to the imagined punk rock horror movie of your nightmares.
Mapping the Rendezvous
Ignition Records
Combining angular post-punk, neo-Brit-pop, and polished new wave, the Mancunian quartet starts a party with its fifth album of melodic dance-rock.
Holiday Crowd
Shelflife
The Toronto jangle specialists' sophomore effort tightens up the production of their wistful, sunny pop.
Who You Selling For
Razor & Tie / Virgin EMI
The neo-grunge group grows up and moves into classic rock territory on this fine third album.
McGraw: The Ultimate Collection
Curb
A comprehensive four-disc overview of Tim McGraw's Curb career that includes a disc of rarities.
Honor Is Dead
Metal Blade
On their sophomore outing, the San Diego quintet add aggression, accomplished production, and more complex songwriting to the mix.
Oleic
Smalltown Supersound
The London-based vocalist's first EP for Smalltown Supersound focuses on her skills as a producer of sparse, atmospheric dance tracks.
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 7 - Peasant Cantata
BIS
A cantata with comic components, unlike anything else Bach ever wrote, in a typically attractive entry in Suzuki's series.
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
LSO Live
John Eliot Gardiner leads the London Symphony Orchestra in two of Mendelssohn's symphonies, presented on hybrid SACD and Blu-ray disc.
The Old Colony Collection
Coro
An early 19th century anthology of anthems, glees, and opera and oratorio excerpts, the music here is guaranteed to please.
Shakespeare Songs
Warner Classics
A survey of songs in Shakespeare's plays as heard by composers through the centuries; well above par for the course.
Bruckner 2
ATMA Classique
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's critically praised series of Bruckner's symphonies continues with this warm and expressive performance of the Symphony No. 2.
Johann Christoph Pepusch: Venus and Adonis
Ramée
Venus and Adonis, a masque by the German-born English transplant Johann Christoph Pepusch, is presented in a lively period re-creation.